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General Discussion  » Is Aion instanced like Guild wars?

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Mandy

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8/15/08 10:37:19 PM#1

Is Aion instanced like Guild wars?

Ephimero

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8/15/08 11:00:50 PM#2

Not at all ^^

blackhand231

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May you stay warm while their citys Burn....

8/15/08 11:01:13 PM#3

no, its open world

Teran1987

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8/17/08 8:55:28 PM#4

PlayNc = fail, but I still want to try Tabula Rasa, but not sure it's worth paying for :p

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blackhand231

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May you stay warm while their citys Burn....

8/17/08 9:26:59 PM#5
Originally posted by Teran1987

PlayNc = fail, but I still want to try Tabula Rasa, but not sure it's worth paying for :p


 

ok and your point of posting that here is what?

DevilXaphan

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8/18/08 4:42:30 PM#6
Originally posted by blackhand231
Originally posted by Teran1987

PlayNc = fail, but I still want to try Tabula Rasa, but not sure it's worth paying for :p


 

ok and your point of posting that here is what?

 

LOL..that he fails at posting something useful.


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DawnJW

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8/18/08 5:35:07 PM#7

Please stop this Converstion, let the flamer do his thing, we know better!

blackhand231

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8/18/08 9:42:52 PM#8
Originally posted by DevilXaphan
Originally posted by blackhand231
Originally posted by Teran1987

PlayNc = fail, but I still want to try Tabula Rasa, but not sure it's worth paying for :p


 

ok and your point of posting that here is what?

 

LOL..that he fails at posting something useful.


 

Lol

Demyro

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8/19/08 6:01:59 AM#9

Lets see,inside ncsoft  there is too much difference.

Aion isn´t instanced like GW and TR is another kind of game although is obviously an MMO but something similar on request like aion (an open world >80%)

Samuraisword

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8/19/08 6:10:01 AM#10
Originally posted by Ephimero

Not at all ^^


 

This is false.

The Aion representative on these boards has already stated there will be some instancing. They claim about 10% of content will be instanced. It's hard to judge if that is too much without experiencing it in the game world but I personally dislike any and all types of instancing.

suu141

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8/19/08 8:47:06 AM#11
Originally posted by Samuraisword
Originally posted by Ephimero

Not at all ^^

This is false.

The Aion representative on these boards has already stated there will be some instancing. They claim about 10% of content will be instanced. It's hard to judge if that is too much without experiencing it in the game world but I personally dislike any and all types of instancing.

 

 

I believe the key words are: "instanced like Guild Wars" in which the game is 99% instanced. The OP didn't ask if Aion has instancing in general.

 

Unless game developers don't mind letting a bunch of campers and farmers inside public dungeons, you'll be seeing a lot of instancing.

 

 

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blackhand231

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May you stay warm while their citys Burn....

8/19/08 5:24:36 PM#12

what he said :D

warrioralpha

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8/20/08 9:18:38 PM#13
Originally posted by Mandy

Is Aion instanced like Guild wars?


 

what does GW has to do with Aion..

NCsoft didnt developt guild wars.. it only published it. ArenaNet is the one that made GW NOT NCsoft.

If there is any game you want to compare with Aion, its lineage 2


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b.l.a.c.k

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I downloaded Archlord today... Wow!! It''s really kick-ass. I recommend it to ANY MMO fan!

8/21/08 5:29:18 AM#14

In my opinion, Aion looks like a pretty kick-ass game. The graphics appear to be substantial and judging by other forum posts i've read its going to be one good game. It's free too ;)

Although Aion looks good, i've heard the gameplay is poor so i'd look at it more on the net  before you go and wast 3 Gigs of space on something that won't grab your attention.

Oh, it's not like Guild Wars at all - but i do know for a fact it can be great fun at times.

Have fun people - Oh yeah, play Archlord

Cynthe

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8/21/08 11:40:53 AM#15
Originally posted by b.l.a.c.k

In my opinion, Aion looks like a pretty kick-ass game. The graphics appear to be substantial and judging by other forum posts i've read its going to be one good game. It's free too ;)

Although Aion looks good, i've heard the gameplay is poor so i'd look at it more on the net  before you go and wast 3 Gigs of space on something that won't grab your attention.

Oh, it's not like Guild Wars at all - but i do know for a fact it can be great fun at times.

Have fun people - Oh yeah, play Archlord

Aion is most definitely not free...

Game play poor? Not according to the numerous videos I've seen on youtube, looks fine to me.

Archlord sucks. My opinion of course. ;)

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blackhand231

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May you stay warm while their citys Burn....

8/22/08 9:00:20 AM#16
Originally posted by b.l.a.c.k

In my opinion, Aion looks like a pretty kick-ass game. The graphics appear to be substantial and judging by other forum posts i've read its going to be one good game. It's free too ;)

Although Aion looks good, i've heard the gameplay is poor so i'd look at it more on the net  before you go and wast 3 Gigs of space on something that won't grab your attention.

Oh, it's not like Guild Wars at all - but i do know for a fact it can be great fun at times.

Have fun people - Oh yeah, play Archlord


 

hahahahahahahhahahaha thanks i needed a good laugh. You should take your own advice and look more into this game. Cause its painfully obvious that you havent looked into it at all.

Alyvian

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8/22/08 3:26:26 PM#17

to add to the above post:

  • Hard Drive space required: 20GB available space

taken directly from the ultimate faq above these forums

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Falfeir

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8/26/08 4:30:29 AM#18

is it seamless? is it zoned? if zoned is it zoned like AoC or AO?

i personally dont mind loading screens between zones but i dont like single location zone crossings like boarding a ship etc.

I dont feed trolls, if you asked something and didnt get reply, well, this is the reply.

Alyvian

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8/26/08 4:50:55 AM#19

its95% seamless (ya get loading screens when porting ofcourse)

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Ephimero

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8/26/08 8:30:54 AM#20

a) Channeling on the starter area only when the game is released, channels removed after the initial rush.

b) Loading screens when porting to one of the 3 main zones (Elysea, Asmodae and the abyss). Loading screens will only happen on instantaneous teleports, like in Lineage II.

c) Small instanced dungeons for smaller guilds.

d) Instancing during quest cutscenes and special storylines (you travel to the past, etc).

The rest is completely seamless.

Zeroe

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8/27/08 9:09:43 PM#21

LOL im just going to wait till it comes out and play it. it should only be $15 for a month. so STOP Bitching you havent even played it.

Rio_Aion

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8/27/08 11:52:30 PM#22
Originally posted by Alyvian

to add to the above post:

  • Hard Drive space required: 20GB available space

taken directly from the ultimate faq above these forums


 

I can vouch for this #.  There was a character creator DL that was going around, allowing ppl to customize Aion characters.  I don't realy know many of the details about it, the downloads were on our guild website, everyone seemed to get it to work except me.  Anyways, the creator alone took up 3 gigs and we had someone who was playing in CBT3 who was complaining of the 20 gigs it took up.


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Alyvian

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8/28/08 5:29:39 AM#23

ugh someone needs a decent hard drive :P new harddrives start at 500gig and well go well into the 1-2tb and 20gig is nothing on those drives

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asuraking

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8/29/08 8:07:30 AM#24

This game looks much better than all the other new games coming out  
20gig is still alot but worth it imo



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Lucasson

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9/23/08 8:15:21 AM#25
Originally posted by warrioralpha
Originally posted by Mandy

Is Aion instanced like Guild wars?


 

what does GW has to do with Aion..

NCsoft didnt developt guild wars.. it only published it. ArenaNet is the one that made GW NOT NCsoft.

If there is any game you want to compare with Aion, its lineage 2

 

 he's just asking if Aion is instanced like GW not if GW was made by Ncsoft and therefore that Aion will be instanced aswell. Don't start posting useless posts if they don't make sense.

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