Well, i must say that i had always a very bad feeling about this game, which is why i never tried the CBs (while i believe i beta tested every damn game i played since EQ1 back in 98), my biggest turndown being Lineage II of where i spent closely one year grinding my fingers off (yeah i was a student back then so yeah i had time to grind for 10+ hours a day, if not 15).

Seeing many people fighting objectively for the game, and giving interesting comments on gameplay and how this game was different than L2, i gave a go to the Open Beta (thx some nordic site for a freebie beta key). And i must say that the gameplay, the lore, the dialogues and the quests were quite funny and interesting, maybe not as funny as EQ2 or some in GW but much better than anything i've seen in WAR/AOC/DAOC or whatever (and no, i didn't play wow besides a quick solo to lvl 40, was probably the most boring game i ever played, and i believe i did all of em since UO, well for the major ones at least, ok, besides AC1).

+ factor is that the wife's totally hooked to it, created 5 characters and is crazy bout her Chanter.

So yeah, i'm going to play, will definitely not buy the CE, cuz i find it worthless but at least the game (2 copies via DD prolly).

Only question is : Wth to do with the Chanter Oo ?

1) Glad / Warlord (they were gimped in high end L2, but again it's a diff game so i dunno)

2) Ranger ? (I'm a bow class freak but well for duoing...) or Sorc ? 

3) Get real and do a real tank.

If anybody has a good experience on this, could u plz send me your advice by PM ? Cuz i really don't have the time unfortunately to look deeply into things.

Out of the subject, i also started CO which is quite a refreshing experience, even if it's totally unbalanced for PVP (i mean u either go for munitions/archery/regen/TP combo or go for a healer who flies) at lower lvls, gets better later on tho.

Anyway thx to the folks here who had real arguments for AION, i would definitely never have put my nose in it otherwise.

For once i want to go to max level, based on the beta's so far, it gone from good to great for me, doing the CB.

Dident play the OB, im waiting for the EA to take action, i sure will play this game till the end, and not quit like i did half way in AoC and War, I hope that aion brings some of the first feelings i got when i played Lineage 2.

- One

tried it on onpen beta and realy liked it , but i dont think i'll play it at the release because i want to see how it will evolve , and because i wont have much time with school going on

Nope.  Already did a thread on why I think it's a generally boring and uninspired game, so no need to repeat here.  I'll be in Fallen Earth mostly for at least the next few months.

ill be playing , its the only cool fantasy mmo i found that kept me so into it. only game that looks cooler is GW2 but NC soft wont release that untill next year

Originally posted by roma650

ill be playing , its the only cool fantasy mmo i found that kept me so into it. only game that looks cooler is GW2 but NC soft wont release that untill next year

I think this MMO will hold me over until The Secret World gets released.

I think the closed and open beta is good, maybe when it is launched, I can find more good things, and I'l say it's a great game!

Yes, because it performs remarkably well and has good combat (I'm also extremely burnt out on WoW).

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

Yes, because it performs remarkably well and has good combat (I'm also extremely burnt out on WoW).

 

 

That's what people don't understand. People are burned out in WoW, they want another MMO, whether it is a WoW clone or not. Aion is a hidden clone of WoW, but nevertheless, we want something other than WoW and right now Aion seems like it is it. We thought it was Age of Conan, Warhammer, but it seems as if Aion will take down WoW.

I mean most of us are just sick of WoW and looking for something....not new, but something. Aion is something.

i am going through withdrawal from Aion. can't wait for the charector reservation in the very least! boyfriend and i will be purchasing the his and hers CE's online and also getting a few to distribute to friends and family members as well. i didn't even really try to lvl or make g with the open beta but i came away satisfied with the fact that i lvled fairly easily, and upkeep for skills, armor and weapons was a breeze. i found it absurdly funny that the economy made it easy to accrue vast sums of g (god, i love the private store option...perfect for bio breaks!).

I will be playing Aion because it has other real people playing it, very rare for many  MMOG 's these days. :)

Originally posted by ardenwine

i am going through withdrawal from Aion. can't wait for the charector reservation in the very least! boyfriend and i will be purchasing the his and hers CE's online and also getting a few to distribute to friends and family members as well. i didn't even really try to lvl or make g with the open beta but i came away satisfied with the fact that i lvled fairly easily, and upkeep for skills, armor and weapons was a breeze. i found it absurdly funny that the economy made it easy to accrue vast sums of g (god, i love the private store option...perfect for bio breaks!).

I know what that means, it means that you aren't gonna be playing Aion at all. Easy to level? Hmm, at level 25 it'll be so hard you'll quit. lol

I'll be playing Aion because:

• I'm bored with LOTRO.  Sad to say, I burned through Mines of Moria, and really Mirkwood looks like more of the same with five levels added. 
• My son will play with me. (omg, he's 16, do you know how hard it is to get on his social calendar as a mom? :)
• I miss real PvP from SWG/Eve/whatnot
• I found a really great community in the IV^th Skye Lancers legion on Nezekan
• It's gorgeous.  The environment is varied and beautifully designed.  Last day of OBT, I found the area that looks like western China.  Staggeringly beautiful views.  Living in the city, my vistas tend to be on Vista...
• The story is immersive and compelling, and the crew that westernized this game are talented in both game flow and storytelling.
• Flying -- not mounts, not always, but in a tactically interesting constrained way that really changes the nature of combat
• Healers that can stand up to PvP pressures
• The game just makes me *happy* in a way LOTRO hasn't for a while, Tolkien geek tho I may be.
• Real XP for crafting and gathering (hey, you can be a crafter and still kick ass, tyvm!) and actually useful crafted items
• Lots of really cool ex-DaoC players that I'm really learning to appreciate
• Did I mention it's gorgeous? A cross between Asian fantasy and Victorian rococo for all the armor sets.  Love it.  Just let me afford dyes fast, because I can't stand wearing shades of pink (*unladylike noise*)
• Whatever, dudes.  If it isn't fun to you, it doesn't mean it's "not a good game" -- it means "it's not *your* game"  I think it's fun.
• I get to laugh at all the people who say it's a WoW clone.  WoW was not my game, and I think this is.  I'd far rather go hunting other faction players with an AI faction targeting whoever is ahead, then spend grinding 40 toon raids.  Grinding -- just to organize them.  Then rinse and repeat weekly.  Not my thing.  We aren't supposed to call it RvR, but it is, and that changes the dynamic of the advanced game so it's constantly changing, and a third Ai faction prevents the 70/30 splits that WoW and some other 2-faction games tend to get per shard.
• I get to bond all the people fleeing from WoW who think it's as cool as I do.  And no barrens chat.  Chuck Norris is too cool for this game, thank god.  (At least so far, and I hope it holds)

Now, will I change my mind in a year?  Maybe so.  I haven't played the high levels, or seen PvP yet.  But talking to the folks who've played the Chinese game, what they tell me, I like, and they seem to like the same kinds of playstyle I enjoy.

Your opinion is your own.  I swear people have crapped more on this game than I've seen even on this site in ages.  When AoC was impending, people had a more balanced PoV toward positive, and it turned out that game was not quite top of the line, but I have to admit, it got better coverage (and bought more ads) here from the columnists too.

So, I exercise my right to be wrong.  Young love and infatuation, that new relationship energy, is still a lovely thing.

Yrs

Shava

Originally posted by Syno23

Originally posted by ardenwine

i am going through withdrawal from Aion. can't wait for the charector reservation in the very least! boyfriend and i will be purchasing the his and hers CE's online and also getting a few to distribute to friends and family members as well. i didn't even really try to lvl or make g with the open beta but i came away satisfied with the fact that i lvled fairly easily, and upkeep for skills, armor and weapons was a breeze. i found it absurdly funny that the economy made it easy to accrue vast sums of g (god, i love the private store option...perfect for bio breaks!).

 

I know what that means, it means that you aren't gonna be playing Aion at all. Easy to level? Hmm, at level 25 it'll be so hard you'll quit. lol

I hit lvl25 in a week of casual playing hours during OB.  Dam dude it's not THAT hard,  If you think aion has a steep lvling curve maybe you should not be playing mmo's and stick to FPS's.

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

Yes, because it performs remarkably well and has good combat (I'm also extremely burnt out on WoW).

 

 

Which is exactly why people are switching to Aion, the next best thing, probably will hold us over until a real MMO comes out.

I will play it , i preordred 4 motnhs ago i think.

And if Aion fails , there will still have loyal fans to play the game, like in Lineage 2.

Allso i think all those who played L2 will play this game, since its basicly L3.

Dont worry about if it going to fail or not , i sure it will not be a Tabula rasa fail

Originally posted by Zorndorf

Aion = Korean liniair level up game with ... unresponsive static PVE bosses and one PvP option: uncontrolled ganking.

I am skipping all new mmorpg's since War left me with a very bad taste.

I play the original  and CAT will put Azeroth redone right in the center of the universe for the coming 20 months.

After that I'll try ST and Kotor, but nothing is gonna pull me from a Blizzard game.

Certainly not a translated closed Korean box with fixed zones and invisible walls.

I guess Xfire will for sure display the truth behind those so called massive successes.

400 K at launch and 100K after one year. We already have seen it all. In every aspect.

 

As long as it holds it's million in Asia, otherwise, I might quit as well.

It looks like i will be heavily addicted ti a fantasy game again its been 5 years.........

Originally posted by Syno23

Originally posted by ardenwine

i am going through withdrawal from Aion. can't wait for the charector reservation in the very least! boyfriend and i will be purchasing the his and hers CE's online and also getting a few to distribute to friends and family members as well. i didn't even really try to lvl or make g with the open beta but i came away satisfied with the fact that i lvled fairly easily, and upkeep for skills, armor and weapons was a breeze. i found it absurdly funny that the economy made it easy to accrue vast sums of g (god, i love the private store option...perfect for bio breaks!).

 

I know what that means, it means that you aren't gonna be playing Aion at all. Easy to level? Hmm, at level 25 it'll be so hard you'll quit. lol

oh, look! it's a big fat troll trying to start an argument. do you know me, troll? no you don't. so don't presume to predict what i will and will not be doing, thank-you.

honestly, what makes you post such a hostile and assumptive comment?

i actually enjoy a challenge when lvling . everyone knows that Aion will be most enjoyable when you hit the higher lvls, so i was merely commenting on the fact that you don't end up spending inordinate amounts of time  grinding away to get to the lvl where pvp really shines. and of course, i am aware that lvling becomes more challenging the higher you go. that is one of the hallmarks of a quality MMORPG. if i didn't experience some expenditure of effort in a game, there would be no point in playing the game in the first place.

the fact that i could lvl quickly while a lowbie just means that i could decide on my class preference for this particular game with less time wasted. (this is important to me, as i will be purchasing this game for my daughter, who has never played MMORPG's before and i would like her to get a full sense of the advantages and drawbacks of each class before setting her sights on her personal favorite and concentrating on lvling that toon.)  i personally don't expect things to continue along those lines throughout the entire duration of the game. i certainly hope they do not!

i am 38 years old, not 12. i understand the value of persistance and dedication and the sytem of incentive.

Yes, I will be playing. This game has many of the game aspects that I like an mmo to have.
 

I was not going to play at first:
      1) Only 2 races, (I tend to prefer a lot more).
      2) Only 4 classes, (I was used to WOW and EQ and a bunch of others where you can tell if you like the class much sooner).
      3) It was put out by NC soft (I hated Lineage 2, on my server some of the level 35 Dark Elves would return to the noob areas and gank the level 1-10’s).

Then I played the OB and OMG, it was sooo good:
      1) The character creation, although you stats will not change you can visually make nearly any race you want.
      2) In game cut scenes, sometimes your character would be in the scene using the voice you picked for him
      3) I truly epic story line and feel, ok everyone gets the Daeva ascension video, but still, it made me feel more a part of the story then I did in EQ, DAoC, WoW, Lineage 2, and WAR.
 

These are just a few of my reasons for playing at release.
 

No I wont be. Because of the number of times I have been burned by the MMORPG industry releasing broken or unfinished games I always wait a few months to purchase and will almost never buy unless there is a free trial. So basically they have to prove that they are legit before they get my coin. Is that so much to ask?

Originally posted by Finbar

No I wont be. Because of the number of times I have been burned by the MMORPG industry releasing broken or unfinished games I always wait a few months to purchase and will almost never buy unless there is a free trial. So basically they have to prove that they are legit before they get my coin. Is that so much to ask?

umm... It is finished its been out in china for awhile now. Where have you been.

Originally posted by shava

I'll be playing Aion because:

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So, I exercise my right to be wrong.  Young love and infatuation, that new relationship energy, is still a lovely thing.

 

Yrs

Shava

Great Post this, and summed up my feelings perfectly, so much trolling on AION - its as if the WoW world is really very scared of it indeed.

I'm interested in the game, but I refuse to install a rootkit on my computer so will probably never play it.