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AdvancedTech Advanced Member Joined: 2/03/08 Posts: 160	9/19/09 6:24:16 PM#1 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Hey, I'm wondering how Aion will work with Steam. Will I not need a PlayNC account? Or do they just give me a code that I then apply to my PlayNC account at their website.
Vesavius Old School Joined: 3/08/04 Posts: 4649	9/19/09 7:01:39 PM#2 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I bought my GF her copy off Steam and I think she just did the DL through Steam and followed a link to account creation at NCS to buy her sub. I know it was very grief free for her though. Hate something, change something... Why do you hate hate? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFKqVsWR4S4&feature=related
Tisiphone Novice Member Joined: 3/16/04 Posts: 483 "Every time you skip security patches, Cthulu kills a kitten."	9/19/09 7:03:32 PM#3 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Both start. Its sort of convoluted. Steam starts, and starts the NCSoft Launcher, which in turn starts Aion (and up until today, GameGuard). They all run. I'm kind of meh on the whole delay - wondering if I can still just download the client elsewhere and not worry about using Steam. But it works fine. EDIT: Forgot to answer the first question: They link you to the NCSoft website, and you create an account like everybody else, or use an existing one. All Steam does automatically is send over the key.
Dreken Apprentice Member Joined: 8/25/08 Posts: 44	9/19/09 7:13:34 PM#4 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) I also bought mine from steam. You can download the client from file planet and use that to play. However the question would be is that the code that I registered via Steam also my retail code or is that just my pre-order code?
twiggy550 Novice Member Joined: 10/16/07 Posts: 502 “A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the depth of his ignorance.”	9/19/09 7:15:55 PM#5 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Dreken I also bought mine from steam. You can download the client from file planet and use that to play. However the question would be is that the code that I registered via Steam also my retail code or is that just my pre-order code? Pretty sure your pre-order code is your retail code as well, considering you had to enter it in on NCSoft's website to get into the beta. "IRL is a pretty upstanding MMO with thousands of classes, a lot of PvP and even some pretty unique emotes and titles you can acquire. Explore that world first, then we'll talk about this virtual one."
Achillez Novice Member Joined: 10/02/06 Posts: 105	9/19/09 7:19:01 PM#6 Report this post Explain why you are reporting this post: (750 characters max.) Originally posted by Tisiphone Both start. Its sort of convoluted. Steam starts, and starts the NCSoft Launcher, which in turn starts Aion (and up until today, GameGuard). They all run. I'm kind of meh on the whole delay - wondering if I can still just download the client elsewhere and not worry about using Steam. But it works fine. EDIT: Forgot to answer the first question: They link you to the NCSoft website, and you create an account like everybody else, or use an existing one. All Steam does automatically is send over the key. After mine DLed from Steam it just placed the NC Launcher on my desktop. Never have launched Steam since for it. I just used steam for sheer DL speeds since I live near the servers and 2.5mbps is beast . :D