time limit = good for real players and bad for botters

Sigh, OP is ignorant. That's for the Korean version, and it's mainly because the koreans spend alot more time in MMO's then we do. I'm guessing they'll have a different payment plan for the EU/NA release.

Originally posted by SinzOfMan

So people that play Aion might actually get laid?

i have a wife and 3 children .  i want to game now . but i have a gig so 300 hr is quite enough

If you play over 10 hours a day, you should definetely be limited. Think before you type.

I believe the Korean paycard structure is also based on the fact that alot of gamers play out of internet cafes....likely to be riots if the same person hogs a computer for any more than 10 hours....and if it's like what went on in China( with people killing themselves from neglect and exhaustion), then the  government themselves may limit play per day to a certain number of hours. I don't think this will apply to NA or EU markets...idk for sure though. 10 hours a day seems like more than enough imo.

Originally posted by Fenriser

There's a time limit?

300 hours a month, that's around 10 hours a day.

Tbh that's not a big limitation, might stop the 24/7 farmers though.

 

If you play more then 10 hours a day on any 1 game, you shouldnt be playing Mmos 

Being as this is the korean release, I would guess it has more to do with koreans dying in internet cafes from playing for days on end with no sleep rather than to stop gold farmers or to rip people off.

We won't see those restrictions on the american release.

Sorry if this has already been addressed...I didn't read all 13 pages before posting.

Originally posted by daelnor

Being as this is the korean release, I would guess it has more to do with koreans dying in internet cafes from playing for days on end with no sleep rather than to stop gold farmers or to rip people off.

We won't see those restrictions on the american release.

Sorry if this has already been addressed...I didn't read all 13 pages before posting.

 Still if it keeps people from playing to death, and deters gold farmers it sound like a good thing. Problem is its a slippery slop, sTart at 300, then oh my thats still maybe enough to make sure people get sleep lets make it 200, and so on..

you know.. you do not have to play aion, nobody force you to do that, so we do not need to give you the reason why you should pay to play.

Maybe you need reason to subs, but i do not, i love this game, and most of us here do. Anyway, you are free to choose your game

I've been following this game for a really long time now, and I think time is limit is shitty EVEN though I know I won't be close to using all that hours...just the fact that I'm limited even though Im paying for it makes it really annoying and makes me think they are trying to get more money from me in a tricky way... sorry.. this is not a way of getting western crowd playing your game.

There will be no timelimit for the NA/EU version of Aion. The timelimit is for Korea only and is implimented by law not by choice of ncsoft.

Furthermore, it is not expensive at all.

Hopefully people don't read this and take it seriously for not knowing any better.

Korean MMO's have to deal with Government interference and limit play times, warn after extended play, etc.  This is for the Korean version.  Do you think a game company would limit players from playing their game without some outside interference?  Luckily our Government does not dictate how we spend our time as seriously as the Korean Government does.

People if you're going to reply to an old thread at least skim over the replies in case people have already explained and discussed the topic.... Goodness.

Originally posted by Cynthe

People if you're going to reply to an old thread at least skim over the replies in case people have already explained and discussed the topic.... Goodness.

It won't matter, people will be people and do whatever they see fit.

Originally posted by bluegoo2

Time limits are fucking ridiculous. Thanks OP, you just saved me time from looking into this POS. Oh well, I haven't played a single NCShit game I have liked anyways, and I don't expect this crapper to be any better.

Serious nerd rage going on here.

But, whining about 10 hours a day is a bit ridiculous.  I don't do 1 single thing for more than 10 hours a day except breathing.

Originally posted by Thradar

Originally posted by bluegoo2

Time limits are fucking ridiculous. Thanks OP, you just saved me time from looking into this POS. Oh well, I haven't played a single NCShit game I have liked anyways, and I don't expect this crapper to be any better.

Serious nerd rage going on here.

But, whining about 10 hours a day is a bit ridiculous.  I don't do 1 single thing for more than 10 hours a day except breathing.

/signed Thradar

and bluegoo2... no comment...

A day has 24 hours, 8 hr sleep + 6-8h(work/school at a minimum average) = ~14-16hr not even counting transport, food, toilet, house chores...heck even if you dont do any of those and cut on sleep time you'll still have a hard time to be able to play 10 hours a day..and that applies to addicts aswell(being one myself) 

Unless you want to play in the toilet with a fridge by your side with no RL contact whatsoever, I can hardly imagine any other way you'd make those 10 hours a day or even waste it before the end of the month

As a side note, they arent limiting players to 10 hours a day, its 300 a month so if you didnt play 10 hours a day whatever is left will still be there till the end of the month, overall I see it as a good method to prevent botters

Time limits are there to prevent botting. Not really a bad thing

Originally posted by xpiher

Time limits are there to prevent botting. Not really a bad thing

That's not true.

Many people already said it, but people seem to be lazy to read.

These time limits are enforced in South Korea by Government Law, because they have to deal with serious game addiction issues in that country.

Hence, in China the Government goes even further by limiting it per hour! People have to pay per hour there.

So, in the end in NA/EU it will be like always.... a monthly subscription fee without time limit!

Altho, seeing the increase in serious game addiction within NA/EU ... I wouldn't be suprised that it will not take long till we get time restrictions by law here too. Wich honestly would be a good thing.

WoW kiddies hiding in their mom's basement playing almost litterly 24/7 is pretty sick and sad reality of this day. And not only WoW, but with other games as well.

Cheers

Originally posted by Guillermo197

Originally posted by xpiher

Time limits are there to prevent botting. Not really a bad thing

 

That's not true.

Many people already said it, but people seem to be lazy to read.

These time limits are enforced in South Korea by Government Law, because they have to deal with serious game addiction issues in that country.

Hence, in China the Government goes even further by limiting it per hour! People have to pay per hour there.

 

So, in the end in NA/EU it will be like always.... a monthly subscription fee without time limit!

Altho, seeing the increase in serious game addiction within NA/EU ... I wouldn't be suprised that it will not take long till we get time restrictions by law here too. Wich honestly would be a good thing.

WoW kiddies hiding in their mom's basement playing almost litterly 24/7 is pretty sick and sad reality of this day. And not only WoW, but with other games as well.

Cheers

Just what we don't need -- more government intervention telling people how to live their lives.  Honestly, if someone wants to live in a "basement" and play a video game 24/7, that's their business.  They're not hurting anyone but themselves.  IMO, governments have much bigger issues to tackle -- like the economy, crime, world peace, etc., etc., etc. 

On a side note, I'm guessing there are more people hanging out in the basement addicted to porn than there are people addicted to MMOs.