Originally posted by pimpdizzle

So they are going to put in a battleground. I really hope it doesn't take away from world PVP, or Abyss PVP. The one thing that killed WoW for me was the introduction of BG's. Everyone stayed in the BG's and the world was empty except those questing. I really think they could do without this.

It's not a battleground - it's an instance.  Did you ever play DAoC?  If so, you remember Darkness Falls - it's very much like that.  You can choose to face your enemy, if they're Asmodians or Elyos, or you can use the instance against them and attack them when the time is right.  Basically, you're fighting over who gets to run the instance.  It's a 3-way battle to the death.  And since the enemy spawns at the beginning of the ship, one instance run could take a while, unless you try to burn through it to kill the Dreadgion Captain.

It sounds amazing.  I am soooo pumped about 1.5.  What a good move by NCSoft, waiting until they're ready to release with this update.  Amazing.  Simply amazing.  I can't wait.

I am pretty stoked about this too. This really puts a lot of  the past chat about "localization" taking too long to bed.  I give this a thumbs up.

We aren't dealing with a third party publishing company like the chinese client, really shouldn't expect nothing less.

I jizzed in my pants.

Great news. I never really thought about it, i just figured it wouldn't be the last patch right away... so this is nice :)

I don't get why everyone is so excited about...with each patch NCsoft carebears the hell out of this great game, they have gimped rifts, they have offered an alternate to PVP end game...they basically handed it over to the babies.  I want danger I don't want to feel safe, and right now the Korean version is a great big hug fest....why can't they give us L II PVP?  This game is going to be ruined by carebears and Role Players.

Epic fail NCsoft...Epic fail.

Originally posted by Cynthe

I don't know if I dare believe my eyes but the NCsoft community team just tweeted that the English version of Aion will launch with the latest update patch 1.5.

See it here.

Sweet!  ^_^

And this is a surprise, why?  NCSoft is no amateur gaming company like Funcom or Mythic.

Originally posted by jotull

I don't get why everyone is so excited about...with each patch NCsoft carebears the hell out of this great game, they have gimped rifts, they have offered an alternate to PVP end game...they basically handed it over to the babies.  I want danger I don't want to feel safe, and right now the Korean version is a great big hug fest....why can't they give us L II PVP?  This game is going to be ruined by carebears and Role Players.

Epic fail NCsoft...Epic fail.

oh be quite and be gone with your rants.  News flash: Kaion & NA/EU aion is the same dam game, same content.

Try to use the noodle in your head next time.

Originally posted by jotull

I don't get why everyone is so excited about...with each patch NCsoft carebears the hell out of this great game, they have gimped rifts, they have offered an alternate to PVP end game...they basically handed it over to the babies.  I want danger I don't want to feel safe, and right now the Korean version is a great big hug fest....why can't they give us L II PVP?  This game is going to be ruined by carebears and Role Players.

Epic fail NCsoft...Epic fail.

Because they are working on Lineage 3 go cry that way. Aion was always supposed to be more casual then the Lineage series.

Originally posted by jotull

I want danger I don't want to feel safe, and right now the Korean version is a great big hug fest.

Well go walk out in front of a car if you want danger and to not feel safe. otherwise take your trolling somewhere else.

Originally posted by Spaceweed10

Originally posted by Cynthe

I don't know if I dare believe my eyes but the NCsoft community team just tweeted that the English version of Aion will launch with the latest update patch 1.5.

See it here.

Sweet!  ^_^

 

And this is a surprise, why?  NCSoft is no amateur gaming company like Funcom or Mythic.

Because the general consensus was that we should be expecting to launch with 1.2 and there was confusion on what was 1.3, heck I'm still confused what's what. But whatever it's nice to know we won't be behind Korea and there was fear of that too.

To note NCsoft is not perfection so you'll excuse the enthusiasm on something done right. :P

Originally posted by jotull

I don't get why everyone is so excited about...with each patch NCsoft carebears the hell out of this great game, they have gimped rifts, they have offered an alternate to PVP end game...they basically handed it over to the babies.  I want danger I don't want to feel safe, and right now the Korean version is a great big hug fest....why can't they give us L II PVP?  This game is going to be ruined by carebears and Role Players.

Epic fail NCsoft...Epic fail.

You're acting like NCSoft simply removed PvP altogether.   It is still a PvP centric game - they simply gave those that don't want to PvP - or better yet, those that are tired of PvPing for a moment - an alternative.  Don't worry, people won't have trouble finding the opposite faction to fight. 

Course, the way you're talking (in this thread and the other you started, cause you wanted to be heard, I s'pose) it sounds like you won't be playing.  That's fine too.

This is indeed great news.  My only concern is that given a strict non-negotiable schedule the localization quality has more potential to drop for the newer content.

Having played a bit in the C-Aion, I think some of the changes to PvP are needed.  Its not about making it a care bear game, but just putting in some measures to reduce griefing and ensuring people can play.

I mean right now, you can go to starter towns and lock it down as the low levels can't touch high levels.  They get no Abyss Points for it, so there is no reward accept to be an ass to people.  So if they want to make it where people start getting crippled for doing this, I think its a move in the right direction.  Plus it should push them out to where the areas where competitive PvP is taking place.

Originally posted by Jojin

Having played a bit in the C-Aion, I think some of the changes to PvP are needed.  Its not about making it a care bear game, but just putting in some measures to reduce griefing and ensuring people can play.

I mean right now, you can go to starter towns and lock it down as the low levels can't touch high levels.  They get no Abyss Points for it, so there is no reward accept to be an ass to people.  So if they want to make it where people start getting crippled for doing this, I think its a move in the right direction.  Plus it should push them out to where the areas where competitive PvP is taking place.

False, You cannot go to the other factions starting area.  If you ever played the game or did some research you would know this.

NCSoft continues to impress me.  It's actually making me really nervous.  Somebody w/ a head on there shoulders has started to make some pretty good calls when it comes to this port. 

Now if they just keep the NA/EU versions up to date w/ the Koreans, I'll be really impressed.

damn nice, was hoping we'd atleast be close to koreas aion. or atleast get us to where they added more character customizations. 1.5 will deffinitly have that :)

Good news indeed.

Originally posted by stayontarget

Originally posted by Jojin

Having played a bit in the C-Aion, I think some of the changes to PvP are needed.  Its not about making it a care bear game, but just putting in some measures to reduce griefing and ensuring people can play.

I mean right now, you can go to starter towns and lock it down as the low levels can't touch high levels.  They get no Abyss Points for it, so there is no reward accept to be an ass to people.  So if they want to make it where people start getting crippled for doing this, I think its a move in the right direction.  Plus it should push them out to where the areas where competitive PvP is taking place.

False, You cannot go to the other factions starting area.  If you ever played the game or did some research you would know this.

Forgive the mistake in terminology, I am referring to the starting towns as the first towns which have rifts and PvP, like Elten.  There is no greifing in areas like Interdicta, as the players there are high enough level to push back.  But in places like Elten, they are in their 20's and level 45 characters can just mow them down.

Originally posted by Jojin

Originally posted by stayontarget

Originally posted by Jojin

Having played a bit in the C-Aion, I think some of the changes to PvP are needed.  Its not about making it a care bear game, but just putting in some measures to reduce griefing and ensuring people can play.

I mean right now, you can go to starter towns and lock it down as the low levels can't touch high levels.  They get no Abyss Points for it, so there is no reward accept to be an ass to people.  So if they want to make it where people start getting crippled for doing this, I think its a move in the right direction.  Plus it should push them out to where the areas where competitive PvP is taking place.

False, You cannot go to the other factions starting area.  If you ever played the game or did some research you would know this.

 

Forgive the mistake in terminology, I am referring to the starting towns as the first towns which have rifts and PvP, like Elten.  There is no greifing in areas like Interdicta, as the players there are high enough level to push back.  But in places like Elten, they are in their 20's and level 45 characters can just mow them down.

They're also implementing some sort of punishment, I believe.  While not very tight, there's some sort of repercussion, something along the lines of not being able to use rifts, having your name, your level and your location broadcasted to the enemy, so that they know to come find you, etc. etc.

Also, you don't get AP from such a wide margin, I don't believe.  I may have to find the notes on AionSource. Betaboards will be up in a few hours, though.