I am really over the fence whether I should preorder Aion. I am quite bored, but all I see in the vids looks quite "been there, done that" to me. Ok, there are wings... nice. But that alone does not really convince me. Landscapes don't look so overwhelmingly good, just 2 races, and all I hear is standard fare. Sorta WOW 1.5 or what. I am not trolling, I am just curious. It is really worth trying?

Please only serious answers from ppl who actually tried it out. ^^

The problem as i see it is the Korean guilds they will domanate pvp, or at least i think they will for awhile till some well organized western guilds get there shit together.  Time will tell.

Based on your post, my suggestion would be to wait until a few months after release and then decide. As many posts over the past four or five months on all the aion-related forums across the internet including this one have said, it's not doing anything radical or innovative - it goes the route of WOW in that it improves and changes a lot of little things in order to make a game that many find entertaining or fun.

Oh sorry the reason you should is nothing else is out there right now and for cost of the box sale you get 30 days to play i think it is worth that at least.

Originally posted by Elsabolts

The problem as i see it is the Korean guilds they will domanate pvp, or at least i think they will for awhile till some well organized western guilds get there shit together.  Time will tell.

Koreans have their own servers. And to the OP:

If you're looking for a revolutionary solo experience, dont play Aion, if you have a group of people to play with and if you want to enjoy a good pvp game with some decent pve thrown in, surrounded by a polished enviroment, then play it.

Originally posted by Elsabolts

The problem as i see it is the Korean guilds they will domanate pvp, or at least i think they will for awhile till some well organized western guilds get there shit together.  Time will tell.

Huh? Koreans have their own servers and won't be on ours. That did make me laugh though.

OP - Try out Aion and see if you like it. I absolutely love the game, and will be playing it for a long time. I was very suspicious of it at first, until I tried it. I would at least get to level 20 before dismissing the game, because that's when the fun parts start to happen. Pvp in this game is extremely fun and addicting for some reason. There's enough of a death penalty that you don't want to die (you have to pay off a Soul Healer to recover lost exp, when you die) and it gets quite costly at higher levels.

Bottom line: If it appeals to you then that's why you should play it. If you're not that interested, don't look for others to convince you. If you're on the fence.. do nothing until you decide to do something. *shrug* 

But why *I* will play Aion is because it seems to be a little more group oriented. Plus I like the look and feel of the game and enjoy the combat. So that's WHY I'm going to play it... I'm more excited for FFXIV and GW2 though.

I don't want to hijack the thread, but is the game world mostly seamless like WoW or is it mostly zoned like EQ2?

Originally posted by jusomdude

I don't want to hijack the thread, but is the game world mostly seamless like WoW or is it mostly zoned like EQ2?

zoned, but the the zones are larger than that of EQ2 from what I can tell. At least most of the starting areas and stuff in EQ2.

Originally posted by Yunbei

I am really over the fence whether I should preorder Aion. I am quite bored, but all I see in the vids looks quite "been there, done that" to me. Ok, there are wings... nice. But that alone does not really convince me. Landscapes don't look so overwhelmingly good, just 2 races, and all I hear is standard fare. Sorta WOW 1.5 or what. I am not trolling, I am just curious. It is really worth trying?

Please only serious answers from ppl who actually tried it out. ^^

When someone said another game is "Been there, done that" when they didn't play it, I automatically do not consider them gamers.

Now that my opinion is biased, I cannot tell you whether it is worth trying.  All games are worth trying, but each person has to determine whether they are fun enough to keep playing.

I played all the beta and have been gathering information on the game, all I can say is I like it.  You been looking at things from very pessimistic perspective.  If people want to keep believe it is just an updated WoW, then seriously go away, we don't need gamers that doesn't even go into details about each system when a new game come out.  Any game would look the same if someone refuse to analyze the difference instead of focusing on similarity.  I rather have 2 races I can customize to great degree than 20 races that look almost the same, and the landscape is fine the way it is, and the standard fare means that the game is not hyped, so what are promised are actually delivered.  

Originally posted by jusomdude

I don't want to hijack the thread, but is the game world mostly seamless like WoW or is it mostly zoned like EQ2?

WoW is hardly seamless.... it's painfully obvious where the zone boundaries are, espcially if you cross one away from the roads.  WoW uses the same technique Shadowbane used, caching the boundary stripes so you don't have a loading screen or a discernable pause.

Vanguard tried to be seamless, but didn't get the cross-node communication working right, so NPC's would walk along the edges of grid squares, and there was some hitching as well (the famous death by falling as your flying mount disappeared back at launch).

AFAIK, nobody has fully accomplished this in an MMO yet.... although several single players games have done it.

Originally posted by natuxatu

Originally posted by jusomdude

I don't want to hijack the thread, but is the game world mostly seamless like WoW or is it mostly zoned like EQ2?

 

zoned, but the the zones are larger than that of EQ2 from what I can tell. At least most of the starting areas and stuff in EQ2.

I think he's asking if it is all instanced or not.  It isn't.  There are no loading screens between zones.

At the very beginning of the game they have several "channels" with population limits to keep traffic down, but you can switch, and once you're out of the newbie area, everyone is in the same zone again.

There is no reason to play aion. It is same Ole same Ole. It has one halfway interesting mechanic and even it doesn't live up to its expectations. If your bored with whats already out then Aion will bore you. A better deal would get a job work the hours you would normally play an MMO save up your dough and by the time a good one comes out you will have the cash for a top of the line computer to play it on.

Originally posted by Prankster

There is no reason to play aion. It is same Ole same Ole. It has one halfway interesting mechanic and even it doesn't live up to its expectations. If your bored with whats already out then Aion will bore you. A better deal would get a job work the hours you would normally play an MMO save up your dough and by the time a good one comes out you will have the cash for a top of the line computer to play it on.

I'm afraid that's not true.  I was bored to death of everything out on the market, tried Aion, and liked it quite a bit.  I'm not in a small minority either.  A great deal of the current community came from WoW, WAR, AoC, L2, etc.  All of them mention how they find Aion refreshingly new after playing those games so long.

Originally posted by quixadhal

WoW is hardly seamless.... it's painfully obvious where the zone boundaries are, espcially if you cross one away from the roads.  WoW uses the same technique Shadowbane used, caching the boundary stripes so you don't have a loading screen or a discernable pause.

Vanguard tried to be seamless, but didn't get the cross-node communication working right, so NPC's would walk along the edges of grid squares, and there was some hitching as well (the famous death by falling as your flying mount disappeared back at launch).

AFAIK, nobody has fully accomplished this in an MMO yet.... although several single players games have done it.

When people talk about a seemlees world they mean you can move from zone to another without a load screen, not what you are talking about here.

Aion has great graphics, a lot of subscribers and updates, and a lot of endgame PvP, but that's about it.

I'm not playing any mmo without talent specs of some sort.

sorry Aion - Not until i can have some custimization of my class

Originally posted by Yunbei

I am really over the fence whether I should preorder Aion. I am quite bored, but all I see in the vids looks quite "been there, done that" to me. Ok, there are wings... nice. But that alone does not really convince me. Landscapes don't look so overwhelmingly good, just 2 races, and all I hear is standard fare. Sorta WOW 1.5 or what. I am not trolling, I am just curious. It is really worth trying?

Please only serious answers from ppl who actually tried it out. ^^

If you would like to pvp unlike wow and do some pve  then give it a shot. (try to wait until there is an OB so you can deside for yourself)

If you are asking if you should play Aion, I think the correct answer is yes. You see Years ago, (and I do not know how old you are OP) They came out with a new and improved maxi pad, where they added  wings. They had commercials witha bunch of yentas yelling. "It has wings!" Well, evidently these maxi pads were a big hit and sold big time.

Well, then there was Lineage 2. Now  they added wings to it, and called it Aion. "It has wings!" If history is any indication, then Aion will be sucessfull, and most likley be a game you should pre order at once! It will obviously be the WoW killer .  If you do not buy it there is obviously something wrong with you....it has wings.

Originally posted by Prankster

There is no reason to play aion. It is same Ole same Ole. It has one halfway interesting mechanic and even it doesn't live up to its expectations. If your bored with whats already out then Aion will bore you. A better deal would get a job work the hours you would normally play an MMO save up your dough and by the time a good one comes out you will have the cash for a top of the line computer to play it on.

what if i dont want to work 115 hours a week, im fine with working 40 hours k thx