A new king is here 

So whats your game? :)))

Aion of course!

The game is king because there's a video made about it?

Obviously not the end of WoW but yeah I hope Aion will do well over here for sure.

Originally posted by supbro

 

A new king is here 

 

So whats your game? :)))

 

So basically you are saying....nothing?

Fantastic.... yet another "This game's awesome!", "No it's not!" thread.

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Originally posted by Dameonk
Fantastic.... yet another "This game's awesome!", "No it's not!" thread.

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Yeah...

I'm glad the majority of the community isn't like this at least.

Aion for sure brings something different to the mmo table. Is fresh and envigorating.

In the current in general gaming market that has been so slow this year Aion is like one in a million :3... Kinda the only good mmo that has come out in a while..

I dont know about you guys, but im tired of being dissapointed by playing weak Mmos ... Aion is just delighful

Like it or not, Aion will steal a huge part of the population of most Mmos right now and hopefully kill some weak ass mmos. (Yeah darkfall)

lol i enjoyed that vid

Its a good game, Finally a game where I can be a healer and enjoy it... FFXIV is the real hotness though.

Originally posted by natuxatu

Obviously not the end of WoW but yeah I hope Aion will do well over here for sure.

can a game kill WoW? Like trying to drown a fish

Aion is a pretty compelling title in many ways and I still plan on playing when it launches.

It also has some fairly major flaws. Most of them have to do with world size/design and content. Not much that can be done about that at this point. (More quests are coming as part of the 1.5 patch, but the game world isn't getting any new regions).

There are some problems not related to the core design as well.

The community is pretty bad at this point. No one talks in game and the Closed Beta seems to have attracted a high percentage of anti-social types. A minority, but a disruptive, grief prone minority.

The game also currently lacks any server options for people who would prefer to play the game for PvE, with PvP as an occasional aside. Combined with the high percentage of the anti-social types, this is probably the biggest threat to the success of Aion.

NCSoft made a point of noting the fact that you can level to the cap with out having to set foot in the Abyss, the main region for PvPvE. Obviously an attempt to placate the concerns of the majority of the MMORPG fan base that prefer to play on PvE servers. They fail to mention that most of the PvE zones can be reached by the other side via rifts, that you are not safe from PvP in your home zones and that a determined and organized group of griefers can shut down all questing and grinding for a wide level range for hours on end.

Unless some viable alternate server type is offered (like servers where PvP only occurs in the Abyss, etc...), the game will fall well short of it's potential in the US and Europe.

Originally posted by Chodeman

Originally posted by natuxatu

Obviously not the end of WoW but yeah I hope Aion will do well over here for sure.

 

can a game kill WoW? Like trying to drown a fish

If it bleeds you can kill it :)))

Hehe.. clearly a pointless video... but if it makes ya feel good then its ok. loved the fact they speeded up the Aion combat part of the video and showed a wow toon auto attacking a dummy for the comparison. oh and the music too.

Threads/videos popped up like these before WAR, AOC, DF, Lotro went live and look what happended.

Hope your all enjoying AION after the 1 month honeymoon period... but sadly most wont.  You can say I am wrong a month after release.

The exact same comparison about character was being made when AoC is about to be release, but as many players here have said, graphics isn't everything.

It will be fair to give an opinion for a game after it's release for a few months, when the majority of players have rech more than level 20 and some already doing end-game...

Hopefully we get a unbias review then, without comparing with WoW... just on the game itself ...

Originally posted by arctarus

The exact same comparison about character was being made when AoC is about to be release, but as many players here have said, graphics isn't everything.

It will be fair to give an opinion for a game after it's release for a few months, when the majority of players have rech more than level 20 and some already doing end-game...

Hopefully we get a unbias review then, without comparing with WoW... just on the game itself ...

 

 

Aion's endgame is currently being played by millions in Asia for 8+ months....i don't think AoC every had that luxury. (nice comparison hehe)

Servers in China jumped from 40 to 120 to allow for the increase in players, you do math? i think they like game..
 

Originally posted by supbro

Originally posted by arctarus

The exact same comparison about character was being made when AoC is about to be release, but as many players here have said, graphics isn't everything.

It will be fair to give an opinion for a game after it's release for a few months, when the majority of players have rech more than level 20 and some already doing end-game...

Hopefully we get a unbias review then, without comparing with WoW... just on the game itself ...

 

 

 

Aion's endgame is currently being played by millions in Asia for 8+ months....i don't think AoC every had that luxury. (nice comparison hehe)

Servers in China jumped from 40 to 120 to allow for the increase in players, you do math? i think they like game..
 

Im talking about character comparsion, which AoC is also being compare to WoW toon.

The other thing is, China is asian market, and we know the things that they like may not be the one which we like.

So i think its better to wait for a little while more and we will get to see players review...

Originally posted by supbro

Originally posted by arctarus

The exact same comparison about character was being made when AoC is about to be release, but as many players here have said, graphics isn't everything.

It will be fair to give an opinion for a game after it's release for a few months, when the majority of players have rech more than level 20 and some already doing end-game...

Hopefully we get a unbias review then, without comparing with WoW... just on the game itself ...

 

 

 

Aion's endgame is currently being played by millions in Asia for 8+ months....i don't think AoC every had that luxury. (nice comparison hehe)

Servers in China jumped from 40 to 120 to allow for the increase in players, you do math? i think they like game..
 

WoW being offline in china for a month helped too. Wonder how many of those servers will merge now that wow is back?

Originally posted by coffee

Originally posted by supbro

Originally posted by arctarus

The exact same comparison about character was being made when AoC is about to be release, but as many players here have said, graphics isn't everything.

It will be fair to give an opinion for a game after it's release for a few months, when the majority of players have rech more than level 20 and some already doing end-game...

Hopefully we get a unbias review then, without comparing with WoW... just on the game itself ...

 

 

 

Aion's endgame is currently being played by millions in Asia for 8+ months....i don't think AoC every had that luxury. (nice comparison hehe)

Servers in China jumped from 40 to 120 to allow for the increase in players, you do math? i think they like game..
 

 

WoW being offline in china for a month helped too. Wonder how many of those servers will merge now that wow is back?

Wow was online in China when Aion reached the 120 servers milestone. Wow went offline some weeks ago there, and wow is going back with TBC.

xfire numbers don't matter.

I figure Aion will get about 500 to 600k up front sales, maybe more, and drop to 250K-300K subs after the 1st 3 months.