Good news!

http://aiononline.com/en/news/aion-launch-version-1.html

edit - Should mention, they may still use it in the future...

aiononline.com/en/news/aion-launch-version-1.html  A working link for the rest of us.

AND THANK BLOOD Y GOD FOR NO GAMEGUARD!!

This is very good news indeed.  I had so many problems with GameGuard throughout the beta.

Suprisingly, he's telling the truth

"After analyzing our open beta test results Aion will not feature GameGuard at launch. We will however continue to pursue ways to effectively utilize GameGuard within Aion in the future. Right now we're focused on providing players with the best possible Aion experience."

Does this mean everyone who said they wouldn't be playing because of GG will now be?

Even NC knows the importance of a smooth launch. Kudos to them!

Originally posted by Kaocan

Does this mean everyone who said they wouldn't be playing because of GG will now be?

Well, they can't have many excuses now can they?

So they take it out just to get people to buy the game then put it back in later...people don't want it at all, kinda lame.

personally, i never had issues with GG even with norton 360 and firewall on vista 64bit. but this is good news for those having GG nightmares. and hopefully wil attract those who were turned off by GG. first oceanic servers, now this, who said NCwest dont listen. maybe they are starting to listen to customers now

Originally posted by Kaocan

Does this mean everyone who said they wouldn't be playing because of GG will now be?

Probably not since they are still saying they will put it back in later.

I've never cared for GameGuard either. I've played quite a few F2P games that use GameGaurd and there is so much cheating in the game is redonkulous. yeah i said redonkulous wanna fight about it :D

i'm glad ncsoft is abandoning gameguard.

Hurray, ty NCsoft.

Good for them! NcSoft realized GameGuard was a major problem with OB, wasn't able to fix it to allow for a smooth retail release of the game and dropped it! Thank you NcSoft!

Originally posted by SonikFlash

aiononline.com/en/news/aion-launch-version-1.html  A working link for the rest of us.

 

AND THANK BLOOD Y GOD FOR NO GAMEGUARD!!

Thanks, don't know why this board didn't recognize that as a link, I'm still a n00b posting here

Originally posted by fedfierce

Originally posted by Kaocan

Does this mean everyone who said they wouldn't be playing because of GG will now be?

 

Well, they can't have many excuses now can they?

Why so you can invest time playing to have them put it back in and have the game not work. This wont bring thiose people back. Its not worth the risk.

Originally posted by Scalebane

So they take it out just to get people to buy the game then put it back in later...people don't want it at all, kinda lame.

they take it out now till they find a working version for everyone. if they dont. i hope they never introduce GG back again. even tho i never had problems with it. some of my frens does.

Meh...gameguard didn't effect me at all so I don't really care.

well, this sure puts pressure under gameguard for them to improve their product, the aion team has noticed many people had issues with gameguard, and they removed it until those issues are fixed, obviously.

 Umm... it's nice that they are currently removing GG and all... it's also a fact it doesn't guards much and beta feedback was massively towards either making it decent or removing it, but what do they have now for cheat detection and prevention? A GM taskforce spread over 24 servers?

Originally posted by TeranHawkins

Meh...gameguard didn't effect me at all so I don't really care.

Sure it effects you, you just don't care. It invades your privacy and hooks your antivirus for starts. Not good stuff.