I may be somewhat premature with this question, but will ask those at higher levels anyway.

I am level 13.  So far there has only been one place I could fly in.  Pretty much EVERYWHERE I go is a no fly zone.

I arrived in Verteron and did a few quests in close proximity to the citadel.  After which I moved out east towards the mines and it seems to me that hardly anywhere in the game can I actually fly.

This wouldn't be such a m,assive problem in itself if the game had mounts, but as it doesn't, will I be limited to running everywhere while I quest?

I had envisioned flying around to look for the right places to quest, landing and doing the quests, but sadly I'm just running everywhere.

Flight and flying combat is much better in Champions Online. In AION they tell you where to fly and for how long.

Flight is limited in the PvE zones, else you'd be skipping content instead of playing the game. Sort of like the quest dive bombing that's happening in WoW (which made the whole world design irrelevant). Once you start entering the contested PvP zones and you start gaining levels, the flight time will increase and the limits will diminish. You should be able to stay airborne for 5-10 mins in these occassions.

That is actually the number one reason my friend and I did not move to Aion. We tried it during beta and although being able to glide was pretty cool, we felt Aion took a step back by limiting flying. After being able to fly pretty much anywhere in games like Vanguard and WoW, running back and forth to a quest hub in Aion 10 zillion times is very boring.

I wouldn't mind the not flying so much if they gave you a larger reward for killing mobs, especially in dungeons. 10 years ago, games rewarded you greatly for killing mobs and you got very little for exp for the quest turn ins. People complained that they didnt like having to kill so many mobs so devs made it so the mobs gave very little exp and greatly rewarded you for the quest turn ins. This has made running between quest givers the new tedious part of most MMOs and draws much more attention when you don't have a mount or can't fly between them....like Aion.

I understand what you're saying. On the other hand, the unlimited type of flying introduced in WoW basically killed world immersion for me. What was happening on the ground was irrelevant, since you could bypass everything. The world felt flat after that.

Given the above, I enjoyed the world more in games like LOTRO and now Aion, where the world design matters and you feel you're part of it.

Maybe you guys should learn 2 play the game.

No fly zone doesn't mean you cannot glide? As you can glide!

Lot of the PVE zones are artistically so designed that they have different elevations.

It's extremely fun and effective if you get the hang of gliding.

Later on, in the PVP zones, like the Abyss. These are full fly zones and you will have to fly to get to most places!

There is all kinds of gear, items and consumables (even lvl30, 40 and 50 upgradable wings) that signifanctly increase your flight timer to over 5 minutes!

So again. Learn 2 play the game!

who says its all walk? u got telpoter and Flight master and besides walking a bit doesnt hurt and u are constantly moving to new place so discovering a bit isnt bad u

Get potions and 300+ special potions that loot on 325+ aether. You will be able to fly forever.

Originally posted by Guillermo197

Maybe you guys should learn 2 play the game.

No fly zone doesn't mean you cannot glide? As you can glide!

Lot of the PVE zones are artistically so designed that they have different elevations.

It's extremely fun and effective if you get the hang of gliding.

Later on, in the PVP zones, like the Abyss. These are full fly zones and you will have to fly to get to most places!

There is all kinds of gear, items and consumables (even lvl30, 40 and 50 upgradable wings) that signifanctly increase your flight timer to over 5 minutes!

So again. Learn 2 play the game!

Learn 2 opinion, fanboy.

Originally posted by Guillermo197

Maybe you guys should learn 2 play the game.

No fly zone doesn't mean you cannot glide? As you can glide!

Lot of the PVE zones are artistically so designed that they have different elevations.

It's extremely fun and effective if you get the hang of gliding.

Later on, in the PVP zones, like the Abyss. These are full fly zones and you will have to fly to get to most places!

There is all kinds of gear, items and consumables (even lvl30, 40 and 50 upgradable wings) that signifanctly increase your flight timer to over 5 minutes!

So again. Learn 2 play the game!

l2read

Flying is not gliding. As I mentioned before gliding is fun but it does not replace being able to fly from point a to point b.

The game has been out for a year and it took you that long to find out about flying ?

your only level 13 and your whining about wanting a mount? get real, if they did have mounts you wouldn't get them till at least 20, and its not like the game world is so large that it take 30 minutes to run from one town to another.

Originally posted by Xasapis

Flight is limited in the PvE zones, else you'd be skipping content instead of playing the game.

Well but... they knew from the start that they're going to implement flying, right? Why did they create content then that doesn't work if you can fly? So that they were forced to disable flying so the PvE content ain't screwed up?
I'd rather expect them to create content that specifically works with flying as a kind of additional advertisment and seperate it from other games. Instead of taking the normal MMORPG content and disabling what many people like so much about Aion.

Makes no sense to me.

Originally posted by maji

Originally posted by Xasapis

Flight is limited in the PvE zones, else you'd be skipping content instead of playing the game.

 

Well but... they knew from the start that they're going to implement flying, right? Why did they create content then that doesn't work if you can fly? So that they were forced to disable flying so the PvE content ain't screwed up?
I'd rather expect them to create content that specifically works with flying as a kind of additional advertisment and seperate it from other games. Instead of taking the normal MMORPG content and disabling what many people like so much about Aion.

Makes no sense to me.

Exactly. I liked my time in Aion beta but it always felt like flying was something they thought of late in development. There is no reason why they don't have quests, dungeons, NPCs, mobs, and cities all in the sky so instead of the devs trying to limit your flight time, they could give you a valid reason for flying.

In older games like VG and WoW it makes sense to limit the flying in certain areas since the content was designed for people to access on foot. For a game developed from the start to include flying at low lvls I think they could have done a  lot more for that aspect of the game.

Aion is still a solid and beautiful game that is quite polished, but it could have been better.

Flight being limited is there for a reason. Some areas are not to be entered becuase of the level and some people just abuse the flight mechanics if they could. If you would have done a proper search about Aion you would have found this out. Besides some classes have the ability to transform early to increase their run speed. Do some research before you play a game or even make comments that you have no idea why this is why it is.

Originally posted by DevilXaphan

Flight being limited is there for a reason. Some areas are not to be entered becuase of the level and some people just abuse the flight mechanics if they could. If you would have done a proper search about Aion you would have found this out. Besides some classes have the ability to transform early to increase their run speed. Do some research before you play a game or even make comments that you have no idea why this is why it is.

Because people like to whine and complain. That's all they do these days.

Originally posted by Nopex

I may be somewhat premature with this question, but will ask those at higher levels anyway.

 

I am level 13.  So far there has only been one place I could fly in.  Pretty much EVERYWHERE I go is a no fly zone.

I arrived in Verteron and did a few quests in close proximity to the citadel.  After which I moved out east towards the mines and it seems to me that hardly anywhere in the game can I actually fly.

This wouldn't be such a m,assive problem in itself if the game had mounts, but as it doesn't, will I be limited to running everywhere while I quest?

I had envisioned flying around to look for the right places to quest, landing and doing the quests, but sadly I'm just running everywhere.

The answer to your question is yes, you will be running or gliding around at low levels for a while.  Even the god of all games, WoW used to make you wait until level 40 to get a mount and they were so expensive most people didn't get a mount until their mid-40's.  I know, like that is so unfair and you can tell that it totally ruined WoW and nobody plays that game at all.  Then when all the real gamers left WoW they lowered the level for mounts to 20.  This game is not that lame yet, so be patient, in a few years I'm sure they will try and attract people like you.  Until then, this is not a game for you.

What you had 'envisioned' has nothing to do with reality, apparently.  Even if this game had mounts why would you assume you would get one at 13?  Have you ever played another MMO? 

Originally posted by Murashu

Originally posted by Guillermo197

Maybe you guys should learn 2 play the game.

No fly zone doesn't mean you cannot glide? As you can glide!

Lot of the PVE zones are artistically so designed that they have different elevations.

It's extremely fun and effective if you get the hang of gliding.

Later on, in the PVP zones, like the Abyss. These are full fly zones and you will have to fly to get to most places!

There is all kinds of gear, items and consumables (even lvl30, 40 and 50 upgradable wings) that signifanctly increase your flight timer to over 5 minutes!

So again. Learn 2 play the game!

 

l2read

 

Flying is not gliding. As I mentioned before gliding is fun but it does not replace being able to fly from point a to point b.

Dude, gliding = being airborne = flying!!

Seriously,

Like several posters already mentioned. In other MMO's (like WoW, LOTRO, EQ2, etc, etc) you didn't had any mount at level1, yet alone at level13 !!

In WoW they now lowered it to level20. In LOTRO it's still level35! In EverQuest 2 only ALTs from players with rich Main chars have mounts at lvl1.

So give me a break!!

There are designated areas (wich, according to Aion lore if you actually bothered to read, have Aether in the air.) even in the lvl10-20 zones where you can freely fly! And there are even quests that forces you to fly to higher up locations!

However, the other parts of the 10-20 areas are restricted on purpose. But as these areas are all artistically designed and optimised for gliding !!! You can still get around pretty fast, if you use your brain and LEARN how to use Gliding effectively!!

The gliding system is so awesome, that if you get the hang of it, you can get into updrafts, so you can get higher up in the air and so increase your flighttime and thus distance even further!!

SO AGAIN!! They made a lot of the 10-20 areas NO FLY on purpose and for a reason!  As they made a lot of effort in creating this really awesome gliding system!!

The Abyss is frigging HUGE three layered zone, with a jitload of content, dungeons, Siege Fortresses and is FREE FLY!

This is where you will spend most your time in from level25 and upwards. 

So if you expected FULL FLY from level1 upwards in ALL zones. Than you should have READ better. As you could have known this wasn't the case! All the information has been out there for god knows how long already!

Cheers

Yes you could say it's somewhat premature.  See the interviews by the Dev's on why they limited it between lvl 10-24.

There are plenty of games out there that have unlimited flying, does that make them better ?  not even close IMO.

I aint playing Aion so i can fly round the sky all day long.

I think this flying in Aion is awesome, i must addmitt when heard about the game last year i was under the impression that flying was limtless, but after playing in OB i can understand now why you have a time limt and it works realy well. 

Even in the area's that you can't fly, when you double tap the space bar and glid down its awesome. i realy like the animation too, they done a good job.