I enjoy leveling, the ride is usually more fun then the end game. That said, it s how you make it. If you feel gear grind is all there is to do in WOWs end game , well then thats what it will be. I, however, play with some friends and my wife and we just take each day as it comes. PvP a bit, do some Heroics, Wintergrasp, Arena, Old content for achievments, the list goes on. We all could care less what others feel about us, gear wise, so in turn it doesn t feel like a gear grind. We have many times gone into arenas as a 5 man team and destroyed many better geared teams because we know how to play our chars. This is the result of many people getting pl ed to end , just to grind that gear, and never learned anything but a couple buttons to push. To sum it up it s how you play the game that determines wether it s  grind or not.

I have to admit, I played beta, and dabbled a bit on a friends account after release. Although I still won t be buying it, I played a bit on friends account and it seems quite active and alot better.

One of the most boring, generic games I ve played in years.Couldn t wait to uninstall it.

Originally posted by DevilXaphan

Originally posted by Leucent

Originally posted by Cammy

Originally posted by Leucent

Non-existant spam is a load and you know it.

 

You obviously havent played in what.. 2-3 weeks now?

 

I log in - I MIGHT have 1 spammer... MIGHT

 

The ONLY spam to speak of is the private store shops that they set up around the teleporter... which are easily ignored

 

Fail troll is complete fail

 

Not trolling just saying it as it is. Testy you Aion lovers. Entertaining me while I wait for a real game, for that I thank you.

You sure that's how it is or are you just trolling, be honest now?

From my experience I see a crap load of bots, So i m saying it as I see it. Not trolling at all.
 

Originally posted by Cammy

Originally posted by Leucent

Non-existant spam is a load and you know it.

 

You obviously havent played in what.. 2-3 weeks now?

 

I log in - I MIGHT have 1 spammer... MIGHT

 

The ONLY spam to speak of is the private store shops that they set up around the teleporter... which are easily ignored

 

Fail troll is complete fail

Not trolling just saying it as it is. Testy you Aion lovers. Entertaining me while I wait for a real game, for that I thank you.

Non-existant spam is a load and you know it.

Originally posted by Cammy

Originally posted by Leucent

If I didn t feel like I was on a one way track in Aion, I might enjoy it. If I didn t feel like I was in a box while on those tracks I might enjoy it. If I didn t feel like I was in a kiddy land while I was playing it I might enjoy it. I could go on and on, but to me Aion was one of the worst experiences I ve had in a MMO in years. I didn t even get into the Major issues of the game. If I spend $50 on a game and in a week or 2 don t want to log in, I don t really care for the loss, as it was my poor judgement and want for a new MMO experience. I will not buy another MMO till I ve tried it or know people that have and I can trust their judgement. Well until FFXIV comes out that is.

 

Coming from the guy who complains there's no quests but won't walk 50 steps outside a town to get more?

 

 

There is a lack of quests yes. I could walk 50 steps outside a town to get more, yes, but the game didn t do it for me so why should I continue to play it. What I said is how I feel, if you don t like it, ignore it. What you have to understand is, because you like the game doesn t mean I and many more wont. The bottom line is the game was a big waste of time for alot of people and they re upset they wasted their time and money. The game is shallow, and boring. That is my opinion and it isn t going to change, unless something magical happens.

All I can say is it is a pleasent suprise of a fun game. So far I m impressed and actually can t wait to log in again. Can t say the same for a certain new release.

2 Games im looking forward to. FFXIV and GW2. At least i ll get alot of playing time with FFXIV before GW2 comes out. Only game worth playing imo is FFXIV while waiting for GW2, though i ll be playing both.

If I didn t feel like I was on a one way track in Aion, I might enjoy it. If I didn t feel like I was in a box while on those tracks I might enjoy it. If I didn t feel like I was in a kiddy land while I was playing it I might enjoy it. I could go on and on, but to me Aion was one of the worst experiences I ve had in a MMO in years. I didn t even get into the Major issues of the game. If I spend $50 on a game and in a week or 2 don t want to log in, I don t really care for the loss, as it was my poor judgement and want for a new MMO experience. I will not buy another MMO till I ve tried it or know people that have and I can trust their judgement. Well until FFXIV comes out that is.

AOC, if it had the sieges working properly, and an open world would have been my game of choice.

Originally posted by Xasapis

Are you implying that they lied and the WAR numbers are also made up? Because that's what certain people in this thread argue about the Aion numbers.

If you're implying that the subscription numbers only tell half the story and we need to wait until the game has some months over its back, I would agree.

The latter. WAR sold more units in a much shorter time, yet look at it. In the end selling a mass amount quickly means nothing.

http://www.videogamer.com/news/warhammer_online_sales_reach_1_2_million.html

Thats all that needs to be said.

Originally posted by supbro

Originally posted by Zorndorf

Originally posted by supbro

Originally posted by Zorndorf

Again a BIG flat LIE.

Look at the article itself (coming from a fanwebsite btw):

"A The Korea Times staff reporter Kim Tong-hyung is reporting that Aion is a "Smash Hit Among American Gamers". Some interesting figures were also reported in his article, which are some of the first actual post-release sales numbers mentioned in the actual media.

Although exact figures weren't available, NCsoft executives estimate that Aion has surpassed 700,000 in sales in the U.S. and Europe, and will touch the 1 million mark by the end of the year.

The company started with 12 servers each in the U.S. and Europe at the start of Aion's commercial service last month, but was operating 14 servers in the U.S. and 16 servers in Europe a week later. This indicates that the game was getting as much as 150,000 concurrent users in those markets.

Whether or not you buy into the estimates above, sales figures already have Aion as a "smash hit" among Korean gamers. Aion is a success, even if there ends up being a small footprint in the North American and European markets. However, success in the Western markets could allow Aion to compete on a level that could rival market leaders.
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It was the same kind of sources that LIED about the 3.5 million subscriptions in the east too.

Those supposed 700K : were they sold to shops? Are those accounts alreadu created?

Estimate, unnamed executives , - sources from a Korean reporter-

HOW ABOUT an official NCSOFT statement ?????

As always with this Korean ----> NOWHERE to be found.

It was the first game ever to have been maniuplating XFire stats from the very beginning.

Aion is a pure lied up marketed game .... and NCSoft - just like in Asia - is NOT confirming anything officialy because they are bound to a stock rated market deontology.

 Even with their oversampling the thing on Xfire: http://www.xfire.com/games/aion/Aion/

 It shows the real state of the "growing" Korean thing. (just watch how the Xfire stats "grow" every day in the ratio at prime time Seoul).

Disgusting.

 

 

Id prefer to believe an IGN article over the crap you spew every post. You have no credibility at all.

Yep, like IGN also spread the FALSE rumours the game had 3.5 M eastern subscriptions.
 

Yeh, I STILL await the official announcement of NCSoft for that number.

After 6 months ... it never came.

ANd BTW: Even a 50% drop of Xfire players can't be denied by you.

http://www.xfire.com/games/aion/Aion/

Now count in the fact ... Aion is sold on the XFire webiste with ... Xfire installed ....

So the 50% LOSS in players  is certainly "tuned" upwards ... :)))

 

You said before xfire doesnt mean anything when concerning Aion because it was "oversampled" by gold sellers? but now with the 50% drop it xfire does means something? make up your mind? :))

Lol, re read that and think about what you just said. Aion will drop hugely, word of mouth hype before release, now alot of bad publicity afterwards. Alot of people are disliking it after actually trying it.

FFXIV, no contest.

Easily the most boring game I ve played in my life, so I guess 1 word, BORING.

MMOs to me now are just a casual thing. Those days of logging in and playing for 5-6 hours are gone. This isn t the games fault it s just my persnal prefrence. That said I agree completely. I log into MMOs alot less frequently, I buy alot less ( I used to buy them all), even one I enjoy I play maybe 15 hours a week. Although most of this is my choice, I m just finding every game to be the same with a small twist. Waste of time with many of them, so I ve been playing alot of FPS and single player games. With FPS I find since all MMOs feel the same I may as well play FPS because it has no monthly fee.

Originally posted by arctarus

I agree that War is improving with every patch, especially this patch. And i just sub back to take a look.

How do i put it, the starting area though combine, for the dest side, is using chosen area. Maybe i expect too much, thought it will be a new starting area like VG.

And after playing for a while, till around level 9, its the same old boring world. sc is still active, but not much players ( Gorfang)  during prime time.

Just that the whole thing still doesn't really make it anything diff from last time out, but great credit to Mythic that now performance have really greatly improve. From a single digit fps during launch even doing quest, now its really smooth.

For me, i think its really too little too late...

 

 

 

 

Ya, I know what you re saying, but with most games a year+ the population is mostly at end game. Tier 4 is very busy on IR anyways. I actually log in and have alot of fun. Before I couldn t say that, I was searching for things to do. Now when they bring back Fortresses, with IMO will have relics, that will add even more Tier 4 stuff to do.

Warhammer is improving with every patch actually. People that still play the game know this. Sure theres things that need work but every game does.

Originally posted by metalhead980

Originally posted by //\\//\\oo

Originally posted by metalhead980

 

You shouldn't take criticism of your review so seriously, you have three back to back to back posts of flames calling fellow posters stupid, morons or idiots and even a personal attack thats completely uncalled for.

You may want to seek some help. Also this need to be paid to deliver a capable review seems like a deep seeded problem of yours.

I hope you don't act like this in real life.

 

  So it's OK for people to flame me, but it's not OK for me to retort? You told me not to write anymore and I told you why I will continue writing and why I think my review is sufficient.

  Deep seeded my ass: Do you think that Eurogamer's reviewers do their reviews out of the goodness of their hearts? They get paid to do them. You're very naive if you think that a magazine reviewer isn't paid.

  Yeah, I don't need to act like this in real life, because generally people don't walk up to me and tell me to never write again, or insult my knowledge, but if that were to happen I'd respond in the same way. Do you know what I do when somebody cuts me off, or doesn't move when the light is green, or spouts profanity at me? I respond with the same. Everybody does.

  If you're so hung up on having to deal with criticism, then maybe you shouldn't be giving it either.

 

 

 

How did I flame you? You said you shouldn't have to write a review the right way because you weren't paid and then you said you actually did give a detailed description of crafting which is false btw.

Saying you shouldn't write a review again is a direct response to you not taking what your writing seriously even though now your obviously spiting venom due to criticism.

You put out a bad review and then get upset if someone points out that its bad and lacks detailed information.

Whatever man, keep crying and calling people stupid and morons the Mods will edit your shit soon.

 

 

The review is detailed enough. Calling people names might not be the best approach, but saying don t write a review again is silly. Who are you or anyone else to say someone can t have an opinion. I m not going to write a review because well this game isn t worth my time to spend 15-30 mins typing but if I did I and anyone else has every right to do so.