Wait and see, but we can probably expect another closed open beta from them.

However, complaining about things now does us no good. Wait to play I say. And even if you dont get in, you can read other user feedbacks here. Just scout your way through the trolls and rants and look for objective feedback.

I know its only temp... but never saw spirit master lead this type of poll yet hehe :-p

So few clerics? Crazy good class for 1v1 and group pvp along with being great for group PvE

From what I seen in the previews all around there is a LOT more content in Star Trek Online now than there was on release for CO.

I doubt CO and STO will be THAT similar, but time will tell.

Aion does not need to destroy WoW to be a success. Why do people speak of these two as if they go hand to hand?

Aion is huge success in Asia as of now. Aion will be successful in the western world, but probably not as much as it is in Asia.

The game will have more subscribers than LotR in my opinion, but we will see. The only thing that really worries me is the development responses to western concerns. Honestly, I will enjoy playing this game for a year or more most likely until we see Star Wars Old Republic which 99% of us hope is a huge success comming from Bioware.

Aion will be fine till around 2011. By that time we will have star wars old republic, FFIX, Starcraft 2, and Diablo while everyone is signing up for Blizzards new MMO :-p

Still Aion should last a while with its high popularty abroad(outside US) it will have no problem. Aion will last above the average thats for sure.

Games I do worry about are AoC and War(sometimes I wish they could just combine these two mmos ;) ), along with some others. Champions Online comes to mind, Marvel and dc universe to come. Makes it easy to predict for that one. But I am a gamer at heart and hate to see any game fail hard.

Aion is a good game, but not ONE game will kill WoW...

Going to be a bit from Aion, then the new FF, and the new StarWars, then the nail will be the NEW MMO from Blizzard heh :)

Hell by that time we will have Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3. All good fun as long as battle.net  is still free with 2.0.

Originally posted by Inktomi

 I've been using this: www.aionarmory.com/

And I've been playing the US closed, very good game so fare. I personally like the crafting/ gathering system and the fact that the nodes are static and respawn every 3-5 minutes. 

I hope this helps and yes, they need to shut down the bots but they are always present in most games now. It's like a part of life, like pigeons in NYC.

Thank you, it looks like it can help.

That really sucks about the paying plan. Micro+P2P is an interesting idea................:/

The damn bots are so easy to spot that 1 GM could rotate on all the Japan servers and quickly look in key areas and he/she will see them so fast. I hope in the US version they are not afraid to hire a few people to just to do this alone.

Hell I have a close friend who works for NCsoft and has been doing a lot of the translation from Korean to Japanese for Aion. I should just get her to let me into office here and I will ban the bots myself :-p ;)

So I am playing open beta in Japan right now.

Few things I would like to say right away. The game runs completely smooth and amazingly well with even a hundred people on my screen. Servers are nearly 100% stable. The only issues were at the start up.

Another thing I am wondering. Is the US beta a few patches behind the Japan one? Because some people complained about controls, quests, items, etc. And none of those things in the Japan beta seem to be an issue.
 

The controls are smooth and easy to use. I have so many quests there is no way I will run out anytime soon (I’m level 15). Cut scenes are short, but they are present in most quests.

There is a wide variety of items to choose from the start. While most everything a MOB/creature drops is worth picking up. Items feel so much more useful here. I am sure things will change at end game, but its a good thing at these low levels.
Player shops are not all over the place. Most people use the auction house.

For the most part a very solid game. I would recommend for people who wish for a change of environment from WoW, while still feeling comfortable to jump in the game. For those that hate WoW, good luck finding a main stream MMORPG that will not copy/refine things used in WoW. Companies see the profit coming from WoW and they all want a piece of that action.

I have yet to venture into any type of PvP though.

However there are some problems:
BOTs...I already seem them running around since the start of open beta. Also I see many people who seem to be planning to do some 3 or 5 character boxing. NCsoft needs to start giving the clamps to these people. Gameguard is useless because people had been hacking through that for years now. Just look at Maple Story.. what a freaken joke game guard was there.
 

P.S. IS there a good quest guide and enchant item guide I can read? I can read a lot of the Japanese but not all :)

wakidi? hehe wakaru? ;)

So I click on that site and it says

Buy from these retailers:
*Player is responsible for all applicable internet fees.
 

There are 6 retailers. None of which are NCsoft direct. Do they all ofter digital downloads somewhere I cannot find? Or am I just not seeing it because of my IP. If so I can try going through a proxy to see it :/

Anyways I got a response from NCsoft. Unfortunately it was an "auto" response that had NOTHING to do with my question haha :(

Hello Justin,

Thank you for your interest in Aion!

For the early phases of Aion beta testing, individuals may participate if they had applied and were accepted into the beta event(s), have purchased the Aion Pre-order from a retailer, or they were an active paying customer at the time we announced the closure of Tabula Rasa. These players who were subscribed to Tabula Rasa had an Aion Pre-order code added to their NCsoft master account.

As the testing progresses, I’m sure the Aion Team will expand upon the number of people who are able to participate, however, we do not have any further information as to when this might occur.

I recommend that you look into purchasing a pre-order copy of the game, as this code will allow you to access every beta event which will be scheduled before launch, as well as provide exclusive in-game items!

Originally posted by GoldenDog

Whether they're going to do it for NA Aion or not only NCSoft would know.  I would doubt it, but to get a sure answer I recommend you email them.

Yes I am trying that now. Its good to hear from players and NC Soft :)

How about digital download? Is there a recommended place to do this at? For the preorder mainly. All I want is the key and download. Not shipping to my house in Florida where I wont be for 6 months hehe.

Thanks! :)

I am in Tokyo, Japan at the moment and will return to US next year. If I play AION I want to make sure I am able to start on US server for when I get back. So anyone here with same situation have any idea if NCsoft blocks other countries they have AION in?

Anyone in Japan playing the US version?

Also which preorder site is just digital download+pre order bonus? Every time I click on the pre purchase option it leads me to order the game for shipping.

Hopefully the beta version can just be patched then used. :)

Thank you for your help.

Alternate reality fails to make sense in this case.

 It has been done before in previous star treks. So this is both an alternate reality that is created by time travel. Yes I can accept this theory, however... This is countered by other star treks time traveling. Hell you might as well throw the premise around first contact out the door. The earth was turned into a borg capital planet before they went fully back in time. The Enterprise and Borg did not simply just go "missing." So now they just created another reality when they went back to future then? Or the countless other time travel stories in Star Trek. Let alone the Federation of the future monitors and polices time travel.. hummmmm....

Sorry not much of a trekky here. Just watched the shows and movies a lot. So my information could be flawed. It is just my opinion that this excuse is a cop-out not to bend the game to a new path. If STO does well, rest assured to see the other universe in an expansion. Especially if they make a 2nd "new" star trek. 

 Who can blame them with production costs of these games today.

I guess this would tie in with the idea that the PvP event is a stress test to see how the servers handle the chaos of 10k before opening it to 50k. (10k because you damn well know you wont get all 15k players on at the same time.. will be lucky to get half that and some of the old beta testers)

Ya I like fresh starts.. however.. I hate to be wrong. Hate to make a bad purchase.. hate to fall so behind others who have been in beta.. hate to make a character I will just later hate :)

Another thing I am wondering.. with the Weekend event.. I wonder if its bye bye NDA?

Nice thanks for the info. This should be very interesting test. I really hope I can get in. I have been on the edge of buyingthis game, but want to try it before I buy it.

Wondering if we all get premade characters or just newbies to level a day and then kill eachother :)

Anyone still have some keys available? I will take one if possible :)

Thanks. just@tampabay.rr.com

You know.... the only thing I remember from EA and MMORPGs anymore is their "who cares" attitude they took with Earth and Beyond. Remember that?

""EA has made clear they will drop support for Earth and Beyond September this year. The E&B content team has been added to the Ultima X Online team, the server team will remain till close down (September 22, 2004).""

June that same year....

""June 30, 2004

Dear Ultima X: Odyssey community members,

As of today, development on Ultima X: Odyssey has ended. We feel that Ultima Online is where we need to focus our online efforts and most of my team will be moving to the UO expansion pack, the UO live team, and an unannounced Ultima Online project. Development on UO will be greatly enhanced as we consolidate our resources behind that franchise. ""

Goooooood luck with EA in the background Warhammer....

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Originally posted by Uthor
I am afraid that this game will be over run w/ ks'n botters just like L2... Here is a link to a thread on their forum about it... http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68639

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I really do not think it will be as big as a deal in the NA/Euro RFO as it is in CRFO. They will msot likely ban all IPs(like they have stated before) from places that currently have RFO.

China, Korea, Philipines to name a few will most likely not be able to connect to the NA/Euro versions. Unless they have a way to get around that.