There is something with eve about not being able to have AA AND HDR on at the same time!

However, I do beleive there is an application which can force this

I wouldnt pay too much attention to the scare stories.

There is plenty of safe space for you to learn the game and build up some money.  There are plenty of Corporations out there which are well known for helping newbies (Eve university)

But you could just stay in the starting corp and chat with people there, there will be other new players there and most do not have an agena other than yours.

Actually once you get to know the mechanics of eve, dying isnt inevitable its just a case of being aware and planning.  Yes you will lose ships! But you wont lose the knowledge you have gained, and the friends you make.

I remember being in the same situation as you,  getting to level 4's and sorta getting bored with eve.

I quite for 3/4 months trying other games, when I came back I hit the level 4's again, I was able to do the faster and faster each time, but again I got bored and un-subbed.

The next time I re-subbed I thought.. RIGHT, this time I'm going force myself to do something different and join a 0.0 corp.  I made my first billion within 2 weeks and had more fun doing stuff together with a corp then ever before.

It didnt last VERY long, once I had made lots of money there didnt seem much more to do.. again, unsubbed for a 3/4 more months.

I dont know what it is but I keep coming back to eve, lol.  The next time I came back to eve I tried Faction warfare!... Whoa.. now that WAS addictive!...

I still go back to highsec and farm levels 4's every now and then for the money though =)

Now, with the next expansion I think I might look for another 0.0, pvp orientation corp.

I think what im trying to say is that, once you can solo level 4's, you ALWAYS have a money income, not matter what happens you always have that to fall back on.. so its time to spread the wings and venture out.  Its really the start of your Eve experience.  Fly safe o/

I suspect Jumpgate might provide some distraction.

But once Eve gets underway with its Dust514 and then Walking in stations, I suspect JGE will lack the depth and 'dark' feeling that Eve provides.

The article does seem biased to me.  The editor points out that no game out there offers full respec and that such a thing was never promised.

Its almost as if the she is saying "what a retarted community to whine about something which no other mmo's offer"

Clearly she has never played or understood the point of super hero games.

In CO there are no 'classes' as such, your completly free to customise and build yourself.  In games where you have this complete customisation its kinda expected that you get the chance to fully respec because 'gimping'  is almost inevitable.

Thanks for the heads up.  I was tempted to give it a try but will give it a miss for a few months now.

Seems that very few MMO's can make a decent launch nowadays.

The devs are idiots and the game does suck,

Sorry to put it bluntly but all the issues your seing now where identifed by the beta players and discussed for months.  Op says that devs have "been attentive" but.. they havnt.

Its kind of insulting to beta testers that they get ignored and only make changes once its released and the general population confirms what testers have said for months.

I'll check out DC universe, but tbh if you want a heroes game, CoX is still the best.

Its too late for CO, they cocked up much like AoC did and its down hill from here.

I was in the closed beta for months too.

Let me assure everyone that all beta testers went on about balancing issues all the time (and other issues).  Many, including myself stopped testing all together.

Cryptic had the attitude that they are going to make it the way the wanted it and that it would be all right on release.  Their argument to testers was that "they saw everything" and players only saw what they wanted to see. 

I know its no "city of heroes" but the game play is so different, so linear and boring that I doubt i'd ever buy it anyway.

The game is turd.

Been in beta now for ages.  While it has good points its nothing amazing, nothing addictive and is mainly button mashing due to the fact that its designed for a console.

I expect a Conan style fall out with this one.

Be warned.

Originally posted by Plageron

Originally posted by zathos8724

Sounds like they know what they are doing :) plus I love the idea of being able to pvp or pve, and even do both at the same time when I choose to.

 

No thats a miss conception...

You have no choice you get to go to PVP areas no matter what.

No, zathos is correct.

You have area's like THeombolis (sp) which are Pve only!...  then there is the abyss which is pretty much pvp all the time, you can try to pve in there but it wont be long before you will be pvping.

Then there is eltnen, which is a huge PvE / PvP area,  you can keep quiet and do pve or you can look for the rifts were the pvp is.

We also have 1.5 coming which puts in a lot more content pve wise, and more pve instances.

So yes, you can pure pve.  But the pve is just like any other mmo..  Aions brilliance is with the pvp, even the shy player that scoff's at pvp will find pvping fun and exciting, even at low levels.

I sense the impression that he wanted to give it a lower score, but didnt want to join on the band wagon.

Notice how often he says "Personally I like this...." which means to say...  "everyone else doesnt seem to like this.."

And I quote...

"I simply have to be honest: it isn't a polished game. In fact, I just couldn't find it playable in any enjoyable way"

Which means to me, 0 / 10

Eve is like this too... except your way of putting it makes it sound even more boring than eve... wtf? :S

Im looking forward to grinding my foot on some Asmodian face!

Originally posted by rwmiller

 Is Aion perfect? Nope but that isn't the point. Is Aion fun? Yeah so far it's been very fun and that is the point.

I agree with you,  however I dont think that its possible to have a "perfect" MMO.  there are millions of gamers, from millions of backgrounds, ages all with their own unique likes and dislikes.

But if Aion ticks most of the box's for a considerable majority of players then we are in for one hell of a ride :)

BTW OP - Great post, appreciate your time and effort to write this up.

I dont know what the hype about WoW is either, and yet its the best selling MMO.

If your underwhelmed then chances are you havnt really experienced much of the game yet,  the first 20odd levels are very similar to any mmo.   But thats a good thing, MMO's which try to be different usually fail.

Besides, Im a person who loves visuals... and for me Aion visuals are sublime.

1)How fluid are the combat animations? Can you "Run and shoot" with a bow and arrow for example? And can the person with a sword, move while chasing enemies running away? Basically swining sword while moving, or do you have to stand still to pull off an attack?

 

2)Does the game have WASD controls, and if so, how good are they? How responsive is everything. Is it like a Gears-of-War or WoW type of WASD, or is it more like some of the free MMORPGs!?

 

3)How is death handled in the game? Do you loose XP when you die?

 

4)I saw some videos of PvP duels and some kind of Chinese Arena Match. Is there world PvP, and if so, what kind? How large scale, is there rewards, and stuff? Can  a guild do something meaningful together?

 

5)Grind. Is there enough quests to not have to resort to farming mobs for XP?(I heard yes and no on this subject, so a bit confused)! How long would you say the grind is? What is it comparable to? Longer or shorter than WoW 1-80?

 

6)Do you have any impression of the community so far? What kind of people will play Aion? I am in my mid 20s now, and I was a bit bummed by seeing many of the people I played with in WoW was around 14-15. It was okay, and I met some nice teenagers, but I also wished to play with someone my own age, because I just like to do that(have more in common,  same type of humor etc..).

I'll give it a go:

1] yes you can run and shoot at the same time, in fact the game gives you bonus's for doing this.  If your running forward you gain a bonus to your damage,  backwards you get defence and side to side you get evasion bonus.  its about 10%

2] WASD controls seems just like every other WASD ive played.  The beta is a bit laggy because..well, its a beta, but i've played on CN servers with no lag and it was fine.

3] you do lose XP when you die, but you can simply buy this back..  its not so cheap as to make it pointless, but its not so expensive that your going to feel the pain.

4]  There is lots of pv p kinds,  arena's yes.  open world yes,  Raid pvp,  control point and of course you can pvp while flying too.

5]  Personally I think every mmo has grind, and Aion is not without its grind, howevers its nowhere near as bad as lineage or any typical Korean MMO.  And actually, the graphics, audio, animation are breathtaking so its one of those weird games where actually, you dont mind grinding a bit..  in some cases you will have completed your quests, but heck.. lets kill a few more just to be sure XD

6] You cant really determine what kind of community in game has on release compared to beta,  I personally think this is the luck of the draw,  and usually once I get settled into a guild, I dont party with randoms much.   But everyone does seem excited to be playing Aion, so everyone Ive met have been courteous and cooperative.

This is all I can answer for now.

Originally posted by Zeblade

1st if you take me with you! love Japan.. people are soooo beautiful there and the country.. awww..

I used to think that I'd love to go to Japan too, but then I watched a series of BBC Documentries about Japan,  Unfortunatly in private they are extremly intollerent of foreigners :(

Think I'll stick to watching Anime, lol

Originally posted by Spiider

Ruskies do it all the time, in much greater ammounts so why is this so important?

Its not "important" its just news worthy because its a bank where its client's using the service purly based on trust.  that trust has been betrayed.

Dont know if you've switched on the news latley but anything to do with banking makes the news.

Besides, I rekon this gives Eve a huge amount of free publicity.

I would expect this during the US / EU Beta, because...well... thats why Beta tests exist.

Even if the game has been out for over a year in a completly different country on completly different servers,  it still needs testing on new servers on a different network.

Also During a beta there is lots of testing software loaded for Devs to track problems, when Beta finishes they optimise everything and remove all the development software.

I do experience it in CN servers, but again, this is natural since lag is always going to be an issue.

So far the default looting option is basically taking it in turns.

If there are two in the party one will be able to loot a mob, then the next mob to die will be the turn of the next player.

However if there is a rare then it gets rolled on.  However I dont know what raid looting is like!

I beleive that for pvp you can just jump straigt in, ive seen many video's of people pvping in open world places, but ive also seen pvp arena tournys and Raid pvping.  There seems to be every kind of pvp possible :)

However Im sure it will be greatly beneficial to group or party, I beleive you get pvp points if you win or lose in pvp but you just gotta remember that the 3'rd faction (Baluer) will also attack!   Whoever is winning in the Abyss I beleive the Baluer join the losing side..  so one faction wont dominate all the time, and a losing side wont always be losing..

Quite exciting really, im looking forward to it :D