I played today some hours and it was fun...

My only comment is on performance.. i have an awesome pc that can run crysis and most new games like its nothing. I play ut3 on constant 60fps. But this game i wont even pass 20 fps so i spended many hours tweaking the game to make it playable.

I been leveling slower than most people,. im level 28 atm but i been crafting all the way up :D and gathering aether and everything else.

It takes time and is boring to gather, but boy you make some good money. I never enjoyed crafting so much on any game, im really making good money with armorsmith.

If you dont craft thats ok, :) you just wont be as rich as people that do craft

The game is pretty badass i must say.

Level 28 and loving the game.. it gets awesome at level 10.. then at 25 it gets really epic.

Ok those pictures have no validity at all.

First you choose the worst images ever.

What is your system spec?

Because i have a gtx 290 and an i7 and Aion runs 10 times bettern than Lotr

:D aion is an awesome game... doesnt reinvent the wheel , but it adds some wings

Im having a blast... most people that are enjoying the game wont come to forums.. since they are having so much fun playing

Dont feel the trolls :3

If someone cant believe he payed 50 bucks for  game and comes to a forum to whine about it.. lol.. how much validity is in that? lol

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Originally posted by Moodah

Originally posted by oskironmaide

As a game designer and computer animator i can tell you what the OP calls "graphics" are the same in 04 than in 09.. The only things that changed are the textures.. with better detail, contrast and resolution, but in the end the same engine :)

 

depends how you look at it ... game engine is essentialy the same, yet between the release and expansion 1 and 2, they certanly managed to optimise how some things work and learn from their own work/mistakes, so that they in fact increased the poly count and how detailed the textures are, plus they added some additional effects that surfaced in that time, which means the graphics are better.

If you compare content created when wow came out with Burning Crusade and Wrath, there is a definitive, undeniable progress.

what they did not change is the style, which I don't really expect them to change as it is one of the features. Wow has a certan look to it regardless of poly count. Some people love it and some don't.

I personally think that wow designers are the best at creating so much with so little, meaning that on ridiculously small poly count and no half of the effects we consider the norm today, they are capable of creating a very marquant enviroments and characters with tons of attention to detail. Not to say that the animation is far above everything else in the MMO department, as just about every game that I played after wow seemed stiff untill I got used to it so I can ignore it.

Yeah i agree with what you said.

Blizzard are pushing their engine pretty hard. I notice lots of optimization since the game was released

What i noticed the most in the last expansion was the textures, the quality of work was much better. DETAIL! is all in the little details.

Also better use of color

As a game designer and computer animator i can tell you what the OP calls "graphics" are the same in 04 than in 09.. The only things that changed are the textures.. with better detail, contrast and resolution, but in the end the same engine :)

Originally posted by rr2real

 I got in the beta today played 1-11 and I must say wow was this game over hyped.

The graphics are too asian and look like they came from a free to play mmo rpg.

The combat is so boring and tedius I don't care to play any more

The music is nice.

The world is even more linear than AoC and I thought that wasn't possible.

The game just plays like most free to play mmos out there.

I bet the asians that are retarded when they play wow they say... the graphics are too western.. lol

Originally posted by Jabas

My little thoughts about it:

- AION is a fresh tittle and is #3 in here, mmorpg.com, the #1 and #2 are a "holywood" titles and a very allready know mmo names. Ppl hype just because the names.

- U see a "war" between lovers and haters around foruns, thats a result of a great tittle.

- Its going to be lunch in NA/EU after 10 months realesed in Korea, 5 months after China, and still call a lot of interest.

- Will be a new experience of community, some from grinding type game and some from quest type game.

- Will have a lot of pvp gamers type.

- Will have a lot of pve gamers type (after 1.5, our realese)

. In the end, AION is a Hybrid... great for a lot of type of gamers, is allreay a winner  :)

 

Just my opinion, ofc  ^^

Good opinions.. "D in my opinion

Better than crack cocaine!!!!!

How do i mine for fish?

i was going to ask the same

:)

Im just thinking about how helpfull it is too see if anyone tries to come and gank you.. :D and it looks cool

depends what you mean by forever.. it is all on the level curve..

Lol 16 hours a day is waaay to much...

To be honest, i spended back in my high school days 12+ hours a day playing mmos easy...

Now that im doing a master i dont have that luxury, i play 10-12 hours a day on a hardcore weekend ( like the next one.) but on a normal week day 4-8 max

:) will we able to play like this eventually?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxEsx_yja2k