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Aion (Aion)
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Aion Forum » General Discussion » Question: Is this game still a huge grindfest?

7 posts found
  Kamikazego

Novice Member

Joined: 10/04/05
Posts: 179

 
6/29/12 10:22:49 PM#1

I played this a long time ago at release and it was a complete grindfest. I didn't mind it for a while, but it just seemed to make me lose interest after some time killing the same monster over and over.  Is it still this way?  My character is only in the upper 30's.  Maybe level 37 or 38.

 

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  Boardwalker

Hard Core Member

Joined: 11/12/07
Posts: 349

6/29/12 10:30:06 PM#2

Leveling hasn't been a grindfest for a long time. In fact, it's too fast now in my opinion.

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  joker007mo

Novice Member

Joined: 8/08/09
Posts: 720

6/29/12 10:32:51 PM#3

this is exactly why i was on the fence with gw2 aion wasnt like that when you played in beta but after dear god it just changed to a completly different game for me especially where my templar was concerned it was like killing bears with a butter knife sure you can do it but damned if it aint going to take forever
  Popori

Hard Core Member

Joined: 8/20/03
Posts: 297

6/29/12 10:39:11 PM#4

It isn't too terrible if you can get a mentor.  I personally didn't like it before, and I didn't care for it now.  Leveling with a mentor however is way faster, I went from level 5 to 20 in a few hours, and 22-27 in an hour or so.  Thats as far as I can vouch for cuz I quit.  You'll still need to do a bit of grinding to get gear and money and upgrade materials and this and that, but its about a third of the time sink it used to be.
  Twizted26

Apprentice Member

Joined: 10/23/07
Posts: 98

6/30/12 12:13:03 AM#5

Its about half as bad as it was at release , there is still some grinding involved but doesn't even come close to a grind fest. 
  eHug

Novice Member

Joined: 1/30/12
Posts: 133

7/01/12 3:44:41 PM#6

Aion killed the XP grind long ago, the item, enchant and socketing  RNG grind still exists though.

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  alexl22

Novice Member

Joined: 3/27/07
Posts: 14

7/02/12 8:12:04 AM#7
Originally posted by joker007mo

this is exactly why i was on the fence with gw2 aion wasnt like that when you played in beta but after dear god it just changed to a completly different game for me especially where my templar was concerned it was like killing bears with a butter knife sure you can do it but damned if it aint going to take forever

Hahaha Temp is my main, lvled him up to 50 in about a month. Solo grinding on a temp is slower than say a sorc but thats to be expected. You just need to know how to weave and manastone socket efficiently and the mobs melt with a GS. Temps will never be able to solo elites tho like a sorc/sm/ranger, thats why you get some friends/legion and group. Solo mentality is killing the mmo