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Aion Forum » General Discussion raquo; So any hints on what to expect on February 16?

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  Zlayer77

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Joined: 5/19/09
Posts: 799

Start worrying about other players in a game and dont just play

 
2/09/12 8:57:43 AM#1

Free to play.. will there be a chash shop.. what will keep the game running?

I know free to players cant trade etc with the paying subscribers...

Im going to be cheaking it out on the 16th..

SO anny info would be nice to have..

  khartokhar3

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Joined: 10/27/07
Posts: 379

2/09/12 12:43:27 PM#2

there will be a cash shop + a sub option (gold membership for 9.99€)

more infos u get here: http://www.aionfreetoplay.com/website/featuresdetails/

  Zlayer77

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Joined: 5/19/09
Posts: 799

Start worrying about other players in a game and dont just play

 
2/09/12 3:28:49 PM#3

looks like they are very nice to former subscribers... Only thing is the Downtime thing... on dungeons.. But subbers can always keep subbing I guess..

Cash shop.. will they be selling any balance breaking itmes I whonder? :(

  Jabas

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Joined: 7/23/08
Posts: 373

2/10/12 11:24:11 AM#4
Originally posted by Zlayer77

 

Cash shop.. will they be selling any balance breaking itmes I whonder? :(

NCSoft allready did that when game was full P2P.

 

About gameforge i have no idea how they work with cash shops.

  Vesavius

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Joined: 3/08/04
Posts: 5394

Players come for the game, but they stay for the people- Most Devs have forgotten this.

2/11/12 3:09:49 AM#5
Originally posted by Zlayer77

looks like they are very nice to former subscribers... Only thing is the Downtime thing... on dungeons.. But subbers can always keep subbing I guess..

Cash shop.. will they be selling any balance breaking itmes I whonder? :(

 

Every indication is that they understand selling power items is a bad thing.

And yeah, agreed, the veteran package is fine and will suit the casual player well and considering that all you have to do to become a 'vet' is spend some money it's very accessible.

I don't mind them taking steps to ensure that the non paying accounts aren't easy to use out of the box for gold sellers etc.

  jackmike008

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Joined: 2/06/12
Posts: 6

2/13/12 1:59:50 AM#6

haha,AION is very interesting,i like it.

  UNH0LYEV1L

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Posts: 213

2/14/12 11:26:39 AM#7
Honestly this is very cool imo. That free, former sub active sub model is very cleaver. It hinds f2p only very very slightly and gives them access to the whole game. As for the cash shop I can't comment exactly but I know one psudeo exists already w/ the ea codes to buy pets, costumes, name changes, etc.

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  Velera

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Joined: 6/16/06
Posts: 299

2/14/12 12:40:20 PM#8

Beta has been extended till 20th.

  Mad+Dog

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Joined: 3/02/10
Posts: 457

2/16/12 7:11:09 AM#9

MMM, I wonder if its been extended becasue another game stating with a T is being beta tested this weekend

  sookster54

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2/16/12 12:28:04 PM#10

An old Aion player here, haven't played in over a year actually, I remember reacing all over the internet "Aion will never go F2P", when someone in ventrilo last night said it's going F2P I burst out in laughter, I foresaw this coming. Anyways I'll probably start playing it a little, I enjoyed my cleric at the time.

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  khartokhar3

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2/16/12 8:59:18 PM#11
Originally posted by sookster54

An old Aion player here, haven't played in over a year actually, I remember reacing all over the internet "Aion will never go F2P", when someone in ventrilo last night said it's going F2P I burst out in laughter, I foresaw this coming. Anyways I'll probably start playing it a little, I enjoyed my cleric at the time.

its not f2p for u guys in na..at least not yet.