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Aion vs. Perfect World
Pezhead
Member Posts: 149
Quite simply, Aion is OFTEN compared to Perfect world for several big reasons.
First off is the similar "asian" art direction that they both go in, although AIon takes a more ethereal stance, to Perfect World's staucnh, ancient China setting.
Next is the character creation system, which is completely stunning in both games. In my own experience, Perfect World's is a little player unfriendly in terms of complexity while Aion's with probably half the variables(still a sizeable amount) is much more accessable by the average player.
Next is the wings. Yes, both games have wings, and both games have fliying combat, although, Aion's combat is a bit more fast paced with a combo system to compliment the fighting animations.
Graphically, although Perfect World has excellent graphics for a free to play game, Aion utilizes the Cryengine which powered the first person shooter "Farcry", and even though it's not the Unreal 3 engine, it is still a major improvement for an MMO.
Leveling in PW vs. Aion. Well... Perfect world is a bit more grindy in comparison. Yes, quests are availiable all the way up to 60, unfortunatly, the ratio between amount of exp needed per level, vs the amount gained in quests grows exponentially per level and while it's certainly nowhere near lineage 2, it is far more than the majority of MMOer's want to commit to. Aion's is somwhere between WoW and PW's leveling speed. Many find WoW to be a fast leveler, but more casual gamers rather enjoy it. I would estimate Aion's leveling speed to be somwhere around 25-50% slower than WoW's and that is saying something.
PvP. Perfect World has a territorial system in which guilds can take control of territories on a map each week, during a scheduled battle. These provide income as well as a certain pride factor for the controlling faction. Aion uses a similar system, but instead of entire territories, single fortresses may be controlled, and instead of the free for all style guild pvp, it uses an RvR setting. Aion also has a hero system, which is basically a buff to players who have done super good in world pvp, and allows them to cast a ten minute spell on themselves increasing their attack and health by many times. SInce there can only be so many per server, a faction with a hero player on their side during a battle, can have a severe advantage.
Payment system. Perfect World is free to play with a cash shop system. Aion is a free download with a monthly fee of roughly $15USD. Pros and cons? Simply put, nobody likes to pay, so there is always an allure to games that cost nothing. The cash shop however, is a big mistake, particularly in pvp. When you can buy items to give you an edge, you have a broken system, and indeed, there are tarots which automatically restore a player's health or mana when they reach a certain point, only purchasable through the cash shop. Aion's P2P system is a pretty basic and commonly used system. The gaurenteed income for the subscribers means more frequent updates and patches as well as expansions and better customer service. In the end though it really comes to how much you spent and whether its worth it. For me, if I'm gonna dish out top dollar, it better have awesome graphics and excellent customer service.
I know your thinking "well you haven't played PW before, how can you know". I played it...... for months. And I've played sufficient other MMO's to at least know a little bit about what I'm talking about.
Fans of PW and Otherwise, what are your opinions, and don't just say Aion is a PW rip off for one thing, PW was in development for three years prior its full release (including a year of beta) while was in development for 5 years prior its korean release in november last year.
It's almost 2010, and I am just not wiling to tolerate clunky graphics while being told that "gameplay is more important than graphics". That excuse won't wash with me any more. I expect my games to have both good graphics and good gameplay.
-Quote Isoke(VN boards)
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I’m surprised anyone is ill informed enough to be comparing PW (which I believe was originally released in China in 2005) with Aion.
PW is a conventional cash shop grinder by design, nothing that requires more than a handful of brain cells.
Having played PW for about 10 days now there are some complaints that people make that I cannot understand.
The cash shop complaint is retarded. You can buy the cash shop gold through the auctionhouse for approximately 100k coins for 1 gold. At the higher levels money making becomes easier and those charms that regenerate mp and hp are decently cheap. So really if you are someone who is dedicated to being the best in this game, you can easily do it without paying a dime - you just need to invest lots of time.
Can someone who is willing to shell out lots of money get stuff quicker? Yeah... so? They are contributing money to the game (they need money ya know) and their advantage is only time. You can invest time over money to get the same stuff they have.
If there was no gold trading at the auctionhouse available the cash shop complaint would be valid as there would be no way for others to get the stuff people who paid cash for. But there is gold trading, which makes this complaint retarded.
Perfect world owns aion, pretty much sums up what these other guys are trying to say
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Perfect World is simply the best, in all areas. My main char is at lev 56 and I've been so busy with quests, I haven't started grinding yet.
I admit that, as a cleric, I have to use charms but they are available from other players and/or the auction house, so players can go all the way to the end without ever visiting the cash shop.
well u might be playing on a pve server idk, but on pvp as an archer i started running low on quest at 40+ but i just lvled off the daily quest i dont care for grinding, im lvl 46 now and iv been so busy pking i have 140 hours of infamous on me that i cant leave sz w/o being tracked lol so i just do the daily now
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Sorry that's not true at all. AION had a 40 million dollar budget and uses the Cry engine. There is no comparision at all. I have played both and AION is far superior (and to be fair...newer).
Looks wise I think Aion wins hands down, easily.
Content wise just going off of what I've seen of both games I'd give Perfect World the nod. It does have plenty to do.
So the winner is, Atlantica Online! hehehe, just playing
Well the flight thing in Aion is definitely overhyped. Perfect World owns Aion when it comes to flight. I think Aion has a better quest system although PW's is not that bad. But I agree pvp in PW is completely dependent on how much you spend in the item shop.
This is an interesting thread. I was lead to believe that AION completely owned PWI but based on what I'm reading here it may not seem to be the case.
I love flying in PWI and the graphics and content are amazing. The thing that I have seen so far about AION is that the PvP aspect and leveling aspect may be better and less grindy. The fact AION is P2P may help eliminate some of the unsavory elements caused by the push to generate Cash Shop sales in PWI. The graphics in AION seem to look better but then my experience is only from the highly edited promo vids.
If AION is barely able to offer basic flying, which from what i gather is time limited, that is a big negative for me.
Also, unlike some people I don't like the idea that the visual customization of chars is more limited in AION. One of the reasons I never played Wow is the cartoony look of that game.
Can someone clarify some of this?
Sorry that's not true at all. AION had a 40 million dollar budget and uses the Cry engine. There is no comparision at all. I have played both and AION is far superior (and to be fair...newer).
It was 100 million.
Aion's combat sucks. Probably of the worst in the industry. The flying is worse in Aion. The look and feel is slightly better in Aion. The argument of having to buy in the cash shop is mute and stupid because:
A. You buy into Aion's "cash shop" every month for $15 a month whether you want to or not...
B. You can buy everything in the cash shop with in game coin.
Aion has 2 starting areas, PWI has 3. The classes are cooler in Aion, for the most part. Crafting sucks in both games, with an extra edge on suck for Aion (The animations are absolutely horrid). The PvP is about the same, although Aion has a disadvantage because of their terrible combat system. I think PWI wins on variety as there are 3 completely different races that are unique from each other. Aion has 2 races... sorta, as they're really the same race with slight differences.
The UI in Aion is decent, although is isn't fully fleshed out... it probably won't change. PWI's UI is bleh. It's ok, but it "forgets" where you set everything and windows open on top of one another all the time... PWI's keymapping and mouse settings are "unchangeable", so if you don't like the way it's set up... too bad.
They both have their pros and cons. They're both good games. I got tired of the PvP thing after a while anyways, which is not an option in Aion, you have to PvP. It just becomes rock/paper/scissors after a while, and the "detriments" to ganking in Aion are laughable at best.
"Granted thinking for yourself could be considered a timesink of shorter or longer duration depending on how smart..or how dumb you are."
I've played both. Personally... I prefer Perfect World because I enjoy the game play and feel of the game more than Aion. ^-^ But Aion is still pretty kewl.
I have played both, that's how I know you are joking.
Sorry that's not true at all. AION had a 40 million dollar budget and uses the Cry engine. There is no comparision at all. I have played both and AION is far superior (and to be fair...newer).
Lol... comparing a F2P MMO to a P2P mmo is like comparing a Kia to a BMW
lmao, one of the worst arguments I've seen against Aion.
You couldn't be more wrong.
Sorry that's not true at all. AION had a 40 million dollar budget and uses the Cry engine. There is no comparision at all. I have played both and AION is far superior (and to be fair...newer).
So... a (presumably) higher budget and the Cry engine make it a better game... beyond comparison?
Pretty shallow criteria, in my opinion.
and the cash shop selling asphalt..." - Mimzel on F2P/Cash Shops
We must be playing a different Perfect world, because the one I played was horrible. I mean Runes of magic is 1000 times better than PW and that is also free to play. So comparing Aion to Perfect world is just plain silly.
I played PW MY for more than 1year, and have to say the graphics in PW are one of the best in the free MMORPG market.
But compared to AIONs graphics....IT is a BIG difference (moving hairs, all the colours, just everything) and PW is no match to AION. I am also wondering that AION has such nice graphics and is still running smooth on most average PCs.
The biggest 2reasons why i played PW for a long time and now gonna play AION is, that they both have a really creative char creation system and flying systems. About the char creation, i prefere the AION one, coz if you make a male Blademaster in PW for example, somehow the face is always looking asiatic( or chinese). I never managed to make a male char that looks like a western guy in PW. In AION you can easily make both types and others.
About the flying system i cant say anything in AION coz i havent reached the lvl for it yet. But the flying in PW is good coz you dont have any restrictions where you can fly etc... I heared its not that free in AION to fly, but i am not sure.
But what i am really missing in AION is, swimming... you cant swim lol. .....I hope they will change this later. It is even enough if its like in Lotro, that you cant dive but swim on the surface.
But all in all, i am satisfied with AION right now. But sure PW is also a nice game, so i am sure i will find some time to log into PWtoo
But Lord of the Rings Online is still the BEST
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I think this really comes down to... Do you want for mmo to cost a lot and look shiny? or look ok, and be totally awesome.
1. Big thing with Aion, is that every one is like "OMFG! THIS LOOKS SWEET!" That gives the programmers room to hide stuff under the shiny.
2. Perfect world is not with out its flaws.
aion has nice characters, wonderful world and graphics, but the gameplay is better in PWI. also, i have to admit that i prefer F2P MMOs. i don't like spending real money on pixels. in PWI, if you're smart, you'll never need to spend any real money.
PWI's character creation is more advanced and detailed. i really enjoy making new styles for my characters
the flying combat in PWI is fun and easier than aion, in my opinion.
cryengine is love, but PWI can be pretty awesome, too. i enabled 8x antialiasing in my video card control panel... you should see my PWI... so awesome
if you have a lot of friends (like me) in PWI and do dungeon runs often (while earning millions), you won't even notice the grind =P i only tried aion at a friend's house, so i don't know much about its grind.
i don't PVP, so i can't say anything about that.
as i said before, i earn enough ingame money for my ingame needs, i don't spend real money on PWI. i ain't gonna pay monthly fees.
i like aion, it's one of the best MMOs out there, but i prefer PWI... ^^ there's one thing that will pwn PWI in my heart - GUILD WARS 2! i'm sure...
I want to reborn as a Sylvari.
Well this debate has been ongoing for quite sometime now. I have played both and can say that they are both great...early game. Once you get to endgame they both get extremely boring
Myeah, i read it all...
My Turn!!!
Based on my PWI experience: 91 sage cleric, 75 veno, 69 barb
and on my Aion Experience: Chinese: 19 sin, 12 sorc, 16 templar; Official EU Aion: 32 Cleric, 29 templar, 38 sorc (shared),
I have to say this:
Early game: both do well, ... but (see graphics section)
Mid game: Aion WINS , because Dungeons(TG @25 and FT+CT @30) begin to unfold and Abyss comes into play, while in PWI i consider mid-game lvls 30-75, which allow you to get airborne and do TT(HH) and... nothing else of great importance?:P Also, in Mid game, the Quests in Aion begin to get more complex and the rewards are blue items, while in PWI quests get complex alright, but the rewards diminish by the level.
End game: Aion 100%, since the Abyss will be the playground and the masterpiece, pvp will have well determined purposes, well organized raids are going to be a common thing and fortresses and the balaur... I won't even begin... also, plenty of elite mobs and super-elite mobs to raid, plus dungeons. Grinding is pretty much cut down in this game, since me, at lvl 32 cleric, have only done 50-60% of my available Quests. PWI opens up the sage-demon path, which means new quests, new skills, and new... GRIND (auch the grind here is getting RED HOT stressing) and yeah, in pvp servers you have fun, while in pve servers you get to do the territory thingies which arent really much, now that I've tasted taking an Aion abyss fortress from the balaur's hands)
One more thing about the endgame: Aion is pvpve, unlike pvp or pve PWI, which really translates into one Aion faction(elyos for ex.) preparing for a week to take a balaur fortress(basically pve) and some surrounding artefacts and ending up practically in a massacre against the asmodians(the other Aion faction) that have seen the scouting of elyos and the early preparations and decided to earn some abyss points with a massive Alliance gank... or... prepare to take an asmodian fortress and have your alliance decimated by the balaur ship.
Graphics: Aion wins, no question about it. Even from lvl 1 (yes, one), you get great looking spell effects, amazing lights and even the tiniest of things you do has some sort of special effect, minor or major, or whatever, the thing is, you notice when you do something. At later levels, the effects get very complex, in some occasions making you not even see the character at all (since I got a cleric, my spells are some of the most spectacular) but by this time, you have set your camera to max distance and won't be bothered by it, you will actually love it: look, that light-coloured--awesome-walking-glowing-thingie is my cleric. The assasins(sins for short) have some neat but not so glowie effects, which alow them to be relatively stealthy even in mid combat, very useful in Abyss, when an enemy can spot you by your spell effects.
Pwi has GREAT graphics, however, amazingly, they require more resouces than Aion's better graphics, so I suppose that's whre that 100million dollars went into. I played PWI since it was launched in 2008 and loved it, got to know it quite well.
In the same time, however, i waited for Aion. There were times when playing PWI, that i found myslef thinking: Who needs Aion, I lovet his game!. So when Aion launched in my country on 25 september, i haven't bought it:P. But my friends did and were blown away... so I said to myself... why not try it out at least? So i got the game, a week after its launch and even if I was skeptic at first, seeing all those graphisc i thought: "great, a graphic game, i bet it sux in all the important aspects", well, i played on, and discovered it wasnt so bad, actually, it was much better, since I didn't get bored, on the contrary, i got involved, mainly because i actually read all the quests info from the NPC's and try to understand what I am doing and why. The chinese version I played was weird, and played it with minimum graphics, meanwhile i got a better video card. I even played on a private server, but that was a pimped out version and didn't satisfy me.
So this is a small resume of my experience in both this games, and I am currently playing Aion 100% and logging sometimes into PWI to say "hi" to my friends, and see if they got some new patches, just for curiosity.
My advice is: stay with the game that makes you feel great, even if it is one of the worst or oldest game ever:P I still play the ancient Heroes III and love every minute of it:)
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I also played tons of mmos and only two of them were completely boreing to me And it's perfect world and Wow.I do have a fren who plays pw and tries to get me to play again i stoped at lvl 7 cause i would much rather read a book then play that game again same with wow. But I am not cracking on anyone who likes them it is an opion everyone has one so dont think im trying to be mean or say Aion is the best ever. In my oppion runes of magic and Aion is the games for me. But I do aplogise if i made someone angry over my oppion.