hi all, my impressions on this game , got 1 L42 templar and 1 L41 SM, and quit around december2009,
1). You only get to use wings in limited areas.
well, its true cause we need to travel a lot by feet, and transports available are few and expensive, and the use of wings for melees in combat its a complete fail.
2). This game is a grind trust me.
yes its is as all mmrpgs available on the market, grind in aion in group (KaidanHQ, and Steel Rake), is bearable at least.
3). The content is poor especially endgame.
dont know got L42 and L41 and quit after that
4). The PVP system has no real thought put into it.
well on abyss its rangedpwnsallthemeleesmovingfoes, the rest pvp seems quite balanced, the gist its those nasty gankers, by their own selfish, quite a lot of people left the game, why in the hell as lower level you get all those penaltys??!!?
5). The track record of this company is poor.
not true guild wars was the best fantasy pvp game i've played and its in some way from NCsoft (publisher), L1 and L2, CoH and even the failed Tabula Rasa quite average games
6). The community is very weak and losing players all the time.
Wrong, i found the aion community (after 1st month) the best one since LotRO, far away better than Wocrap
7). Servers are very laggy at times, can make play difficult.
never got that and my connection its 2Mb (well some lag on the first 3 weeks)
8). To many bots in the game.
yes in the first 2 months around december was clear of bots
9). Far to many gold farmers.
same as above
10). Theres better mmo's out there.
well right now not as im not playing nothing , and im waiting for patches on this game , as i find this game with very solid and nice features, maybe after patch 1.9 or 2.0 i return again
sorry for my bad english
Hi, a very balance view. I am still playing, but not much has changed from the above. With no bot and farmer, many zones are very empty. There are some changes here and there, but most are small and minor. The community is good, but getting weaker as many are not active. Launch fever is definitely over, so lag has completely disappeared.
u wont see any bot if a game is pretty much dead and no one is buying gold.
There are still "some" bots in Aion, they often just farm saleables now like herbs, minerals, etc if you see them which is rare. They still have the chat spammers in LFG channel though which I see daily and always have to block but all of this is signfigantly less then the first few months after launch. I usually have to block 1-2 spammers a night from the LFG or region channels. Point is that they still exist but were squashed heavily when they began the major BOT ban push.
Glad to know too though that the developers are all over people who purchase gold as well. 2 weeks ago I had 3 friends suddenly disappear from game so I checked their avatars and they were all stripped. I asked another friend what happened and he said one of them bought gold, gave the other 2 friends some and all 3 were banned and stripped. Glad to see this type of action on their part still going on.
i played this game like a madman when it it came out. I earned a spot in a top legion and was farming away but you must know that end game in this game is pvp and pvp gear is the best in the game. PVE is a joke. PVP has major issues and unless you are playing a ranged class you already lost. Assassins in this game tank better than either warrior classes.
I had to take a break from the game due to RL stuff and tried to come back and play but honestly i didn't miss playing and when i came back i realized what a waste the game is.
BEST advice : if you are gonna play roll a ranger / assassin / sorc
ALSO unless u roll elyos side u won't have any chance of even getting the best pve gear (all the best bosses are elyos side)
i played this game like a madman when it it came out. I earned a spot in a top legion and was farming away but you must know that end game in this game is pvp and pvp gear is the best in the game. PVE is a joke. PVP has major issues and unless you are playing a ranged class you already lost. Assassins in this game tank better than either warrior classes.
I had to take a break from the game due to RL stuff and tried to come back and play but honestly i didn't miss playing and when i came back i realized what a waste the game is.
BEST advice : if you are gonna play roll a ranger / assassin / sorc
ALSO unless u roll elyos side u won't have any chance of even getting the best pve gear (all the best bosses are elyos side)
just my 2 cents.
Mostly true except I would add clerics to the OP list. Unless a very very well geared DPS class attacks me I will kill any opponent on my cleric, or at the very least they cant kill me as hard as they try. hats what PvP gear buys you in Aion. Also agree about Elyos, its the easier of the factions with better drops, etc. I recently started a second Elyos account and I cant believe how much better then game is on their side. Just little things like the cities, quests, ease of travel, etc are all better designed.
This is not completely Accurate , You can use your wings ANYWHERE to glide which can be useful in non fly zones , but there are zones that allow free flight .. It would be kinda stupid to allow flight everywhere always might as well take away the ground and put mobs in the air huh ?
2). This game is a grind trust me.
On a Scale of 1 to 10 ( 1 being lowest 10 being highest ) compared to other games I have played I would rate the grind in this game a 3 .. It was never intended for you to Log in Kill a mob and Achieve max level .. Leave some room for some challenge at least.
3). The content is poor especially endgame.
Granted Aion has been out in Korea for over a year , I never expected end game to be like some of the other games that have had 3-4+ years polishing thier end game content, It is only 6 months old here and content will be out soon just be patient.
4). The PVP system has no real thought put into it.
Pvp in Aion is better than many of the other games I have played , What thought would you have put into pvp ( i'll hit you then you hit me , rinse repeat till someone dies ? .. Cmon the game mechanics in Aions pvp were well thought out ( Air shackle , Stun locks // Counter skills like UD , Snares .. Fetch ect ect ) I'm not sure what the hell your expecting or if you even know what your talking about
5). The track record of this company is poor.
How so ? , GW , L2 were huge Successes like it or not they made tons of fans through these titles
6). The community is very weak and losing players all the time.
The Community in this game is actually Great .. Its both fun and Mature unlike some of the other games out there which are pretty much Ruined by 10yr old whiney brats
7). Servers are very laggy at times, can make play difficult.
Granted there is the usual 1-2 lag spikes per day I have a horrible internet connection and still have no problems playing this game
8). To many bots in the game.
Unavoidable and infesting probably 9/10 mmos on the market .. NEXT ?
9). Far to many gold farmers.
See ( 8 )
10). Theres better mmo's out there.
At the end of the day it all boils down to Preference .. While its obvious that you didn't enjoy ( or never played Aion to begin with ) I can Assure you that there are tons of ppl that would gladly disagree with you but it doesn't make them right or wrong , Truth is Aion is a great game , has Good graphics and enjoyable Art styles , Fun gameplay and an excellent community , Ive played dozens of mmo's and I'm yet to enjoy anything as much as I have enjoyed Aion.. So for me there is nothing better , For you it could be a different story but to each his own.
everyone is entitled to their own opinion we respect yours but at least give a bit more detail and facts , cause what you have given us is a list of things you don't like.
The game is flawed like all of them, but more so in the aspect that they pushed it out to fast. yes the translation takes time so I canceled my sub and will prolly fire back up when they finally get the big fix it patches finshed. One question tho I heard a rumor that NCsoft used Aion to feed other games in dev. , and that they were shocked to see it doing so well , is this true ?
The 30 levels of ganking you will have to endure from twinked players 10+ levels above you from L20-50.
The severe end game grind.
The extremely low investment vs reward ratio, with entire instance runs and nameds dropping nada on a regular basis.
The borked economy, hyper inflated by gold buyers, that acts as a barrier to newbie entry.
The almost total absence of 'fluff'... no mounts, housing, whatever.
Terrible terrible guild tools.
The skilless gank/ zerg PvP, which the system is built to encourage.
The lack of variety and interest in the mobs. You will be seeing and fighting the same models you saw at L7 at L40+. The will at least rename them.
The eventual slide into a MT driven revenue model, which will get worse as the player base dwindles in order to maintain the same revenue. Player tolerance to this is already being tested.
The sad lack of content, *just* enough for one play through, ensuring that if you play a new character you will follow the same path.
The terrible low crafting proc chance, making a mockery of the price of fluxes.
The extremely limted customer build control, with everyone essentially being the same.
The nasty community that comes with every PvP game, even softcore ones like this.
The 30 levels of ganking you will have to endure from twinked players 10+ levels above you from L20-50.
The end game grind
The extremely low investment vs reward ration, with entire instance runs and nameds dropping nada on a ragular basis.
The borked economy, hyper inflated by gold buyers, that acts as a barrier to newbie entry.
The almost total absence of 'fluff'... no mounts, housing, whatever.
Terrible terrible guild tools.
The skilless gank/ zerg PvP, which the system is built to encourage.
The lack of variety and interest in the mobs. You will be seeing and fighting the same models you saw at L7 at L40+.
The eventual slide into a MT driven revenue model, which will get worse as the player base dwindles in order to maintain the same revenue. Player tolerance to this is already being tested.
The lack of content, ensuring that if you play a new character you will follow the same path.
The terrible low crafting proc chance, making a mockery of the price of fluxes.
The extremely limted customer build control, with everyone essentially being the same.
The nasty community that comes with every PvP game, even softcore ones like this.
Ok, thats 13, you can have the extra for free.
While I get your mesage, some of the reasons could be given more information and possible a comment on the games pvp system could be noted. Forgot to mention the games abyss point aqcuisition system makes players turtle and thus you have the 10 man gank squads and i suppose thats where you claim the skilless zerg battles? At level 50 you spend more time doing PvE for PvP gear for the fear of losing your hard earned AP (i can respect that) so you farm relics and hoard them so it doesnt go into your overall AP until you gots a lot. DP isnt as bad as other said instances like FT but named mobs do have poo poo drop rates. And im sure your 12th reason meant that there is little to no character build customization, whichi i wholeheartedly agree on. Other games have more classes, games like wow have 3 trees which make it almost seem like it has the same amount of classes a the other. While Aion maintaines the bare mininum as far as class roles, there are no diverse ways of playing them.
The lack of content is what did me in, I expected more from the upper fort instances than the cookie-cutter repetitivness that was there. They tacked on Dark Poeta, but that one boils down to a dps race where you fight the same boss 3 times numerous times. in the end I was spending all my time grinding for fenris gear, and finally threw in the towel and moved on.
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Hi, a very balance view. I am still playing, but not much has changed from the above. With no bot and farmer, many zones are very empty. There are some changes here and there, but most are small and minor. The community is good, but getting weaker as many are not active. Launch fever is definitely over, so lag has completely disappeared.
too many bot =bad
no bot=bad too
u wont see any bot if a game is pretty much dead and no one is buying gold.
There are still "some" bots in Aion, they often just farm saleables now like herbs, minerals, etc if you see them which is rare. They still have the chat spammers in LFG channel though which I see daily and always have to block but all of this is signfigantly less then the first few months after launch. I usually have to block 1-2 spammers a night from the LFG or region channels. Point is that they still exist but were squashed heavily when they began the major BOT ban push.
Glad to know too though that the developers are all over people who purchase gold as well. 2 weeks ago I had 3 friends suddenly disappear from game so I checked their avatars and they were all stripped. I asked another friend what happened and he said one of them bought gold, gave the other 2 friends some and all 3 were banned and stripped. Glad to see this type of action on their part still going on.
i played this game like a madman when it it came out. I earned a spot in a top legion and was farming away but you must know that end game in this game is pvp and pvp gear is the best in the game. PVE is a joke. PVP has major issues and unless you are playing a ranged class you already lost. Assassins in this game tank better than either warrior classes.
I had to take a break from the game due to RL stuff and tried to come back and play but honestly i didn't miss playing and when i came back i realized what a waste the game is.
BEST advice : if you are gonna play roll a ranger / assassin / sorc
ALSO unless u roll elyos side u won't have any chance of even getting the best pve gear (all the best bosses are elyos side)
just my 2 cents.
Mostly true except I would add clerics to the OP list. Unless a very very well geared DPS class attacks me I will kill any opponent on my cleric, or at the very least they cant kill me as hard as they try. hats what PvP gear buys you in Aion. Also agree about Elyos, its the easier of the factions with better drops, etc. I recently started a second Elyos account and I cant believe how much better then game is on their side. Just little things like the cities, quests, ease of travel, etc are all better designed.
The game is flawed like all of them, but more so in the aspect that they pushed it out to fast. yes the translation takes time so I canceled my sub and will prolly fire back up when they finally get the big fix it patches finshed. One question tho I heard a rumor that NCsoft used Aion to feed other games in dev. , and that they were shocked to see it doing so well , is this true ?
My own ten reason to avoid this gamne;
The 30 levels of ganking you will have to endure from twinked players 10+ levels above you from L20-50.
The severe end game grind.
The extremely low investment vs reward ratio, with entire instance runs and nameds dropping nada on a regular basis.
The borked economy, hyper inflated by gold buyers, that acts as a barrier to newbie entry.
The almost total absence of 'fluff'... no mounts, housing, whatever.
Terrible terrible guild tools.
The skilless gank/ zerg PvP, which the system is built to encourage.
The lack of variety and interest in the mobs. You will be seeing and fighting the same models you saw at L7 at L40+. The will at least rename them.
The eventual slide into a MT driven revenue model, which will get worse as the player base dwindles in order to maintain the same revenue. Player tolerance to this is already being tested.
The sad lack of content, *just* enough for one play through, ensuring that if you play a new character you will follow the same path.
The terrible low crafting proc chance, making a mockery of the price of fluxes.
The extremely limted customer build control, with everyone essentially being the same.
The nasty community that comes with every PvP game, even softcore ones like this.
Ok, thats 13, you can have the extra for free.
Damn.. wrong forum! Anyone know where this revolution of MMO's is going on? I heard it's Dark... something? Anyone?
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While I get your mesage, some of the reasons could be given more information and possible a comment on the games pvp system could be noted. Forgot to mention the games abyss point aqcuisition system makes players turtle and thus you have the 10 man gank squads and i suppose thats where you claim the skilless zerg battles? At level 50 you spend more time doing PvE for PvP gear for the fear of losing your hard earned AP (i can respect that) so you farm relics and hoard them so it doesnt go into your overall AP until you gots a lot. DP isnt as bad as other said instances like FT but named mobs do have poo poo drop rates. And im sure your 12th reason meant that there is little to no character build customization, whichi i wholeheartedly agree on. Other games have more classes, games like wow have 3 trees which make it almost seem like it has the same amount of classes a the other. While Aion maintaines the bare mininum as far as class roles, there are no diverse ways of playing them.
The lack of content is what did me in, I expected more from the upper fort instances than the cookie-cutter repetitivness that was there. They tacked on Dark Poeta, but that one boils down to a dps race where you fight the same boss 3 times numerous times. in the end I was spending all my time grinding for fenris gear, and finally threw in the towel and moved on.
1. Boring pve grind
2. Boring pvp grind. yes even pvp u grind.
11. You will get your account hacked faster than light