I first played Aion last November about 6 weeks after the launch. At that point the rifters were so bad you could barely step outside of camp without getting killed. After being stuck at level 36 for a week because of the rifters, I finally just called it quits out of frustration.
After reading this thread I decided to give it another go. The rifters are almost entirely gone from the 80% damage nerf! The additional quests sure helped too.
I also decided to start leveling a few new characters too. The starting area is still extremely populated with several new characters. I grouped up with a couple just to get to 10 faster.
My only gripe? It is too bad NCSoft didn't have the foresight to have the game polished like this at lauch....
If you already own the original the expansion content is free. All you need is a subscription.
I think NCSoft did well with that decision - I hate having to pay for expansions in games with a subscription.
If you buy the expansion version anyway (it is mostly aimed at new players) you'll get a disc with a later client version (less to download if you re-install), a month playtime and 2 ingame pets. (Similar pets are available from the pettrader ingame).
Thank you. So I assume that 10gb patch I downloaded the other day included Balaurea and other stuffs. I look forward to playing again once my finals are over.
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I first played Aion last November about 6 weeks after the launch. At that point the rifters were so bad you could barely step outside of camp without getting killed. After being stuck at level 36 for a week because of the rifters, I finally just called it quits out of frustration.
After reading this thread I decided to give it another go. The rifters are almost entirely gone from the 80% damage nerf! The additional quests sure helped too.
I also decided to start leveling a few new characters too. The starting area is still extremely populated with several new characters. I grouped up with a couple just to get to 10 faster.
My only gripe? It is too bad NCSoft didn't have the foresight to have the game polished like this at lauch....
Thank you. So I assume that 10gb patch I downloaded the other day included Balaurea and other stuffs. I look forward to playing again once my finals are over.