Aion Hype thread (56k - beware)

Been looking into this game since I saw the trailer on gametrailers earlier and I never did get into World of Worldcraft but this game has my attention. So who else is interested and getting this game? also any news on monthly fee's and such? if so how much?

I know this game looks great and I believe uses the Crytec engine (speeling? lol) also the characters are extremely customizable in this game as well with different classes, the game isn't out yet so I dont have much info on it although I do believe its out in asia already and closed beta testing going on for North Americans.

here are a few screen shots which are taken from the website: http://www.aiononline.com/us

Yeah Aion is kindof a big deal, check out the PC forums for it.

Right now it's released in Korea and China, still waiting on NA release.. but they use a different billing system ($/hr/month). You can probably expect it to be $15/month to keep competitive with mmo's around here.

Yeah Aion is kindof a big deal, check out the PC forums for it.

Right now it's released in Korea and China, still waiting on NA release.. but they use a different billing system ($/hr/month). You can probably expect it to be $15/month to keep competitive with mmo's around here.

denter21

15 bucks a month aint bad and I'm glad I learned of this game before release so I can be one of the "original" players later down the road.

i also want to preorder the limited edition from gamestop for 69.99 and if I preorder online and not pay till i pick it up do I still get the bonus items for preordering? like the early access and special items?

source: Linky

im looking foward to it the graphics are nice it uses the cryengine 1 the same one used for farcry so will look good and run great on current hardware.johnny27

glad to see that this game is making such noise, i registered on the aionsource web so I can keep up with news and the forums. So which class do u prefer to create your character as?

1. Warrior

2. Scout

3. Mage

4. Priest

myself will probably be a scout which are less brutish than warriors and depend on skill and speed.

[QUOTE="johnny27"]im looking foward to it the graphics are nice it uses the cryengine 1 the same one used for farcry so will look good and run great on current hardware.Prince_Denspion

glad to see that this game is making such noise, i registered on the aionsource web so I can keep up with news and the forums. So which class do u prefer to create your character as?

1. Warrior

2. Scout

3. Mage

4. Priest

myself will probably be a scout which are less brutish than warriors and depend on skill and speed.

or whatever class this guy belongs to!

Assassin :P Anyways this looks sweet, im going to look in to this. When is the suspected release date?RedxSniper

according to gamestop 9/1/2009

[QUOTE="RedxSniper"]Assassin :P Anyways this looks sweet, im going to look in to this. When is the suspected release date?Prince_Denspion

according to gamestop 9/1/2009

If it's released in Korea and China I'm willing to bet one of my balls that you'll do nothing but grinding 15 minutes in the game.

[QUOTE="Prince_Denspion"]

[QUOTE="RedxSniper"]Assassin :P Anyways this looks sweet, im going to look in to this. When is the suspected release date?RedxSniper

according to gamestop 9/1/2009

I'll put it this way, i've played WOW and never got that connection to it, but this game isn't even out yet and i'm hyping it! and also sept. isn't that far off, only 3 more months.

Im waiting on star wars mmo, will own this.

If it's released in Korea and China I'm willing to bet one of my balls that you'll do nothing but grinding 15 minutes in the game.

kimkim01

define "grinding"

Im waiting on star wars mmo, will own this.

Crypt_mx

No doubt it'll do great but I prefer the Aion style over Star Wars for now.

[QUOTE="RedxSniper"][QUOTE="Prince_Denspion"]

according to gamestop 9/1/2009

Prince_Denspion

I'll put it this way, i've played WOW and never got that connection to it, but this game isn't even out yet and i'm hyping it! and also sept. isn't that far off, only 3 more months.

That looks like crap. Age of Conan looks 10x better.

Looks pretty dang sweet.

I need more info on the gameplay, though.

As much as I enjoy WoW, I am looking for the next MMO. Conan almost was it, LoTRO was also good...but neither was good enough.

As for what class, I'd problably be a healer. Maybe a warrior as I enjoy tanking and havent really done much of that in WoW.

[QUOTE="kimkim01"]

If it's released in Korea and China I'm willing to bet one of my balls that you'll do nothing but grinding 15 minutes in the game.

Prince_Denspion

define "grinding"

Where it takes a googool of hours to advance in level. Pretty much every Asian MMO (Lineage II, Granado Espada, RF Online etc) is infamous for this.

this looks like the typical korean MMO.

The thing I really like about it is the fee structure, where if you only play for 5 hours in a month you don't end up paying a ridiculous $15 for it. Now it remains to be seen if I actually like the game or not.

I was thinking that the fee structure might also have the added benefit of discouraging botters.

[QUOTE="Prince_Denspion"]

[QUOTE="kimkim01"]

If it's released in Korea and China I'm willing to bet one of my balls that you'll do nothing but grinding 15 minutes in the game.

kimkim01

define "grinding"

Where it takes a googool of hours to advance in level. Pretty much every Asian MMO (Lineage II, Granado Espada, RF Online etc) is infamous for this.

I hear that, but the max level in this game to reach is like 50 so at least that'll add replay value to it somewhat. Just hope it doesn't take long to level up out o fhte newbish levels.

Had a chance to play the game in China Beta ( with English language patch) game is fine but nothing special graphics are good but not amazing game itself plays similar as wow with mix of perfect world/lineage 2 there was some serious issues with class balancing (some melee classes were just too weak while casters where way too strong ) personally i played the game 1~2 hours and never played again not my type of a game but still this game is worth a try US and EU close beta has already started.

That looks like crap. Age of Conan looks 10x better.

Wasdie

I hear that, but the max level in this game to reach is like 50 so at least that'll add replay value to it somewhat. Just hope it doesn't take long to level up out o fhte newbish levels.

Prince_Denspion

That was one of the things that killed my enjoyment of playing an online MUD game that I grew up with. Like any company, they strive to provide the best experience for everyone and to make their game better....

When it went from having to take a about a month to make it through the first 10-15 levels, to being able to do this process in 5-7 days, it just killed the enjoyment. There was so much roleplaying to be done at the younger levels, but no one wanted to do that anymore. Everyone wanted to work their way up to level 100 (max level) or at least to Lord status (level 20) as fast as they could. All the hunting grounds from around level 20 up to 100 are always saturated with people - which means that treasure, box found special items and such are scarce. Whereas you could wander through the younger level hunting grounds (level 15 and down) and hardly ever, ever run into another soul.

The game was made to mimic the newer MMO level systems - reward you fast and allow you to make your character powerful, faster. Instead of incouraging people to roleplay and enjoy the surroundings and to fully understand how things worked.

People today want faster, faster, faster! But then maybe it's just me that has an issue with this...?

This looks just like an another Lineage 2 clone. Lineage 2 was a very bad game. Am I missing anything? What's with all the excitement for a yet another korean grindfest?

If it's released in Korea and China I'm willing to bet one of my balls that you'll do nothing but grinding 15 minutes in the game.

kimkim01

Preordered the Limited Edition of Avion and got the beta codes from Gamestop, now just waiting for it to download and get some training before registering my final character on the final release of the game... i'm assuming beta created characters won't roll over into the final version right?

That looks like crap. Age of Conan looks 10x better.

Wasdie

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

That looks like crap. Age of Conan looks 10x better.

johnny27

which potentially means more people playin this MMO!

[QUOTE="kimkim01"]

If it's released in Korea and China I'm willing to bet one of my balls that you'll do nothing but grinding 15 minutes in the game.

FelipeInside

Agreed. Although I am a bit blind about every other MMO apart from TOR right now hahaha.

It looks nice but nothing special.

it looks pretty good but i'm going to wait for guild wars 2 instead. that should be the only mmo i will ever need seeing as i don't have a big interest in playing them anyways. paullywog

Let me set you all right: 1) There is little grind. The producers said that it is in line with WoW. 2) The fees will be per minute 3) Aion will rock!Phazon-King

fee's per minute... just exactly how much per minute?

I think he means per hour. But if your just a casual player, It apparently should be less than $15/month. I don't have exact prices though. Deadly_Fatalis

is this confirmed or a rumor? I'd really be more comfortable with just a set monthly access fee with unlimited access to the game.

[QUOTE="Deadly_Fatalis"]I think he means per hour. But if your just a casual player, It apparently should be less than $15/month. I don't have exact prices though. Prince_Denspion

is this confirmed or a rumor? I'd really be more comfortable with just a set monthly access fee with unlimited access to the game.

[QUOTE="Prince_Denspion"]

[QUOTE="Deadly_Fatalis"]I think he means per hour. But if your just a casual player, It apparently should be less than $15/month. I don't have exact prices though. _Pedro_

is this confirmed or a rumor? I'd really be more comfortable with just a set monthly access fee with unlimited access to the game.

I see, thats a good thing then incase I take a break as long as it does have a max. value i'm fine with this.

Sure the game looks great, but I'm afraid it won't stand out from the crowd in any way =l

What I think........

Aion will release with a couple hundred thousand sign-ups within the first few weeks people who chose their class escpecially melee dpses will be all hyped up and have thought out different attack moves and will feel invincible. After a painful grinding (its an asian mmo there is not escape out of this) they will eventually find themselves in a lagfest bugful pvp scene, well theyll suck it up and go in to fight. End result melees won't be able to do much but stay in the back line when they move into combat range dps will smack them down so eventually melees will quit and wait for game fix. Within the first month many people will have quit the game. Sadly this game will just resemble the other mmos that failed with a small playerbase group of people hoping for a change...

Many people don't realise what makes WoW so great, to be honest for anyone trying to make an exciting fun mmo i feel pity... this is way too hard. I mean let me put it this way. Many people like me, were fans on warcraft i played warcraft 1,2,3 and it would feel amazing especially the dotas and patches of maps, you even had dungeons in warcraft 3 that youd play wiht your friends. when wow was releaded man was it exciting par ed with the knowledge of the game it had an enchanting and epic feel when you played the game. When i first came to duskwood i was swamped with memories of playing it on warcarft 3 and many of the npcs had te same exact sounds as from warcarft 3 .. it was such an experince beyond words especially for the time it was realead 2004, and back then my comp was one of a kind so you can only imagine... i would dream of coming back home and finishing my work so i could spend hours on game and it was amazing beacuse i was comfortably numb....

not any mmo has ever given me this feel, while i quit wow when wotlk released since i felt the old energy in it was lost many didnt and all my friends are still palying it.... i mean its a whole different story when wow came out and many people are attracted ot this densely populated game. i mean com on no one likes playing alone and thats the problem in many of these games. no other game runs as smooth and unstresfuly ill say as WoW... its goign to be really really hard to find a game to take WoW to its knees aion won't even scrath it i don't think it will be even heard by much people and upon being picked up will be dropped down for repetitive graphics..

some change has to happen but quite frankly this is REALLY hard

[QUOTE="Deadly_Fatalis"]I think he means per hour. But if your just a casual player, It apparently should be less than $15/month. I don't have exact prices though. Prince_Denspion

is this confirmed or a rumor? I'd really be more comfortable with just a set monthly access fee with unlimited access to the game.

[QUOTE="Prince_Denspion"]

[QUOTE="Deadly_Fatalis"]I think he means per hour. But if your just a casual player, It apparently should be less than $15/month. I don't have exact prices though. hpstp

is this confirmed or a rumor? I'd really be more comfortable with just a set monthly access fee with unlimited access to the game.

If that is the case we'll be getting monthly statements then? and not prepaid if they charge for the usage.

What I think........

Aion will release with a couple hundred thousand sign-ups within the first few weeks people who chose their class escpecially melee dpses will be all hyped up and have thought out different attack moves and will feel invincible. After a painful grinding (its an asian mmo there is not escape out of this) they will eventually find themselves in a lagfest bugful pvp scene, well theyll suck it up and go in to fight. End result melees won't be able to do much but stay in the back line when they move into combat range dps will smack them down so eventually melees will quit and wait for game fix. Within the first month many people will have quit the game. Sadly this game will just resemble the other mmos that failed with a small playerbase group of people hoping for a change...

Many people don't realise what makes WoW so great, to be honest for anyone trying to make an exciting fun mmo i feel pity... this is way too hard. I mean let me put it this way. Many people like me, were fans on warcraft i played warcraft 1,2,3 and it would feel amazing especially the dotas and patches of maps, you even had dungeons in warcraft 3 that youd play wiht your friends. when wow was releaded man was it exciting par ed with the knowledge of the game it had an enchanting and epic feel when you played the game. When i first came to duskwood i was swamped with memories of playing it on warcarft 3 and many of the npcs had te same exact sounds as from warcarft 3 .. it was such an experince beyond words especially for the time it was realead 2004, and back then my comp was one of a kind so you can only imagine... i would dream of coming back home and finishing my work so i could spend hours on game and it was amazing beacuse i was comfortably numb....

not any mmo has ever given me this feel, while i quit wow when wotlk released since i felt the old energy in it was lost many didnt and all my friends are still palying it.... i mean its a whole different story when wow came out and many people are attracted ot this densely populated game. i mean com on no one likes playing alone and thats the problem in many of these games. no other game runs as smooth and unstresfuly ill say as WoW... its goign to be really really hard to find a game to take WoW to its knees aion won't even scrath it i don't think it will be even heard by much people and upon being picked up will be dropped down for repetitive graphics..

some change has to happen but quite frankly this is REALLY hard

Perhampus

Aion is still new... for us anyways and maybe now it will grow even larger and become more epic.

Looks like I already played it by just viewing the videos and screenshots.