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"Aion wuts dat???"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iKX4aBXsYg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8E2IFbwO3w

I got it about 2 weeks ago, and I'm fairly satisfied with it so far.
I'm lvling a Chanter (currently 15; Fregion server) as my main, and plan on starting a sin and glad.

We have a lot of WoW players here, so I anticipate a little hate... but does anyone else see the amount of potential this game has?

It parallels WoW in general gamestyle (which I don't look down on; WoW is a great game), but they utilize a lot of things WoW hasn't yet... and the prodominantly Asian-influenced art style brings with it its own avenue of mythological and world design possibilities.

While fighting with my Chanter, I realized I couldn't go back to WoW without feeling at a loss (especially if I were to go staff). The fighting system is considerably fluent for its style, and the animations can be very dynamic.

I wouldn't say it is or will be better than WoW -- atleast not objectively -- but I do think, depending on it's content growth, it could definitely compete at that level.

Any other Aion nerds here?

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I played aion as a sin(hella fun)with like 10 other people I knew from Wow and we were doing pretty well. I got to level 35 and then played a game of counterstrike source.....and got addicted to css again and didnt touch it. the others got bored of the level grind. I didnt mind the grind(i played runescape wut grind are u talking about lul).

But yea, Aion is way better than wow IMO. Wow is a dieing game.....aion at least was fun and i didnt spend 3hrs running in circles in dal doing nothing. In aion at least I was doing something. Not to mention wow pvp was hella unbalanced in its theory that anyone should kill anoyone. Aion had it right imo.

But yea, its def a good game.

WOW killer? Wow wont die till blizz says it should.

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QUOTE	Kiwi011
	December 03, 2009 07:50 pm

I played aion as a sin(hella fun)with like 10 other people I knew from Wow and we were doing pretty well. I got to level 35 and then played a game of counterstrike source.....and got addicted to css again and didnt touch it. the others got bored of the level grind. I didnt mind the grind(i played runescape wut grind are u talking about lul).

But yea, Aion is way better than wow IMO. Wow is a dieing game.....aion at least was fun and i didnt spend 3hrs running in circles in dal doing nothing. In aion at least I was doing something. Not to mention wow pvp was hella unbalanced in its theory that anyone should kill anoyone. Aion had it right imo.

But yea, its def a good game.

WOW killer? Wow wont die till blizz says it should.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Blizzard will strive to stay above Aion, which would be a good thing for both Aion and WoW players; a little competition for them, means better stuff for us.

A good amount of content is still being added to Aion. In one of the future patches [shown in the video above], player-owned (and customized) houses, PvPvE content, and underwater content are a few of the things being expected.
Right now, I think they're just trying to bring everything into the US and EU servers before they move onto more advanced material, like expansions and modifications.

'Twill be intrestin

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I've got a 20 Sorcerer(er?) on Ariel, Elyos side.

I've been playing about 2 days now, really liking the system so far.

Also, just watched the Visions trailer (Link 2) and all i've gotta say is ohmanijustcame.

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I'm going to try this out, Matt talked me into it.

I've been looking for something different to play than WoW, but something WoW-like and i've heard some good things about Aion.

One of my RL buddies that lives back in New York wanted to try it out, so it'd be a cool thing to catch up with him in game. (Since I'm now in Cali)

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Been thinking about starting for a while

If I do, I'll come your server Firelion (:

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watched vids, and ill probs leave wow for aion.

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It seems like a pretty good game, sad thing is as much as I would like to play it right now this laptop won't tolerate that much. Going to have to wait tell after basic, and ait to give it a try.

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Tbh, I could deal with the player mechanics, I just don't like the theme; it's just too sensually Asian. I like dark fantasy with haunted castles and evil dragons and gritty necromancers and crap. The whole shiny aspect of "oh look at me I'm a pretty lethal little angel" is a huge turn-off. I know it's badass in its own right, but it's not up my alley at all.

And another thing. Matt was telling me about how the combat rotation is tons more involved than WoW has, which is neat. But personally I'd prefer to get away from a rotation at all. The most enjoyable player style of any MMO I've played was D&DO, when you took your warrior grabbed a two-handed battleaxe and just waded into a horde of kobolds swinging left and right.

Not having to actually TARGET what you wanted to hit was brilliant (even ranged could do it, rangers/sorcerers/wizards were a bunch of fun). Being able to dodge most spells by just being quick on your feet, huge diversification of character skills through multiple ways of applying each class while being able to mutli-class on top of that...

It's just a shame the actual encounters sucked, everything else was wicked. But yeah, Aion is totally going down the wrong path for me to be interested. Have fun though.

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QUOTE	Eregion2 @ December 06, 2009 05:24 pm)

Tbh, I could deal with the player mechanics, I just don't like the theme; it's just too sensually Asian. I like dark fantasy with haunted castles and evil dragons and gritty necromancers and crap. The whole shiny aspect of "oh look at me I'm a pretty lethal little angel" is a huge turn-off. I know it's badass in its own right, but it's not up my alley at all.

And another thing. Matt was telling me about how the combat rotation is tons more involved than WoW has, which is neat. But personally I'd prefer to get away from a rotation at all. The most enjoyable player style of any MMO I've played was D&DO, when you took your warrior grabbed a two-handed battleaxe and just waded into a horde of kobolds swinging left and right.

Not having to actually TARGET what you wanted to hit was brilliant (even ranged could do it, rangers/sorcerers/wizards were a bunch of fun). Being able to dodge most spells by just being quick on your feet, huge diversification of character skills through multiple ways of applying each class while being able to mutli-class on top of that...

It's just a shame the actual encounters sucked, everything else was wicked. But yeah, Aion is totally going down the wrong path for me to be interested. Have fun though.

Meet my friend, Diablo 2!

Boss encounters blow in D2 as well though, they are all solo-able.

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Runescape runescape runescape!

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QUOTE	Sonixpber @ December 06, 2009 01:40 pm)

QUOTE	Eregion2
	December 06, 2009 05:24 pm

Tbh, I could deal with the player mechanics, I just don't like the theme; it's just too sensually Asian. I like dark fantasy with haunted castles and evil dragons and gritty necromancers and crap. The whole shiny aspect of "oh look at me I'm a pretty lethal little angel" is a huge turn-off. I know it's badass in its own right, but it's not up my alley at all.

And another thing. Matt was telling me about how the combat rotation is tons more involved than WoW has, which is neat. But personally I'd prefer to get away from a rotation at all. The most enjoyable player style of any MMO I've played was D&DO, when you took your warrior grabbed a two-handed battleaxe and just waded into a horde of kobolds swinging left and right.

Not having to actually TARGET what you wanted to hit was brilliant (even ranged could do it, rangers/sorcerers/wizards were a bunch of fun). Being able to dodge most spells by just being quick on your feet, huge diversification of character skills through multiple ways of applying each class while being able to mutli-class on top of that...

It's just a shame the actual encounters sucked, everything else was wicked. But yeah, Aion is totally going down the wrong path for me to be interested. Have fun though.

Meet my friend, Diablo 2!

Boss encounters blow in D2 as well though, they are all solo-able.

Omg, dude, Diablo was my Runescape before I actually started playing RS. I had a lvl 86 ownage FOH Pally, and a lvl 88 ownage mf blizz Sorceress. I owned in p2p with my Pally lol. Do you still play?

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QUOTE	Flame Outlaw @ December 07, 2009 12:35 am)

QUOTE	Sonixpber
	December 06, 2009 01:40 pm

QUOTE	Eregion2
	December 06, 2009 05:24 pm

Tbh, I could deal with the player mechanics, I just don't like the theme; it's just too sensually Asian. I like dark fantasy with haunted castles and evil dragons and gritty necromancers and crap. The whole shiny aspect of "oh look at me I'm a pretty lethal little angel" is a huge turn-off. I know it's badass in its own right, but it's not up my alley at all.

And another thing. Matt was telling me about how the combat rotation is tons more involved than WoW has, which is neat. But personally I'd prefer to get away from a rotation at all. The most enjoyable player style of any MMO I've played was D&DO, when you took your warrior grabbed a two-handed battleaxe and just waded into a horde of kobolds swinging left and right.

Not having to actually TARGET what you wanted to hit was brilliant (even ranged could do it, rangers/sorcerers/wizards were a bunch of fun). Being able to dodge most spells by just being quick on your feet, huge diversification of character skills through multiple ways of applying each class while being able to mutli-class on top of that...

It's just a shame the actual encounters sucked, everything else was wicked. But yeah, Aion is totally going down the wrong path for me to be interested. Have fun though.

Meet my friend, Diablo 2!

Boss encounters blow in D2 as well though, they are all solo-able.

Omg, dude, Diablo was my Runescape before I actually started playing RS. I had a lvl 86 ownage FOH Pally, and a lvl 88 ownage mf blizz Sorceress. I owned in p2p with my Pally lol. Do you still play?

Talked with some friends.. we're considering rebuying it and playing together lol.

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QUOTE	Eregion2
	December 06, 2009 05:24 pm

Tbh, I could deal with the player mechanics, I just don't like the theme; it's just too sensually Asian. I like dark fantasy with haunted castles and evil dragons and gritty necromancers and crap. The whole shiny aspect of "oh look at me I'm a pretty lethal little angel" is a huge turn-off. I know it's badass in its own right, but it's not up my alley at all.

And another thing. Matt was telling me about how the combat rotation is tons more involved than WoW has, which is neat. But personally I'd prefer to get away from a rotation at all. The most enjoyable player style of any MMO I've played was D&DO, when you took your warrior grabbed a two-handed battleaxe and just waded into a horde of kobolds swinging left and right.

Not having to actually TARGET what you wanted to hit was brilliant (even ranged could do it, rangers/sorcerers/wizards were a bunch of fun). Being able to dodge most spells by just being quick on your feet, huge diversification of character skills through multiple ways of applying each class while being able to mutli-class on top of that...

It's just a shame the actual encounters sucked, everything else was wicked. But yeah, Aion is totally going down the wrong path for me to be interested. Have fun though.

Lol, I wasn't expecting that from you, an avid manga reader. Though, I guess it's good to know you're not biased.

Its art style is largely influenced by Asia, but it strays away from silly, chibi stuff, while borrowing plenty of western themes. It sounds like you have a problem more with the game mechanics than the content itself. I pressume you don't like WoW much either, for the same faults?

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As for pretty little angels: (1) The Asmodions don't seem all that angelic to me, save the wings. (2) I thought the whole point of designing anything was to, in some sense, have things look "pretty". Unless, you're implying that everyone's a sweet-looking, blue-eyed, blond-headed anime wannabe... which isn't true -- for most people.

The character creation offers a virtually infinite possibility of looks, allowing for height, tone, proportional, and even facial construction customization. If a person wants to look ugly, they can. I've seen dozens of butt-ugly characters. lol

I do understand where you're coming from, though. Don't get me wrong.
You have your own preferences, and I respect your opinion.

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They're just too goddamn pristine. I can't explain it, it's just a total, subtle, but complete difference underlying the whole way the game is designed and elaborated on that doesn't sit well with me at all. There's definitely things I don't like about WoW, but at least it doesn't sparkle like one of Stephenie Meyer's twilight vampires.

There's just this whole undercurrent of... strangeness... to it all.

I mean, seriously. Aion characters look like they're one step away from throwing down their weapons and deciding the outcome of their PvP encounters by seeing who can do the most pirouettes. Tell me half your attacks and/or battle stances don't look like ballet poses.

So yeah, if you ever develop this insane urge to take up ballet, don't say I didn't warn you!

PS: If there's a free trial available over the holidays I may give it a shot. We'll see.

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I tried it, but the mechanics were meh.

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only prob with aion was the grind......

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QUOTE	Eregion2
	December 07, 2009 05:36 am

They're just too goddamn pristine. I can't explain it, it's just a total, subtle, but complete difference underlying the whole way the game is designed and elaborated on that doesn't sit well with me at all. There's definitely things I don't like about WoW, but at least it doesn't sparkle like one of Stephenie Meyer's twilight vampires.

There's just this whole undercurrent of... strangeness... to it all.

I mean, seriously. Aion characters look like they're one step away from throwing down their weapons and deciding the outcome of their PvP encounters by seeing who can do the most pirouettes. Tell me half your attacks and/or battle stances don't look like ballet poses.

So yeah, if you ever develop this insane urge to take up ballet, don't say I didn't warn you!

PS: If there's a free trial available over the holidays I may give it a shot. We'll see.

Again, I don't get how you can say that when you are so familiar with manga. lol
I play a Chanter, and I can honestly say that half my attacks don't look like ballet moves... primarily because they implement authentic martial arts staff forms and techniques into a lot of their animations; some of which I know intimately. Unless I practice ballet too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zOEa4NZH04

You don't like the asian-styled theme - and that's what all the "prettiness" that you are describing is, asian anime influence - which is fair enough. I'm generally very critical of these things myself.
However, accepting the asian theme for what it is, and looking over it, the game has a lot of positive potential for its position in the genre.

It's still fresh in the market, and, like I said, there is still a lot of content that is expected to be added (think very early WoW vanilla). I just wish they add the Free Trial soon, so you can get a chance to play. Though, if you didn't like WoW, you probably won't like Aion much either.

... But at least then you'd have a more legitimate evaluation.

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Yeah, I don't mean to be too picky.

And I haven't even touched the game, so I'm far from being evenly informed. I will be trying it out when I have the opportunity. Definitely not looking down on anyone who does like it btw, to each their own.

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QUOTE	Firelion08
	December 03, 2009 11:47 am

"Aion wuts dat???"
^If this is you, click here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iKX4aBXsYg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8E2IFbwO3w

I got it about 2 weeks ago, and I'm fairly satisfied with it so far.
I'm lvling a Chanter (currently 15; Fregion server) as my main, and plan on starting a sin and glad.

We have a lot of WoW players here, so I anticipate a little hate... but does anyone else see the amount of potential this game has?

It parallels WoW in general gamestyle (which I don't look down on; WoW is a great game), but they utilize a lot of things WoW hasn't yet... and the prodominantly Asian-influenced art style brings with it its own avenue of mythological and world design possibilities.

While fighting with my Chanter, I realized I couldn't go back to WoW without feeling at a loss (especially if I were to go staff). The fighting system is considerably fluent for its style, and the animations can be very dynamic.

I wouldn't say it is or will be better than WoW -- atleast not objectively -- but I do think, depending on it's content growth, it could definitely compete at that level.

Any other Aion nerds here?

I still play, I myself have a 46 chanter on the Vaizel server named Ranko.

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Is there like an addon program for this game? you see how wow has curseclient and you can download that atlas thing, is there anything like that for this yet? if so then please link me.

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QUOTE	Lil Rewind @ December 10, 2009 06:20 pm)

Is there like an addon program for this game? you see how wow has curseclient and you can download that atlas thing, is there anything like that for this yet? if so then please link me.

no, but theres an ingame quest helper that functions quite well......as well as a coordinate system.

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Yeah, like Kiwi said, there's a search system already in the game that gives you a marker and coordinates to relevant points for quests, dungeons, pvp, etc.

If there's some guy you can't find for your quest, you can click on his name in the quest details and it will mark his location on the map (if he is easily accessable), give you his coordinates, and also give a few notes that could help tell where he is or could be. You can find objects and mobs the same way too. It actually works pretty well for an integrated system.

There will probably be more third party addons as the game gets older.
Remember, the game got released fairly recently in the west. It still has yet to develope as many trinkets as WoW has, in this case -- no pun intended.

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