I don't understand why this game has so many fans.. it doesn't do anything new other than flying... and the pvp, well there are a lot of better games for pvp, and usually in azn games you have to reach the far corners of endgame (which involves a lot of grind) to get to that pvp.
Nothing against you friend, but you just described the 10million pound retarded monkey known as World of Warcraft, with two exceptions. WoW doesn't have flying, and they have a joke of a pvp system.
WoW brought absolutely 0 new ideas to the genre, they simply had a phenominal marketing campaign and meshed the best of the existing concepts/mechanics at the time into an already popular and established IP, backed by a massive budget.
Aion may be "innovative" or it may be a "gimmick(sp?)" but I believe it is going to do quite well.
So you just skipped that whole lower half of the article that said "don't make the mistake of stopping at lvl 5" She even gave it a single solitary line of its own JUST in case people were skimming and it would stand out and get your attention.
No, I read the whole thing. She said that, and then described one FANTASTIC event she had where she got her wings. And then she ends the article. Here's where I'm concerned.
OK, 5 levels of boredom, one awesome scene where I get my wings....then from the sound of it, it more or less goes back to the same old, same old.
She DOES say "many of the later quests were better written"...but how many? 20%, 50%? 80? "And the ones that weren't, I didn't mind as much"? Just sounds like she's glazing over the bad parts a lot.
I guess my fear is that this game will be every other Asian MMO I've played, but will try to use the winged combat system as the one trick pony to set them apart. It sounds like a neat feature, but is it enough to make Aion a different game? I want a chance to play before I judge fully, but I remain a skeptic. I've been let down too many times before.
Actually she mentions the event happens at lvl 9/10, the statement is in reference to a lot of players these days who get to level 5 or so then declare a game a failure. There are multiple cutscenes in the game, there are supposed to be Voice overs to go with them when the game goes live. As for Quests that get better, It really depends on what each person feels is a good quest so no one could tell you what percent are better. There are quests where you go look for a little youngster's lost pet, and other where you look for an old man's lost pet. One you find and can bring home safely, another has become a meal.... interesting? depends on the person.
I've played a LOT of Asian MMOs back to the original Lineage and this one is really really not like any of them. Try to get into the beta's if you can, preorder at gamestop etc and just check it out for yourself, you may be pleasantly suprised, I was.
3 days is fun, but too much longer it's horrible: I played Aion to level 30 (out of 50), I was the leader of a guild of 65 people and pvpd often as well. The graphics and many things about the game are amazing -- and level 1 to 12 is extremely fun. After that, it goes overboard extremely fast: * The grind is, believe it or not, worse than EQ1. There are not enough quests to go around to keep things entertaining or running around, so eventually (more or so starting at level 15+) you find yourself grinding mobs all day every day * Starting at level 18+, to get anything done you need a group. Groups aren't always easy to get, even with a guild! Worse than any game I've seen so far, actually. And guess what happens if you can't get a group? You grind, because you can't do any quests. * Starting at level 20+ you start realizing the game is extremely repetitive and the world is tiny and worst of all, restricted. There is ONE place you have to go for a 10-15 level range, and no where else. There are no options for diversity for hunting/leveling. * You level VERY slow in this game. Remember the hell levels from former EQ1 before they boosted XP? It's like that. EVERY level. etc etc
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I gotta ask, what build were you playing? 1.0.....1.1??
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Nothing against you friend, but you just described the 10million pound retarded monkey known as World of Warcraft, with two exceptions. WoW doesn't have flying, and they have a joke of a pvp system.
WoW brought absolutely 0 new ideas to the genre, they simply had a phenominal marketing campaign and meshed the best of the existing concepts/mechanics at the time into an already popular and established IP, backed by a massive budget.
Aion may be "innovative" or it may be a "gimmick(sp?)" but I believe it is going to do quite well.
No, I read the whole thing. She said that, and then described one FANTASTIC event she had where she got her wings. And then she ends the article. Here's where I'm concerned.
OK, 5 levels of boredom, one awesome scene where I get my wings....then from the sound of it, it more or less goes back to the same old, same old.
She DOES say "many of the later quests were better written"...but how many? 20%, 50%? 80? "And the ones that weren't, I didn't mind as much"? Just sounds like she's glazing over the bad parts a lot.
I guess my fear is that this game will be every other Asian MMO I've played, but will try to use the winged combat system as the one trick pony to set them apart. It sounds like a neat feature, but is it enough to make Aion a different game? I want a chance to play before I judge fully, but I remain a skeptic. I've been let down too many times before.
Actually she mentions the event happens at lvl 9/10, the statement is in reference to a lot of players these days who get to level 5 or so then declare a game a failure. There are multiple cutscenes in the game, there are supposed to be Voice overs to go with them when the game goes live. As for Quests that get better, It really depends on what each person feels is a good quest so no one could tell you what percent are better. There are quests where you go look for a little youngster's lost pet, and other where you look for an old man's lost pet. One you find and can bring home safely, another has become a meal.... interesting? depends on the person.
I've played a LOT of Asian MMOs back to the original Lineage and this one is really really not like any of them. Try to get into the beta's if you can, preorder at gamestop etc and just check it out for yourself, you may be pleasantly suprised, I was.
I gotta ask, what build were you playing? 1.0.....1.1??