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Aion= Midgets Online
I am seriously hoping NCsoft changes this prior to launch, however the character size in open beta can be so miniature, they are about the size of adult size typical avatars foot. Yes, imagine hundreds of midget, ok midget isnt even right cuz thats like saying dwarf which is large compared to the miniature size you can create in Aion... smalllllllll
If this goes live i am not sure how most people (masses) will react... some will love, some will say its game breaking.. not because those avatars are any harder to kill, but they are harder to see, and its an eyesore.
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Yeah, having small characters will help with targeting, even with tab targeting. Oh wells!
ya its not hard to target them, but just seeing them is tough cuz they are just tiny, like shoe size lol.... not sure if that was intended by ncsoft, but for me, that just kills the mood for me, not sure why, but i have faith they will change that before launch... we'll see.
so..there are really short characters in other games. Me personally I dont play short ones but they are histerical to watch run and fly in Aion. Makes me just wanna run up and punt kick one over the Pandemonium railing see if I can hit the fortress
I plan to target small characters first whenever possible in pvp. If you are going to be a d-bag and mike a tiny toon then you deserve to die first.
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I've seen these lil bastards running around. Can't say i care for them much either, but it is beta and these characters ARE going to be wiped. So I say let them have their fun while they can. But when and if they do this in live, those I see will get a automatic ban slapped on them from my Do-not-invite list and will be ignored for the duration of my stay in Aion.
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I don't mind really, it's a little interesting I imagine cleaving your way through a bunch of midgets in the abyss.
My character is as big as I could make him, big chest, big muscles, big sword.
One of the premade configurations is dwarf-like. I believe the developers intended for you to create any race or creature you want in character customization. I don't see why you care what other players choose to be.
if i am paying to play, then i guess its my choice not to like it... is it game breaking, well no, and i am not claiming it is, but some people might see it so, and so i am notifying others that might take issue with it... for me its too early to tell if that will affect my decision to play Aion. Actually i am having quite a blast in my return trip to AoC since launch, but i paid for Aion, so i plan to get at least one character to 50 and see how the game goes.
Chinese OB was the same Chinese launch it wasnt.
People are clowning around knowing there chars are gonna be wiped would you seriously want to potentially play for years as one of those monstrosity's.
Its the same reason we have names like cockface and mingeraper running around on the servers people just being arseholes with their free account or the anonimity of a beta.
I am confident you wont see anywhere near the amount of freaky chars come launch hell my gladi this time around fills a 1920 x 1080 screen unless at max zoom hes that damn big because I was clowning around knowing a wipes coming.
well i hope not, outside of this issue i think the game is fun, but its just one of those eyesores... at least for me..
I'm seriously doubting you'll see people being tiny at launch because you can't really claim to be a bad ass when you're a foot tall.
I think the funniest ones are the tiny ones with the huge pumpkinheads.
1. For god's sake mmo gamers, enough with the analogies. They're unnecessary and your comparisons are terrible, dissimilar, and illogical.
2. To posters feeling the need to state how f2p really isn't f2p: Players understand the concept. You aren't privy to some secret the rest are missing. You're embarrassing yourself.
3. Yes, Cpt. Obvious, we're not industry experts. Now run along and let the big people use the forums for their purpose.
Wait till the small guys get their wings!
Epic flying pumpkin heads everywhere
I think they should give tiny stat bonuses for larger characters. Nothing that will make any real difference, but just enough so that people will think twice about making their characters so small, just for the slight PvP advantage. Give the best bonus to average sized characters, half that to oversized characters, and no bonus to small characters.
When I want a single-player story, I'll play a single-player game. When I play an MMO, I want a massively multiplayer world.
It is much harder to target them in mass PvP.
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Are they as small as some of the Agents in Anarchy Online for those familiar with that game?
Not by a long shot. I have midgets in OB and will have one in the game when it launches. None of you can stop me.
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I will be playing one of those little characther and I'll name they gnome1, gnome2, gnome3 etc.
Funny, when you can fly they are not much harder to target. Also, their hit circle is the same. Any advantage gained is negligible. I know this from watching people who suck make tiny people thinking they would be harder to target and therefore win more fights. They don't.
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ROFL ! i made one of these to see how they work, ugg it only lasted like 3 seconds! They look like spiders running, more power to you if thats you kind of thing?
Dwarf size ok! even Gnome size too, but these shoe size are just Horrible Looking!
Please i beg you, no stick people thats just going to make us all Sick.. Lawl
I laugh so hard it hurt when i seen that Long tall skinny stick man.. Rofl
So you don't like lil toons, therefore anyone who makes one is a dirtbag? You make a good tactical statement (targeting), and make the reason their character creation. Good lord, what are you going to do to people who's gear you don't like grouping with?
Nothing wrong with being small, its that there so freaky looking, if they want to make the spider looking chars, then Ok..
if there on the other side ? Im blast them first... lol
If your going to make a tiny char ? At lease make there legs look like they have them ? Very odd looking to see just feet up to there butts.. haha so ugly
If people were like that in real LIFE ? They could not walk!
I love everyone, i don't have to like shoe size chars.. look like tiny bugs! Even Gnomes were ok with me, but these ultra tiny tots just looks bad...
Sorry just not my cup of tea..
I created one and all I can say is... uggghhh. It'd be one thing if the developers actually changed the way a smaller toon runs.. I created a tiny fat man (scout) called Butterbean (I was suprised the name wasn't taken). His legs move so fast you can barely see them.. it's not even realistic at all.
At least in WoW if you roll a dwarf they actually run like a dwarf. Their legs are short like in Aion, but first of all they are only half the size of a normal toon, not the size of a normal toon's knees. They take long hopping strides instead of thier legs moving a million miles an hour. Much better in terms of immersion. I see a small Aion character running around and it reminds me.. this is a game and an average one at that. It might be *polished* as people suggest, however it does need some work with the immersion aspect. (see odd character sizes / movement / auto-face / cutscenes).
lol i practically fell out of my chair laughing at the thought.. anyways.. i have an idea.. either raise the minimum size or make it to where if yer tiny you have lesser stats dmg/hp/etc.. then everyone would make huge guys thinking they had better stats but... guess what.. NOPE.. you're just f'in huge..
I'll be rolling the smallest toon possible for a few reasons:
1. I'm rolling an Assassin.
2. It is harder to notice and target.
3. Your toon fills up less of your screen, you can see more.
4. It's easier to tell if you are behind a target.
5. Other players will have a harder time understanding what class you are by looking at you.
With so many reasons why you would go small I don't see a reason to handicap yourself. If you were a tank there might be a reason to go big so you could be a target, the downside is everyone will know you are a tank and try to avoid targetting you.