AION: Catch All

I got in and played some this weekend. I got up to 11 with a mage and a priest and i'm still not going to pay for the game. Its just a very pretty Lineage2. Very pretty but i've put too many hours into L2 to bother playing with other games modeled after it. I thought i couldnt even get through Tabala Rasa because of this Thats with me trying to stick with it. I'm not going to do it again.

Played to L6, not a lot, but thought the game had a lot of polish, and a nice, tight UI. The feel of the game is a bit anime, though not unduly so.

The big question is whether my friends pick this up. If not, then I will probably still play a little here and there.

Between this, Huxley and Champions Online there's a lot being released in the next few weeks.

boreden-myrddraal wrote:

Is Sept 22 the release date or the early access date ?

Sept 22 is the release date and from what the boards are saying pre-orders will get a 2 day head start. Just in case I have already taken off the 21st and 22nd heh. I am probably going to play my sorc as a main and i'm really thinking about a chanter as an alt but there are so many good classes i'm still not 100% sure on which alt will be 2nd.

Shadowklr wrote:
boreden-myrddraal wrote:

Is Sept 22 the release date or the early access date ?

Sept 22 is the release date and from what the boards are saying pre-orders will get a 2 day head start. Just in case I have already taken off the 21st and 22nd heh. I am probably going to play my sorc as a main and i'm really thinking about a chanter as an alt but there are so many good classes i'm still not 100% sure on which alt will be 2nd. ;)

I am looking ot try and do the same...

Co-worker just told me that only the first couple zones are "instanced" so you can hop to another "instance" if some mobs are being camped, but everything after that is similar to WoW, single instance kinda deal. That's pretty cool, I was under the impression I would have to zone hop a lot (oh god, how I hated that in AoC). Anticipation +1!

Channel hopping (Down in the menu .. Help & Support .. Change Channel - Or by right clicking a group leader's icon and 'Change Channel to Leader') is both a boon and a curse. In those first few zones it can certainly help with overpopulation, especially in opening week, but you'll also find those delightful folks who will kill a boss, channel hop, kill a boss, channel hop etc. Hopefully less of an issue upon release, as 1.5 imposes limits on how frequently you can do it.

Can be a shock for folks when they leave the channelized zones (pretty much level 20+) and suddenly there's a lot more people, and a lot more squabbling over kills - should be less of an issue once the initial rush dies down though.

I heard the ground and nasty textures were getting re-done in 1.5, any word on that? It wasn't too too bad I guess, but the bad textures really pop when compared to the awesome textures/animation of the characters.

I'm not too concerned over kill squabbles (at least not now). I'd take kill squabbles any day over a non-instanced zone design. It makes the world that much more cohesive, and it's one of the things that made me love WoW back in the day. Especially on a PvP server.

Swat wrote:

I heard the ground and nasty textures were getting re-done in 1.5, any word on that? It wasn't too too bad I guess, but the bad textures really pop when compared to the awesome textures/animation of the characters.

Can't confirm much with that; only person I know that's experienced 1.5 (Palapala on the AionSource boards) now that its just gone live in Korea hasn't talked much about it yet, beyond the initial translations of the patch notes.

So are you guys thinking about a GWJ Legion or is everyone going their own ways? I'm looking around various communities I've been involved with in the past to see what my options are. Thanks.

Downloading it now...hmmm

Couple of notes re: legions; they tend to be smaller than some of the enormous guild/company/community groupings from other MMOs. Initially they are capped at 30 members, with that limit rising to 60 once the legion has received enough Abyss Point contributions and money, and then to the absolute maximum of 90 members.

For the GW players out there, a cross promotion with Aion can get you shiny wings in Guild Wars for those buying the CE and Steelbook editions:

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http://www.massively.com/2009/08/25/...

DevilStick wrote:

For the GW players out there, a cross promotion with Aion can get you shiny wings in Guild Wars for those buying the CE and Steelbook editions:

Restricted to those who are getting their copies from retail rather than download though; which seems a strange decision. Can only assume its precipitated by moans from Gamestop and the likes about the digital versions stealing their sales.

Damn, my plans of taking time off for launch have been nerfed...

I am taking a few days off the following week myself the 24-25, best to ensure game stability, . The other upside is the zone instancing from lv 1-20 should make the mad lowbie questing rush a lot smoother. I am glad this is just for the starting levels it was horrid in Conan at the higher levels instance jumping

Press release with details on headstart, open beta, pre-selection etc here.

Do we get in early for pre-ordering on Steam? I don't see it in the list of pre-order links on the Aion site.

So , whats the difference between pre-selection and head start ? I pre ordered months ago will i get the pre selection ?

My guess would be reserving your character names

Yep pre-orders get to pick and I believe create the characters they want on the 18th, then get a 2 day head start playing on the 20th. Also looking forward to 1 last week of playtime to try and decide what my main will be.

I can't wait to hop in, but it's perfect timing to knock off my back catalog.. oh yes, it's been-a-pilin

Hey all, not sure if GWJ was creating a Legion in Aion - so I am posting the recruit link of the Legion (Guild) I am with. Anyone from GWJ is welcome... I "hopefully" will have the character name of Khyron.

DCL

/salute

So I preordered. Have we decided on a server yet?

And I haven't played the game at all, does faction impact who you can and can't interact with?

Tkyl wrote:

So I preordered. Have we decided on a server yet? And I haven't played the game at all, does faction impact who you can and can't interact with?

X-faction communication is Warhammer style, none; although just as with the emote trick in early WoW, you can abuse the private stores and communicate through their 'advertising banners', or could at least in 1.0 and 1.2 in China; whether the shiny new 1.5 client stops that I've yet to find out.

Don't think so on server, rest of my family seem to be thinking Israphel (sp?) or whatever the unofficial RP server is, not for the RP but more for the lower asshat factor (doesn't work every time but then, what does); at least the pre-selection should prevent some of the headstart day blues, I can still see it being hellish at launch when those who haven't pre-ordered try to join friends. Limited numbers per guild may lessen that, but still likely to be an issue (30/guild until folks get to 20+ and start earning contribution points).

armedbushido wrote:

Hey all, not sure if GWJ was creating a Legion in Aion - so I am posting the recruit link of the Legion (Guild) I am with. Anyone from GWJ is welcome... I "hopefully" will have the character name of Khyron.

DCL

/salute

Hey Armed I like the sound of your legion and My husband and I would love to join up.
Not sure what my main will be yet so not sure what name to post up yet

armedbushido wrote:

Hey all, not sure if GWJ was creating a Legion in Aion - so I am posting the recruit link of the Legion (Guild) I am with. Anyone from GWJ is welcome... I "hopefully" will have the character name of Khyron.

DCL

/salute

I'll be there, just have to set a server on the 18th when preselects open up.

Shadowklr wrote:
armedbushido wrote:

Hey all, not sure if GWJ was creating a Legion in Aion - so I am posting the recruit link of the Legion (Guild) I am with. Anyone from GWJ is welcome... I "hopefully" will have the character name of Khyron.

DCL

/salute

Hey Armed I like the sound of your legion and My husband and I would love to join up.
Not sure what my main will be yet so not sure what name to post up yet ;)

Just keep an eye out for me - added you XBL and STEAM friends list...

Hey Armed I never got your Steam invite so I went ahead and sent you one. Looking forward to this release already!

Greetings and Salutations

For those who are interested in joining DCL in Aion, the current plan is to roll on Israphel server, and the Asmodian faction. We would love to have you, and any are welcome.

Find us there or the DCL vent

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thanks and i hope to see you there

Patrick

Ick, don't like the Asmodian at all. Maybe we can have 2 GWJ guilds