Aion (Open Beta, Launch Day Info too!)

[Lucas]

I want to be morally abused by The Grind. Downloading 

[Simond]

There is absolutely nothing compelling about this game other than it's prettier looking than WoW. Not one tenth as pretty as Blade & Soul. It really serves no purpose. NCSoft is weird.

"Prettier-looking WoW-clone*" would equal "Money hats". I'm guessing that's NCSoft's thinking.

(*addendum: "that doesn't suck, unlike the last couple of diku-MMOGS")

[Falconeer]

And it's not even grindier than your usual western generic MMORPG.

[Draegan]

I hit level 10 all on quests in about 4 hours or so taking my time and not knowing where to go.  I also played a priest which killed things sloooooow.

I think they did a good job with it.  I have no idea what the curve is like though.

[DLRiley]

And it's not even grindier than your usual western generic MMORPG.

oh so i was right.

4 hours for level 10 on a none combat oriented class is kinda decent. But korean mmo's have a tendency to let you blast you through the first few levels and tripple the grind per level. So I'm sorta wondering if it will take 4 hours to get to 10-20.

[Falconeer]

Some screenies, mainly from character creation which is very, very satisfying.

[Hindenburg]

God damn it's gorgeous and runs well. Shame about the ball busting latency.

[terrahero]

Aint working for me, it refuses to install the game. Its giving me trouble over data.zip wich is incidentally password protected.

[schild]

Aint working for me, it refuses to install the game. Its giving me trouble over data.zip wich is incidentally password protected.

Oh well! Might want to contact tech support!

[Falconeer]

Password protected? I'd say you got the wrong (fake) zips somehow 
I got a .zip error but I realized it was because firefox crashed, and when I resumed the download it renamed the files someting like data.z01(2). Deleting the (2) fixed it.

[Tarami]

Some screenies, mainly from character creation which is very, very satisfying.

I fell in love with it from the get-go. I think I'll buy this just to prototype PnP RPG characters' appearance.

[terrahero]

Password protected? I'd say you got the wrong (fake) zips somehow 
I got a .zip error but I realized it was because firefox crashed, and when I resumed the download it renamed the files someting like data.z01(2). Deleting the (2) fixed it.

Im pretty sure i have the correct files, i got em from the same link as the OP suggest. And they seem to be working for everyone else. But i guess i could try and download it again. Damn error being all chinese!

[PalmTrees]

They look nice and all, but how often are you going to see your character's face? How are their butts?

On the topic of appearance, are there more than one armor set option per level or is clone central except for face/hair? Do you get the next tier of armor all at once or is it one of those breastplate at 40, gloves at 41 systems that has you looking like a mismatched hobo for the majority of the game?

[rk47]

So how's the EXP Curve btw? It looks great.

[Tarami]

Recalling from memory, the visual gear is divided into top, bottom, feet, hands and head. There's also an option to wear a guild cloak. I've seen people wear various gear between levels 1 and 10, so stuff that drop don't appear to share any sort of hard "tiered appearance".

The customization isn't just about the head either, the body customization is actually pretty good too. What's really missing to make characters look quite unique is choosable animation sets. It wouldn't have to change every animation, but having different run styles and idle stances would help diversity alot. With everyone moving the same way, it still looks sorta homogeneous, despite the other great options.

What bothers me is that you can get a little too extreme with the sliders. People make toons that are 4' tall with limbs like pool cues. As a member of Filthy ArrPeers worldwide, I say it's immersion-breaking! And it looks stupid.

[rk47]

Recalling from memory, the visual gear is divided into top, bottom, feet, hands and head. There's also an option to wear a guild cloak. I've seen people wear various gear between levels 1 and 10, so stuff that drop don't appear to share any sort of hard "tiered appearance".

The customization isn't just about the head either, the body customization is actually pretty good too. What's really missing to make characters look quite unique is choosable animation sets. It wouldn't have to change every animation, but having different run styles and idle stances would help diversity alot. With everyone moving the same way, it still looks sorta homogeneous, despite the other great options.

What bothers me is that you can get a little too extreme with the sliders. People make toons that are 4' tall with limbs like pool cues. As a member of Filthy ArrPeers worldwide, I say it's immersion-breaking! And it looks stupid.

rp n asia dont mix.

[Hindenburg]

What bothers me is that you can get a little too extreme with the sliders. People make toons that are 4' tall with limbs like pool cues. As a member of Filthy ArrPeers worldwide, I say it's immersion-breaking! And it looks stupid.

You're playing a game where people can sprout wings and are complaining about immersion?

[Tarami]

It's all about context! Owlbears aren't exactly within the domain of probability either.

Anyway, just as a sample point, to get from level 4 to 5 you need 8700 XP, with a level 4 kill giving 200 - 300 XP. That means roughly 35 mobs, each taking me about 20 seconds (as a priest) to kill with this outrageous latency.

So yeah, it's a little rough even early on. I'm going to turn in a wad of quests and see how far that gets me.

Edit:
Turning in a "mission", a story arc quest, netted me 1000 XP. So.

[Falconeer]

My south Korean friend said they don't have the slightest idea what tabletop RPGs are. I guess that's why the concept of "immersion breaking" keeps escaping them.

On a funnier but dramatic note, my Israeli friend got seriously worried when I told her "me and my friend have regular RPG nights". You should have seen the look on her face.

[rk47]

My south Korean friend said they don't have the slightest idea what tabletop RPGs are. I guess that's why the concept of "immersion breaking" keeps escaping them.

 

[Lucas]

On a funnier but dramatic note, my Israeli friend got seriously worried when I told her "me and my friend have regular RPG nights". You should have seen the look on her face.

Hahhaha, now that was funny in a awkwardly kinda way :D

By the way, tried the game and while it seems decent enough (I only played an Asmodean Mage so far), nothing I see myself devoted to for a long period of time. I enjoyed the Lore on the website, though. I'm too a spouse of the lost cause of MMOG Roleplayers, so I understand the pain :P

[terrahero]

I finally got the thing to install. Incase anyone else is also getting data.zip error during install, im afraid you have to download everything all over again as one of the files is corrupt. Not neccesary data.zip btw.

I did, worked for me. If it matters, i used the torrent.

just, putting this out there incase anyone else has problems.

[Lantyssa]

It's all about context! Owlbears aren't exactly within the domain of probability either.

Watch out for Itto.  He doesn't believe RPers exist, so he'll tease you mercilessly.

[Hindenburg]

It's all about context! Owlbears aren't exactly within the domain of probability either.

Watch out for Itto.  He doesn't believe good RPers exist and hasn't been proven wrong yet, so he'll tease you mercilessly.

fix'd.

[Tarami]

The fact that I won't be able to take the setting atleast a bit seriously will probably be a deal breaker for me. The /sleep emote summons you a cloud to lie on. /sit (or /chair, in fact) produces a chair et cetera.

It just seems unnecessary.

[Falconeer]

Did anyone noticed what happens when you are idling and it's raining?

[Tarami]

Yeah. And if you're standing in a stream it starts to chase fish with the hands

Oh, and you can't swim. At all.

[Draegan]

I played a mage up to level 10 and it took my just short of 2 hours.  Not too bad.

[NiX]

Damn you Windows 7!

[Falconeer]

Following the old DAoC tradition, you can't make characters of different factions on the same account, so I needed a new one to try Asmodians chars.

Meet Odette Falconeer.


I like Asmodians' glowing red eyes when in attack mode.

[rk47]

  <--- too.

[Auronp]

Hey, had a quick question...i set up a username and password and all that then hit enter and it said successful. Is that it? No email registration or anything?
Also, do you have to pay to play or no? Thanks in advance, can't wait to play!

[Tale]

It's an open beta, Lolschach.

[Auronp]

It's an open beta, Lolschach.

Lol, guess that shoulda tipped me off...is the ddl faster then the torrent? Cause my eta is 14hrs or so

[schild]

I hate it when we have "how to sign up" threads here because people come along and expect us to be tech support.

We are not fucking tech support.

See the DJ Portable Max thread in the schild chronicles for other examples of this shit.