Aion (Open Beta, Launch Day Info too!)

[schild]

I got an Aion NA beta key at gamestop and played around with the weekend beta event today.  Runs smoother than the COB.  I don't remember signing an NDA.

Is the game better than Chronicles of Spellborn?

He doesn't remember. That doesn't mean there isn't one. Be patient. Seriously.

[Surlyboi]

Feh, if I didn't have a life, I probably would've used the beta key they gave me for canceling Tabula Rasa.

Oh well...

[Ash2412]

This is NOT tech support. We repeat: This is not tech support.

[Tale]

Feh, if I didn't have a life, I probably would've used the beta key they gave me for canceling Tabula Rasa.

Oh well...

It's a pissy offer anyway - they promised to invite us to the Aion beta as the main form of compensation, and what we got was an invitation to a three-day weekend beta event. The email to TR cancellation victims then says if you want to play the next weekend's beta, you have to pre-order Aion. Technically they delivered on their promise, but they couldn't resist the temptation to use it as a sales pitch.

[NiX]

This is NOT tech support. We repeat: This is not tech support.

Well then, who is going to help me with 如何看待居民消费价格和工业品出厂价格双下降？这是否意味著通货紧缩？

[rattran]

This is NOT tech support. We repeat: This is not tech support.

Well then, who is going to help me with 如何看待居民消费价格和工业品出厂价格双下降？这是否意味著通货紧缩？

How to regard the resident consumption price and the industrial product producer price double drop is your own problem.

[raydeen]

This is NOT tech support. We repeat: This is not tech support.

Well then, who is going to help me with 如何看待居民消费价格和工业品出厂价格双下降？这是否意味著通货紧缩？

How to regard the resident consumption price and the industrial product producer price double drop is your own problem.

But it might mean the deflation!!

[Draegan]

I got an Aion NA beta key at gamestop and played around with the weekend beta event today.  Runs smoother than the COB.  I don't remember signing an NDA.

Is the game better than Chronicles of Spellborn?

I would still be playing Spellborn if the grind wasn't so shitty.  I actually liked the combat mechanics.  Unfortunately the PVP realm on that game was dead.

Aion is just a pretty version of WoW but with more PVP focus I think.  I myself never got passed level 20.

He doesn't remember. That doesn't mean there isn't one. Be patient. Seriously.

 

I think it would be hard to keep an NDA on a game where you can walk into a Gamestop and the person behind the counter can hand you a Beta key.

  I havn't looked it up to confirm it but the US version could be a few patches behind the Korean game.

[DLRiley]

I got an Aion NA beta key at gamestop and played around with the weekend beta event today.  Runs smoother than the COB.  I don't remember signing an NDA.

Is the game better than Chronicles of Spellborn?

I would still be playing Spellborn if the grind wasn't so shitty.  

Someone other than me admits it and it only took 2 months. Sorry just had to point that out. Back to Aion who follows NDA's again?

[Draegan]

Spellborn grind would be fine if the quests didn't reward you the same amount of experience a single mob kill gave you.

[Murgos]

Someone other than me admits it and it only took 2 months. Sorry just had to point that out. Back to Aion who follows NDA's again?

We do.  Mostly because we like getting group beta invites but, really, there is no reason to bite the hand.

[Lantyssa]

Also Trippy is scary when mad.  Breaking NDA makes him mad.  Don't make Trippy mad.  You wouldn't like him when mad.

[Lyzira]

Someone other than me admits it and it only took 2 months. Sorry just had to point that out. Back to Aion who follows NDA's again?

People who like staying in beta :)

This thread needs a new title.  Or subject needs a new thread. 

[schild]

By all means, kick DLRiley out of all the betas, I can give you his IP and email address. He's enough of a flake troll here.

[Falconeer]

By all means, kick DLRiley out of all the betas, I can give you his IP and email address. He's enough of a flake troll here.

Fixed it for you!

[NiX]

By all means, kick DLRiley out of all the betas, I can give you his IP and email address. He's enough of a flake troll here.

Fixed it for you!

Har har!

[Mrbloodworth]

lol @ Lyzira avatar + that statement. 

[Numtini]

Anyone know how to get this running under Win7? The gameguard workaround was easy, but the NA client has a DX error claiming it's not up to date.

[Koyasha]

I didn't have any problem running it in windows 7 64 bit, other than the gameguard workaround.  Could be an error in your install or a driver issue.

Gameguard pisses the hell out of me though, since it seems to fuck with Chrome's ability to...uhh...work.  New tabs don't work at all and I can't use the address/search bar with it running.

[Draegan]

Ttranslated/Interpreted Patch notes for 1.3


Interesting.  PVE battleground?  Race another group in PVE achievements however you can go and just PVP the other players to screw them up.

Quest instances for leveling casual people seems interesting... if they implement it to be dynamic in a way.

[Soln]

Ok this looks way better than I thought.  Fawk.

Check out the RvR clip.  I can see why WAR kiddies are twitching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9LPPwGV_YU

[Draegan]

I got a chance to play a Spiritmaster up to level 20 in the chinese beta.  I wonder how they fare with flying PVP etc.

[Falconeer]

Patch sounds hot. I am so going to play this (for a little while).

[Nebu]

Check out the RvR clip.  I can see why WAR kiddies are twitching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9LPPwGV_YU

I didn't see anything interesting about the combat dynamics there.  It reminded me of fighting underwater in DAoC. 

[March]

The z axis is one better.

This one goes to z.

[Draegan]

NA NDA was lifted by the way.

[Hawkbit]

Where does that put this game on the Mark Jacobs scale of NDA dropping?

[schild]

NA NDA was lifted by the way.

http://www.aionsource.com/forum/news-announcements/17042-aions-nda-drops-revealing-aionsource-secret-project.html

Looks legit.

Alright guys, here we go. Ready to be shocked?

Aion is an incredibly bland, mediocre diku with some nice graphical touches here and there. It does absolutely nothing new and does not alleviate the korean-ness of the design. Next.

[HaemishM]

So, better than Warhammer Online then?

[Malakili]

Aion is an incredibly bland, mediocre diku with some nice graphical touches here and there. It does absolutely nothing new and does not alleviate the korean-ness of the design. Next.

The first time I saw a video that WASN'T a shiny trumped up promo, I had a feeling this was going to be the case.

[Trippy]

So, better than Warhammer Online then?

That's my question. I.e. are Mythic people going to be looking for new jobs after Aion launches over here?

[schild]

So, better than Warhammer Online then?

Uh, no. I'm not even sure why you'd compare the two. They're both terrible meh games for totally different reasons.

[Hawkbit]

The Chinese open beta was polished at least.  Of all the betas I've been in the past few years it was the most functional 'out of the box' experience I've had.  I agree, though, that it does nothing to move the genre forward.  Then again, if they develop a strong PvP game they don't need to move it forward as long as there's people paying them. 

I'm going to play it, likely.  Hard to say.  I can't seem to get hooked by MMOs anymore unless I can get into a consistent group, and I rarely have time/unwavering attention to get that far. 

[Nebu]

PvP is at least as group dependant as PvE is in the MMO arena.  I enjoy the hell out of PvP, but found that it was only enjoyable in a strong group with good communication.  DAoC has been the only exception as I was able to get quite a few toons over RR8 solo.  

I see no reason to play this game unless a) you are dying to play a mediocre pvp diku mmo and b) your only other MMO PvP experience is WoW.  

[NiX]

Ok this looks way better than I thought.  Fawk.

Check out the RvR clip.  I can see why WAR kiddies are twitching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9LPPwGV_YU

I don't get it and I don't think I ever will. Button pushing with flying is exciting?