Aion wants second place in MMO market

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14-08-2009, 01:53 PM
shadowfox

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Originally Posted by tehNihilist

Yeah I will go for which ever race is less played. Playing the overplayed race in these games is usually little fun. That side while still winning overall in ORvR will generally have lesser quality of PvPers in instanced or skirmish type PvP I have noticed.

I was going to play in the Beta... But after having to fight with BTGames to try get a copy of the client, and then finally getting it only for one of the discs to be screwed up - I just gave up (it may seem like little effort but I had to fight a LOT to try get a copy, and also put people out of their way to try get it).

You'll have a couple of hundred megs worth of updates to download as well ... seems they make a lot of changes between betas
14-08-2009, 02:52 PM
tehNihilist

Pre-ordered a CE Aion about 3-4 weeks back.

I will wait on release then just update then. There is no huge rush to play, even though a few weeks ago my temperament would suggest otherwise :p
I got a liiiiiiitle too worked up trying to play in the Beta *cough*
14-08-2009, 02:57 PM
Gimaru

My only problem with it is the world instances/channels, similar to what they done to Age of Conan- which made me quit it in the end. But I'm not sure to what extent it is, as I heard from someone on the net that it is only for lower levels.

My other concern is that there's no where locally where I can pre-order! If I order from US, it's going to take like 2-3 weeks to get here after release :(
14-08-2009, 03:02 PM
shadowfox

You can pre-order from BT games if I don't have it wrong. There must be somewhere, I know of a couple of blokes who have pre-ordered it already.

Actually, while I'm at it ... here's the linky
14-08-2009, 03:32 PM
Gimaru

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Originally Posted by shadowfox

You can pre-order from BT games if I don't have it wrong. There must be somewhere, I know of a couple of blokes who have pre-ordered it already.

Actually, while I'm at it ... here's the linky

Cheers, but forgot to mention I'm looking for the US version to play with my mates. I'm pretty sure that's euro. Actually, I'll drop an e-mail to Btgames just to make sure.
14-08-2009, 04:06 PM
tehNihilist

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Originally Posted by Gimaru

Cheers, but forgot to mention I'm looking for the US version to play with my mates. I'm pretty sure that's euro. Actually, I'll drop an e-mail to Btgames just to make sure.

Must be painful playing on US times. I used to play WoW on a US server and it killed me having raids start at about 2-3am SA time.

I used to swear I would never play on EU servers but I quickly changed my mind when I found how amazingly convenient it is. It is impossible to properly play on US servers in SA unless you become nocturnal and have a super flexible lifestyle.

And as far as instancing goes, yeah I do agree, I much prefer open seamless worlds, but in reality it is not as bad as some people make it out to be - instancing that is. Most MMO's use it to varying degrees, of which Guild Wars is the WORST.

I quit AoC because of its Beta quality at release, and Funcom who really do not give a crap about their customers (the 1st year anniversary event was perfect testament to that!)
14-08-2009, 11:29 PM
Lydon

I'm worried this heap of a PC isn't going to run it lol :( It's struggling with WoW of all things these days.

So depressing...
15-08-2009, 07:00 PM
Kuga

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Originally Posted by Lydon

I'm worried this heap of a PC isn't going to run it lol :( It's struggling with WoW of all things these days.

So depressing...

I lol'd.

And yeah, playing on EU is MUCH better than US. I used to play WoW US before migrating to EU, raid starts at 2am, finished at like 7am. Luckily back then I hit 60 by the time I had my uni holidays, so raided for a month or so then moved to EU.
15-08-2009, 11:26 PM
tehNihilist

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Originally Posted by Kuga

I lol'd.

And yeah, playing on EU is MUCH better than US. I used to play WoW US before migrating to EU, raid starts at 2am, finished at like 7am. Luckily back then I hit 60 by the time I had my uni holidays, so raided for a month or so then moved to EU.

Haha you sound like me.

The only reason I played on US was that I could not wait for an EU release, which if I recall was almost a year after US. I struggled through those raid times, but it caught up after a few months and I had to rethink my plan (never again).

@Lydon

As far as I know Aion is a little more intensive than WoW, but it is not a PC killer from everything I have read, it is pretty scalable.
16-08-2009, 01:39 AM
Lydon

It's going to have to scale pretty low xD

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