Aion Official Topic

Who already pre-ordered?

Who plans to?

Who hates the angel wings?

Who will never ever play it?

I will probably be there. And will stick if it's any good. They say the combat remainds DAoC a lot more than WAR.

ps. I hope the world is seamless and not just another port fest.

I have pre-ordered it, and will be there this Friday for the Beta. I will be keeping WAR too (mostly for our events, and SC premades). I know that Pomona wants to be among the Asmodain faction, and I will play along side her during the Beta (and Bluedream too). Although when the game goes Live, I want to be an Elyos. Two reasons for being Elyos: 1) I like to play the underdog faction and there should be more Asmodain players to provide a challenge. 2) The game launches in fall and I'll be playing it in winter in my cold cold house...And don't want to be hanging out in cold, icy looking zones. I'll prefer the sunny side of the planet. :) The wings are kinda weird, but...I'm sure I'll become accustomed to them once I accept my Inner Weirdo. I am really hoping we can create Gaiscioch Legion in Aion...Because MMOs are all about the community, and you guys ARE my friends and community. <3 I just can't decide on what class I'll play in Aion...AND I'm SURE the character creation alone will take me a long, long time. (at least when the game goes live. Beta I'll just throw one together.) Just gotta figure out what Beta server Pomona is on, and I'll post my character name here. P.S. Why do so many of my posts become walls of text?? :P

I preordered it as well just to get inside beta. I will be sticking with warhammer through the end of the year to see if its still around in Jan `10, If EA kills it im hoping we can stick together wherever we go. IM REALLY crossing my fingers that Mythic fixes tier 4. It's hard leading troops up to tier 4 just to see them get disappointed and quit.

I am pleased to no end that you preordered for the Beta Foghladha. That increases our chances at having a Gaiscioch Legion. :) I really, really, really wanna 'stick together' as you put it.

I pre-ordered the game already. Right after Pomona and Bluedream sang praises about it. As for the angel wings, I'm not sure yet. Although I don't like male faces in the game. They look...lame. But it's a Korean. If the guy looks like a girl and can dress like a girl, then he's considered hot. I'm also glad that you can join us Fog. Like you, and many others on this guild, I'll also keep my WAR account until you guys leave the game or they pull another 'Tabula Rasa' on us.

Arcatus: The faces you see where created by those players (Or random). You can make your character's face look like YOUR own RL face if you want. The character customization has slider bars for every aspect of your appearance. You -can- make your character look like any nationality you desire.

I think I may make a 'kid' character. >< Just not with the height bar all the way to the shortest, those characters are like 2ft tall! I'm thinking 4ft...hehe. I'm 5ft in RL so it's not a stretch for me to play shortie.

If i play All my characters will be leprechauns :P

I'm lvl 24 in Aion and I have to say I am excited to play more. I have some qualms with parts of the game, sure, but I have qualms with Warhammer too, and I like War :). Ainwe: Elyos are not the underdogs!!! :U Not in the least. Lore-wise or player popularity wise. Everyone should check out the little intro lore for each side :) http://na.aiononline.com/en/about/lore/?src=hdr Neither side is good or bad, it's a lot more gray-area than War and even WoW. I will say, though, that the Gaiscioch beliefs and morals are much more in tune with the Asmodian culture, not Elyos ;). And both sides' scenery is gorgeous. Asmodae is hardly a wasteland.. even the places that are meant to be "desolate" are awesome looking. Most of Asmodae looks Night-Elfy so far. Actually the only place that is snowy so far is the fort you go to at level 10, and it is prettier than the beach you go to on Elyos at 10 imo :P. Asmodae has a better soundtrack too... ;) (though all the music is awesooome). I am on Israphel server, btw. Pulitzer: You do have to port to different regions, and the main city, but within the regions there is fast, real time transportation. And there are no laggy cut scenes when you port x). Fog: I don't believe there will be a designated RP server, and if that becomes true then there will certainly be an unofficial RP server, as there are many people in the community interested in it.

LOL Fog- I made a Dwarf :D Orgoch, actually xD ftp://ligermagic.com/ligermagic.com/aioncharas1.jpg I also tried to make Hugh Laurie lol ftp://ligermagic.com/ligermagic.com/aioncharas1.jpg (though House would be a good face for a cleric..) Oh yeah though, I will say the voice acting is annoying as hell because it hasn't been localized yet. The girls sound like squeaky little girls.. ya know.. korean mmo lol. But they are doign new voices for the Western release thank god.

whoooops kinna messed up those links.. http://ligermagic.com/aioncharas1.jpg and http://ligermagic.com/Aion0073.jpg

Awesome creations Nauja!! I have read the Lore for both Elyos and Asmodains and I do like that they both think the other is evil. It's more like Real life. Everyone thinks they're the good guy. And yeah, the Elyos are much more arrogant, the Developers designed them that way. And the Asmodains are fierce. Both have their flaws and strengths. :) By the 'underdog' I meant in terms of player population, not lore. I guestimate that more Aion players will play an Asmodain. Many others also think this is true (In various forums). Those darn Asmodains are just so darn cool! hehe So when I said underdog I meant in the fact I wanted to booster the faction with the smaller player base. However, I will go where the majority of our Alliance wants to go, and would be happy playing either faction. They both are appealing to me. In September I suppose we'll have to see how many in our Alliance are going to try the live game, and then take a vote or something on the faction, I dunno! xD

"If I play all my characters will be leprechauns :P" - Foghladha Be wary of that! Many of the forums I've been checking out today have oodles of players prepared to Kill Tiny players first. Hence I won't be the 2ft version. >< I wanna liiiive!

Well I love leprechauns so I will brave the fronteer. Real leprechauns are 3ft :P so im not worried :P

LOL !!!

Okay, cool, no lame game faces that will make us look like Japanese and Korean visual kei bands. *sighs relief* Pretty nice job with Orgoch. No official RP server!? *CSF starts oozing out from his nose and ears* The names are going to be torture.

Its a long time from now to late September. I have no doubt that NCsoft will wish to appease Western MMO players and make an RP server for us. I jumped over to the Phoenix Throne Forums (Was lead there by Google after searching for 'Aion RP server') and discovered a huge Aion Thread. This thing has like, 81 pages so far, over 1,200 posts and 31k views. If we don't get an RP server, at least PT will be together for the most part, and we'll be with like minded people.

Stop stop stop stop. Yall getting me curious about this game.

Muahaha! Just avoid the abundant youtube footage and the Aion Threads, and you'll be okay Bashir. In fact, stop reading this post RIGHT NOW. ...Or you can join us in the closed Beta this Friday - Monday. ;) My Hubby will be out of town and so nothing will stop me from playing the whooole weekend. Minus some sleep perhaps. Asmodain faction, Israphel server. Post Character names here. xD Geeze, it's still only Tuesday night? ><

Oh yeah, I nearly forgot...! Bashir, Aion also has an immersive crafting system. ~wiggles her fingers~

Pre-orderd yesterday and installed (over 6 hours to download) and just waiting for test server to be brought on-line again. Guess this weekend we will all be checking it out. Keep an eye out or two for Mort's :)

darn. I will be out of town from Friday to Monday. Going to visit my parents in their new McMansion.

Honestly guys, from what i've seen the Asmodian side is mostly wastelands and destruction. The Elyos side seems to be the light, green side of the game. Typically the Gaiscioch are about life not destruction. "Elyos are comforting, warm, and friendly, but against foes, they are not kindly or benevolent." "The Asmodians are a brave and hardy people. The Cataclysm separated them from the Elyos and plunged them into a world of ice and darkness." Im afraid that if Im going to bring the Gaiscioch to Aion i'd request that its on the Elyos side. We have never been the Dark and Desolate, we have always been a bright shinning light of friendship and unity. I'm thinking terrain wise our story fits better on the Elyos side. While the Elyos are supposedly arrogant I believe there will be room for the exception to this rule. I'm personally more partial to beaches, trees, and grass over frozen wasteland.

I downladed and installed the game last night. It only took me less than 3 hours to download it because Steam was super fast last night. I guess a lot of Steam users pre-ordered the game too. Unfortunately, all beta weekend is also my weekend to work. I'm tempted to call in sick. But I don't have enough sick time since this is my part-time job. But that's okay, I still have Friday's and Monday's off, and I can skip sleeping too :)

@Mort: YAY!! @Bashir: LOL "McMansion" We'll miss you on the Beta Test weekend and B team, but you know where to find us when you return. :) @Foghladha: Where you lead us, I will follow. The Elyos Side is fine by me! I will happily join our Legion in Elysea when the game launches this September. That being said, I will still join Nauja in Asmodae during this beta weekend. Might as well see what all this back hair is all about...hehehe. At Aiononline.com they have videos of the zones for the two factions. Elysea zones were more lush and 'bright'; But I did see trees, green, and light in Asmodae too. I agree with Nauja that some of the Asmodae zones are quite breathtakingly beautiful, but at least a few of their zones are chilly willy (Belusan, Morheim, places in Altgard).

@Arcatus: Yeah don't get in trouble at work. Be there when ya can. I am very happy so many of us are going to try this out. :) :) :) Ooo to those that have installed it, does it take forever to launch after you click the icon? It does for me but I figure its cuz the servers are offline and/or evil VISTA. >:/

The big heartbreak / con with potentially migrating to Aion is the fact that all the work i've put into this site for warhammer will go down the drain. Aion does not appear to have any Web based character or legion pages or even plans to make them. It will essentially be starting from square 1 again. Im thinking come september we will have a big family meeting. To discuss our future and what people are feeling. I know our population is dropping quite significantly and even on trinity raid nights were barely getting enough of us to get 2 groups going let alone 3. Yesterday when i signed on only 3 of us were online. When looking for guilds to join our alliance you can really see the effect. The only guilds that had more than 3 people online were hard core guilds. All of the Casual / Family based guilds had 1 to 2 members online. It's been like this every time i check too. It just feels like the population on our server is at critical levels. IF we are to survive on warhammer, I know people hate this idea but its our only chance to survive this, we MUST do tier 2 at every opportunity. Tier 3 and 4 guildless people typically are guildless for a reason. Tier 1 usually don't know if their sticking with their characters. Tier 2 is the prime spot for getting loyal members. Without our tier 2 raids we haven't increased size in quite a while. I personally love warhammer a lot and would prefer to keep playing it. However I see a mass exile on the horizons and it's really hard to lead when nobody is around. I'm not one for playing with myself. If i wanted to do that i'd play guild wars or wow. Right now my main concern is what you guys want. If you want to stick with war I know what I need to do to keep us alive. It sucks but recruiting is key. We must replace those members that have /quit. If you guys want to change venues then I will go where the majority of you wants to go. For now im crossing my fingers on this T4 patch and praying it is the patch we've been hoping for.

Figure its time to put in my 2 copper. Basically, I have lost all faith in Bio-Myth of fixing warhammer in time. We are approaching the "one year" milestone and things seem to be getting worse (population), not better. In my opinion, this alone will kill the game as its what the game is dominantly based on, ppl actually online playing. Secondly, after looking into it a bit (thanks to this thread), I have to admit to being actually excited about Aion. I like the look of the armor (not nec. the toons themselves) and the environment (holy crap, I can see the spell effects again)! I definitely would like to here more from those that are testing, but right now, come September, I leaning toward dropping WAR for Aion, as I am one of those poor saps who will only pay to play one game at a time. Again, just my now 50 copper :D

We have two months yet before I officially begin splitting my time between Warhammer and Aion. And when that time does come, I was planning on playing War during our guild events. I have no problemo with Raiding T2 more. I like T2. I have two characters that are Rank 12. If enough B Team members are around for said T2 event, I'll run Vaia, my B Teammer. If not, I'll run my other T2 character, Zyfia. Zyfia will need an invite to the main guild so I can display our Tabard on her cloak. I remember before I joined you guys and saw you raiding (In T2 it was) I was like, "Wow, there's a lot of those green cloaks with the black raven." That lead me to the site, and then to you. <3

"(holy crap, I can see the spell effects again)!" -Bangur Agreed. I have never been able to display any effects except my own. Apparently the Engine runs better or something.

I will play WAR as long as I feel like logging, since I only buy 60 day game cards I won't even have to cancel ;)

Personally I love WAR. Probably because I am not heavy in T4. My only problem with the game is the dwindling population. This is definitely a game that depends on there being enough players around, at my level, on the other side. If T3 didn't seem to be so dead all the time, I would be enjoying myself much more.

I love WAR and play WAR for the Scenarios. <3 I think that's why I enjoy Monday nights so much with the B Team. (Yay SC Premades with Healer hybrids). I agree with Bashir, after playing in T2, T3 is kinda ... Bleh. Tier four is a lil weird because of the RvR Waiting Game (no one likes to stand defending BO for 40+ minutes with no action). I'd really hate to see the entire Warhammer Online to fail, because it's has some great aspects and potentional. Even more, This site that Foghladha has built is the MOST INCREDIABLE WEBSITE I HAVE EVER SEEN in my 9 years of MMOs. I can not begin to imagine the time he's put into it, and the guild on WAR as a whole (Thanks Ben <3). And this is the friendliest guild I have been in (Thanks everyone <3). Hence I feel some guilt for being on the 'shiny new MMO' bandwagon, and happy some of you are on there with me (Bitter-sweet is a good word). ...Aion just looks so appealing to me... ~shakes her fist at NCsoft~ "Look what you have done!!!"

Ben!! Asmodians are hardly about desctruction.. through no fault of their own, they ended up on the "desolate, dark" half of the planet, and through working together they created life where there was none. Asmodians are a much tighter knit community because they had to be to survive.. Elyos have had everything handed to them :P they have not had to bear any hardships together, they live in a land where crops and food is plentiful even without effort, they just believe they are "blessed". Both sides are humans and daevas though, both are capable of warmth and compassion within their community and hatred to outsiders. The Asmodians are just more practical and hardy, and less naive :p. Do not be fooled by either's outward appearances. As far as destruction goes, neither side is on the defensive here, they are both out to quell the other because they believe their side is the only one that can defeat the Balaur, and the other side is at fault for the tower's destruction. Seriously though, I'm telling you, both lands are gorgeous. I started out impartial really, even Elyos swaying because I was like "well I like beaches more" too, but in the end I liked the setting and soundtrack of Asmodae much more. Asmodian- lvl 1-10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMT3sw9OWq4 lvl 10-20: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyXektmHwz0 Elyos- lvl 1-10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdAUfzUigkA lvl 10-20: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUKM_qpzjQc OH not to mention the story... on Elyos, you find out from this druid guy that you were a great general and you got beat up by a Balaur and you lost your memory.. so like, EVERYONE on Elysea is this great leader who lost their memory and their daeva powers. The entire race of player characters has amnesia! bah. On Asmodian, you find out from some mystic lady that in the FUTURE you will become a great leader and have to defeat some Elyos general who will cause the end of your race if you don't. BUT anywayy. I'll be playing both sides eventually of course, that's the only way really to learn the terrain of the enemy territory for when you're rift-raiding >:). Yay for more T2, I wish Destro would like, play more T2 though :C. I need to get Uli to lvl 20 for elfy pony!! As far as the guild plans go, I mean no one is really interested in leaving Warhammer completely, I don't think. Not us active-ish people anyway. I suppose I will see how the game, the server, and the alliance is in Sept.

Nauja, those links to youtube can be found in much better image quality on the official site at Aiononline.com under the Media tab, Videos. Though not Evil, Asmodains are the 'darker' faction (by unfortunate chance). Hey, I'm excited to play them during the Beta. And besides, we have a long time before we roll our main characters. :) Til then, lets just have fun with both sides at our leisure. :D

we shall see ill take a look at both sides durring beta.

haha ok. my charas name is Zappygun btw :)

I will try to pre-order this game tomorrow. Damn hype!!! hehehe. =P

Guys if you can, pre-order at Gamestop for $5 instead of on Steam, that way if it's just totally not your kind of game then you can cancel and only have spent $5 :)

Julianka is in love with Aion as well. It's going to be hard talking her back into playing warhammer lol. But shes never been much of a oRvR gal :).

@Fog: That does suck about the website. If there's one thing that separates Gaiscioch and the Treubh alliance from other guilds and alliances out there it's this website. It's like an extension of the game. The site is probably the biggest contributing factor that made me join the guild because it just shows how well organized the family is. But, as I've said before, I'll continue playing WAR until they pull the plug on us. I still have three more characters in the game that I want to, at least, wear the Conqueror Set. As for the T2 event, I'm down with that. I've got two characters there on standby just for guild events. I'm always down with our guild events -that's why I'm at the Top 10 Kinsmen list- because I know I'll always have fun and waste my time well with you guys. Unlike the PUGs in T4 (multiple fort pushes all day but none taken, even if its undefended) where all you get is pessimism and too many "leaders".

Julianka~ Yay! -.- I'm in the same boat with you, though, I AM an RvR girl <3 ... So you will see me yet in Warhammer.

@Basir: Regarding crafting: http://www.aionarmory.com/guide.aspx?id=8

Ainwe, I wouldn't consider Aion if it hasn't strong RvR(vR). That's the article that got me excited about Aion: http://www.keenandgraev.com/?p=2673 --- Comparing Aion vs. WAR Part of Keen's adventure in Aion, Game Design/Development, MMORPG, WAR The third week of Aion Closed Beta testing is well underway and I am once again playing, against my better judgment (burnout, y’know), and having fun. I was asked during the last beta weekend to write up a comparison of WAR and Aion. Occasionally I do receive requests and I always try to answer them in either their own blog entry or by incorporating them into another. The request came with a specific list of criteria for comparison and it appears to be comprehensive enough. I’ll edit it only slightly to avoid being redundant in my answers. Before I begin, let me tell you that I can not give you a definitive answer on some of these because I have not been able to see the whole game. Know that what I write comes from a certain perspective gained from beta. I would encourage anyone who has played Aion in the Chinese or Korean versions to comment where I am unable. Graphic & Animation / Style Both games use a stylized form of graphics. WAR went for a gritty look and Aion for the more rounded and softer (dare I say Eastern) look. Having to compare the two very quickly, Aion’s graphics are much better – style aside. The animations in Aion are also much, much smoother and show quite early on how they are much more polished and incorporated into the game, such as combat. When choosing which style is better, that has to be left up to the individual’s preference. I don’t mind either. Texture Both games have great textures in some places and poor textures in others. In WAR you’ll see muddy textures on occasion and simple textures quite often. In Aion I have seen a great deal of muddy/poor to no texturing at all on some cliffs. Certain walkways and paths also lack decent textures. On the other hand, there are times in WAR and in Aion where the textures are very well done and you can’t help but stare a second longer to appreciate them. Landscape I’ll consider this as a general approach towards creating an atmosphere and toss in general appeal of the world around you as you explore and experience content. WAR suffers from forcing the player down very specific paths, almost ushering you to the next location. This is accomplished by using impassable objects, terrain, etc to ensure the player is going in the predetermined direction. Aion does the same thing, at least early on from what I have seen. While both games have a linear path of progression, Aion does have the advantage of flight and better graphics to simulate that lush landscape, forest, lake, and scenery that will naturally immerse the player far easier than WAR. Frame-per-second It’s not even close for me. Aion’s performance is nothing short of stellar. I can easily maintain 70+ frames even with nearly 50+ people visible at one time on my screen. There are places in the world where I have maintained 90+ frames. The only time I ever felt my frames actually drop was this third weekend when I logged into Pandaemonium (Asmodian capital city) right as the servers came up. It stuttered for a few seconds while loading all the people rushing in then it returned to being smooth. WAR is a laggy beotch. The performance by comparison is atrocious. Smoothness in large scale PVP I have not done the Abyss yet, so I can’t comment on castle sieges. I can say that in the Arena when we had 30+ people fighting together it was smooth as can be. While not the ideal setting to test “large scale”, it’s still a step above WAR’s performance. Smoothness in Keep / Fortress Siege (assuming AION got some kind of castle siege) Aion does indeed have a Keep sieging feature. I won’t be able to test it until the next phase. This question will be answered for you then. CC impact in group PVP In both games CC is prominent. Aion has DAOC’s level of CC – a lot. It will make or break your group’s ability to succeed. Just like in DAOC, when a group that knows how to maximize their CC comes against a group that doesn’t, the better CC’ers can take twice their numbers. This is what led to the success of the 8 man teams after players decided that zerging wasn’t fun. I hope to see the same thing in Aion. Additionally, there is a different between ‘annoying CC’ and CC that makes sense. WAR has the three difference CC timers and the disables and so on. Aion has roots, sleeps, snares, polymorphs, etc. I’ll comment more when I do sieges, but it feels less annoying already than WAR CC. What WAR did right compared to AION This is tough. I don’t know enough about Aion yet, but I do know that WAR is often criticized for getting nothing “right”. Public quests are arguably a good addition to the genre, but as WAR has shown they are over used and act as replacement for real content. I will say that WAR made an effort to ensure that their focus (RvR being accessible, even at level 1), even if a wrong focus, was accomplished. It’s easy to jump right in to RvR regardless. I also like WAR’s guild system; sure it could use improvements to how guilds level and the rewards they receive, but the leveling of guilds was nice. Aion only has 3 guild levels and you buy them. What AION did right compared to WAR I think we’re going to see Aion’s PvP play out much better. Their Abyss vs. T4 is going to show up WAR in a big way if anything I’ve heard from friends is true – remember, Aion has been out for 8 months in Korea. Why will it show it up? Because it’s not about gathering points for domination flips to get to a capital city. It’s not about flipping keeps for gear, flipping them for renown, or really about this arcadelike production of PvP…. it’s simply about fighting your enemy. The Balaur (3rd faction, NPC) will add an interesting element to the PvP that will make it just that much more dynamic. You will still earn points, and lose them too, in Aion for fighting so players won’t feel like they’re doing it for nothing. These points are then redeemed for gear and other things. It’s like DAOC’s realm rank system in a way. I think the irony here is that Aion will be closer to DAOC than WAR. World PVP (random pvp) fun WAR did not have this, except on ORvR servers. Even there, the random world pvp was nonexistent. People simply did not go into each other’s PvE areas because being in the RvR area was 10000x more rewarding. Guards everywhere and the funneling of players in certain directions that I spoke of earlier only compounded the lack of random world pvp. Aion might have the edge here with rifts which open in one side’s area and lead to the other side. Players can jump through these rifts and enter the enemy’s PvE area and fight them in their own land. They are open for a certain period of time and their appearance is random (although I’ve hard players figured out a system to predict them?). This could lead to great world pvp where you’re never truly 100% safe. PVE Questing variety and fun I don’t LIKE questing. I feel that it is overused, simplistic, mind-numbing, and a shortcut. This applies to both games. Both of these games have simple quests where reading them won’t matter because the description just says “Kill 8 of this” or “Get me 10 of those”. Both games have their occasional gems, but overall it’s a system that I wish would just go away. Aion has “missions” which are like an epic storyline for you to do throughout the leveling process (and perhaps beyond?) that will provide decent incentives/rewards, some story, and an underlying purpose for each region you visit. It’s a step up from the mundane, but still falls short of what quests should really be all about – the QUEST, not the chore. Luckily you can avoid questing in Aion altogether and grind if you like, because it’s just as effective to level up if not better later in levels. Hows the End Game? No idea. I’ll get back to you on that in a few months. I do know that PvP is the main focus of the game because it is at the center of everything. There are also dungeons and big boss encounters. How it compares to WAR, only time will tell. I do hope to find out if Aion has gear progression though. I haven’t heard anything about a “ward” system or a “you must do this to do this” step. Hopefully it does not exist. These are two very similar games in theory, yet very different in practice. Hopefully my answers were what you were looking for and give you a sense of how the two games match up. I would be happy to answer additional questions in the comments section if I am able. If not, maybe those more experienced would be willing to lend a hand.

I already found this article before I pre-ordered. I did a lot of research. :) Here is another nice lil thing about the PvP (beyond the Abyss)- Rift portals. Great details on Rift portals and how they work to create PvP can be found at this link: http://aionicthoughts.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/a-rift-primer/

If you have Aion installed already, I recommend trying to launch it today. There is a patch I guess and even though it's only 438 MB, it's gonna take a while*. *Source of slow DL times: http://www.aionsource.com/forum/questions-answers/30038-launcher-updater.html

Well I bought the pre-order yesterday and started to download it....long download...I left my computer on all night to download it and this morning when I woke up it was at only 60%...then the power went out :( Now the download restarted from 0 instead of 60% :( any faster ways to download?

I read somewheres that it should just start again from where it leaves off, but I've never seen that as the case in anything I've ever Downloaded. Blasted liars!! Are you downloading it from Aiononline.com? I dunno if you can DL from there if you bought it elsewhere, but maybe you can try. It took me about 3-4 hours to DL the game when I first ordered from the site (with my cable internet). I imagine the real problem is that a lot of people are trying to download today in prep for tomorrow's Beta, and perhaps it's slowing things down.

I think I'm gonna skip the beta. Still have some work to do this weekend and I know I will be playing all weekend if I pre-order it today, hehe. I... must... resist...

Be strong Pulitzer, Be Strong!!! :)

I'm weak. Bought it. Downloading right now... =P

Pulitzer, you just made me laugh so hard! hehe :) But You'd better get your work done, too! Don't worry if it takes you a while to Download, because the beta doesn't start until 4pm your time. Awful isn't it?!

No problem, I will be at work untill 6 pm anyway. When I left in the morning I was at 50%. Looks like I will be able to play tonight.

As of 7 am this morning, the down load finally completed. took nearly 24 hours to download. I was working and even playing warhammer while it downloaded so I am sure that took away some bandwith :) How ever even when I wasnt doing anything it was still getting between 50 kbps - 100kbps.

By the way, I decided to roll a chanter as my first class this weekend. Healing + buffs + auras. Lots of stuff to do and keys to press.

WE ARE ON TRINIAL ON ASMONIAN SIDE. Come join us in the beta.

Chanter is a lot like Warrior Priest :D You should like it haha

WORK WORK WORK. ONE HOUR LEFT. ZOMG.

Well I have no plans right now of ordering the game. I will stick with War till the lights go off or I am the last guild member online. As of late though RL has gotten in the way of my game time. I hope to be on more this weekend.

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG! ZOMG, Can't play that game! LAG LAG LAG! Hope they fixed it by tomorrow. Or for CB6. =/

I really enjoyed my first day of beta!! I like the Asomdain Culture and politics, they really are a tight bunch. Also, the black wings are more than just bareable...they look cool. <3 <3!! Maybe today I'll try out a 'sun cursed' Elyos. I am glad that for the beta you can have characters of both factions one server.

I also enjoyed playing the game with you guys. It's the first time I've played an MMO with a bunch people I already know. So that made it easier. And, yes, I do like being an Asmodian. I also tried air-to-ground combat last night with my Ranger. But I don't think it works on NPCs because the cute little lobster was just running around, didn't know what to do, and kept on resetting. Unfortunately, I've got work today and tomorrow. So no Aion until Sunday night.

Welp, sorry to see you all go :( .. The knights of Steele will not be moving to Aion. We have started up a destro version on Iron Rock because things were so slow on Phoenix Throne. Been having fun playing the evil side. Aion looks interesting but not enough to start all over again. Would have to be a game that blows me away more than that. I'm not bashing Aion and I hope you all have fun. We just gonna miss GNA. Have fun.

So where does one do a pre order to get into beta? What sight?

never mind, found it.

I vote for Asmodain!

I got to this thread a bit late. Just weighing in: I'll be passing on Aion.

Same here i will pass on aion, If war dies, more than likely I will go back to the Dark Age.

Oh forgot you can find me keggan on Migaurd/Merlin server when we go back, Just look for Iron Legion there it will be one of us there

Aion is closer to DAoC than Warhammer. At least in the way the melee combate feels and CC works. It was so cool when I saw ZZzZzz's over my head when Ainwe got me mezzed. About 3 times in the same duel! lol.

Hi guys :) Not sure if you remember this little runepriest. I dropped off War a while back and even though I successfully reinstalled Warhammer after getting my new computer I was not able to log Twilah in. She is forever stuck in the Tavern of Altdorf :( I switched to Windows 7 and now I can't even reload Warhammer - it kept getting stuck on some file trying to update and though I did a lot of troubleshooting I never could reinstall :( Long story short (too late) I have been beta testing Aion and thought I would look to see if you guys were going to play it - I really enjoyed my time with you even if Warhammer didn't cooperate with my computer very well. I've gotten an Elyos up to level 25 and really love the cleric class. I'll be watching here for your server choice when the game goes live and hope to join you if you go Elyos :) Cheers!

Dahgdre u know u want to play... come to the dark side... u know u want to.... Hubby and I are giving it a shot, got a guild site set up and everything so we'll see how that flies. if you wanna check out our work of art (lol) www.obliteratiguild.com on the gaming subject... is anyone trying to Champions online? I loved COH/COV but the lack of imaginative mobs and mish settings (buildings/caves) which all their layouts where the same from level to level, i just dont want it to be same.... okay im just babbling sorry, :P so anyone trying out Champs? I wanna hear some input from actual ppl rather than read their lame forums from whiny babies. Cheers Edana

*raises hands* I'm gonna try and play open beta of Champions Online. If the game allows me to play my character concept (yeah, I know. I made one right after I knew about the game), then I'll probably play the game too.

Arca, u gotta let me know how it goes! hehe thats ur TRUE mish :P Cheers, Edana

Things Sure have come a looong way! Check these out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWisI2lSc_A&feature=related That's how the UI was when I started!!! OMG remember when meditating blocked the viewing window?! You had to wait for the bone crunching sound to know you were getting hit Here's when how it looked when I left, and I played the same class as the person in the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrxMZH5WtHA&feature=related Amazing, it's it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywpV6mPF6zQ&feature=related lolololol Okie, I'll stop posting the youtube EQ links now, but the lil bee thing near the end cracked me up!!

Well, after playing in the Abyss this weekend, there are a lot of things I like about Aion, and a lot of things I don't like. It may be too much like WoW for me to really enjoy (pveing to level mainly, even if it is good pve (it is)).. I'm not sure. You will get experience from pvping, but with no bolster system there's no telling whether or not you will be able to really participate in artifact (BO) and fort takes. The game is very group oriented from lvl 20+. An organized guild group is going to do extremely well, while pugs will go down in flames unless they have overwhelming numbers- more severely than in War. I like and don't like this for various reasons. You will want to be in groups basically in order to protect your leveling area against enemy groups, so that you can level. This is what I don't like- having to mainly pve level, while under the threat of getting zerged and ganked by the enemy. However, I will say the group pvp is quite fun and plays a lot like warhammer or guild wars even (mainly single target skills, glads are the only class with aoe really). At levels 20-25 we had big groups of defense parties going out whenever Elyos would invade. I went on a little rift invade group and it was quite thrilling, seeing how long we could last in their lands xD. So I suppose we'll see. In the end, I will be doing what my friends and brother do. I canceled my War account for September, not so much because of Aion (it starts on the 22nd after all) or me being tired of War, but because I need to take a break from gaming for a bit because I really need to get back in to drawing every day instead of playing vidya games so much! I would have done that this month, but I was on the auto subscribe and it already paid :| lol.

I'm right there with ya Nauja. My drawing has also lagged behind. >< Email me sometime too, we can discuss Art stuffs. :) Check my profile for the address. I'm usually in Gaiscioch Vent too during the day. Look forward to playing Aion with ya, I think we'll have enough for a good starter group. It's always good to have your friends with ya in a game like this. It'll be fun to play a harder game in this respect, with the 'waiting to be ganked' aspect. But I'm ready for a change of pace, as for the leveling mostly PvE style, eh, well... I've been pvping straight for like 5 years it seems, a lil bit of critter killing won't keel me. :) Poor poor pretty shiny critters.

LOL okay I'm not done with the links. Here's a guy trying to show that EQ isn't hard. He spends forever trying to kill this 'orc pawn' and he can't do over 1 point of damage to it. Anyone else remember the grind of that game? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jgng5y4B5A&feature=related

ok not to totally derail the thread, but since we're talking mmo related youtubes.. Ventrilo Harrasment anyone? this one killed me haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AkIfgioA4&feature=channel_page

Nauja LOL

...That's why I have "allow others to record me" UNCHECKED. :D

@Edana: Sure thing. Open Beta for Champions Online starts @Aug 17 and ends Aug 27. Though I won't be able to play it until the last 3 days of beta since I'll be on vacation. You don't need to buy anything to get into beta. But pre-ordering the game will guarantee you a slot.

@Ainwe That only make a little harder to record you. But still pretty easy. =P

o.O

Foghladha said in the other thread, "Hopefully it will be what I'm looking for in an MMO"... It brings to mind what Aion will be like. I have a good generalized idea. It will be the old school, 'quest and kill stuff for xp' which many say is a grind. In Warhammer you could say that I grinded SCs to level my way to 39 (I did). So I'm going in knowing that: Grinding Game = A game you force yourself to play All MMOs have a grind, and a good one will be fun enough to hide that aspect. (Much like WAR SCs, they were so fun I didn't feel like I was grinding them). Now, I can say I feel T4 is grindy to me. I do not feel Aion was a grind because I really enjoyed it. The quests and creature killing are a nice break for me from the straight PvP I have been doing for over 5 years. In Aion I feel like I DO want to explore the environment and PvE, whereas outside the RvR lakes, my WAR map is blank. I look forward to engaging PvE. Hopefully Foghladha, what your looking for in an MMO is a challenge to survive. Have to be alert at all times, for there is risk of attack in the Wilds of your own homelands. There WILL be ganking. (though I'm nice and don't gank in return, I Usually only attack hostile targets.) And Traveling to their Homeland and seeing how long we can survive in unfriendly territory is an interesting idea. When I feel strong enough, I'll defend our territory and protect our lowbies. Ooh and Bigger battles in the Abyss! (reminds me of big RvR lake). It is wise to form bonds of friendship in Lvls +20, so that you are not traveling alone. This is my kinda PvP. It's dynamic. It's unpredictable. Gotta keep your eyes open, be wary of where you go AFK. Different than the predictable traveling zergfest of WAR. (Though I'm sure there will be times we fight a zerg or are in one. But for the most part, it seems to be smaller groups) It's going to be a challenge and I'm looking forward to it. I'm sure it'll be frustrating if you're getting camped, but I just go afk when I'm being over-camped and let them waste their time waiting for me. >:) I wish I never would have played the Beta. Now I'm going CRAZY waiting for it to release. x.X ~twitch~

SCs from T1 to T3 (specially T1) is the reason I don't PvE. I don't wanna have my rank too ahead of my renown. Aion PvE's is not THAT better... but it's the only think you can do till 20. So you have to enjoy it. WAR PvE isn't bad. I had a char in another server that did a lot of questing and PQs. It's fun. But it makes your character WORSE, since the drops sucks and renown gear rocks (specially ORVR rewards - that need renown to wear). And why, oh why does PvE gear gives better PvP stats (resists) and PvP gear gives better PvE stas(attr + talis slots)?

I suppose what I'm trying to say Pulitzer, is that for -me-, if I'm going to Player Vs Environment, I have to find the environment engaging to me. The complexity and variety of the zones in Aion, not to mention the richness, depth, and spectrum of color to be found there, gives me a desire to explore the regions and the PvE there. Never quite had that desire with Warhammer. --->> It's just my opinion of course <<--- and the last thing I'd want our family to think is that I'm trying to talk them into Aion. Unless one already finds they like the game, the more challenging aspects that occur later on may be too frustrating to them. I always liked WAR for the accessablity to play casually over a longer period, and still have good gear (neverminding the T4 grind of course for conq/invader gear), and in Aion... Players with more time to devote to play will be better off to fend for themselves in PvP and will be at the top of the food chain. I won't be one of those players, but then again, I don't mind playing the undergeared underdog. May take me longer to get where I wanna be, and much more of a challenge, but I'm okay with that.

Also I fear what some of the Aion player base will be like, but I guess you get undesirables in every MMO, specially one built around PvP. Heck we even have a black list for War, and I find the player base here to be mature. It helps me that I don't go to official forums much, not even for WAR... Too much drama and nastiness. And I'll be staying out of the Aion forum you can guarantee!

I'm not sure if I'll be heading over to Aion. I'll probably be sticking with WAR until the bitter end.....or I get sucked into Champions Online.

I found a link to Armor pictures. I think it has all of em, any every type. http://aion.mmosite.com/guide/suit.shtml

I don't like this korean art style too much. Actually I rather WAR's armor than those (Empire & Dwarven being my favs). But I like to gliiiiiiiiiiiide.

That link is to the cloth, it's kinda funky how you have to pick a cloth armor then you get the option for clicking on the chain/plate/leather of that type. Agreed Pulitzer, I miss gliiiiiiide too. :P

So my bday is in Sept.. Who is going to give me Aion for my bday ;)

~holds out an envelope~ Okaaay everyone, 5 bucks into the pot for Bashir's BDay :)

Hey, my Bday is September too, and so's Gaiscioch in Warhammer

Mine was July, 24th. But was Ben's big day so I kept my mouth shut! hehe.

Awww, happy belated BDay Pul! Yay! My BDay is in August. Lotta BDays this time of the year! I propose a massive drunken party, with Vent of course! And cake, we all hafta go out and get cake! :) Wanna wait for Sept for Bashir and Arcatus BDay? I'll be out of town for mine (Which is also the last Closed Beta weekend :( )

Hey now Pulitzer, my big day doesn't override your big day too :). Your a part of this family now. This makes me think i should get peoples birthdays as well and make a birthday calendar. Thanks for the Idea Pulitzer!

100th post!

Ack! You beat me to that! 101th! =) \o/

I like the idea of a birthday calendar. (102nd)

AION TIMER: http://kindred.aion.tv/status/ Argh, 41 days yet. ~throws a pencil into the ceiling tile above her~

What you mean? I will be playing Aion this weekend... =P

Will you guys be playing Asmodians on Trinial this weekend again? I would like to join you if it's alright :) So far I've gotten an Elyos cleric to 25 on Siel so I'd really like to see how the other half lives. I read the Book of the Asmodians the other day and now I am intrigued...it's not really a good/bad like I first thought, but more of two sides to the same coin.

Yup, we made Asmodian characters on the Triniel Server. Also, There is even a Beta Gaiscioch Legion there. I read both lore books as well and like how both sides think they're right. I'm lobbying for the family to make Asmodians at release. :)

I might start new chars with some RL friends this CB event. Not sure which side yet. I wanna try a Cleric. Uber healing FTW!

hmm if i preorder today can i still get in weekend beta? Yall gotta stop dangling carrots.

Yeah once you preorder you get an activation code that lets you into the beta.

If you preorder from gamestop, I heard it's only $5 down, so that if you don't like it and cancel, you're only out $5. I straight up bought it myself, from Aiononline.com The collectors edition gives you +40 secs more fly time on your lvl 30 wings. (and you don't have to buy your lvl 30 wings with ingame money like the people do who didn't buy the CE) PS Wish I could play beta this weekend. Have fun!! <3

110 posts. Heh i guess you all really like this game :P

@Ainwe - We got 7 extra days also. \o/

@Ben - Actually I'm still waiting the NEXT BIG THING. Aion is cool, but is not revolutionary. I like to glide and the cool graphics, but will have to take a look at the PvP and decide - killing dumb AI is boring.

Ainwe, likes Aion a lot. She owns around 40% of the posts on this thread. :P

She is anxious to gliiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!

:P

I may own 45% of it, but PULITZER started it!

@Ainwe I am getting into this conversation late.. So in regards to EQ... I was a Prexus Druid named Asarvin.. with Herms the Monk and my friend Agrovin the Ranger. We had a guild called Windblades back then. I remember when I first got Wolf form.. I think I was the 2nd Druid on the server to get it. I would change into a wolf, levitate, and run into the newbie zone and scare people. You should have seen some of them run! I made some people think I was a special NPC =) Beta-Neurtal faction for being a wolf also meant I could go almost anywhere without agro.. till they fixed it. I loved to cast SOW (get out of jail free...) on everybody. I remember the day I got wolf form I did not do my usual "get a bubble into the next level to -lock- my level" and went right to Crushbone to show-off. While buffing lowbies and healing them inside the zone someone pulled De-Vin to the border. I tried to solo him and died as he was 1 hit from death (at which point one of the 10 people watching killed him and got a dagger.. heh). I de-leveled from it and ran back to get my corpse. I spent the rest of the day trying.. and dieing.. over and over to get back my level. By nightfall I was at the beginning of the previous level and left my corpse in the field to go to work... Ahhhh.. EQ Memories =)

Oh.. After all that.. and many levels later.. Di-Vin died a 1,000 deaths to my hand. Sometimes I would fly above the castle roof.. and levitate down into his little tower through a window.. then BAM. The only game where I felt like I was "paying back" an NPC... and the only game where the Devs felt the NPCs had "rights" too. =)

Hehe Croy, great story! Just bringing up Crushbone reminds me of that place... I still remember the layout of the zone! And when you say Di-Vin, now I remember him too! That was big work, getting a group to go into the tower and bring him down... haha and it's just a lowbie instance...! hehehe /1 Looking for SoW!! Will pay!! Later on of course I just hung out in the city, teleporting groups to different zones for $$$. ><

I'll be in on the beta this weekend. Woo Asmodae and all its awesome back hair!

Ok how many of you are counting the minutes? Juliana's over here pacing lol.

*raises hand* Three and a half hours until I get off work and can play Aion :D First though I am hopping on Warhammer to write a ticket for Twilah. I read on the forums today other people have had the same problem and gotten resolution when they write a CSR and specifically use the "Stuck" category. It would be nice to have her to help heal some T3 action! I miss her little legs dangling from her 'copter.

Yes, I too am counting the minutes...1 Hr, 33 mins to go. Damn it.

Its it just me or did Aion not patch for this round of beta? Logged in before work today and got in the game with out it patching? Just seems odd that from last beta weekend till now no patch.

Appears that it's the same as last time - level 30 cap. Fine with me, I am wandering around Pandemonium this morning learning where everything is. I felt like I had done/seen everything ELyos side. I like the way my eyes glow red *rawr*

I'm 1500 miles away from my computer right now... Hanging out in Bethel, New York for two more days. I don't think I'll even by back by 3pm Monday to play with the character creation for a minute. Waaah. Oh well, :) Vakay is going well, and I do hope you all have a great weekend, and really enjoy the beta! <3

DING 16! =)

Grats Pulitzer! Twilah (Jr.) just hit 14 and I have to say I am quite taken with Asmodians. The music alone is amazing and once you talk to the people and start doing a lot of the quests I realized they are not so haughty as the Elyos. They are strong and purposeful. Only one weekend to play and yet I still had to grind my tradeskills a bit too. Got crtis on three of my armor pieces for level 13 - check out the helm!! http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc189/NicholeQ1/Aion0045.jpg

O so want to play this weekend but i am unable being in Reno. But on the bright side I am up in my winnings :)

Have fun Don :D Not sure which code to use to actually post images...let me see if this works [IMG]http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc189/NicholeQ1/Aion%20Screenies/Aion0049.jpg[/IMG]

It was nice geting to chat with a few folks this beta weeked :) I'll see you in Warhammer - going out to dinner and a movie tonight and not sure if I will make it back in time for T2 RVR. For anyone that didn't get too far into the beta before the wipe here's jsut another snap of Asmodian territory, and then a pic I took last beta of what the Asmodian fortress boss looks like in the first tier of PVP.

To put the fortress boss in perspective - I would be about as big as his right foot :D Those are two guards standing at his feet... I took this screenshot from the Elyos PVP tutorial that you get when you hit 25 and complete your Abyss training. I had pushed really hard to level because I wanted to see if the PVP aspect was worth all the fuss. I really, really think it's going to be amazing and I can't wait to take one of these guys down. *cheers*

Yeesh! How can you guys level up so fast?! My Gladiator is only Level 12 and that's the only character i have. His name is Folcan and he's sporting a purple pompadour and muttonchops. Aww yeah. Any lowbies come hang out, I'm questing in Altgard right now. Come heal me you guys D:

Very simple...the game is addicting and before you know it 10 hourshave gone bye :)

Last pic before sleepy time - I learned about the Aerodynamic Hair :D Was that +10% to flight time?

Just wanted to point out this announcement to anyone who beta tested Aion (from NCSoft Website): Closed Beta Testers, Update Your Passwords! August 14, 2009 5:16 PM On July 29, 2009, we made updates to our Aion account system, and at that same time, launched accounts ready for the live game. If you are a current closed beta participant, you should update your password to ready your account for the live version of Aion. The solution is simple! 1. Log in to your NCsoft Master Account. 2. Click Game Accounts. 3. Select your Aion game account. 4. Click Change Password link in the Actions section, and follow directions to update your password. If you wish, you can input the same password as the one you used previously. If you are an Aion closed beta tester, but created your Aion beta account after July 29, 2009, no action is needed, as your account is already prepared. Once you follow these instructions, you should be ready for launch and for a bright future in the world of Atreia. See you there!

Well, I went as far as level 19. I went to the area that COULD be invaded through rifts (everything 20+) and was ganked by a huge group of barbies - I will post some screens when I get back home. Did Pomona played this weekend? She was already at the Abyss, I'm curious about her new findings. ;) Cheers!

I took place in the survey ingame and chose the option for "PvP penalties and rewards (slayer system)" for the thing I'd like to see updated further. So they know at least many of us want the Slayer system pumped up to decrease ganking. :)

Slayer system got my vote also! Yay!

33 DAYS, 23 HOURS, and 47 MINUTES... :( At least we get to play Warhammer's Newest patch while we wait! :)

Aww man I didn;t get a survey like that. This weekend the only one I got asked if I would defend my homeland from whatever threat and I checked a box that said "Blood for Blood" and they gave me 1,000 power shards. I thought it was funny because there was only one option to check :D

@Ainwe: My account expired already. =P

Yes, it was +10% flight time! Lol. The muttonchops make gliding easier.

Heh, I logged in Friday saw that there was no patch since last beta weekend so I logged out and didn't log back in. I can't beleive they didn't patch. Hope they fix a lot before launch. I can't and won't play if they don't put in some UI/Control fixes.

What's wrong with the UI/Control? I didn't see anything wrong. Had a blast on beta. =P

Ok, DId the whole weekend thing up to server drop on monday. made it too level 17 glad on Seil. Lots of good posts about whats right with AION. now for a few "things to work on" the Quest/tome log could be tweaked. The UI could be Tweaked to allow Graphic effects to be Limited to the Player, his group, his Legion(guild) or his alliance. The UI could be tweaked to allow the User to Turn off the Graphics/sound for Player vendors. The UI could be tweaked to allow the User to Increase/decrease the window size for text. The UI could be tweaked to allow the User to adjust the Layout around on the screen. Grouping, I felt going back to the OLD, shout LFG. is the wrong way to go. there should be a Open Group manager, so that players can jump in and out of groups as needed, then i would say: the Group UI needs to allow the players to Assign master looters. The group UI needs to allow the User to Invite or kick players as needed. I had a Hard time grouping, untill i joined a Beta guild, and then had some people to chat at, or hang with while everone at Gaiscioch was asleep. No Horses. Not all zones are fly/flight/teleport tho they did have recall scrolls for the various city/forts. Speaking of Auctions/brokers or private vendors. In warhammer, the auctions are listed according to prices a few coins differnt. in AION most listings are in the Thousands diff. 12 differt players offferd the same staff with the same stats, the price ranged from 4500 kinah, to over 30,000 Kinah. Does this make any sense to people? Sure the Beta was only UP for 2 days, not much a chance to balance out. Hopefully the sanity will return with the retail. when you offer your items up to sale, the game dont help ya. At least in WH, Id use the Auction Addon Auto-ledger, It would find the price that item last sold for and auto-set the info in the auction window for me, all i had to do was drag and click. and guess what, my auction sold. also Understand that the Broker is NOT a Auction, its a Straight Line Point of Sell. You price it, and it sells or not. There is a trick to Bank/wharehousing. You can fill your wharehouse space with stuff you collect. and You can use the Broker to store stuff, just set the price really High and no one will buy it.... If someone is stupid enough to buy it , then why complain. This leads to a Problem.....Gold farmers/resellers, i just realised i should do a search for aion gold farmers on Ebay/haggle/trade sites. Gold farming is what killed EQ, in my opinion.

I like that you can only put up TEN things on the Broker at a time, so people will have a incentive to price it to sell. No more people like Kaelle who own half the AH on our WAR server, and price it stupidly crazy high. You will not be able to use the Broker as item storage Xzanth. As far as the Kinah goes, The numbers are fine with me being big. For once I don't feel poor in an MMO, and I enjoy earning and spending big monies. And the differences on the Kinah pricing on the broker is no different than the other MMOs. The person that you said priced the item for 4,500 kinah prolly used the default price, so that it would sell quickly. Whereas the person who priced the same item at 30,000 was being greedy and their item prolly won't sell. It's the same as WAR when an item is worth 4 gold and a few are selling it for 4 gold, but most are trying to sell it for 15 gold to make a big profit. Kinah is cool with me. :) But yeah, I agree with the Open Party system. I doubt they'll implement that anytime soon, but its a new game and I have hope that they'll get around to it. It is a great idea and WAR spoiled us with it. :)

AION ROCKS!

and were pushing 200 :P

Go go go! Glide ftw! By the way. Not sure if I'm gonna play chanter or cleric. Or templar. or Gladiator. I know I'm not gonna be a mage or scout! hehe

INC! INC! INC!

Pul you won't be without a mage in the group! :) I know my main will be a sorceress. My Next choices would be Ranger or Priest. I had to right click your above pic for the properties and copy and paste the pic address to get it to display. That is one big INC you have there Pul. Looks like you got ran down in your own territory. Youch! Next time you see that coming at you try to use your return ability before they get to you. Good job at getting to lvl 19 during the beta though! :D

In other news, at least you don't have to go back to your corpse to respawn like in EQ and WoW. That'll at least stop them from corpse camping you when you get trampled over in the wild like that.

One of the things I'm looking forward to is the element of the Baluar in the PVP zone (Abyss). In Warhammer we have the issue of "Blue outs" so we are forced to take the fight to the tier that is seeing the action and there is an objective to fight. In the Abyss we will fight the Elyos, but we will also fight the Balaur. It is my understanding at this time that the Balaur can also occupy fortresses. Quite simply, they can strike at any time. It's an "X" factor that will keep the PVP zones active and keep us all on our toes. Once you get into the level 20+ zones (past Ascension and the first aone most of us quested in last beta) there are quests where you open a rift and go into enemy territory. So there's really no such thing as a PVE zone past the first two. You can be out questing, sipping your coffee and collecting resources on a lazy Sunday morning and a rift opens with one, or thirty enemies pouring through. Good luck ;) I can't wait, though I must admit I had forgotten how fun Warhammer RVR was until last night - it's been too long! *cheers*

But I wanted to be ran over. Was the last day of BETA. Why would I port? =P

True. True. xD

When does this release again? My internet searching abilities seem off today.

Retail releases Tuesday, Sept 22nd in North America. Anyone who preorders (US) will be given access 48 hours early (Sunday, Sept 20th). European preorders will also get early access Sunday even though they do not launch until Thursday.

Yall can celebrate my Bday(23rd) by having a party in Aion

Ok how did my post re bday not end up at the bottom of the list