Aion Beta Dates Sept 6-13

[Everz]

Spiritmaster is the one for me

 

[megadave]

bet this game wont last 3 months

 

[Mithradir]

i suggest someone to upload a vid to see anything since i didint manage to grab a key in time :s

 

[WiZe^]

I fuck it, ust preorded the game! =p

 

[Ctuchik]

bet this game wont last 3 months

it will last alot longer then that. but it might end up the same as WAR or AoC tho unless they change a few things.

mob ownership will be one of them i think. currently there is none of that. anyone can attack a mob and have a chance at the loot even if your not grouped, and whoever that deals the most damage gets everything.

it may not sound like such a big deal but its a fucking pain in the arse if u wanna complete a quest that theres lots of other ppl doing as ppl WILL do their best to steal your mobs. i spent about an hour and a half trying to complete 3 quests today but couldn't because i didnt do enough damage to the mobs *I* pulled because tons of mages ran around stealing them from me.

going somewhere else wasn't an option either because it was the last 3 quests in the "tutorial" zone and one of them was progression critical to earn my wings and enter the capitol.

i really dont get why NCsoft is so anti mob ownership.. they dont have that in ANY of their games... and suffice to say none of them are actually going as good as they could have.

how fucking hard can that be to implement really?

for the most part its still a good game, but i'm really starting to hesitate wether this game will be another WAR/AoC or not...

 

[adoNix]

My chanter now sitting at level 16

also! more keys will be given out tomorrow!

http://eu.aiononline.com/uk/news/more-european-open-beta-keys-are-on-their-way.html <--- se here

 

[civy]

it will last alot longer then that. but it might end up the same as WAR or AoC tho unless they change a few things.

mob ownership will be one of them i think. currently there is none of that. anyone can attack a mob and have a chance at the loot even if your not grouped, and whoever that deals the most damage gets everything.

it may not sound like such a big deal but its a fucking pain in the arse if u wanna complete a quest that theres lots of other ppl doing as ppl WILL do their best to steal your mobs. i spent about an hour and a half trying to complete 3 quests today but couldn't because i didnt do enough damage to the mobs *I* pulled because tons of mages ran around stealing them from me.

going somewhere else wasn't an option either because it was the last 3 quests in the "tutorial" zone and one of them was progression critical to earn my wings and enter the capitol.

i really dont get why NCsoft is so anti mob ownership.. they dont have that in ANY of their games... and suffice to say none of them are actually going as good as they could have.

how fucking hard can that be to implement really?

for the most part its still a good game, but i'm really starting to hesitate wether this game will be another WAR/AoC or not...

Did you try changing the channel or whatever its called. Find a empty channel with no one about

 

[BloodOmen]

bet this game wont last 3 months

It'll last longer than that aoln although I do agree with what someone said below about it spiraling fast if they dont fix a few things.

On a plus side in dungeons you can clear all the trash upto a boss, kill it then switch channel to be at the same boss with no need to kill trash in short u can farm 10x bosses per instance lols.

Stopped at level 15 in the beta myself, so I won't waste anymore time in the beta I like the game thats enough for me. Going to play a Templar when it goes live, strong pvp class (came 1st in 1v1 tourney )

 

[~Latency~]

downloaded and installed etc but can't for the hell of me find how to get a beta key?! the websites it lists are confusing :<

unless anyone tried it, didn't like it and would let me use their beta account? :]]]]

 

[Ctuchik]

can't play now anyway. their auth server has been down since around midnight gmt+1 and i cant log on the beta boards to see whats up (keep telling me my PW is invalid even tho its now)

 

[Ctuchik]

Did you try changing the channel or whatever its called. Find a empty channel with no one about

i picked the least populated i could find yes.

 

[Mithradir]

I have start investigating a bit aion web site and reading about the available classes. Even if i dont see beta i ll give it a go. I always get tempted to see new games even if sometimes aint worth it (e.g Darkfall :s).
If others also shall going to try it we could as well join the same faction and play together. If i find players to run around with i am willing to play a cleric, so post your ideas here

 

[Ctuchik]

Going to play a Templar when it goes live, strong pvp class (came 1st in 1v1 tourney )

dont roll a class based on beta experience even tho its out in asia. and especially not since you have little to no clue how it will actually perform in end game.

and if your looking at the asian arenas then i REALLY dont recomend that you trust that. as they have a pretty awkward playstyle compared to us.

playing a defensive tank in pvp, and especially in 1v1's have never worked well in europe unless its DAoC and 95% blockchance. in any other mmo defensive tanks suffer pretty badly because of lack of dps without a healer. so from what i've seen chanters will probably be a top contender in tourneys because of the buffs, debuffs and ok heals. might suffer in 1v1 as it to has low dps and only ok heals and chain armor, but in 2v2 and up it will probably be one of those must have classes.

and its a fairly decent pve partner also because of the chants.

trying to make a fair comparison to some other games classes but the closest thing i can come up with is a mix of the friar and paladin in DAoC. wich doesent really sound good

 

[Ctuchik]

I have start investigating a bit aion web site and reading about the available classes. Even if i dont see beta i ll give it a go. I always get tempted to see new games even if sometimes aint worth it (e.g Darkfall :s).
If others also shall going to try it we could as well join the same faction and play together. If i find players to run around with i am willing to play a cleric, so post your ideas here

heres a ok site with some basic info on what the classes do.

Aion Classes | A guide to all classes in Aion

maybe slightly outdated as its probably using the 1.0 patch insted of the 1.5 that were playing now but still pretty accurate.

 

[BloodOmen]

dont roll a class based on beta experience even tho its out in asia. and especially not since you have little to no clue how it will actually perform in end game.

and if your looking at the asian arenas then i REALLY dont recomend that you trust that. as they have a pretty awkward playstyle compared to us.

playing a defensive tank in pvp, and especially in 1v1's have never worked well in europe unless its DAoC and 95% blockchance. in any other mmo defensive tanks suffer pretty badly because of lack of dps without a healer. so from what i've seen chanters will probably be a top contender in tourneys because of the buffs, debuffs and ok heals. might suffer in 1v1 as it to has low dps and only ok heals and chain armor, but in 2v2 and up it will probably be one of those must have classes.

and its a fairly decent pve partner also because of the chants.

trying to make a fair comparison to some other games classes but the closest thing i can come up with is a mix of the friar and paladin in DAoC. wich doesent really sound good

You're telling me not to compare and you're comparing it to tanks in daoc played templar, enjoyed it and played paladin like classes in every previous mmo so i'm going to continue doing the same.

Asmo templars will excel in pvp due to the stuns they get, extremely high defence and lifetap like abilities (similar to reavers in that respect) and not to mention the ability to purge all status altering effects, abilities that increase magic resists by shed loads, self healing abilities.

 

[Ctuchik]

yes but i was looking for similarities, nothing else

/edit: besides, if templars are so badass in 1v1's u can bet they will get toned down if they havent already.

/edit2: still cant fucking log in

 

[civy]

yes but i was looking for similarities, nothing else

/edit: besides, if templars are so badass in 1v1's u can bet they will get toned down if they havent already.

/edit2: still cant fucking log in

try
"1. Open the NCsoft Launcher
2. Right-click Aion under “INSTALLED”
3. Choose Properties
4. In the box labeled, “Extra Command Line Parameters” add:
-ip:206.127.147.26 -port:2106 -cc:1

if that doesnt work then change it for

-ip:206.127.147.28 -port:2106 -cc:2

some say this fixes the auth problem

 

[BloodOmen]

yes but i was looking for similarities, nothing else

/edit: besides, if templars are so badass in 1v1's u can bet they will get toned down if they havent already.

/edit2: still cant fucking log in

Well, all damage was nerfed in Aion by 40% already so that hangs in favor of an already op'd defensive class imo

 

[Mithradir]

This site has around 2.5k euro beta keys available , but it is dropping fast. Whoever needs one register and take it asap
The nc account management page though seem to be down :/

 

[Tallen]

My chanter now sitting at level 16

also! more keys will be given out tomorrow!

More European open beta keys are on their way! | Aion™ Fantasy MMORPG <--- se here

Yikes, is this on low GFX settings? Looks somewhat shoddy

 

[Everz]

Yikes, is this on low GFX settings? Looks somewhat shoddy

The graphics are superior to WoW/WAR and piss over DAoC.

imo ofc.

 

[Rulke]

Got one of the new eurogamer keys, downloading client ... slowly

 

[BloodOmen]

The graphics are superior to WoW/WAR and piss over DAoC.

imo ofc.

Tis true, you could compare some (some) of the Aion landscapes to WoW however Aion still comes out on top in terms of graphics char models are 1000000x more crisp/detailed than the aging/pixelated WoW models.

WoW has nothing going for it these days, the PVP is extremely dire and unbalanced - the PVE is being nerfed constantly and has become an effortless joke to what it was in Vanilla/Burning Crusade its only a matter of time before people wake upto the facts and stop playing it. I'm not saying WoW will ever die however its a winning formula and has atleast 8+ years left in it yet, that doesn't mean it'll be a free 13mil+ player base for 8+ years.

The thing thats going to push people away from Aion is the grind, Aion will not appeal to children and impatient people. From 40-50 takes quite some time i'm told by someone that has an active max level char on the korean servers.

I'm also told that monster xping until level 30 is vastly superior to questing (you still need to do the campaign quests tho I think)

 

[civy]

Yikes, is this on low GFX settings? Looks somewhat shoddy

This is with settings as I play

 

[Ctuchik]

try
"1. Open the NCsoft Launcher
2. Right-click Aion under “INSTALLED”
3. Choose Properties
4. In the box labeled, “Extra Command Line Parameters” add:
-ip:206.127.147.26 -port:2106 -cc:1

if that doesnt work then change it for

-ip:206.127.147.28 -port:2106 -cc:2

some say this fixes the auth problem

tried it. no go

 

[BloodOmen]

Got one of the new eurogamer keys, downloading client ... slowly

when you've dl'd it theres a 3 gig patch for the record and i'm not joking.

 

[BloodOmen]

tried it. no go

tell me what happens exactly Ctu.

 

[Mithradir]

First impressions are quite good. I made a cleric , lvl 4 atm. Graphs are nice and it is impressive that i have zero frame lag (unlikely with war). The game seems solid and the questing looks descent. I am yet low level but it seems that even a cleric can decently solo exp as well.
Ofc in the end all that it matters is rvr so when the game goes live we shall know if it worth the money or not

 

[Ctuchik]

lol..


"The GameGuard will now close"

that program is gonna rape this game better then anything ingame.... <.<

 

[Ctuchik]

tell me what happens exactly Ctu.

i put my username and password in, press connect, nothing happens for ~15 seconds and then the auth server error comes up. tho this last time GG decided to close the game for me insted before the auth server timed out....