Aion: The Tower of Awesome

[Acepilotf14]

Anyway, this weekend was the first closed beta test for Aion. I got in, being a subscriber of Tabula Rasa during its death throes, and got first access to it.

I certainly doubt this game will do anything to WoW(What will, amirite?), but its certainly shaping up to be quite interesting.

I don't get wings until level 10, so I can't comment on that quite yet.
I WANT MY ****ING WINGS.

The graphics are much better than in these screenshots, I'm just on my crappy laptop. In fact, it runs well on this ONBOARD GRAPHICS CARD. That's something to note.

Screenshots:
(Don't tell NCSoft, would you? I signed a non-disclosure agreement or something. I didn't read it.)

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

I wanna try! I'm not much of an NCSoft kinda guy, but they've literally dumped all their chips into this one, and it seems like it might be fun for a few hours at the very least. Looking great for on board graphics too, jeesh.

Care to tell us a bit about the starting quests/combat/gear/loot/xp systems etc?

 

[Acepilotf14]

Starting quests are your standard 'kill x, then go here, get another quest, kill x, go here, give this guy this, kill x more, what you didn't pick up the items? go get more!' affair.

So far, loot seems rather meh, for these low levels.

XP works the same as every other MMO.

Combat is fun, you basically chain attacks to deal more damage. Reminded me of AoC.

Damn the game is pretty... your character reacts when it rains like in the third 'shot.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Oh that's ****ing awesome that your character's idle animations change based on the weather, actually. This is probably worth doing the free month for just to drool over the collective works of some of the best artists/animators in the MMO business.

 

[Acepilotf14]

The musical score is great too. Especially non-combat parts.

Pianoooo.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

You should utterly rape that NDA and give your account info to play a bit

 

[Barnz]

The musical score is great too. Especially non-combat parts.

Pianoooo.

Agreed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfsk8SIXY-4

 

[Darkside55]

Korean Grindan Adventure

Now with wings!

Did you people learn nothing from Lineage II?

 

[Combine Hybrid]

Korean Grindan Adventure

Now with wings!

Did you people learn nothing from Lineage II?

Lineage 2 is a piece of shit as mmo much as ff11.

At least, Aion is nothing like lineage 2 despite teh fact that its by same developers.

Aion is basically WoW + L2.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Remember.
With wings.

 

[SamuraiKenji]

Dekaron has wings........at level 102 :3
But s'okay, i play on a private server 'cause retail, though free, is slooooow. Took me like 2 months of off and on play to get from 25 to 26

 

[Darkside55]

Lineage 2 is a piece of shit as mmo much as ff11.

That's what I was saying, in case we're missing each other's point here.

At least, Aion is nothing like lineage 2 despite teh fact that its by same developers.

Aion is basically WoW + L2.

Ok, so Questan Adventure

with wings

 

[Acepilotf14]

I'm glad you got that point, Darkseid.

..Anyway, I'll play more tomorrow, hopefully get mah wings, and update about the differences with them.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

with wings

 

[Sedako]

I got to level 25 in the Chinese open beta about a month ago, and am currently in the weekend beta as well. Some friends and I who used to play WoW are rounding up people for an Asmodian Aion guild. We've had a lot of experience leading guilds in the past, so if anyone here is interested in joining up:

http://havok-gaming.net/

 

[Acepilotf14]

I might take up that offer, Sed.

I just got to level 10. Damn those flashback missions are awesome.
MOAR SHOTS
Heh, WoW only just got it's first cut scene?
You get a two ****ing cut scenes in the first ten levels.

 

[Krynn72]

Looks incredibly generic except for the wings. How do they affect gameplay?

 

[Acepilotf14]

Not sure yet.
In the flashback, the wings were basically ON RAILS.

But I get to go do a QUEST to go get my WINGS.

(but no paul mccartney)

 

[Krynn72]

Why did you CAPITALIZE those four words? And if the wings are just like WoW's flying mount things where they are just fancy carts on rails then im am thoroughly uninterested in this game.

 

[Combine Hybrid]

Why did you CAPITALIZE those four words? And if the wings are just like WoW's flying mount things where they are just fancy carts on rails then im am thoroughly uninterested in this game.

You can do aerial combat.

 

[Warped]

the layout looks just like Guild Wars, which is something I like

 

[Acepilotf14]

Completely free flight.

That just won the game for me.

 

[Acepilotf14]

Next beta is this weekend.

Huzzah!

Sedako, you going to be on?

Also, sorry all the screenshots are not there, I was organizing my photobucket.

They're all here. http://s184.photobucket.com/albums/x256/acepilotf14/Screenshotties/

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

FP beta keys are being handed out. North America only, sadly.

http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/aion/

 

[Sedako]

Next beta is this weekend.

Huzzah!

Sedako, you going to be on?

I will try to be, I've been fixing up my PC, but it should be good to go at this point.

 

[Acepilotf14]

You are rather late.

What is the next beta, anyway?

 

[the cow says moo]

So this game is basically WoW... except you can fly... like a boss.

 

[Combine Hybrid]

So this game is basically WoW... except you can fly... like a boss.

Only idiots compare new MMOs to WoW these days.

 

[Letters]

Only idiots compare new MMOs to WoW these days.

What?

...

What?

 

[Raziaar]

I played Lineage 2 for quite a while. Up to the point where the first sieges started happening. I was one of the highest levels out of all the servers with my female orc shaman(seriously), and at some point I said to myself... wow, this game is a shitty shitty grind, and I hadn't even realized it.

And then I quit.

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

So judging from the posts in this thread and the screen shots..its a fancy korean grindfest with wings.


**** didn't some free korean grindfest do this already? But with like flying surfboards or some shit.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Good call, probably. This one is just getting more press because NCSoft has dumped a metric assload into advertising it. If it fails things will not bode well for ol' NC, they've got all their chips in the Aion bucket.

 

[Eejit]

I
Heh, WoW only just got it's first cut scene?
You get a two ****ing cut scenes in the first ten levels.

Kojima is involved?

Cutscenes are balls and should be removed from games forever.

 

[Adrik_Senturu]

I was right this MMO did it first:

http://flyff.gpotato.com/?m=welcome&a=features

So its basically a prettier version of that.

 

[Shakermaker]

Just did an impulse buy and acquired Aion. The game is now updating. Is anyone here playing this?

 

[Acepilotf14]

Yes. I am level 21.

taken a bit before

On the server Lumiel. I wouldn't suggest joining my Legion(equivalent to clan), though, as it is the /v/ Legion.

 

[Shakermaker]

On the server Lumiel. I wouldn't suggest joining my Legion(equivalent to clan), though, as it is the /v/ Legion.

I am playing on EU servers so no worries.

I found the first few hours quite uninspiring. There is not a lot of difference in NPC's. The newbie levels for both sides have the same monsters you fight and the same traders. I also found the sound very basic and not very well done tbh. Gameplay itself seems ok. Standard mmorpg fare. I found a mage quite fun to play but I still need to try a priest. Prolly makes grouping easier.

How are the dungeons btw?

 

[Acepilotf14]

>dungeons

 

[Shakermaker]

You're more a PvP man I take it?

 

[Acepilotf14]

I mean
PvP IS the dungeons.