Comments on: Aion from a WoW player’s POV

By: The Game Dame » Blog Archive » Lost that lovin’ feeling

The Game Dame » Blog Archive » Lost that lovin’ feeling — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:17:57 +0000

[...] is interesting learning about Aion, but I’m not sure about when I’ll go back to playing that either. It’s also very [...]

By: The Game Dame » Blog Archive » Aion’s graphics & UI compared to WoW

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:16:27 +0000

[...] my previous post I told you about character creation in Aion and today I’ll continue describing my experiences with the Aion UI in terms of how it compares [...]

By: Game Dame

Game Dame — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:17:47 +0000

@Crofe: I would hate grinding instead of questing also. I’ll definitely post about that if it happens in the live version.

By: Crofe

Crofe — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:16:00 +0000

I played a bit in the “beta” (It was already live in Korea, afaik), and was also impressed by the graphics. Unfortunately it became a grind some where around the 20s. I really dislike not having quests in order to level. It got to the point of grind out a level, have 3 quests that opened up that give 10-15% of the next level, then grind again.

But that was just my experience. Perhaps more quests were added since then, but for now I’m going to be sticking with WoW. Hope you have fun.

By: Game Dame

Game Dame — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:55:38 +0000

Wow, thanks Lilivati, I didn’t know that. )Now I just have to figure out how to change channels!) Agreed also about the support. I’m going to get to that later, but it should be on my list of things that fall short on this game.

Another thing I forgot to mention for WoW players is that the classes are not faction-specific. You can be any class on either faction.

By: Lilivati

Lilivati — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:59:38 +0000

Call me another convert…I am having a ton of fun playing my templar. I may never go back.

Another observation though- and maybe you will get to this in your next article- but the (lack of) GM support in Aion really makes you appreciate just how much Blizzard actually DOES put into this aspect of their game, even when it felt like they were doing nothing. General chat in WoW never reached the point of being completely unuseable due to goldspam, for instance.

Also, if you haven’t discovered it yet, you can change channels to escape a crowded starter area. This is like phasing in WoW- if your channel is too crowded, you can move to another instance of the same zone, essentially.