Aion Update - 6 Accounts

Hey everyone,

Been a while since I posted anything on the forums. I've been playing AION for the past 45 days pretty casually. Below are some details.

1. 6 accounts - 1 Templar, 1 Cleric and 4 Sorcerers.
2. Have all crafting and gathering trade skills leveled to the 250 or so range.
3. Have made all of their armor, accessories, food, etc.
4. Using Keyclone. I'm running two machines with 4 accounts and a family member is running 1 machine with the other two accounts.
5. We've all hit level 30 and are about to start FT. I'll upload some videos of this instance once we start running it.
6. Have played with many people ingame and talked with numerous people about multiboxing with 95% being positive and 5% complaining saying they are going to report me. I think only one person was really upset by it.
7. I was not banned in the latest wave, and I don't think I will be. I think they are going after people botting, those who reached level 50 very quickly and are leaving the rest alone for now. The fact there are sill gold selling bots right in the major cities with their personal stores tells me they are only going after the most severe offenders.

OPINIONS OF THE GAME

1. The game looks great, but for me the mechanics are a little sketchy. I hate when I rest that it takes a few seconds of animation before I can move or do anything. The pauses to let the animations complete drives me nuts. There seem to be delays when using certain skills and the follow/assist macros don't always work. It is a little annoying (but tolerable) and is nothing like WoW as far as ease of use or fluidity.

2. Leveling isn't so bad. I keep hearing how terrible it is, but it doesn't seem so bad so far. At least until level 30.

3. It took a couple of weeks for me to start liking the game. I was so used to WoW that everything else just feels awkward.

4. The TG instance was very easy, but also fun to box. I think most of the instances are pretty much tank and spank, but for a boxer this isn't so bad.

5. The crafting can be a royal pain. I like the system and it's nice that the items are actually on par or better than looted items, but the random proc to get something is very annoying. I've been lucky on some items, but others like my level 30 Worthy Durable Titanium Sword just won't proc to blue. I think I made 30 or so of these and none procced to blue. But, some armor has procced on the first try and so did the level 30 shield.

Overall the game is fairly fun. Like many hear I'm just a little burned out on WoW. It took years for this to happen lol, but I think I'm done going back to Warcraft for a while.

For me AION seems like a stop on the multiboxing train until I find a more enjoyable and easy to box game to play. It can be really fun and once you get your characters in the 20s and get your crafting to the point of being able to make items it is an enjoyable game.

As far as being banned for multiboxing it reminds me of WoW years ago. We weren't sure then and I was always a little worried of getting banned. It never happened and the GMs in WoW finally said publicly it's ok. I am guessing the same thing will happen here. As long as you are at the computer I don't think they'll care.

The big difference with this game is I am not nearly as worried about being banned. If it happens, it happens. Nothing I can do about it. The game doesn't mean as much to me as WoW did so I am not as worried about losing my characters.

I still think they are only banning automated bots. I don't think they are going to go after Keyclone people as long as you are at the computer.

Just my thoughts. Wanted to let the few AION boxers know you are not alone! :)

If anyone has any questions about the game or my setup let me know. Maybe we can learn from each other and share tips that make the game a little easier.