Aion ftw?

If I had to play Vanilla WoW again, I wouldn't because I have been spoiled because of what the xpacs have brought, but being that what they brought was an end to boxing as I love it, I see no reason to stay Loyal to the game.

Let's ve honest, we can all afford the lifestyle of boxing fairly comfortably. I now have 2 computers, and I am going to give quadboxing Aion a shot. I love PvP.. I detest PvE raiding, and so for me, Aion seems at least, directed more towards me. My friend has been playing for a year over here in Korea, and she loves it and says that the PvP is quite good.

I am going to give it a try. if i dont like it, what have I wasted, a couple hundred bucks? worth it to me, even if I hate it, to at least say I tried to replace WoW, which is stagnant and boring, with possibly a year before the next xpac, which I am not excited about, either XD

ok, my 2c over =)

Con
- asmodian have the worse grinding past lvl 19 (20% quest 80% grind)

Why is "grinding" such a taboo thing in mmo's these days?

The reality is, that questing is the same thing as grinding but with some fancy "story telling" associated with it. So now you're quest grinding instead of grinding on mobs until you're 80. After that, you get to grind those instances and arenas for gear and don't tell me that crafting isn't a grind too in WoW. The way I see it, WoW just took the xp you'd normally get on mobs, and moved it to a quest reward.

And isn't Multi-boxing more conducive to grinding than a questing?

That said, I'm really enjoying myself in Aion. I love the art style and overall feel of the game. It doesn't try to be innovative and for that I'm grateful.

one more time... I'm level 21.5 and I now have 20 quests in my quest log just collecting the quests in the first 20+hub (eltnen fort); I didn't even step out... I have yet to grind anything (unless you consider leveling your gathering skill for instance, grinding)... I even abandoned several low level quests from previous zones and never had to kill mobs that weren't part of a quest or in the way to get there... all that again with 1/2 the kill xp as I'm dual boxing/grouped... so please stop about the grinding and go back get the quests you missed...

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Originally Posted by Moorea

one more time... I'm level 21.5 and I now have 20 quests in my quest log just collecting the quests in the first 20+hub (eltnen fort); I didn't even step out... I have yet to grind anything (unless you consider leveling your gathering skill for instance, grinding)... I even abandoned several low level quests from previous zones and never had to kill mobs that weren't part of a quest or in the way to get there... all that again with 1/2 the kill xp as I'm dual boxing/grouped... so please stop about the grinding and go back get the quests you missed...

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Level 21.5 still puts you in the newbie zones ;) Well not quite it's still very early in the game. I played in the betas and on a chinese server. Wait till you hit 25 plus. Then it gets very grindy and gets progressively worse the higher you get. It's why my CE is still sitting unopened on my shelf. A few people I know have already quit since they are in their 30's and it's just too much of a grind.

Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with a grind it just won't appeal to many in the western hemisphere. And yeah quest grinding is still grinding but it's just a hell of alot more fun than killing mob after mob after mob repeatedy.

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Originally Posted by Mevlock

Level 21.5 still puts you in the newbie zones ;) Well not quite it's still very early in the game. I played in the betas and on a chinese server. Wait till you hit 25 plus. Then it gets very grindy and gets progressively worse the higher you get. It's why my CE is still sitting unopened on my shelf. A few people I know have already quit since they are in their 30's and it's just too much of a grind.

Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with a grind it just won't appeal to many in the western hemisphere. And yeah quest grinding is still grinding but it's just a hell of alot more fun than killing mob after mob after mob repeatedy.

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First post Mevlock. Welcome!


Bit of advice. Dont mess with the fanbois, you will always lose.

ahah fat tire, or don't mess with the trolls who read "grind fest" from the KR or CN versions and keep and keep repeating it not based on actual US server release play...

It's funny how earlier it was "oh it's all grind from 16 onward" then "oh it's all grind from 19 onward" and now it's from 25 plus... well we'll see if the same lies applies to 25 as they did to the previous 2 - I'll be happy to report the truth when/if I hit a spot where I run out of quests (it may well happen - I don't know, I haven't played past 21.5 so far)