Quote Originally Posted by Slayde View Post
  • only 2 races to choose from with only 1 starting zone each
  • questing and level progression seems very linear and limited
  • very small quest zones (looks bigger than what they are)
  • boring gathering system (hate having to wait to see if I randomly succeed or fail)
  • very tedious crafting system (huge money sink just to randomly have a chance to gain a skill pt)
  • annoying voices and sound effects while fighting. (most of the special attack sounds are lame)
  • flying is a gimic outside of the abyss (worthless for travel and very limited use)
  • limited character progression (almost no choice to customize your class as you level outside of stigmas)
  • very little replay value (can't imagine leveling more than 1 char per faction after beta testing several)
  • doubtful pve will be a strong suit in this game since pvp is the main focus

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I don't want to come out as an aion fanboy, but this is what i learned so far


  • I agree on the 2 races, which actually is one race.
  • Questing in the starting zone, was ok, same as wow, kill x mobs etc. it gets better above 20, much more interesting, On top of that you have campaign quests, which are all about You and your story line development
  • Zones are huge, except the starting zone....one i reached 20+ zone i went exploring ran around ONE zone for over an hour and explored about 75%
  • I like the gathering system, its a bit different and well if you're not good enough you can fail, gives you a chance to gather higher level mats at lower level....or not.
  • Crafting system was re done, and it works on work orders now, meaning you don't have to spend much gold at all, all mats other than basics that can be purchased from a vendor are supplied to you by npc.
  • yes, i have sound switched off
  • Flying is great once you learn how to glide, which isn't that easy in the begging, now that i know how on a flat terrain i can use my whole fly gauge easily
  • I agree, but than again wow doesn't have a whole lot going for it either you're either good spec, or you're a bad player that has no clue how to spec well.


last 2 points are debatable, in the begging of WoW pvp was terrible, and by terrible i mean there was no pvp, no battlegrounds, nothing, and that last for a long time. PvE wasn't that great either.....not bashing wow just saying.

Biggest advantage that aion has over wow for me is the combat system, i love there is not one spammable ability, and you have to think about two moves ahead.