Aion Online

[ylcard]

Have you been to Thottbot lately ? It's not Curse's, WoWDB.com is.

[trag3dy]

Have you been to Thottbot lately ? It's not Curse's, WoWDB.com is.

Nope. Can't say I that I'm very bothered with keeping track of what WoW website is owned by who.

[Fugi]

I just pre-ordered it today looking foward to open beta =D.

[trag3dy]

The official full open beta patch notes can be found here:

http://powerwiki.na.aiononline.com/aion/Op...eta+Patch+Notes

[TheRealDave]

How do i get involved in the open beta? Just download the client and wait until the 6th? Or do i need to register / get a key etc?

[Buio]

How do i get involved in the open beta? Just download the client and wait until the 6th? Or do i need to register / get a key etc?

In EU they released keys from a number of game sites;

http://eu.aiononline.com/uk/news/eu-open-b...-available.html

Most sites that released them early are already out of keys as far as I know.

There are no similar news on the North American site, so I don't know about that.

[TheRealDave]

Hmm :-/ Well I am in the UK. Anyone know where I can find one at? Would be greatly appreciated.

Those sites arent the easiest to navigate. I guess they're all gone from those. Gutted.

[trag3dy]

At this point you'll most likely have to pre order to get into the open beta.

[That Guy Veteran]

I looked at this game a month ago and swear none of the screenshots looked that good :p

I'm tempted by it, if it will be anything like (or better) than Guild Wars. However, is it possible to buy one months access, and then have your account disabled next month until you want to buy another months access? I'm doing that with EVE at the moment, and it works out OK. I don't want to pay for a game every month if I only play it every other month, that's all.

On the other hand, I really (shouldn't) have the time for these anyway :p

[Buio]

Hmm :-/ Well I am in the UK. Anyone know where I can find one at? Would be greatly appreciated.

Those sites arent the easiest to navigate. I guess they're all gone from those. Gutted.

Yeah, I checked a few and just searched for anything Aion but many didn't even have something on the frontpage.

But for example this one worked but all keys was out same day (2nd Sept).

http://gamers.eurogamer.net/giveaways.php?id=86949

[trag3dy]

I looked at this game a month ago and swear none of the screenshots looked that good :p

I'm tempted by it, if it will be anything like (or better) than Guild Wars. However, is it possible to buy one months access, and then have your account disabled next month until you want to buy another months access? I'm doing that with EVE at the moment, and it works out OK. I don't want to pay for a game every month if I only play it every other month, that's all.

On the other hand, I really (shouldn't) have the time for these anyway :p

When you buy the game you get a free 30 days with it. I'm not sure if you have to set up a payment plan before that or not. But either way you can cancel your plan before your free 30 days are up. Canceling your plan won't cause you to lose any of your characters or anything. They'll be there if/when you resume payments to play again.

[jonhapimp]

http://www.aionforums.com/showthread.php?t=51

[(Spork)]

new patch out today 1.5.0.3 i think

[Buio]

http://www.aionforums.com/showthread.php?t=51

That thread is old, it's for the closed beta and thread was closed in June.

[trag3dy]

new patch out today 1.5.0.3 i think

Yup, updated. And it fixed the errors the 1.5 patch was giving me as well.

[TheRealDave]

30 mins until the beta opens!

[That Guy Veteran]

When you buy the game you get a free 30 days with it. I'm not sure if you have to set up a payment plan before that or not. But either way you can cancel your plan before your free 30 days are up. Canceling your plan won't cause you to lose any of your characters or anything. They'll be there if/when you resume payments to play again.

Well I've just deleted my EVE account. I bought the 30-day trial of it for $4.99, not realising that to renew your subscription for a month costs 14.99 euros (~?14/$30).

I was willing to spend up to ?8/8 euros/$16 on a MMORPG, so maybe I can migrate to Aion when it's out.

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

I'm assuming it's started. But not able to connect with the authentication server, aionsource, or aionglobal? Anybody else or is it just me

[TheRealDave]

I'm assuming it's started. But not able to connect with the authentication server, aionsource, or aionglobal? Anybody else or is it just me

Same. Looks like it has been thrashed.

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

Yup, updated. And it fixed the errors the 1.5 patch was giving me as well.

Is it suppose to be around 3gb?

[trag3dy]

I'm assuming it's started. But not able to connect with the authentication server, aionsource, or aionglobal? Anybody else or is it just me

Same. Looks like it has been thrashed.

You have to reset your password to be able to log in to the game. However the aion web pages are getting hammered right now. Just keep refreshing and you'll get in. Took me a while too.

http://na.aiononline.com/en/news/dont-forg...r-password.html

Is it suppose to be around 3gb?

The patch alone, yes. The full client is over 9gb. Remember, the patch from 1.0 to 1.5 version adds around 20 new areas, 4500 items, 160 new spells, and 418 new quests to the game so it's not like the size is unwarranted.

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

Is the Open Beta the same as the Head Start, as in the character?

[trag3dy]

No, the head start is different. There is preselect, which is when you can reserve your names and create your characters which starts I believe is the 18th, and then the head start starts the 20th.

Edited September 6, 2009 by trag3dy

[CentralDogma]

So, September 6 is almost over here. When is the open beta going to happen?

[trag3dy]

It's been going all day, but they are having some serious lag issues. It's not exactly Ncsoft's fault. If you have access to the beta board look at this thread here to see what's happening:

http://betaboards.aiononline.com/showthread.php?t=22397

I'm getting stopped at the llnw.net. So hopefully there is a solution sooner rather than later. Not that I care overly much as long as it's fixed by the 18th.