Aion Online

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

seems i was wrong, beta is still up but only untill sometimes tommorow, you may still be in luck

[trag3dy]

Servers will be up until I think 2am pacific time I'm pretty sure, that's an hour and a half from now.

[threesixtyflip]

Well thats it, its over

[trag3dy]

You guys know what server you'll be playing on for launch? My legion and alliance will be playing on Zikel.

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

Yea didn't think of which server I'd play on, might play on that one now that you mention it.

[dead.cell]

It's gonna be such a long week.

My friend, my girlfriend, and I all have the game preordered.

I've also heard they have more than 300,000 preorders so far, and that was a few days ago I think when I read that.

[McCordRm]

I preordered the damn Collector's Edition... and now I'm playing the hell out of Champions Online. Arg!!

[TheRealDave]

Is anyone up for setting up a Neowin clan for aion? If we all get a race & server we could set one up.

[TheRealDave]

Anyone know how to activate the preselection? I preordered the game through GAME.co.uk and they are sending it out for the 25th. Does that mean I miss out? :( I sent them an email but got no damn response.

[trag3dy]

Pre select character creation and picking your server doesn't start until Friday. So you haven't missed anything yet. :)

As for the exact time it starts where you're at, I have no idea.

[Tharp Daddy]

Trying to decide whether i want to play this game, i find $15 a month (though that's not alot of money) hard to motivate myself to do. I played WoW for about a year, if i see this game is doing well a few months after release (no end game content issues and such like AoC) then i may purchase it.

[1337ish]

Anyone know how to activate the preselection? I preordered the game through GAME.co.uk and they are sending it out for the 25th. Does that mean I miss out? :( I sent them an email but got no damn response.

I *think* you just need to login as per usual when using beta. I think the Aion guys are activating those that preorder because of different keys. I ordered through steam but I dont think I will be getting another key.

This is guesswork though but I dont think I have to do anything other then login and make 2 chars on the days.

[trag3dy]

Trying to decide whether i want to play this game, i find $15 a month (though that's not alot of money) hard to motivate myself to do. I played WoW for about a year, if i see this game is doing well a few months after release (no end game content issues and such like AoC) then i may purchase it.

You are aware the game has been out for around a year in Korea and China and has several major content patches? That is the advantage that this game has over games like AoC and Warhammer Online. I posted details of what has been added in these patches a page or two back if you want to see what all was added. I don't think end game content is lacking in the slightest at this point as that's mostly what all patches focused on. One even went so far as to add 5 levels to the game just to suit the new content.

[Tharp Daddy]

You are aware the game has been out for around a year in Korea and China and has several major content patches? That is the advantage that this game has over games like AoC and Warhammer Online. I posted details of what has been added in these patches a page or two back if you want to see what all was added. I don't think end game content is lacking in the slightest at this point as that's mostly what all patches focused on. One even went so far as to add 5 levels to the game just to suit the new content.

Oh, cool - once the trial comes out (or i get a buddy key) i'll give it a shot.

[1337ish]

You are aware the game has been out for around a year in Korea and China and has several major content patches? That is the advantage that this game has over games like AoC and Warhammer Online. I posted details of what has been added in these patches a page or two back if you want to see what all was added. I don't think end game content is lacking in the slightest at this point as that's mostly what all patches focused on. One even went so far as to add 5 levels to the game just to suit the new content.

Not quite a year but not too far away:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aion_(computer_game)

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

Is most people who is playing Aion, and who is on Neowin, on the US/NA servers or?

[trag3dy]

I would assume so but I really have no idea. Maybe people should say what server they're playing on and what side.

Zikel server and Asmodean side for me.

[trag3dy]

Awesome news people, Aion will launch without Gameguard!

http://aiononline.com/en/news/aion-launch-version-1.html

I'm excited about that little piece of news.

Edit: yay for typos

Edited September 18, 2009 by trag3dy

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

So I have the game installed since the closed beta. Which has Gameguard installed.

If I run the update, will it get removed?

[trag3dy]

Not removed, but disabled. Wait until the patch is out tonight and the game has updated for the newest version before you try to remove it.

Then follow the instructions here:

http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/pc/articles/1709.aspx

I'm personally not going to remove it just yet. I don't see much of a point. It only activates when Aion is running. Once they officially disable it it won't ever run.

Edited September 18, 2009 by trag3dy

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

Waited all day for the character creation, but of course they are a bit late lol

[SkyDX]

Anyone can login for pre-select? I keep getting "You have been disconnected from the server"

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

i cant do the creation till later tonight, hopefully my name wont be taken by then

[+longgonebn Subscriber²]

Should be working now.

I created a Warrior and Mage as Asmodians on the Zikel server. Awesome.

My Character's in Aion http://ow.ly/i/Lc and http://ow.ly/i/Ld

Edited September 18, 2009 by bman

[trag3dy]

Anyone can login for pre-select? I keep getting "You have been disconnected from the server"

You have to have pre ordered before a certain date to get in I think. I want to say you had to do that before Sep 9th but that doesn't seem right, because I know a lot of people have ordered within the last week and are getting in.

If you go into your account on aiononline.com it should say your account type is preorder, or standard, if you bought through Steam or the NCsoft store.

Also they had to delay the log in about 40 minutes because they needed to apply a last minute patch. No biggie. As soon as the servers were up I got in instantly.