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A Vision of Aion's Future

Here's what NCSoft has been working on for its latest MMO.

Nov. 24 2009

Posted by: Brad

In This Episode:

Aion: Ascension

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They're adding god rays, dynamic shadows, and bloom, judging from the video.
 
Nice improvement, still not interested in a WoW clone though.

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Does NCsoft know that issues we had with Aion?
 Tip: it wasn't the graphics.
 
It was the citties that lagged to hell, when the rest of the game ran fine.  I couldn't even look at the auction house though. 
And then there was that it became a grindfest after te easy levelling.  Make it less grindy, and I'll consider coming back.
 
But also they showed upmping off into the water... but that game was really bad at invisible walls.  
Some places has massive ones for no good reason, other than to get to the cool massive animals they go on about.... then other places, there are cliff tops that lead you to an abyss where you land, and can't get back out.... so you give up and eventually teleport...
 
When there is only flying on some areas.  Gliding just isn't the same; while great.
 
So the changes look F ing awesome.  But have you changed the gameplay?
 
On a meta question tough... why would there be a winter in that world... They are bathed in sunlight, while the top half of the world is a wasteland full of evil.  So how's that place gonig to change?  Lava with pink blossom everywhere? 

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@DukeTogo: To be fair, bots and gold farms are MUCH more under control now, at least they were at the point I left the game.
 
It just needs some gameplay adjustments (and my class was totally borked in parties, and I didn't feel like rerolling and grinding again to play a non-broken class) and it'll be great.  It's by far the best looking MMO, if not PC game, out there right now.  It has some great ideas as well, it just needs better implementation.
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@Jesel said:

" Is there very much end game PVE in this game? "

There's barely any PVE content, period, hence the grind. As early as level 13-15 you'll find yourself having to grind out entire levels.
 
Never mind the mid level 40's...
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NCSoft needs to address the current game breaking issues the game has before they even think about implementing the huge changes displayed in this trailer.

The 20 FPS that this entire clip is running at isn’t reassuring. Fortress sieges the games main unique selling point are completely broken with 90% of players constantly crashing and getting disconnects, the list goes on.

Saying that, the changes look awesome, I hope they get their act together, this game has so much potential. 

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Wow, I've never seen a trailer this long AND amazing!  Good job NCSoft!

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its a scam

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Is there very much end game PVE in this game?

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Edited By DukeTogo

Because people play MMOs on high-end PCs and like shitty frame rates?  And what exactly is all that stuff part of regarding gameplay?  Make a trailer with epic Final Fantasy ripoff style and don't explain one bit of how it's supposedly part of a raid or instance.  The wool is bring pulled over your eyes.
 
How about showing the chat log with 90% of it being gold sellers?  Or show how half the characters are bots farming stuff for those sellers?  It's one thing to mention what's being thought of for the game, but showing a bunch of stuff that is just concepts and not really showing what you actually do in the game is deceptive.

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The world looks great, the character and weapon design does not.

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wow

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lol bye bye WoW =p 
 
 
it was about time somebody gave it the water.
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I like the rock solid frame rate of 10  re-assuring me I can't run it.

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All I have to say is wow, this looks soooooo epic. I was thinking about getting it back in September but lost track of it with all the great games that have come out but now I think I might get it.

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Edited By Sersie

That looked pretty amazing.  I might have to finally try it out.

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Half way through: Ps. there is conflict.

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Epicz!

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Looks really awesome. For those of you who are playing it: Is it good? Worth investing countless hours into?

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Edited By SoothsayerGB

I have absolutely no idea what the hell all that was.  But apparently it's epic and now comes with more brighter.

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Edited By louis0nfire

SOOO epic!

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oh wow, this was an amazing trailer. 

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Holy crap amazing!

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This trailer is so awesome omg. Too bad it's prolly stuff not happening for awhile. I'll prolly sub and check this game out some more when I have more time to play it next year.