keenandgraev.com - 10/19/2009
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Keen at level 26
I’ve been really pushing my Aion play-time the past few days. There hasn’t been a lot of time for me to really dig my heels in and enjoy the game in long bursts because of busy school schedules and RL friends. Luckily both of those things have subsided and my ...
na.aiononline.com - 10/24/2009
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na.aiononline.com —
It’s been a month now since Aion opened
its doors to players in North America and Europe...
. In that month, the growth of the game's community has signaled Aion' s success. We've received an amazing amount of feedback, both positive and negative. We'd ...
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October Aion Community Address
tobolds.blogspot.com - 10/23/2009
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tobolds.blogspot.com —
Muckbeast definitely hates Bill Roper . While I
can't say who is responsible, I must say the...
stats and abilities of Champions Online confuse me, and seeing that a respec costs $12.50 from the Champion Online item shop makes me think that this might be ...
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Honeymoon over already?
syncaine.wordpress.com - 10/21/2009
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syncaine.wordpress.com —
The MMO genre has many unique aspects that
separate it from other gaming genres, with perhaps the...
ability of fans to shape future content being among the greatest. Everyone has at least some idea of their perfect game, and while no game will ever ...
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What buying Aion says about you
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Amazing Aion?
Life in Azeroth —
Go read about Keen's Amazing Aion experience and let me know if you think he really is enjoying Aion. I'll wait. Okay no I won't, after reading it I'm thinking the title shouldn't include the adjective Amazing. Comments have their meanings changed when they are taken out of context, would you think Keen is enjoying himself if you read this: **Levels 22-25 aka “Hell levels” **I won’t lie to you… these really were hell levels. Exp seemed to crawl and there weren’t enough quests available to me. I was dragging my feet and resisting something I had ...
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