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October Aion Community Address
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 like to reiterate that we've been listening. ...
Aion™ Veteran Rewards Program
na.aiononline.com — The Aion Veteran Rewards program rewards steadfast Aion gamers for their time spent playing Aion. For each... month you have an active account, you are eligible to redeem in-game items, such as weapons, armor, titles, and emotes. Each program reward ... (more) Aion™ Veteran Rewards Program
Honeymoon over already?
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 ... (more) Honeymoon over already?
My Amazing Aion Weekend Brings a Whole New Perspective
My Amazing Aion Weekend Brings a Whole New Perspective
keenandgraev.com — 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.  ... (more) My Amazing Aion Weekend Brings a Whole New Perspective
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One month: Aion October community address
Massively — Aion has officially been out for one full month and NCsoft just released an October community address in response. The notice reads less like a giant pat on the back and more like a checklist of major issues they are working on, which is bound to churn up speculation about how well the title is doing. Oh, we're sure Aion is doing quite well even though we haven't heard the official numbers yet, but developers usually use these opportunities to shout about their accomplishments rather than their shortcomings. The top three issues mentioned in the letter are experience ...

Aion – The Asian Grind. Really?
MMO Gamers — I’ve played a few Asian MMO’s over the years, and I think I understand what is meant by the Asian grind. When I’m given a quest to gather 45 hammers from the Disgruntled Blacksmiths and it’s a random drop, I find spending two or three hours in the same spot killing the same mob to be a grind. Though oddly enough, today’s Asian MMO grind is not very different from 2000’s Western MMO grind, except there were fewer quests back then. I recall my days in Dark Age of Camelot where I would spend my afternoon camped on a hill or in the passageway of a dungeon just killing mobs over and over again for hours. There was no quest to do or item to gather, it was ...

Aion’s Issues
MMORPG Games & MMO News - MMOCrunch — Aion’s Issues This will probably be my last write up regarding Aion.  If you have been following my previous articles, I have detailed my play experience with the game by focusing on the 1-10 experience, 10-25 early Abyss, and the 25 and beyond.  This will be my last word on Aion for the time being because some of the game’s issues have forced most of my guild to step back from the game. Now I am not one to make “I quit” posts typically, but all thing considered, I believe my assessment of the game in previous articles has be pretty fair and objective. ...

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