It has now been a week since I last played Aion, and longer since I last put any thoughts down about it.  Though in that time as I re-read my previous posts and posts of others I felt a few more things rattling around. So I made the decision to let these last few out.
Do note that while the Aion beta was what stirred these thoughts, I believe they also apply to MMOs in general.
Failing
I grasp the idea that without risk, a reward is not appreciated as much or at all. Though when the player is presented no mechanic to influence a success or a failure, the chance of failure simply becomes a time / materials sink.
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Aion part 3
part 1, part 2
I interrupt this normally sane blog with a freakout. You can find my real post after the break.
GAH!
I am not sure how many more missing quest objects and quest people I can take in a single game. The insane mechanic that only one person can interact with a quest object at a time and making everyone else wait for said object to re-spawn, needs to be tossed out design docs everywhere.
I looked around for an object for almost thirty minutes last night, dazed and confused because each time went where it was supposed to be someone else apparently had clicked it and made it vanish. Terrible design. Gah!
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Aion Part 2
part 1
Yesterday I made a quick list of some three hour impressions. Well I did go back last night and played for another four or so hours, and had a pretty good time. Thus now with a total of about eight hours of Aion and leveling my cleric up to level 11, I thought it would be a good time to record a few more impressions.
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Aion Beta
I entered today’s Aion Beta with a lot of ignorance. What I mean is I have not been reading lots of Aion forums, studying web sites or researching items, quests, classes, etc. I came into the game relatively naive, which is an odd thing for me.  I met up with my friend (dlangar) and we made a pair of new Asomdian characters o the Siel Server, he a scout and I a priest, and then we jumped in.
Due to my lack of time right now, I am simply going to bullet point some impressions.
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