Aion Online = WoW Killer?

[wig44]

From my beta testing I found:

Retarded flying mechanic. Completely and utterly retarded. No point in even using it when it's ready.

Killing mobs takes ages, It looks nice but WoW is slowly but surely being made prettier, remade zones with nicer graphics and the new look for water in cataclysm means this isn't going to knock WoW off it's throne.

[mazing]

BS... Wow lost MILLIONS of subscribers due to wrath >.< last I saw it had 11 million players world wide - PLAYERS - so could be private as thats the sort of thing blizz would do tbh...
and this game looks good, but wow cannot die.

We've helped create a monster....
And it's going to slowly kill us all...

DUN DUN DUNNNN!

I agree, wow is slowly killing the world

[abrawlica]

uhhh sorrry ..full story below

[abrawlica]

First of all the fact this game is even hitting 1 million players in BETA is fraking insane no MMO has even come close to those numbers EVER since the dawn and birth of WoW , Secondly WoW has killed off any hope of making a decent storline because they have released the fabled lich king too early in the games evolution .... somethinng like that is usually reserved ofr FINAL expansion.. and really have you seen the new cataclysim expansion... its a sad attempt to keep wow players interested honestly...I think Aion provides enough familiarity to gain a lot of fan base.. but not too much to be called a WoW clone or some shit... and the fact.... that WoW has lost over 5 million players because of a lawsuit with the9 and the chinese are keeping those servers offline.. untill the courts can proceed.. honestly what do you think all those chinese players are gonna do... wait for wow to go online... Hell no they are gonna look for something new and Aion being released for about a year in china i have a strong feeling they are gonna be playing Aion..

Aion also provides a challenge to the gameplay.. it actually takes skill to play this game.. not gear...

According to information from Shanghai's court website, Chinese online game operator The9 is targeting the American game developer Blizzard Entertainment in two lawsuits which involve property loss compensation and commercial defamation, respectively.

While the court's website at Hshfy.sh.cn shows the cases will soon be heard, and a representative from The9 has confirmed the news to local media, the representative also states the company does not allow further commenting on this issue.

Public information shows that the property loss compensation lawsuit has been accepted by Shanghai Pudong People's Court and will be heard at 13:45 on June 18, 2009. The commercial defamation lawsuit has been accepted by Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court and will be heard at 14:00 on July 18, 2009.

In April this year, Blizzard Entertainment announced that it would not renew its operating contract on the World of Warcraft game with The9. Instead, the company is planning to cooperate with another Chinese online game operator, NetEase.com. Because the revenue from World of Warcraft accounts for a major part of The9's total revenue, the termination of cooperation between Blizzard Entertainment and The9 will potentially bring a great negative impact to The9.

enuff said

[Link_77]

yah sure they re not going to wait but some will back to wow or will manage both games for sure

[The Maffyx]

yah sure they re not going to wait but some will back to wow or will manage both games for sure

Unless Blizzard decides to let them manage WoW again, they can't go back because the servers are still down...

[Iraq]

From my beta testing I found:

Retarded flying mechanic. Completely and utterly retarded. No point in even using it when it's ready.

Killing mobs takes ages, It looks nice but WoW is slowly but surely being made prettier, remade zones with nicer graphics and the new look for water in cataclysm means this isn't going to knock WoW off it's throne.

zone remakes and water reflections is what your holding onto?

hf playing the same shit you've been playing for years with those pretty water reflections.

[wig44]

zone remakes and water reflections is what your holding onto?

hf playing the same shit you've been playing for years with those pretty water reflections.

I was referring to the fact that the gap in graphics is being closed? Aion is a pile of shit in my opinion. It just looks decent.

[Iraq]

I was referring to the fact that the gap in graphics is being closed? Aion is a pile of shit in my opinion. It just looks decent.

what gap in graphics is being closed? WoW is nowhere near the graphics level of Aion and never will be. Aion is built on the crytek engine, one of the most graphically advanced platforms known to man at this point.

it would be a joke if you were even hinting at a comparison.

[Gawdlaw]

AION SUX!! oWno i'm lied!! D: Aion is Uberzz!
I want my special pre order hat ! Can't wait for the launch.

[Link_77]

what gap in graphics is being closed? WoW is nowhere near the graphics level of Aion and never will be. Aion is built on the crytek engine, one of the most graphically advanced platforms known to man at this point.

it would be a joke if you were even hinting at a comparison.

who cares about graphics? I love wow graphics, why? are like W3 ones!!! thats why i started t play! i dont like the realysm of some games, are great ye but to play 10h? no way

[The Maffyx]

who cares about graphics? I love wow graphics, why? are like W3 ones!!! thats why i started t play! i dont like the realysm of some games, are great ye but to play 10h? no way

I care about graphics, I want to be able to use the maximum performance of my computer instead of playing a budget PC game that I've been playing for years anyways. I want shit to look cool, so I"m gonna get a game that makes shit look cool. WoW never offered anything like that so I'm not going to even bother with Cataclysm.

[Gawdlaw]

So... Who's going to play within a few hours from now? You can find me in the server Gorgos =)! I'm the good guy lol.

[The Maffyx]

So... Who's going to play within a few hours from now? You can find me in the server Gorgos =)! I'm the good guy lol.

Gonna be on Marchutan myself, trying to upgrade to collectors edition but the site won't load.

[dep.ARTed]

I don't thing Aion kills WoW, because many people don't like this asia look.
So I think it will be better then WAR and Lord of the Rings Online or Age of Conan, but it don't get better then World of Warcraft...