Aion Online = WoW Killer?

[twavisdegwet]

the simple fact of the matter is. that you could have an mmo which could beat wow in every shape and form. but regardless of how good the game is people can't leave WoW because of the community.

[yodawg]

Me and lots of my friends are going to try it out, if it lives up to its name then yeah a lot of people are going to be switching to it, but then again what are the odds it'll be as good as the hype.

[[Ban Hammer]]

I'm not sure if it will ever beat wow and take the title as "The most played MMORPG ever", but let's see what time brings.

Hopefully it will be a nice game and i'm definately gonna start.

[Piemano]

Yep, I played the Chinese Open Beta, and I've played the two EU CB events as well, I am absolutely sure this game will be my next big thing (WoW was my previous). While I had a great time in Warhammer Online, it just couldn't catch me and now the only way I'll play it is with the hackpack, else it won't hold my attention the way WoW did, and the way Aion now does.

It really is a refreshing great new game. WoW-killer? I don't know, but it definitely holds up to the high standard WoW has made.

[Dombo]

There are a lot of games of which they said it were "wow killers", same goes for the iPhone. But none will ever replace it/be so good/be better.

[Viter]

I've played Aion.
I've played WoW.


Aion is a better game than WoW, but it won't kill WoW because WoW already has 13 million kids who don't want to leave the game behind after all of their "hard work" to make their character "strong", and it has 3 more million people who are bored to death of WoW and are looking for a better game - Aion.


Aion IS a better game than WoW, but it wont steal its subscriptions.

You can't say it's a better game
If it really is a better game people are ready to leave wow and play Aion.
This is going to be just like WAR and AoC

[Maltern]

We'll see when it's released. I am really looking forward to see the game in action.

[swolbyn]

Having played both Chinese open beta and US closed betas, I can honestly say that WoW has some competition now.

Will it kill wow? I doubt it. Blizzard will be solely responsible for that. They stated they wont be making any more expansions (i think they said 1 more) then wow will die off slowly. (Unlike everquest that STILL is releasing expansions, like 10+)

Will it steal a lot of wow customers? Yes, it will. Me, my girlfriend some of her co-workers and many of his friends have all stopped playing wow to try out closed beta and have no desire to even log into wow anymore. We are all patiently awaiting the US release. It's that good.

Few of the strong points:
1. No bugs. It's been out in korea for roughly a year. The major bugs and kinks have already been ironed out. US beta is mostly to test quest translations and other localization related stuff.
2. Gameplay is largely quest driven and does not feel like a grind at all. It's just fun.
3. Gameplay seems pretty balanced from what i've seen so far. I have played a number of different classes.
4. You get wings at lvl 10 when you choose your advanced class. It's early on and they are quite fun.
5. You can start socketing "mana stones" into your gear from lvl 1. You will find mana stones off all creatures randomly. They give all manner of bonus from +crit to +hp str etc
6. Flightpaths are super fast (make wow's look slow as freakin dirt). Also there are teleport npcs which are instant travel.
7. Graphics are superb. Cranked up to maximum they still run silky smooth and I do not have a super computer.
8. In addition to socketing you can also "extract" materials from gear you cant wear or don't want (think disenchanting from wow) and then "enchant" your wearable gear using the material you got from them to add +1 +2 etc to your current gear to increase effectiveness. stacks up to 10 i think
9. Bandaging (way for tanks rogues etc to heal) rocks. especially early on.
10. Stable game, stable servers.

They could honestly release it today and there would be very minimal complains because it is so polished.

Pre-order from gamestop if you want access to next closed beta. It happens this coming weekend.

[Cancerpuffs]

Remember how great people thought spore was going to be? Well anyways, this MAY hurt Blizzard a little bit in USA and Europe, but as far other countries no way. WoW takes very low comp specs to run, which is very important to a lot of people. As for people saying WoW is getting boring, no duh... When you play a game long enough it gets boring just like all games. People aren't going to quit WoW permanently for Aion, they will get bored of Aion and switch off. Games always seem awesome when you first play them. I just read above post, sounds like a easy version of WoW. Saying there is no bugs before its public release... Aion will seem a lot better because it's new, and people get bored of something they played for a long time and move on to next new thing.

[UNREST]

I want the trial, because i want to try it before i preorder it, but i cant find anything about it on the official website, so what do i do? is the "trial" just like beta, and it is over?

Also, DO NOT tell anyone it will be a wow killer. I personally loved WAR when it was in beta, but people talked of how it was SO much better than wow, and kinda raised people's expectations too high.

also, 1 last thing, if Apoc is going to play does that mean that we can have a mmowned server? please, because i don't think that my friends will leave wow, and i don't want to be alone.

[Sonic Waffle]

WoW will only die when Blizzard kills it. "Graphics and Gamers are no obstical to World of Warcraft". But I bet alot of players will go over to Aion, but this will just end up like AoC.

[UNREST]

ahhhhh! got it installed, but cant understand asian languages 0_o help? how did everyone play it fine? i can guess what stuff is, but now it is telling me to fill out username and password, but i want to do the trial and i am confused :s

ok, this is retarded, i have it installed now, but i have no idea what to do, it told me to pick something when i first ran it, but i couldn't copy it for google translator, so i just picked a random one( at first i thought it was language, but they all looked Chinese to me) i clicked on what would normaly be a play button and it is downloading something, a patch i guess, but i have NO idea what to do. please, i want to play, but it is like feeling around in the dark.

[The-General]

IMO both games suck.

[Vaqxine1]

but this will just end up like AoC.

You really can't compare Aion and AoC. For starters, AoC was completely rushed. It was released with hundreds of bugs, unbalances and miscellanious problems that should've been tackled easily in the Alpha stages. Aion is going through thorough testing and has already been released in Korea, so that won't be a problem for them. I believe 3.5 million users have signed up for China's beta testing of Aion, which is already a huge portion of WoW's overall subscription base.

I've been playing Aion beta and so has my friend, I honestly couldn't ask for much else. I know most games are fun when you start them, but this seems to have a lot more to do than WoW and a lot more to keep you entertained. Not only do you have the amazing hierarchy of abilities and a great system for gear and enchant-like features, you have the stunning graphics in spells, attacks and the environment along with some great lore.

WoW definitely has competition, there's no doubt about it. I don't know if it will ever beat the subscription count but it will certainly be a huge blow to Blizzard if NCSoft continue with the way they are taking Aion. 2 months to the official release, right? Let's see how it goes...

[Kein]

You really can't compare Aion and AoC. For starters, AoC was completely rushed. It was released with hundreds of bugs, unbalances and miscellanious problems that should've been tackled easily in the Alpha stages. Aion is going through thorough testing and has already been released in Korea, so that won't be a problem for them. I believe 3.5 million users have signed up for China's beta testing of Aion, which is already a huge portion of WoW's overall subscription base.

I've been playing Aion beta and so has my friend, I honestly couldn't ask for much else. I know most games are fun when you start them, but this seems to have a lot more to do than WoW and a lot more to keep you entertained. Not only do you have the amazing hierarchy of abilities and a great system for gear and enchant-like features, you have the stunning graphics in spells, attacks and the environment along with some great lore.

WoW definitely has competition, there's no doubt about it. I don't know if it will ever beat the subscription count but it will certainly be a huge blow to Blizzard if NCSoft continue with the way they are taking Aion. 2 months to the official release, right? Let's see how it goes...

Second that.