By Jim Rossignol on May 27th, 2009 at 1:00 pm.
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Purdy-lookin’ forthcoming Korean MMO Aion – the one where flying plays a big role – is having a special European beta event on the 5th to 7th of June.The event will allow participants to play through the first twenty levels as an Elyos. To celebrate this, and, presumably to populate them servers, NCSoft are giving away a whole bunch of keys. Want one? Then all you need to do is email us. All gone, sorry!
Aion’s most recent outburst of prettiness is posted ‘neath the click, and it also happens to be the zone which will feature in the event.
27/05/2009 at 13:09 Meat Circus says:
A drab Korean level grind with wings is still a drab Korean level grind.
27/05/2009 at 13:17 Jim Rossignol says:
Doesn’t look drab to me. The grind, however, is another matter.
27/05/2009 at 13:18 Tei says:
AION is suposedly a no-grind Korean mmo*. Is awesometastic popular in Korea, and has been this long (suposedly) to re-localize it for we, the westerners. Reports are that it play almost exactly like a WoW game. This is good news, because these type of games are always fun (like a classic RTS, maybe). So we have here quality + production values. I unknom how popular will be here in europe & usa. Since there are wildly popular games that fall behind the radar. Uh… our radar for all MMO thingies is really bad, and we need things like XFire to even detect massive phenomenom, and XFire is a poor detector, so there can be giganteous phenomeno on the net, totally invisible, something like Club Penguin, etc..
I forget, It seems AION will be a full P2P.
*: I can’t disagree, I have not played it.
27/05/2009 at 13:18 Jemre says:
All their zones remind me a lot of guild wars, not surprising since NCSoft makes both of them. pity I’m not in Europe, I’d pick this up…
Oh, I wonder how large the download would be – doesn’t this use the Crysis engine, or a variation of it? so a large client download?
27/05/2009 at 13:24 Gasteropod says:
@Jemre
Well, I downloaded the Chinese trial and it was 7.8 GB. I couldn’t get it to work though, there were supposed to be some large patches too.
OT: Where can I register an account for RPShotgun ? Can’t find the button. Oh, Twitter, nvm.
27/05/2009 at 13:27 Meat Circus says:
I meant the drabness of grind, Jim. As in characterised by dullness and monotony.
I agree that it looks teh shinies.
27/05/2009 at 13:34 Ziv says:
is israel europe?
27/05/2009 at 13:39 CakeAddict says:
@ Meat Circus
But don’t you have that with every MMORPG?
While I like some of the designs in this game the area’s look rather empty to me.
And what’s with the flying in MMO’s these days? It seems every game has it lately and several where it’s a ‘big role’ which in my experience often isn’t.. meh whatever.
27/05/2009 at 13:53 Danny says:
Still worth a try even if it’s a terrible grind – considering it’s free.
27/05/2009 at 13:56 Kits says:
The grind isn’t as bad as you’d expect from an mmo originating in Korea. I only got to play up to 20ish, but its more along the lines of WoW, where your levelling is quest based, and they’re really well written. Give it a try, it might surprise you.
27/05/2009 at 14:14 MonktonGaz says:
I’d like to try it, but I’ll not put too much store in how the beta runs. I still remember the 10 minute wait to loot a corpse in beta wow. Strangely enough, with fond memories. Ah, I had friends then, and the wine flowed as we waited…
27/05/2009 at 14:22 egg says:
Hmm. It’s not nearly as grindy as Lineage 2, which is good news.
I played it and found it fun. But it was just a week. And it was the Chinese open beta. And I don’t speak chinese. But yeah, it was fun.
27/05/2009 at 14:36 cm7 says:
Friend of mine here sais its not so grindy
27/05/2009 at 14:41 Excalibur says:
All of the European sites look amazing, and the U.S. site looks like shit. This makes no sense.
27/05/2009 at 15:32 Aki says:
Aion have a lot of quest, you can level with out grind. First try the game, and then talk.
27/05/2009 at 16:00 Hajimete no Paso Kon says:
If I register a Euro account, I’m cool to use the key right?
27/05/2009 at 16:13 yawn says:
If you are pissed at war, this is the game for you
27/05/2009 at 16:21 Tei says:
@yawn: you means, like the people pissed because theres not a playable skaven side? does AION have a skaven’s race?
27/05/2009 at 16:29 Gorgeras says:
Quests inevitably are grinds, Mr Aki. They just make a half-arsed effort to disguise it.
An MMO without grinds would require there to be no levelling and acquisition determined by competition and limited by in-game assets decaying and regenerating on a cycle. EVE makes an attempt, but inserts a lot of time-sinks that defeat the point.
Before World of Warcraft, I thought it would borrow some of the best ideas of the Warcraft games: you could capture mines and then NPCs mined them and you got a share. They do the grinding for you while you’re off doing something interesting. That was back when it almost appears like an Alliance VS Horde mash-up. Then they ruined it and forever stuck it on the same path as Everquest.
27/05/2009 at 16:50 Lobotomist says:
I will give it a try (if i get into beta)
But basically its the same old thing in the new package.
As a long time MMO player. I simply have no more wish for this.
Its like if every shooter would be carbon copy of Duke Nukem
27/05/2009 at 17:50 Zyrusticae says:
@Lobotomist
Y’know… that doesn’t sound so bad. Assuming by “carbon copy” you mean in the mechanics and not so much the world/story/lore/etc.
In all seriousness, while mechanically the game is little different from what’s gone before, they basically took the core MMO paradigm and polished the hell out of it. If you liked MMOs of old but found their primitiveness, bugginess, or simple lack of production values off-putting, Aion is for you.
The whole “beta” thing has been corrupted, really. It’s as much of a “beta” as Dawn of War II’s multiplayer “beta” – functionally complete, but somewhat unbalanced.
I must say, though – the writing surprised me. I didn’t expect such quality. That’s on top of the pretty graphics and the unique world – look up in the sky the first time you log in, tell me it doesn’t take your breath away…
27/05/2009 at 17:59 asskicker says:
All I have to do is send an e-mail right? Does it need any content?
27/05/2009 at 18:12 graham says:
Is Devon europe?
27/05/2009 at 18:32 Serondal says:
I’ve never seen a Korean grind without wings. They may not actually let you fly but they’re always there as a high level (and sometimes not to high level) reward to make your character more wingery. I’m not saying anything about this game directly since I’ve not played it but I don’t expect much. WoW is grindy and if this is like wow then this is Grindy so . . . MMorpgs in general are grindy. Even UO a game without levels where most of the items can be created by players is still grindy, grind your skills doing the same thing over and over again. Life in and of itself is grindy. Pratice makes perfect is just grinding ;P
27/05/2009 at 18:35 Flappybat says:
It’s a good idea to put some content in an email or they may get filtered by spam checkers.
27/05/2009 at 18:36 phuzz says:
@graham: Yes, Cornwall on the other hand…
27/05/2009 at 19:00 LionsPhil says:
There’s something about that music that immediately makes me want to play Civ4. Even though the accompanying visuals are far more Myst.
27/05/2009 at 19:38 Golden says:
@phuzz
Agreed
27/05/2009 at 20:26 undead dolphin hacker says:
Environment can do wonders for covering up a grind. Case in point: any western MMORPG.
27/05/2009 at 20:29 Hroudwolf says:
Nice Idea good work, Jim
27/05/2009 at 20:36 Some Guy says:
been looking at this, like the armour at the top, would it actualy stop anything?
27/05/2009 at 20:48 Serondal says:
It would stop you from seeing her TOTALLY nude but that is about it. Her stomach is totally uncovered and so are her wings which make up like 50 % of her body :P I wouldn’t mind seeing an mmorpg where locational armor and location damage so if they hit her in her stomach it would be like she’s not wearing armor at all.
27/05/2009 at 21:16 Jockie says:
Hrm, would my email have been spamguarded if i haven’t received a reply by now, or has flappybat just got me paranoid?
27/05/2009 at 21:28 Archael says:
I have played Aion for quite a bit and after playing WoW for more then 5 years its most refreshing and I am loving it! To get two things out of the way that Ive seen mentioned here…grind? well no it has quests…lots and lots of quests. Currently the chinese retail is several versions of the game behind so its missing a lot of content. The Korean version however which is the most up to date has a LOT more quests, more content etc. so no “grind” which means mindless mob killing but quests to do everywhere. Also I saw something mentioned about the wings..those wings arent for show…you’ll use them..a lot..areal combat anyone?!
27/05/2009 at 21:30 Nick says:
What do the quests involve? Is it killing x number of mobs?
27/05/2009 at 21:31 Archael says:
Pretty much the same as WoW with variety between them.
But your in a different game, different world so you’ll experience will be different…Im loving the game ;)
You will also interact with the world much much more then WoW for example (its the MMO every other is compared against)
27/05/2009 at 22:11 undead dolphin hacker says:
The idea of “quests” being anything more than “bonus points for stopping by a city and reading our crappy writing before killing x of monster y” evaporated with thottbot.
World of Warcraft tried to include some things other than kill ten rats at release, but it was immediately evident when the most popular mod was something that made quest text instant so you could skip it and a scrolling list of grossly simplified quest objectives on the right of your HUD, Blizzard figured out that the vast majority of people just don’t care.
Eventually the most popular mod became Quest Helper, which pointed you exactly where you needed to go and even calculated travel times and drew lines for optimal quest grinding.
I’m excited to try Aion. I yearn for the old Everquest design of building a world first and fitting a game in second as opposed to building a game first and fitting a world around it later. The former comes off as an imperfect but engrossing experience, the second comes off as Skinner’s boxes in a themepark.
27/05/2009 at 22:42 Gerdskies says:
I hope Australia isnt left out in anyway, or has to wait anylonger than the EU or USA.
I dont mind grinding a pack of mobs when a quest/reward is involved, as long as im making EXP, Moneys, Items and progress im content. Thats what an MMORPG is all about.
27/05/2009 at 22:54 Knqui says:
Any word on if this is over? >.<
27/05/2009 at 23:33 Flappybat says:
undead dolphin hacker I disagree on the basis that even the best quests in wow are no more than “go to X” and/or “pickup X.” Compare to any full RPG and it’s laughable.
WoW’s only improvement for quests has been in set dressing. Yes I did play Lich King the full way through and while the quests and zones are much better they are still just very simple tick the boxes affairs.
27/05/2009 at 23:48 DigitalSignalX says:
“the one where flying plays a big role” – You’re hilarious, in a possibly think it’s true but it’s not ironical way.
27/05/2009 at 23:49 Serondal says:
I’m having trouble seeing where you disagree with undead dolphin hacker there Flappybat, looks like you’re both saying the same thing.
quests in most RPGs are roughly the same thing. You have to go to X and kill Y then go back to Z and tell him you killed Y at X location so you can get a new quest to go save N from M and then come back to Z with N.
I see little difference between a quest to kill a boss in Never Winter Nights versus a quest to kill a Boss in Wow other than, after the quest in WoW is over the game is not. The key is the story, and if you don’t read the story in WoW why read the story in any other RPG ?
Oblivion was the same way, made it even easier by giving you a big pointer telling you where to go exactly and at some points you can even fast travel directly to your objective.
At least D&D online had some puzzle elements built into it and the quests themselves gave you exp not the actually killing per say (Though you did get bonsues for it)
28/05/2009 at 00:04 undead dolphin hacker says:
Oh I think WoW’s quests sucked overall. Even the “best” ones. Everquest’s quests were closer to PnP RPGs by far. Google Everquest’s Fiery Avenger quest for one of the best examples. Of course, you have to remember in the days of EQ that many people were on dial-up modems and alt-tabbing or running windowed was suicide thanks to brand new 3D Accelerator cards and Windows 95/98/Me. Checking Allakhazam (EQ’s thottbot) in the middle of a play session was very impractical. And further, Allakhazam was run entirely by player submissions and discussion. EQ didn’t have a quest journal, and EQ quest givers didn’t have exclamation marks over their heads.
That all being said, name one “quest” in the history of any game ever that isn’t essentially “go to X” and/or “pickup X” and/or “kill x, n times.”
All other “quests” in video games derive from these building blocks. They’re the nucleotides of every game objective.
What I’m saying is, I don’t understand what you want. Do you want more occulsion, more barriers in front of finding easy quest spoilers, ala Everquest? Do you want more narrative and filler text to better hide the fact you’re going to point A to pick up item B which you will use to kill monster C, ala Wrath of the Lich King?
28/05/2009 at 00:19 Shinjo says:
Lets hope its still going on^^
28/05/2009 at 00:19 Serondal says:
Most of the quests in everquest were kill 4 black wolves or even worse kill black wolf until you get 4 ruin wolf pelts and bring them back to me ;P Or kill X monster that only spawns once every week and 10 other guilds are waiting for him too and they’ve been waiting longer. I hardly ever saw any text in ever quests . . . quests. The thing I loved the most about EQ is that you had to work together with other people to do anything ,even the best “soloing” class didn’t solo very well unless the character was very pimped out and the player was highly skilled. That created it’s own story line that was not tied into anything in the game. you were creating your own adventures with your friends. The story of 5 dudes attacking an orc camp. And normally if you found a good group you would continue to get back together with them since you leveled up so slowly they weren’t likely to out level you so badly you couldn’t play with them any more, unlike wow where you could get to the max level very quickly and the peopel you played with one day were gone the next or didn’t play enough to keep up with you!
I enjoyed WoW don get me wrong, but I enjoyed EQ and lot more and UO the most of all. LotR Online is pretty good as well.
28/05/2009 at 01:52 Ickorus says:
Ive been following this game for years, cant wait for the EU release and i hope to get a beta key cause if i dont i will be rather sad.
28/05/2009 at 03:37 Zyrusticae says:
I just wanted to mention (and I’m completely avoiding the conversation about obvious MMO tropes for obvious reasons) that Aion does have some very difficult content for people who want to team, and a number of quests that require people to team to fight through said massively difficult content. It’s actually immensely entertaining, though it highlights one of my pet peeves of all fantasy MMOs – you need a healer. Either that or you need two tanks and an absurd amount of DPS with someone to put adds to sleep.
Granted, I haven’t tried the group content with more than four people thus far, so it’s probably a lot easier if you have a full group. Regardless, I find it quite refreshing from the ease of cutting a swathe through all the solo content, as it requires your undivided attention and for you to work with your teammates, and that is good.
28/05/2009 at 06:53 Wulf says:
@undead dolphin hacker
Incorrect!
There are quests in Free Realms which are timed races, in which you have to run around a track in a set amount of time, there are quests to play mini-games, and quests to chase down NPCs which are running around. None of which really fit into that formula, and there are so many other kinds of quests too which just defy the very idea that an MMORPG has to be about that.
[And now more in general...]
That’s why I love Free Realms though, and why it’s one of my all time favourite MMORPGs. Whilst it’s true that there’s a sort of grind in every MMORPG, that’s true of everything, but the factor we should concern ourselves with is if the objective is fun, or whether it’s joblike.
The grinding in almost every MMORPG (especially World of Warcraft) is very joblike, when I think of “grinding”, I think of this, because other scenarios are so fun that the present grinding isn’t noticeable, it’s a scenario in which a task becomes like a real World job is where grinding is really… well, grinding.
If the task is fun, and the amount of time one expends on a task is reasonable, then the grinding element of it is negligible. Look at TF2 for example, playing TF2 matches just for the sake of having fun is grand, but the moment people start focusing on achievements, it becomes joblike and that takes an amount of fun out of it, not just for them but for people around them.
So what we must seek is an environment in which all tasks possess a high quotient of fun and a low quotient of time required to master them, and to do this whilst still keeping them fun over time if the player chooses to keep at those tasks even when it isn’t necessary anymore.
Playing TF2 just for the joy of it, to have fun, is a good example of this. As is Free Realms. I love the quests in Free Realms, and I love doing things like mining and such in that game, too. It’s a game aimed at kids, but it’s a perfect example of how to create an entertaining game for adults; don’t encourage a 9-to-5 job mentality as a critical aspect of your game.
PROTIP: Life is too short to be wasting it on dull, human resources-borne activities unless someone is paying you to do so, and under no circumstances should you be doing that if you’re paying someone else fo the opportunity.
If you’re going to do that, then you might as well pay for the opportunity to be an accountant or a pizza delivery boy.
If Aion ends up feeling largely like a 9-to-5 then it fails and falls flat, if Aion can be consistently fun without needing to feel that way then it succeeds. It’s as simple as that.
28/05/2009 at 08:10 Lobotomist says:
Sorry to interrupt this good discussion. But did anyone get their key mailed? I just wonder because i never got any response from entering any RPS contest…
Am I doing something wrong ?
28/05/2009 at 08:29 Orgun says:
I think it’s a matter of them picking at random, I’m not sure or they just give key’s to frist 200
28/05/2009 at 09:48 Lanithro says:
Damn I Really want to get into beta!!!!
PLz send me one!!!!
28/05/2009 at 10:39 danielcardigan says:
Wulf I like a lot of what you said in your last comment but don’t altogether agree. Some people do jigsaw puzzles and get satisfaction from that but it’s not particularly exciting. In much the same way some people like grinding XP and I’m sure it instils the same zen like state of relaxation, with brief highs, in them that jigsaw solving offers for jigsaw fans.
The guy who goes base-jumping at the weekend is just going to look at you playing TF2 and wonder why you’re wasting your time doing that when you could be having REAL fun.
People are different and have different levels of excitement required. Trying to differentiate amongst what’s worthwhile and what isn’t, is not going to be decided by a theory, it’ll be decided by how people ultimately choose to spend their time.
28/05/2009 at 11:28 lookingforjob says:
It’s funny, how everyone criticizes WoW for grind, and at the same time forget that it’s most successful mmo out there :-)
28/05/2009 at 11:43 Tei says:
@lookingforjob: Is because popularity != quality. WoW has both, but I digress….
28/05/2009 at 14:02 thorak says:
Aion will rock
28/05/2009 at 16:36 kindred says:
People really criticize WoW grind??? o_O Think they should go play Lineage2…
I keep hearing Aion is inbetween WoW and Lineage2 anyway.
28/05/2009 at 18:30 undead dolphin hacker says:
Wulf man, how are races not essentially “go to x?” How are “find wandering NPCs” not “go to x?”
I said those components were nucleotides of video game objectives. Like the real thing, it typically takes some combination of these building blocks to make a quest or objective.
Don’t mistake what I’m saying for “gameplay.” Gameplay is much more varied. We’re essentially talking about stories, or purposes for playing the game.
Oh please. You’re playing a video game. Stop wasting your life in a dark room clicking at boxes on a screen. Life is too short to do anything but take part in visceral, Bacchanalic orgies.
See, I can be a reductionist prick too.
Also, you’re using TF2 as an example of non-repetitive gameplay. Which is hilarious. Over half the servers only run 2fort, and all the other official maps are essentially tunnels from point A to point B. TF2 is by far one of the most boring, repetitive, disappointing, grindy multiplayer games I’ve ever had the displeasure of actually spending time with. WoW has more gameplay variety than TF2.
28/05/2009 at 18:37 Serondal says:
Well of course WoW has more gameplay than TF2 other wise people wouldn’t keep paying for it. You only pay for Tf2 once and then play it as much as you can stomach ;) Any team vs team game on small maps is going to be repetivie. IF you enjoy that activity then you’ll enjoy the game if you don’t, you’ll find it boring. Personally I can only take so much TF 2 before I gotta quit and go play something with a bit more depth, but it is still fun in small dosses.
28/05/2009 at 19:08 Zetsubou says:
Eltnen aren’t the area that will be the main place in the beta if it’s the slightest as the china/korean, as Eltnen is lvl20+ area, while the beta is 1-20, meaning they will be in Poeta(1-9) and Verteron(10-20).
28/05/2009 at 20:29 Bri says:
This game looks very fun! I want to try something new other than WoW and FFXI. I’ve been playing both of these for 3 years now and I really want something new and exciting!
28/05/2009 at 21:59 Finn says:
Just out of curiosity, after mailing, when do we get the key?
28/05/2009 at 22:11 Crescent says:
As this post isn’t closed yet, does that mean there’s still beta keys left for picks? In that case it’s taking suprisingly long to distribute them all. I hope it’s not some sort of random-pick from loads of emailers..
Like Finn asked above, when do the keys get posted? I’m getting anxious waiting and being uncertain if I got chosen or not :<
29/05/2009 at 15:26 Lobotomist says:
Did anyone get key mailed ?
Just asking ? Since i sent mail two days ago and didnt get no key
29/05/2009 at 19:46 Christina says:
Just sent an email,hope i will have it soon since im a lady :p
29/05/2009 at 20:00 Ecks says:
i’ve emailed too.. i sure hope i get it.
29/05/2009 at 20:14 SLiDEnl says:
Ohh I’ve been wetting my pants over this game for ages now.
Would love to get in beta o/ \o
29/05/2009 at 21:38 Crescent says:
This game’s driving me crazy, I detest monthly pay but this game looks so awesome I can hardly hold myself. I’ve changed my mind about buying this game so many times already, I can’t seem to be able to make a conclusion. If I get my chance to try the weekend beta, I might finally be able to decide for good.
29/05/2009 at 23:37 mrD says:
people that say its a grind even before they tried it. your stupid. i tried this game in the chinese beta.
its perfect.
30/05/2009 at 15:54 Yorgal says:
Bonjour je ne parle pas trés bien anglais donc j’espere que tu me comprendra comme mm. donc daprés quelques info c ici quil faut demander la clé beta de aion. donc si possible j’aimerai en avoir une
30/05/2009 at 16:58 Jigoku says:
I’d love to put my hands on this. Never took the chance to play in Chinese ou Corean, like a lot of people did… And now that it’s coming for us, I just… can’t wait anymore :s
31/05/2009 at 00:13 louis says:
Moi aussi je ne parle pas trés bien Anglais, j’espére que c’est ici qu’on peut espéré avoir une clé de béta pour AION, car aprés plein de vidéos j’aimerais vraiment le testé rapidement, Merci ! :D
31/05/2009 at 01:11 SLiDEnl says:
@Crescent
What’s the harm of a monthly fee?
Look at it like just another bill at the end of each month ;)
Personally I’m glad they didn’t opt for the increasingly popular micro-transactions regime.
At least this way you know exactly how much money you’re, “investing”, in a game for every month played.
31/05/2009 at 09:17 Crescent says:
“Just another bill at the end of the month” would be the first ever monthly bill for me, I’m still a student and I don’t have a regular job to give steady income to guarantee I can pay it.
Not that I’m too poor to afford it, but it’s just such a big bother. I prefer it when you only need to pay once for a game and then its yours to play as long as you like.
31/05/2009 at 19:37 sunnyskies says:
hello :) i’m a french player and a play vidéo games about 4 hourse by day . so i think than i’m a good player :) i played of world of warcraft and others mmorpg :)
Can i have a key to test this game ? it will be my next vidéo games with others friends :) i want to see if it’s okay :d
31/05/2009 at 20:21 DarKO says:
Really exciting game, been waiting forever for something like this.
5 years am enjoying FFXI and have yet to find something that addictive, i hope aion will be that one ;)
31/05/2009 at 20:49 Phobie says:
Anything new yet? Just emailed in mine, hope I get it or I will be very sadface :(
31/05/2009 at 21:50 asenia says:
I would love to be able to get a key also! Been watching this for a long time, my dream mmo ;) Any news would be appreciated.
01/06/2009 at 07:39 nazgo says:
I have waited this game so long time that I cant wait for release :E I would love to able get a key :)
I have player Guild Wars for 4 years, and this game looks almost like it
01/06/2009 at 08:51 Ricardo says:
Assuming the post is still open we can still get beta keys?
I’ve mailed, but just want to be sure :)
01/06/2009 at 14:11 Spitfire says:
Will there be a list of winners announced on the site?
01/06/2009 at 14:29 nazgo says:
I hope so
01/06/2009 at 15:16 Alex says:
Emailed a few days ago so hope to get a reply.
Really looking forward to this game after playing Guild Wars for 4 years.
Cant wait!
01/06/2009 at 16:27 ricardo says:
well, if you mail them, according to the post, you are guaranteed to recieve a beta key.
They just give them out to any person that mails them, till they have run out of keys.
01/06/2009 at 16:53 nakki says:
I just mailed, hope I can still get 1
01/06/2009 at 18:42 Morpheus76 says:
i hope…
01/06/2009 at 20:19 asenia says:
@ Ricardo, unfortunately I doubt that will be the case, as this is linked from the “official” AionSource community forums and I know hundreds are trying several sites to increase their chances of getting a key.
In short, I doubt they are really keeping tabs, and haven’t/won’t really close the post at the very moment the keys are all gone.
Which is a shame, Im getting false hopes :p
I wonder when the winners will -actually- recieve their keys?
It doesn’t even say -how- many keys there are here.
01/06/2009 at 21:56 Sheeby says:
Emailed a few days ago so hope to get a reply.
Really looking forward to this game after playing Guild Wars and Wow for 4 years.
Cant wait!
01/06/2009 at 22:11 Crescent says:
I posted my email 2 hours after this article was released, think my chances are pretty high :) I’m lucky I was even able to get on internet that day, was in the middle of nowhere xD and I had no idea about the incoming beta either.
01/06/2009 at 22:21 Kasu says:
HI all ,
I would a key beta euro aion plz , sorry for my english , sux …
02/06/2009 at 01:57 Etherlord says:
Hope there is still key distribution…
Mailed ^_^
02/06/2009 at 09:12 Tjagger says:
Hi
Iwould a key beta euro Aion plzz
Thanks
02/06/2009 at 11:10 babylon says:
if any1 have a spare beta key , pls let me know :)
02/06/2009 at 11:13 Etherlord says:
I wonder if someone has got any key from here… :)
02/06/2009 at 13:36 NeosinneR says:
Lol, I had 22 keys to give away, they ran out within 12 hrs haha. And still got friends who wanna play T_T
Also, the info is wrong about the eurozone players only being able to play. There is only 1 beta. EU/NA both will be using the same region server for beta. Whether you have eu key or na key, it’s the same.
02/06/2009 at 14:13 CheatX says:
Played in the Chinese server.Very interesting. I would like to get a key test for the euro.
02/06/2009 at 15:58 Argepius says:
I really hope i get one aswell :D and since my b-day is on 5 june it would be th perfect gift :D and im getting a new pc aswell :P so cant wait to combine a awesome pc wth a awesome game :D
02/06/2009 at 17:09 Jules says:
I have been dying to get into this since I saw the first Korean video.
02/06/2009 at 22:02 Timo says:
Summer vacation after tough year in work starts June 5th. What else i can i say
02/06/2009 at 22:43 Andre says:
Fantastic initiative, this game looks great. Can’t wait to touch the skies of Atreia !
03/06/2009 at 09:25 Robin says:
so did anybody get a key mailed already or not?
03/06/2009 at 11:05 chiomas says:
i dont think so, i’am waiting too :)
03/06/2009 at 12:18 Dizzyjame says:
Pliz i need Key beta for aion thank you