Comments on: They’ve Flown: We Have No Aion Beta Keys

By: DSX

DSX — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:22:49 +0000

I have to admit to RPS, I have exprienced an almost complete reversal of opinion on AION. From a couple weeks in the Chinese beta, I never reached 25, and with the language issues, never really experienced the richness of the title. I am now suitably impressed. The lvl 25 abyss area is stunning in the least, and makes everything you do in the game up to that point almost pale in comparison.

If NCsoft was trying to make a WoW killer – this could very well be it. It certainly has far more potential then many MMO’s I’ve tried in recent memory.

By: undead dolphin hacker

undead dolphin hacker — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:02:34 +0000

It’s a pretty simple process to get a demo — oops, beta — key for any modern MMO:

1.) Pre-order from any site that doesn’t charge you til the game ships (I use gogamer).

2.) Wait til you get your key.

3.) Cancel pre-order.

4.) ???

5.) Play demo and be disappointed yet again!

By: Chobes

Chobes — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:39:32 +0000

For the folks getting crotchety about having to pre-order the game to get into beta, well, I think you may be looking at this a bit skewed. I haven’t finished downloading the client yet but I’m gonna go out on a limb and assume there are plenty enough beta testers around to help iron out the game to playability, which is the intended purpose here. Betas aren’t demo, they’re mass scale crash tests of a game to help get the least broken game out to a public release which people won’t feel cheated for buying. MMOs are starting to take a more friendly approach to trial accounts these days, like WoW removing the need to enter a payment method in order to get access and making you cancel if you don’t want to be charged later. If Aion has a crappy and/or non-existent trial program then it’d seem a lot more reasonable to unleash your sass and vote with your (0) pesos, and in the mean time you can get opinions from the impatient folk who pre-ordered and got their beta access.

That said, you can count on my 2 cents when I get this thing on my hard drive.

By: Kiyo

Kiyo — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:18:16 +0000

Sigh, emailed withing half an hour or so of the artical and no key… I give up on this wild goose chase for beta keys.

This is getting out of control with new games and thier betas, if you plan on getting keys these days you either have to be a friend or relation to a member of the development team to get into F&F phase, or shelling out £150 a month subscribing to every gaming site hoping one of them gets “Open Beta” keys available at some point.

By: malkav11

malkav11 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:11:17 +0000

But then you have to buy an MMO sight unseen. Never, ever do this.

And for the record, I was in the WoW open beta and I never had to pay anyone anything or jump through hoops. As I recall, they just put up a site that passed out keys until they were gone. It was incredibly laggy because of all the traffic and the keys vanished in less than a day. This new “preorder or give the worst-designed supposedly professional site on the internet money” setup is complete crap.

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:02:36 +0000

Aion is out pretty soon anyway so no body is missing much. If you buy the game from NCSoft store you will get a key for the open key and head start anyway.

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:59:31 +0000

if anyone has a spare key my emale is yellowfrogred(at)yahoo.co.uk

plz

By: Finn

Finn — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:56:42 +0000

Gah, I never get any of the freebies that RPS throws around; FASCISTS!

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:54:53 +0000

bugger, yet again i miss out on an aion beta key, they go faster than anything.

By: Chobes

Chobes — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:19:13 +0000

Thanks Mister Rossignol. You’re now officially my favie wavies, which if you’d like I can confirm over speakerphone in front of your most drunk and demeaning pals, and hey, who knows how much dignity I’d be willing to waive for an APB key in the near future. *wink, wink*

By: Robps

Robps — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:25:03 +0000

Got mine too, cheers RPS.

By: Zaphid

Zaphid — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:38:54 +0000

Just got mine key, thanks.