By Frank on March 3, 2010
Yep, that’s Everest you’re seeing. What other mountain would I have picked for this topic today? Heh.
Anyone who’s played an MMO before knows that there is an end, a top, a pinnacle to be reached that everyone aspires to and works towards. It could take the form of a level cap, the best gear in [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Aion, mmo
By Frank on January 20, 2010
If you’re a player of an NCSoft MMO, you might be feeling a bit nervous lately, because recent concerns and hacks on account security have raised some definite red flags with the distributor. Some of the victims were compromised using the traditional methods of unsafe websites and phishing scams, but others have apparently been found [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Aion, NCsoft
By Frank on November 28, 2009
So in Aion I soldier on, making an effort to get ever so closer to the upper echelons of the grinding ladder. Still, I could never get through this without the entertainment that chat ends up being, so without further ado, here’s what I’ve overheard on chat this week:
Religious education, MMO style:
We love those bots [...]
Posted in Gaming, Overheard On Chat | Tagged Aion, Gaming, Massively multiplayer online game
By Frank on November 24, 2009
There’s a small buzz around the ‘Net, and it revolves around NCSoft East’s 9-minute trailer introducing the expansion for Aion, including a ton of new features such as housing, town sieging, mounts, and more. Here be the trailer for said goodness:
Now, I’ve always advertised that optimism is a good thing, and that we should endeavor [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Aion, Gaming, Massively multiplayer online game
By Frank on November 21, 2009
As someone who typically plays support in MMOs, one thing that I can say with relative certainty is that it takes a little bit being mentally off to be a healer. A blend of masochism, insanity, and laughter is pretty much what makes up any dedicated support class chat, and in Aion, things are no [...]
Posted in Gaming, Overheard On Chat | Tagged Aion, cleric
By Frank on November 18, 2009
Last night my good friend Kristen and I managed to discover what I find most enjoyable about Aion. It isn’t the graphical detail or the simplistic class system or the flight. It isn’t the marked progression of gear and a very active economy system, either. Hell, it isn’t even leveling.
No, the thing that I enjoy [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Aion, Gaming, Massively multiplayer online game
By Frank on October 31, 2009
True to form, my self-proclaimed nemesis strikes again. At Hardcore Casual, Syncaine’s taking what seems to be an almost unhealthy and sadistic delight in the folks that have found recent MMO title Aion not to be their cup of tea and quitting. If you’re not quite sure that’s the right description, here’s the Eminem song [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Aion, Gaming, Massively multiplayer online game
By Frank on October 24, 2009
Ah yes, MMO chat – the best and brighest communication medium in any online game. I’m convinced that were MMO chat applied to other mediums that we would uncover a veritable potpourri of human condition that would be both meaningful and eye-opening. So let’s see what MMO chat has for us this time:
I think perhaps [...]
Posted in Gaming, Overheard On Chat | Tagged Aion, Overheard On Chat
By Frank on October 19, 2009
Ah, nothing like seeing the land run red…with your killers’ names, of course.
PvP in MMOs has mostly been about serious business and competition to the highest degree. Whether it take the form of prepared teams going at it in a sanctioned match or a spontaneous explosion of virtual guts and glory, PvP is equated with [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Aion, Gaming, Massively multiplayer online game
By Frank on October 16, 2009
If there’s one thing that destroys MMO enjoyment, it’s the inevitable hamster wheel, the leveling ladder, the idea of “grinding” – repetitive activity that is needed in order to advance.
There’s a lot of people who dread the MMO grind like they would if a ferocious tiger burst through their window and proceeded to munch on [...]
Posted in Gaming | Tagged Aion, Gaming, Massively multiplayer online game
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