The WoW killer

On the wings of life and death – II

Remember our good friend Barack???

So, class, we what have we learnt so far? Well, in almost all aspects of an MMORPG, Aion was F***ING awesome. Yet, we would have to say that it has failed to reach its ultimate goal- to dethrone WoW. Aion has made everything that it could have and should have made…I guess. You don’t even have to pay for mounts- how coo is that? And you can fly!! And you can customize your character to look like anybody!! Yet, Wow reigns supreme, and in my opinion, will continue to reign supreme. So what does Aion lack?

Well, let me just say that flying in Aion is awesome. Moreover, you can get all sorts of wings…

However, you only get to ride the wings for a limited time. And after that, you simply fall. I tried falling in level 2 and boy did I die. The thing in Aion is that you lose Xp when you die- you actually get it reduced. It came as a shock to me because in most games you usually lose gold, but never Xp. Another thing is that you simply can’t fly anywhere you please- there are certain area where you can release your wings. Fighting in Aion is significantly more difficult- not boring- difficult. It is pretty easy to kill or be killed in WoW but not so in Aion. Some people would accept this challenge with open arms. Even with the difficulty increase, the game is in no way less fun than WoW.

WoW is consists of 3 areas in Azeroth and Outland. Aion is basically made up of 2 worlds- Asmodea and Elysea with a the Abyss in between where you can go Rambo in. The battle of both worlds usually takes place in the middle. But one thing is clear- WoW universe is much bigger than the Aion one. What’s more, travel in Aion is pretty hard. Before you get your wings, everything’s in foot. And mind you- mounds don’t come till later. And a lot of time, there is just one way to point B from point A in a quest; unlike WoW where you can freestyle your travel- over bushes or rivers to get to where you want.

What about classes? Well, let’s face it, both games are unbalanced. There is no way a druid or warrior can go up against a death knight or a paladin or a mage that knows how to keep his range in WoW. Same thing goes for Aion- don’t f*** with a sorcerer or a priest- just don’t. WoW has a lot of classes while Aion doesn’t- let’s face it, Aion’s got only 2 races.

The ONE thing that may give Aion away is the support- shitty to say the least. NcSoft should really work into getting the support that blizzard offers instead of just making a game and then wiping their ass with it hoping it’s good enough to make a shitload of cash. A friend of mine got his account taken away- it was “deleted” because Blizzard thought he was selling gold when he was just giving it away to a friend. I thought he was done for but he did manage to get his account back-with a lot of compensation. Small things like this will decide the fate of player loyalty.

The final thing about WoW that makes it stand out so much- it’s been there. The story has been there for a long time and needless to say-the story’s f***ing awesome. The alliance assholes and the horde- their battles and the undead-the two legendary swords and everything- just gives WoW that competitive edge over any MMO that plans to take a stab at the market. WoW is just awesome- plain and simple. The only way in my opinion is to take something that already has a lot of fans and steal the market from WoW. I know there are a lot of Star Wars diehard geeks out there…

Aion is DEFINITELY worth the buy…

but it cannot and will not beat WoW…

SAYS WHO???

says wolverine…and you DON’T wanna mess with wolverine…bub.

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