Gamespy article 07/11/07

[lyankyj]

Gamespy article

"Apparently the team wishes to preserve the "specialness" of flying by only allowing it in certain areas or have the power on a timer with a cooldown period."


Well, twas in my mind too, somehow they need to restrict flying...thought theyve found a way for a completely free flyin((

There's always hope for a change...

[plasma06]

good too know the the people at E3 will see aion and love it and get more publicity for the game

[Mark]

They're completely wrong about the factions. They misspelled the Balaur, and said that they control an entire half of Atriea. Wtf? And they're fighting the Deva? Fools, it's the Asmodians and the Elyos that control halves of the world and are bent on killing one another.

Oh, and quoting that entire paragraph is much better than just quoting that one sentence...

The game isn't all visual beauty, though; the other hook of the game comes from flying. According to the demonstration, players won't be able to fly right away, nor will they be able to fly all the time once their characters acquire wings. Apparently the team wishes to preserve the "specialness" of flying by only allowing it in certain areas or have the power on a timer with a cooldown period. Flying will also be a key element of the game's PvP component. During our demonstration we saw the no man's land between the two halves of the world -- an orange void filled with floating rocks where the two player factions battle each other along with a third race of computer-controlled characters. On release, there will apparently by quite a few triggerable flying skills that do things like allow a player to rocket in the air and yank a flyer down to earth or dive-bomb an unsuspecting ground-walking opponent.

That all sounds good to me. I didn't expect to fly everywhere anyhow. Hope you guys aren't too let down by this. What NCsoft meant by "free flying" was flying in any direction you wanted, not on rails. They never promised us flight anytime anywhere.

It's too bad they didn't get any more info out of NCsoft.

[Infinity2049]

not down at all. the game still looks amazing.
and im mostly about graphics
but its true. if you could fly right away and go everywhere right away, there would be nothing to look forward to.
yet i dont think that designated flying areas would be a good idea. perhaps certain areas that your not allowed to fly?
and a cool down meter sounds logical. everyone gets tired! lol.

bring on the updates!!!

[Sky]

its all good to me! but lack of more info again....

[Yakuzan]

Hmm, guess the E3 didn't have a way better clien than the one before. Not much information in there.

[Deryck]

Originally Posted by Mark

They're completely wrong about the factions. They misspelled the Balaur, and said that they control an entire half of Atriea. Wtf? And they're fighting the Deva? Fools, it's the Asmodians and the Elyos that control halves of the world and are bent on killing one another.

Oh, and quoting that entire paragraph is much better than just quoting that one sentence...


That all sounds good to me. I didn't expect to fly everywhere anyhow. Hope you guys aren't too let down by this. What NCsoft meant by "free flying" was flying in any direction you wanted, not on rails. They never promised us flight anytime anywhere.

It's too bad they didn't get any more info out of NCsoft.

Only thing I'm disappointed by is still no word of us getting a beta or even talks about us seeing one at all. Also they keep giving out concept art drawings, which are beautiful don't get me wrong but I'd rather them take a in-game screenshot of them being in the actual game, just not a damn concept of what it may look like or how it will end up. And I'm glad that they aren't letting you fly around 24/7 all the time, putting a limit on flight will be good either by doing it by certain areas, or having it on a timer/cooldown system

[Ether]

I too didn't expect 100% free flight - there had to be some sort of restriction. But the fact that you still can fly in any direction you want, both horizontally and vertically, remains its awesome level of over 9000.

Lack of info again, so looks like we wait for closed beta :x

[Mark]

I'm feeling your pain, guys. NCsoft has a great product on their hands, but for some reason they feel compelled to keep all the juiciest bits under wraps. This isn't helping them much, it's just making us anxious. :l

[Gemy]

2008? NOOOOOOOOOOOO i thought it would be realease this year...darn

lets hope we'll atleast see some beta action this year

[Deryck]

Originally Posted by Mark

I'm feeling your pain, guys. NCsoft has a great product on their hands, but for some reason they feel compelled to keep all the juiciest bits under wraps. This isn't helping them much, it's just making us anxious. :l

hell, i'd be happy if one of the reps or community coordinator just said "hey you guys sit tight, you will have a closed and open beta, just hang in there" that would make me happy. They don't even have to give us a date or anything just confirm we will have a closed and open beta, and that will make me happy for years and years and years, instead of keeping all of us in the dark and going off of hear-say and rumors.

[Koji]

I'm glad they limited flying. I seem to remember elaborating concerns of it becoming a novelty that fades due to overuse in a thread way back and i'm glad that they were thinking the same as me. This will keep flying to when it is needed and not just a tool to mess about with.

It needed a point and now they have restricted it. People will use it less as a novelty and more when they need to.

[Ayase]

Originally Posted by Deryck

hell, i'd be happy if one of the reps or community coordinator just said "hey you guys sit tight, you will have a closed and open beta, just hang in there" that would make me happy. They don't even have to give us a date or anything just confirm we will have a closed and open beta, and that will make me happy for years and years and years, instead of keeping all of us in the dark and going off of hear-say and rumors.

If you're asking me, with the insight I have in the workings and development of Aion, I would say: "Yes, sit tight. You will have a beta."

As things can always change, however, I can't tell you with 100% certainty that this will happen. But almost. Believe me that it's close. It's very close to those 100%.

Edited:
Yes, the article obviously contains erroneous lore information. Mark explained it well.

[Mr Mage]

Originally Posted by Ayase

If you're asking me, with the insight I have in the workings and development of Aion, I would say: "Yes, sit tight. You will have a beta."

As things can always change, however, I can't tell you with 100% certainty that this will happen. But almost. Believe me that it's close. It's very close to those 100%.

Thank you! I will take a 99% from one of the NCSoft people any day over an unoffical anouncement.

[gr4vity]

I agree on flying, and they could probably do it like "Perfect World" mmo that consumes MP while flying.