Aion too linear?

[lilnate22]

Originally Posted by D1NG0

Completly Agree. I played Lineage 2 for a few years and although I was level 7x (78 max at the time) I still hadn't seen more than a fraction of the area's. The world was massive and really gave you the feeling that your playing in a world.

Aion in perspective feels like im playing in a very small area not even the size of a small area. Given this fact its even odder when you see all these diffrent area's in one small map. Your walking through a forest and suddenly it becomes a desert.

No offense to Aion's level designers but I don't feel any imerssion or cohesion between the maps.

thats what i mean. you can have 100 zones t explore...but if each zone is 1 mile big...it doesnt "feel" big.
id much rather have "big" areas than little areas.



now some say "oh well by making the area small, its more detailed".

really? do you REALLY stare at ALL the little pixles? i think not

[justamemory]

but if it's not linear then anal is a b*tch.

Originally Posted by lilnate22

umm that makes no sense.

cast my remark to the cold and deep chasm filled with non-sensical outlaw remarks!

[riwdlytt]

Originally Posted by lilnate22

thats what i mean. you can have 100 zones t explore...but if each zone is 1 mile big...it doesnt "feel" big.
id much rather have "big" areas than little areas.



now some say "oh well by making the area small, its more detailed".

really? do you REALLY stare at ALL the little pixles? i think not

Of course. Its not about the number of zones. Its the zone design thats important. If you see something like a mountain or a forrest you should actually be able to go there. You should not run into a invisible wall if you try. You should not be forced to stay on a road or intended path when you travel from one side of the zone to the other.

Thats linear zone design and it makes no difference if there are 10 zones or 600 zones. You will still feel like on rails all the time.

[truthisawhisper]

Originally Posted by RAUBEZ

but in WoW you had ragefire chasm, deadmines, scarlet monastery, mounts, epic mounts, upgrade armor(chain to plate, leather to chain) class quests with sweet rewards


Aion you have lvl 10 wings then abyss lvl 25 to end level with minor wing updates?

WoW was equally as redudant in leveling alts as any other MMO I've played. Personally I've always found after playing a main to the poin I felt the need to make an alt, seeing the starter world again really was never that tedious.

[Feenix]

Originally Posted by Jerico

1-10 Yes, 10-20 Yes 20-25 absolutely not.

You have 2 zones 20-25 (one of them pretty small).