My Personal Compliation of Things AION still needs/Needs to be Fixed:

[Aeriya]

I'll update this list as I think of more things to add. ^^ Please tell me if you wish to add some ideas too. *****NEW: I have added in some info from two other people's threads that they "gathered" together. Thank you Lewzephyr and Gvaz! To see these lists look below. ***** ALSO, I'm going to paraphrase a lot of these now instead of just adding quotes from people, to make things look neater.



***Things to Fix:***

::Problems with Animations of Spells::
Currently there's many issues when you're casting a spell you cannot move until that spell is finished casting. Or, some spells/chains make your character unable to move after casting/using them.

::Problems with the Chat System::
The chat system definitely needs to be fixed: The chat windows need an opacity slider, or a way to change the background color (NOT transparent). There needs to be a better way to switch between chat; such as whispering/group chat/legion chat, as it is now it's very hard to play the game AND chat fluidly. Also, the "/" commands should NOT show up on chat at all, instead it should just execute them or say "this command does not exist".

::The Annoying "Battle Cries"::
Why do we need to have "Battle Cries" when we hit mobs? It should be just "Spell Casting" voices and voices when you get "hit" etc. Please add an option to either mute these, or just take out the "grunt" noises and just leave the noises when you get "hit" etc. (BTW the women "battle cries" or "grunts" sound completely HORRIBLE.)

::Problems with Camera Panning during Flight or on Ground::
Camera Panning needs a lot of fixing in AION still. The camera shouldn't snap back towards the "direction" your character is moving. You can left click to change view on camera, on the ground/terrains, but not the sky.
Camera Follow Style (A great discussion on this issue, thanks Spiritblade!)

::The game should NOT close out at Log-out/Disconnections::
You should be able to go back to log-in screen when you log-out of the game or get disconnected. Also, they should get rid of the long "logo" screen that doesn't even show up half the time, but takes about 5 minutes to load to the "log-in" screen.

::Make the Broker non-case sensitive (Or make it BOTH)::
The Broker shouldn't have to be "case sensitive to search for things. OR, there should be an allowance of both "Case Sensitive" and "Non-Case Sensitive" (Since they've just pointed out that you can search easier using the first "Capital Letters" of each part of an item's name.)

::Problems with Target-Tabbing::
Tabbing shouldn't be so random, but more "true" targetting. There should be two types of tabbing: Tabbing to choose ANY target (Not the lvl 1 mobs/npcs etc), and "Closest Mob-Targetting" (One that actually works correctly.)

::Gathering Issues::
Gathering should not be so easily canceled by "accidental" movements. Also, double clicking sometimes interrupts gathering and you have to start over, because you're panicking because someone else is trying to steal your "gather spot".

::Quest-Linking needs to be adjusted::
Currently, you can link your quests to others, but they can't see "what part" of the quest you're actually on. Which makes it very hard for a group to be able to agree on what to do together, for a quest. It should show EXACTLY what part of the quest you're currently on to anyone you link YOUR quest to: Like, 7/8 of item gathered for quest, etc. Or 1/8 of Certain Mob to be killed.

::Rubber-Banding Issues::
This game has a huge issue with "rubber-banding". When you run too close to certain areas, you start to "rubber-band" or "bounce-back" many times. This even happens when going down slops/hills etc. Or, you end up getting stuck in certain spots and can't get out because of this "lag/rubber-banding issue".

::Allow others to assist on Instances (etc) even if they've already completed them::
If you've already completed instances, you can't go back to certain areas to help your legion-mates or group-members in these instances anymore. This should be changed to where you can.

::Smoother Game Controls::
Below is a thread about "smoother game controls" that should be fixed/added:
http://www.aionsource.com/forum/aion...ml#post1438646

::Magic-Boost (For Mage/Healing Classes)::
Magic-Boost should affect healing as it does for magic-casting spells.

::Change color of the "Quest Icon" for "repeatable" quests::
The color of all quests except "missions" are all the same color. "Repeatable" Quests should show up as another color, so you can easily overlook them if you do not wish to repeat them. It's confusing to see arrows for "new quests" but when you click them it's just the "Repeatable" quest, that you've already completed.

::Adjust prices to "save to bind-points", "buy spells", "get exp back" etc.::
Currently this game is a "money pit" with high prices to do things that shouldn't cost so much. Things such as: "saving to a bind point", "teleporting/flying", "spell prices", "getting exp back". Most of these things are a bit overpriced, I can see making them more expensive towards higher level areas, or higher levels, but why start them out so expensive in lower lvl areas? Or lower lvls? Also, crafting is a bit overpriced as well.

::Fix the New Whisper Ban::
It was a little ridiculous to make it where EVERYONE is punished and can't whisper back under the level of 10. What they should have added with this update is the ability to chat with others on your friendlist/legionlist freely without restriction of level. A lot of people make alts, it's a little unfair to them because of goldspammers/sellers to be punished under the level of 10, by being unable to chat with their friends or legionmates. Such a simple solution, it shouldn't have been overlooked before releasing this new update.

::Fix the "Kiting" in this Game::
As it is now, this game has about the worse "Kiting". It's extremely short distanced and the mob moves just move back to where they were and with full health again. It would be nice if there was "true kiting" where the mobs keep pursuing the person who is pulling them. It would also make ranged classes more useful for parties besides just DPS, or even jobs like Spirit master etc too. (If they could pull with their pets). Another thing, Spiritmaster should be able to summon pet, send after mob, desummon pet, to pull mobs to parties. (Like in most games).

::Issues with Ranger Job::
It seems there are a few bugs with the Ranger Class, here is an example of one serious and annoying one: Rangers seem to have a problem with the attack button not working right, even if it's being used repetitively which can easily be an annoyance to a player's experience in the game.

***Things to Add:***

::Add a way to save Key-Bindings Account-Wide Instead of Character Only::
Currently, when you make new characters you have to re-assign every key-binding that you had on your original character, which is very annoying and takes up too much time. It should be "account-wide" saved instead.

::Add a way to save Character Creation Looks (Per Account) And/Or Undo Option::
When creating a character it's hard to tell if "in the game" it will look the same. You might get into the game and notice your character is taller than you wanted or his/her head was disproportioned. There should be a way to save character looks to your account, so you can use/edit them. Also, there should be an "undo" option in character creation, instead of having to start all over again when you mess something up and forget how to fix it, or how you had it.

::Add more Customization to Legions::
Add more "rank" customization and accesses etc. Also add a way to "update" storage or "legion-bank". ***Update: It seems they're already working on a way to make the Legions more enjoyable! ***

::Add Camera-Key Binding Customization::
Currently there's no way to add "key-bindings" to camera controls such as zoom etc. Or "up", "down", "left", "right" movements for camera.

::Add more "exp" or "benefits" for grouping::
Currently in the game, it's almost better to just solo/grind because the "exp" or "benefits" you get for grouping are so low. (I think that there should be bonus exp starting from "orange" (with red having more exp bonus, or higher than red mobs) mobs up to "red" or higher in groups, this way it wouldn't really give goldfarmers an advantage since most of them bot lower level mobs, so honest people who form groups and fight things that are HIGHER levels can get more experience for being in a party together.)

::Add an option to show "new quests" on min-map/map::
Just like you can see "where to return the quests", you should be able to have an option to see arrows on mini-map/map for "new quests". This would save time for those who don't want to spend time trying to find out if they got all the quests done or not (perfectionists like myself) without having to use outside sources such as "AION Armory). But make it an option you can turn on/off in options.

::Add a way to pay a bigger fee, to add more than 1 item in mail to send::
Instead of just having to spend a fee to send one item at a time, add a higher fee to send more than 1 item at a time to others. Instead of having to make numerous mail to send out to same person, just to send more than 1 item to them.

::Add a "Need" or "Greed" system similar to WoW::
Since a lot of people request this, and I agree, AION Needs a "Need" or "Greed" type of system for drops. This way people who need it more, can use "need", and those who just want it to sell can do "greed". Maybe AION can make something more unique, who knows. ^^ Doesn't have to be a "WoW" copy, just something similar.

::Add the Option to Disable Sticky-Targetting::
As requested by a few people, please add an option to disable "Sticky Targetting" in the game.

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A list by Lewzephyr:

UI :
1. Retain window location settings
2. Copy UI settings (i.e. chat frame, general options, etc) between characters.
3. Allow individual movement / resize of UI elements. ( i.e. Target of Target, Player, Pet Frame, Mini Map, Action Bars, Chain Popup Location, Tooltip)
4. Macros that are on the quick bar, should reflect the cooldown of skills within the macro.
5. Buff / Debuff Timers. Make them visible without having to hover over the Icon.
6. NEED / GREED / PASS: Set 3 options for the roll window.
7. Roll Window with longer timer. Still in combat, and some joker loots a mob….unable see the roll window in time to determine if item is needed it or not. On that same twist. Show Item stats in the Roll Window, so you don’t need to move mouse over it.
8. Show the Noble Proc in the crafting window, just as its shown on the recipes.

General:
1. Remove case sensitive searching. ( i.e. Presently manastone does not equal Manastone, or charactername dose not equal Charactername.)
2. When auto sorting inventory / Warehouse. Should sort by item type then level. (i.e. Manastone: Physical Crit +4 and +6 should be side by side, As well as Alchemy items should be grouped together separate from Cooking, or other crafts.
3. Don’t close the client when game disconnects. Put the user at the login prompt. Also don’t make my browser open up a page to your home page. Yes I have checked the setting to not open the web browser, but on disconnect you force it to open none the less.
4. EULA - Approve it once per patch. Nuff said.
5. Login - Remember account name.
6. Friends - Need two different messages here, if the friend doesn't exist then say so and if they are not online then say something different.
7. Allow petitions to be submitted 24 hours a day. Reporting Gold spammers should not be considered a petition.
8. Keybind for Target Enemy Player. Tab targeting is not efficient when PvPing in a area with many mobs.


Broker/Personal Trader:
1. With the removal of the long term Personal Trader without sitting at your keyboard, Allow more than 10 Items per character to be listed in the Broker. This could be done either by your shear generosity or allow the purchase of more broker slots. Or, Make the Personal Trader work offline.
2. When selling stacks of items in the Broker, allow purchase of individual units like in the Personal Trader.
3. Do not allow Personal Traders within a certain radius of a NPC. *Some stores are being setup right on top of NPC making them unable to be used.


Chat Frame:
1. Ability to right click a persons name and Instant Report/Block for Gold Spam. Your reporting feature is cumbersome and lame where I cannot report someone between 2:00 AM and 1:00 PM
2. Allow ability to set Font type/style as well as chat frame opacity.
3. Enable ability to change transparency.
4. Compare window needs to pop from links in chat frame
5. Items linked in chat, allow them to be viewed in the Character Preview.

Environment:
1. Put a Warehouse Master and Broker in the Crafting area. Crafting takes up a lot of inventory space. Which often makes them run back and forth between the Trade Skill Workbench and the Warehouse.
2. Vendor buyback. Need ability to buy back an accidental sell.
3. Free Camera Movement. If I move visible angle with left mouse button. Leave it there. At least make this a option you can enable, as we understand not everyone wants that as default.
4. More mailboxes in major city's.
5. Quest Accept button. Make Active without having to scroll down.
6. Inventory Full, Allow me to loot something I am already holding stacks of.

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A list by Gvaz:

Changes needed for Aion (opinion):

1. Allow saving login information so we don't have to re-enter the account name each time. Re-entering the password is fine.

2. Don't force us to accept the eula each login.

3. Logging out throws you back to the login screen, not quitting the program. disconnecting from the server from afk, or from internet issues also does this.

4. Quitting the program does not show a long "Hi, you've just been playing aion" screen. Perhaps get rid of the initial aion loading screen too (the one with the Asmo that looks a bit like angelina jolie).

5. Right clicking on an enemy makes you move to where the enemy is, within reason (obviously not moving around walls to get to the enemy, simply a straight line type deal). Basically, the general "attack" command makes your character run to the enemy you selected.

6. Fix overlapping of tooltips. Currently, having your inventory on the right side of the screen makes the tooltips overlap. Hovering over a Design or an item for example does this. Instead, have them "pop open" wherever there is room, so if it's on the right, the tooltips will open on the left of the initial popup.

7. Change the 30 minute afk in shops to 1 hour. Sure, they've helped with queues, but putting shops to 30 minutes pretty much kills any reason to use them. It takes much longer than 30 minutes to sell anything unless you're lucky.

8. Increase the draw distance a little? currently the draw distance is kind of lacking, and just makes it more frustrating to find things you're looking for, like that lone elite or named mob, or that resource.

9. Make gathering independant of the "failure/success" animation. As it is now you have to wait for the animation to finish to be able to start gathering again. Especially when you're flying for aether in a hard to get spot, every second counts. Currently after gathering I have to touch the movement keys to break the stupid animation so I can gather again, quickly. Time is important when gathering aether.

10. Allow different key bindings, or multiple keybindings for similar actions. Flying and ground should have a different empty keybinding set, for example the button to sit, and the button for lowering flight should have similar keybindings. This makes it feel consistant.


11. Allow more options to put things on the AH (Broker). I usually have more than 10 things to sell at one time.

12. Add more channels for the later zones. Frequently when doing krall quests, my group would try to fight the end boss, only to find he was dead on all 5 channels, all the time. Elten only has one channel :|

13. When you're doing an action like /aionboogie or something else, and you do say /hiphop, have this overwrite whatever it was you were doing instead of saying "you can't do that right now". The way it is now i have to tap my key to break the action, then do the action.

14. Change the chat font, or let us put our own. Currently the chatbox needs to be able to have some sort of background to it, or at least to be able to make it opaque, and the font is awful.

15. Speaking of which, since macros are saved client side, please have the file that saves the macro save in UT8, not ANSI. The chat client supports ut8, but the macros don't?

16. The UI needs some work, in that things are bigger than nessessary, but only some things. For example the things that could stay the same are the actionbars and target/healthbars. Things that should be condensed a little is the AH (make the item icons smaller, show 20 or 30 things a page, instead of just ten. Also clicking the < > arrows does not go forward or backward one page, as you'd expect, but in pages of 10. |> goes to the last page as you would expect.), the store pages could be a little smaller.

17. Perhaps a nice touch would be to have uncommon/rare/unique items have an outline around them, to make it easier at a glance to see the value of items in your bags instead of having to hover over each one.

18. Make it easier to report bots/goldsellers. Currently there is only an option to report a bot, but no option to report someone whos whispering you about gold? This doesn't seem correct.

[SlightlyLost]

Yes, absolutely yes on the chat system filters. There's not much that's worse than somebody doing:
/whis[er someplayer Yes, XXX is a moron.
and having it go to LFG or trade.

Also, personal wish list:
Give us a chance to re-customize once as part of the ascension quest chain perhaps. That'd be a great opportunity and fits with the transformation storyline.

[picartman]

Agreed with both points on things do add. The first 4 points I disagree with. Well point 1 sounds like a bug, but I'm fine with my whispers, and fvck private stores alltogether, let us AH more items instead. For the voice, let us disable it, I doubt they'll get new ones.

[Syncopation]

I would like a whisper filter as well.
I hate accidentally whispering the wrong person.
Especially RIGHT AFTER a goldspam bot has whispered me -.-

[Eioneus]

I'd like the chat to remember my custom channels after logging out.

Also the hability to put the "whispers" on any chat window I choose.
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[Devianne]

Originally Posted by Aeriya

I'll update this list as I think of more things to add. ^^ Please tell me if you wish to add some ideas too.

Things to Fix:
1.) I don't know if this is "totally" noticeable, but if you play a priest + etc, when you use the combo that stuns a target, after you stun (or sometimes don't stun), when you try to move back, your character just kinda gets stuck for a few seconds. Has anyone else noticed this too? I mean, shouldn't it be, use it, hope for stun, run back away from mob, use other spell etc? For some reason it freezes your character unable to move back etc.

2.) I still think the chat system needs to be fixed in this game, it's very hard to toggle through whispers etc, especially if talking to more than one person, also you have to keep hitting "reply" to keep talking to someone in whisper. I'd prefer pressing enter to keep talking to that person in whisper, then type /group or w/e to go back to talking to group. Or maybe even a better fix for the chat would be nice. But anyways, the chat system is not very easy to use, especially if you're fighting something.

3.) I think instead of taking out person shops, they should just make shops attach to the player, so other players can see when they put items up for sale, and click on them to see/buy them. (Like in FFXI) I think this would fix the lag issues, or people afking with shops to bypass getting disconnected. Also it would just be a lot better, because you can sell things while still playing the game. ^^ (If you don't want to use the Auction House).

4.) I think that AION US/EU needs new fighting "grunts" or put only SOME of them in (like the Korean version, I don't remember all these weird noises while fighting in Korean Version..). The voices are horrible, sorry Brian Knox, but it's true. Especially the women ones. I know you can mute them and all, but why should we have to mute them? I like to play with sound, unlike most people. So please change them.. or make them minimal, we don't need a grunt or "yelling" every time we hit, or get hit by a mob. (Or add an option to mute all of the fighting "grunts" and sounds that your character makes, as suggested below.)

Things to Add:
1.) First of all, I think AION needs a way to save your key mappings to ACCOUNT not character. You're most likely going to use the same keys on every character, so why didn't they add an option to save your key mapping to the ACCOUNT instead of PER CHARACTER? This gets really annoying if you're recreating character etc, or just making more characters. You have to keep inputting your personal key settings. (Like me, I use side keys etc to move, like in FFXI, I have keyboard fully open for chat only. I use ctrl + j etc.)

2.) Another thing that's needed to be added, but slightly less important is: a way to save character looks/and/or way to edit your character for the first 1-2 days you make it, then it becomes permanent (unless you use ingame money to fix it later on in the game). It's annoying when first of all, the customization screen has nothing to really go by (background) etc, and the colors are slightly lighter ingame too, so when you make the character sometimes it doesn't turn out like you thought it would, so you wanna recreate it but sometimes forget how u made it in the first place. So I think this should be added to the game.

i wouldnt call that yelling or grunt, more like maon

[BeginTheCleansing]

Originally Posted by Aeriya

I'll update this list as I think of more things to add. ^^ Please tell me if you wish to add some ideas too.

Things to Fix:
1.) I don't know if this is "totally" noticeable, but if you play a priest + etc, when you use the combo that stuns a target, after you stun (or sometimes don't stun), when you try to move back, your character just kinda gets stuck for a few seconds. Has anyone else noticed this too? I mean, shouldn't it be, use it, hope for stun, run back away from mob, use other spell etc? For some reason it freezes your character unable to move back etc.

2.) I still think the chat system needs to be fixed in this game, it's very hard to toggle through whispers etc, especially if talking to more than one person, also you have to keep hitting "reply" to keep talking to someone in whisper. I'd prefer pressing enter to keep talking to that person in whisper, then type /group or w/e to go back to talking to group. Or maybe even a better fix for the chat would be nice. But anyways, the chat system is not very easy to use, especially if you're fighting something.

3.) I think instead of taking out person shops, they should just make shops attach to the player, so other players can see when they put items up for sale, and click on them to see/buy them. (Like in FFXI) I think this would fix the lag issues, or people afking with shops to bypass getting disconnected. Also it would just be a lot better, because you can sell things while still playing the game. ^^ (If you don't want to use the Auction House).

4.) I think that AION US/EU needs new fighting "grunts" or put only SOME of them in (like the Korean version, I don't remember all these weird noises while fighting in Korean Version..). The voices are horrible, sorry Brian Knox, but it's true. Especially the women ones. I know you can mute them and all, but why should we have to mute them? I like to play with sound, unlike most people. So please change them.. or make them minimal, we don't need a grunt or "yelling" every time we hit, or get hit by a mob.

Things to Add:
1.) First of all, I think AION needs a way to save your key mappings to ACCOUNT not character. You're most likely going to use the same keys on every character, so why didn't they add an option to save your key mapping to the ACCOUNT instead of PER CHARACTER? This gets really annoying if you're recreating character etc, or just making more characters. You have to keep inputting your personal key settings. (Like me, I use side keys etc to move, like in FFXI, I have keyboard fully open for chat only. I use ctrl + j etc.)

2.) Another thing that's needed to be added, but slightly less important is: a way to save character looks/and/or way to edit your character for the first 1-2 days you make it, then it becomes permanent (unless you use ingame money to fix it later on in the game). It's annoying when first of all, the customization screen has nothing to really go by (background) etc, and the colors are slightly lighter ingame too, so when you make the character sometimes it doesn't turn out like you thought it would, so you wanna recreate it but sometimes forget how u made it in the first place. So I think this should be added to the game.

1.) There is a very slight delay yes. Not going to make a big difference however IMO.
2.) Chat system has improved since OBT. Thank you. Would like to see a Guild Wars style, however with the way the game is set up, maybe impossible. I really thought the chat in Guild Wars was very simple and easy to use.
3.) Never saw that, sounds interesting.
4.) I think the consistancy of grunts is fine, but the repetitveness of the melee sounds (seems to be the same sound each hit) has been bothering me. The voices are actually not too bad, definately better than the korean ones for us westerners.

1.) Aion is the only MMO I have played that requires me to bind keys for each character. I have to bind my whole keyboard each time too.
2.) I had to remake my characters at least once, one of them 4 times. They didn't come out in the game tall enough, or their head was too small, and things like that.

Summary: I agree with most of the compilation.

[Aeriya]

Originally Posted by Syncopation

I would like a whisper filter as well.
I hate accidentally whispering the wrong person.
Especially RIGHT AFTER a goldspam bot has whispered me -.-

Agreed. =.= This has happened to me too, hence the reason I want to press enter to talk to only the person I HAVE been talking to, then just type /w anotherperson to talk to someone else, not automatically changing whom I'm talking to, like it does now. It's really annoying. And my name starts with an "A" ingame so I'm constantly spammed by gold-sellers.

[Lynxaria]

I agree with the chat system. I come from playing FFXI for over 6 years, and moving from that chat system to this is difficult. I for one can't see the chat half the time, not sure if there is a way to change the background opacity (probably is but i'm too newb still), but that is one thing that bothers me.

I also agree with the personal shop issue, just make everyone able to open up a bazaar, so people can sell personal items as they adventure, not just sit stationary overnight while they sleep just to sell something.

[Aeriya]

Originally Posted by Lynxaria

I agree with the chat system. I come from playing FFXI for over 6 years, and moving from that chat system to this is difficult. I for one can't see the chat half the time, not sure if there is a way to change the background opacity (probably is but i'm too newb still), but that is one thing that bothers me.

I also agree with the personal shop issue, just make everyone able to open up a bazaar, so people can sell personal items as they adventure, not just sit stationary overnight while they sleep just to sell something.

I also came from FFXI, I think it'd be impossible to make a chat system like FFXI, but this game could definately use a better chat system.

[Shinsou]

The legion command menu needs to be updated with more options. Option to add different ranks and to change accessability options of each rank. They need to let anyone deposit into the legion warehouse, but only officers withdrawl. It's annoying and not realistic to promote everyone in the legion to centurions in order for them to deposit into the warehouse.

[Shi'Khaza]

I agree with most of the points/suggestions... especially with the keybinds. I use mostly everything on my keyboard, and it's a little frustrating having to set up the keybinds again and again.

[Vizionblind]

opacity slider

[Purple]

These are all solid suggestions. I, personally, would like to see a major upgrade to the UI of the Broker interface.

[Aeriya]

Originally Posted by Shinsou

The legion command menu needs to be updated with more options. Option to add different ranks and to change accessability options of each rank. They need to let anyone deposit into the legion warehouse, but only officers withdrawl. It's annoying and not realistic to promote everyone in the legion to centurions in order for them to deposit into the warehouse.

Added your idea to things to add to game.

Originally Posted by vIZIONBLIND

opacity slider

Could you be more specific? Opacity Slider for what? Chat? Menus?

Originally Posted by Purple

These are all solid suggestions. I, personally, would like to see a major upgrade to the UI of the Broker interface.

I see, please be a little more specific on what you mean, and I'll add your point as well.