Aion UI Poll

[Dekar]

I'm a huge fan of customization. I can spend hours fixing my UI. After all, if I'm to look at something for hundreds of hours, might as well make it JUST the way I want it. I must have a hundred addons on WoW, and while some addons in WoW history were really too much and were nerfed by the devs(like the old decursive and some healbots addon that would choose both your target to heal and the spell rank to cast for maximum efficiency), most addons only enhance play experience.

You are never forced to, say, look up your questing addon, but if you don't have it, you can be sure you are going to ALT-TAB out of Aion and go to the new Aion quests database website when you are tired of running around aimlessly.

I think no addon should take decisions for you. But I couldn't live without the others.

UI customisation is fun:

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l1...al/panther.jpg

[Haubix]

I can't get it why so many ppl already voted for WoW style. Those damn addons made the game so easy that grandmothers could play. I really don't want to have Aion also on such low level.

[Phizzy]

Originally Posted by Haubix

I can't get it why so many ppl already voted for WoW style. Those damn addons made the game so easy that grandmothers could play. I really don't want to have Aion also on such low level.

i cant get it why you against wow style addons...U dont have to use it!

[Ecronyte]

Originally Posted by Phizzy

i cant get it why you against wow style addons...U dont have to use it!

But you kinda do. Once an add-on becomes the norm, it will be hard for a serious player not to feel they need to pick it up. Or risk being at a disadvantage.

I'm all for customizing the UI to suit your playstyle, and visual preference (although I do wish the game could maintain a somewhat uniform look). But I am against addons that make the gaming experience different for someone who uses them, compared to someone who doesn't.

[Haubix]

Originally Posted by Ecronyte

But you kinda do. Once an add-on becomes the norm, it will be hard for a serious player not to feel they need to pick it up. Or risk being at a disadvantage.

I'm all for customizing the UI to suit your playstyle, and visual preference (although I do wish the game could maintain a somewhat uniform look). But I am against addons that make the gaming experience different for someone who uses them, compared to someone who doesn't.

Completely QFT and seconded.

[Zyuu]

Full customization of course

[Endrance]

Originally Posted by Haubix

I can't get it why so many ppl already voted for WoW style. Those damn addons made the game so easy that grandmothers could play. I really don't want to have Aion also on such low level.

Cause many people only think about themselves.

[Ayase]

Originally Posted by Mark

Yeah, because Blizzard DID something about it. NCsoft Korea would just sit on their *** and ignore complaints about such a mod. NCsoft Europe would say they planned on doing something about it but nothing would happen because NCsoft Korea would just smile and nod their heads and ignore them. NCsoft America wouldn't even have a way to talk to them, email, helpsystem, or otherwise, because they're too busy trying to get Garriot's failed creation TR to be profitable.

Do you see where I'm coming from a bit better now? To be honest, I think NCsoft needs to be restructured and someone with charisma and love for the fans, not just profits, needs to be put in charge. All three offices need to be unified and the flow of information between them needs to be like walking down a hall and poking your head into your buddy's office. Fans need to be able to contact the development team directly somehow, and the development team needs to listen to fans of all nationalities with equal importance.

Didn't NCsoft Korea walk away from E3 2006 with the idea of "Free-flight"? They got it from an American convention? And what do we have to show for it?

Guys and girls,

It seems you are slightly misinterpreting the situation. All three NCsoft branches are working hard on Aion. You might not see much publicity from all, but that's fundamentally because we have played out slightly varying roles up and until now. I believe that we have been able to communicate all official information with a quite decent time delay. We are also here (as we always will be) to take in feedback. The Suggestion Cycle threads are, for an example, an excellent source used in mapping out the wants and needs of the community.

The fact that beta now only happens to cover the South Korean regions does in no way mean that we have any less desire to let other territories partake in testing the game. More rather, we would want nothing more. But reality remains - there are obstacles there that prevent us from doing so at this instant. I'm of course talking about localization, both client-wise and communication-wise. The client is not yet fully translated, and while it's progressing with a good pace - we don't want to expose the game to players in a language they probably don't understand. It just takes away too much from the MMO experience. To come to terms with this, the initial testing phases are in the development language, allowing the developers to put more time and effort in to actually making the game ... dare I say 'awesome'?

[Endrance]

Then Mr. Ayase, the full release will prove how much of that suggestion cycle will actually be implemented into the game. Sorry to put it like that, but NCsoft hasn't really been a trustworthy company in the past.
Then again, the fact that you are here (I kept being surprised how objective and correct most of your comments have been - something like that didn't happen to me yet in that extent) is already a very good sign and as many others I'm thankful for that fact.

[Haubix]

Originally Posted by Endrance

Then Mr. Ayase, the full release will prove how much of that suggestion cycle will actually be implemented into the game. Sorry to put it like that, but NCsoft hasn't really been a trustworthy company in the past.
Then again, the fact that you are here (I kept being surprised how objective and correct most of your comments have been - something like that didn't happen to me yet in that extent) is already a very good sign and as many others I'm thankful for that fact.

What do you mean by full release? A MMO is always ongoing. Look at WoW. It's far away from completition. Northrend (coming soon), the Undermine, Nazjatar and so on. Lots of historical events aren't even implemented. Or UI improvements, the Arena System, the LFG-Search. For each patch Blizzard puts a tiny piece of the "whole" puzzle together. That's their way.

Also keep in mind that they can't implement ALL of the Suggestion Cycles before release due the short timeframe and the priorities. I'm happy when they implement most of the ideas/suggestions in the first 6 month after release.

But only time will tell.

[Endrance]

Originally Posted by Haubix

What do you mean by full release? A MMO is always ongoing. Look at WoW. It's far away from completition. Northrend (coming soon), the Undermine, Nazjatar and so on. Lots of historical events aren't even implemented. And for each patch Blizzard puts a tiny piece of the "whole" puzzle together. That's their way.

Also keep in mind that they can't implement ALL of the Suggestion Cycles before release due the short timeframe and the priorities. I'm happy when they implement most of the ideas/suggestions in the first 6 month after release.

But only time will tell.

The whole time until the servers get shut down forever after the last beta is completed. That is what I meant by saying "full release".

[Haubix]

Well, that's quite far in the future ^^

[Endrance]

Originally Posted by Haubix

Well, that's quite far in the future ^^

Add a "u" End*here*rance and you will know about my ability to endure time and pain.
Then again, good ideas should be implemented sooner than one year after full release, I agree with you on that one.

[Haubix]

So it's Enduhereance?

Anyways... A feedback how the dev's like the ideas from the Suggestion Cycle would be nice. But they'll be too busy to answer...