[Translation] Aion kOBT reaches 150k concurrent users!

[Cynthe]

Exciting news! I'm not too sure if it was a good idea for NC to slow down marketing because of it though, but I'll trust that they know what they are doing, for now.

[Tareith]

Those are very nice numbers. Sadly, I'm wondering what % are sitting at the character creation screen for 1-2 hrs tweaking and not actually playing (this will be the first few hours of my Aion experience, I know it). Give it a few days and lets see those numbers then. I'm just worried about the first wave of players and how the server populations are gonna work out. TBH, I'd rather have queues for the first month or so than to pull a Mythic and open a bunch of servers that are very low population in 1-2 months.

Now don't get me wrong, I highly expect Aion to break 1mil total players very easily, how many it retains remains to be seen.

As far as marketing, word of mouth is worth soooo much more than anything NC could put out (case and point, WoW).

[Arvalo85]

I just know that Aion is gonna be the nail that seals Wow's tomb !

[Kaldur]

I hope not. We don't need WoW's horrible communitty.

[DemonXaphan]

Originally Posted by kaldur

i hope not. We don't need wow's horrible communitty.

qft.....................

[dalin]

Originally Posted by Neon

It is not going to beta in the EU/US they said we will get a "preview event" but that will probably be a looooooooooong way off and I wouldn't be suprised if it consisted of something like an interactive screenshot viewer...

correct in that its not being labeled a "beta", incorrect in that it will be little more than a sshot viewer... we will have full client access, for an as yet unknown range of time (weekend, several weeks, *shrugs*)...

and while its being called a Preview Event, the developers DO want to hear feedback from the US/EU markets during that time... as for when they will start, the general consensus is that we could seem them as early as jan/feb of next year...

trust me, it will be here before you know it...

[cnation]

First Day of OBT -> 150k

Second Day of OBT -> 180k

[Arvalo85]

Originally Posted by Kaldur

I hope not. We don't need WoW's horrible communitty.

Hey as far as im concerned its just Easy PVP ^_^, more noobs to pwn right?

[Tareith]

I'd prefer if I could actually leave my public channels open. Please, no WoWbies.

Besides, we all know the one that is gonna finally kill WoW will be Blizzard.

[LaSirene]

Originally Posted by Tareith

I'd prefer if I could actually leave my public channels open. Please, no WoWbies.

Besides, we all know the one that is gonna finally kill WoW will be Blizzard.

Amazing how, even considering this is only a form of entertainment, you still get racism.

And I'm SO excited! I can't think of any other game who had so many people at an open beta!

[loganz35]

I am happy to hear that Aion got so populated in first day. I wonder how it will be with NA/EU.

[Elaine]

150k.. that's amazing in just one day.. and 150k is over NINETHOUSEAND! XD

[Raezor]

Originally Posted by Kaldur

I hope not. We don't need WoW's horrible communitty.

QFT +1

I only want a select few friends of mine to quit WoW for this, but the rest can stay and have fun with their Disney colored characters.

[Layle]

gf WoW

gtfo...

K.O imo

[gasp]

Originally Posted by Kaldur

I hope not. We don't need WoW's horrible communitty.

agree. you are ritte