Copy of Wow?

[Awake]

I'm not sure but i have that feeling that most the skills and items of a Mage ( Sorcerer ) Will be the same as a Mage on World Of Warcraft.
On most MMORPG i'v played the mages are based-on the Wow characteristics ...
Post your idea's

[HunterX]

*sigh* There were mmorpgs before wow ya know? Personally I think discussions like this are silly.

[Hellriser]

Yea, silly and might start a big silly debate that will eventually transform in flamings. So someone send this post to the graveyard.

[Kaey]

I'll be kind and say in most MMORPG's mages are very similar and some MMO's did come out before WoW. But this idea of mage has caught on so well - they are gonna be similar for many games to come.

[zutto]

Originally Posted by Kaey

I'll be kind and say in most MMORPG's mages are very similar and some MMO's did come out before WoW. But this idea of mage has caught on so well - they are gonna be similar for many games to come.

Agree.

And im soooooo tierd of people comparing games with that silly cartoonish game called ''WoW''

there was plenty of games before that..

[hind]

I don't see how the same as wow (never played wow, just seen some friends play it), but to me it seams more like intelligent job than just spam casting magic.

[Kaey]

Well... In WoW if your a talented mage it can be more than button pushing, especially if your frost - so I think thats where the thread starter gets his comparison

[Yame]

I didn't like the name of this thread and I thought it would be an implication that Aion (the whole game) is just a "copy" of WoW, which would be a pretty frustrating comparison.

But come on people, getting mad at this? The guy has a point. The sorcerer gameplay I've seen in Aion is very similar to the mage gameplay I experienced in WoW. Granted, I quit WoW before BC and haven't kept up with any changes, and granted I haven't played any other MMO as much as I did WoW, I do think it's a fair comparison.

There are many other parallels between Aion and WoW, and that is nothing to be upset over. As long as Aion can do right what WoW did "wrong," it will be a much better game.

[HunterX]

Well personally I have never played WoW...what are some examples of how Aion's mages are like WoW's? (Don't say cause they throw fireballs)

[bonflowers24]

I think mage classes in general are going to be similar. Mages in any MMO have been huge damage dealing machines while having low defense.

[Kamekazi]

Originally Posted by Yame

I didn't like the name of this thread and I thought it would be an implication that Aion (the whole game) is just a "copy" of WoW, which would be a pretty frustrating comparison.

But come on people, getting mad at this? The guy has a point. The sorcerer gameplay I've seen in Aion is very similar to the mage gameplay I experienced in WoW. Granted, I quit WoW before BC and haven't kept up with any changes, and granted I haven't played any other MMO as much as I did WoW, I do think it's a fair comparison.

There are many other parallels between Aion and WoW, and that is nothing to be upset over. As long as Aion can do right what WoW did "wrong," it will be a much better game.

I agree, just to add on, WoW may of had problems but it did do alot of things right IMHO, for instance Auction Houses, and believe it or not, WoW seems the most "balanced" out of all the mmorpgs I played.

[Xerish]

Originally Posted by HunterX

*sigh* There were mmorpgs before wow ya know? Personally I think discussions like this are silly.

Agree... WoW used some of the better characteristics of older games. I hate seeing "this game x is a WoW" copy, because that just shows that WoW was the only other MMO that the person played...

Sorry for bitting on the troll bait, I am doing my best to hold back my rant LMAO. Now off to mow the grass!

[Aion-Quebec]

a sorcerer is a sorcerer.... Wow didn't created it, they just used it, just as any other MMO did. There is black mage in final fantasy 1 witch is basically the same. To me it's like using a dragon from the mythologie, everybody do it. If you want to use the word ''copy'' for this reason, you should check what Wow really created and what they really ''copied''.

Ok Wow is the most payed MMO, but it doesn't mean they created everything.

[royce]

i wish mages had skills of Ragnarok mages...
the combos such as Icewall/firewall/thunder bolt were so deadly...
wish more games can implement combos like those

[Noiry]

My main character is a mage in WOW, and the class I'm least excited about in Aion is exactly the Sorcerer. I don't know how similar they will be, I think we won't know for sure until the game comes out. But I'm a bit bored of the 'ranged nuke' playstyle, and don't want to play anything like that.

(I used to play a monk in Guild Wars, and I'm missing those times a lot... so i will probably roll a Priest/Cleric in Aion.)