[Argonaut]

Channels allow for a much smaller starting area, which is good. Most people don't spend more than 3 hours on the first island anyway, and without channels you'd have to make it big enough to support 3-4x as many players.

[Archadian]

Khaunshar said:

Funny how in this game, everyone is happy about channels... but when Age of Conan did it, the tears would drown the sun :p Shows how quickly people have learned, or rather, how bad some people need to find something to yell about :p I am glad Aion uses channels. I much prefer that solution to miniservers or just plain overcrowding.

I hated channels in AoC, but AoC screwed them up big time. You couldn't check to see what channel you were in, so you'd have to look at the list of other channels and discern based on what you saw and what you did not see which channel you were in so that you could get your party transfered to the correct channel - on top of that, the channels were named not numbered, AND there weren't always the same channels in a list as there were the day before. AAANND when you changed channels you'd be teleported to a rez spot, likely faaar away from where you wanted to be.

AION fixes all those issues.

Channels = :)

[Greyfox]

Channels are a nice idea, personally not having to wait for 30 minutes while fighting over a quest mob will be nice early on.

[IcyDeath]

Khaunshar said:

Funny how in this game, everyone is happy about channels... but when Age of Conan did it, the tears would drown the sun :p Shows how quickly people have learned, or rather, how bad some people need to find something to yell about :p I am glad Aion uses channels. I much prefer that solution to miniservers or just plain overcrowding.

Channels are only for the starter zones upto level 20 If I recall. As the rest of the zones are large enough to handle the population.

[SaintKat]

RoRo said:

Indeed, I'm loving that option.




Yes, they can see what channel you are in. All they have to do is hover over your icon, and I think on your Friend's List it says so too. ( Or also look on the map hover over them and it'll say what channel as well)

Yeah, if you hover over the person in your group and they're in a different channel it comes up with "It is on other channel" and shows you what number.

[XionValkyrie]

airtonix said:

define 'first two areas'.

Your starting n00b zone (Poeta for the Eylos) and the level 10-20 area.

[Jamba]

Remember this guy?



I switched channel and I popped right in front of him as a cute little lvl 12. :P

Instagib.. :P

[one_each]

I will need to check the patch notes, but I think they added channels to the other areas. It may be in the 1.5 client.

[naser080291]

is there many channels in aion server?