[Archausin]

There doesnt seem to be a huge number of new players joining Aion. The recommended server to join for the west is Fregion still and it has been this way fro some time. They are still calling a low pop server. This is still like this with character creation disabled on other servers. Where is this game heading is it already doomed? or is just a poor choice in place to roll?

[Kiha976]

I am sure a lot of new people that come due so for friends, thus they are going to try to stay on the same server as them. I honestly like the server the way it is, there are a lot of people on it but its not ungodly over populated.

[Thwor]

If with a "low pop server my computer crashes in fort sieges, i don't really want to see a high one

[Archausin]

True, True I am not talking so much our server as much as just the game as whole. I am afraid population all together will be quite low and NCSoft will give it less attention maybe no extended content or anything like that.


What causes the Fort Siege crashes? Is it Vista or is it NC Soft?

[Thwor]

It's ATI Video boards usually, memory leak of some sort.

And Aion is already huge in the US, and it's bigger then all Lineages ever were, and they worked hard on those. I don't see any reason to be worried.

[Archausin]

Sweet sounds good to me! does just updating driver help with crash?


Been checking out the SW mmo but am not sure looks a bit like wow imo "graphically"

[Picklemonkey]

Well Aion IS an ant next to WoW. I kind of like it not being hugely popular though.

[Thwor]

WoW would have 1/10th of the servers it has right now if they followed the same policy as AION, Blizzard doesn't care if a server has low population, PvP is accross the battlegroup, dead servers are simply dead to them. AION is a World PvP oriented game, it's necessary that the servers are close to 50/50 and that the population is high enough to keep it fun.

Sincerely, i'm not worried.

[Tybrious]

Even if Aion never reaches a fraction of WoW's playerbase, the end game PvP will still be fun. Aion did a fantastic job of supplying the playerbase with a go-to location for world PvP, and a PvP point system for fantastic gear. Put those two things together and you'll always have a thriving 50 PvP world, assuming balanced factions.

I, for one, am insanely excited for the level 50 scene.

[Archausin]

I agree Thwor they are handling it well and I believe end game should be a blast. So fa ranger has been amazing I dont see myself rerolling so I should be I the abyss soon "Thursday hopefully" Glad just wasnt for me but once I am high lvl with the ranger I have glad to fall back on that is at least into a bit of morhiem which will be nice.

[Konan]

There aren't many Elyos from what I see in map 1. Was having fun at making alts and Channel 1 was barely passing on the populated scale. :( And the market is in bad shape thanks to the bots.

Is it the same situation on Asmodian side?

[Maximuss]

Well it had to slow down sometime. There isnt an unending resource of new/interested players. I dont see a problem with it. Im actualy glad if Fregion fills up a bit more slowly that the first servers did. Keeps a steady stream of up and comming players needing lower level items for new crafters and such. Spreads out the crowding in zones as well. I came from Ariel at the start of the game and i can tell you, having to wait for, then fight over, mob spawns isnt fun. Specially with all the KS'ing that was going on. It was some kind of frantic race on Ariel. Now on Fregion its slightly more relaxed and open. I like it.

[zer0patches]

Really? Have you even been to a fortress siege?

I crash like 4 or 5 times as is. Has caused me many deaths?

I'm gald I'm not on a heavily populated server, it would be unbearable. A 100 or so makes it fun. =)

Stay with your friends on another server. mmm.k.

-zp

[MethodX]

Archausin said:

True, True I am not talking so much our server as much as just the game as whole. I am afraid population all together will be quite low and NCSoft will give it less attention maybe no extended content or anything like that.

City of Heroes/Villains has been a NCSoft title for a number of years now with a comparatively low playerbase hovering around 100-150k players. Nonetheless, they have regularly released new "issues" every 3-6 months. Most of the newly released content is quite good and not just filler. I have a feeling NCSoft will give Aion it's due attention especially since it appears to be much bigger than their CoH/CoV titles.

Don't worry about numbers, just enjoy the game. :skip:

[Gath]

Need more Elyos to kill. That is all.
like 20 more, no more, no less. random? very

[Xannin]

siel has a large amount grinding its way up... i had a few good friends just start and well... tons running around...

good to see ya gath

[methuselah]

Well i think i made my mind up and will roll with the Fregion realm, i was wondering if anyone has a refer a friend link that i can use to start up my toon, buying the game very soon