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==== It seems my message is too big, so I've posted it in 3 pieces ==== Well, it looks like the chapter that is Aion in the book of my MMO gaming history is about to come to an end. I've decided not to invest any more of my time and money into this game, because no matter how much certain parts of this game appeal to me, I've found the overall post-launch experience to be rather disappointing. First of all I'm deeply disappointed by NCsoft's total lack of service to the EU playerbase - if you can't provide localized service, then DONT launch your game with an EU tag, plain and simple. It seems like they haven't learned a single thing from their previous games and are just intent on making the same mistakes over and over again. If there was such a thing as a Razzie award for MMO companies then NCsoft would have to be the leading winner for several years now.

*I've always been experiencing lag with NCsoft's game servers, even if they were located practically in my backyard as far as internet distance is concerned. I live in the Netherlands, we have pretty good connections. Most MMO's I play (or have played) have their servers either in Germany or the UK. To both places I can connect with usually no more than 20-70ms lag, which is as good as none. Yet in Aion I've regularly gotten between 300-700ms in the evenings, even though traceroutes were showing no major latency increase between me and the servers. I wouldn't be surprised if NCsoft are one of those companies that never update their server hardware, or run their servers on the barest minimum hardware they can get away with. The only time I can expect no lag is when the server population is low. I noticed the exact same thing two years ago in Tabula Rasa, as soon as the server population there changed to medium it was 'bye bye smooth play' and 'hello lag'. And guess which game they shut down exactly 4 months before they started Aion closed beta? Wanna bet where that old server hardware went? Hint: it wasn't donated to the salvation army. ;) I so wish more companies would take note of that small Icelandic company that could...CCP, the creators of EVE Online, who actually make an effort to fight lag, constantly improving their hardware and software and also *gasp* actually make an effort to keep the playerbase informed about it.

Ahhhh, server queues, how we all love to hate them... A friend of mine asked me today how Aion was doing now that it's officially launched. I told him that the current situation could pretty much be summed up by the following: "Welcome to Aion: The Queue of Eternity - the current server queue is 2 hours and 10 minutes, the current queue to complain about the server queue is 3 hours and 45 minutes, the queue to cancel your subscription is 3 months and 7 days. Thank you for your patience!" Just my way of saying, if you want to try the game, have a little patience. Now is not a good time for a good first impression. :)

Just to update you my guildmates and I decided to leave Gorgeous and Spatula because the 9 hour queues weren't worth it :P Telemachus - Elyos Castor - Asmodian (no names as of yet) I heard Perento is suffering the same long queues bleh :P

Hmm maybe because it's got something in it that looks red and squishy and I don't know what it's supposed to represent. :p

I will be rolling on Perento and Telemachus, sides haven't been determined yet.

:D *Stalks and looks pleased!* Ew to auto 12 month i'll have to poke that as I know for sure that as soon as GW2 betas i'm off! My guild are rolling on spatolus and goros but they look set to only be playing asmod! *sulks a bit*