Man, Aion was something else back in the day. Especially the social aspect of it. I am still in contact with some friends I made back then and I know so many people who met in game and got married later. These memories will always be fun.
i knew a couple who did the same thing, I don't remember their names but what guild were they in??? the ones I knew were in my guild The Debauchery Tea Party
This game will always have a spot on my heart. I created 5 characters just to farm a level 35 blue set and go to abyss farming mobs for days. Then buy the 30 pvp set using AP then go rifting killing asmodians. Miss those old days. Elyos for life. I still remember those half second lags when an asmo is around lurking.
i did the same thing, first leveled 5 characters to get the i think was called devonian set something and then went with my sorcerer to max level. This game is the best mmo ive ever played in my life, at least the experience i had was the best overall
LOL I did the same thing but in the opposite faction. Farmed the daevanion set for lv 30 and played without exping in Eltnen for so many time grinding AP hahaha
It's was a stunningly beautiful game but only the PvP was fun, not even because of the combat itself but because of the pvp system on the maps; the pve raids and dungeons were just aweful, in the end it was very close to be great but did not make it.
A decade later, and i still listen to a lot of the games OST on the regular. It's so damn good. In tandem with its ambiance and art direction, playing Aion was quite the memorable experience back in the day. Sad to see what it was reduced to.
We all were hoping for an update that showed Eltnen's forests recovering, or the Putrid Mire in Verteron returning to normal, or Brusthonin's bogs restored to lush grasslands. Instead they chose to erase the work we did to push the lore along, and those lands along with it.
I truly envy anyone who hasn't played this game. After playing it and finding out no other MMO comes close to how good it is.... it’s truly left a void in my heart.
For me its just nostalgia bias, I have childhood friends who always played WoW and they feel the same way about WoW as me about Aion tbh. I think it's a mix of nostalgia, age and corporatization of gaming over the years. All the shit that came after Aion like Tera, BnS, Black Desert had free aim combat which is just bad game design for MMO in my opinion. After that came the mobile gaming boom which leaked it's disgusting marketing tactics over to MMO and since then everything is p2w so it's hopeless. Best options are FFXIV and WoW classic but it's just very demotivating that I have to learn decades of content because I'm late. I really envy people who grew up with FFXIV and still play to this day, they are basically living the life that I wanted to originally haha
You couldn't teleport to Quest NPCs in Original Aion, but you could press a find button, and the NPC got marked on the map. But not always, some NPCs you needed to find by yourself.
Ah the good old days where you learn it the hard way back at lvl 8 in poeta, deliver this to Pernos "Pernos is in Poeta" BUT WHERE? HELP! lol (on Elysea side tho)
Wow... Nostalgia hits hard with this one.. Back in 2010/2011 there was a private Server called *Infinite Aion* where my friends played. This was the reason I BEGGED my parents for a pc while I was in highschool using the excuse * it's for school work* and boy was this a ride...It's hard to put it in words how much special that time was and just seeing and experiencing everything for the first time was like WHOA!.. Even to this day some people talk about Infinte Aion and how it was . Most of its player base are now scattered across all private serves but deep down we all know where we came from. Loved this game
I remember no lifing Aion in 2009. That game consumed my life. Meet so many cool people that I'm still friends with. PvP in the Abyss was the best PvP, that I've ever been apart of. Also, having my static dredgion groups every night. My Guild Leader would transform during sieges int he Abyss. Aion was a special game.
When Aion first released I played that game religiously. I will always have a soft spot for Aion, I loved the combat, I loved the rifting, and the Abyss was pretty cool as well.
this was my first mmo and i played it for like 7 years. the game had so much potential up to a certain patch. then the developers team changed and you can see the 180 degrees turn the game took after 3.0. Just hearing the music brings back so many memories
the game also experienced a publisher change as well if I'm not mistaken. It definitely was in it's prime around 2008~2015; after that it just got worse and worse
@@spec1512 i dont remember the patches exactly i forgot there even was a 4.8 but yea right around that time the game was great although they started introducing heavy p2w features too around that time with enchanting accessories and stuff
@@mr.melone520 Yeah and in 4.8 there was the new stigma system with the vision in the middle (6 stigma + vision) and many old stigma became skillbook so, we could make a lot of interesting combo, it was so fun and the least unbalanced (even if it's never balanced for every class). Since 5.0 the game became less good, the best patches were in 4.x and 4.8 was peak of aion
Oh man... the music brought tears to my eyes. The nostalagia hits hard. My most cherished memories of a "game + friends" experience lay with Aion's corpse.
After 11 years of playing Aion in all regions including Korea, NA and EU I can confirm that you have done a very good review of this game and that you have describe on accurate way situation regarding Aion on start of 2023. Its important to say that Aion Retail servers (Aion Live) do not represent Aion any more nowadays in 2023 because Aion Classic was released in Korea with a huge success and Aion Classic EU release is coming in March of 2023, so that version of Aion is actually real Aion now in 2023 which should be reviewed. Aion Classic is amazing game comparing to Aion Live because P2W is not that much hard core, game is more simple and gameplay itself feels slower but better overall so that should be main focus for anyone who is revisiting or trying to play Aion for first time in 2023. Aion Classic in NA was released about one year ago and have failed badly, but not because of game, only because of lack of marketing before release and bugs. Aion Classic in Korea have currently nine servers up and servers are full with Aion on position number 9 on overall ranking list of games in Korea, which is a huge success but again, not because of Aion Live servers which are dead, but because of Aion Classic servers. Overall this was actually very good review since you are not playing Aion every day, but you have manage anyway to notice most important things, so good work! Thank you for review!
@Franka *66 , yw! Date is still not set but its officially confirmed it will be released in March! Even comparing with lots of new titles Aion Classic is amazing gameplay experience so its worth to play it for that release.
I know you've been doing it for a few videos now but I love that you add clips from different people playing the game at the end of these videos now. Gives you just one more deeper insight into the games and just shows no matter how bad or good a game is there is a community that loves it cause it's their game.
12:21 the music and "spent the next few levels questing with other players", idk why but that moment makes me feel nostalgic and remember good moments some years ago.
I can't describe how perfect Aion was back then. Playing 4.0+ patch was the most beautiful thing ever and it makes me sad to see how this game evolved... By the way, there's a lot of people once you reach lvl 60~ and get to Gelkmaros. It surprised me how populated this game is but only in these specific areas ("endgame areas" lol)
@@wiziek best tab-target combat out there to this day. the retail is the bigest pay2win shit ever and only the whales are playing the game. Best combat if you playing with good ping ofc. Peon is playing with 200-300ms and thats terrible experience. He played only on low level, but for example the ranger is starting to be realy fun is lvl46. When you start to get better gear, skills, attack speed/casting speed, running speed the combat starts to be rly good and fun. PVP and dungeons are also good. We are looking forward to play the classic version with some friends when it comes to EU.
That is the problem though, because only the people who already max get to enjoy the game, but eventually even the ones who are left will leave. If anything before endgame is garbage, then no one will want to play it.
As someone who's been playing this game for over 12+ years i would really like to thank you for doing this kind of videos, even tho our playerbase is not as large as other MMOs, is still nice to see content creators like you making an updated video on how the game is doing, ty Lazypeon
Man I miss aion when it first came out I played it for 8 years absolutely loved the game, so sad to see where it is now and then wow is still absolutely popping
Quit after grinding Abyss forever it felt like. Played Assassin, found out that half my abilities did not work mid flight "not even useable", and in Abyss, that was a disaster as you could do nothing to flying ranged classes. The abyss was badass, once i got there, i never left. The chill abyss grind and pvp was the best part of the game by far.
You know, I watched this video yesterday, slept and decided to come back to tell you all my journey with this game. This game holds a VERY special part of my heart, not only that but the PVP hands down rivaled any other MMORPG on the market today (even better then WOW). I started this game when it first released and played for several years, I actually met someone THROUGH this game, and was with them for the better portion of a decade. Not only that, but I remember those humble beginnings as stated by LazyPeon, starting as a complete newbie and not knowing a thing, and by the end of my time having literal several sets of officer armor (that you could only obtain by being top ranked in PVP) that could combat for any situation - a magic resist set, a attack/crit set, etc, etc. all grinded to the top. Additionally, I played as an Asmodian, funny enough the developer PLAYED EYLOS and FAVORED EYLOS. Alot of people didn't know that at the time, but if you compared the skills between one class during this game's heyday and looked at each faction's classes: asmo vs. elyos, elyos's was clearly better, even if only by a small fraction. I remember playing as an Asmodian templar, literally the SLOWEST leveling class, but I can tell you folks, patience does pay out, because I slapped at the end game. I remember taking a horde after horde of elyos out by myself; I remember one time having only 3 of my clan mates with me and being able to take out an ENTIRE ELYOS guild of 200+ with just the 3 of us. I reached the pinnacle of gameplay with templar and it showed because people feared me when they saw my name because I was so good at being able to swap from sword + shield, throwing out my abilities and then swapping to my great sword to break the enemy on the ground after I power bomb'd them (yes templar has a power bomb and it is epic) also being adept at switching armor sets based on the types of pvp I'd have as well! I do hope some developer re-creates something like this game, because nothing has ever matched this gem ever and if you were in the pinnacle of when this game was fantastic it was glorious, I feel bad for those who missed out on that time because it was just brilliant in every sense of the word Anyway, I could rant on and on, but that's my tell, hope you all enjoyed it :)
I used to play Aion heavily around 2011-2014. It was one of the first MMORPGs that I truly got invested in and I loved it. I even got involved in PVP which I typically hate. It's also got some neat story quests as well. I don't know what it's like now but back then it was a pretty awesome game. Hearing that music from the game in this video really took me back.
They removed majority of the story quests, and removed all but a couple zones. The early game only exists to power level you to max to do the endgame which is good, but no one wants to level to get to it, so now it is dead.
One of the fondest memories from Aion was chasing people with my assassin with Lannok sword&dagger. For context, these weapons "extend" and increase your mele range with a few meters, making it hard for enemies to run away :D Man those were the days..
Peon, thanks for the nostalgia! I used to love this game, it was the bomb when it first came out. Man, Infinite Aion server was insane, wish my friends get to witness how amazing this game was.
One of my favourite memories from Aion was one of my earliest. I was near one of the starting areas and, well this was a while back so I can't remember if it was a duel or being attacked by an Asmodian, but the fight took to the air. I was playing a Spirit Master and they were some melee type. Once high enough, I rooted them in the air and dived back down. Their wings expired before the root did and they fell to their death. And that was how I was my first PvP in Aion XD
My favorite memory was in a library of all places. The first major city had a library and I loved that the library had actual books to read. The one that stood out to me was a story of an asmodian and elyos. The naive elyos thought she and the asmodian could be the best of friends but the asmodian kept tricking the elyos into killing herself. Things like "That beast over there is friendly, go say hi." "This lip rouge would look great on you!" The lip rouge was poison. I believe the last trick was telling the elyos that the sun was something important or friendly. When the elyos died she didn't revive at the obelisk this time because she had flown too far. I want to say the asmodian felt a pang of guilt but I can't remember.
Oh Aion, it was such an amazing game back in the day - my hubby and I played since it’s NA release and left when it went free to play AKA P2W :(. We had so much fun in this game for a long time, I still get the urge to play classic, but was sad to see all the servers shut except one… would definitely play again, but only classic - for the feels 😊
I remember playing Aion in beta and at launch and instantly falling in love with the soundtrack and the environment. The thing that took the joy out of the game for me was people making awful mutant looking characters and the abrupt change to PvP in a low level zone which was constantly being raided by high level enemies...making questing almost impossible. Every once and a while, I still revisit the soundtrack and wish the game wasn't such a disappointment.
I was an AION Founder back in 2009 and stopped about six years ago when the maps began being more fragmented. I joined AION Classic about 6+ months ago and have enjoyed it very much - so much that I gave up the mmorpg I was playing at the time. Other players are still very helpful - and it is still a very good gaming experience for both PvP and PvE players. I love the crafting most of all, as well as the gathering (Essence and Aether).
I like that you showed different streamers playing, would be cool to see that in every MMO review video. Nice to see a little peak into the game's communities through the streamers.
The main ELYOS city's background music was always very enchanting and made you feel like you ascended to heaven, not just the music gave you this feel but the atmosphere and heavenly grandeur look of the place.
omg I missed AION, one of my favourite memories of playing MMORPGs. One of the two MMOs I went crazy hardcore on during my university summers. One of those sleep at 6am, wake up at noon, rinse and repeat everyday lol
I used to play this game HEAVY back in the day and still think about it from time to time even now. I honestly thought the game was completely dead at this point as to why I never went back out of nostalgia. Thanks for this video, I just might take a swing back at Aion Classic just for old time's sake.
I started playing the Classic server at release and was among HUNDREDS of new players who got to the point in the Story where you HAVE to go into PvP zones. And those zones were camped 24/7 by Aion vets that knew how to make broken builds/OP group mechanics and take advantage of OG 'glitches' and such. At the SAME time, a bug was found and abused by a bunch of players resulting in HUGE amounts of Gold being piled up by a lot of ppl, breaking the Economy in the first week.
@@cLCS2 Well, I think it has to do more with new players being reskilled by some veteran maniacs that exist just to discourage incoming population from playing. Games like this are not meant to last.
God I miss original Aion , I still have the toy that came with the collectors edition , the good old days when I quit world of Warcraft for Aion and I knew this game was going to take over . Boy I was wrong
So many great memories I have of old Aion. I met so many amazing people and to this day have never been in a static that flowed so well together. We all no lifed that game like crazy. I was in one of the few statics that could get an S rank and kill Tahabata. Had to my knowledge the first Tahabata spear on my server on my side. We also set a record for fastest instance clear for the server merge event. We managed to clear Tlabs in a couple of mins haha (farmed the keys the night before). The nostalgia I felt hearing that song again. I've been chasing that dragon ever since.
10:30 No, it was NOT always like this! I am a veteran AION player, and had the opportunity to play it right from the very beginning. I can assure you that THAT ability to teleport to NPC was never there! Thanks for the video btw; you are awesome!☺
I absolutely loved Aion it's first 2 years but Retail is nothing like what it once was. I did get into Classic when it released in NA and this video is making me want to go back. Damn it Peon!
This was my very first MMORPG. I started playing it in '09 (EU) until I think around 2012 or '13. Even though it has been roughly ten years, I still look back and watch videos like this from time to time just to see how the game is doing. Because it was my first and the last MMORPG I ever invested time in, It will always be special to me. I will most likely never play it again, but keep watching videos like these annually. The nostalgia hit rly hard watching this. Thx my man.
For me the Same. I played back from 09-13 on Server Thor (EU). Will never play it again but sometimes I got some reminder. Lot of Real friends were find and are still in my life
i remember like it was yesterday when i bought the AION CD for launch , making my coffee in the morning and chilling in the q for hours and hours on launch , when i got in wow IT WAS MAGICAL a game worth waiting .... even the music brings memories ! i really miss this game feeling ! all hopes up that AoC will bring back these feelings !
This game really needs more attention. If only he showcased all the new things Korea is bringing into patch 2.7 classic with 3.0 on the way. NCsoft said they were stopping classic at patch 2.7, it's succeeded so well in Korea that they are bringing 3.0
man your video is so high quality, bring back so many memories. I played aion EU 2009 P2P and that was unique experience, i was once a commander for all Elyos to go siege in the Abyss and it was about 500 players each side. That was awsome! Got many nice friends. Well.... ye a big nostalgia
This was my first MMORPG, so many good memories! And it was the best PvP I have ever experienced. I miss the old Abyss, the sieges and the all the effort people made to coordinate a whole faction. I remember hundreds of people on the same Ventrilo server taking calls from the top guild leaders. Beautiful to see!
Year was 2009. After work, I usually logged into AION to level up my Assassin(Asmo). Didn't enjoyed that character. Started a Chanter, groked the buffer way to play this game, got invited to a massive amount of parties when playing, got PM'ed every time I logged in. Felt it was way more fun to play as support, way better to get gear and interact with others through Ventrilo or TS, which also raised the bar for my verbal English skills. While having tons of fun, also improved my english which is kinda great. I miss those times.
i dont care what anyone says about this game. i think the combat was the best part of this game, it geets very fast paced at endgame because most skills don't share cooldowns. the pvp scene used to be crazy and very popular. i still love this game to this day because nothing out there can replace it for me. ofc now the game is trash because the publishers have destoryed it completely but if you haven't played this game in 2012 2014 era you definitely missed out
After looking around briefly, many players apparently weren't happy with various changes made to the game over time, so people kept leaving, especially once classic servers got opened up, until retail got to the state it's at today. Retail has a very limited player base, that would basically all be at end game, which would be why the game is trying to rush you through progression, and why he didn't really see anyone around. The absurd thing about this to me is that if classic is still progressing, then that would almost certainly mean it will eventually get the same updates people didn't like in retail, in which case, why bother? Considering as how this is NCSoft we're talking about, even if they claim otherwise, I just can't see them trying to fix their considered mistakes, or make classic its own thing, like is being done with Old School Runescape from what I gather.
Based on what happened in the korean version, in a future Aion classic will turn into Aion revenant (it is the new name), after 2.7 the game is going to have new classes, maps, story, etc. so all these updates who ruined the game arent comming, just search videos about executioner class, its a new class, and also a new map called "Telos"
I've been saying this for years now. AION is the best MMO of all time. The only thing it needed was updated graphics and modernized combat system. No other mmo could compare itself to AION if it did thsoe things. The world felt real and alive compared to any MMO today. The music, the factions, the pvp, dungeons etc were all well made. Exploration was HUGE IN AION as you could take teleporters into the world of the enemy factions givign plaers that thrilling enemy territory feels. The ABYSS was insane a place where players could be doing questa dn at any given moment bump into each otehr part of diff afactions and they start to fight. EVEN the PVP music is top tier insane. They have music when you pvp someone.
Elyos gunslinger akimbo pistols was the best class I've ever played in an MMO. I will forever miss this game. Anyone that trash talks it is dead to me. I remember rifting into the enemies world and PvPing people doing quests. I was a menace, I MISS IT.
This brought back some memories. One of the main reasons I wanted to upgrade my PC back then was to be able to participate in sieges while getting more than 5 fps lol.
I was always curious about this game when it first released but I never got the chance to play it. This video in a way scratched an itch that I've always had about this game, so thank you for making this. The music was nostalgic for me too, even though I never even played the game. But it was somehow inspiring and made me feel a weird longing for the past. Intriguing!
NCSoft does what NCSoft does best, kill a great game, first Lineage 2, then Aion...Both games were my second home growing up, now they are a shell of once glorious times full of friendship, betrayal, massive sieges, chill crafting and dungeons..
The one think I will always love Aion for is showing me how much fun casters are. Was my first game playing caster DPS and been my favorite style of DPS in MMOs ever sense.
I played Aion a ton back in like 2011/2012. The reason the "popular" characters look like children is largely because creating tiny characters was a popular decision for PvP. They were much harder to target and were easy to lose in a crowd of other players.
Totally Agree with your opinion. I played Aion couple years ago and I was annoyed and tired from all the new systems and changes. Aion Classic on the other hand is still enjoyable for me and I have in plan to come back to Aion Classic when EU server will be released early this Year
Very nostalgic. I remember me and my friends playing 1am in a computed shop on a 8-man team and tried to invade an Asmo area and my newbie friends killed the mobs in the area with full assassin and ranger combos because they said they are also Asmodians too lol
Wow, I only played Aion for a few months back when it released (yeah I’m old lol) but that music is STILL familiar after all this time. Cant give the composer/musician a much bigger compliment than that.
I had a group of friends and we was playing Aion since 2009 I think and we had enough of it like in 2016, and we are back to play a pvt server Euro Aion since 3 months back. its only one server and there is around 2.2K active daily players so this server is pretty good and a live.
Hi Peon, glad to see you covering my favorite game! Considering you're someone who has barely played the game and has only grasped some first impressions, I think u did a surprisingly good job with your analysis. It is a common saying among Aion-players that retail Aion is not Aion anymore and for this exact reason more than 95% of the playerbase is nowadays playing either on classic servers or on private servers which simulate the oldschool game. the only aspect I'd say you didn't get the chance to estimate properly was the combat system; while it might feel clunkier than some modern titles, it gets way better while you progress through the game and feels very smooth lategame in comparison to other "older" titles. The combat is actually one of the main factors that kept players playing this game up until nowadays. have a nice day
Will always have a spot in my heart. Quited such a long time ago, but i have been on PVP private servers a fair while after quiting retail around Gunslinger released.
I remember group attacs on other race, that was amazing, go to asmos map and sneak attack 20 lvl players, or go to elyos 20 lvl zone to protect them and as 2 lvl stick to bigger levels when portals were open, that was so much fun. Also the revenge part was amazing, it won't be same again
I absolutely loved your narration here! I'll say this, from a player that started on closed Chinese Beta testing of this game and started playing during early release (September 2009 in the US) all the way to 2019, this game was everything to me all the way up to 2014, later the game became free to play, too many bad players and too much P2W that the game lost so many great players and the population plummeted. I will always love Aion for what it was initially and the rush you got from grinding in groups and hunting or being hunted by the opposing faction when rifts popped up on your map, the game had so much depth and also potential which was ruined by horrible game admins and just overall bad company moves. This game could still be a top tier game had they actually invested in marketing, good developers and also if they had just stuck to the lore. Anyway, thank you for making this highly entertaining and nostalgia triggering video.
Only thing you missed out on was the perfection that was high level end game open world pvp. This is why aion has a massive fanbase. There was nothing like it's open world pvp!
11 years of playing it on 4 in EU and 5 in NA by far NA was the fair one and decent drop rates of it, sad on p2w but it is what it is, tanks for your fair and good review this game it was where i find the love of my life. ;)
Played Aion when it released with my guild Exile Corps. The biggest problem the game had at the time, was the long, tedious grind between quests. I think at the time there where no quests between levels 40 and 44 or something. You couldn't get fear upgrades either, except for one place. There was a repeatable quests where you had to farm blue manes? Not sure, but something like that. The mobs were sparse, so even with a group it took long to complete and worst of all... it was an invasion zone. Meaning, at any point a rift could open up and the other faction would raid the area. At the time, we were one of the few guilds that far into the game and the other faction was clearly more populated. This made it very hard and tedious to grind more levels, resulting in me (and some others) giving up early. The PVPVE area was fun though, as long as level were similar, flying through the air to escape was very cool. When I heard the music in your video, I did get the "This game had awesome music" vibe. Really wish the western release was a bit more streamlined and less korean grind focused. Very cool to see Aion classic going strong!
I played Beta and then release back in 2008. I became one, if not the only richest toon in the game in the first few months due to a lucky Armor Proc allowing me to craft Legendary gear. Made a effin fortune. The game however was a blast to play, the graphics were ahead of its time, combat was flashy and had us hooked. The issues that plagued this game to demise were these top 3 things. 1: Farming Bots ran rampant, controlling the Auction House and inflation took a turn for the worse. 2: PvP became about who can make the smallest toon and go around ganking people, rogues/assassins at the time where top tier OP. PvP became miserable because the enemy pixels were about the size of bucket. 3: Leveling experience was horrid. Quests got you so far and the rest of the way relied on grinding/killing/doing dungeons for exp.
After 3 years with vanilla WoW, most of my guild at the time left to play AION. So much fun and we really loved the unique PvE/PvP mechanics. But then the game got flooded by bots and gold sellers and that really hurt the experiences. I moved on. It really was a great MMORPG.
Thank you for make this vid of a older Game. I do enjoy fly with wings in a open world a lot but sadly there not much of that kind of games exist to make me want play it. Did play Aion in the time 2008 - 2010 most. Not know the new content that much now after my return a wile ago i lost mood to continue again but also not want start from new now, that time for me is over. Actual i like the other game more where i can fly with wings and no limits in a open world. is sad that Aion had it restrict always and a way too much no fly zones had make me left in past to a new game. Was a nice time there and i be thankful for it the people put always so much work in the games too. Best wishes Endru -waves-
The comments alone voice how much enjoyment this game brought to people over a decade ago now. I've played pretty much every mmo out there and nothing will come close to aion pre 4.5(ish? Cant remember exact patches but for me aethertech and gunner era was the decline) I couldnt convince my IRL friends to try it out as wow was still popular but I still had a blast. Spent so much time pvping in time eye, Idian depths and blasting dungeons the game was great. All classes had immense skill depth and you really had a spell for every situation I loved it. The music is top tier, I'll occasionally listen to the OST and the art is fantastic. I'll always cherish the memories I made from aion.
Aion was my first MMO. I still have fond memories of it but to see it the way it is now is heartbreaking. I kept waiting for you to go to the Abyss and then remembered that they deleted that whole zone from the game a while back. It was the first full flying PVPVE area in the game. I really miss the old days of Aion. Also a tip for anyone wanting to play this game: When your character sits down you regain health and mana faster. If you play a caster class just sleep/bind the enemy and sit down for a couple of seconds to get mana back faster.
I would love a reboot of Aion with a more action rpg fighting style like Tera. They had this rivality vibe from early WoW horde vs alliance. Wings were so esthetic and fun. And dont get me started on the character customization its still one of best
Man, this game is so nostalgic. I remember I played it from 2.7 all the way to the 8.0. It was a pain in the heart to see what this game has become. Earlier versions there was tons of players, and grouping and socializing was easy. Nowadays I install it to play for an hour and so and then I unninstall it again. This game really is coming to its end :/
My favorite game. I have the same friends from the closed beta at the beginning. I love PVE and PVP. The freedom of the stigmas and that it is a game where hands are really needed.
When Aion was first released; you only had quests once in a while lmao. You spent 90% of your time grinding mobs in a good spot over and over again, hopefully with friends. I remember that the game had botting issues as soon as it was released lol. I was in the best guild in my server and we had all the high leveled characters basically, we practically never lost the faction war. My most memorable moment was when the first lvl 41st character on our server was a dude from our guild, and he was the only legit guy that was over lvl 39 lol. All the lvl 40 characters were bots or botters, so practically our whole faction decided that it wasn't going to be bots who are always online that are going to be the first characters to hit 50, it was going to be a real guy, and the whole faction decided to help our guildmate grind mobs like crazy. He did end up being the first level 50 character, sadly the game didn't survive much longer than that lmao as people were dropping like flies left & right. The fact that all of my most memorable moments of that game where during the initial leveling is very telling of how barebones the game was at release.
Open World pvp was Epic , Raids other continent and flighing pvp on main territory was massive inmersive have good times playing this amazing MMO good memories
Man this game really does give me the nostalgia. I had a pretty decent Elyos Assasin and had a lot of fun with the massive wars. Also made an Asmodian alt account to enter rifts. Lmao it was fun hiding your obelisk in obscurely high spots or some hole on the landscape then ambushing random people doing their quests. Looks like i have to go back to playing this game sometime this year
I have played aion since 2012 up to 2021, and I can proudly say I will never get bored of this game, It will always have a special spot in my heart and as much as I search I just can't find any MMORPG as good as Aion. It's so sad logging in now and then and seeing less and less players, I'm still occasionally playing, but I feel like it's just nostalgia lingering. (I WILL START FURIOUSLY PLAYING AION AGAIN AND FORCING ALL OF MY FRIENDS TO DO SO AGAIN)
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Hey I just watched it in Public... 4:42... was that really neccessary...?^^
no
@@dubistdran5781 an important lesson on wearing headphones I guess
actually kinda like it..
I wonder what MMO you personally play on a regular basis 😁
Man, Aion was something else back in the day. Especially the social aspect of it. I am still in contact with some friends I made back then and I know so many people who met in game and got married later. These memories will always be fun.
i knew a couple who did the same thing, I don't remember their names but what guild were they in??? the ones I knew were in my guild The Debauchery Tea Party
I still remember this game playing with my international friends dps cleric ftw. btw I miss my guildmates I supported them with my pity buff.
Same, my guild leader on Kahrun (NA) met his wife in game iirc. They were both russian jews living in the US
dont give me hope
This game will always have a spot on my heart. I created 5 characters just to farm a level 35 blue set and go to abyss farming mobs for days. Then buy the 30 pvp set using AP then go rifting killing asmodians. Miss those old days. Elyos for life. I still remember those half second lags when an asmo is around lurking.
haha oh yaaaa the mini lag spike would tip yu off that asmos were nearby lol
i did the same thing, first leveled 5 characters to get the i think was called devonian set something and then went with my sorcerer to max level. This game is the best mmo ive ever played in my life, at least the experience i had was the best overall
Asmo for life. I never once made an elyos character. Elyos was just too bright for me
LOL I did the same thing but in the opposite faction. Farmed the daevanion set for lv 30 and played without exping in Eltnen for so many time grinding AP hahaha
Atleast asmos weren't the evil ones. If you read the story you should be ashamed for being the bullyrace!
Aion is only a shadow of what it once was.
the game will be more dead after people watch this review, F developer..
Same as Lineage 2
When they blew up Sanctum, the Elyos capital city, and made half of it no longer accessible, is when the retail game really died for me
It's was a stunningly beautiful game but only the PvP was fun, not even because of the combat itself but because of the pvp system on the maps; the pve raids and dungeons were just aweful, in the end it was very close to be great but did not make it.
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A decade later, and i still listen to a lot of the games OST on the regular. It's so damn good. In tandem with its ambiance and art direction, playing Aion was quite the memorable experience back in the day. Sad to see what it was reduced to.
Lol anime pfp
Same.
Same, I didn't stick around for long after Tower of Eternity had its release but I still have the OST in my playlists c:
Totally.
I have spent 4 years of my life playing aion as my main game and seeing it like this is just heartbreaking
Same. I permanently quit it in late 2017 or very early 2018, haven't checked it out since. It pretty much died with the release of 5.0
We all were hoping for an update that showed Eltnen's forests recovering, or the Putrid Mire in Verteron returning to normal, or Brusthonin's bogs restored to lush grasslands. Instead they chose to erase the work we did to push the lore along, and those lands along with it.
I truly envy anyone who hasn't played this game. After playing it and finding out no other MMO comes close to how good it is.... it’s truly left a void in my heart.
is it better than WOW?
Aion at its peak was the best MMO in my opinion, I hate that it died.
@@zhetesteur3654 yes, it is better than Wow.
@@zhetesteur3654 WoW is overrated.
For me its just nostalgia bias, I have childhood friends who always played WoW and they feel the same way about WoW as me about Aion tbh. I think it's a mix of nostalgia, age and corporatization of gaming over the years. All the shit that came after Aion like Tera, BnS, Black Desert had free aim combat which is just bad game design for MMO in my opinion. After that came the mobile gaming boom which leaked it's disgusting marketing tactics over to MMO and since then everything is p2w so it's hopeless. Best options are FFXIV and WoW classic but it's just very demotivating that I have to learn decades of content because I'm late. I really envy people who grew up with FFXIV and still play to this day, they are basically living the life that I wanted to originally haha
You couldn't teleport to Quest NPCs in Original Aion, but you could press a find button, and the NPC got marked on the map. But not always, some NPCs you needed to find by yourself.
Ah the good old days where you learn it the hard way back at lvl 8 in poeta, deliver this to Pernos "Pernos is in Poeta" BUT WHERE? HELP! lol (on Elysea side tho)
Wow... Nostalgia hits hard with this one..
Back in 2010/2011 there was a private Server called *Infinite Aion* where my friends played. This was the reason I BEGGED my parents for a pc while I was in highschool using the excuse * it's for school work* and boy was this a ride...It's hard to put it in words how much special that time was and just seeing and experiencing everything for the first time was like WHOA!.. Even to this day some people talk about Infinte Aion and how it was . Most of its player base are now scattered across all private serves but deep down we all know where we came from. Loved this game
Yeah Infinite Aion man.. The feels
Infinite Aion and Gamez Aion, the first two private servers for this MMO, ah memories!
What was the name of the Developer, Erb or something?
I also remember a dutch guy who ran a big guild.
OMG IA.. I miss it so much. Used to main a sorc and would run around with my cleric friend pvping all the time. Miss that guy ):
Infinite was the best server
I remember no lifing Aion in 2009. That game consumed my life. Meet so many cool people that I'm still friends with. PvP in the Abyss was the best PvP, that I've ever been apart of. Also, having my static dredgion groups every night. My Guild Leader would transform during sieges int he Abyss. Aion was a special game.
When Aion first released I played that game religiously. I will always have a soft spot for Aion, I loved the combat, I loved the rifting, and the Abyss was pretty cool as well.
this was my first mmo and i played it for like 7 years. the game had so much potential up to a certain patch. then the developers team changed and you can see the 180 degrees turn the game took after 3.0. Just hearing the music brings back so many memories
i think thee game was great until. 5.0. imo 4.6 was peak of aion
the game also experienced a publisher change as well if I'm not mistaken. It definitely was in it's prime around 2008~2015; after that it just got worse and worse
@@mr.melone520 Noo, 4.8 was peak of aion literally
@@spec1512 i dont remember the patches exactly i forgot there even was a 4.8 but yea right around that time the game was great although they started introducing heavy p2w features too around that time with enchanting accessories and stuff
@@mr.melone520 Yeah and in 4.8 there was the new stigma system with the vision in the middle (6 stigma + vision) and many old stigma became skillbook so, we could make a lot of interesting combo, it was so fun and the least unbalanced (even if it's never balanced for every class).
Since 5.0 the game became less good, the best patches were in 4.x and 4.8 was peak of aion
Oh man... the music brought tears to my eyes. The nostalagia hits hard. My most cherished memories of a "game + friends" experience lay with Aion's corpse.
After 11 years of playing Aion in all regions including Korea, NA and EU I can confirm that you have done a very good review of this game and that you have describe on accurate way situation regarding Aion on start of 2023. Its important to say that Aion Retail servers (Aion Live) do not represent Aion any more nowadays in 2023 because Aion Classic was released in Korea with a huge success and Aion Classic EU release is coming in March of 2023, so that version of Aion is actually real Aion now in 2023 which should be reviewed. Aion Classic is amazing game comparing to Aion Live because P2W is not that much hard core, game is more simple and gameplay itself feels slower but better overall so that should be main focus for anyone who is revisiting or trying to play Aion for first time in 2023. Aion Classic in NA was released about one year ago and have failed badly, but not because of game, only because of lack of marketing before release and bugs. Aion Classic in Korea have currently nine servers up and servers are full with Aion on position number 9 on overall ranking list of games in Korea, which is a huge success but again, not because of Aion Live servers which are dead, but because of Aion Classic servers. Overall this was actually very good review since you are not playing Aion every day, but you have manage anyway to notice most important things, so good work! Thank you for review!
@Franka *66 , yw! Date is still not set but its officially confirmed it will be released in March! Even comparing with lots of new titles Aion Classic is amazing gameplay experience so its worth to play it for that release.
I'm not hopeful for Aion Classic EU by Game(Gay)forge, they are terrible publishers...
@Franka *66 Same!
That sounds exciting! Might try it when it's available for the EU
So I shouldn’t play classic NA right now?
I know you've been doing it for a few videos now but I love that you add clips from different people playing the game at the end of these videos now. Gives you just one more deeper insight into the games and just shows no matter how bad or good a game is there is a community that loves it cause it's their game.
12:21 the music and "spent the next few levels questing with other players", idk why but that moment makes me feel nostalgic and remember good moments some years ago.
I can't describe how perfect Aion was back then. Playing 4.0+ patch was the most beautiful thing ever and it makes me sad to see how this game evolved...
By the way, there's a lot of people once you reach lvl 60~ and get to Gelkmaros. It surprised me how populated this game is but only in these specific areas ("endgame areas" lol)
the game will be more dead after people watch this review, F developer..
what was so great about it? typical korean grinder.
@@wiziek best tab-target combat out there to this day. the retail is the bigest pay2win shit ever and only the whales are playing the game. Best combat if you playing with good ping ofc. Peon is playing with 200-300ms and thats terrible experience. He played only on low level, but for example the ranger is starting to be realy fun is lvl46. When you start to get better gear, skills, attack speed/casting speed, running speed the combat starts to be rly good and fun. PVP and dungeons are also good. We are looking forward to play the classic version with some friends when it comes to EU.
Almost like Every MMO ever
That is the problem though, because only the people who already max get to enjoy the game, but eventually even the ones who are left will leave. If anything before endgame is garbage, then no one will want to play it.
As someone who's been playing this game for over 12+ years i would really like to thank you for doing this kind of videos, even tho our playerbase is not as large as other MMOs, is still nice to see content creators like you making an updated video on how the game is doing, ty Lazypeon
Your MMO playerbase is even less than Ultima Online and that game was from 1997.
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Man I miss aion when it first came out I played it for 8 years absolutely loved the game, so sad to see where it is now and then wow is still absolutely popping
I tried to get back to it at one point because I remember the initial release of it was fun.. boy was I sorely dissapointed.
@@yasaipicles6295 that is so sad to hear! I honestly loved the game so much never enjoyed a game like it since that I’ve enjoyed :(!
Quit after grinding Abyss forever it felt like. Played Assassin, found out that half my abilities did not work mid flight "not even useable", and in Abyss, that was a disaster as you could do nothing to flying ranged classes.
The abyss was badass, once i got there, i never left.
The chill abyss grind and pvp was the best part of the game by far.
Aion was my very first mmo and I remember the times where me and my friends play it together. This brought back a lot of nostalgia for me.
You know, I watched this video yesterday, slept and decided to come back to tell you all my journey with this game. This game holds a VERY special part of my heart, not only that but the PVP hands down rivaled any other MMORPG on the market today (even better then WOW).
I started this game when it first released and played for several years, I actually met someone THROUGH this game, and was with them for the better portion of a decade. Not only that, but I remember those humble beginnings as stated by LazyPeon, starting as a complete newbie and not knowing a thing, and by the end of my time having literal several sets of officer armor (that you could only obtain by being top ranked in PVP) that could combat for any situation - a magic resist set, a attack/crit set, etc, etc. all grinded to the top.
Additionally, I played as an Asmodian, funny enough the developer PLAYED EYLOS and FAVORED EYLOS. Alot of people didn't know that at the time, but if you compared the skills between one class during this game's heyday and looked at each faction's classes: asmo vs. elyos, elyos's was clearly better, even if only by a small fraction.
I remember playing as an Asmodian templar, literally the SLOWEST leveling class, but I can tell you folks, patience does pay out, because I slapped at the end game. I remember taking a horde after horde of elyos out by myself; I remember one time having only 3 of my clan mates with me and being able to take out an ENTIRE ELYOS guild of 200+ with just the 3 of us. I reached the pinnacle of gameplay with templar and it showed because people feared me when they saw my name because I was so good at being able to swap from sword + shield, throwing out my abilities and then swapping to my great sword to break the enemy on the ground after I power bomb'd them (yes templar has a power bomb and it is epic) also being adept at switching armor sets based on the types of pvp I'd have as well!
I do hope some developer re-creates something like this game, because nothing has ever matched this gem ever and if you were in the pinnacle of when this game was fantastic it was glorious, I feel bad for those who missed out on that time because it was just brilliant in every sense of the word
Anyway, I could rant on and on, but that's my tell, hope you all enjoyed it :)
I used to play Aion heavily around 2011-2014. It was one of the first MMORPGs that I truly got invested in and I loved it. I even got involved in PVP which I typically hate. It's also got some neat story quests as well.
I don't know what it's like now but back then it was a pretty awesome game. Hearing that music from the game in this video really took me back.
They removed majority of the story quests, and removed all but a couple zones. The early game only exists to power level you to max to do the endgame which is good, but no one wants to level to get to it, so now it is dead.
One of the fondest memories from Aion was chasing people with my assassin with Lannok sword&dagger. For context, these weapons "extend" and increase your mele range with a few meters, making it hard for enemies to run away :D
Man those were the days..
Peon, thanks for the nostalgia!
I used to love this game, it was the bomb when it first came out.
Man, Infinite Aion server was insane, wish my friends get to witness how amazing this game was.
I remember playing Infinite Aion when they just started making it, even the inventory wasn't working. Great times haha, it grew to be so big.
One of my favourite memories from Aion was one of my earliest.
I was near one of the starting areas and, well this was a while back so I can't remember if it was a duel or being attacked by an Asmodian, but the fight took to the air.
I was playing a Spirit Master and they were some melee type.
Once high enough, I rooted them in the air and dived back down.
Their wings expired before the root did and they fell to their death.
And that was how I was my first PvP in Aion XD
My favorite memory was in a library of all places. The first major city had a library and I loved that the library had actual books to read.
The one that stood out to me was a story of an asmodian and elyos. The naive elyos thought she and the asmodian could be the best of friends but the asmodian kept tricking the elyos into killing herself.
Things like "That beast over there is friendly, go say hi." "This lip rouge would look great on you!" The lip rouge was poison.
I believe the last trick was telling the elyos that the sun was something important or friendly. When the elyos died she didn't revive at the obelisk this time because she had flown too far.
I want to say the asmodian felt a pang of guilt but I can't remember.
Oh Aion, it was such an amazing game back in the day - my hubby and I played since it’s NA release and left when it went free to play AKA P2W :(. We had so much fun in this game for a long time, I still get the urge to play classic, but was sad to see all the servers shut except one… would definitely play again, but only classic - for the feels 😊
I remember playing Aion in beta and at launch and instantly falling in love with the soundtrack and the environment. The thing that took the joy out of the game for me was people making awful mutant looking characters and the abrupt change to PvP in a low level zone which was constantly being raided by high level enemies...making questing almost impossible. Every once and a while, I still revisit the soundtrack and wish the game wasn't such a disappointment.
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I was an AION Founder back in 2009 and stopped about six years ago when the maps began being more fragmented. I joined AION Classic about 6+ months ago and have enjoyed it very much - so much that I gave up the mmorpg I was playing at the time. Other players are still very helpful - and it is still a very good gaming experience for both PvP and PvE players. I love the crafting most of all, as well as the gathering (Essence and Aether).
Damn, how I wish I could go back and play these games for the first time.
I still remember the grind for the wings and camping the portals
I like that you showed different streamers playing, would be cool to see that in every MMO review video. Nice to see a little peak into the game's communities through the streamers.
The main ELYOS city's background music was always very enchanting and made you feel like you ascended to heaven, not just the music gave you this feel but the atmosphere and heavenly grandeur look of the place.
Pandes music is the same? Tower of eternity?
@@ladyfreyja7686 Not sure. I haven't played the game in ages so I don't remember.
omg I missed AION, one of my favourite memories of playing MMORPGs. One of the two MMOs I went crazy hardcore on during my university summers. One of those sleep at 6am, wake up at noon, rinse and repeat everyday lol
I used to play this game HEAVY back in the day and still think about it from time to time even now. I honestly thought the game was completely dead at this point as to why I never went back out of nostalgia.
Thanks for this video, I just might take a swing back at Aion Classic just for old time's sake.
I started playing the Classic server at release and was among HUNDREDS of new players who got to the point in the Story where you HAVE to go into PvP zones. And those zones were camped 24/7 by Aion vets that knew how to make broken builds/OP group mechanics and take advantage of OG 'glitches' and such. At the SAME time, a bug was found and abused by a bunch of players resulting in HUGE amounts of Gold being piled up by a lot of ppl, breaking the Economy in the first week.
Forced pvp in a Korean mmo, impossibru! (Thanks for the warning)
Aaah, Abyss....the memories. Were Rifts active during launch?
That's the nemesis of classic versions, it is an almanac, the best things are already known. Same with WoW. It ruins everything :(
@@PsyrenXY Are westerners more drawn towards pve, being non competitive, and carebear content? Like mmos for casuals as guild wars 2?
@@cLCS2 Well, I think it has to do more with new players being reskilled by some veteran maniacs that exist just to discourage incoming population from playing. Games like this are not meant to last.
God I miss original Aion , I still have the toy that came with the collectors edition , the good old days when I quit world of Warcraft for Aion and I knew this game was going to take over . Boy I was wrong
So many great memories I have of old Aion. I met so many amazing people and to this day have never been in a static that flowed so well together. We all no lifed that game like crazy. I was in one of the few statics that could get an S rank and kill Tahabata. Had to my knowledge the first Tahabata spear on my server on my side. We also set a record for fastest instance clear for the server merge event. We managed to clear Tlabs in a couple of mins haha (farmed the keys the night before). The nostalgia I felt hearing that song again. I've been chasing that dragon ever since.
10:30 No, it was NOT always like this!
I am a veteran AION player, and had the opportunity to play it right from the very beginning.
I can assure you that THAT ability to teleport to NPC was never there!
Thanks for the video btw; you are awesome!☺
Loved the music in this game. The atmosphere... to me it was like a Lineage 2.5. Played it for years.
I absolutely loved Aion it's first 2 years but Retail is nothing like what it once was. I did get into Classic when it released in NA and this video is making me want to go back. Damn it Peon!
This was my very first MMORPG. I started playing it in '09 (EU) until I think around 2012 or '13. Even though it has been roughly ten years, I still look back and watch videos like this from time to time just to see how the game is doing.
Because it was my first and the last MMORPG I ever invested time in, It will always be special to me. I will most likely never play it again, but keep watching videos like these annually. The nostalgia hit rly hard watching this.
Thx my man.
For me the Same. I played back from 09-13 on Server Thor (EU). Will never play it again but sometimes I got some reminder. Lot of Real friends were find and are still in my life
One of the most underrated mmo games IMO. It was insanely huge….doesn’t get talked about as much as others did from what I’ve seen….idk
i remember like it was yesterday when i bought the AION CD for launch , making my coffee in the morning and chilling in the q for hours and hours on launch , when i got in wow IT WAS MAGICAL a game worth waiting .... even the music brings memories ! i really miss this game feeling ! all hopes up that AoC will bring back these feelings !
that's what 99% of the MMO players hope to brotha, that Steven from AoC can bring that back.
This game really needs more attention. If only he showcased all the new things Korea is bringing into patch 2.7 classic with 3.0 on the way. NCsoft said they were stopping classic at patch 2.7, it's succeeded so well in Korea that they are bringing 3.0
Also at 12:50 into the video he dies and says there is no flight path to the area. There is, he just did not look.
man your video is so high quality, bring back so many memories. I played aion EU 2009 P2P and that was unique experience, i was once a commander for all Elyos to go siege in the Abyss and it was about 500 players each side. That was awsome! Got many nice friends. Well.... ye a big nostalgia
Thanks for still making these videos Peon, you're awesome
This was one of my favourite MMO's back in the day. Me and my stepbrothers at the time left WoW and became addicted to Aion. So many memories.
I started playing this after watching the review. This game is very impressive for being released in 2008.
This was my first MMORPG, so many good memories! And it was the best PvP I have ever experienced. I miss the old Abyss, the sieges and the all the effort people made to coordinate a whole faction. I remember hundreds of people on the same Ventrilo server taking calls from the top guild leaders. Beautiful to see!
I loved this game so much! It was the first MMO I truly got into and made some awesome friends!
Year was 2009. After work, I usually logged into AION to level up my Assassin(Asmo). Didn't enjoyed that character.
Started a Chanter, groked the buffer way to play this game, got invited to a massive amount of parties when playing, got PM'ed every time I logged in.
Felt it was way more fun to play as support, way better to get gear and interact with others through Ventrilo or TS, which also raised the bar for my verbal English skills.
While having tons of fun, also improved my english which is kinda great. I miss those times.
i dont care what anyone says about this game. i think the combat was the best part of this game, it geets very fast paced at endgame because most skills don't share cooldowns. the pvp scene used to be crazy and very popular. i still love this game to this day because nothing out there can replace it for me. ofc now the game is trash because the publishers have destoryed it completely but if you haven't played this game in 2012 2014 era you definitely missed out
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After looking around briefly, many players apparently weren't happy with various changes made to the game over time, so people kept leaving, especially once classic servers got opened up, until retail got to the state it's at today. Retail has a very limited player base, that would basically all be at end game, which would be why the game is trying to rush you through progression, and why he didn't really see anyone around.
The absurd thing about this to me is that if classic is still progressing, then that would almost certainly mean it will eventually get the same updates people didn't like in retail, in which case, why bother? Considering as how this is NCSoft we're talking about, even if they claim otherwise, I just can't see them trying to fix their considered mistakes, or make classic its own thing, like is being done with Old School Runescape from what I gather.
Based on what happened in the korean version, in a future Aion classic will turn into Aion revenant (it is the new name), after 2.7 the game is going to have new classes, maps, story, etc. so all these updates who ruined the game arent comming, just search videos about executioner class, its a new class, and also a new map called "Telos"
Best pvp system evercreated in an mmo , sad that 0 mmo picked up this system
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In what way was it the best, exactly?
This was a great video! It reminded me how years ago I used to LOVE playing Aion. I might just go see if my old account is still working. :D
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the music is a bit loud in the pros/cons
still playing AION 4.6 In The Euroaion Server It's is the best formula of the game
Personally, id consider buying your new spells a positive.
Is more emmersive and feels better when you get the skill.
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so nice to see that "dying is a possibility" is on the PROS list...
I haven't found a better game than WoW in 19 years, no matter what other game I play, it can't come close to the magic of World of Warcraft.
I've been saying this for years now. AION is the best MMO of all time. The only thing it needed was updated graphics and modernized combat system. No other mmo could compare itself to AION if it did thsoe things. The world felt real and alive compared to any MMO today. The music, the factions, the pvp, dungeons etc were all well made. Exploration was HUGE IN AION as you could take teleporters into the world of the enemy factions givign plaers that thrilling enemy territory feels. The ABYSS was insane a place where players could be doing questa dn at any given moment bump into each otehr part of diff afactions and they start to fight. EVEN the PVP music is top tier insane. They have music when you pvp someone.
Elyos gunslinger akimbo pistols was the best class I've ever played in an MMO. I will forever miss this game. Anyone that trash talks it is dead to me. I remember rifting into the enemies world and PvPing people doing quests. I was a menace, I MISS IT.
The starting area was different because you picked the other faction, Peon.
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the up to date 4.0 back in 2013~ had the best pvp system i've encountered in 99% of mmo's
This brought back some memories. One of the main reasons I wanted to upgrade my PC back then was to be able to participate in sieges while getting more than 5 fps lol.
I was always curious about this game when it first released but I never got the chance to play it. This video in a way scratched an itch that I've always had about this game, so thank you for making this. The music was nostalgic for me too, even though I never even played the game. But it was somehow inspiring and made me feel a weird longing for the past. Intriguing!
NCSoft does what NCSoft does best, kill a great game, first Lineage 2, then Aion...Both games were my second home growing up, now they are a shell of once glorious times full of friendship, betrayal, massive sieges, chill crafting and dungeons..
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The one think I will always love Aion for is showing me how much fun casters are. Was my first game playing caster DPS and been my favorite style of DPS in MMOs ever sense.
I played Aion a ton back in like 2011/2012. The reason the "popular" characters look like children is largely because creating tiny characters was a popular decision for PvP. They were much harder to target and were easy to lose in a crowd of other players.
Totally Agree with your opinion. I played Aion couple years ago and I was annoyed and tired from all the new systems and changes. Aion Classic on the other hand is still enjoyable for me and I have in plan to come back to Aion Classic when EU server will be released early this Year
Very nostalgic. I remember me and my friends playing 1am in a computed shop on a 8-man team and tried to invade an Asmo area and my newbie friends killed the mobs in the area with full assassin and ranger combos because they said they are also Asmodians too lol
Wow, I only played Aion for a few months back when it released (yeah I’m old lol) but that music is STILL familiar after all this time. Cant give the composer/musician a much bigger compliment than that.
I had a group of friends and we was playing Aion since 2009 I think and we had enough of it like in 2016, and we are back to play a pvt server Euro Aion since 3 months back. its only one server and there is around 2.2K active daily players so this server is pretty good and a live.
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Hi Peon, glad to see you covering my favorite game!
Considering you're someone who has barely played the game and has only grasped some first impressions, I think u did a surprisingly good job with your analysis.
It is a common saying among Aion-players that retail Aion is not Aion anymore and for this exact reason more than 95% of the playerbase is nowadays playing either on classic servers or on private servers which simulate the oldschool game.
the only aspect I'd say you didn't get the chance to estimate properly was the combat system; while it might feel clunkier than some modern titles, it gets way better while you progress through the game and feels very smooth lategame in comparison to other "older" titles. The combat is actually one of the main factors that kept players playing this game up until nowadays.
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Will always have a spot in my heart.
Quited such a long time ago, but i have been on PVP private servers a fair while after quiting retail around Gunslinger released.
Aion classic is releasing on 25th day. Actually hyped to test it.
Thank you for this perfect walkthrough of the current state of Aion! 10:59 This part made me nostalgic :`)
I remember group attacs on other race, that was amazing, go to asmos map and sneak attack 20 lvl players, or go to elyos 20 lvl zone to protect them and as 2 lvl stick to bigger levels when portals were open, that was so much fun. Also the revenge part was amazing, it won't be same again
Can't wait for Aion Classic EU in late March 2023
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I absolutely loved your narration here! I'll say this, from a player that started on closed Chinese Beta testing of this game and started playing during early release (September 2009 in the US) all the way to 2019, this game was everything to me all the way up to 2014, later the game became free to play, too many bad players and too much P2W that the game lost so many great players and the population plummeted. I will always love Aion for what it was initially and the rush you got from grinding in groups and hunting or being hunted by the opposing faction when rifts popped up on your map, the game had so much depth and also potential which was ruined by horrible game admins and just overall bad company moves. This game could still be a top tier game had they actually invested in marketing, good developers and also if they had just stuck to the lore. Anyway, thank you for making this highly entertaining and nostalgia triggering video.
Only thing you missed out on was the perfection that was high level end game open world pvp.
This is why aion has a massive fanbase. There was nothing like it's open world pvp!
11 years of playing it on 4 in EU and 5 in NA by far NA was the fair one and decent drop rates of it, sad on p2w but it is what it is, tanks for your fair and good review this game it was where i find the love of my life. ;)
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Played Aion when it released with my guild Exile Corps. The biggest problem the game had at the time, was the long, tedious grind between quests. I think at the time there where no quests between levels 40 and 44 or something. You couldn't get fear upgrades either, except for one place. There was a repeatable quests where you had to farm blue manes? Not sure, but something like that. The mobs were sparse, so even with a group it took long to complete and worst of all... it was an invasion zone. Meaning, at any point a rift could open up and the other faction would raid the area. At the time, we were one of the few guilds that far into the game and the other faction was clearly more populated. This made it very hard and tedious to grind more levels, resulting in me (and some others) giving up early.
The PVPVE area was fun though, as long as level were similar, flying through the air to escape was very cool. When I heard the music in your video, I did get the "This game had awesome music" vibe.
Really wish the western release was a bit more streamlined and less korean grind focused.
Very cool to see Aion classic going strong!
I played Beta and then release back in 2008. I became one, if not the only richest toon in the game in the first few months due to a lucky Armor Proc allowing me to craft Legendary gear. Made a effin fortune. The game however was a blast to play, the graphics were ahead of its time, combat was flashy and had us hooked. The issues that plagued this game to demise were these top 3 things.
1: Farming Bots ran rampant, controlling the Auction House and inflation took a turn for the worse.
2: PvP became about who can make the smallest toon and go around ganking people, rogues/assassins at the time where top tier OP. PvP became miserable because the enemy pixels were about the size of bucket.
3: Leveling experience was horrid. Quests got you so far and the rest of the way relied on grinding/killing/doing dungeons for exp.
Aion was my second favorite MMO behind Warhammer Age of Reckoning. It was so much fun.
Aion was a great love of mine, good to see that it still exists. But i won't come back! The great memories should stay memories. Farewell my friend!
After 3 years with vanilla WoW, most of my guild at the time left to play AION. So much fun and we really loved the unique PvE/PvP mechanics. But then the game got flooded by bots and gold sellers and that really hurt the experiences. I moved on. It really was a great MMORPG.
Thank you for make this vid of a older Game. I do enjoy fly with wings in a open world a lot but sadly there not much of that kind of games exist to make me want play it. Did play Aion in the time 2008 - 2010 most. Not know the new content that much now after my return a wile ago i lost mood to continue again but also not want start from new now, that time for me is over. Actual i like the other game more where i can fly with wings and no limits in a open world. is sad that Aion had it restrict always and a way too much no fly zones had make me left in past to a new game. Was a nice time there and i be thankful for it the people put always so much work in the games too. Best wishes Endru -waves-
The comments alone voice how much enjoyment this game brought to people over a decade ago now. I've played pretty much every mmo out there and nothing will come close to aion pre 4.5(ish? Cant remember exact patches but for me aethertech and gunner era was the decline)
I couldnt convince my IRL friends to try it out as wow was still popular but I still had a blast. Spent so much time pvping in time eye, Idian depths and blasting dungeons the game was great. All classes had immense skill depth and you really had a spell for every situation I loved it. The music is top tier, I'll occasionally listen to the OST and the art is fantastic.
I'll always cherish the memories I made from aion.
Aion was my first MMO. I still have fond memories of it but to see it the way it is now is heartbreaking. I kept waiting for you to go to the Abyss and then remembered that they deleted that whole zone from the game a while back. It was the first full flying PVPVE area in the game. I really miss the old days of Aion. Also a tip for anyone wanting to play this game: When your character sits down you regain health and mana faster. If you play a caster class just sleep/bind the enemy and sit down for a couple of seconds to get mana back faster.
o mah gahd, this video made me feelings i haven't had in a while. pure nostalgic for me expecally the music
I would love a reboot of Aion with a more action rpg fighting style like Tera.
They had this rivality vibe from early WoW horde vs alliance.
Wings were so esthetic and fun.
And dont get me started on the character customization its still one of best
Man, this game is so nostalgic. I remember I played it from 2.7 all the way to the 8.0. It was a pain in the heart to see what this game has become. Earlier versions there was tons of players, and grouping and socializing was easy. Nowadays I install it to play for an hour and so and then I unninstall it again. This game really is coming to its end :/
My favorite game. I have the same friends from the closed beta at the beginning. I love PVE and PVP. The freedom of the stigmas and that it is a game where hands are really needed.
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The nostalgia videos were awesome. Peeps having lots of fun.
When Aion was first released; you only had quests once in a while lmao. You spent 90% of your time grinding mobs in a good spot over and over again, hopefully with friends. I remember that the game had botting issues as soon as it was released lol. I was in the best guild in my server and we had all the high leveled characters basically, we practically never lost the faction war. My most memorable moment was when the first lvl 41st character on our server was a dude from our guild, and he was the only legit guy that was over lvl 39 lol. All the lvl 40 characters were bots or botters, so practically our whole faction decided that it wasn't going to be bots who are always online that are going to be the first characters to hit 50, it was going to be a real guy, and the whole faction decided to help our guildmate grind mobs like crazy. He did end up being the first level 50 character, sadly the game didn't survive much longer than that lmao as people were dropping like flies left & right. The fact that all of my most memorable moments of that game where during the initial leveling is very telling of how barebones the game was at release.
Open World pvp was Epic , Raids other continent and flighing pvp on main territory was massive inmersive have good times playing this amazing MMO good memories
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Man this game really does give me the nostalgia. I had a pretty decent Elyos Assasin and had a lot of fun with the massive wars. Also made an Asmodian alt account to enter rifts. Lmao it was fun hiding your obelisk in obscurely high spots or some hole on the landscape then ambushing random people doing their quests. Looks like i have to go back to playing this game sometime this year
I have played aion since 2012 up to 2021, and I can proudly say I will never get bored of this game, It will always have a special spot in my heart and as much as I search I just can't find any MMORPG as good as Aion. It's so sad logging in now and then and seeing less and less players, I'm still occasionally playing, but I feel like it's just nostalgia lingering. (I WILL START FURIOUSLY PLAYING AION AGAIN AND FORCING ALL OF MY FRIENDS TO DO SO AGAIN)
I was a PvPaholic back in the glory Aion days and watching everyone smiling and having fun and laughing while enjoying Aion made me so happy to see.
Same