Moving to WASDstomp.com

I am officially announcing that this blog is moving on Friday the 13th to my new general gaming blog WASDstomp.  Be sure to subscribe to the new feed.

Did Aion fool you into buying the game?

Do you feel like Aion fooled you into buying the game because they limited your level in beta?  Would have you bought Aion if you could have experienced the grind post 30+?  Do you think they knew, and wanted to keep it a secret?

I think I was fooled into buying Aion.  The grind didn't seem bad in the beta for the lower levels.  It seemed reasonable.  The problem is NCSoft hid the real grind from me.  If I was able to experience the grind first hand in the beta I would of never bought Aion, but instead they stopped me at level 30.  It is after thirty that the real grind starts.   I bought Aion not knowing the true story even though they said they removed the grind for the US version.

I also thought my pve grind was over at fifty, but it continues as you have to farm pve mobs in the abyss for AP's.  It is the everlasting gobstopper... I mean everlasting grind in Aion. 

Banning of bots in Aion

It is what everyone wants in Aion.  Every day the forums are filled with Ban the Bots posts.  Everyone complains they are ruining the game.  NCSoft has taken action, and now look at the state of the game.

I know on Zikel several of the better known pvp guilds were banned from the game for botting.  These guilds weren't interested in the pve grind.  They just wanted the end game pvp that was so anticipated to where they could actually have fun in the game.

Were bots really the issue?  Should have Aion looked at the root of the problem that caused players to bot, and solved that instead?  If the real issue was addressed there wouldn't have been bots.

The real issue is the grind.  No one wants to spend half their life grinding a character to get to the point of the game that they would enjoy.  No one can really stand the grind, and the people who say it isn't bad haven't reached 35+ yet.  If you play an MMORPG for the pvp than grinding a character to max level  is a nightmare if it's only pve.

If Aion would have just made the grind reasonable they would still have a growing customer base, but instead people are leaving the game faster than ever.  Will the new xp boosts help?  I doubt it with the millions and millions of xp needed for levels the small little boost isn't going to make your bar move any faster.

Why do you think players bot in Aion 1000 times more than any other mmorpg?

Is it worth getting 50 in Aion?

I hated the grind in Aion, and now that it is over I am bored. The PvP seems a little slow to my liking.  My guildmates are dropping like flies, and the whole population on Zikel seems to be dying.

I am at a crossroads right now. Do I join a new guild? Do I wait for everyone else to get 50? Do I just solo pvp?

It just seems that people are being easily distracted with Dragon age Origins, Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare 2, and some going back to Warhammer.

Aion Five-O

I did it.  I am now level 50 in Aion.

Changes for the better

After some thinking, and I seem to do a little too much of it sometimes I decided to change the name of my Aion blog to be a better fit.  When I first created this blog I thought Aion Tavern was the best name ever, but as time has wore on the more I have grown to not like it.  I think the new blog name of Aion Gaming Headquarters is more fitting, and obvious what the blog is all about.

I thought I would also share some more milestones with this blog since the launch 8/26/09, and want to thank everyone who has made these stats possible.



20,675+ visits
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134+ visitors that have visited over 200 times 
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