Aion is One of the Best MMORPG's ever created, it has the best character creator, a dynamic story, great combat, days of gameplay, and so much room to grow that makes it's potential perfect. I purchased my copy in 2009, and played it through updates, loss of characters, server creations, server mergers, years of of time and effort. I played it during the reign of WOW, and FFXIV, which I also played heavily. Nothing was near the potential of Aion. NCSoft's focus though was on Guild Wars and Lineage, and it showed. So slowly players started to leave this wonderful game because of the lack of renewed exploration. Eventually so did I. When I finally return after years of giving up on trying to find a game to topple Aion, I come back to see all of my characters on one server, all names gone, no one on the single server, and everyone being fast tracked to higher levels. then I'm told there's Aion classic. I'm excited, but I have to start over, I cant use my other characters, my kinah, my gear, all in the "other" game, and the drop rate is rubbish. Wait!!! No I have to purchase a monthly subscriptiuon to even get better than average drops... This is a recipe for destruction. If you wanted to make money from the players, why not fix the problems first, and make the money from that. From the second month of the game there have been bots selling kinah in game. Why not sell kinah yourselves? Instead of trying to sell the right to drops in the game, sell the currency. Sell exclusive items, rare items, event items, hard to find items, mission items, dungeon keys, etc. Why sell a basic function of the game? I would love to see this game not only continue to grow, but evolve. F*** WoW, I want Aion to be that game they still talk about. Do Better....
I find the new system of "Pay-to-Play" to be a little ridiculous. I am one of the original Aion NA Release players. I paid for my copy, I have the original metal dual disk cover, and game guide. So paying additional fees just to get regular content is just a bit much. I love this game, and wish I could do more to bring new players to the world, but how is this supposed to be inviting? I get business. You have to make money. But the best thing about this game was that it wasn't WOW or FF. Sell kinah, get rid of the bots selling kinah, make the money that way. Open the game back up, re-release it as a fully free to play game, rebrand it and let's get it in...
