Aion - Generell diskusjon og informasjon

[DirtyBit]

så hvorfor sa Liv at Q4 ikke er på noe som helst måte er offisielt?

 

 

Hi Everyone,

 

First of all, thank you for being so patient!

 

I wanted to let you know that, as previously stated, we expect to ship Aion in NCSoft West territories in 2009. This hasn't changed. We have not announced a release date yet for our territories, but rest assured that we will let you know as soon as we are ready to announce a launch date. A launch date, I should add, that will be driven by NCsoft HQ and not the financials.

 

I realize I haven't earned your trust yet - but I AM bringing your concerns forward. I know you're all frustrated beyond belief and that is something I am making very aware over here. I am pushing to get you guys the information you deserve but I can't tell you any more than what I know myself.

 

I empathize. Trust me. If you guys need to vent on me, do it - whatever makes you feel better, but please do so knowing that I'm working FOR you not against you.

 

Come on, group hug.

Endret 14. februar 2009 av MrDarkey

[Mayaman]

Ja se her ja, det er da folk for Aion i norge og jo... gøy! blir med på "leken" jeg også

 

 

Har jo holdt litt følge siste året på spillet, men tenkte kanskje det ikke ville komme ut iår heller jeg men... får da se

[DirtyBit]

vel, kan garantere at det kommer ut iår mayaman, tror ikke de tørr å drøye til 2010

[Mayaman]

Joda, klart det kan jo gjøre det, men finansens 4. kvartal er ute i neste år også, tenker bare litt bredt på det, men klart, vært fin julegave

[DirtyBit]

liten extra opplysning, av en fyr fra aion source.. som egentlig i seg selv kansje stemmer og gjør det mer logiskt hvorfor de "valgte" Q4 som release av aion på det skjema

 

Ok it seems to many people took this chart to literal.

NC-soft made this 'release' chart for shareholders last year. So shareholders could look where their share was going.

Because NCsoft didn't yet know exactly when Aion was going to come out they put the release to the maximum of this year.

By doing that they evaded legal charges against them and complains from these shareholders.

This said Aion can still come out Q1-Q2, so you can still aim at a april/may release.

Endret 14. februar 2009 av MrDarkey

[Stifi]

Har liten tru på det han sier.

 

[Mayaman]

Har liten tru på det han sier.

 

 

 

Han sier CAN come out.... så det er lov å håpe

[Ramusama_InnleggNO]

Ja jeg håper også på at den tabelen er helt feil

Men dette er også det eneste vi har hørt om noen releas dato som er satt av ncsoft.

Folk med preview event har enda ikke hørt noe om når dette er heller så er red for at det faktisk kan steme med q4.

 

Men en annen ting jeg la merke til er at Japan har releas q3 og vi q4 når ncsoft har utalt seg før at EU/NA skal få aion før Japan, har dette blitt forandret? Noen som har hørt noe mer om dette?

Endret 15. februar 2009 av Ramusama

[DirtyBit]

Liv's update on the Community Report

Hi Everyone,

 

I wanted to keep you guys posted on where I'm at with the community report. Overall the report addresses the concerns of those here (AionSource) and other Aion community sites across NA/EU. I have quoted comments, feedback, suggestions and included the results of the various polls (i.e. Does NCsoft care about us?). I have also included a lengthy editorial on how the lack of news has affected the community (particularly morale and excitement for the game).

 

Today, I met with Aion's Executive Producer, Producer, and Franchise Manager - we discussed the report in great detail. They understand that regardless of what we can/can not say, we must address these concerns. Saying nothing can't be an option right now.

 

I'm not promising the announcement of a launch date - but I'm trying my best to get more information (something that isn't "we can't tell you anything right now").

 

Long story short - the report has been seen (and heard). It will take a few days to compile/confirm management's responses but my goal is to have an official update on the website by end-of-day Wednesday.

 

I'll post again tomorrow to confirm that we're still on track to having an update by Wednesday.

__________________

///Liv

Community Manager

NCsoft West

 

nå får vi se hva den rapporten sier oss idag da

[Nesumar]

De viser ihvertfall en stor interesse for å få spillet released i NA/EU, som er veldig positivt med tanke på spillets framtid.

 

Vi får se hva den endelige rapporten sier, er ikke annet enn å krysse fingra at dette går vår vei

[Mayaman]

dette liker jeg, skal leke meg med darkfall imens som en "taster" tror jeg

[DirtyBit]

A Letter to Our Fans

 

Hello Everyone,

 

I'd like to thank you for your patience while I collected feedback, comments and suggestions from various Aion communities' across Europe and North America. I used this information to create a list of questions that I felt needed to be addressed right away by our development team. This list does not cover all of your questions, I realize this, but I wanted to provide what information is available at present. The rest I am still working on.

 

I have spent the last week discussing the current state of morale within the community and the general excitement for the game with our production team and after reviewing the community report, one member in particular wanted to address you all directly. I would like to introduce you to Lance Stites, Executive Producer of NCsoft West's Game Production Studio.

 

Greetings to all,

As Executive Producer, my responsibilities include preparing and supporting the launch and ongoing operations of product for the "Western" market—including North America and Europe. I've worked with NCsoft since 2001, including 5 years in the Austin office and after a brief time away from the company I returned to spend almost a year in the European office. I've worked to launch or support multiple products or expansions, including the Lineage and City of Heroes franchises.

 

As you've probably seen, NCsoft West is undergoing restructuring which involves the relocation of certain key staff. We're building a dedicated production studio to support titles like Aion and the Lineage franchise. We've added Lani "Liv" Blazier as our Aion Community Manager recently and she is already taking an extremely active role within the community. Within the MMO community, this role is of vital importance and great to have someone who understands the importance of the player base and will be a tireless advocate of the community needs. Liv has spent the past several days gathering information and answers that are important to the community. We want to continue this open dialogue with the players and look forward to more as we move toward and past our Aion launch.

 

We really have an exciting time ahead of us in regards to ongoing updates to existing products, new releases on the horizon, and closer cooperation and coordination between the European and North American territories.

 

Cordially yours,

 

Lance Stites

 

Executive Producer, Game Production Studio

NCsoft West

 

 

The Community Team is committed to listening and responding to your needs. Please find below the answers to 5 questions that I wanted to make you had answers to sooner, rather than later.

1) When will Aion be released in North America/Europe?

 

We expect to ship Aion in NCsoft West territories in the fall of 2009.

 

2) Why is localization taking so long?

 

The localization effort is enormous, with a vast amount of content. Aion is not simply being translated, a team of dedicated content writers are re-creating the written dialogue and content to provide AAA quality and to ensure that it is culturally relevant for our audience. We are going to do this launch "right" rather than fast.

 

3) Has a date been set for our Preview Event?

 

While we are not ready to release specific details regarding the Preview Event, we can tell you that participants will include those who signed up at last year at FJV, PAX and Leipzig. We will also be extending invites to long time NCsoft customers and dedicated legions. As we get closer, we will be offering more opportunities for fans to get signed up for this exclusive event.

 

4) Will there be community support for Europe?

 

Absolutely. We realize that many in the community were surprised with our announcement regarding the consolidation of the North American and European operations. We are deeply committed to our European community and will have native speaking Community Coordinators for our supported languages (English, German & French).

 

5) Will there be servers for each region?

 

We will have servers physically located both in Europe and North America for launch.

 

We know you have more questions and they are being addressed. My goal is to have another update for your within the next few weeks.

 

Thank you,

 

Liv

Community Manager, Aion

Kilde

Endret 19. februar 2009 av MrDarkey

[DirtyBit]

liten oppdate, siden det er fult harabald på aionsource for tiden, liv har postet litt extra;

 

RiG, I fully understand your frustration and I don't think you're being nasty. I'm frustrated beyond belief that I don't have more information to share right now. I know how waiting in the "unknown" can be extremely harmful to the community and I'm doing everything I can to bring this to the company's attention.

 

I apologize if you found there was nothing news worthy in that letter but I do know it addressed some concerns from people from other community sites (not just AionSource). For example, question #4...was it high on the list for this particular community? Not really. Was it high on the list of some EU communities? Yes.

 

I'd like to point out this sentence in the letter, "This list does not cover all of your questions, I realize this, but I wanted to provide what information is available at present. The rest I am still working on." Basically that's me saying that I'm telling you what I know right now and I want to reassure you that I am not tossing the communities' other concerns to the curb.

 

Currently, I am pressing for more information regarding the Preview Event. I hope to have more information to share within the next few weeks (hopefully sooner).

 

I'd also like to use this opportunity to thank those of you who have sent me encouragming PMs and comments (and to Cynic who has stated more than a few times that he feels sorry for me ) - as you can imagine I'm in a difficult position; I'm trying to cater to a community with no food to give. I'm working on this guys - at the end of the day it's not my call but I promise I am doing everything I can to bring your voices to the people who DO make that call.

 

Thanks again,

Liv

 

Klikk her for hele

[Mayaman]

oi... dæven her går det for seg... :S

[DirtyBit]

hehe.. da har du ikke sett aionsource de siste 48 timene, her snakker vi om threads som har vokst fra 3-4 sider til noen å 20 på et par timer

[Stifi]

Stor oppdatering

 

(Denne posten har blitt kopiert direkte fra Chosen Existence siden. Men kommer opprinnelig fra Persepha - siste oppdatering; 2009-03-03)

 

Footage from the Korean test server. A very short preview of the Temple of Fire/Sanctuary of Fire instance.

 

[PREVIEW] Temple of Fire

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Type: Preview

Genre: PVE

Note: I play with fairly high latency, normally around 800-1000. The damage output of a sorceress is higher than what I can display (obviously). We skip a lot of packs and patrols and go straight for the final boss which have a low chance of dropping unique/legendary items - orange quality.

 

Soundtrack (in order of appearance):

Dj Tiesto - The Morrighan - Remember (To the Millenium) (Lange remix)

 

Resolution 1120x700 . 60 fps . 05:53 min . 173 mb

 

Filmen kan lastes ned her. (.mp4)

Youtube streaming av video finner du under.(HD er mulig)

 

[VIDEO] Taiora (spiritmaster)

 

I decided to call this video an "Educational Gameplay Video" as it's mainly directed towards people who are new to Aion/recently introduced to & don't know what to expect from the actual gameplay. Is it like WoW? Or maybe L2? Is it anything close to FFXI or AoC?

 

What you won't see:

- Lots of action

- Lots of effects

- Player vs Player combat

- Eastern part of the map (mainly elite area)

What you will see:

- Showcase of different ingame features

- Beautiful scenery

- Explanations

- Ingame sounds / not music though

- Showcase of different spiritmaster skills

 

Type: Video

Genre: Educational Gameplay Video

Note: This video features an Asmodian spiritmaster in her lower levels and all the beautiful areas. At first I wanted to make it a level 10-20 video, but after hitting 18-19 minutes at only level 18 I decided it's enough. It's already way over the time I was aiming for.

 

Soundtrack (in order of appearance):

Ayumi Hamasaki - Marionette Prelude

Above & Beyond - Tri-state

BT - The Antikythera Mechanism

ATB - Gentle Melody

Dj Tiesto feat Lange - I believe (Dj Tandu RMX)

Kanon Wakeshima - Suno no Oshiro (vampire knight ending)

 

Resolution 960x600 . 60 fps . 18:44 min . 394 mb

 

Filmen kan lates ned her.(.rar)

LQ streaming av video finner du her.

 

[PREVIEW] Takki (cleric) & Sior (assassin)

 

This preview video features Takki & Sior in the lower part of Abyss

Type: Preview

Genre: Action / PVP

Note: Every player in the video is higher level than us. Resulting in us having to duel to make up for the lack of equal level PVP.

 

Soundtrack (in order of appearance):

Muse - New Born (Paul Oakenfold RMX) <3 <3

Resolution 960x600 . 60 fps . 05:14 min . 211 mb

 

Filmen kan lastes ned her.(.rar)

Youtube streaming av video finner du under.(HD er mulig)

 

[PREVIEW] Takk the Chanter

 

This preview video features my Elyos chanter called Takk

 

Type: Preview

Genre: Action / Gameplay

Note: I had a period of time where it was impossible to play due to lag, many of the clips I wanted to use were ruined and some I had to cut a lot in.

 

Soundtrack (in order of appearance):

Infected Mushroom - Song Pong

Lacuna Coil - Our Truth

Benny Hill Theme

Pendulum - Fasten Your Seatbelts

Aion OST - Song of Moonlight

Resolution 960x600 . 60 fps . 05:53 . 209 mb

 

Filmen kan lastes ned her.(WMV)

Youtube streaming av video finner du under.(HD er mulig)

 

[PREVIEW] Kyriah the Sorceress

 

This preview video features my low level Asmodian sorceress called Kyriah

 

Type: Preview

Genre: Action

Note: This is my first preview video for Aion. It's been a while since I used Sony Vegas and I wanted to see how much I remembered, so this video became the project :].

 

Soundtrack (in order of appearance):

Celldweller - The Stars of Orion

Aion OST - Voices from the Ruins

The Childrens Choir - Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Resolution 960x600 . 60 fps . 04:34 min . 146 mb

 

Filmen kan lastes ned her.

Youtube streaming video finner du under:

 

[Mayaman]

nei huff dette så dårlig ut ja *begynner å grine hver gang han går inn i WoW fra nå av*

[EpicNerd]

Dette ser jo nydelig ut Likte virkelig grafikken!

[Mayaman]

greit nok det er bra grafikk, men de har faktisk fått til noe som enda ikke er et snev av i AoC, totalt grafisk nivå.

 

Her er all grafikken på et godt nivå, alt fra critters til spells du gjør, i forhold til conan hvor scenery ser greit ut, så har du spells som ser værre ut enn WoW.

 

 

vi får se da om mekanikken i spillet er bra, og hvor bra balansert items/class/mobs er

[Stifi]

Alt er perfekt med Aion.