Aion

Originally posted by fixif

Originally posted by hadub1

Originally posted by Datcyde

...we need to have the Korean version for the game and the NA version of the game to release at the same time or close to that it would be like a "Giant Hand Shake"....

 

Yes, what happend to simultanious release?  You're going to give us a new MMO in the spring/summer?  What kind of sense does that make?!? 

 

 

watch this from a brighter side..if the game will suck , atleast will have some korean feedback..altho i'm dying to play this mmo and it is kinda frustrating that we will have to w8 for another 5-6-7 months for it

From what I have read from our alter-egos in Korea this game is one of the best games of all time, and it still is in open beta. Now this means in no way that this game is perfect but this might be the game to drive WoW out of Korea for good.

Originally posted by Ayase

Originally posted by Fihtheninja

The only thing I am worried about is not if you will make a fun game, but rather will it be supported. If you could Ayase, could you help me out with a few questions real quick.

 

1. Will 'the west' receive patches later then Korea
2. How will NCsoft prevent bots
3. Any idea what the GM to player ratio will be
4. Will gold farmers and gold buyers be banned.

Thats all I can really think of as concerns and for an MMORPG and if thats all I can think of then you are doing an amazing job. Heck if we can just have some solid answers (Or the willingness to change to a better solution) on those questions you might end up making 30% of your income in the states rather then 13%.

1. I can of course not see into the future, so it's hard to tell what exactly it will look like, but our aim in the long run is to get it as close as possible, if not eventually at the same time.

2. See question (4) at http://www.aionsource.com/forum/61489-post35.html . I can't go into exact methods (and I hope you have understanding for that), but we will be doing everything that is within our power to make sure that people won't be bothered by such EULA-breaking things.

3. Afraid not. We'll make sure it's enough, though.

4. Yes, to the extent we can. See my answer to question 2. Gold sellers/buyers are impossible to eliminate completely, but we will put resources into making sure that we've done everything we can at the end of the day. As with number #2, I can't go into much more detail. Ultimately, we'll need to prove ourselves capable of handling this, and we will. :)

  #4 ok in Lineage II they allow you to make farmer guilds or clans its been a whilelol but its so blatant and retarded maybe i would have gone back if they didnt have that feature . In EvE i had farmers on my friends list and eventualy they get banned - all of them.  I hope in Aion they wont allow blatant farmers at least, that would hurt .

as for a simultanious release i think its just not possible

what we wanted was a game with more story, more options, more quests, more content
all of this has to be localized

if we want a complex gui, voice over quests, cinematic cutscenes then yes i think localisation will take more and more time compared to your simple "go and kill 10 rats" type of game.

i was pretty ok with the update cycle of lineage 2, actually it was quite fun reading rumors and patchnotes from korea a few month after the new chronicle went live. so in l2 you always had something to look forward too.

and on bots/gamesellers: that issue killed lineage2 for me after 4 years of gaming i couldnt stand it anymore. im looking forward to aion but the length of my subscription will be based on the time i feel the game relatively bot free.

I have a lot of faith in NCSoft, they've brought us a lot of great games, even more to come. I highly doubt they'll forget about the western market and even if it is an "after thought" we are still on the list. MMO Gaming is still growing in the west and it would be a bad decision to forget about a market you can still bank on.

Aion is a great game, can't wait for the NA/EU release. Seriously, I am die'n here!

Originally posted by Ayase

2. See question (4) at http://www.aionsource.com/forum/61489-post35.html . I can't go into exact methods (and I hope you have understanding for that), but we will be doing everything that is within our power to make sure that people won't be bothered by such EULA-breaking things.

Since NCsoft uses selective enforcement of the L2 EULA as a technique for maintaining subscriber numbers as high as possible how can your customers be confident that NCsoft will make an honest effort to enforce the EULA in Aion? In other words,  if NCsoft won't enforce the rules in L2 when it doesn't benefit the bottom line why should anyone expect you to enforce the EULA in Aion if it doesn't benefit the bottom line?

Originally posted by Blaad

Originally posted by Ayase

2. See question (4) at http://www.aionsource.com/forum/61489-post35.html . I can't go into exact methods (and I hope you have understanding for that), but we will be doing everything that is within our power to make sure that people won't be bothered by such EULA-breaking things.

 

Since NCsoft uses selective enforcement of the L2 EULA as a technique for maintaining subscriber numbers as high as possible how can your customers be confident that NCsoft will make an honest effort to enforce the EULA in Aion? In other words,  if NCsoft won't enforce the rules in L2 when it doesn't benefit the bottom line why should anyone expect you to enforce the EULA in Aion if it doesn't benefit the bottom line?

I have never worked on Linage II and neither has anyone on my team, so I am unable to give you an answer that pertains to to it. Aion is my focus and you can be sure that it gets my full attention. I know that there are sceptics enough to fill a football stadium out there, however, and many of those won't take my word for it. To that end we can't prove that we will do a serious effort in 'keeping Aion clean' until the show-down comes, but you better count on that we will. :)

Originally posted by Ayase

Originally posted by Blaad

Originally posted by Ayase

2. See question (4) at http://www.aionsource.com/forum/61489-post35.html . I can't go into exact methods (and I hope you have understanding for that), but we will be doing everything that is within our power to make sure that people won't be bothered by such EULA-breaking things.

 

Since NCsoft uses selective enforcement of the L2 EULA as a technique for maintaining subscriber numbers as high as possible how can your customers be confident that NCsoft will make an honest effort to enforce the EULA in Aion? In other words,  if NCsoft won't enforce the rules in L2 when it doesn't benefit the bottom line why should anyone expect you to enforce the EULA in Aion if it doesn't benefit the bottom line?

I have never worked on Linage II and neither has anyone on my team, so I am unable to give you an answer that pertains to to it. Aion is my focus and you can be sure that it gets my full attention. I know that there are sceptics enough to fill a football stadium out there, however, and many of those won't take my word for it. To that end we can't prove that we will do a serious effort in 'keeping Aion clean' until the show-down comes, but you better count on that we will. :)

Heh a bit of a cop out but we forgive you for it .  Ayase we have faith in you, and some in your overlords, but you can understand how many times we have been burned as gamers. Just remember if the only thing the informend fans are complaining about is your companys past record of support then you know you have a good game on your hands. Please Ayase tell NCsoft not to mess this up, they have their first strong chance in the west and it would be a shame for it to go down in flames for things as simple as bots, and farmers.

Originally posted by Ayase

Originally posted by Blaad

Originally posted by Ayase

2. See question (4) at http://www.aionsource.com/forum/61489-post35.html . I can't go into exact methods (and I hope you have understanding for that), but we will be doing everything that is within our power to make sure that people won't be bothered by such EULA-breaking things.

 

Since NCsoft uses selective enforcement of the L2 EULA as a technique for maintaining subscriber numbers as high as possible how can your customers be confident that NCsoft will make an honest effort to enforce the EULA in Aion? In other words,  if NCsoft won't enforce the rules in L2 when it doesn't benefit the bottom line why should anyone expect you to enforce the EULA in Aion if it doesn't benefit the bottom line?

I have never worked on Linage II and neither has anyone on my team, so I am unable to give you an answer that pertains to to it. Aion is my focus and you can be sure that it gets my full attention. I know that there are sceptics enough to fill a football stadium out there, however, and many of those won't take my word for it. To that end we can't prove that we will do a serious effort in 'keeping Aion clean' until the show-down comes, but you better count on that we will. :)

Hell Yeah Ayese!