WoW Vs. Aion; the ultimate debate

[Vlad]

Played a bit of both, I think WoW is still the dominating one though.

 

[Tezlin]

The reason that WoW still dominates even though new MMO's are coming out is because of its user base. A lot of the players cling to WoW because of their history with the game.

WoW dominates, simply because it's far more advanced, stable, and mind-blowingly huge! Aion will need to step up its game (servers, patch days, troubleshooting) if it wants to play with Blizzard.

And to the person who said Blizzard is being raped by Guild Wars 2 and Aion, think again. Diablo III? Starcraft II? Cataclysm expansion?

 

[Stuart]

Aion runs like shit on most laptops aswell I was looking at my friend play it on his laptop and it was running fairly sluggish.

The problem with the graphics in games like Aion is they try to make it to realistic which is why I like the graphics style of WoW its semi realistic and the environment/enemies everything just blends in well and I didn't really see this in Aion.

The servers are rediculous my friend had a 3 hour long queue just to play on a english server so he has to play on a german server.

For these reasons WoW > Aion.

Oh and guild wars only took people from WoW because there was no monthly charge so that fails aswell.

 

[T4ank]

it should be WoW Vs Guild Wars Vs Aion, as the makers of aion are the makers of guild wars (PLAYNC/NCSoft).

I'm telling you right now, NCSoft are fucking raping blizzard up the bumhole, Guild Wars, and now Aion.. this is only just the beginning,

i'm a fulltime guild wars player and am telling you right now, Guild Wars 2 is already lined up and is going to be a BIG BIG hit on WoW.

Aion may be better, may not be better then WoW, but I can guarentee you right now, Guild Wars 2 WILL be better then WoW, no discussions.

EDIT:: Also, this game is not in development too much. it was first realesed to koreans for beta in like late 2008. and officially released to koreans in like march...

You can't guarantee something like that, you fool.

 

[w3sp]

I'll be purchasing Aion shortly, looks pretty good and its a relatively 'new' game unlike wow. if you started wow now you'd never get to know about it ALOT all the weapons, ways to train all the places etc its just too big! Aion is a nice new clean playing fied

 

[DarkSpark]

The reason that WoW still dominates even though new MMO's are coming out is because of its user base. A lot of the players cling to WoW because of their history with the game.

No WoW dominates for the same reason that Ipod owns the music markets. They got in firs with the right marketing strategy. And now WoW is the main name associated with online RPGs, most people havent even heard of any others. It is all in the marketing. Blizzard also had quite a cult following with warcraft. It is tough for new games to get in on the market that has largely been filled, but it can be done. I personally am finding wow a bit of a yawn nowdays looking for something new, might check this Aion out saw it at the shops never really paid attention

 

[QQ Bloody QQ]

Aion runs like shit on most laptops aswell I was looking at my friend play it on his laptop and it was running fairly sluggish.

The problem with the graphics in games like Aion is they try to make it to realistic which is why I like the graphics style of WoW its semi realistic and the environment/enemies everything just blends in well and I didn't really see this in Aion.

The servers are rediculous my friend had a 3 hour long queue just to play on a english server so he has to play on a german server.

For these reasons WoW > Aion.

Oh and guild wars only took people from WoW because there was no monthly charge so that fails aswell.

A laptop? No shit, Laptops aren't for gaming. Get a gaming pc and you are fine. Laptops are good for flash games, others GTFO..

Aion ftw

 

[unique god]

wow rapes aion IMO

 

[Stuart]

A laptop? No shit, Laptops aren't for gaming. Get a gaming pc and you are fine. Laptops are good for flash games, others GTFO..

Aion ftw

Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a gaming pc so don't be a dick because you have one, Im talking about issues with the game...

Hell follow this guys series he says it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsACVBY_jb0

 

[Grave]

This is all I have to say...

• Aion is a South Korean game (Company originated in South Korea)
• There are shitload of South Korean MMO's
• Their concepts get repeated over and over
• WoW is more original & by a more trustable company

I'd just stick with WoW.

 

[yashen]

No WoW dominates for the same reason that Ipod owns the music markets. They got in firs with the right marketing strategy. And now WoW is the main name associated with online RPGs, most people havent even heard of any others. It is all in the marketing. Blizzard also had quite a cult following with warcraft. It is tough for new games to get in on the market that has largely been filled, but it can be done. I personally am finding wow a bit of a yawn nowdays looking for something new, might check this Aion out saw it at the shops never really paid attention

Er no , Everquest came in before wow and was marketed just fine as we can see from its player history.
Wow was just a better game.. and was the best for years and now its fan base is very strong and that's whats keeping it together.
I do agree with the warcraft following tho.. i mean there is still a shitload of warcraft 3 games being played everyday.

 

[BRuM ToWN]

Alot of people are going by graphics :s it's the storyline and fun factor that breaks it down.

 

[JohnK]

WoW is better because of the huge fanbase and popularity that comes with it. I think WoW will most likely always be the biggest MMO for reasons that DarkSpark previously stated. With games like Aion, there are already hundreds of online games with the exact same concepts and what seperates them from others is the fact that NCSoft made the game, so you may aswell stick with WoW.

 

[Omg Walshy]

Wow to me is jsut repetitive and boring

 

[yashen]

Wow to me is jsut repetitive and boring

Like runescape.. and WaR... and almost every other mmo that has ever existed..

 

[King John]

K, I played WoW about a good year ago.
I had a level 62 hunter i stopped playing because leveling up just got so fucking annoying, and it was the shit quest quest quest, oh and did i metion quest?
I quit never to play again.

I purchased Aion 2 weeks and I'm already a level 16 cleric.
My thoughts on it? or maybe lets start with my first impression i may say?

I open the game and the first thing I say.
The character creation fucking SHITS ON WOW. No question anyone wanna fight on it?
I than started the game and said omg these fucking graphics are insane. much better than WoW.
so far. Aion 2. WoW - 0.

I began to play and started my first quest, seeing as the button were pretty similar to WoW i already have a basic idea to what I am doing. (Also to people who never played both, they give really good starting tips)

I wasn't sure where to go for the first quest, so i checked my quest and i saw the button "Locate" so i was like eh? Not so bad i clicked and it showed me exactly where to go.
Built in quest helper so you don't have to spend an hour looking for a quest? I think that's a +
Aion 3
WoW : 0

All though i must say it takes much longer to level up, but monster + quest give a lot of exp so ill give that to WoW.
3 - 1
You can also fly at level 10 which is very cool, the combat is much more smoother and the yeah
4 - 1
Aion shits on wow and consider it's only out for 2 months or so? Theres much more to come. Aion has my vote.

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[zero_]

My vote goes for WoW
No idea why, I like it more theg ameplay

 

WoW will always be huge so I'm gonna go for WoW

 

[Molotov]

I honestly think that Aion and WoW look to much alike to really tell anything. But if I had to choose, I'd go with WoW

+1

 

[susanli]

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