So as i noticed this game is available on steam(for what reason server population dying?)
I decided that i will give the Coup de grâce to this game. Don’t let my hours on steam fool you, I’ve been a long time AION player. I bought the game in boxed retail version when it came out for EU back in 2009 and played it as a subscription based MMO for quite a few months and continued to play for years after it went f2p, i have thousands of hours put into this game. This was the golden age of AION. I wouldn’t say that it wasn’t an enjoyable experience, I wouldn’t write this review, or I wouldn’t have played for years if it wasn’t. Just the tendencies and the early nullification of the feedback of european playerbase(I must go into that deeper later on) made this game go into nose dive, topped with the renting of hosting rights to one of the most incorrect companies I met in online gaming : FAILFORGE.

TL:DR and to new players
AION IS A NICE GAME just TIME has surpassed it. if u really are interested in it, go play on NC AION NA, north american servers are fine and actually playable! and f2p is actually f2p.
-Pros:

Some of the boss fights are actually challenging(only end-game)

Fortress raids:When servers were more active, scheduled PvP raids were quite often, when about 1000 men forces battled for fortresses with raid leaders on a teamspeak, these wars were carefully organized, and the crowd was disciplined. mastermind tactics were utilized. Best MMO experience EVER!

KMMO

-Cons:

It's all about milking a dead cow now

F2P players are restricted by many game-breaking things, top it with this game IS A GRIND FEST, u wont be able to achieve anything f2p.

P2W since u could sell premium subscription packs in ingame market.( Nasty NASTY)

GRIND GRIND GRIND. RINSE REPEAT

tab-targeting

KMMO

Very hardcore

Failforge gives a ♥♥♥♥

Community oh that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ toxic community, internal wars, rumours about who is hacking or grinding money by buying LOADS of gold packs and selling them ingame, the top notch guys were 999999x ahead of the rest with most probably nefarious tactics. Hierarchy was kind of practical and obeyed, as it had physical(High ranking PvP players could transform into raid bosses) and prestigial benefits. aside from rare gems was mostly consisting of selfish icangrind24/7 kiddos, and livingonmummiespension 40 some kiddos.

Failforge can't push updates(3 day scheduled maintenance that ends in an hour(72 times))

Failforge can't localize(took them half a year to localize all prepared patch notes for eu servers)

Failforge would delete threads or ban people for trying to make their voice be heard

Have i said its full of cheaters who hardly ever got banned?(minimap hacks, flyhacks, stathacks, tp hacks, any hacks u could imagine) most of them were well documented and presented to failforge, their usual response: ban the one accusing ( WITH CLEAR EVIDENCE) the hacker, relating to TOS.

faction pvp is mostly imbalanced, favoring asmodian master race( :C)

So as i noticed this game is available on steam(for what reason server population dying?) I decided that i will give the Coup de grâce to this game. Don’t let my hours on steam fool you, I’ve been a long time AION player. I bought the game in boxed retail version when it came out for EU back in 2009 and played it as a subscription based MMO for quite a few months and continued to play for years after it went f2p, i have thousands of hours put into this game. This was the golden age of AION. I wouldn’t say that it wasn’t an enjoyable experience, I wouldn’t write this review, or I wouldn’t have played for years if it wasn’t. Just the tendencies and the early nullification of the feedback of european playerbase(I must go into that deeper later on) made this game go into nose dive, topped with the renting of hosting rights to one of the most incorrect companies I met in online gaming : FAILFORGE. TL:DR and to new players AION IS A NICE GAME just TIME has surpassed it. if u really are interested in it, go play on NC AION NA, north american servers are fine and actually playable! and f2p is actually f2p. -Pros: Some of the boss fights are actually challenging(only end-game) Fortress raids:When servers were more active, scheduled PvP raids were quite often, when about 1000 men forces battled for fortresses with raid leaders on a teamspeak, these wars were carefully organized, and the crowd was disciplined. mastermind tactics were utilized. Best MMO experience EVER! KMMO -Cons: It's all about milking a dead cow now F2P players are restricted by many game-breaking things, top it with this game IS A GRIND FEST, u wont be able to achieve anything f2p. P2W since u could sell premium subscription packs in ingame market.( Nasty NASTY) GRIND GRIND GRIND. RINSE REPEAT tab-targeting KMMO Very hardcore Failforge gives a ♥♥♥♥ Community oh that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ toxic community, internal wars, rumours about who is hacking or grinding money by buying LOADS of gold packs and selling them ingame, the top notch guys were 999999x ahead of the rest with most probably nefarious tactics. Hierarchy was kind of practical and obeyed, as it had physical(High ranking PvP players could transform into raid bosses) and prestigial benefits. aside from rare gems was mostly consisting of selfish icangrind24/7 kiddos, and livingonmummiespension 40 some kiddos. Failforge can't push updates(3 day scheduled maintenance that ends in an hour(72 times)) Failforge can't localize(took them half a year to localize all prepared patch notes for eu servers) Failforge would delete threads or ban people for trying to make their voice be heard Have i said its full of cheaters who hardly ever got banned?(minimap hacks, flyhacks, stathacks, tp hacks, any hacks u could imagine) most of them were well documented and presented to failforge, their usual response: ban the one accusing ( WITH CLEAR EVIDENCE) the hacker, relating to TOS. faction pvp is mostly imbalanced, favoring asmodian master race( :C)