Communication (or lack thereof)

And for all you fanbois- do not tell me to go to Aionsource.com for information. Aionsource.com is owned by Curse and has had many reports (go ahead and Google it) of Trojan viruses being detected by AVG and Norten software. It’s an insult to our collective intelligence to buy the story that NCSoft reps are unable to post to their own “official” forums here.

Another Fanboi note: Don’t say it’s a new game and I should be patient. It’s been out for a long time in Korea, and has been through Beta here. We should not be paying a subscription fee as long as these problems are so prevalent.

Spamming and Botting

For a brief time last night and this morning, I got my hopes up that some positive action was being taken against the Spammers and Botters . I had a couple of hours of spam free game time on a newly rolled toon last night. This morning there was even a patch with actual notes (minimal in detail, but still a communication from NCSoft) posted on the Aiononline.com site!

Then I logged in and bam – a wall of Spam – complete with all the day-glo make your eyes bleed target marking icons.

Player Base

You would not have bots grinding for gold and levels unless you have players who are making it profitable for them to do so. The problem will never go away. The RMT leeches will always be there to cater to the lazy, selfish and stupid. Players who buy gold are supporting spamming, botting, and keylogging — activities that diminish the gameplay experience for everyone else.

The Economy

Gold farming is a self-sustaining industry that fuels its own corruption. By inflating the economy and driving up the prices of items, more in-game gold is required to purchase them.

Customer Support

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
No one, it’s a very bad joke.

The game itself, the players, NCSoft employees, the economy, the spammers and botters are a systemic problem. They all feed into and cycle around each other.

The end result is a game I am no longer willing to pay a subscription fee for. I am very disappointed. I had such high hopes for Aion. I don’t want to see them fail, and still wish them the best, hope they can fix these problems. I’ll monitor the forums, see how it goes and maybe will be back in a few months if they can get their act together.

i my subs canceled and i dont believe ill be going back to WOW either. Not unless they dont allow flying mounts in cataclysm. Flying mounts =’s no world pvp and im not content with the whole “heres ur room go pvp there bg’s/arenas. They are fun but… need more world pvp content not just log in for arenas. Someone please come out with someting new or better…