Comments on: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, I love Gearbox

By: Spooner

Spooner — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:26:32 +0000

A little more than half the players that began Aion quit the game after a month simply because you hit the wall where you’d have to grind or group, if you couldn’t find a group with the limited resources provided then you were stuck.

Those like me that did find a group and got to the Abyss levels were stuck with another wall, grind or grind with a group. Instances in Aion aren’t dungeons, they’re sectioned off places to grind exp as loot dropping 100% doesn’t exist. Bosses won’t always drop loot and there’s a cap to the instance other than the 18 hour lockout. If you level too high you won’t be able to go back into the dungeon. If you level up while in the dungeon and find yourself outside the cap, then you better not die or else you won’t be able to re-enter.

That to me wasn’t a gaming experience worth paying a monthly fee for and dropping a 40 hour work week of time into.

By: Zalo

Zalo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:46:08 +0000

Edit: Just watched your torchlight video so nvm about if you quit aion.

By: Zalo

Zalo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:42:53 +0000

I’ve had buggy encounters with the network. Just today I was playing Resistance and had lag and several other issues.

Also did you quit Aion? I’m on the edge with that game. I’m level 38 currently and it’s only getting more hell-ish the more I play. I heard it takes roughly 18 hours of grinding per level from 40-50.

By: Spooner

Spooner — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:24:11 +0000

Destroying as in being very good. MW2 obviously took some thunder but they’re very different games. I wasn’t aware of network problems for the consoles, I thought those were exclusive to the PC and the router/port-forwarding issues

By: Zalo

Zalo — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:52:50 +0000

Hey Spoon, haven’t commented in awhile but always checking the site. Can you tell me what you meant by Borderlands is “destroying” right now for consoles? Is this a good or bad destroying. My plan was to get Borderlands for my PS3 so I can play with my friends but if there’s a lot of network problems I might think twice about it.