Aion VS WoW

Travel
Like WoW, there are ?flight points? and you can save your character to a certain location. Unlike WoW, other than flight points, travel is painful and takes a lot of time. WoW has several ways of transportation, you can: Fly using flight points, you can ride (so many different mounts I lost count) or you can just jump on your own dragon (one of the many mounts) and fly there. In Aion, you can Fly using flight points, you can run, or you can glide assuming you are going downhill (and assuming your flight time isn?t low).

Quest.
In WoW, you can quest from level 1 ? 80, and even at level 80 there are still probably thousands of quests you haven?t done, places you have never seen. Quests are limited in Aion, VERY limited. There was promise of more coming quest, so far in the Korean version (which has the most quest patches), you are still expected to grind at least 80% of your levels. And seriously, have a repeatable quest that counts? 1/100? seriously? Not to mention the repeatable quest VS reward is REALLY not worth the effort. In WoW repeatable quest have more purpose than filling your bag with junk and gaining minimal XP/Gold.

Let?s not go there. So far Fire Temple VS? Seriously there is too many to name.

Races/Classes
WoW offers 30 classes (10 classes and every class can have 3 different combinations [Insert Talent] in which it can be played) VS Aion?s 8 classes. WoW?s 10 races VS Aion 2 races (3rd race is non playable). Customization? Really, by the way, those aren?t Gnomes they are Midgets, there?s a difference.

In the beginning I really believe Aion was going to take WoW out, but the more I play the game the more I realize this might not be the case. Also not to mention the ?game-destroyers? FARMERS that NCSoft never seems to care about. I have been playing wow since start and since that time I have never seen as much ACTIVE farmers in WoW as I did in the little time I played Aion. Honestly, NCSoft isn?t going to do a darn thing about them and they will ruin the game. The only game that had a chance against WoW, to be honest to my knowledge was Lineage 2. Here is hoping Lineage 3 would one day arrive. Another thing is, when you look at lineage and you look at WoW you see two COMPLETELY different games; Completely different environment. Unfortunately, Aion has turn out to be another imitation of WoW. Same environment, same skills, same professions? The things that would have made Aion succeed have been destroyed? Flying, Combat, Stigmas. You can?t fly (technically speaking I don?t call that flying), Combat is bugged (trying executing a combo as a Gladiator and get to stag 2 of combat and watch your char lock himself to the ground). Spellcasters > Melee regardless what you do. Stigmas, almost all your most important skills are stigmas and they are exactly like talents only fewer, an extension of your class.

Anywho, this is my opinion, I could go on, but my fingers hurt, I will stop here for now. AGAIN this are just my view so far, I still believe Aion has potential if NCSoft would put real energy into it instead of shooting games out of their a$$ hoping one works out?

Aion would grip you but when you first see it but when you really get into it, it gets old pretty fast. It?s like the blond chic from high school you always fantasized about only to get to talk to her and find out she has no personality what so ever. (No offense to blond people).

Aion Class Interview - The Assassin
Assassins are one of the two Scout subclasses in Aion (the other being the Ranger). How are these two classes different and what kind of player is going to enjoy the Assassin over the Ranger?

The Assassin deals severe damage..

Lani Blaizer: The Assassin is a melee DPS class with abilities focused on inflicting severe damage on the enemy within a short amount of time. Players who like to play melee DPS characters will like them. The biggest differencebetween the Assassin and the Ranger is the way they kill. The Ranger specializes in long-range attacks and can set traps. The Assassin is quick, sneaky, and stealthy. Assassins can cloak (a sort of invisibility) and quietly approach their enemies, aiming for vital spots to inflict maximum damage instantly. This stealthy cloak is the fundamental Assassin combat skill. Some Daevas criticize Assassins for ambushing defenseless enemies, but the Assassin fulfills a necessary function in a Daeva Legion. It fills the role of the silent infiltrator, causing distraction and taking out specific targets quickly and efficiently.

What is the Assassin??s role in a group or raid? Will Assassins be full-on DPS, or will they have usefulness beyond damage output?

LB: In a group, the Assassin acts as the party??s exceptionalmelee damage dealer. However, when inflicting damage on the enemy, Assassins needs to be sure that they aren??t pulling aggro. To take advantage of their strongest tactical skills, they also want to attack from an enemy??s rear. When a party has no Ranger or other archer, the Assassin can also switch to using a bow and pull monsters.

Assassins can devastate opponents when they use the right skill for a tactical situation. They also have many skills that cause an opponent to fall unconscious temporarily. When party members are in danger, Assassins can use these skills effectively to block monsters.

Some of the important skill chain progressions of Assassins enhance damage against a monster at the expense of generating a lot of threat. It is important to use skills such as Whisper of Pacification to lower an Assassin??s threat. Players will need to carefully manage their attacks so that they don??t pull focus off the tank. If an Asassin generates too much threat, a monster will aggro on it, and it will need to be healed hard (no matter how high an Assassin??s evasion may be, it isn??t enough to withstand a focused attack.). If that happens, the healer healing the Assassin will generate a lot of healing threat, and then the healer may become its next victim.

From what we??ve seen of Assassins, they often seem to dual wield blades. What other weapons and weapon combinations are available to this class, and will there be a benefit to using one type of weapon over another?

LB: The Assassin is exceptionally skilled with the sword, dagger, and bow. It has numerous attack skills for each specific weapon.