Aion Open Beta

[RedScar]

Well WoW is boring and school is coming so I have to drop it. Buddy who also plays WoW pre-ordered the game Aion (http://na.aiononline.com/en/) (Videos of Game (http://www.gametrailers.com/game/aion-the-tower-of-eternity/2706))and said that the closed beta was fun.
Well its going to open beta (meaning free) for a week in september so now is your time to play it for free (although I'm sure they will have a trial account thing once the game is released).

Announcement (http://na.aiononline.com/en/news/aions-open-beta-pre-select-and-headstart-programs.html)

Explanation of key distribution and client download (http://na.aiononline.com/en/news/open-beta-client-now-available-for-download.html)

The above states that those with a Fileplanet (http://www.fileplanet.com/) account will be most likely be given a key, so make a free account and cross your fingers.

It is Europe and North American only, although I'm sure if you live else where you can still play it if you get a key its just that you will ping high.
I realize that there aren't many MMORPG players on this forum and that September is WWC, but I just wanted to throw it out there.

[NightArh]

New killer of people lifes is released...

[RedScar]

lol nightarh, MMOs aren't that bad. Yes they tend to cause that in people but it is all about self control and knowing your limit. I have spent more time playing BF2 (twice as long in BF2) and CoD4 (about 100hrs more) then I have spent playing WoW (320ish hrs)so you could say that shooters are more addicting for myself.

[NightArh]

Many adult people dont know their limit that is why I said so. I dont talk about children even. :dizzy

[RedScar]

is 19 lol, and I've been playing BF2 since it came out and I was 15.

[zeeZ]

Over the past 5 years I played Guild Wars for 3000 hours, that's roughly 2 hours a day, and I didn't play much/at all for the past year or so.. I think I can definately beat that with Aion ;D Got my (boxed) CE preordered and will try to grab as many OB keys as possible to give to random people I know...

I hope fileplanet doesn't stay the only source for OB keys... They give them to subscribers. Getting the preorder for 5 bucks is way cheaper, and in case you like the game and decide to play it you get headstart and other bonuses, if not, just cancel ;D

[RedScar]

You can make a free fileplanet account and still obtain beta keys for certain games. I am not sure if this is true for Aion or not but I hope so.

[sny]

I'm staying far far away from MMO-s, because I know full well that if they're any good, I'd spend more time playing them than I'd normally want to. Hell, I'm even afraid of buying Diablo 3 when it eventually comes out, it looks so kickass... it's scary to think of how many hours it would take away from my overall free time, should I decide to get it. :eek

[RedScar]

Well I got an email from fileplanet. Apparently you will have to claim your beta key on september the 1st rather then them sending you one.

[zeeZ]

Key giveaways:
http://gamers.eurogamer.net/giveaways.php?id=86949
they're going fast

E: Registration (http://gamers.eurogamer.net/register.php?why=alerts) is a little messy to get to pop up..

E: All gone

[RedScar]

You can get a beta key FOR FREE without much hassle HERE (http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/aion/beta/?_cmpid=fp197)

[NightArh]

Here is another life killer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5R4X_0R-C4 :p Something like Lineage 3

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Your access to the closed beta event has been denied due to Country restrictions.

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[RedScar]

see my original post, it said NA and Europe only. Sry Night, I can try and get u a beta key although im not sure it will work using my second fileplanet account if u'd like.

[NightArh]

I have no appropriate hardware to run the game in any case. My PC is for web-surfing, programming and chatting, game machine was sold year ago :p

And I am not sure I need this. But thanks! :beer

[RedScar]

Well reached lvl 10, and uninstalled
Game is good but its missing a lot of the polish WoW has, makes me wonder why they left out some the small features that are in WoW that make life so easy.