General discussion about server.

Hi there, I am fairly new here and I wanted to give my views on the server for all to discuss.
I play with 3 friends in a legion on Asmodians side, I am mainly playing my level 55 templar.
We started with high hopes for this server, seeing that it was mid-rate meaning that we would get levels fairly quickly but not hit 55 in one day as that ruins the fun and the point in a mid-rate servers, we also believed it would be nice to be able to see people runnig about with all different weapons... some strong, some weak and some with godly powerful weapons... we believed it would mean there was people doing lots of fortress's to make sure they can get themselves Abyss gear because getting to and doing tahabthas and spallers in DP would still be fairly difficult...

Unfortunately we have become dissappointed as we all levelled to 55 in 1 day, got +15 tahabthas in 2 days and found the only place to pvp is herion and the core in the abyss... and the ocassional RvR event which last about 5 minutes ( although fun).

Basically I can see what you have tried to do by having one high rate PvP server ( Gamez) and having one mid-rate server ( Crystal), but to be honest I find myself questioning.... why bother? I can hit 55 in 1 day on both, I can get some of the best gear in the game i 2 days on both and i can enchant so easily on both due to the rather erratic and badly thought up drops. Gold is basically common and Eternal is slightly rare.
The only difference is that gamez seems to have alot more pvp and more people playing it....

The reason I went to play the mid-rate server is ( as I mentioned) because these sorts of servers have lots of different levels and the different levels use varying weapons.... e.g. a level 49 gladiator hits 50 and can't find a decent 50 weapon and cannot afford one from market so he has to use his blue level 47 ( guessed the level of item) spear until he can find a good superior or above spear for level 50.

but here you have an Elder weapon waiting usually already + lol.:andy:

So Let's compare the difference between both servers:
*Hit 55 on both in 1 day
*get tahabthas + high enchants very easily
*Can donate for mastarius -__- on both ( personal opinion but the strongest ingame items should never be on donation lists.)
*To get good and big PvP fights on Crystal you have to go to an RvR which generally happen once a day for 5 minutes. Even though this should happen every 2-3 hours in almost every fortress ...
*The fact that even though most people are 55 with awesome or godly gear there still isn't many people going round actually doing them so that we get big fights, most people don't bother due to the fact they already have awesome gear that basically close enough matches the Abyss gear so why grind for it?


I may of missed out some points here as I'm rushing ( got to go to work shortly)
also this is my own and my 3 friends point of veiw, One of which played retail on release and got to almost max level and thus is a fairly experienced Aion player.

Thankyou for reading and discussing maturely, Ecinev

 

Yes you got some good points there but Gamez and Crystal are using the same core.So basically the patches added on Gamez are added on Crystal as well with the only difference that on Crystal they have low rates,stigma tree and chain trigger rate and that's all i think.

 

Gamez has chain trigger rate Techno

 

Oh sorry forgot about that crap and it'll have stigma tree as well in the next update so Crystal players you can move to Gamez now since there isn't any difference.

 

Agreed to this. What you say is true but see it this way, the fact that here is simple means you can multi task here for such situations like practice PVPing since it's much more available to explore here and on another server play it for specific PVE focus.

Need a lot of players for that.

This is the source of your problems here, you've become use to the defaulted status of retail. It would make sense why it's so simple here for you and your friends.

 

Since it's a general discussion ... I'll say that the server is fine & imo it's heading to the finest way .

I expect a lot of improvement from the upcoming few updates ^^"

 

Well it's easy for us ( retail players, me ) because we actualy know the whole game and every spot

 

Also I got to say, if the server rates were exactly like defaulted, I just wouldn't play the game. I don't have the time and patients to do all that grinding, I'm not as young as I was when I started MMO's. When this server comes to its climax one day, this will be my final MMO game.

 

i agree with this one

 

I enjoy Crystal myself because of the people who play here. We have a lower population than Gamez does so you dont have as much problems with people being spawncamped all the time - that makes it where you can enjoy exploring and doing quests or crafting - whatever you're into.

As far as the top gear is concerned - why shouldnt we have it available for us to vote/donate for? We arent able to craft the top armors right now so at least we have a way to acquire the top gear.

I dont want Crystal to be a copy of other servers with low rates and stuff nobody really wants in the donate/vote shop. Ive been on Crystal for 6 months now and I enjoy it pretty much the way it is.

 

i started out playing Aion in Crystal Aion and i really enjoyed it. The reasons for you to be able to get your gears is because there are nice and friendly people around to help and assist you as i believed you can't do it alone. i like to help new comers for starters as i was once a beginner too and i know its not easy for one to manage a whole new environment oneself, example ( i actually took 3weeks + 2 days to get to level55 for my first character ><! ). So its not actually easy to get to level55, it depends on you, whether to go for level or go around and figure things out and play the storylines.

For the donation part i think is fair enough as Crystal Aion needs donations to keep it running, rewarding back the donators is a way for thanking them is fine.

Although Crystal Aion is really a fun server, there are few things i think it would make crystal change for the better, and they are:
1 ~ > For fortress taking the rewards can be somehow better if some Kinahs and APs are given out, ( example 30m + 15,000 ap? ).
2 ~ > I know that Bosses in Balaurea does not drop any items but maybe the same rewards like ManaStones, Enchantmentstones, Kinahs and APs given for the difficulty of the boss.
3 ~ > Bosses are not affected by any altered stats makes some of them invincible as they cannot be stumbled, stun, throw in the air, etc and they are only level 39? ( i have tried some bosses with my friends 6 level 55 asmodians and we can't taken down some of the bosses as they keep healing and healing ). maybe some changes might be good for those who wanted to hunt them for item remodeling
4 ~ > Its true GMs have characters and are among us, but i have heard some complains from friends saying it isn't fair for GMs to have characters and come forth for pvp. I don't know about this but i guess its still fine for me as long as the GM does not over do it / abuse with his authority.
5 ~ > Beluslan does not have spawn protection for ages. ( i guess carl have to do something about it? ) ;(
6 ~ > Dark Poet Bosses have glitching skills which makes us fall into ??? and die ;/

Lastly i think Crystal Aion is a great server only with some minor bug issues and i hope it keeps getting better.

 

Not only Dark Poeta's bosses but also some bosses around the world map ( as i can remember : Chieftain Nuaka ) .

And i can see many many named mob , bosses in instance/world map which had very poor AI : they keep running away from us and then suddenly appear like ninja @@ . I dont think that's normal :sad: .

The last : Can u fix the LUT/UT entrance in Gelkmaros for us Asmodian , and also 2.0->2.1 drops too ? Not just Debilkarim/Udas things but also the Dragonbound series ( weapons , armors etc ) .

 

GMs attend PvP? ellaborate. With the exception of events, and requesting to test you damage/ armour, a GM shouldnt engage pvp on Crystal. Their normal characters however, are unaffected by their GM characters. If a GM is abusing their power, you should obtain proof and report them like you would any bug abuser or hacker.

 

It s not always easy to report since a gm can hide...and provide info to enemy faction players about location of you and ur comrades Most have been complaining for that.(IDK if it s true or not)


Ade most world bosses in Balaurea, Masta,padma,Ragna,omega,veille are not supposed to be 6 men but for alliences
If u talking about some minor bosses well bosses can t be affected by most skills. For that reason Glads do better dual wield spec in boss fights.(at least that s what they do in retail if u check glads characters armory) because high attack speed offers more dmg since skills don t work anyway