Aion Life

So I'm back on Aion, after picking up a 60-day time card for only £5! What a deal! But anyway i stupidly re-activated my account during the last few weeks of my college course which means I'm too easily distracted by simply logging on and taking off into the Abyss.

HOWEVER, i do not care because i simple am in love with this game for a second time. And hopefully this time for a bit longer. What threw me away on the first date was the incredibly difficult levelling curve and also the difficulty. I'd never played anything like it before! Alot of the early quests require groups (By early i mean around level 20, which i guess in the big picture is early). I wasn't put off by this, but the fact that they were so hard, the mobs were packed together and the amount you needed to rely on healers was just stupid. They've fixed this allot now, making it easier since launch. Unfortunately there were less people at this level since launch so i kinda lucked out on finding a suitable group who can at least speak English and not some form of Scandinavian.

One thing i love about Aion is its inconsistency too, kind of like this blog. On my journeys I've encountered so many bugs it's almost funny. But one I've come across today was quite a big texture bug. As you can see in this very badly inserted image, it is just a laughable shade of brown, and this appears on all paths throughout the region. Either i haven't looked at the ground enough or this is definitely new. Anyway i lol'd inside.

I know i should be leveling old characters because of the 1.9 patch and its whole 3 gigs of content, but after realising some of the initial features of Aion i never even saw i really wanted to level up an Assassin. Fairly simple, two daggers, fuck load of melee skills and BAM i can kill things. I'm surprised how many unintelligent people i have seen play this class. It makes me sad. Because for a start, you need to at least have a GCSE qualification to play this class i swear. As soon as it introduced Runes and Signets my mind was blown.

I'm kidding, it's a piece of piss.


BUT ANYWAY! His name is Arysar, he is now level 20 and i wuv him so much :DDD As much as a man can wuv his virtual character. I don't have problems i tell you, now shut up.

Since last playing i have also updated my graphics, CPU, RAM etc, and the game looks as stunning as it did! I'm running around 40 FPS on a bad day i think, though I'm not too delighted to check as I'm still annoyed by the increased lag or rubber banding I've received since installing Vista. I've minimized that now so the game is as smooth as my chin, or something. How does it go?

In other news! E3 starts today at 6pm, or at least for me. Microsofts conference is kicking off with a pretty skanky Co-host. Some girl from the hit show iCarly on Nickelodeon. I must admit I've watched a few times. And the movie. And know the theme song. And laughed at most of the puns. But that doesn't mean anything. It's still shit. I'm not expecting too much from MS this year since their announcement of Natal last year is still an on going crusade in the fight against Move. All i hope to see is a re-branding of the Xbox from what I've seen of many various box-arts from Rock Band 3 and other games scheduled for release. I really want them to cock up a live demo of Natal, maybe Milo and Kate. That would be good.

Skanky C-host: "Hey Milo, what you up to?"
Milo: "Input error detected, please retry input"

Something along those lines. Think of that as a Pseudofail.

ANYWAY, time for sleep! A good day ahead of me as i work on my final assignments for college! Expect more news soon and maybe a couple of flashbacks to old games I've completely forgotten about. Should be a luff.

P.S Fish will be retraining soon.

Oh Noes!

I missed May D:

P.S Feed the fish!

Wooooaaaahh Woah WOAH

Stop. Almost E3 time. Let's think about this. Games convention, lots of work? Lots of work or games convention? Fuuuucccckkk.

It's going to be good, glued to my chair for 4 days staring at a screen filled with live streams from the event. I have high hopes for this year. Although Sony have let out about Killzone 3 and inFamous 2 only a few weeks before their conference, I'm sure that they will surprise us. I've seen a few rumours that it could be the PSP 2. Now I'm a fan of the PSP and still have my original 1001 (White version from Japan because i was an impatient bastard) and will hope that a next generation PSP will be packed with so many features that it won't even be portable.

The PSP Go, though I've not handled one yet, was quite a step forward, but not enough for it to feel like a new product, something actually worth showcasing. With a lack of UMD drives and the introduction of downloadable games, the PSP 2 should defiantly be able to add more such as a freaking SECOND ANALOGUE STICK. Not that I'm complaining or anything, it's just trying to play Coded Arms with the face buttons is almost impossible if it wasn't for auto-aim. I'd love to see a nice big hard drive on it as well, throw on some movies and all my tunes. Whack a camera and a phone in there and i won't need anything else on my many travels. Also with their new screen technology, I forget the name but it was so awesome, they were able to bend a screen showing video footage of GT5 round a cylinder, and roll it out again. This just screams portability. Though it would be pointless on a portable console...must think things through before i type....

I've constantly been asked by my friend my predictions on E3, though i haven't said the PSP 2 (Only just come to mind after seeing recent rumours) I really want to see the following:

• Motorstorm 3: You know that really good racing game with the most over the top physics I've ever played. From rumoured screenshots I've seen of speeding through a city, even the new locale is giving me stained pants.
• Resistance 3: OK so i traded the first one in because i really didn't like the feel of the game, felt to clunky and it was too hard! Also i didn't like the online. I didn't enjoy it. But the second one comes out and I played it. Multi player was good, Co-op and Competitive. Makes me consider buying or at least look into the third installment.
• Uncharted 3: Now this is a long shot. One of the best single player games i have EVER played. From start to finish i was hooked. Hooked to Drakes sexy arse as if were ./dumpmouthing. A third one would be a long way out considering the second only came out around 8 months ago with extremely good scores overall and achieving GOTY.

Mostly though i will be on the look out for any new MMOs to the scene. I have one on my radar called TERA and it seems like a promising prospect. I want something that has the smoothness of WoW, with the style of Aion, and the bounty of LOTRO. Too much to ask? Oh well, we shall see.

Expect to see some posts about E3, probably allot. Also i will be posting about my venture in Aion 1.9 once i have earned my wings for the hundredth time i swear. Ciao xo