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I received an interesting email the other day from a reader, or at least I think he was a reader. This email was by a guy who presumably plays Mortal Online. I won’t post the email here, but he essentially tears into me for having a constantly negative bias against the game by posting pieces [...]
Archive for the ‘Aion’ Category
Aion: 10 Day Free Trial And Welcome Back Week
May 25th, 2011 
Omali Aion’s 2.5 patch brings a whole lot of sexy to NCsoft’s already big-hitting title. The patch brings with it a new graphics mode, new content, customizations, pets, mentoring, armors, abyss changes, dynamic maps, and more changes than you could legally shake your finger at. In fact, NCsoft is so excited, that they want to welcome [...]
NCsoft Q1 2011 Finances In: Profits Up!
May 17th, 2011 Omali It’s that time of the year already, the first quarter financial reports are starting to stream in. Last year wasn’t so great for NCsoft, considering they lost a $28 million lawsuit against Richard Garriot. Sales of Aion, Lineage, and City of Heroes went down, while Lineage 2, Guild Wars, and NCsoft’s other titles saw a [...]
What Happened This Week: 5/1-5/14 Edition
May 15th, 2011 Omali I have a question for all of you who read this introductory paragraph. Have you ever rage-quit an MMO? I haven’t. I’ve quit more MMOs in the past than I can count, but they’ve never been out of a fit of rage. Single player games, yes, I’ve stopped playing because every time I played I [...]
NCSoft: No, This Is How You Charity
March 18th, 2011 Omali Money is a powerful tool that can buy many things. In the wake of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, we’ve seen an outpour of support from MMO developers and their players. Square Enix has shut down Japanese Final Fantasy servers, while Sony Online Entertainment has announced the suspension of billing for Japanese players. Global [...]
Thirty Thousand Man March: Chinese Aion Protest
November 25th, 2010 Omali Over in China, Aion follows the suit of many other MMOs: A major bot problem. This isn’t necessarily due to NCsoft “not caring” about the gold farmers, but rather the enormous market compared to services in the West that brings in a substantial profit margin and results in a flood of input into a system [...]
Aion: Server Transfers, Security, and More…
November 24th, 2010 Omali Given that we are nearing the end of November, and Aion is still running to the best of our knowledge, the jingling of pipe bombs at my doorstep is a good indicator that the Aion producer Chris Hager has put out a new address to the community. Earlier this year, Aion introduced the free slightly [...]
Aion: Double Experience and Siege Changes
November 20th, 2010 Omali In its 13+ months of existence, the team over at Aion has done a lot to remove issues that plagued the game at launch, from overpopulation (to subsequent underpopulation), lag in large battles, and bugs and glitches. However, one of the biggest issues I still see people having with the game is the [...]
Direct2Drive Sales Continue!
September 11th, 2010 Omali I wanted to bump this up to the top again so people can once again see the ongoing sale on Direct2Drive regarding MMOs. For the sake of space, I’ve moved previous month’s updates to the bottom of the page. [9/2]: Removed Alganon, as the game no longer has a client to purchase. [9/2]: Removed Fallen [...]
Aion: Reactivation Weekend With Double Exp
July 27th, 2010 Omali Dear everyone who quit Aion (and those who left after the server merge debacle), If the latest information from MMODATA.net is to be believed, Aion’s subscription numbers may be down but the worldwide subscription count is still estimated at slightly below three and a half million (making it indeed second to World of Warcraft). Regardless, [...]
