Aion free-to-play update dropping this spring

LOL @ brunorr for thinking Aion is anything like WoW

@wexorian There aren't the same i don't know where you have been

@CocaColaNinja it's not everyone who think it's wow killer its not. i want to find New MMO, Better with new style and new engine but there's not All mmo are same and that's bad :)

This game had many major problems at launch and for a couple months too. Bots, hacks, rubberbanding, stolen accounts, hardcore death penalties, no loot on bosses... Name it. But the game was beautiful and the combat mechanics were great. Let's hope all the problems were solved and give it a try!

@wexorian So your saying that SWTOR isn't a wow killer

I really hate free-2-play game business model. I don't like MMOGs, either.

Free2Play : Pay2Win

And this was wow killer How i remember ye? :)))))) No more fee MMos it's blizzard and bioware time to GOne free

like we did not predicted this :D

That's what happens when you copy a 2004 game for the 100th time. I'd pay $50 a month for an original sandbox MMO.

I've always wanted to check out Aion maybe now I will :)

hy there i played AION TILL LEVEL 36,then my accound was stolen.

It should have been free to begin with, this is probably a marketing strategy to get more people and then offer p2p as an option with "cool stuff". No thanks i will to pass.

was ok,but wasnt enough to keep me away form WoW, was kinda surprised it didn't go to F2P sooner

Will they make it free-to-play all over the world soon (in next 1-2 years) or it will be free-to-play only for North America?

Nice!

I love seeing FTP MMO but these greedy bastards need to seriously bring them to consoles as well, why limit your fanbase to PC exclusives?

FYI I have been playing since launch, and for those who say it was grindy, it was very grindy. LOL how things change, there is a guy I know on my server who went from 1-55 in 5 days a few months ago. Depends on your flavor, IMO the endgame is the best but pop was lacking, so I am happy it's going F2P.

I will be playing Guildwars 2 and i'll wait for the new Lineage before i'll play this.

This game is so bright it blinds you =)

So in other words, they're making it should have been at launch?

@fatee MMO's are a ton of fun when you're playing with friends, so for the most part, people are paying for the chance to tackle an expansive, persistent world with their buddies and making new friends. Of course, there are the weirdos who ARE playing for the sake of leveling and hoarding loot, but every town has their kooks. I know I couldn't play WoW anymore when all my friends quit playing.

Incredibly long leveling for this one, be warned those who don't want to do some intense grinding.

so many F2P...so little time....I wish I can do Body Clone Jutsu...

I'm torn whether I want to start playing again. There's some parts of the game I liked and other parts I just hated.

it's not bad but i stopped playing around level 12. grindy game

Good, hope they do make the system fair.

I will definitely be going back to Aion for a look.

now only if NCsoft would bring back Auto Assault F2P

I've only ever played free-to-play MMO's when I've had absolutely nothing else to play and there was absolutely nothing else to do, and even then, they still feel like they're not worth the time investment.

I despise the F2P model with every fiber of my being...at least there is still Star Wars: The Old Republic.

I've tried several free-to-play MMO's, and honestly i'd rather be playing a web-browser game then them... there is just something about MMO's that are incredibly boring. If they removed the endless grinding and actually put content I care about, perhaps I'd give this one a shot - but alas, endless grinding is what an MMO is all about. That fact that some of you out there PAY to grind over and over and over... is well, mind boggling.

@Mariner32 they way that I have being seeing this game that go f2p they still have a paying service which gives them more chr slots more classes and bunch of extra stuff that should be available to everyone which really pisses me off so far the only game that has doe f2p right is Perfect World to bad the game itself isn't all that great

Strange, I've been told that they weren't going to make the NA version of the game F2P. With Guild Wars 2 on the horizon, I really don't care now anyway.

Going to try this one for sure.

Might as well try out F2P MMOs. If you don't like it then stop playing and nothing is lost. Why not?

I'm definitely going to check this out when it goes FtP. I just wonder how they're treating the paying customer base they've had until now. I know I'd be a bit pissed if I payed $60 + monthly fees only to have the game become free a few years later...

might actually try this now. Knew it would happen eventually.