Aion intro cinematic beautiful but slightly vague?

Why are the Elyos and Asmodians fighting each other? Shouldn't they be unified by a common enemy?....

Well the answer is easy A planet full Peace loving people does not sale well. If all the game was the same like the first secs of this trailer the game did not work for any one.... :)

But this intro how ever is the more boring thing I seen this year.... the story line is so much the same like others...... Blabla big event change the faith bla bla bla The faith now is in your hands game beginning .... Oh my god event quest a other event quest and damnit time to kill some boars again!

I really don't understand the hype for this game. I've played the beta, and I couldn't bring myself to grind beyond level 5. It's just the same old same old from what I see. Flying combat might be fun, but it can't make or break the game for me. The art style and graphics have already done that, on top of the complete lack of proper storytelling and repetitive boredom that is the modern day experience. I'm glad I canceled the pre-order and switched to Champions Online. I'm tired of playing boring old fantasy auto-attack grind fest MMO's.

Why do people enjoy grinding so much? It's obvious people do, they pay money to subscribe to repetitive grindfest games.

Hmm... the image for this post looks remarkably similar to this one:

http://www.mmorpg.com/newsroom.cfm?read=14644&bhcp=1

Not only vague, but physically nonsensical. Gravity would cause the two halves to coalesce into the most gravitationally-stable form - a sphere.

Further proof that everything that comes out of Japan is convoluted nonsense (see: anime).

I hope that Aion does well, solely because I don't want NCsoft to lose money, which is solely because I'D LIKE TO SEE GUILD WARS 2 SOMETIME IN THE NEXT DECADE and it would be counterproductive if the company that owns the company that is developing Guild Wars 2 went bankrupt. I couldn't care less about anything NCsoft does. But Arenanet? Arenanet is different. Guild Wars is the only MMO I've ever really liked.

Well, the intro is a bit vague because it is just that.. an Introduction. Intended to get people interested in wanting to know more, not reveal the entire story. If you do some research on the web site and in game you find a few things.

Atreia is (or was technically) a Dyson Sphere. The world is hollow and the people lived on the inside of it. Aion was the literal center of the world, the Pillar of Eternity where he lived kept the two halves of the world together. The fact that it's a Dyson Sphere is never stated directly, but you can see it in the art of the world.

Originally the Elyos and Asmodeans were all just human, living on the entirety of the inside of the sphere. The Drakan were meant to be the guardians and guides of the lesser races, embued by Aion with power to be their protectors. However, they gained power from another source, growing mad and becoming the Balur. Aion created the Empyrean Lords and Daeva to protect the mortal races.

After the Milennium War, the Empyrean Lords were split into two camps, with supporting Daeva and humans, each camp living on the upper and lower halves of the world, around the Pillar of Eternity and protected by the shield. The Lords eventually tried to sue for peace with the Balur lords, but as soon as they meant and the shield was brought down, the leader of the Balur was assassinated. It's a very key point that nobody, then or now knows who assassinated the Balur lord under a flag of truce. It could have been one of either Empyrean Lord factions, or even one of the Balur.

However because of the attack, the Balur attacked, and with the shield down were able to destroy the Pillar of Eternity, cracking the world in half and separating the human factions. Neither group was aware that the other survived, but each blamed the other faction for attacking first and destroying the world. That's the first reason for hostility between the Elyos and Asmodeans.

With the Pillar gone, Atreia no longer had Aion to act as a sun for them. But the world is split, so a nearby (and probably previously unknown) sun shown down on Elyos, allowing them to turn their half of the world into an idealic paradise. Asmodea however is perpetually cloaked in shadow, as the 'back side' of their half faces the sun. So they have a much harder time surviving on their half the world. As such they are fiercely loyal to their own people, but everyone else is just a target for raiding.

In the recent past rifts started opening around Atreia, allowing the Elyos, Asmodean and Balur to find each other again after generations. This has lead to raiding by the Asmodean people on the Elyos, who fight back against them, and raid back in retaliation. This is the second major source of hostility between the races.

Interesting. I'd love for you to point out exactly where I said that World of Warcraft is perfectly realistic. Until you can do that, shut the hell up.

Of course, your name is aion.naamah, so I guess I should expect you to do all you can to defend this utterly mediocre Asian grindfest.

Hm looks interesting gonna play it this weekend.. On a side note i need something to argue about cause i feel left out of all this forum hate... I say the grass isnt greener on the other side... make me change my opinion ..