NCSoft has already announced that they're going to increase quest exp by 500% (!), with the next major patch. This was even covered by Massively yesterday.

What more can you possibly want?!

What more could I possibly want?

How about them making the change prior to launch? I mean the game has only been out in Korea for a year. Did they not have enough time to increase quest XP so the game wouldn't be such a grind? I know Asia loves the grinding MMO but isn't part of westernizing the game eliminating the grind completely? NC Soft dropped the ball on this. It's nice it'll eventually get fixed but it wasn't soon enough IMO.

The Massively article didn't mention if it was ALL quests or just level 40+ quests. The grind starts way before 40 ;_)

My reply was directed to Celestian, not you Jason.

Celestian can't complain about them "not saying a word about reducing the grind" when they have already made a public announcement and taken the first steps to rectify things.

You CAN complain about these steps not being taken before release, of course. With that, I would agree. But you simply can't accuse NCSoft of not recognizing their own mistakes and trying to fix them. They are, to my surprise, doing just that!

This coming from someone who expected Aion to be "just another asian grinder" and ended up enjoying the game quite a lot. Just goes to show you never know before you try, I suppose.

The grind starts around 20 and just wait till lvl 50's start rolling in to ruin your day while you level.