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Posted: Oct 20th 2009 8:45PM (Unverified) said

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I agree with a lot of what he's saying but think his proposed solutions are too complex and thus have little chance of actually happening.

Easier solutions: Increase xp on regular mobs 10%. Give 10-15% extra bonus xp when in a group.

Then the easy solution for fortress lag/crashes? Add an option (preferably easily to switch on and off on the fly) that removes all special effects. Possibly add one for turning off player models too for.

The UI is just too difficult to rework so I don't see any changes coming to that. It hasn't bothered me at all yet anyways.
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Posted: Oct 21st 2009 12:33AM myr said

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There already is an option to disable all player character models (except the ones you are targeting and the ones in your alliance) by hitting shift+f12. Doesn't do a thing for those experiencing crashes.
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Posted: Oct 21st 2009 5:55AM Van said

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The crashing has been dissected and replicated by users on the forum. We know exactly what's causing it. It's a memory leak. There's also a problem which has to do with Aion not being flagged for PAE (Physical Address Extension) that increases the amount of memory the application can use to 3Gb and there isn't a 64 bit version of Aion. Both of these can be easily fixed, especially since the Korean and Chinese versions don't suffer these problems.
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Posted: Oct 21st 2009 9:57AM (Unverified) said

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I largely agree with his comments, the gold spammers are out of control and pvp issues, while relatively flawless for a newer game (it has had time in korea remember) are kinda obnoxious. But "THE GRIND" come the *expletive here* on. People have already hit 50 and the game has been out for only a month. Seriously, I get it the hardcore gamer is not on top any more, we won't be catered to, but this is going way way to far. The xp curve is fine, especially for a new game, but does every game that has come out now have to be WoW ified? Again I like wow (although I will definitely be taking a break after 3.3 til 4.0) but the reason wow is so easy to level in is because it has 4 years of content that we've all done a few times or you want to join up in this game and catch up quick with your friends. IMO the xp curve needs to not be touched, in fact I would kind of be happy with a slight nerf but again it's just one crying fans opinion. Sigh, I guess what I want is one single modern MMO that doesn't just give away things and makes you earn them, and yes you can do that while being catering to casuals. If they are going to turn this into get to 50 as quick as possible and raid/pvp why not make it a micro-trans model then the casuals can get into the game as much as they want? Flame me for being an elitist but I think I have some valid points that should at least be considered.
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