Aion's Assault on Balaurea expansion coming to public test server

I don't see how the server imbalance can be fixed. Nobody likes losing. Who in his right mind would say "Yay, I'm starting Aion today and let's see.. I think I'll join the faction that always get beat up and overrun in pvp"

It's not like this is Counter-Strike where the game will automatically balance both teams each round to ensure there isn't 8 counter-terrorists and only 2 terrorists.

At the very least, NCSoft should offer the losing side temporary bonuses, such as higher exp rate, more kinah, etc.

That is exactly what the Balaur should have been, and pretty much what I was expecting. I thought they'd be very active and fortress sieges would most often be groups of both Asmodians and Elyos attacking Balaur controlled forts, with the two human controlled sides having to work together at first, fighting through to the heart of the fortress, then picking the right time to fight both Balaur and the other faction for actual control. Once a fort was taken, it would be a matter of trying to hold it against hordes of Balaur and perhaps players from the other side as well.

Based on the end of beta events, I was also expecting Balaur mini-invasions of the other zones as well. Fighting the Balaur in Morheim was a lot of fun, especially when the Elyos showed up in the middle of it and we had groups fighting both. There were even Mau wandering just outside Altgard Fortress we needed to hunt down (none made it inside during the main part of the attack, at least not at the gate I was helping defend).

Not to mention I thought rifting would be much more restricted, so that people leveling wouldn't be constantly ganked by high level rifters.

Didn't really get any of that, just lazy Balaur, no mini-invasions, and lots of ganking.

Not sure where you read that, Lorem. There are no premades.

Also, resorting to calling someone that is obviously not a WoW player a fanboy, is pathetic.