It's been a few weeks since the launch of Aion's most recent addition, Assault on Balaurea, which has brought smiles to many a Daeva's face -- although it may not be the "shiny new things to do" happiness you quite expected. Indeed, as Format shows us in today's One Shots, something else snuck in on this last expansion -- something adorably horrible. Here's Format's note: "So the new free expansion launched [a little while] ago, and this was [taken on] my second day into it. There I am running around Verteron when I see the new 'pets' from the 'pet system.' What followed had me laughing out loud, in real life mind you. I don't think I even need to explain. Recognize the mask? Halloween has come early this year! Props to the devs for this, and for making me laugh."
MMOs big or small -- we want screenshots of them all! Email yours to us here at oneshots@massively.com along with your name, the name of the game, and a quick description. We'll post them out here and give you the love for sending them in.
Reader Comments (11)
Posted: Sep 30th 2010 2:28PM archipelagos said
That is hilarious. I want one! Well...provided that it doesn't give me creepy calls late at night and murder me afterwards.
Posted: Sep 30th 2010 3:40PM (Unverified) said
That is the Acute Shugo, which is apparently going to be a 'pay real cash on top of your subscription' type pet. :( Neat looking, nonetheless.
Posted: Sep 30th 2010 5:31PM Georgio said
Yeah, that was the only thing missing from Aion, cash shop pets with game altering abilities. Aion the first P2P with a pay to win model, failed game starving for money.
Posted: Sep 30th 2010 5:50PM Georgio said
Yes, it is pay to win, as long as you have cash shop items, which offer competitive advantages in a supposed to be PVP game.
Posted: Sep 30th 2010 6:12PM (Unverified) said
What competitive advantage? The only pet type that might be considered to give any advantage might be the warning pets, but they are less effective than your radar (and the text tab most people set up to monitor enemy skill effects). They also don't alert to hidden enemies. So they pretty much are just useful for those not paying attention. To their credit, Aion did give away a multi-purpose pet (Aqua Griffo) as part of the 1 year reward. Also, all these types are available to be bought in game with game gold (kinah).
Hardly 'pay to win'. Hey, I dislike NCWest as much as the next Aion player, but I don't go around trashing the game with bogus information. Run along and troll somewhere else.
Reply
Hardly 'pay to win'. Hey, I dislike NCWest as much as the next Aion player, but I don't go around trashing the game with bogus information. Run along and troll somewhere else.
Posted: Sep 30th 2010 6:23PM The Minn said
and the "cash shop" does not even have to be used. you can use the in-game token you receive to buy the pets. and the 'warning pet' is not even that great. i don't really think you play this game, maybe a troll but ya...Aion is not a pay to win game, at all.
Reply
Posted: Oct 3rd 2010 12:41PM (Unverified) said
Hello every body^^
If you want to know everything about all the funny pets in aion, go to www.aion-pets.com/en.
It is a site fan ( I am the creator, Aurore IR)
For the first month, I launch a contest for win the balaurea dvd ;), you just need to put a comment.
Sorry my english is not perfect ( I am french and sometimes google translate is my best friend^^)
kisses
If you want to know everything about all the funny pets in aion, go to www.aion-pets.com/en.
It is a site fan ( I am the creator, Aurore IR)
For the first month, I launch a contest for win the balaurea dvd ;), you just need to put a comment.
Sorry my english is not perfect ( I am french and sometimes google translate is my best friend^^)
kisses








