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  1. 2010-08-23 05:29 #1
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    Aion Needs a Free Trial

    Every single major pay to play MMORPG from World of Warcraft to the more obscure Nexus: Kingdom of the Winds has an MMORPG free trial. Gamers today can practically play ANY MMORPG for free, including the pay to play ones, even if its just for a short while. Heck, I tried out both Pirates of the Burning Sea and Poxnora the other day. I didn’t really like either, but after trying those games I wanted to give NCSoft’s newest title Aion a try, but to my surprise they don’t offer a free trial. NCSoft offers a free trial for their other games including Guild Wars and City of Heroes, but they don’t offer a free trial for Aion. That’s absolutely nuts. There’s no way I’m going to fork over $30+ to purchase Aion without at least trying the game first.

    I’ve actually paid for numerous MMORPGs in the past. I’ve held a subscription for Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot for years. Same with World of Warcraft. I got into both of these MMORPGs through free trials. World of Warcraft, Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot all offer 14 day free trials which let gamers get a good feel for the game. I honestly think NCSoft is losing out on some serious cash as well as players by not offering a free trial. I’ve seen so many awesome HD trailers for Aion, but I’ll never give the game a chance because it doesn’t have a free trial.

    Seriously though, what on earth is NCSoft thinking? Even obscure pay to play MMORPGs like Alganon, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures and Star Wars Galaxies offer free trials. NCSoft needs to wake up and step it up. Come to think of it, Star Trek Online doesn’t have a free trial either. How dumb is that? That’s another game I wanted to try, but I can’t. There’s no way i’ll buy a game without trying it so, Atari is also screwing themselves over.
    The title says everything
  2. 2010-08-23 06:29 #2
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    They had one, but it was severely limited (could only level to like 7, which takes an hour tops). Then their whole fight with RMT spam probably led to the eventual scrapping.
  3. 2010-08-23 07:14 #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by arus2001 View Post
    They had one, but it was severely limited (could only level to like 7, which takes an hour tops). Then their whole fight with RMT spam probably led to the eventual scrapping.
    They still have one, but its only to level 10.
  4. 2010-08-23 09:40 #4
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    lol lvl10 lolaion lolncsoft lolscrubs
  5. 2010-08-23 11:47 #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pooky View Post
    They still have one, but its only to level 10.
    level 7 or 3 hours of game play. free trials are only offered through the refer a friend program now.
  8. 2010-08-23 13:01 #8
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    Unless their fight against RMT has changed in the months since i quit. The starter area are filled w/ RMT bots that spam over and over again. You literally couldn't even read the chat log until you setup your filters
  9. 2010-08-23 18:03 #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Katlan View Post
    Unless their fight against RMT has changed in the months since i quit. The starter area are filled w/ RMT bots that spam over and over again. You literally couldn't even read the chat log until you setup your filters
    The last time i rerolled an alt (a few weeks ago) there was no spam, and I didn't see any of the RMT bots out there. Its nowhere near as bad as launch.
  10. 2010-08-23 19:07 #10
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    consider it a favor from NCsoft West that you dont get a free trial. Then you wont be tempted to buy the game for 40-50 (w/e it is now) just to find out they bent you over and raped/robbed you (Aion is dying fast).
  11. 2010-08-23 19:48 #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rehont View Post
    consider it a favor from NCsoft West that you dont get a free trial. Then you wont be tempted to buy the game for 40-50 (w/e it is now) just to find out they bent you over and raped/robbed you (Aion is dying fast).
    Yawn. Been hearing this for the past year.
  12. 2010-08-23 19:57 #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rehont View Post
    consider it a favor from NCsoft West that you dont get a free trial. Then you wont be tempted to buy the game for 40-50 (w/e it is now) just to find out they bent you over and raped/robbed you (Aion is dying fast).
    It's 18$ at frys, it's on the clearance rack lol
  13. 2010-08-23 20:05 #13
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    http://infiniteaion.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghostsix.Midgard View Post
    http://infiniteaion.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2
    That free? I'd give the game a go again if it was free. Fuck grinding!

    Edit: It is free! Maybe I'll dick around on this every now and then.

    Aion probably head that direction, or make it F2P with cash shop for certain things. I don't think anyone else is still going to start out Aion, and even the number of people playing daily are declining. I know cash shops are frowned upon, but god damn the option is nice to have. If anything, it could be free and 2x EXP for 48 hours could be 5 bucks or something, so that you could buy it twice like the normal event, and pay a monthly fee in that sense.

    Idk it's late, I'm rambling.
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