My second chance to participate in closed beta. This time I was able to approach it with my eyes just a little more open. I took the time to create a face I could live with.
I stayed with the Templar class, since I have found I enjoy being a tank.
The armor and graphics are beyond my expectations. In the first beta, I glimpsed some nice scenery, thought the avatar moved through combat pretty smoothly. This time around, I was determined to test it as only a WoW paladin tank could. What I found was that the terrain, towns, NPCs remained pretty much consistant, well rendered and smooth, which honestly I had expected.
By lvl 20 or so, your combat animations in most games start becoming re-hashed. Not so much with Aion. As soon as I picked up my lvl 19 skills, I was blown away.
My group began to Oooh and ahhh like we were watching a fireworks display, and I'll admit I was startled when I first saw them. These weren't the movements of a tank?!
I felt like I was playing a DPS class, it was that fun.Long story short; at the end of my second weekend of the closed beta, I am drooling for more. Made it lvl 22, and got my first taste of PvP through a comically introduced questline that has you wondering what the hell just happened. Stay tuned for more as information becomes available.
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