Initial Thoughts and Review of the new MMO, "Aion Online"

Well folks, it's been quite awhile since I've posted, sorry about that. But let's get down to the good stuff, hey? That's right, MMORPG's are today's hot topic (like every other day) and it's all about....

AION Online



Released to the public in September 2009, this game has skyrocketed ever since it made it's debut into the gaming community. With over 450,000 copies of the game sold BEFORE release, this game is quite literally jumping off the shelf.

I really hate even mentioning this game, but it seems WoW ain't got shit on Aion.

The graphics are superior. When I'm saying "superior" I really mean "Military-Trained Sniper vs. kid with an airsoft handgun". This game is so pretty it makes my eyes bleed. Be it floating through the Abyss or giving the smack-down to mobs in Belusan, this game will blow you away.

I've started to play an Asmodian Spiritmaster on the Triniel server (not shown here).

These bad-boys of the cloth specialize in controlling their pets, and the PC's they make their love-toys. Fears, Roots, and DoT's galore make this thing a veritable beast of PvP combat if used properly.

...Then again, that goes without saying, don't it?

I started out my career as a Spiritmaster with a Legion (guild) known as PhalanX. Great group of guys and gals, but it just didn't work out as well as I had hoped. Oh well, shit happens right? I've been keeping myself busy with my Spiritmaster by hunting/farming daily for the elusive "Summon Wind Spirit III" tome. I'll be DAMNED if those Cruel Worgs don't drop the goddamn book, as I've spent hours upon hours farming for the stupid thing. However, I'm not about to pay upwards of Five Million Kinah for a single book. I can wait. Really, I can.

...


Dammit, I want that book.



The gameplay is fluid, and the abilities unique and interesting. One of my favorites to see is "Face Smash", a proc-on-block ability for the Templar where s/he picks you up on their shield, then plants you in the ground, face-first, like the character name might as well be called FarmerJoe.

Of course, the Gladiator isn't too bad either. But I see alot of fanboys flocking to the basic MMORPG concept of "Less is more" in the terms of female armor.

Could be alot worse, but reminds me of a certain Tier armor set of the Warrior in WoW. Only, you know, alot better looking. Still reminds me of a can-opener.

Oh, and don't ask if she can make julienne fries, might just piss her off. Your best bet is to push her into a bed mattress or up against a tree. Odds are she'll be stuck by her own bladed armor.

....You sick bastards!


Anyways, the shameless plug, check out Kozen's Aion Mastery Guide. This thing is a PDF chock full of images, tools, tips and tricks to everything Aion. Included a levelling guide, how to make Kinah without spending hours upon hours grinding for materials, and PvP/PvE rotations for even the most hardcore player. 84 Pages of Aion Gold, as far as I'm concerned.





Anyways, shout out to all of my old Phalanx guildies wherever they are, and to the rest of the Asmodian folks out there on Triniel. Keep up the good work, and keep killing the Elyos for me!


-Sonnung, Spiritmaster of Triniel

Going to Lost Vale...anybody got a light?

I finally managed to get some time to play Warhammer Online, and joined the rest of my guildies in what I still consider a great game. But, as we all know much too well, Real Life has an ability to bend you over and make you it's bitch.

However, I managed to get a group for Lost Vale...you know, Whore-lullululululooo, Malghor Greatpainintheass, Butcher Womanbeater. All those fun bosses. Of course my brother (Kielith) is on the phone with me, and he's never been to Lost Vale before. And, on top of it all, he needed to do the Blood of the Vale quest.


So here I am, on the phone with my dear, sweet, darling brother who I love so much. Yet, I cannot be TOTALLY non-bastard to him, right? I mean, c'mon, he's my brother!



Sonnung: Alright, you've talked to the bitch on the beach, tells you to talk to Disciple Redblade, right?

Kielith: Yeah....where's he?

Sonnung: Just head North. You actually have to talk to him.

Kielith: Oh, okay....*runs north abit*...Oh, I see him! Alright, running up to him...

((At this point, I've motioned Mustrum over to the phone, so he could listen to this too. We try not to laugh, as we know what's next.))

Kielith: Alright, talked to him...he says something's chasinOH SHIT I'm running away! What the!...wow. One shot'd me.

((Of course, Mustrum and I are killing ourselves laughing. We weren't stupid enough to step into LV, we were waiting in Avelorn!))

Kielith: You totally knew that was going to happen.

Sonnung: *Amidst laughter* Yep.

Kielith: Your a dick.

Sonnung: Was funny though.

Kielith: ....Yeah, it was! *chuckles* One shot, even! Cool! Your still a dick, though...So, what was that thing?



Thus Kielith meets the Darkpromise Beast. He also proceeded to die twice on the Malghor fight, because he needs to learn to stab it in the back, not in the nipples. Cleave FTL. Funny though.


The rest of the bosses on left side went without too much difficulty, but we fought our way up to Dralel the Whitefire Matron. DPS was alright, tanking was easy, and our heals...wait, where are my heals? I just died to a 4.2k hit...what gives?

So I look at the buffs/debuffs of the DoK and the Zealot. They're both Webbed. So, after we wipe twice more, I ask them if they've been using their Torch of Lileath.

Both the DoK and the Zealot haven't been on the quest chain. I proceed to /facedesk a few times, and sigh. Well, firetruck.


OH I almost forgot! So, Beelzabob ends up walking off the cliff. He asks us "Think I'm in range?" and I just laugh. However, after a wipe on Horgululululululooo we are walking back and Abaris does the same thing, but dies half-way down. Mustrum (playing his Choppa alt, Dumbtruck) leans himself and his Pig mount right over the edge...almost vertical. He gets Line of Sight! Now all he's gotta do is get the banner out for the rez, right?

So, I switch Banner Permissions from Risingdeath onto Dumbtruck. Dumbtruck then dismounts....and falls some fifty feet to the valley floor! Funny. As. Hell.




So that was our experience in LV just yesterday, but I still gotta say, it was a blast. Watching it all happen had me smiling throughout, even the frustrating parts. The look Mustrum gave me when I said "Hey, you want the Fragment I got from the Darkpromise Castbracers?" had me crying I was laughing so much. All-in-all, great run folks, I look forward to next week!




As always, keep killing Order and take care, folks!

-Sonnung Eindridi

Fucking with the Guild Leader's Head.

So, there I was, eating my midnight snack as I looked over the Guild Forums one last time before snuggling up with Tirien for the night. To my surprise, there had been some new Bounty Postings, particularly one for Ashin.

Now, there's no love lost between me and Ashin. Or Diplo. I fucking hate rune priests. Almost as bad as Warrior Priests. So, to screw with our illustrious leader's mind, I quickly got the IMG I had on Photobucket, shown here.

((You might have to disable pop-ups for this to work. Or you can Right-Click the thumb and say "Open in another Window". That'll work too.))



Underneath that, I posted:

Sonnung: "So, within SIX MINUTES of you putting up that bounty, I found myself a warband of Destro, capped Reikland, went to Reikwald to kill Ashin, uploaded the photo, and made my post. Oh, and we capped the fortress, too. I'm just that epic."


Of course, I had kept this screenshot simply because...well, I hate Ashin, and I knew about the Bounty Postings that Risingdeath likes to put up. His reaction-post was as follows...

Risingdeath: "lol what the hell I posted that like ten seconds ago"

Sonnung: "I told you, I'm fucking epic!"

Risingdeath: "Thats some bullshit. I guess I can't do anymore of these bounty postings, you probably have a cache of them"

Sonnung: "Mono, Proof, Ashin, Ambgor, Subytai, Follywood, Searingrage...Of course I have screenshots of them dead. I just hate that little Rune-Priest bastard."

Risingdeath: "You can take the money out of the guild vault yourself, dick deflater. I'm deleting this thread and putting it back up for the rest of the guild."

Sonnung: "lol I wasn't going to take the money anyway, I just wanted to know your reaction. The whole "wtf lol I just put this up" was exactly what I had pictured."



After that, however, happening at 4:36am Pacific time, Risingdeath deleted the thread and re-posted the bounty, erasing the evidence. So with the conversation still fresh in my mind, I had to put it down to...well, electronic paper. I hope you all got a laugh outta this like I did. Risingdeath ain't the quickest bucket in the class, so to speak, so the look on his face must have been priceless.





Keep killing order, and have fun folks!





-Sonnung Eindridi

Warhammer Online..the Beginning.

Some of the things we've seen in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. Thankfully I've been in a great guild called Soulless, and we play on the server Monolith, destruction-side.



My all-time favorite, Keep defense in T3 Greenskin. Our old enemy Chaosslumber and the "Rule of Law" guild pulled the Keep Lord onto the ledge. I managed to get to the top of the Keep, found him, and grinned like a teenager in a strip club.

Sonnung: Die, exploiting bright wizard fucktard!
Sonnung uses Repel!
Chaosslumber: Oh fuck, this is gonna hurt.
Chaosslumber flies through the air, and dies upon hitting the ground!
Warband Member 1: Dude, you looked like fucking Batman there! That was awesome!

We then continued to clean them the fuck out, with five people in the Keep. Good times back at the Rakarth server.




At a Keep Defense in Dragonwake...

Guild Leader: Hey guys, I'm looking for Mangina.
Guild Members: ...lolwhut?
Guild Leader: Some guy signed up on our forums with the username "Mangina".
Guild Members: ...and your in the army?
Guild Leader: Yeah...why?
Guild Members: *mirth*
Guild Leaders: Hey, fuckers, I mean it! I'm looking for Mangina! Help me find Mangina!
Guild Members: I'm not drunk enough for this...


And later that night, in Dragonwake:

Mezelor: lol they running
Risingdeath: Keep good
Risingdeath: Get tight guys
*You have taken a screenshot!*



Another RvR experience in Dragonwake:

Warband Member 1: Hey, that Shadow Warrior sure is retarded. He's trying to attack us solo!
Warband Member 2: Who, Subytai?
Warband Member 3: Yeah! Getting kind of annoying.
Warband Member 1: Why don't we just heal through his damage and ignore him? We've killed him like six times now.
Warband Member 2: That'd be kinda funny.
Warband Member 4: Fuck that, he ganked me earlier!
Subytai has been killed by -Zealot-.
Warband Member 1: That wasn't very nice, -Zealot-
Warband Member 4: Screw you, he probably raped a Shaman earlier. How does THAT make you feel?
Warband Member 1: ...Glad I'm not a goddamn shaman!



Bilerot Dungeon, as we run away from the explodie dogs, one of the tanks runs into a special "area" to be safe. It's a known Line-Of-Sight issue. And yes, this one needs names. I may not have it entirely correct, but it's more-or-less what happened.

Kbud: AHHHH this fucker's gonna get me! That place looks safe!
Kbud jumps to safety!
Chopz: Dammit Kbud, this is my hole! Get the hell outta my hole!
Kbud: lololol
Sonnung: ...Excuse me? Did I honestly just hear that? Your kidding, right?
Winkl and Mezelor: *fits of laughter*
Chopz: Oh fuck...I'm never living this one down, am I?




Out doing RvR in Thunder Mountain, talking to the only healer in our ambush group...

Sonnung: I could argue that, but I'm really tired. If you'd like to join another warband, feel free if you believe it will get you more XP. If you'd like to stay, we'd love to have you.
Kielith dies!
Kielith: But before you go...




Defending a Fort, as Order starts to leave...

Warband Member 1: Hey, is that a Runepriest running away there?
Sonnung looks, and instantly jumps from the Fortress!
Sonnung: It's Diplo! Kill him kill him KILL HIM! Get the fucker! EAT HIS FEET OFF!!




One of our younger players, a Maurader who's name escapes me, had this to say about a quest in Talabecland. You might know the one, where you have to find the Diseased Livestock?

Maurader: Hey, Sonnung? You know where this Diseased Livestock is? I've been looking for the last half-hour.
Sonnung: Oh, fuck that thing. Yeah, just look for a sheep or something around *gives coordinants*.
--Half hour later--
Maurader: Hey Sonnung, can you come show me where it is? I still can't find it.
Sonnung: Goddamn it...fine, gimme a sec.
--Five minutes later--
Sonnung: See? Was here the whole time.
Maurader: What? You said a sheep! That's not a sheep, that's a cow!



Ballsmccoy: Hey, where's your boyfriend, Sonnung?
Sonnung: Did you just call Tirien a boy?
Tirien: WHAT did soon-to-be-ball'less just call me?!
Sonnung: *mirth* Your so dead.
Ballsmccoy: Goddamn it.



I'm sure there are many I've missed, and many more to come. I will do my best to continually update from all of the crazy, messed-up shit I see on guild, alliance, and General chat. Until next time, keep killing Order for me folks!


-Sonnung Eindridi

Initial Posting, and Hellgate:London review.

For all of you (hopefully you'll visit often) this blog is for the annoying, funny, and downright wrong comments and things I see in various online games...any of the online Blizzard Games, Eve Online, SWG, FFXI...you get the idea.

Most will be in the form of Combat and Chat logs, just for simplicity's sake. I'll probably come up with a few when I'm previewing new game titles. Who knows.



Speaking of New Game Titles...I've just been looking over Hellgate: London. Seems it's been partially created by the old makers of the Diablo series...ex-Blizzard staff? Who actually produce a title? Damn, I'm almost impressed.

But they've managed to bring it to the table, and impressively even. PC Gamer actually gave the game a solid 89/100 rating! Free online play, although I chuckled at the thought of them accidentally naming it "Battle.net" as some april fool's joke. They've combined the solid RPG style of Diablo with the 1-st person shooter view. I cannot say how much I love this idea. But, we'll see how it performs. Oh, and just an interesting bit of news, they've already begun selling out. Seems a female Templar was part of an ad in Playboy. Way to go in true Blizzard style, gang.



Game Quotes one might find in Hellgate: London.

Player1: HaHA I R 1337!
Player2: AAAAH! Demonspawn!
Player2 smites Player1 for 319 points of damage.
Player1 dies. You gain xp! You also gain Gaming Community faction points!


Player1: How far away can you shoot me?
Player2: ....Accurately?


Player1: What the hell are you?
Player2: I'm called a Templar! *poses*
Player1: Since when do Templars use dual battleaxes...?
Player2 uses Whirlwind!
Player1 Dies!
Player2: Never call me a Barbarian again.
Player3: ...But he didn't say anything about you being a Barbarian.
Player2 is unable to use Whirlwind due to timers.
Player2: &^#@ing cooldowns.


Player1: Hey, your an Evoker, right?
Player2: Yes...why?
Player1: Don't you think the spell "Demonspine" is a ripoff of the spell "Bone Spear" from the Diablo series?
Player2: Yes...and?
Player1: Don't you find it annoying that ex-Blizzard employees can't come up with something half-way original?
Player2: Can I call you Noober?
Player1: I'm not a noob! But, don't you think that your class is just a mix of the Sorceress and Necromancer classes?
Player2 uses Blink...repeatedly.
Player1: ...Are you going to throw skulls at me now?


Player1: Hey, summon up a Fire Elemental, wouldya?
Player2 summons a Fire Elemental.
Player1 pulls out [Flour].
Player1: Let's make biscuits! =D Let's make biscuiiittts...


Player1: Hey, engineer, summon a Iron Golem to help on this next fight.
Player2: I keep telling you, it's a Drone, not an Iron Golem.
Player1: lolnecro.
Player2: Rocketbot, execute command 656.
Player2's Rocketbot powers up weapons and runs at Player1!
Player1 sustains heavy damage as Player2's Rocketbot explodes!
Player1: Arrgh! Mah spleen!
Player2: Now, what was that?
Player1: lolnecro.
Player2 constructs additional Rocketbots.