I read your articles, since half the time the forums at aionsource.com and even aiononline.com are often locked or severely loaded. I played the Closed Beta, and now the first two days of OB. Here are some notable comments.

Lag – ouch! What the hell was the problem? Well, its been determined that there are significant issues with the EU server connection status. As of 5:00pm EST on 9/7/09, NCSoft severed the link to EU play. The in game lag has been returned to its ~40ms. Unfortunately, this leads the development team to now focus mainly, on the EU situation. So, if you run into a problem in game on the US servers, you are not likely to get a GM… sorry.

Currency. – WOW!! the currency gains are obviously increased. I can only assume this was done in an effort to limit needless grinding and push the gameplay experience during OB for the Joe Public user.

Looting – There was a short incident where no one could loot on a few of the servers on 9/6/09 ~ 2:00pm EST, for about an hr. A quick restart and this problem was resolved.

Flight, combo attacks, group battles, pvp, air pvp, quests, Trade posts, mail, legion’s, banks etc etc, all seem to be working flawlessly for the moment.

Chat – the chat has exploded with many Fanboy’s from other MMO’s. regardless of their opinion… they are playing Aion. Can we say “Fanboy Irony”? There is no “r” for reply to whispers. This button is used for flight. Instead, simply right click on the name, and type.

Armor – many improvements have been made since closed beta. Have you dyed your armor yet? Why not? There are so many options!!

Lastly,
Camera angles – sorry WoW fans; the camera angles are designed for a few reasons… not stating there could be some improvements, yet for now, understand that there are many uses for the two mouse buttons, and set angles. Learn to strafe. All will make sence once you are in an aerial combat.

Of course, everyones a critic. Myself, I’ll give the 5/5 Stars to NCSoft. I believe this game launch will go rather smoothly. Nice to see a new fresh game, that keeps you entertained, and requires some skill.

~Apparition