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After much procrastinating, I did it. I cancelled Aion. Not through any particular fault of the games. More a combination of a lot of factors.
-> Our lag. Until we move house, which we are currently working on, we will always have incredibly bad lag. Being in Australia our lag is bad enough, but this is unplayable lag. Especially for a game based around PvP.
->My friends have all left me. Including hubby. Being completely alone in the game after having them to chat to is making it really hard to log in.
->Dragon Age. And for that matter, Torchlight and even to a very slight degree… The Sims 3. But mostly Dragon Age. Single player games are really grabbing me what with their ability to stop when ever you need, no requirements to have friends playing, and in the case of Dragon Age, the in-depth story line. And Alistair. Who can stay away from that handsome man?
->Summer. It’s coming. It’s already here some days. This means weekends down the beach, not sitting inside hiding from the cold on our computers. Summer always means less game time.
->Work. I’ve been working on a project for months now, and it’s all about to go live. Complete with support forum requirements plus more, my time is going to diminish dramatically once that’s going.
As you can see, it’s not anything wrong with the game as much as it’s just a bunch of other things. The game hasn’t grabbed me, not enough to make me choose it over another, nor is it that “omg is the end of the day I want to play” draw that WoW or EQ had over me. Like DAoC, Eve Online, and the few other MMORPG’s I have tried outside of the two major ones, it was a great little time waster that I enjoyed while I played it. Unfortunately for Aion, once the ‘newness’ of the game wore off, there wasn’t enough to keep me going.
My subscription runs until the 22nd of January, which still gives me two months. That’s how much hope I had for this game, I purchased a 3 month subscription right from the get go. I don’t think I ever did that with WoW…
Will I play it before that runs out? I’m not sure. I can’t see myself playing it any time soon, not with the hustle and bustle that is Christmas fast approaching. I’ve got no idea what I’ll do with my characters, probably just leave them there to rot, poor things. I know there’s at least two fellow Nezekan bloggers out there, so maybe I’ll track them down and give them my measly amount of Kinah lol.
For now, I’ll continue playing Dragon Age, The Sims and occasionally Torchlight. I’m obviously not going to be worrying too much about this blog any more as it is only about Aion. I’m going to miss my devoted readers terribly, but urge you to update your bookmarks to http://ozgirlgamer.com which is my ‘general’ blog about anything and everything… mostly gaming, but occasionally other random drivel that’s usually entertaining. I really should have started this one as a generic blog, I don’t learn my lessons first time around (I also have a sims only blog lol). I LOVE the comments from everyone, love hearing what you’re all up to and really do hope you’ll follow my ramblings over at OGG.
And of course, I’m always on Twitter and up for a chat any time!
I wish everyone still playing Aion a prosperous future with much Kinah and Elyos killing! As I said, absolutely nothing wrong with the game for me, just a case off too many other things going on, plus not enough grab to keep me going.
P.S. This blog won’t be going anywhere for the time being, so all content, guides and did you know posts will remain in tact. 
@Velcro_Monkey Yeah, I haven’t logged in for a few days ether having started a Dragon Age, which seems to really have hit the spot.
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@Kvalnir Yeah I’m loving Dragon Age when I get the chance to play it. Good revival of my single player gaming experience I think =p
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@Velcro_Monkey Aww sorry to see you canceled. Just when I finally made an asmo. lol
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@velcro_monkey I gave my DA character the same name & look as my Aion Ranger so it feels like I’m continuing with the same character
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@Velcro_Monkey ill prolly end up doing the same.tired of grinding & trying 2 get $$ thr.main things that kept me from login in
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@Velcro_Monkey only thing that could make me stay is a decent legion
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@BigPakuna Yeah, if I could have found a good legion, I might have lasted longer.
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@Velcro_Monkey gd legi is hard…to get somewhere in pvp they need 2 B big but then they most R “eww”.looks lk pvp leg isnt a caring leg heh
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Oh, wow, so weird, you and I did it almost around the same time, and for a lot of the same reasons (except the Summer one, it’s Winter over here)!
I even posted about it as well! It was a tough decision for me, but I just have so many other games on my plate that well, as you said, no fault to Aion… it was just time.
By the by, I used to play Sims 3 back in the day, and you’ve re-sparked me interest. That game is kind of addicting… kinda very, and Sims 3 really perfected the formula.
Anyway, I assume this means http://ozgirlgamer.com/ will be in super updating mode? As I think I said in a previous post, following your exploits into other games sounds like fun.
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@Howler – Yeah, Ozgirlgamer will be my primary (and hopefully last) blog I make. No more single game blogs lol. Just going to work on growing OGG to cover everything. Once I get the layout right… damn big spaces everywhere.
Noice!
See, mine started as just fighting games, but I felt I played so many, why limit myself right?
Hope you get all that sorted out!
Aah see, I started with a Sims only blog, then the Aion blog, now a catch all ozgirlgamer blog hehe. I think it’s a case of being used to a dedicated site after The Warlocks Den. Took me a while to realise I could cover all my games with just one blog. Although, the Sims story lines will still stay separate as I know most “other” gamers aren’t into Sims stuff.
I’ll miss your posts, but I completely understand. I haven’t logged into Aion since I downloaded Torchlight.
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I really hate to see you go, but completely understand. Best of luck to you!!
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You might want to take a look at this before giving up on the game completely…. not saying, just saying:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcLWmLWbM2I
*points at Mojeaux’s link* yeah, that! tasty stuff!
Maybe just a break? Enjoy the summer though, and hope to see you come back to Aion <3
I am sad to see you go. I just started reading your blog, and because of you I started my own blog. You will be missed
Funny,
I haven’t logged in to Aion since I got back from vacation. (Two weeks of absolutely no Computer and just Sun and Beach)
I’ll see your tweets and leave a comment on OGG once in a while.
Gosh, I absolutely need a nickname that’s sticky ..
can’t always go with the game toons names ..
Amara (Aion-Toon)
Mo (RL)
dragontear_net(twitter)
I canceled my account a few weeks ago as well. Good luck to you! I just keep hopping around from game to game until WoW’s Cataclysm comes out. Currently its Second Life.