Video Gamed Out.

So over this week I may have logged in around 5 hours total of Aion. I just haven't felt drawn to log on. I still like the game, but I just don't feel like playing it. In fact I don't feel like playing any video games at all, which does happen to me from time to time. In fact I am surprised it didn't happen sooner. So I am stopping playing video games for a while now. I will still log on every once in a while to do a few quest and sell some stuff but I won't be playing any video games for 7 straight hours like I did when it came out.

I think I may try and build the server I was planning on doing until I got caught up in WAR and Aion. I may read too. If anyone else has any ideas while I take a break from video games I will more than gladly hear them. I will probably keep you updated with what I am doing.

Projects

I am working on two projects right now. One is a video of me using my favorite abilities, Inescapable Judgement, and Face Smash. They are short clips that I am editing together and adding music too. I don't have the full version of fraps just the trail so it isn't be best quality. I would have the full version but since my truck costing 700 dollars to fix I am a little short on cash at the moment.

Another project that I am working on is an armor cost guide to the green and blue recipes. This is a time consuming project but I will try and complete it as fast as possible.

Soul Healing and Me

I am really starting to hate pugging in this game right now or maybe it is just Fire Temple. Ok puggers here is something you should know when you are running with an experienced tank that knows the pulls.

1. Never run ahead of me please. Also never go out on your own, just stay close to me unless you know for sure that there are no adds around.

2. If you do pull something run to me not away, I can't get them off of you if you run away from me.

3. Don't break the CC please.

4. On boss fights focus heal me. If the dps dies because of AoE than that is there own fault but if I die that is the healers fault. This applies to only boss fights.

5. Tanks are usually nice guys and can understand dieing. We rolled a tank and we should expect to die more often than any other class in the game in pve. So please be nice to the tank or we may leave, don't yell at us or anything or we may leave. Even when it was your own fault for pulling 4 extra mobs.

6. If a shield drops in pve and it applies to the tank more please let them have it. I will gladly take a shield over a weapon any day, because it is my job to take damage not deal. So clerics and glads, I know you can use them but just because you can doesn't mean you should. I will not roll on a shield that has concentration or mp on it though.

7. What goes around comes around. If you do roll on my shield I will roll on your mace and greatsword.

Just some observations I had this weekend from pugging Fire Temple. I hate that place with a passion now.

How You Sound

Vent is an awesome application to use in any online gaming but especially in a MMO. I discovered vent when I started playing War about 10 months ago. It is a great way to communicate and dominate people. You can always tell who is running vent and who isn't when you run into a group of people in pvp.

With that being said you will run in to different types of characters in vent. There are little kids who try to act all big and bad and cuss in vent in there annoying scratchy voices. I hate them, not because of there age but because they try to act older by cussing. You will have people in vent that will say anything to anyone and yells and screams at everything. You will have the older people telling rude and racist and sexist jokes in vent without regard to who is in there. Then you will have the mature people who know when to have fun and when to be serious and kill things.

You will also run in to people who surprise you with how they talk. Now me personally I have been told quite a few times that I have a southern accent in vent. I find that hard to believe but I take it as a compliment because I like to think of my self as a good ol' boy, but I grew up thinking that I didn't have one because I thought I sounded just like the people on tv but apparently I don't and have been told time and again that I have a southern accent, but I have been told that it is sexy.

What To Do While Crafting.

So I am sitting here doing some armorcrafting because I don't have long to play because I am heading out somewhere. Yes I do have a life other than video games. Surprising isn't it. So as I am sitting here I am trying to think up ways to past the time as you craft and here are some ideas to help the time pass by just a little bit faster.

-Watch TV

-Listen to Music

-Make Dinner

-Eat Dinner

-Surf the Web

-Watch Paint Dry

-Play With Matches

-Pay Bills

-Poke Eyeballs Out With a Fork

-Clean Your Apartment/House/Bedroom

Actually anything else is more fun the crafting. Leave a comment with your ideas of what is better than crafting.

Targeting

Targeting in the abyss sucks. When I try to tab target players it always switches to npc instead of to a player and it gets annoying. I have lost a few targets because of targeting not working right. I think in the abyss if there is a player close by and you tab target it should go directly to them and not to a npc like it does.

Interesting Weekend

So I finally hit 30 Sunday and I got to use my awesome wings. Those things are nice especially with flight pots I can fly for almost 3 minutes. That means easier aether gathering as well as I can chase down those pigeons, I mean Elyos. Here is a picture of me and our General Deity in the Siel fortress (We lost that fort later on that night but more on that later). Don't we look alike. Also don't I look like a pink Optimus Prime with how I am geared right now. I think I am going to keep my color pink because it is so much worse when you die to someone in pink.

So about the Siel Fortress that we lost. We had held off two Elyos attacks trying to get in through the second entrance. The we get the message that a Balaur Battleship is in the area. So I was thinking this should be interesting. Time to see what this ship looks like and how hard these guys hit. So I fly out to see what this ship looks like and it looks awesome. The developers did a really nice job designing them.

On another note don't fly to close to that ship because if you do you will die very fast and very painful death.

Also the Balaur took our fort very easily. There was no way to defend it with our low levels and our forces spread out. I do know that the the Balaur were hitting our General for about 3% each time they hit him and that it took about 2 to 3 minutes for them to take him down.

On a side not I saw a GM the other day and he was pretty cool. Had a nice little chat with him about different stuff. He was there because he was getting rid of a botter which was nice. I am glad they are doing something about the botters and the gold spammers. I have 46 gold spammers on block right now which is a lot. Also the GM looks awesome in his armor.

This is him running away. I tried to chase him down, but he got away from me.

Just Thought I Would Share.

This is the first video I have ever made. Tell me what you all think and if I should make more of it for Aion when we get into PvP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN1u47umV0A

Getting Through the Day

Here is a video for all my readers out there that are stuck at work like me. Next time you need to take a day off use this excuse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf89N1_uz_A

Just Waiting

So I am at lvl 27 right now and I am just waiting for my guild to catch up now. I am the highest level character in the guild with only like 3 within 2 levels. So instead of pushing through to hit 30 and use my special wings I am just waiting now. To pass the time I have been crafting and gathering and I am happy to say that I have my Gathering at 199, Aether gathering at 199 and Armorsmithing at 199. So now I guess it is back to the grind of leveling. Most of my guild has caught me and we can now pvp. We will be owning you newbs out there very shortly.

Oh and grats Flawless on the first fort take on our server and then to Corvus on taking the other one. Asmo's will dominate.

Ding 25

So I hit 25 last night and I went into the abyss. I have to say I was having a blast in there for the little time I was in there. We attack a fort where I DC'ed which sucked. Came back in and fought some more. Then I just went flying around killing mobs and got ganked by a few elyos now and then. You really need to group up when you in the abyss because if not then you will get ganked which sucks.

Also right before I logged for the night I was just flying around and seeing what I could see when I saw an Assassin all by himself so I went and attacked him. It was a long fight that was later joined by two others players both fighting each other. I know the elyos guy was a chanter don't know who the other guy was though. So anyway we were fighting and the assassin was about dead and he started running so I went chasing. I used inescapable judgement (best ability for a templar) and pulled him back to me and killed him. He would have got away with out that move. Then I went back to help on the chanter and he killed us both. I don't know what level the chanter was though because you can't see the other players level which in my opinion is stupid. That is one gripe I have with it, that you can't see the opposing players level, they need to change that. Now it is back to leveling and waiting for my guild to get up to 25 so we can group up and go into the abyss together.

Oh and GMs please change our guild to what we called it instead of Prestige Worldwi it should be Prestige Worldwide.

Farming Sucks

Aether gathering is one of the worst things I have ever done. It wouldn't be so bad if we had longer flight times, but only being able to gather 5 things at a time and it takes about 10 to gain one point is a lot of farming. In fact crafting in general is a big pain in the butt and a hard grind. I would be ok if it was only one gathering skill that you need to be able to craft your stuff but two is a little much. I will still do it because I want the gear that I can make from it but it just takes time and money away from leveling my character and I want to get to max level as soon as possible. Oh well back to the grind.

Que Times

Que times suck. Just saying. That is all.

Wow

I have to say that so far I am enjoying Aion. Coming from War I wasn't to sure in how I would like it and I do enjoy it. Tanking is a lot different in Aion than it is in War because I have to actually plan out what I have to do. Plus there is no more in pulling 8 to 10 mobs at the same time now it is just 1 or 2.

With that being said I can def. feel the grind coming. I need money in that game and a lot of it. Your abilities cost way to much in my opinion. So does crafting. I run out of money very easily in this game.

I am right now a lvl 19 Templar on Trinel. So if you see me running around give me a wave or money or gear or anything else you want.

It Has Begun

Well I got my name and the server we wanted. My name is Blazeric and I am rolling on Trinel server as an Asmo with my alt on Elyos. I will kill all who oppose the might of Blazeric so bow down before.

And so it Begins

Today is the day of character creation. Once I get off from work I will go back to my apartment and create my character. I am excited about it and hopefully my guild and I get on the same server as Asmo. I will post what my Templar looks like later but I can give you an idea on what he is going to look like. He is going to be big, tall, and bald. It should be a good time.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the early character creation as well as server select. I just hope that our guild gets on the same server. That we won't have a problem with people not getting on the same server. I wonder how they are going to keep it balanced and such. Should be interesting to see what happens.

What I Fear

You know what I fear about Aion and playing a Templar is that I won't be very good and that I won't understand what is going on. Aion will only be my second MMO and from what I played in Open Beta it was very different than from what I experienced in WAR. My goal as was in WAR was to be one of the best players on the server. I believed I achieved that goal in WAR on my server Gorfang. I think I was one of the best KotBS out there. Now with me switching to Aion I have to learn a whole new system that is way more complicated than WAR is, well at least it seems that way.

I know I just need to play and I will learn what to do and I understand that but still I want to be the best. It is the competitive spirit in me that makes me want to be the best. I know some people are just happy playing but that isn't me, that isn't how I roll. That is one reason why I like PvP because it tests your skills against other players and when you demolish another group it just is a great feeling knowing that those people are cussing your name out in vent. So when you see me out in the Abyss know that if I am an easy kill it won't be that way for long because I will get better and that I will be at the top no matter what it takes. Well I won't cheat, what fun is that.

Watch Out Israphel

for Blazeric Aodh is coming your way. Yes I am going to Israphel server under that name. Well I hope I can have last names, but I am not sure haven't read that far into it. Yes I am keeping the same named I rolled in Warhammer Online because it is an awesome name.

The next question is are we going to roll Asmo or Elyos. We are planning on going Asmo but from what I see on the forums there are a lot of people rolling Asmo on this server and I like being the underdog.

Anyway watch out Israphel for I am coming.

Aion Weekend

So I preordered Aion this Saturday and played it Sunday for a few hours just to get to lvl 10 and check out the flying. It took me about 3 to 4 hours to get to lvl 10 which isn't to bad. I was playing as a Templar on the Trinel server. My name was Aionic for right now on that server. Maybe you saw me running around learn what to do. It is going to take me some time to learn how to play since this is only my second MMO and it seems way different from WAR.

My impressions so far is that it is ok. I don't like that you have to sit to regain health. The flying was pretty impressive and I enjoyed that and the world was well designed and nice to look at. I can see the grind in crafting and money. I think leveling will be a little bit of a grind. Should be interesting.

I know I am playing a Templar in Aion and I know my name. We still haven't decided on a server yet. It is between three right now Zikel, Trinel, and Israphel (I think that is its name). Should be an interesting time when we decide.

Well I am off to learn how to play the Templar on the forums hopefully I will get the hang of it.

Introduction is in Order

Well I guess an introduction is in order for all those people that don't know who I am. Hello my name is Blaze and I will be your blogger through these Aionic Times. Haha get it Aionic Times the title of my blog. Well I thought it was funny. Anyway welcome to my little blog.

This isn't my first blog, I also have a blog on warhammer here. Which I will still kept updated until my sub runs out there and then will keep up to date speriodically (sp?) because you never know I may go back.

Well I will tell you a couple of things about what I will be doing on Aion and why I am coming over. I am coming over from WAR not because I believe Aion is better, on the contrary I haven't even tried out Aion yet but I am one of those people that just enjoy playing games and would be happy playing this or even dare I say WoW or LoTRO. So it isn't I believe Aion to be a better game. I am coming over because of the guild I run with in WAR is coming over. Well a few are and by a few I mean I really don't know how many and a few sounded right.

I already know the class I will be playing. That class is the Templar. I am a tank type of person. I like running in first before everyone else, and also trying to get everyone to focus on me. I like taking a lot of damage and plus I think a tank fits my personailty. I also know I will be rolling Asmodians, not my choice since I like playing the good guys but I am down for it. I am not sure which server we will be on but I will let you know when I find out for sure. If you are Elyos on the server we roll on watch out and be prepared to be dominated by us. I will also post my name when the game starts. I don't want anyone else stealing it in the beginning because I have came up with a good one.