Agreed Dranaerys

Way too little far too late, someone should have explained to the devs at NCsoft that the first month, hell the first 2 weeks are the most pivitol and game breaking weeks of a new mmo.

Just because your game launched in asia years ago doesnt mean it will have the same reception here, and when you update and fix things slower than the movement on the tectonic plates your already dooming your company. Unless aion gets some truely breaking patch or system behind it, expect to see it on the wayside in less than a year

Agreed Dranaerys

Way too little far too late, someone should have explained to the devs at NCsoft that the first month, hell the first 2 weeks are the most pivotal and game breaking weeks of a new mmo.

Just because your game launched in asia years ago doesnt mean it will have the same reception here, and when you update and fix things slower than the movement on the tectonic plates your already dooming your company. Unless aion gets some truly breaking patch or system behind it, expect to see it on the wayside in less than a year

Lineage 2 was the same. Honestly I had no fantasy about NCSoft NA being able to patch anything in within 1 month of discovering a problem.

You might have noticed that the patches that are coming through are issues that addresses Korean gamer's concerns, the fact that these happen to match partially to NA player concerns is just mere happy coincidence.

Would any sane NA player ever suggest that the way to combat resource gathering bots is to create a captcha in game?

Wait Cameron, are you saying banning the accounts of bots and goldfarmers is a BAD thing? I don't get that. Getting rid of the more unsavory elements of a game is only good. Also, WoW bans goldfarmer bots too, does that mean WoW is terrible too by your logic?

If the bannings continue on a regular basis, then no, there isnt a problem. But likely this will turn into Lineage 2, where they come and go every couple of months with ban waves, and eventually the periods between bannings get longer and longer. NCSoft has a reputation for their actions for a reason.

On another note, I am reading a LOT of innocent players being banned with this move unfortunately. I left the game a month ago now, and I dont miss it honestly anyway. Nothing more frustrating then watching cheaters prosper and my reports getting ignored.

Far worse than that.

They sold only to shops and retailers (on and off line). The rest is still sitting on the retail shelves --- unsold

So that's 16.000 out of 600K players. That's 2.6 % botters :)))

In present number of players that's 7 to 8%, all others already left?

What a joke this game is.

I don't know why everyone assumes that once you buy gold, your account is hijacked. My husband buys gold for all the mmo's he's played and he's bought me some for games I usually quit 2 weeks later. Anyway, that's not the point, but never ONCE has our account been stolen. What's the point? If you buy their gold and everything's perfect - chances are you'll go back to them again and again. That's a continuous income, and much more profitable for them.
Of course, people are idiots and will go on sites that tell them to give them their info - but that's their own stupidity. Most gold farmers just trade you the gold in-game, so no way they can steal your account.
Also, most accept paypal - so they can't steal your credit card either.
People who say that happens are usually just try to scare others, just fyi.