Aion going Free-to-Play, already in February 2012.

[Teaser]

and its only a sign-up, its not a secure beta presence

[Ker]

exactly

[Syrie]

Wrong thread.

OBT will be following shortly, so no rush. Also, I'm not that excited about GW2, so I won't cry if they wont chose me for CBT. I'm happy with Tera at the moment.

[Ker]

True: sorry!

[Teaser]

well, it wasnt totaly off-topic... both are from ncsoft  lol

[Arashiyama]

well, it wasnt totaly off-topic... both are from ncsoft  lol

ncsoft is only the publisher^^

[Teaser]

shhhh.... still have something in common
and my aion subscription ended today. 2 days waiting for f2p now
altho im getting more and more focused on STO, got 2 high lvl ships and i want to be able to use them ^^

[WhiteHorse]

Remember all, your previous Aion game installation will no longer work. You need to download the new client, which converts the old installation to the new free version.

Here it is:
http://www.aionfreetoplay.com/website/download

You can play the "Aion free to play" version starting tomorrow.

[Teaser]

Some restrictions were removed or changed.
Cant link the source now cause im writing on my cell phone, bit they are the following.
Whispers no longer limited to friend list on free account. Can whisper everyone now.
Gathering limit raised from 50 to 150 per day.
Limit of items that can be sold to npc also raised (limit not said tho).
XP boost will not be given with gold pack amymore.
And thats all i remember for now. The info was posted on theyr facebook page.

[Ashelia]

Anyone managed to get in?
I can't. Getting error "Failed to initialize the game" when the game is loading, then it closes.

"They broke it! They bloody broke it!"

[Jonybat]

Are you using NCsoft launcher or Gameforge one?

I downloaded the gameforge launcher yesterday, it asked me to use the old files from the ncsoft installation, it downloaded some more files and has been ready to launch since then. It opens with new splash screens, still same news feeds on the left and when logging says "Cant connect to auth server" or something, cuz their servers are not up yet.

If you dont have the gameforge launcher yet, you will have to w8 for their website to come up. I'd upload, but its still 140MB...(and im hosting ts lol)

[Teaser]

White warned about new client some posts above, and download link on it.

[WhiteHorse]

My installation experience was like what Jonybat described.
Now is just a question of the servers being available so that you can logon to them.

[Jonybat]

Well, they managed to get their boards up:
http://en.board.aionfreetoplay.com

None official news since 2pm tho, when they said that it would take 5h...

All we have to to is w8

[Ashelia]

My installation went just as smoothly.
Getting the error when the game is loading, while looking at the new combined GameForge & NCSoft screen.

Apparently this error has been around for quite a while, finding lots of very old posts concerning the same issue.