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AION – No more queue

Chad September 28th, 2009

Well we’ve completed most of the short orders and got things running smothly again. Orders are starting the same day they are placed again as usual. :D

Thanks.

AION – Short Queue

Chad September 25th, 2009

Currently we are experiencing a short queue for large AION orders, due to the high volume of power leveling orders. Our priority system at this time is:

Short orders: (No wait to 6 Hours)
Short orders are anything that can be completed within 36 hours.

Medium orders: (up to 12 Hours)
Medium orders are anything that is going to take us a couple days up to a week to complete.

Large orders: (up to 48 hours)
Large orders are anything that is going to take us a week or more to complete. Due to the time it will take to complete your order, we should be able to make it up and still complete on time.

We think this is a fair system as it allows for short orders to be completed quickly and we should be able to complete larger orders within estimated time. Should you have any questions about our queue time or if you place an order and how long before it would start, please contact us.

AION – Bots are invading!

Chad September 25th, 2009

Bots are now starting to pop up in AION US as Thsale and other companies have finished their upgrades and testing. They are now pushing out to their workshops and the shop owners and managers are relieved to have a solution to the current power leveler strike.

Now the old problem of who bots and who does not has yet again reared its’ ugly head. As you know we are a hand leveling operation and will continue to do so. Our recommendation is just keep an eye on your toon and see how many hours per day it is played and if any quests are completed. So far the bots that have been released are just grind bots and of the ones I’ve seen in-game are pretty bottish looking. So if you have friends you trust, let them know you are being leveled and to keep an eye on your toon.

Also keep an eye on prices of the site you are thinking of buying your services from. Since we hand level and generally the industry standard for hand leveling prices, if a site is 20%+ cheaper then us. It’s a good bet they are a botting site as we can not complete with botting prices as our overhead is far greater.

AION – The Chinese Revolt

Chad September 24th, 2009

In every RPG I’ve ever played or known, grinding (repetitive action or non-entertaining gameplay) has been how you level your character. Generally you would grind on MOBs or Monsters and gain experience and loot by killing them. One would expect paid professional gamers (aka: Power Levelers) to be used to this type of grinding and understand it comes with the job.

But with recent games such as World of Warcrarft and the release of “The Burning Crusades” and “Wrath of the Lich King” and Blizzards upgrade to their massive questing system, power levelers have become used to easy leveling. Many of the new power levelers have only ever played WoW and do not know what grinding even is. The older and more experienced power levelers remember far too well the glory days of Lineage and Ragnarok and the days it would take to gain just one level.

It seems the Chinese Powerleveling community has started a revolt and many have walked off of their jobs or been terminated because they refuse to play the new and popular AION US Version. The biggest complaints so far from the power leveling community is the “boring and repetitive killing of mobs” . They would prefer to quit or face termination then spend one more hour leveling AION. This is coming from a community of paid professional gamers, in which their job is to “Grind”.

Some of the other complaints have been that they lose XP (Experience Points) from when you die is causing a serious performance issue. Due to location and horrible Chinese backbone internet, most power levelers play with a very bad ping of 500 or more. This causes them to die a lot and some power levelers are reporting almost no progression after a full days shift. You can imagine how upset the paying customer would be to see after 10-12 hours of gaming that their character has not gained one level, to include management paying for the labor.

Now you combine the fact that the power levelers do not like the grinding style of the game, low performance and management and customers yelling at them. Many have decided to walk off the job and quit. This has caused a sudden shortage within the industry which was already over booked due to the unexpected demand for a game just released two days ago.

But don’t fear readers and give your loyal power leveler some credit as the hard core and reliable ones are rallying up for a fight. They are working even harder now knowing that the noobs have “Failed” and given them a great opportunity to show their skills. So if your order is not going as planned, do not give up hope and speak with your company’s customer service rep. Find out what is going on and if there is a new estimated time of completion or what they will do as compensation.

Otherwise, if they are not willing to help you, give me a shout, we can always help you with your toon. :D

AION Servers Crashed on Launch Day 22nd

Chad September 23rd, 2009

AION servers went offline late in the evening of the 22nd for several hours, the cause is unknown.

AION US – Is Awesome!

Chad September 22nd, 2009

Once the servers came online I logged in and started the grind. After 18 hours, I was level 18 and had to take a break. The game is everything I remember from AION China and my guild is currently ranked #1 on our server. I only got to play a few hours yesterday and was able to get my sin to level 21 before I had to log.

I’ll keep you all updated on my progress through the game and my guild. But the game has been a lot of fun so far and looks like it will be another big hit.

See you all in-game!

AION Pre-selection and Head Start!

Chad September 18th, 2009

For those of you really excited about AION the pre-select is about to happen in an hour! 12PM PDT / 3PM EST!

If you are still up in the air which class you plan on playing, check out www.aionsource.com for good information. Also leave any questions, I’ve played a few classes and my guild is full of pro’s that have been playing AION China & Korea Version.

See you all in-game 12PM PST / 3PM EST the 20th on Head Start day!

AION Power Leveling (US) Prices Listed!

Chad September 15th, 2009

AION (US) is just days away and we are bursting with excitement over the United States release and more World Firsts for the new game! I joined many of the hardcore World First Guilds on AION (China) just after release to learn the game and classes. If you haven’t played AION it’s got some great graphics, arcade style sounds and music combined with game play. The game has a combo system that will take a bit to get used too but I find it very exciting as I’m sure many of you will also.

The only major downside to the game that I found was is it’s a grinder and you’ll be spending countless hours hacking away. It’s also why there are so many bots and botters playing AION and hopefully NCSoft gets control of the botting for AION (US). At this time I haven’t heard of any AION (US) bots that work yet, but I’ll keep you posted on that situation.

For the past several weeks, I’ve been contacted by customers and competition asking for what our AION (US) prices will be. We are sorry for the delay on posting the prices but it has been strictly business. Since we are one of the few real hand leveling operations left, we pretty much set the market on hand leveling prices. So when new games are released and there is not a bot out yet, our competition turns to us to support and set pricing.

We haven’t released the pricing up till now because we did not want to create any price wars prior to release and have a stable market release. Give it about a month and hand leveling will be phased out as the bots become stable and you’ll see those dirt cheap bot prices.

So when you start to see AION (US) 1-50 Powerleveling for $300, you’ll know where to get real AION (US) Hand Powerleveling. :D

Death Knight – End Game Continues

Chad September 14th, 2009

Well my Death Knight has been progressing really well with the Guild and last week we downed 25 Man ToC Anub’arak. The fight was pretty much the same as 10 Man, except with a few changes, like twice as many spawns and last phase AoE does a lot more damage.

I’ve also got my 4pc T8.5 set now and the Anguish from 10 man and I’m now pulling over 5k DPS. Now working on my T9.25 set just need a few more badges and I’ll buy my 2pc set at the same time. :P

On a side note, during our 25 man run of ToC the Dual-Bladed Butcher dropped and another one of our DKs got it! Grats Bud!

DDoS – Blocked

Chad September 14th, 2009

Well as of the night of the 10th, we where able to fix our anti-DDoS system and get the filters working right. Since it was our first big attack since the addition of the new system, it had a lot of bugs to work out. But now we’ve been able to work through them and get the system functioning correctly.

Thanks everyone for your support through this time as we know it was really frustrating.

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