I might would play it with you guys in some of the spare time I have but there's no way my computer could run it. Maybe if Starcraft 2 comes out and the specs on that are too high for my tablet I'll be forced to buy a powerful desktop. Then maybe if you're not bored of Aion already I'll play with ya
How difficult is this game for a new player to learn and get into? How much do you have to think to do quests and find certain NPCs and such?
How much does the game itself cost, and what are the associated monthly fees? Is there a free trial?
If you have played WoW this game will be really familar in terms of gameplay.
Quest are easy, you just click on the highlighted text on your quest sheet, and you can click Location to find out exactly where you have to go. Or type /where NPC_Name_Here to have the game open the map and put a marker of where the NPC is you need to find.
It cost 50 dollars for the game and 13-15 dollars a month and you get the first month free. No free trial that I am aware of...
Why did youhave to change some host files, and how did you do it?
Because when I was trying to log on right when Preselection started (2 days before the game started you could make your characters and get the names you wanted) The game wouldnt find any patch servers to patch from the beta client to the new client.
Just incase you need to do that too here is how:
open up C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\
open the File 'Host' with notepad
add the follow line to the bottom of the file:
206.127.155.34 aion.patcher.ncsoft.com