After spending some time with Aion Online I decided to start to look at the macro functionality of the game. To my surprise the commands available are very robust, more than what is available for World of Warcraft. I will not bog you down with all the commands available, you can use this Reference Guide to get that information. Instead I want to provide you with the top five most useful commands when creating your own macros.

When creating a macro simply hit the U key and a box like this should display.

Click new and type in a title, choose an icon and place your macro text in the blah blah box.

Now on to the commands.

/Select
The first command is very simple this command lets you select a target by name. You can also use the [%Group1] instead to target a person in your group in this example the first person.

/Skill
The second command is also simple it provides a way to have your character use a specific skill. So let us look at an example.

In this example I am playing with a group member called Roco. The following macro will select Roco and use the skill Healing Light I.

Example:
/Select Roco
/Skill Healing Light I

So now with a single click I will select Roco and use the skill Healing Light I spell rather than clicking him and than clicking the skill button.

/Delay
In my opinion this command is way to powerful and you will see how strong this command makes macros as I explain its purpose.

Delay lets you pause the macro for a certain amount of time, in seconds. This is useful because the game can’t process requests one right after the other, in some cases it needs a small delay to be able to execute the next action. Let’s look at our example again and I will use the Delay command so we can use a second skill!

Example:
/Select Roco
/Skill Healing Light I
/Delay .5
/Skill Light of Renewal I

So with one click now I can select Roco, use the skill Healing Light I, pause for half a sec and than cast Light of Renewal I on Roco. You can use the Delay command again and cast a third spell and on and on. This is why I feel the delay command is too powerful, but hey if we got it lets use it.

/Skill Assist Target
The fourth command is a little more complex. Basically it’s an assist command like in other MMO’s. What this does is has your character select your target’s target. So if Roco was selecting a mob and I had Roco selected and I used this command I would than select the mob Roco was selecting. This is a great way to make sure you are on the same target as the tank to not rip aggro.

/Automatic Selection
The fifth and final command is for the lazy gamer. This command selects the nearest mob. I am sure now you can see how macros can be used to almost automate your character. This is not recommended because if you are caught abusing macros you probably will have your account suspended or banned.

However using the commands in a legit way we can remove Roco from the example put our group mate instead incase we aren’t playing with Roco anymore and than select their target and attack.

Example:
/Select [%Group1]
/Skill Healing Light I
/Delay .5
/Skill Assist Target
/Attack

So these are the five most powerful and easiest commands you can use in your macros. I hope this post helped you and keep checking GooGaming.com for more information and guides on Aion Online.

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So far Aion Online has been a lot of fun and most quests are very straight forward. Click on a name or location in your quest and choose Locate and bam you have pinkish/purple waypoint on your map. This should help many gamers used to World of Warcraft’s Quest Helper addon. However there are a few quests which require players to explore and let me tell you that’s what most of the questions in general channels are filled with.

The only quest players should have trouble with is the Where’s Tutty? quest when leveling from 1-10 on the Elyos side. Well Tutty is a mushroom looking character and can be found in the strip mines. Sadly he is already dead being used in a recipe for roasting a pig lol! Kinda funny really. Below is a picture of what you need to walk up to.

He can be found up a hill in a little camp all the way to the left when you first enter the strip mines. I will add a screenshot of the location when I do the quest again. Once you find Tutty report the news back to poor Pernos.

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Aion Online’s Powerwiki has just released a very comprehensive Beginner’s Player Guide. It’s definitely worth taking a look at.

In addition they have released an Improving Flight Guide which explains the various ways players can improve the flight time of their characters.

We will keep our eye out for any more guides which will be of use to players. See you all out in Ateria!

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The first part of GooGaming’s character creation guide for Champions Online covered how to choose your superstats and talents when planning and building your super hero. The second part of the guide is going to cover crafting and gear. Unlike more popular MMO’s. gear doesn’t make or break your character, the powers, superstats, talents, advantages you choose in addition to gear does.

This is one aspect of Champions Online I really enjoy and where I felt other MMO’s were lacking. Personally I don’t want to spend hours raiding to try to get the best gear or PvP for hours on end to become all I can be. Rather proper planning and building of your character and of course playing your character well and leveling is what should make a player’s character strong not that I grinded for 100 hours to get an epic drop. This methodology just rewards the players who have an uber amount of time to play.

So there are three methods you can choose when determining what type of crafting would best fit your Champion. Of course these are just general suggestions take these ideas and mix and match as you see fit.

1) Use crafting to boost super stats.
2) Use crafting to boost secondary stats.
3) Use crafting to boost both super stats and secondary stats.

The first method always seems to be the best choice. Players want their super stats extremely high because it links to their damage. Well the only disadvantage to this method is the game has a hard damage cap. Meaning you can’t go above a certain level. So maxing out your super stats sounds good if all you care about are the secondary effects they give like health, crit chance, etc… because eventually you will hit a damage cap and you may be able to do that with just talents or one piece of gear by the time you hit max level.

The second method is beneficial especially if you want a well rounded character. Your talents and super stat bonus should be able to take care of your damage output while your secondary stats should help round out your charcter with either more health, better energy regen, etc…

The last method is very beneficial as well but is a bit more complex. If you can pick a crafting area which covers your super stats and secondary stats than it’s a no brainer, all the items you craft will help out all your stats and you are good to go. However if you can’t cover all your stats you may need to supplement by either buying gear or getting some quest gear, which really isn’t hard either.

After deciding which method you would like to use you need to know which crafting specialty givse you what types of items and enhancements you are looking for:

Arms:
• Utility: No PRE
• Defense: No EGO, END, INT, PRE
• Offense: No PRE

Science:
• Utility: No PRE
• Defense: No DEX, REC, STR
• Offense: No PRE

Mysticism:
• Utility: No CON
• Defense: No CON, DEX, REC, STR
• Offense: No CON

So that’s all for this portion of the guide I will be working on finishing the last pieces regarding powers and advantages. These can be much trickier choices. The first portion of this Character Creation Guide can help you decide on what super stats and talents to choose when building your Champion.

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A new MMO, Fallen Earth, has just been released along side with a well polished Fantasy MMO Aion and a new super hero MMO Champions Online so there is some stiff competition.

At first look Fallen Earth looks like a multiplayer Fallout 3, which in my opinion sounds great, especially if you are in the mood for a more gritter game play than other MMO’s. The graphics aren’t up there with Aion or Champions Online but they are going for a different feel and they aren’t that bad as people make it out to be. The major selling points of Fallen Earth is the first person shooter action in an MMO which is huge for FPS style players, a classes system letting you build your character as you want like Fallout, different back story than most MMO and crafting being a HUGE part of this game, 95% of all in game items are actually craftable. Players who love to collect materials, craft and really earn the gear or mount they are using than Fallen Earth looks like a good choice for you.

Will it take off like Aion’s and Champions Online’s popularity? Maybe not, but it will grab gamers looking for a shooting style MMO with gore, a slower pace and a more open ended style of playing. I would put this MMO in the same categorey as an EvE Online, they won’t be pulling in big crowds or a lot of young players but they may find their niche. Checkout the videos below which will give you some more info. GooGaming.com will be playing and keeping its eye on this MMO for sure.

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