Yeah... I don't think I will be playing a NCSoft game again any time soon, especially AION. First of all, it's basically a sorry attempt of turning a Korean grinder into a more western friendly game. Compared to Lineage 2 for example, they've made everything much more themeparkish, removed the best parts of Lineage 2 (sieges, mass PvP, server politics) and replaced them with... what.. instances? Just lol...
My main reason tho is that already in the beginning of this year bot programs like "Lets bot together" (direct translation from Korean) came out. All the farmers who are at this stage botting in Lineage 2 are already preparing for AION.
It's gonna be another botting game and you can bet your ass NCSoft won't do shit about it.
Here's a nice article:
NCsoft: Anti-Bot on the outside, Bot-Utopia on the inside Read What They Read, See What I See
typical NCSoft... meh...
Oh and I think the game looks simply ugly, I don't like the flashy, glittery, shiny art style one bit.