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Aion Servers To Merge, XP Grind Softened
Massively reports that NCSoft's fantasy MMO Aion will soon be getting a round of server mergers to balance player populations and shore up in-game economies. A newsletter from Aion producer Chris Hager also brought word that character transfers will be an option starting in June, and NCSoft will be "offering them to all of our players for free for a limited time." This is happening in the lead-up to the game's 1.9 patch, due on June 2, which contains a number of measures to make the XP grind a bit less harsh (among other things; patch notes). They're creating more quests, increasing XP rewards from existing quests, and implementing a system that "grants you experience bonuses as you continue to play."
Max level in WoW is not achievable in "mere days", unless you do nothing but play WoW for 20 hours a day straight. I have 5 max-level characters, and have been playing for about 3 years now. Rough numbers, all 5 of those characters took 8-16 days /played to hit max level. The amount of time reported is the hours spent logged in, playing the game. 8 days = 192 hours. 2 hours a day daily puts max level at just over 3 months of "real world time" to hit max level. 6 months for the longer case of 16 days /played.
/played - 96 hours. I actually enjoy playing new classes, and many friends I play with always remark on how quickly I manage to level... I'm guessing that my 8-16 days of /played time is probably a bit faster than the "average" too, given that.
If you are focused like a madman on leveling, yes, you can do it in a few days of non-stop grinding. I don't know too many people who have (even with assistance & heirloom items) done it in less than 4 days