Werit has some video and commentary up on his testing results on the 1.3.2 PTS server, and it looks very, very promising indeed. This may be the swinger, because as much as I’ve enjoyed Aion’s look and feel, some of the quirks and particularly the PVE grinding aspect and tiny, crowded, linear zones do not appeal. The more I play Aion, the more I want to just play WoW instead, and that’s a bit of a problem. Whereas the more I play WAR, the more I wanna go out there and thump skulls. The more I want to play WAR. It’s an entirely different kind of experience, and the only thing holding me back from dedicating more time to it was the bleak outlook of a laggy, unbalanced Tier4. If the performance issues are fixed and if they sort out the AoE balancing…sky’s the limit I think.

But don’ take my word for it – go ‘ave a looksee.