I never liked any game from Aeria although it is considered to be the #1 publisher.. For me is gPotato. I think they have some cool games, well what can be better in this point than Allods Online...
Yeah, Aeria mostly has Asian style MMORPG's and I rarely stick with those. Gpotato has Flyff which is really popular and Rappelz which I hear is good too, and they have Allods which looks awesome and Aika that just launched (Don't know if it's good).
Is Allods really grindy? I was going to try it and it seemed alright but I wasn't really sure how fast leveling was, the crafting system was and skill variety/animations. I might try Aika but it seems to be less popular and compared to Allods it seems "bad", for a lack of better words.