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Ok so im sure some of you have heard about Aion before, if not i'll explain. Its an MMO that features a very very detailed world with the PvE focused on Quest and the PvP focused on 24hour Fortress battles between the two races the game offers, Elyos and Asmodian respectively, and a separate AI race called the Balaur who may chose to picks sides during a conflict or just try to kill everyone. The World of Aion known as Atreia was split in 2 long ago separating the Elyos and the Asmodians. So it looks something like this...

The Elyos inhabit the lower half of the world and because of this they were constantly bathed in light and got all happy and ghey. The Asomodians inhabit the upper half of the world where its alot darker so they went all Goth and grew claws and stuff. As you can see unlike most MMOs which feature a word on a completely horizontal plane Aion has a large vertical plane as well. The skies on both sides are filled with floating dungeons and castles that can only be accessed by flying to them, more on that later...




While PvE is important the main aspect of the game is on PvP. The game features a system of PvP lvling where you get points from killing your opponents, those point can be used to buy better gear and change your wings. While pvp are possible via randomly spawning rifts between the the two sides the main focus of PvP will take place on the Abyss.

This is one section of the Abyss. This was the only section open during the last Closed Beta (CBT3) and developers said there are 9 planned. If we take a closer look at each island...



We see that the two larger Islands, and they are quite large in game. Hold 5 fortresses and the smaller island in the middle holds 1. All fortresses are initially held by the Balur but as players enter the abysss they my challenge the Balaurs and if they defeat their fortress guardians they claim the place
Elyos Fortress Guardian:

Asmodian Fortess Guardian:

Balaur Fortress Guardian:

So those are the guardians, each fortress has one, defeat them, claim fortress. The person or faction who deals the most damage gets the fortress but all those who participate get something like Abyss Points. The Abyss is also home to some of the more fruitful PvE areas in Aion and in order to access them you will have to be in control of the corresponding fortress. So basically owning a fortress is a very big deal and can get you alot of different bonuses. If you look at the maps you will see other notations on it besides the fortresses, those are artifacts and controlling them is important as well because different artifacts have different effects which can really change the battle from mass destruction to mass sleep. The Abyss is also only area where flying is possible whenever, where ever.

Flying plays an important role in Aion, You don't get your wings until Lvl 9 when you truly pick your class and get your wings. In Aion not all areas allow flight some being restricted completely others being vastly open except for the Abyss where flying is possible all over. Flying has a limit that regenerates when not in use so you can't fly constantly or as long as you want. Another thing about flying is access to aerial combat, attacking is both possible and encouraged during flight and it opens up a whole new dynamic to PvP and PvE.

So thats all for now, if ppl show more interest i'll post more info with regard to the classes which are Gladiator(damage dealing tank) Templar(Defense tank)Assassin(primary daggers secondary bow) Rangers(Primary bow secondary daggers) Sorcerers(Heavy magic damage) Summoners(Calls summoned elementals)Cleric(main healer) Chanter(main buffer)

some pics, some of these are renders but as you can see the graphic quality on this game is very impressive, it runs on the Crytek engine.




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Update 11/17/08

Ok so first of all the date for China's CBT and OBT have been announced, they are at the end of Nov and then January 1st respectively. This means that NA CBT/OBT will start somewhere between the end of January and the beginning of March! Its not yet clear whether NA is going to get a CBT at all really, the developers mentioned something about a Preview Event instead of an actual Beta but they might change their minds.

I also promised you guys more info on Classes so here we go.

When you first enter the game you will pick a school. The School of Priests, Mages, Scouts, and Warriors are your options. Once you get to lvl 9 in the game you get a special quest that gets you your wings. This quest also allows you to pick your official Class. Remember that if you want to watch a youtube video in better quality tack "&fmt=18" onto the end of the video url. Some of these videos will look much better that way.

The School of Warriors

Gladiators
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Gladiators have access to the more kinds of weapons than any other class initially, including Polearm and the 2Handed Sword. Because of this the gladiator has many many skills to go along with this multitude of weapons. Being from the school of warriors they have good defense and good taking capabilities but their tanking isn't nearly as good as their counterparts, the templars. They will also deal consistent good damage but not higher than the damage dealing classes. These things make the Gladiator the most versatile and easy to uses classes in the game.

This is a Lvl 40 Gladiator using Stigma (more on that later)
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Templar
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Templars have less weapon skills than Gladiators but they make up for it with their superior tanking stats and skills. In comparison its better to have a Templar with a S/S in your party than it is to have a Gladiator with a S/S if tanking is what you need them for. Templars are masters of drawing in damage and handling it effectively. They will deal moderate to low damage but will have more health than any other class. Templars are best when on the frontline of a fight and when they have both a sword and shield equipped.

Here is a video of a Templar in PvE from CBT3
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The School of Mages

Sorcerer
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Sorcerers are the main magic damage dealers in Aion. For weapons they use orbs and tomes though since tomes are books you can't use it as a melee weapon since it wouldn't make much sense. They have access to spells that control Air, Water, Fire, and Earth but they have very low defense. They are best when partnered up with a Warrior class to provide protection for them while they AoE nuke and cast devastating single target spells. They will deal constantly high damage and are best as range fighters.

here is a Sorcerer in a small party with another player PvE
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NOT DONE YET BUT HEROES IS COMING ON I'LL FINISH WHEN ITS OVER PLZ GOD LET SYLAR START KILLING PPL AGAIN

Gonna play when it comes out for sure!

Renders = HOT!

OMG BLACKHOLE

Gosh dam.
I'm reconsidering playing this.
Holy.

game plot looks very interesting

xemas got a spare acc to spare? i wanna try it out for a day just to see the graphics but having too much of hard time with that VERIFICATION GRAWRRRRRRRRRRRR

my korean connections don't go to to point to verify through phone/banking. NEED SPARE ACCOUNT PLZ

i know open beta is nov11, but i can still try char creation and try a few hours to see graphics n such...let me know K THX

defo give this a try

Looks great, I'm pretty sure it's going to be P2P?

Yea, waiting on this at the moment as well, hell, I would think a lot of SRF members are waiting as well. Nice pics you posted, so using one of them as my background . Upon release, if AION freakin' rocks my world, adios and imma give SRO the finger. Yes, I've tried other mmo's and they stink. Just my opinion.



Yea from what I hear. I think it's $15/month. Not too sure, but it is P2P.

Is the cap level 35?

Sure is in my future plans,when i get married and stay home taking care of the babyz

Dead serious

Yea from what I hear. I think it's $15/month. Not too sure, but it is P2P.[/quote]
i spend more than 15$ in sro so i am gonna try this game, but my PC is a bit crappy 1GB ram, dual core 1.86 GHz, radeon x1300 (256 mb) i am sure it will be lagy ( but i hope good options there)

http://eu.aiononline.com/en/movies

I urge you to watch the first two videos on this page.
Seriously.

(CG then Gameplay)

I remember it was 50, read it in some articles.

Meh, from what Ive learned all games created in the east end up being a grinnnnnnndfesssssssst, even if not at first (Cabal) they become one. and 15$? ill play wow for now (American Game Engineering ftw!). Also, Crytek engine but be from Farcry 1, because that's shitty for it to be rendered by the Crytek2 engine (Crysis

They've made the leveling pace extremely similar to WOW, w/ a max level of 50 as was previously stated. Endgame includes 24/7 Fortress/Raids and Stigma generation (don't know about gear upgrading though).

this game looks disgustingly awesome

OOOOH GIB NOW.

mmm, the 0x33 programmers moved to that game, didnt you know?

hmm lovely game... but p2p >.>

so...? its not Joymax game i am 90% sure they gonna fail

Don't get your hopes up....NCSoft was a total failure removing bots in Lineage 2.
Now, L2 is totally deserted aside from Private servers...which is a shame.

This game looks like it's going to be great! Could this be the game all ''SRO-players-that-can-afford-a-P2P-MMORPG-but-think-that-WoW-Sux'' like me has been waiting for?

wheres the proof of that. And even so 0x33 does more than make bots so im not worried. Especially since a large portion of lvling revolves around lvling in the abyss with is open to 24/7 PvP....bots will just be fodder and will keep losing abyss point until they won't be of any use to anyone. It be like trying to bot while in murder status and everyone time someone kills you they get an SoX drop lol.

Anyway you guys seem interested so i'll post more pics and info later.

Yep, and I myself have been waiting for this game since the beginning of this year.. gonna be my escape from Silkroad.

Me and most of the ppl from sro and the ones who already quit are moving over there when it opens.
And sro, well most likely get automated, just to stay on the cap.
And of course an aion forum will replace srf tab in firefox then

I wish they would raise 15$/month to 50$ and even more quality service,
would keep the cheap noobs out who fill up sro.

Aions not THAT good.
Blade and Soul is worth $50/m though, maybe.

Still, Aions gonna be the only MMO I bother playing till B&S.

So what race you gonna be? Elyos or Asmodian?

I'll be an Elyos Chanter myself. Or a Gladiator. Haven't decided. Just like the polearms.

I remember seeing that also, wayyy long ago..x33 came over here startin to stir up things, sayin' how people mainly went over to x33 for the "community" and not their bot and blabalbla...neways they did mention they will move to aion once it's out. That topic got locked, and prolly deleted i ono.

XM HOOK ME UP WITH OB ACCOUNT...validated of course.



Expect bns to be released 3-4 years from now...that's a longggggg time.

Asmodian Assassin.

Im going to make a guild, not sure on the name yet but its going to be The _______ Pirates. maybe get rid of the "the".

Anyway if you're considering playing this game, speak english well, live in NA, choosing to go asmodian. Lemme know cause i'd love to have some familiar faces around me.

BTW Expect the NA version to begin early 09 not 3-4 years from now. From my understanding there won't be a real beta but something like it. Any way like i said. Early 09 is when we'll be getting our taste.