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Patch 1.5.0.8

Thirteen — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:27:18 +0000

Patch Notes: 1.5.0.8

* Dredgion Instance Maps now show in correct languages
* Item comparison tooltip has been rearranged
* Gender Tags for title will now show up appropriately in FR and DE
* Fix to Auction House where some users were not credited correctly for crafted items

FR Language Update:

* Fixed Abyss Maps
* Fixed LC1 map
* Various terminology changes
* Corrected various punctuation and spelling errors in dialog and quests
* NPC Audio fixes
* UI fixes for FR language
* Bug fixes/grammatical edits for Item descriptions
* Various translation corrections in dialogs and quests
* Various cutscene text/audio issues have been fixed

DE Language Update:

* Fixed Abyss Maps
* Fixed Sanctum map
* Made various map name changes in Altgard and Morheim
* Various terminology changes
* Corrected various punctuation and spelling errors in dialog and quests
* NPC Audio fixes
* Various Skill books have been edited for grammar and consistency
* Various cutscene text/audio issues have been fixed
* UI fixes for DE language
* Bug fixes/grammatical edits for Item descriptions
* Various translation corrections in dialogs and quests

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Patch 1.5.0.8

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Open Beta, Preselect & Headstart Info

frank — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:09:41 +0000

Details have just been unveiled on the official site about the upcoming open beta and the character pre-select and headstart.

Open Beta

Features patch 1.5
6-13th September
Numerous western enhancements (new character creation features), as well as new zones, instances, skills, quests and more
Level cap stays at 30

Pre-selection will allow you to create your character and reserve a name prior to the headstart and will be available on 18th September, while Aion’s Headstart will begin September 20.

The open beta client is now also available for download from Fileplanet and later this week GamersHell. You can also download the full open beta client or upgrade your closed beta client by downloading these torrents.

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Aion Patch 1.5 Impressions

frank — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:49:49 +0000

A really interesting post over at Kotaku details some of the things that changed in the last year, mostly in the patch 1.5. New character creation options, armor set bonuses, 14 new instances, english voiceovers and professionally translated quest texts, as well as less grinding are just some of the features which will be introduced with patch 1.5, the NA/EU release version.

For a full post, glide over to Kotaku.

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Licensing Issues in EU

frank — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:37:38 +0000

A very controversial issue appeared earlier today on mmorpg.com. I’m not sure about the source so I had to think twice before posting about it myself, but since it’s a very serious concern for thousands of players including myself, I can’t help it.

Apparently, NCsoft decided to give distribution rights in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to a company called “Innova Group”, which is a distributor of localized Russian version. In addition, an IP block will be enforced, meaning the players from these countries will not be able to play on European servers, but rather Russian. Furthermore, Croatia and Turkey will be joining those countries and will be blocked from accessing EU servers as well, which clearly made a “few” players quite upset.

Being from Croatia myself, I fail to see any logic behind this decision. I included a map so you can fail to see it too.

Now I’m not sure about Turkey, but Russian language is definitely not a popular one in my country and I have no intention of learning it just to be able to play Aion, nor would I ever want to play with any russian people and I’m not alone. Due to the IP block, we obviously won’t be able to choose where to play, and forcing players in any of the above countries to play on localized russian servers has got to be the most ridiculous move I’ve ever seen in history of gaming.

The official response to this is yet to be seen.

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Edit:

Response (GM Ricardo) 08/20/2009 10:23 AM
Hello there,

Thank you again for your interest in Aion.

Croatia will be included in the EU servers.

Unfortunately, we do not have any further information about the game’s release in Lithuania at this point.
As a result, Lithuanian users will not be able to use any acquired serial codes to create an Aion game account (whether it’s American or European).

Should this situation change we’ll make an announcement on our official website.

Thankfully one part is resolved, Croatian users will indeed be able to play on EU servers, however Lithuanian players will not be able to play anywhere or will be limited to Russian servers. Definitely a bad move by NCsoft.

Another edit:

All of the aforementioned countries will be able to play on EU servers, thankfully.

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Abyss Guide

frank — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:30:47 +0000

Certainly one of the most confusing features of Aion is the Abyss. There’s all kind of information circling around and while I’m sure most of you know the very basics of Abyss, it’s all but easy to find detailed info about some key things such as fortress sieges, Abyss points and ranks, artifacts and more.

Thulf over at Impetusium added yet another great guide to his collection. Whatever questions you may have about Abyss will probably be answered in his latest post, which I sincerely recommend reading.

6th closed beta weekend is knocking on the door already so glide over to Thulf’s blog and learn what awaits at level 25!

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Closed Beta Event 6 Info

frank — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:02:31 +0000

The last closed beta event will start this weekend. The maximum level (30) will not be raised which is definitely positive, as it allows us to catch up with other players.

Here’s a short snippet from the announcement made on the official site:

We want to conclude closed beta testing on a high note, so we are arranging a series of story-driven in-game events, in part hinting at some of the much-anticipated content forthcoming in with our massive release day patch. Keep that F5 key handy, since more information on these live events is headed your way later this week!

Closed beta 6 is primed to rocket onto the servers on Friday, August 14, 2009, noon PT (8 p.m. BST, 9 p.m. CEST). Our beta forums open their gates two hours earlier, and access to them will be ongoing throughout the weekend until Monday.

It’s going to be another exciting weekend and I’ll do my best to keep you updated, so make sure you check up on the site for the latest info.

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Newsflash: Patch 1.5, Aion Podcast, Blogs

frank — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:26:53 +0000

Since I didn’t post any of these news in the last few days, I’ll just slap them all into one post.

Patch 1.5

Over at aionsource, someone was kind enough to translate the patch 1.5 notes and reveal several interesting new features and changes.

Lots of instances have their reentry times changed.
Cast speed bonus added to some unique items, now no longer exclusive on the super-rare hero weapons.
Can master two crafts.
Toggle helmet show/hide in preview item.
Number of Chat Tabs available increased from 6 to 7, also added separate language chat channels (English, Jibberish)
Rifts show level limits
Added a key option to select nearest dead body
Game now highlights skills, recipes, stigmas, and emotes you’ve already obtained in Red.
You are now notified if your arrow or power shards fall below 100 amount.
New costume obtainable in Theobomos and Brusthonin (image on the right).

The fact that we can now master two professions is definitely positive news. In addition there’s a few class changes as well, you can read the full patch notes here.

“The Abyss” podcast

Abysspodcast.com is, what you might already have guessed, an Aion podcast. It’s well done and entertaining, so be sure to follow them to keep up with the news.

Blogs

In addition to Aionic Thoughts which is quite impressive, there’s several new blogs and more popping up all the time. I added a few to the links section recently and thought I’d give them some extra exposure here — they certainly deserve it.

There’s more news and info to be found on each of these sites and I highly recommend checking them all out. It’s great to see the community constantly growing, and what better way than to write down your thoughts about our favorite game. If I missed any blogs be sure to let me know.

GameGuard

I already talked about the GameGuard software and what a failure it is, and fortunately NCsoft is aware of it as well:

Your feelings on GameGuard are justified and known to the North American and European teams. As it stands now GameGuard does provide a certain level of protection. If and when we find a better hack/cheat/bot prevention system we will use it. GameGuard will be improved or removed before launch.
(aionsource)

Here’s hoping they will either improve it or get rid of it.

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New Cinematic Intro Vid

frank — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:59:14 +0000

The following vid is a new cinematic intro and it’s quite breathtaking.

It depicts a few events in Aion’s lore like the previously posted Aion Origins vid, just far more impressive.

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Aion Gathering Guide

frank — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:45:06 +0000

Crafting within Aion goes well beyond what can be found in a typical MMORPG; both in the aspects of gathering and crafting. That being the case, it would take a book to explain it all at once. For this article, I’ll go over the methods of gathering materials and how the related skill ranks work. First, a basic understanding of how skill ranks function.

There are two gathering skills in Aion. Players begin the game with just the general gathering skill ranked 1 of 99. Upon completion of the ascension quest, the player receives the aerial gathering skill. This allows the player to gather any node with a required skill rank of 1, while the maximum achievable rank before obtaining further training is 99. When a skill reaches maximum rank players may purchase additional training in the skill. This system applies to both gathering and crafting. So then lets answer that nagging question, how does a player rank-up skills?

The simplest answer is to level a skill by using it, though there is a little more to it. The most basic aspect to understand, is how general gathering from resource nodes works. Whenever a node is activated the player receives a pop-up box that displays the current skill rank, the item received upon success, and two bars representing success or failure.

As the gathering process begins, a series of successes and failures are represented via progression of the two bars. The extent to which a success or failure progresses either bar is determined by your skill rank in relation to the required rank for that node. If the player’s skill rank is the same as that required to gather a given node, then there is about a 33% chance to fail the entire process.

The greater the player’s skill rank becomes in relation to the required rank, the lower the chance of an overall failure. Once the player’s skill rank surpasses the required rank by more then 20, it becomes impossible to fail. Success provides experience to the character and skill until the player’s rank surpasses the required rank by 40. At this point the skill can no longer gain rank.

What to gather – 1-100 skill points

Elyos	Asmodian
Angelica – 1 Scallop – 1 Carp – 5 Apple – 10 Ore – 15 Kukuru – 20 Jute – 25 Birch Log – 30 Silver – 35 Rose Quartz – 40 Tarragon – 45 Orange – 50 Oat – 55 Crystal – 60 Salmon – 65 Potato – 75 Amethyst – 80 Oyster – 85 Tomato – 90 Snapper – 95	Angelica – 1 Clam – 1 Pujery – 5 Fruit Tree – 10 Raydam – 10 Iron – 15 Okra – 20 Watered Silk – 25 Tecoma Log – 30 Silver – 35 Rose Quartz – 40 Calendula – 45 Otombliss – 50 Zucchini – 55 Crystal – 60 Sturgeon – 65 Horto – 75 Amethyst – 80 Blicora – 85 Baily – 90 Kisaki – 95

Having discussed the basics of skill ranks, I’ll move on to the types of nodes and methods of gathering materials within the world of Atreia. There are what I categorize as four basic types of nodes; plants, minerals, gems, and woods. Plants are by far the most abundant type of resource. They appear everywhere on the planet’s surface but do not appear within the Abyss.

Minerals and Gems are found both on the planet’s surface as well as in the Abyss. Minerals come in two forms. The first is minable with each new training level, while the other has node specific rank requirements and a different appearance. Gems are the rarest of the nodes found on the ground throughout Atreia and generally appear where several can be found in relative proximity.

Lastly are the woods which contain the least variety and are found scattered throughout Atreia. At this point, its fair to mention, that for most nodes there are two types of material that can be found. The regular version received 95% of the time and a rare version, often of the same material. The exception to this, from what I’ve seen, is woods.

That takes us to the aerial gathering skill and gathering from odes. Yes its odes, not nodes, in order to represent the difference between aerial and ground gathering. Odes differ from regular ground gathering in that there is only one available every 25 skill ranks. Additionally, they can only be found in zones where free flight is available.

The last manner of obtaining materials for crafting is the traditional method of killing mobs throughout the game. Mobs throughout the world drop several materials, although there are a couple key ones that will be found continually across all levels. The two important enough to mention are the leathers and the crystal balls. Leathers drop off of most mobs that you would expect them to, so anything with a hide. Crystal balls drop off everything and appear in three colors; red, blue, and white.

In closing it should be noted that most of the general materials also have different rarities. Two simple examples are gems and crystal balls. For gems, the node may produce a regular version of the material that is any quality. The rare version, when one is available, will always be of a quality a step above the regular version produced. The exception being that there are no unigue quality materials at this time. In the case of crystal balls each ball occurs in different rarities and any color crystal ball may drop in any rarity.

I hope this provides everyone a little insight into the way gathering in Aion works and gets you excited for the upcoming article on what to do with those newly gathered materials!

(via Aioninsider)

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CBW5 Screenshots, Combat Video & CryEngine

frank — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:58:45 +0000

By now you probably noticed the closed beta event 5 is over. Supposedly there was a lot of complaints about lag and ganking, however for some reason I couldn’t log in to the beta forum to see any of it myself. I do know however that gankers prevented wowfony from making the third unbiased Aion review, for which I’m really sad

I only played for about ten hours total this time: I’m either getting older and can’t handle 16 hours/day anymore, or the more likely scenario, it’s beta and I’ll rather wait for the game to come out to try it. Only got a Gladiator to level 13 which ain’t much of an accomplishment, but I will be posting my thoughts about the latest beta soon nevertheless.

CryEngine

There’s an article over at some Swedish site talking about the CryEngine. The article is in english, but you can translate the rest of the site here. It’s a short interview ansswering a few interesting questions about Aion’s engine, how NCsoft modified and customized it and why the hell Aion looks so good.

Advanced Combat Video

CBW 5 Screenshots

Courtesy of Longasc again, we got 140 new screenshots in out Beta Weekend Screenshots gallery. There’s plenty of interesting areas and scenery, as well as pics from the Abyss. If you didn’t get first hand experience, check out the gallery.

He also posted several impressions about PvP on twitter:

Enemy player levels are never shown, they are always level ??
5 lvl higher players can still be hit with attacks and spells reliably,the only major problem is they resist CC effects better
Tanks are cool in PvP,their “pull” spell is like the DK grip. Either your group lets you die or they must engage in close combat
Clerics are hard to kill 1v1, but they do not have as good CC as other classes. So they cannot stop you running
Sorcerer sleep only lasts some 4-5 seconds in PvP, and breaks on damage
Class synergies encourage PvE and PvP grouping, 2-4 people are ideal for ideal for PvP, 2 for PvE abyss point farming
XP/Abyss points, well everything, is divided exactly by the number of people in group. Damaging mobs/player targets of others
Damaging players/mobs tagged/killed by other players gives a % of points,too, looting rights apparently are based on % damage done
No castle sieges yet, mostly small gank squads flying around. But the size of the Abyss makes it easy to run away
The lowbie rift ganking (level 50s going to level 25 Eltnen areas e.g.) is adressed in later patches, but still quite unresolved
The “PvE zones” become very huge later on, and rifts only allow a certain number of players through. e.g. 25 players, max level 30

I gotta get this guy to write some posts for us, he knows a hell of a lot more about Aion than I do.

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