Please keep an eye on this page: http://na.aiononline.com/en/news/preselection-server-status.html for server statuses. NCSoft is locking servers to help evenly distribute population, so if you are trying to get on a specific server with your guild, check that page frequently.

 

Also, as a reminder, headstart starts on Sunday September 20th.

 

I haven't really had a chance to update the site in the last 10 days - with the open beta and school going on.

Here is the server list and time zones:

Aion Server List

 

[East] Azphel	GMT-5
[East] Israphel	GMT-5
[East] Lumiel	GMT-5
[East] Marchutan	GMT-5
[East] Triniel	GMT-5
[East] Zikel	GMT-5
[West] Ariel	GMT-8
[West] Kaisinel	GMT-8
[West] Nezekan	GMT-8
[West] Siel	GMT-8
[West] Vaizel	GMT-8
[West] Yustiel	GMT-8

 

Open Beta News:

Hello everyone, I'm sure you're all just as excited as I am for the open beta this Sunday. I just wanted to remind everyone to make sure their game is patched up to the current version.

The current version is 1.5.0.3 , so if you don't have this, then you are going to want to make sure you update.

there are two possible options for updating: The first is through NCSoft's torrent, and the second is through fileplanet.

Fileplanet:
Full Client Download here

Closed Beta to Open Beta here

BitTorrent: (Note: You will need a bittorrent client in order to download these files - vuze, or utorrent are quite popular.)
Full Client download here
Closed Beta to Open Beta here

Site News:

I have changed the link for the forums over to my Aion Guild's forums - you will be redirected to http://littlepigs.us/forums.

See everyone on Sunday!

Aion Open Beta Information:

Directly from the official Aion website!
Open Beta: September 6-13th
Pre-Select: Sepetember 18th
Head-Start: September 20th
NA Release: September 22 
Europe Release: September 25th

AION'S OPEN BETA, PRE-SELECT AND HEADSTART PROGRAMS

August 27, 2009 8:56 AM

Within the next four weeks, we will treat European and North American gamers to two opportunities to jump into the world of Aion and explore Atreia as Asmodian or Elyos characters ahead of its release in Europe on 25nd September and North America 22th September. Aion's Open Beta Test featuring version 1.5 will take place 6-13th September and will include numerous Western enhancements, including improvements to Aion's innovative character customization with a host of Western styles, as well as new zones, instances, skills, quests and continued game balancing and improvements. Open Beta will retain a level cap for both Elyos and Asmodians characters at 30 allowing players to focus on getting to the same level so they can explore the lands of Atreia together, as well as the Abyss.

Players who have pre-ordered Aion will be treated to a Pre-Select and a two-day Headstart period giving them the opportunity to explore, organize and progress through the game prior to the official launch. Pre-Select will take place on 18th September, while Aion's Headstart will begin 20th September. Players can still participate in the Aion's Pre-Select and Headstart programs by pre-ordering the game through several participating online and brick-and-mortar retailers."

Special thanks to Lightspeed from Hellbound for letting me use their translation.

Source: Powerbook

[Instance Dungeons]
1. 12 various instances have been released
- These new instances all come with different themes
- These instances are aimed to give players better items and Abyss Points.

Dark Poeta
The Dimension Door in Peota had been destroyed in the past, but the Balaur's constant efforts to infiltrate Poeta eventually led them to reopen the Dimension Door and take over Poeta. This is a story about a group of Daevas who stop the Balaur's plans and save Dark Peota which is already in ruins.



- Players must be level 50+ and possess an item obtained through a quest in order to enter this instance.

- Instance can be entered by interacting with the Artifact Device in the Black Tear Swamp of Interdica, and Frostbrow Camp in Beluslan.

- Points can be earned by killing monsters and harvesting rare materials, but destroying nearby objects and killing boss monsters in the areas yield more points.

- The more points that are acquired by the finishing time, the more difficult the final boss will be. (If the group fails to progress through the instance, the group will not be able to face the final boss.)

- The harder the difficulty of the final boss, the better the loot.

- Monsters met while questing in the Elyos world of Peota can be found in Dark Peota. However, those monsters may have taken on a different form.


Battleground - Dreadgion
Elyos and Asmodian forces participate in a battle to bring down the Dreadgion. 

The main objective is to infiltrate the Dreadgion from inside, destroy energy sources and eliminate the Dreadgion commander, but you must remain vigilant as you can also run into the enemy faction at any time.


- This is a PvPvE type instance where Elyos and Asmodian players can both enter the same instance.
- The Dreadgion can only be entered at certain times by registering at an NPC.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
0000~0200			○
1200~1400	○	○	○	○	○	○	○
2000~2200	○		○	○	○	○	○

- Registration is available in Individual/Quick/Group modes. If you want to register for a new game, then select the individual register option. If you don't care whether to join a new game or a currently running game, then select the quick register option. To join as a group, select the group register option.

- Elyos players can register at NPCs Aseluse, Parasgos or Hipotades in Teminon Stronghold in Ereshuranta.

- Asmodian players can register at NPCs Buri, Okom or Rukbar at Primum Stronghold in Ereshuranta.

- Players will not be able to zone in the instance until there is enough players that has registered, so there may be some waiting time after registering.



- Points are earned when monsters are killed inside the instance and when the Dreadgion's power source 'Shukana' are destroyed.

- Points are also earning by killing players of the enemy side. When killing an enemy player with 0 points, no points will be gained.

- You will lose some points if killed by enemy players.

- There are many different routes to reach the commander, and a variety of ways to impede the opposing factions progression, all of which requires a strategic plan.

- When the commander is defeated or time runs out, the infiltration mission ends and all individual points acquired is combined to determine the winning side.

- When the infiltration mission is over, AP is awarded based on the total amount of points received, and the winning faction will receive a larger AP bonus.

- In addition to the AP rewards, some special bosses will also drop useful items.



Steelrake Valley
The 'Steelrake Valley' is the name of the pirate ship belonging to the 'Ironbeard Buccaneers'.


- Maximum of 6 players per party can enter.
- Players must be level 40+ to enter.
- Players must complete an attunement quest to enter, and can only enter this instance once every 6 hours.

- Elyos entry quest: Suspicious Calling / Asmodian entry quest: Price of Goodwill

- NPC to start quest
Elyos: Mysterious sugo Roikin (loiters at 'Decaying Tree Field', 'Revolutionaries Research Base' or 'Pwitonen Swamp' in Interdica)
Asmodian: Mysterious Shugo Uikin(loiters at 'Silver Hill', 'Kinunkarp Ice City' or 'Amsnir Harbor' in Beluslan)

- Instance can be entered by interacting with 'Hikarung' at Elysium for Elyos, and 'Midoringring' at Pandemonium for Asmodians.

- There are many different routes to go through in this instance. The difficulty varies depending on which route is taken.


Abyss Fortress Dungeon
The 3 fortress in the lower Abyss(sulfur Tree Fortress, West Sield Fortress, East Siel Fortress) and 5 fortress in the upper abyss(Asteria Fortress, Ancient City of Rhoo, Krotan Fortress, Dikasas Fortress, Ran Miren Fortress) each have their own dungeons, and many new quests involving these dungeons have been prepared. The availability of this content depends on the fortresses being occupied by your faction, and for this reason fortress sieging has become more important.


- Players of the faction currently holding a fortress can enter its dungeon by interacting with the Entry Object inside the fortress.
- Each instance has many Treasure Boxes, and the aim is to collect as many of them in a certain time frame.
- The difficulty levels of the monsters will vary depending on the fortress instance, and if the time runs out, the treasure boxes will disappear one by one or even all at once.
- Only players of the faction holding the fortress can enter.



Nohusana Training Camp
This instance is more of an Abyss Fortress Siege tutorial and is aimed for new players in the Abyss.



- This instance is available from levels 25 to 28 only. The entrance to this instance is near each faction's Abyss stronghold.
- Entrance will be granted after completing an attunement quest, then players can only enter once every 18 hours.
- To check when you are able to enter the instance again use the "/CheckEntry" command.


[Skills]
1. 93 types of "Basic Stigma Stones" and "Advanced Stigma Stones" have been added in this update.
- 6 new Advanced Stigmas have been added for each class, and they can be purchased with Abyss Points.

Class	Level Requirement	Skill Name	Prerequisite Skills	Skill Description
Gladiator	45	Destructive Strike/파괴의 일격	Fatigue Strike/쇠약의 맹타	Powerful attack guaranteed to hit the target.
			Crippling Cut
	45	Assault Stance/돌격 자세	Lockdown	Hit rating and defense is lowered, but physical attack power is greatly increased.
	45	Master Counterattack/노련한 반격	Spirit/기백	Counterattack after parrying an attack and stuns the target.
			Smash of Revenge
	45	Sharp Strike/예리한 일격	Advanced Dual-Wielding	High critical probability attack.
	50	Destructive Blow/파멸의 맹타	Destructive Strike/파괴의 일격	High damage and guaranteed to hit long-range attack.
			Assault Stance/돌격 자세
	50	Severing Strike/절단의 일격	Master Counterattack/노련한 반격	High critical probability stage 2 combo attack. Sharp Strike - Severing Strike
			Sharp Strike/예리한 일격
Templar	45	기사회생	Aggression/분노 유발	Recovers your HP by 2181.
	45	Armor of Protection/비호의 갑옷	Fellow Soldier Protection	Increases HP of nearby friendly players by 1000 for 2 minutes.
			Taunting Roar
	45	Mind Destruction/정신 파괴	Indignation	Long-range attack that inflicts earth magic damage and stuns the target for 2 seconds.
			Break Power
	45	Magic Blow/마력 강타	Holy Shield	Inflicts earth magic damage. Stage 3 combo. Resolute Strike - Magic Blow
	50	Solid Shield/견고한 방패	Hunger Revival/기사회생	The next 10 attacks received within 30 seconds will be shield blocked.
			Armor of Protection/비호의 갑옷
	50	Destructive Shout/파괴의 기합	Mind Destruction/정신 파괴	Physical attack power, spell hit rating & magic boost will be increased for 30 seconds.
			Magic Blow/마력 강타
Ranger	45	Gale Arrow/질풍 화살	Retreating Slash	Physical attack skill that can be used while moving.
			Breath of Nature
	45	Wind Scamper/바람의 질주	Slowing Trap/둔화의 덫	Your movement speed is increased by 18% for 1 minute.
	45	Explosive Arrow/폭발 화살	Bow of Blessing/축복의 활	Inflicts heavy physical damage.
			Eye of Offense/공격의 눈
	45	Hunter's Resolve/사냥꾼의 결의	Arrow Deluge	Your next 2 attack skills within 10 seconds will score a critical hit, however your longe range firing distance will be reduced by 5m.
	50	Gust Arrow/광풍 화살	Gale Arrow/질풍 화살	High damage and critical probability physical attack.
			Wind Scamper/바람의 질주
	50	Frenzy Arrow/광포의 화살	Explosive Arrow/폭발 화살	Very high damage physical attack.
			Hunter's Resolve/사냥꾼의 결의
Assassin	45	Scar of the Beast/맹수의 상흔	Long Range Engrave Signet	Stage 4 combo available after "Beastly Strike". Beastly Strike - Scar of the Beast
			Runic Shatter/문양 파쇄
	45	Rapid Slash/쾌속 베기	Eye of Wrath	Reduced magic resistance and elemental resistances for 15 seconds. Stage 2 combo. Swift Edge - Rapid Slash
	45	Apply Explosives/폭약 바르기	Deadly Apply Poison	20% chance to inflict additional damage for 30 seconds.
			Pledge of Precision/명중의 서약
	45	Lightning Slash/번개 베기	Smoke Shell	Reduces target's magic hit rating by 200 for 30 seconds. Stage 2 combo. Swift Edge - Lightning Slash
	50	Chain Runic Explosion/연쇄 문양 폭발	Scar of the Beast/맹수의 상흔	2nd stage combo attack of all runic explosion type skills.
			Rapid Slash/쾌속 베기
	50	Surprise Slash/기습 베기	Apply Explosives/폭약 바르기	Performs a dash attack to a target within 20m.
			Lightning Slash/번개 베기
Sorcerer	45	Phantom Whirlwind/환영의 회오리	Curse: Tree	Inflicts fire magic damage to targets around you and stuns them for 4 seconds.
			Curse of Weakness
	45	Illusion/환영	Baizel's Wisdom	Removes 1 debuff from yourself and the next 2 physical attacks within 10 seconds will be dodged.
	45	Summon Rock/암석 소환	Ice Sheet	Inflicts earth magic damage.
			Wind Blade/바람의 칼날
	45	Strength of Focus/집중의 기원	Zikel's Wisdom	Spell hit rating is increased by 1000 for 20 seconds.
	50	Sleep Storm/수면 폭풍	Phantom Whirlwind/환영의 회오리	Sleeps enemy targets around you for 20 seconds and increases their elemental defense.
			Illusion/환영
	50	Fiery Rampage/화염 난무	Summon Rock/암석 소환	Inflicts a large amount of fire magic damage.
			Strength of Focus/집중의 기원
Spirit Master	45	Summon: Whirlwind Strength/소환: 회오리의 기운	Enmity Swap	Summon 3 strength of wind to inflict wind magic damage.
	45	Strengthening Spirit: Strengthened Armor/정령 강화: 강화의 갑주	Weaken Spirit	Increases your servitor's magic damage, elemental defense, magic boost and movement speed for 5 minutes.
			Strengthening Spirit: Recovery
	45	Slowing Shackles/둔화의 족쇄	Body Root	Lowers target's attack speed and all elemental defenses by 200 for 30 seconds.
			Magic Blocking
	45	Magic Countercurrent/마법 역류	Disenchantment Burst	Removes up to 3 buffs from the enemy target and inflicts damage for each buff removed. In addition, further damage is inflicted every 6 seconds for the next 30 seconds.
	50	Command: Destructive Aggression/명령: 파멸의 공세	Summon: Whirlwind Strength/소환: 회오리의 기운	Commands your servitor to inflict magic damage corresponding to its element type.
			Strengthening Spirit: Strengthened Armor/정령 강화: 강화의 갑주
	50	Pain of Hell/지옥의 고통	Slowing Shackles/둔화의 족쇄	Inlficts earth magic damage to the target, and additional damage every 3 seconds for the next 12 seconds.
			Magic Countercurrent/마법 역류
Cleric	45	Shining Recovery/재생의 광휘	Flash of Recovery	Recovers target's HP by 320 and a further 320 HP every 3 seconds for the next 21 seconds; and also increases physical defense by 200.
			Splendor of Recovery
	45	Memory Wipe/기억 분쇄	Splendor of Purification	Reduces target's threat level against you.
	45	Pain Link/고통의 연쇄	Grace of Empyrean Lord	Inflicts earth magic damage and additional damage every 12 seconds for the next 2 minutes. If the target dies under this effect, they will be forced to returned to their bind point.
			Earth Rage/대지의 분노
	45	Hand of Revival/환생의 손길	Prayer of Quickness	You will be able to revive yourself on death and return with 50% HP and MP. Buff lasts for 5 minutes.
	50	Purifying Wave/정화의 물결	Shining Recovery/재생의 광휘	Removes up to 3 debuffs from nearby friendly players and heals them for 3706 HP.
			Memory Wipe/기억 분쇄
	50	Summon: Noble Strength/소환: 고결한 기운	Pain Link/고통의 연쇄	Summons a long distance attack golem.
			Hand of Revival/환생의 손길
Chanter	45	Vigorous Recovery/기력 재생	Rage Spell	You recover your HP by 2262.
	45	Blessing of the Wind/바람의 축복	Spell of Trap	For 20 seconds your attacks have a 100% chance of inflicting additional damage.
			유수격
	45	Magic Recovery/마력 회복	보호진	Recovers target's(or your own) MP by 1500.
			Inspiration Incantation
	45	Blessing of Protection/수호의 축복	Spell of Protection	Maximum HP, elemental defenses and physical defense is increased for 30 minutes.
	50	파산격	Vigorous Recovery/기력 재생	Inflicts physical damage to the enemy target.
			Blessing of the Wind/바람의 축복
	50	Chant of Invincibility/불패의 진언	Magic Recovery/마력 회복	Aura that increases your and party members' maximum MP, physical attack power, physical defense and magic boost.
			Blessing of Protection/수호의 축복

2. Gladiator's "Block Concentration" skill has been changed so that it no longer mitigates all the damage when parrying physical attacks.

3. A bug with receiving additional damage from standing over lava with the Gladiator's "Combat Preparation" skill being activated has been fixed.

4. Gladiator/Templar's "Gate Crush" skill is now more effective.

5. The effects of the Sorcerer's "Enhanced Magic Attack Power I & II" passive skills have been increased, and "Enhanced Magic Attack Power III" passive has been added.

6. The debuff effect of the Sorcerer's "Curse of Weakness I & II" has been increased from 8 seconds to 1 minute, and "Curse of Weakness II" is now more effective.

7. The cooldown times for the Sorcerer's "Lumiel's Wisdom", "Zikel's Wisdom" & "Baizel's Wisdom" has been reduced from 1 minute to 30 seconds.

8. Spirit Master's "Summon: Fire/Wind/Water/Earth Servant", "Dispel" & "Burst Enhancement" skills now use less mana.

9. The hit rating on the Chanter's "Wish of Sword Binding" & "Wish of Absorption" skills have been increased.

10. Problems with Chanters not being able to use "Tremor" while silenced has been fixed.

11. Cleric's "Greater Heal I, II & III" now recover more HP.

12. Fixed a problem with counter attack type skills(active on dodge, parry, shield block) where the skill is already available becomes unavailable upon a dodge/parry/block.

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[Character]
1. With the addition of Advanced Stigma Stones, the Advanced Stigma slots have been added.
- By completing the necessary quests, up to 3 Advanced Stigma slots can be acquired.



- Either basic or advanced Stigma stones can be equipped in the Advanced Stigma slots, but Advanced Stigma Stones cannot be equipped in regular Stigma slots.

- Advanced Stigma Stones can only be equipped when prerequisite Stigmas are equipped.


Prerequisite Stigma


Advanced Stigma

- Advanced Stigmas can be purchased with Abyss Points can NPCs in each faction's major cities.

	Major City		Abyss
	Battle Type	Magic Type	Battle Type	Magic Type
Elyos	Okiruhoi/ 오키르호이	Telepos/ 텔레포스	Teuke/ 테우케르	Monitan/ 모니탄
Asmodian	Karnap/ 카르나프	Shinmara/ 신마라	Siru/ 시르	Barbuk/ 바르부르크

NPCs selling Advanced Stigma stones

2. In the effort of class balancing, some of the Divine Stone debuffing effects have been adjusted.
- When dual wielding, the off hand(left hand) weapon's Divine Stone debuff proc rate has been lowered.

- Bleed and poison Divine Stone effects remain unchanged.

3. In order to prevent inappropriate play, changes have been made to the exp/AP distribution in parties.
- Previous when a party member died or logged out before a group had killed a monster, the total exp/AP/DP was distributed to the remaining party members. This has now changed so that in this same case, the exp/AP/DP of the players who had died/logged out are already deducted before distributing them throughout the group.

4. The damage done in PvP combat has been reduced.

5. Jumping during a skill animation no longer allows that skill's combo chain to activate. (no more jump shot for rangers?)

6. The amount of time required to fill the Rested Energy bar has been reduced from 3 days to 2 days.

7. New emotes added. "Moment of Silence" & "Pray".
- These new emotes can be obtained from the Performing Arts Daeva NPC in each faction major city.


[Items]
1. New 'Heroic' item grade level added.
- 'Heroic' grade item name color is orange

- The new 'Heroic' items consist of weapons and armors. They can be obtained from the new instance dungeons.



2. Some weapons have had their critical rate adjusted.
- 1 handed swords and daggers have had their critical rate values lowered. 2 handed swords, poleaxes, staves and bows have had their critical rates increased.

3. New set items added.
- New set items can be obtained through a variety of methods including the new instance dungeons, new crafting recipes and quests.

4. New crafting recipes/plans added.
- Elyos/Asmodian factions each have 54 Special-Grade(level 50 item level) new recipes.

- Of these new crafting recipes, some Unique grade recipes were included.

5. New conversion recipes added.
- The newly added refining stone conversion recipes are of Unique grade, and allow 'Master's ~~ Refining Stone' to convert into 'Expert's ~~ Refining Stone'.

- New conversion recipes can be obtained from the 'Divine Fortress' NPC. 

6. New costumes added.
- The kimono, Chinese Imperial uniform & Taiwanese Imperial uniforms can be purchased from the Elyos/Asmodian Divine Costume NPCs.



Kimono, Chinese Imperial uniform & Taiwanese Imperial uniform - Male




Kimono, Chinese Imperial uniform & Taiwanese Imperial uniform - Female


Set items obtainable from the new instance dungeons.

Plate set


Chain set


Leather set


Cloth set


7. Unique grade material added.
- Unique grade materials can be harvested from the previously existing nodes at a very low rate.

Material Type	Unique material
Oriharukon	Brilliant Oriharukon Ore
Mithril	Brilliant Mithril Ore
Ode	Brilliant Ode

- Unique grade nodes available in the new instance dungeons.

Material Type	Unique material
Nex	Nex Ore

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10. New item attributed added, 'Cast speed increase', 'Increase threat' & 'Reduce threat'.

11. Changed made to the Ode gathering hat. Ode nodes which are distant to you in altitude will be indicated as a gray dot on the mini map.



12. Added new Abyss items purchasable with AP.
-Set bonuses exist on newly added Abyss items.

13. Added new Divine Stones purchasable with AP.

14. Added new Stigmas purchasable with AP.

15. Added Lv50 Daevanion items.
- Lv50 Daevanion items can be acquired upon completing the Daevanion quests.

16. When your powershards become depleted, any powershards of the same grade in your inventory will automatically become equipped and active.

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18. System messages will notify you when your registered Kisk has 30 minutes, 10 minutes & 1 minute duration left.

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20. Misplaced material nodes around maps have been repositioned.


[UI]
1. New feature added to fill up party and force slots up faster.
- In the chat window, type '/partycreate message'(/파티모집 할 말) or '/forcecreate message'(/포스모집 할 말); or press the Party/Force create button in the Find a Friend or force group window, to create a party gathering link.



- Left clicking on a party/force creation link will send a private message the organizer indicating your level and class.



- Right clicking on the party/force creation link will open a window with information about that party/force.

- Level and class of the members is displayed on the party member information window, and the force leader, force assistant and number of force members will be displayed in the force member information window.


Party member information window



Force member information window


2. New character customizing options added.

	Hair Styles		Faces
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Elyos	5 styles	4 styles	7 styles	3 styles
Asmodian	5 styles	4 styles	5 styles	4 styles

- Added more customized character face presets.

	Male	Female
Elyos	14 styles	8 styles
Asmodian	14 styles	6 styles

New character face presets


3. Mini map zoom in/out feature added.

 

CLOSED BETA TESTERS, UPDATE YOUR PASSWORDS!

August 14, 2009 5:16 PM

On July 29, 2009, we made updates to our Aion account system, and at that same time, launched accounts ready for the live game. If you are a current closed beta participant, you should update your password to ready your account for the live version of Aion.

The solution is simple!

1. Log in to your NCsoft Master Account.
2. Click Game Accounts.
3. Select your Aion game account.
4. Click Change Password link in the Actions section, and follow directions to update your password.

If you wish, you can input the same password as the one you used previously. If you are an Aion closed beta tester, but created your Aion beta account after July 29, 2009, no action is needed, as your account is already prepared.

Once you follow these instructions, you should be ready for launch and for a bright future in the world of Atreia. See you there!

Source: http://na.aiononline.com/en/news/closed-beta-testers-update-your-passwords.html