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The AION Fortune Fayre is Coming
Mar 8th
By The Fayrefolk> The travelling Fortune Fayre (not related to the Fortuneers) has come to Sanctum/Pandaemonium for this yearâs Fortune Festival! Theyâre inviting all Daevas to test their providence with brand new, aether-imbued Charm Cards! What will Fate hand the Asmodian Kindred? Will the cards help the Elyos better understand their past? One thingâs for sure: youâre not going to find out sitting there on your winged backside, so come along and see what Aion has in store for you!No refunds.
The Fortune Fayre, which takes place from Wednesday March 9th, 2011 to Wednesday March 23rd, 2011, marks the time of year when a motley crew of Fayrefolk descends on the capital cities and encourages Daevas to try their luck in games of chance. Who will be influencing your destiny in the year to comeâwill it be one of the Empyrean Lords, or, perhaps, Aion himself? Maybe your fate is cursed by the Dragon Lord Beritra? Only the Fayrefolk can tell you.
Event Staff NPCs in each capital city give out all the relevant quests
Thourak and Metrano will offer each player a one-time quest (Asmodian: The Fayrefolk, and Elyos: Meet the Fayrefolk) that rewards them with a 14-day temporary title, âCharmerâ, More >
Aion: New Pets & Companions
Mar 7th
There are several types of pets available for you to adopt, although they are not necessary for you to play the game. While some are only companions who follow you once summoned, others have various functions. Some pets can be purchased in either Pandaemonium or Sanctum, but others are only available by purchasing a retail copy of Assault on Balaurea, completing daily quests, or as random drops from high-level monsters. You can have up to 100 pets, but can only summon one at a time.
Adopting a Pet
You will need to purchase the egg for the pet you want from a Pet Merchant, and then take the egg to a Pet Minder to hatch it for you. Pet Merchants and Pet Minders are found in both capital cities.
Special Reward Stewards belonging to each Daily Quest Organization also offer pets in exchange for Tokens. Level 30 Daily Quests: Companion Pet Level 40 Daily Quests: Pack Pet Level 50 Daily Quests: Signal Pet
Adopting and Summoning Your Pet At the Pet Minder, place the pet egg in the pet adoption window, select the name and decor, and click Apply to get your pet. You can summon your pet using the Pet List. Hit F10 More >
Aion: New Security Update
Mar 5th
Worried about the security of your Aion account? The people at NCSoft have introduced a New Security Update, adding features to enhance the security of your Aion account.
Security Questions Added to All Accounts
We are increasing our security measures again by setting up additional security questions for all accounts. This enhanced system is part of our ongoing effort to ensure a safe and secure gaming environment for you.
Read more here.
New Security Update for All Aion Account
Mar 2nd
by Aion Team, Security Questions Added to All Accounts Aion is increasing our security measures again by setting up additional security questions for all accounts. This enhanced system is part of our ongoing effort to ensure a safe and secure gaming environment for you.
Remember that to keep your account secure you should always use unique passwords that you do not use for email, forums, or websites, and make sure you never provide your personal information on phishing websites. For additional information on security updates, contact Support .
New Security Feature Added Aion will be turning on a new security feature that verifies that you are logging in to your NCsoft® Master Account with a computer authorized by you. To help prevent unauthorized access to your NCsoft Master Account, you will need to confirm your identity when you attempt to log in to a different computer. This new security feature is part of our ongoing effort to ensure a safe and secure gaming environment for you.
How Does This Work? You correctly answer some additional security questions. Verifying this information authorizes a one-time login. Once your identity is confirmed, you can add a computer to an approved list.
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Taiwan Becomes the 1st Oversea Market that Gets Blade & Soul and Aion 2.5
Feb 24th
NCsoft’s developer team just arrived Taiwan with important announcements. Blade & Soul will start open beta in Taiwan in the summer of 2012 and Aion’s milestone like expansion 2.5 patch will release there in April 2011, and that’s to say, Taiwan will be the first oversea market to have them.
Speaking of Blade & Soul, Game Director Bae Jae-Hyun tells Taiwanese media that, compared to Guild Wars 2, Blade & Soul’s advantage is that its story is like a Hollywood blockbuster. And he says, B&S has lots of side stories and branches that help to build a huge and indepth story. And your choices in the game will lead to different endings. Of course once you make a choice, it can’t be reversed, so if you want to see another ending you have to create a new character.
Bae Jae-Hyun(left) and Kim Hyung-Tae(right)
Aion 2.5 has been released in Korean and will meet Taiwanese fans two months later. Another 2 members of NCsoft Lee Jie-ho and Choi Joon-Hyuk share their thought on this expansion. The most significant change is graphic. The change not only lies in the enhanced visual effects and upgraded CryEngine but also in the style of graphic: Aion becomes more stylish in patch More >
Aion: Gateway Getaway and Double XP Events
Feb 23rd
BY AION TEAM>
All love the Aion Double XP events. To supplement them, we are introducing a new kind of event that complements that big XP boost. Break out the cheers for a Gateway Getaway!
Our new NPCs, Basileides and Agnar, provide a full access pass for you to the Gateway Getaway event that begins Wednesday, February 23, and runs until March 9, 2011.
During this Gateway Getaway event, we will introduce special entrance gates that allow your characters to enter instances despite fort ownership. You can enter a selection of the Upper Abyss fort instances and Divineâs Abyssal Splinter from the home territories of Primum and Teminon, and access Silentera Canyon from inside your home base in the Illusion and Gelkmaros fortresses.
Sharpen your swords, and jump into the Gateway Getaway!
Will Blade & Soul and ArcheAge Come out on November 11, 2011?
Feb 18th
At the beginning of this year, the number “111111″ was chosen as the “Golden ID No.” through several South Korean SNS sites like Facebook and Twitter, which made many Korean couples plan to have a baby according to this special number, like on Nov. 11, 2011 (20111111). Meanwhile, Korean media began to talk about domestic games relating to the number “1″.
Source from: Gameabout.com
- More New MMO Details @ New Games Frontier
For more Aion videos
Although the date embodies no special meaning for games, the OBT date of TERA provided a hot topic. NHN officially launched TERA’s OBT on November 11, 2011, and NCsoft launched Aion’s OBT on November 11, 2008. Both of the two games have achieved great success. Do you think it is just a coincidence?
How to Make Aion Kinah more easily?
Feb 18th
Know Your Enemy – Just as some mobs of the same level give different experience, mobs will also drop different loot. Humanoid creatures will drop coin in addition to loot and while the difference isnât staggering in reward, the extra coin does make it worthwhile to choose your targets wisely if you happen to be out grinding for XP or kinah.
Also keep in mind that named mobs and Abyss mobs will drop better loot. I donât advocate farming named mobs during peak hours of gaming, but if itâs a quiet day, hopping back to lower levels (a tier lower than what you currently play in works well if your solo farming) and hitting all the good named mobs is a easy way to pick up a little extra cash. Pick up a Side Job â Gathering is a super easy and money making side job that every player should be taking part in. You do have to pay money in order to advance your extract ability, but it is well worth it in the long run. This will particularly pay off if you happen to level with the bulk of the player base and again at end game when capped characters More >
This Aion Sword Replica is Priced at $22,000
Feb 16th
Last time we had a crazy gamer who played MMO on a 7,500 square meters LED, now we want to introduce you another one, a group of AION(CN) gamer who made a $20,000 worth of AION sword replica, check it out.
$22,000 Worth of Aion Sword Replica
In fact the crazy guy’s work includes a sword, a shield and a case, which are all hand-crafted. The sword weights 8kg, and is made of steel and inlaid with a violet diamond; the shield and the weapon case are made of sandalwood. The total cost of doing these is over about 20,000 USD. The weapon is to challenge Bliizzard’s Frostmourn replica, says the creator of the AION sword replica. All these weapons are now available for bid online and the starting price is 150,000 yuan(22,000 USD).
In fact there’s official AION peripheral. It’s the electric guitar created by NCsoft and famous guitar designer J.T.Riboloff, and it will be available in Korean market in Q1 2011 and in Europe and America later.
More pictures next page.
’Aion2.5, We’ll Show What is Graphic’
Feb 9th
Even before Aion 2.5 updating, it makes issue in game industry. This is an interview about Aion 2.5 Update with Hyung-Jun Kim, a Head of Aion Development Team, Ji-Liang Kim, a Lead Designer, Ji-Young Min, a Design Team 1 Leader and Ji-Eun Gwak, a Design team 2 Leader of NCSoft.
Hyung-Jun Kim, Ji-Young Min, Ji-Eun Gwak and Ji-Liang Kim (from the left)
1. What is the most important theme of Aion2.5 update?
Hyung-Jun Kim: This 2.5 update can be summarized with 3 keywords of style, growth and play to go to 3.0 update. It’s the first graphic update since open service. I think it has splendid and sophisticated graphic, the best character customizing and movement. Please pay attention to new stylish customs.
In addition to this, it features added instant dungeon with different composition from existing version, guide system to enjoy for mentor and mentee together, and differentiated and added items. So please just enjoy this version comfortably at hugely improved UI(User Interface).
2. As you said, Aion seems to a game with the most developed character customizing among online games. I wonder which control is possible for this 2.5 update?
Hyung-Jun Kim: There’s no change with props and tattoo but users can combine the face More >