<![CDATA[AionSource.com - Articles - lyankyj's Articles]]> http://www.aionsource.com/articles/members/1-1/ en 60 <![CDATA[AionSource.com - Articles - lyankyj's Articles]]> http://www.aionsource.com/forum/images/AionSourceV4dark/misc/rss.jpg http://www.aionsource.com/articles/members/1-1/ Fastest way to become an Elyos Daeva http://www.aionsource.com/articles/editorials-3/fastest-way-to-become-an-elyos-daeva-29/ http://www.aionsource.com/articles/editorials-3/fastest-way-to-become-an-elyos-daeva-29/ I will not link the source, because it is a malicious, noxious one, visiting it wouldn't do any good.
Also, I think none of us should read this right now, perhaps in the future, after release - Lyana


FASTEST WAY TO BECOME AN ELYOS DAEVA

Note: This guide is speed-oriented, not fun-oriented, its purpose to help you become a Daeva as quickly as possible. EXTREME SPOILER ALERT!



"Your heart is up there in the sky,
but the reality is that you’re a mere human
who can only kick against the ground and run."



Areas:

1. Plains of Akarios > Clione Lake
2. Daminu Forest > Melpone’s Camp
3. Kabara Mines > Poja Road


Receive quest 'Lv1. New Mission’ from NPC Elpis who’s standing right across from you as soon as the intro cutscene ends.

Quest ”A Voice from the Dreams” isn’t going so well so let’s exclude that from the list.




Talk to the NPCs with cyan diamonds over their heads to receive quests.

Follow the path and you’ll see Mires. Talk to Mires to complete ‘Lv1. New Mission’ quest and receive ‘Lv1. Hunting Kerubim.’

The Kerubims can be found spread out around Mires, so quickly kill three and talk to him again.

Report to Mires and receive ‘Lv1. Recovering Crops'.



The sacks of crops can be found beyond the hills behind Mires. After collecting [four sacks of crops] return to Mires.

There are some people having trouble finding this area. It’s right over the hill behind Mires so don’t go wandering off somewhere far!

After completing ‘Recovering crops’, report back to Mires. Receive ‘Lv2. Mission Report’.

Follow the path towards Town Akarios and you will see Kales' Farm. Receive ‘Lv2. Problematic Merdion’ from Kales.



Croplicker Merdions can be found in the farm adjacent to Kales’. Report back after you’re done.

This farmer may not be as noticeable because he’s always fighting monsters. Make sure to keep this in mind!

Once you get to level 3 through quests you will receive ‘Lv 3. New Skills’ quest. If you’re not level three yet, kill some mobs around you to get to level 3 then head to Town Akarios.

Once you enter Town Akarios you will automatically receive ‘Lvl 3. Call to Arms’.

Bind yourself to Town Akarios.

Receive ‘Lv3. Lost item without an owner’ from Minaring.

Receive ‘Lv3. Uno’s Ingredients’ from Uno.



Go to your class trainer and complete ‘New Skills’ quest. Purchase up to level five skill books.

Mage trainer was inside the church. He is a kid(…) Lets’ get as many books as we can.

Complete ‘Mission Report’ by talking to Akarios Teleporter Polysia and receive ‘Lv2. (Repeat) Capturing Angelicas’.

Every time you see an Angelica pluck it out.

Complete ‘Lv3. Call to Arms’ with Kalion who is standing in front of Polysia, then receive ‘Lv3. Kerubim Threat’, ‘Lv4. Elym Tribe’s Request,’ ‘Lv7. Explore Kabara Mines,’ ‘Lv8. Odium Purification(?)’.

As you are exiting through the northern entrance, receive ‘Lv4. Book for Namus’ from Melampus.

Renew ‘Lv3. Kerubim Threat’ with Muranes standing next to Melampus.



Seek Peira of Clione Lake and receive ‘Lv4. Unwanted Guest of Clione Lake'.

Peria and Kerubims can be found in these locations.

Get to the opposite side of the lake and obtain six Hive meats.

While you’re at it, kill five Brown Furred Braxes and five Repsma.



Once you’re on the other side of the lake, kill small-horned Kerubims.

Return to Muranes at the town’s entrance and renew ‘Lv3. Kerubim threat’.

Go further in where you found the small-horned Kerubims and collect ‘five Kerubim cuspids’ from Bigfoot Kerubims.

Occasionally the Kerubim boss called Parurura would pop out. He only has a little more health than a regular mob so you shouldn’t really have much trouble killing him.

As you are killing Kerubims make sure to pick up ‘five bottles of wine’ lying around.

Return to Peira and report. Complete ‘Unwanted Guests of Clione Lake’.

Return to Muranes at the entrance and renew ‘Lv3. Kerubim Threat’ once more.

Turn in ‘Kerubim Threat,’ ‘Uno’s Ingredients’, and ‘Lost Item Without an Owner’ to Kalion, Unio, and Minaring, respectively.



Receive ‘Lv6. Hyean’s Clothes’ from the armour/weapons vendor.

Receive ‘Lv6. An Object to Light the Night’ from Pranoua as you are on your way to Daminu Forest.

If you don’t pay attention you’ll walk by him without noticing him..

Then the quests lead you to Melpone Camps and Daminu Forest.


Upon completing the Daeva Chain-Quests there, after the final cut-scene, your character will automatically becomes level 10.

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Ive been waitin for this game for quite a long time ('06 summer), and my expectations on a 1-10 scale were like 11, could not accept nor believed this game could be a disappointment.

I never really hoped I can play the game till english CB/OB, but on 19th of July, wonders happened:
Mark was incredibly generous and surprised me with his key for this last day of CBT3!!! I was (am) so happy, cant say it with words, cant thank him enough, im forever in his debt!

Weve all seen enough char-creation vids, so i wont detail that, I created an Elyos Cleric. Cant really say much about the class, only killed a few monsters, basically i just explored the world and enjoyed it, sorry 'bout that.

Theres no way someone could ever describe the first steps in this world. No matter how hard you try, you just cant imagine the perfectness and ultimate beauty of those moments. As I mentioned, my expectations were 11, what i experienced was like a 12321313123130. No Kiddin, you guys have to accept the fact that you just cant imagine what it feels like until youve tried it yourself. The graphics, the environment, those incredible ariettas as you're just standing there and inspect your surroundings..I thought i pretty much got it what feelings I will experience in these first moments, but its not even comparable.
Now matter how skeptic you are, if you're just interested in this game even a little, you still wont forget those moments.

"Ive already seen it on vids, on pics, nothing new can happen to me" you may think --- WROOOONG!
Even if ive imagined i can lead my char over the first area blindsided and was prepared that this part will not be that fun since im familiar with it from vids, i was mistaken! Really, its a completely different experience...you will see.

Enough of this, here are some facts and observations of my first 1,5hrs gameplay (which i felt like it was only 15mins, lol) -
And this was a KOREAN version, couldnt understand a word of it..imagine what it will be to have that in english.... or not, it will still be over whatever your expectations were.


After a 10mins ecstasy, the first you will take notice of is the deepness of your surroundings. Everything lives, everything is moving, breathing, incredible.
Also, everything is connected and reacts differently to everything.
Everything is so detailed, every time you step one forward, you will experience different, unique, interesting things.
Everything, everything, every,every,every,every, STOP...ok, sorry.

Heres an example:
Monsters have infested an abandoned farm. There are fences made of bones, skulls, other remains. Sun is shining, the skulls on the fence are burning on fire, like torches. But as soon as it starts to rain, monsters start to freak out, theyre no longer just standing and guarding, but started to run, patrol or just harassing non-hostile bugs. But weather affects not only living things! With the rain, the burning skulls have stopped burning! Its obviously not a big thing in itself, but its really a nice experience to discover such things. Details..content... Aion has them. - well, at least @ these levels:PP


I was afraid (I dont know for how long, for quite some time) that maps will be linear. We were told, that the first one will be really linear, coz its like a tutorial. Truth is, it is linear, but you wont notice that, only if you intentionally inspect the map whether its linear or not. Its wide, its open, you look far away, there are still mountains, villages, mills, the flying mantha creature.. you just wont notice or care it is linear.


Hmhm, ah, yes, computer specs:
Low-medium config..i think:
P4 2,8 Ghz
2GB DDR2,
Geforce 7800GTX
1280x1024, everything on HIGH, stable 30+ FPS...PERFECT.

Ive tried it on a low-end comp too:
P4, 2,1Ghz
1GB DDR1,
Radeon 9600Pro
1280x800, medium settings: perfect, no lags, no swaps, etc.


Three interesting, sorta negative things id like to discuss:

Small characters:
Yeah, was discussed before, still these small chars really ruin the experience when they show up....their anatomy is not of children, not gnomes, not dwarf...instead, like minipets or some bugs due to graphical errors...i strongly recommend to devs to adjust this a bit more. Its okay for me to have small (not that small, but smaller than usual) chars, but then restrict them with normal body-scales or smg.

Controls:
I dont know whether we can change that or not, but at default, it seems that the two version of controlling is together. Right-click+left click=wasd, left clicking on ground=pnc. What is annoying, is that in the usual wasd movement, if you hold left-click, you can rotate the camera around your character while running, and with right-click you can turn with your character. Here in Aion, right-click is the same, but since p'n'c is on left-click, you cant turn the camera around while running!
Hopefully there are options for that, i cant tell you that coz of the korean version. For the same reason, battles can be annoying as well (at last until you're used to it), since when you want to click on the moving enemy, you click behind it instead, and your char begins to run to that point. You just cant click, inspect as freely as you would expect, you need to be careful, coz one misclick can send your char away and precious seconds can be lost while you're trying to turn towards the enemy again.
I thought that these two control methods will become separate, choosable options, not together, so beside the above mentioned things, it was irritating - but again, its just matter of time to get used to it.


Minimap-sonar navigator:
Its too bright, too shiny, the circles are too sharp, cant really see the actual map because of them. They should be removed.


Last thing i want to mention, was embarassing, and a low-point:
In the first village theres a small temple, sanctuary..I stepped in, music changed to: Gloria, in excelsis deo!.....WTF was that? Seriously!
Gloria, in excelsis deo!!...WHAT???!?! How the hell this could have happened?

CMs, please tell those devs to remove this ridiculous thing and replace it with nice, fantasy-lyrics...annoying, embarassing, ridiculous.

First, its latin... not from world of Aion
Second: Deo - from Deus: its a Masculinum....this is the word for a Male God. Aion is a Female, so either that church was a hideout of a secret cult or i dont know..

REMOVE THAT SONG AND REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE! HIDEOUS!


Thats it, I probably wont play it until english OB, dont want to spoil it for myself, it's just too precious to me.

If you're waiting for this game, keep waitin for it, coz its totally, 1111000% worth it.
COME TO GC WHERE IT WILL BE PLAYABLE!!!!!! MUST!!!




by lyankyj (with L as first letter:P)



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