Gamespy article 07/11/07

[Knite]

Heh, I can just imagine everyone getting down to a minute and the intensity of battle starts into a frenzy to kill the thing before your wings pop and the whole party plummits to the land below.

"ut oh, there goes Fred. That means the rest of us have about 1 minute to land or kill this thing!"

[Radda]

Well,

About the flying issue, I admit I am a little let down. I was expecting something else. According to what I've been reading from the lore, the "Daeva" can be easily distinguished in appearance from humans by their wings. With this in mind I was expecting my wings to be ready when I need them and for as long as need them. Imagine you guys; you are in the middle of an air PVP, you are almost sending that asmodian back to where he belongs then the timer on your wings runs out... That should be quite frustrating. I was really excited by the thought of flying with your clanmates all over Atreya admiring it's beautiful landscape and engaging group of enemies on the air. Oh well, let's wait and see how this will turn out. ^^

[Shenduke]

I'm not so dissapointed with the flight concept; after all, if we flew all the time, we wouldn't be able to enjoy the nice climbing aspect they put into the game.

[Ether]

After watching that interview video for like the 10th time, this is what I've noticed.

Flight is going to be really great in Aion. But the one thing we want about flight is that we want to keep it great, we want to keep it special. We don't want flight to turn into just a mount. We want people to use it as a strategic advantage. And so what we've done is we have limited flight time in some cases in some areas, and so what this does is it makes players think about when they are going to fly.

This implies that flight will be limited in some cases/areas. You can also infer that most of Aion will remain full free flight. I've quoted that word for word afaik...just adding a little hope for those who are dismayed by the "not 100% free flight" ordeal.