The Abyss

[XemnasXD]

Srry for the necro but its better than making a new topic right. Anyway....

I just wanted to know if this was confirmed information, that the area of the Abyss thats open to us now is only a section section and not the whole thing. cause that would be really disappointing.

Now from what i gather from these images if this is only a Section of the Abyss the whole place will be full of these Islands.




It shows a total of 11 fortress spread out over 3 Islands. Originally NCsoft said that it would take more than 1 Legion to support a fortress, 1 legion to rule and other legions to support it. However if this is just a section of the Abyss and if the other Islands are this big as well wouldn't spread players a bit thin. 1Fortress=1Legion+Support from other players. 5Fortresses per Island. Far more than 3 Islands....If you see where im going with this either NCsoft messed up with their statement or this game is going to need ALOT of players or it'll just be mostly empty space which is no fun for anyway cause that means no conflict.

That being said i think it'll take 1 legion to take a Fortress and several players to support the island as a whole which would probably mean 1 Union of Legions per Island except for in the case of the one Fortress islands. With the whole Union set up theory wouldn't it make sense for those of you forming guilds on the site to also start forming Unions. Personally i always think the strongest guilds are forged in game and then make their presence known on sites, but if your going with the former it seems like this won't be a very guild heavy game unless guilds can hold 100+ members and if it can then we're going to need alot more then 3 fortresses. Thats just my 2 cents on the whole thing...

[lyankyj]

Originally Posted by XemnasXD

I just wanted to know if this was confirmed information, that the area of the Abyss thats open to us now is only a section section and not the whole thing. cause that would be really disappointing.

In a recent interview the dev confirmed again, there will be 9 segments, but for now only these needs testing (which means they still havent developed the other ones - they keep showing these 3 segments since gc07).

Q. How much of the Abyss will be revealed in the upcoming CBT?
- This CBT will feature a 3-tier Abyss, and about nine are in the works at the moment.

Interview

[Mark]

Actually, these three layers seem like area, I believe there will be nine of these areas. 3 x 9 = 21.

3 x 9 = 27, I am an eedeot.

Unless I'm wrong and it's as lyankyj says, then these three areas are part of nine total. 9.

Either way the Abyss is large. Huge, actually.

[XemnasXD]

Originally Posted by Mark

Actually, these three layers seem like area, I believe there will be nine of these areas. 3 x 9 = 21.

Unless I'm wrong and it's as lyankyj says, then these three areas are part of nine total. 9.

Either way the Abyss is large. Huge, actually.

i think the magnitude of its size still hasn't dawned on me yet, guess i need to watch more videos, but i prefer your idea of 9 areas containing 2-3 islands rather than 9 islands total

[Haubix]

Originally Posted by Mark

Actually, these three layers seem like area, I believe there will be nine of these areas. 3 x 9 = 21.

Unless I'm wrong and it's as lyankyj says, then these three areas are part of nine total. 9.

Either way the Abyss is large. Huge, actually.

Erm, 3x9 or 9x3 is 27...

[lyankyj]

Originally Posted by Haubix

Erm, 3x9 or 9x3 is 27...

DD


9 areas altogether. With the size of these 3 layers, 9 is the perfect number for this.

[Lunais]

The Abyss really does feel like another world almost separate from the rest of Aion. However, if there is one of these per server then they must be planning for fairly large populations per server, to use up all that Abyss space.

[Mark]

Sorry guys, I'm horrible at maths. :l

[ValKrice]

First, I need to said sorry for reviving a dead post. I have a few question to ask on partying in the Abyss.

Can we party @ the Abyss? If can, do we get a portion of Abyss Points from party members' kills? I hope someone can answer this.

I really think it is not fair for Clerics if they gain no abyss point when partying in Abyss for doing healing work. Party will surely fail if cleric intend to do killing than healing. Partying mean team work, thus IMO, abyss points should be share when partying.

[Calindor]

Yes you do.

Search function.

You didnt have to res an old thread because: http://www.aionsource.com/forum/gene...et-answer.html is stickied on General Discussion.

[Celebrity]

Omg i already saw some posts in this topic about this. PLEASE don't ask for the olympiad junk here. It's totaly stupid becouse it will require rewards that will end up imbalancing the game, otherwise most of people will not participate... If you played l2 you know olympiad serves for nothing for real players... Don't ask hardcore rewards that will make hardcore people allways own the game, it will ruin the game.

[ValKrice]

Thanks mate.

I do use search function. Else I can't "raise the dead" right. About "Ask a Question Get an Answer", it currently 118 pages. Search function don't pin point directly to the the think & search but just start of a page. Do you think, someone will read 118 page to find the info? If you kind enough, please provide me the page number or post number please. Thanks again.

[Calindor]

Originally Posted by ValKrice

Thanks mate.

I do use search function. Else I can't "raise the dead" right. About "Ask a Question Get an Answer", it currently 118 pages. Search function don't pin point directly to the the think & search but just start of a page. Do you think, someone will read 118 page to find the info? If you kind enough, please provide me the page number or post number please. Thanks again.

You ask the question in that thread, thats why its called *ask a question* get an answer. The whole purpose of that thread is to ask simple questions like this (especially yes or no ones) so you dont have to make an entire thread or bump a dead one.

[Hong]

I've been looking/researching a lot about Aion. I'm still looking for an answer towards my questions, perhaps you guys can help me. I curious if a guild owns a fortress can our own race attack it to take over? There's no such thing as a fortress GvG with own/opposite race? I have never seen any RvR game with GvG castle sieges like Ragnarok Online. Anything similar? Is it even possible for a guild to even defend against the opposite race without any help from our race?

[Kindred]

Originally Posted by Hong

I've been looking/researching a lot about Aion. I'm still looking for an answer towards my questions, perhaps you guys can help me. I curious if a guild owns a fortress can our own race attack it to take over? There's no such thing as a fortress GvG with own/opposite race? I have never seen any RvR game with GvG castle sieges like Ragnarok Online. Anything similar? Is it even possible for a guild to even defend against the opposite race without any help from our race?

Was curious about this too, i.e. what if some guild you don't like has ownership and you want 'em out? I hope just because its RvR by default they don't limit GvG.