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New Items for Aion Anniversary Celebration in KR

deadplayer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:30:17 GMT

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Heart Headband

Flight of the Wings
The dark clouds muyeokdan items. +40 Max flying time.
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More items can through the link: http://news.mmosite.com/content/2009...701256,1.shtml

These items look awesome. Hope we can see them in EN version.

Didyoucthat 1.0, Well Did You?

Didyoucthat — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:53:01 GMT

WATCH IN HD

YouTube- Didyoucthat 1.0, Well Did You?

Sexiest Asmo sorc!

tterflyaki — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:01:12 GMT

She is Asmodian sorc^^
her name is 'Arrel' (in Zenkaka)
Definitely she's the most beautiful character in Aion.

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My Aion character :)

tterflyaki — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:28:07 GMT

My Asmodian assassin character

the last one is my fan art for my character *.*
her name is Lejour, Lv30 Asmodian assassin lady.

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Aion for Mac !!??

OlitheG — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:43:18 GMT

Is it possible that you can get/hack Aion for mac ?.

Because i have Aion but i was so dum that i didnt saw that it was only for PC so i was wondering if in could do something so i could play it on my mac ??

When You’re Good to Mama/NCsoft

Middea — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:24:28 GMT

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Moral of the story:

Birdies pay for 6 months subscription (t it)
NCsoft gives us pretty sweet wings (tat)

Free wings? Yes please.

Mind if I Have Your Tasty Fortresses?

Middea — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:35:24 GMT

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This is different than live. On live, you receive nothing from defending a fortress from enemy capture. Or, do you? My argument is that you do receive something from defending. Owning a fortress gives all players of that faction access to the dungeon.

We moved

Middea — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:14:44 GMT

from a Wordpress hosted site to a self hosted. Still tweaking everything, links are all borked up as are images. oy.

new link to blog: http://www.quirkyquiescence.com

KillGuides review by Jesterhead85

GamerAmelli — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:30:39 GMT

Nice review on KillGuides by Jesterhead85

http://www.aionsource.com/forum/blog...de-review.html

Furzy Squirrels Harvest Revel Antics

GamerAmelli — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:36:16 GMT

Well seeing how so far no one truely knows whats going on in the Harvest Revel except that we all get free candy my Legion decided to make our own fun yesterday evening and went a little silly ^^ Other players joined our hour of madness and it was a great laugh.

Here's a video of our mushroom madness yesterday evening.

Enjoy ^^

Harvest Revel (25th-31st)
Legion of Furzy Squirrels
Telemachus Server
Teminon Fortress - Abyss

YouTube - FurzySquirrels Aion Harvest Revel Fun as Mushrooms

(as best I could make with my game crashes)

~ More Images attached :3 ~

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Drakie Death Squad

Middea — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:24:36 GMT

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By now I’m sure some of you are in the level 30 area and hopefully have had an Abyss fortress. If you don’t want to spoil your first experience in one of those fortress instances, I suggest you change the channel, err page. 67 mobs sure does not sound like a lot when you get [...]

http://www.quirkyquiescence.com/2009...e-death-squad/

A weekly sum-up.

Freyar — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:38:03 GMT

So, in the past few days since my last blog, a lot of things have been going on. First, there's been a lot of debate over boosting XP majorly for quests. Second, a decent amount of discussion about PvP, PvP instances, and opening the Abyss to early characters.

While the XP buff might be an interesting method to get people to stop having such a fit over grinding (which by my definition is having to do something you don't like to do in a game as grinding requires friction), it doesn't exactly solve the problem of a lack of story content. I agree that more story and more direction wouldn't be a bad choice, though with that it shouldn't extensively impact the speed that one gets their levels. I am stuck with the idea that people are rushing to get through to Level 50 as that is the "over-arching goal" that everyone seems to be able to attain within three weeks, which just goes back to having them skip so much content instead.

A lot of the threads in the discussion forum just seem to be going in a giant circle. We shouldn't have to grind, you should because it's the way the game was designed, I don't mind grinding if there's something to mask the intent of it, maybe it would be okay to give people more guidance, because we shouldn't have to grind.

Full Circle.

PvP is out there, whether people believe it or not. On occasion my PvP log pops up with hostiles in Morheim, and I hunt them down. Why? Because it's fun to try and figure out who's causing a problem, couple that with the fact that these guys generally want to go after our L25's so why not. Fighting is something I love to do. I don't mind losing, and in fact I usually expect to lose out in the Abyss, however people that complain they can't counter every single class need to be smacked upside the head. The PvP is teamwork based, and don't bother telling me that it's just about zerging.

Last night I ended up taking a group of Praetorian Guard Abyss newbies in there and we flocked around taking a few hits here and there, but ultimately enjoying ourselves. Did we get a lot of kills in? Not really, most of us got chewed up by a massing Elyosian force, but in the end we had fun. Not sure why others complain about it.

People call me a troll because I inherently expect the suggestions made to backfire. It isn't so much that I don't want change, more that I recognize that as a full product it belongs to the developers. By making arbitrary changes without a very carefully considered downside, we move Aion away from what the developers intended it to be and back towards the generic flock.

When you make a suggestion, turn around and ask yourself, "Why is it the way it is currently."

~Akakak

KillGuides Aion Guide Review.

Jesterhead85 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:57:24 GMT

:study:

The presentation of the guide is alright. They took time to put together a nice background, table of contents, format...

But there are NO MAPS or charts of any kind to really give you any in-depth HELPFUL information. AND they still have separate guides for each class for there 29.99 dollar price.

Now, your standard strategy guide you buy, say from Prima is put together with the topic information, and often maps charts pertaining to the topic right? Not in the KillerGuides case.

Their leveling guide is as simple as " at level 20, go to Eltnen and complete the quests there." I felt insulted at this point... The only thing I could think of was "DUH!" :angry:

There's no explanation of the quests, mobs pertaining to them or a recommended plan of action to prioritize what quests and when to do them in order to timely level up your character.

The information in the guide is easily assumable, and if nothing else can be found at your logical gaming sites like GameFaqs. After that I knew i blew my money after reading on. The guide gives no real life-altering strategy or direction to really add to your gaming experience. On a 1 to 5 rating scheme of it all... I seriously give it a ONE.

If you want to find a REAL and FREE not to mention community driven guide to AION I recommend starting here: http://www.aionsource.com/forum/gene...ides-list.html

What's going on in starter zones?

Arwerawr — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:10:10 GMT

What's going on in starter zones?

Check out my blog at:
http://aion-clyc.blogspot.com/
Instead of reading it here. And Please check me out on twitter @CLYC

Some Interesting Posts

Arwerawr — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:09:26 GMT

Some Interesting Posts

Please check out my blog directly:
http://aion-clyc.blogspot.com/

instead of reading it from here!

Making Leveling Fun: Part 1

Arwerawr — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:08:43 GMT

Making Leveling Fun: Part 1

Check out the feed for my blog directly:
http://aion-clyc.blogspot.com/

Instead of looking here!

Some Images: Levels 1 - 14

Arwerawr — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:07:48 GMT

Some Images: Levels 1 - 14

I urge you to add the RSS feed of my blog from http://aion-clyc.blogspot.com/ instead of here!

Story Time - Better Know an Empyrean Lord - Yustiel

Arwerawr — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:07:08 GMT

Yustiel

What to do with gold farmers?

Arwerawr — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:06:37 GMT

What to do with gold farmers?

Top 5: Crazy New Features

Arwerawr — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:05:59 GMT

Crazy New Features

Aion Update 1.5.0.8

Arwerawr — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:05:27 GMT

Aion Update

Yay! Abyss!

Freyar — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:14:40 GMT

It was time to see what that outer-space-like-place was supposed to look like, so as soon as I hit 25, I got myself eligible to enter the Abyss. After taking a bit of time to get myself used to it I found my excitement growing as I learned more about it.

The instructors only made me chomp at the bit more as they explained the inner workings of dealing with fortresses. While some could say it's directly ripped from Warhammer, I'd have to say that it reminded me a lot more of Planetside, which really makes me squeal with glee.

After finishing up the instruction, I went on to take a few steps around the lower level of the Abyss. I had a buddy with me so it wasn't so bad. (I may institute a buddy rule for myself in the future.) We went around a bit, found a few "Safe Spots", got 'em marked for future reference and started working on a few quests.

This is where my love for the Abyss grew. It's standard PvE play, but one that makes you keep your head on a swivel. The likelyhood, and eventuality of Elyos Soldier R4's showing up, with Soldier R6's flanking them are commonplace, and easily overpower me and my buddy, but in the end that's what kept it interesting. Even more exciting is when we started to fight back. We managed to pull one of the R4s into a tower, and got him killed just the same. Score one for the little guys!

Some people complain about not being able to participate in major PvP events, but I just have to kinda shake my head. Of course you can't be effective at level 25, you are at the bottom rung. You're supposed to be getting used to the idea of getting your nyerk kicked at every corner.

Get kicked, I did too. But the interesting thing that made it all "okay" was that the penalty wasn't steep. One kinah in XP loss is absolutely insignificant, and binding in Morheim makes traveling back no problem. While the Elyos are picking on lower levels (and I know some Asmodians are out there doing the same), it's still fun because you aren't actually stuck in combat too long anyway. With that kind of level difference and experience difference, combat is over quick, and everyone can be on their way.

I think it's safe to say that I haven't been this excited about PvP since my first foray into EvE Online's non-consentual PvP universe.

~Akakakakak

The morning.

Celethorn — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:23:11 GMT

I sit in the mornings and generally find that's the only time I'll get any peace. I live in England and play in Lumiel US because I'm engaged to an American whom also plays. It gives me time to reflect and I generally reflect on things to do with the only hobby I give a damn about - Gaming.

Last night, after spending at least six hours bringing my gathering skills up to what I hope will be at least acceptable, I find myself trying to get the Aether skill to 150. I love professions but even I find myself wanting to stab someone for the ridiculousness that is Aions professioning system. Bad enough that turning Ore into Bars is extremely expensive (and wouldnt be so bad, but this is what happens when a required stigma (Inescapable Judgement) gets its price gouged on the market) but now you have to find Flux' as well. This leads me to some severe rage.

But for this fault, the bot fault and the gold spam fault (Dear China, please stop waving temptation in my face, I could use the money) I think that I like Aion. I think Lord of the Rings is better but I genuely think both of them are going to be enjoyable than WoW. This could just be because I've played WoW since beta, and one fifth of my life in one game eventually means you'll tire of it.

131...

132...

Come kill me now.

Botting Shock- What A Nyerk

Freyar — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:41:16 GMT

So I finally moved into Morheim after working diligently enough on the leftover quests from Altgard and Pandaemonium. I considered walking there from the Impetusium, but I guess I got lazy. Go figure.

Anyway, after getting in one thing was apparent: There were a lot of people here, and only one channel. I entered Morheim on my laptop, a far inferior laptop than my desktop PC. Framerates dropped to about 15 to 22, and even then the system had problems caching textures.

So I go around pick up all the quests I could and move down onto the lake to start my little merry way while watching the reports of various Elyos bands looking to attack the stupidly optimistic Asmodean. Low and behold I find my second botter. My first botter was in Altgard, specifically the Moslan Forest doing what I was doing, gathering up materials while automatically dealing with the Toggs and Cats that came around.

This was a sharp contrast to what I remember. These characters repeating the same motions, turning at angles, following a patrol path that took them in a circle that covered roughly 500 meters. This guy, Alertness, was obviously what everyone's been writing about so I decided to test and see how he reacted to things. So as soon as he gets his first hit in, I kick up a dash and start wailing on the target to see the bot's reaction. Nothing. He just continued attacking, despite my DPS completely removing any benefit he did against the target. Once the target died, I got the loot, and watched at the botter moved right along to the next target. One bot reported.

While watching Alertness, I noticed he attacked a mob that was being attacked by another person. Courtesan. This little person behaved a little differently, stopping every few moments, but deviated immediately when she found a target. Same attack pattern as I would use, but she never used her counter-attack. Oddly enough after that fight she decided to use her Odella to recover. It was interesting to hear "Recovering" twice from her and I filed that bit of information away for later. Two bots reported.

The next one I can't even remember the name. This gladiator was running around doing the exact same things. His targeting was more rigid though. You could time it exactly to what he was doing, and he had the same "recovering!" shout that Courtesan had. Three bots reported.

This went on and on, even out into the snow fields until I ran out of reports. About an hour after watching them, and a bit of a prod at an idiot on general, I noticed all five of them got disconnected at the same time. Were they banned? I hope to the Shugo God they were, but I'm also hoping they weren't just disconnected because the owner of that little cluster was done for the night.

Either way, it's a massive shock to see just how bad it is in Morheim, and I hear Beluslan is much, much worse.

~Akakak

Behold, a Legion- Of NERDS!

Freyar — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:10:38 GMT

Nyerk... I wanted to hold off on joining a legion, but Query talked me into it. So, I'm now a member of a Legion. At least I've got more people to talk to instead of the Vaizel Assassin's Chat.

Finished two sets of 100 quests today, and cleaning up the rest of my journal for left-over stuff. Normally I wouldn't care, but hey, I want a full completion. At this point I have no choice but to get to Morheim. We'll see what happens there. With all the discussion of bots and Elyos attacks recently, I'm a bit concerned that I'll end up with my wings barbecued instead of their wings barbecued. At least I should be better off than most people when I first step in there. A level or two above what people would expect.

~Akakakak