Atrayente's PAX '08 Impression

[Heion]

I'm just liking Aion more and more.. *sigh* I want to play. Thanks Atrayente and Aetheric for writing about your gameplay experiences.

[Mamonaku]

Atrayente,

Nice work! Makes me look forward to playing the game more and more.

Just one question... are you able to switch classes without deleting and creating a new character?

Thanks in advance.

[Heion]

Originally Posted by Mamonaku

Just one question... are you able to switch classes without deleting and creating a new character?

I seriously doubt that. While I should add, I expect to be able to have several different characters of different classes.

[Lady Elsa]

ty for posting your impressions of the game.

[Atrayente]

Originally Posted by Mamonaku

Atrayente,

Nice work! Makes me look forward to playing the game more and more.

Just one question... are you able to switch classes without deleting and creating a new character?

Thanks in advance.

No but there is one somewhat of a choice that you cannot make till you hit 10, and that is your sub class. When you first create a character you have to pick one of the four base classes, Mage, Warrior, Scout, Healer (whatever it is called). Later at 10 you then pick the sub class, of spiritualist or sorcerer for example if you had a mage etc. So, if you know you want to be a warrior but not sure about defensive or offensive you are not necessarily bound straight away to choose.

[Aetheric]

Class breakdown as follows (as far as I understand it)

Lvl 1 - choose Warrior, Mage, Priest, Scout

At lvl 10:

Warrior -> Gladiator (offensive) or Templar (defensive)
Mage -> Sorceror (massive offensive spells) or Spiritmaster (summon creatures)
Priest -> Cleric (healer) or Chanter (bard?)
Scout -> Assassin (melee combat) or Ranger (ranged combat)

At lvl 10 you also get your wings once you do the Ascension quest. At lvl 20 you get your first Stigma slot, up to a maximum of 5 slots at the cap of lvl 50.

[Haubix]

Thanks for the review!