[Knite]

From www.AionOnline.com

Another weekend full of action packed adventures in Atreia has passed and the closed beta event #4 has come to an end on Monday, 20th of July (12:00 PM PT, 9:00 PM CEST, 8:00 PM BST). A big thank you again to our eager beta testers who have been able to get a first glimpse of the Abyss, Aion's unique PvPvE zone where the war between Elyos, Asmodians and Balaur takes place.

We have now established a cease fire, will go over all the feedback we have received and start plotting the plans for the continuation of the war in our next beta event starting on Friday July 31st (12:00 PM PT, 9:00 PM CEST, 8:00 PM BST). The battle in the Abyss has only just begun - stay tuned for more details as we get closer!


Overview of upcoming Closed Beta Events:

Closed Beta Event #5 - July 31-August 3 Focus: Elyos and Asmodian levels 1-30

Closed Beta Event #6 - August 14-August 17 Focus: TBD

This post has been edited by Yakuzan: 23 July 2009 - 09:05 PM

[Gaijin]

Shouldn't the title read CBT5?

Edit: I saw that ninja edit!

[Yakuzan]

Gaijin said:

Shouldn't the title read CBT5?

Took care of it ;)

As for the beta information, I am not thrilled. I have this feeling that people are pushing in my back to level up in such a small time span. It will be impossible for me to reach level 30 before monday.

In such a rush(As in last beta), I had no chance of testing flaw's in the game.

[Mournival]

Yes.. these events either need to be a bit longer, OR, start toons at a certain level to test that range of content specific to that bracket.. i.e. start toons at level 20 to test things between 20 and 30.

[nailz]

I feel the same way about it. There is just becoming way to much pressure to level at this point. Its not like there is a world of difference between what people are going to be doing at lvl 25 vs. 30. Most people are going to be in the abyss and there not going to be there for the quests for the most part. As it is i played at least 14 hrs a day last beta and only hit lvl 24 becuase i was actually doing more than just focusing on powerleveling(crafting/exploring/helping friends). And ive been playing in every beta event. The last one was the first time i didnt hit the level limit.

They should have just kept the limit at 25 for this upcoming beta so that people can actually check out more aspects of the game instead of just leveling. Im sure even all the people who are already 25 would be fine with that since it means they will have more people to play with in the abyss as the weekend progresses. And im sure most of the 25's would love to just spend time pvping in the abyss instead of worrying about leveling again. It would also give the beta players who got into it late time to catch up.

BTW: Are we going to finally get a lock on our skill bar like the chinese have in version 1.0? Dont understand how people can keep a straight face about this being version 1.0 when we dont even have this.

[Sinkro]

The way they're handling the CBT is starting to scare me. Up to level 25, I can understand. But the focus of the CBT is now up to 30? And what will CBT6 be? 1-35? Next thing you know, they'll give us a surprise CBT9 to test out 45-50 in 3 days. I just wish they would stop with this "focus" of subsequent CBT's and just say "here, we'll open the servers for you. Play the game and send us your feedback." I was honestly hoping for CBT5 to be the implementation of patch 1.1 with CBT6 being the implementation of patch 1.2. They are making us test an old version of a game that will be loads different in just 2 patches, and we're starting out with the third patch when the game releases. I just don't see the merits of testing an old patch of a game when there are stable patches out there (1.2) that we can test out. Can someone enlighten me?

[Crujones]

YAYAAA!:jealous:

[ItsMoYo]

Soon enough we're gonna level to ~50 before the game comes out xD
Not complaining :p

[Kanojo]

/sigh moar leveling plox

[XemnasXD]

all this and then a wipe....this leveling is becoming tedious, in 3 day s i have to cap, cap crafting skills, cap gathering skills just much too much. Was hoping it would stop at 25 and give ppl a chance to catch up...

[jazper]

XemnasXD said:

all this and then a wipe....this leveling is becoming tedious, in 3 day s i have to cap, cap crafting skills, cap gathering skills just much too much. Was hoping it would stop at 25 and give ppl a chance to catch up...

Exactly! People are going to grind like crazy to hit level 30 in this short stint of time. I don't know about everyone, but that's the first step towards burning out even before retail even hits. They should keep the cap at 25 so people can focus on catching up as well as focus on other aspects of Aion without the pressure of hitting max allowed level. One could argue that no one's stopping anyone from focusing on anything else but max level, but peer/personal pressure to engage in higher level quests and activities can be a bit distracting. They should keep the higher max level cap for the open beta after CBT6 imho.

[nchon59]

i agree...too much lvling for a wipe at live. As Sinkro said open the servers up or have pre-mades available.

[Daeven]

This is a surprising move by NCSoft.. they are risking exposing the playerbase to an old version of the game that is nowhere near what 1.5 represents. There is only a small selection of quests per level, so to get to 30 is going to involve some old school Korean grinding which is not going to sit well with a lot of players.

I personally don't care because I have gone through it all in China already.. but without doubt this decision is going to lead to at least some of the many curious guilds playing these betas, starting to get a bad impression. And if the word incorrectly gets out amongst the wider gamer community that Aion looks like a grinder, it is hard to ever reset that impression.

Bottom line - you dont need to kill a mob/s 300 times to test it. All it actually does it slow people down and distract them from testing the systems that count. Simply implement expanded rates for this beta and you will allow people to progress to 30, take their time in crafting, PvPing, etc.

This is a disappointing decision by NCsoft, they had going well to this point.

[Baelfor]

I was thinking that these last two events would be special. I figured that maybe they would have maxed out chars to pick from or boost our characters to higher levels with more content.

It would be nice to catch us up to at least the current patches. If they are planing to launch us at 1.5, at least ease us up there. If CB6 is just 5 more levels, I will be severely disappointed. Why not make CB5&6 at least on patch 1.2, if not full blown 1.5

(btw, just read all of Sinkro's reply and I agree 100% friend)

[Serena]

Lineage 2 players are going to shine from this point onward

[Hong]

How do you get burnt out from playing only 3-4 days every 2 weeks...

[[SD]Bizzle]

i dont mind only that the time was longer, about a week would more than be enough .... but then they arent saying we have to reach the cap or max craft.. meh i come from a grinder sro -.- so it not a problem for me

[Roux]

You really should just make everyone level 30. This way more people will test. There is going to be a lot of people who are not willing to grind to 30 simply because they are just going to lose these toons. As well as people do not want to grind, grind, grind. Making people level is going to kill the novelty for some people as well. Just my 2 kinah. I will be working most of that weekend anyways and I think 25 is my limit because I don't want to waste time on a beta toon any longer.

[Unforsaken87]

:D I kinda wanted mx level to go to 30, but any further than 30 is dumb. A lot of valid pionts are made in this thread....except premade toons that NCSoft should, but wont do.

[[SD]Bizzle]

to be honest all the CB's dont seem like testing its more of a preview event like they have been saying even if they say the focus is this or that... just for you to get a glimse of the game hence 4 days..