Flying

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Summary

The aspect of flying is one of the core mechanics of Aion that make it so special. After a completion of a quest at level 10, you are granted your wings and are able to fly.

There's 2 different ways of flying. The first one is a free flight in most of the areas, and at the moment it's limited to 1 minute. Despite on most areas in the Abyss you can fly anywhere, all locations are limited with a maximum height. The 'invisible walls' keep you inside the allowed area to fly and 'bump' you back when you go astray.

The second way to fly is by using 'waypoint', you point out the place you want to go and it goes on auto-fly untill you reach your destination. You are limited to where the designers allow you to go, and you can only fly to locations you've allready been to before. Most of the locations you're able to fly to are towns and areas of special interest.

Aerial combat (fighting in the air) is also possible. Due to the current limitation of 1 minute, these are often short fights during a transition from 'platform' to 'platform'. But according to the company, flight time can be modified due to class abilities and such.

NCSoft officials have emphasized that flight will play a critical role in combat. For instance, there are abilities which allow players to disengage other players' flight mode. And there are abilities such as Blessing of the God of Healing, which is a Cleric ability increases the player's flight speed by 20%.

Flying through the land of Atreia draws you Aether.

Aion Flying Video

Default Control Scheme

According to a hands-on preview by bigdownload.com from GC08, flight may be engaged by pressing the Page Up button. After waiting three seconds you will be airborne. Using the R and F buttons, you can respectively rise and fall. When flying around, you use the standard WASD movement keys and direct yourself with the mouse while holding the right mouse button. The direction of flight is essentially dictated by the camera angle. Granted, that you haven't wasted timer in the mile high club, you can disengage flight with the Page Down button.

Special in-flight Skills

Currently, there are two types of flight-specific skills: one obtained as an Abyss-related quest reward in Verteron and Altgard at level 10, and another acquired at level 25. There are no racial differences.