SGAion

Lack of Updates

2009-07-31T01:18:00.000+08:00

I have no been updating this blog for a while now. This is because I have begun work as a taxi driver for the past 3 weeks. As such, I really do not have the time to post any more quest guides and updates.

Will update this blog once I am more settled down...wish me well ^^ Cheers.

2 New Asmodian Campaign Added

2009-07-07T13:49:00.003+08:00

I have added 2 new Asmodian Campaign Quest :

- Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 6 Memento Mori

- Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 7 Treasures within Treasures

Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 7 Treasures within Treasures

2009-07-07T13:38:00.001+08:00

Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 7 Treasures within Treasures

Starting NPC : Derot @ Anturoon Crossing
Quest Required :
- Asmo Campaign Quest : Ishalgen – lvl 1 Captain’s Order
- Asmo Campaign Quest : lvl 6 Memento Mori
Quest Item : Cube of Power
Mob needed : Vengeful Prison Spirit / Grave Sparkle
Ending NPC : Derot @ Anturoon Crossing
Quest Rewards : Ring of Ancient Ghost (HP +16 M resist +18) / 5160 Exp
Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 : Go to Anturoon Crossing and talk to Derot after completing the Amosdian Campaign Quest : Ishalgen – lvl 6 Memento Mori. (Sry for the bad screen shot, I did not manage to take one showing the NPC, he is covered by the quest box. But I assure you that he is there.)

Derot @ Anturoon Crossing

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Step 2 : He will ask you to pay a visit to our not so peaceful friends who is now resting below some tombstones. You are supposed to perform a sending by killing them to get a quest item called Cube of Power. To get to the cemetery, head north, you will see in the translucent map found in the screen shot above that there is a place called the Ishalgen Prison Camp. That is the direction to take. The cemetery is located just a little south of it.

Step 3 : There are many tombstones lying around in a cemetery. Look for the anyone that you took a liking at and knock (ok actually u click). A Vengeful prison Spirit will rise and fight with you. Send it to the abyss with whatever weapon you can find and get the quest item “Cube of Power”. If you do not get it the first time, try it again, (I got it the first time).

Tombstone

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Vengeful Prison Spirit

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Step 4 : After getting the quest item needed, go further north to go to Ishalgen Prison Camp. At the end of it, you will see a large crystal object with a guy trapped inside. Talk to him. He need you to kill 3 Grave Sparkles.

Munin

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Step 5 : Kill 3 Grave Sparkles. They are all over the area, so do not worry that you are unable to find them.

Grave Sparkles

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Step 6 : Talk to Munin again after killing the Grave Sparkles.

Step 7 : After talking to Munin, head back to Anturoon Crossing and talk to Derot again. You will get a nice ring along with some decent exp. Congrats.

Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 6 Memento Mori

2009-07-07T13:12:00.007+08:00

Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 6 Memento Mori

Starting NPC : Derot @ Anturoon Crossing
Quest Required : Asmo Campaign Quest : Ishalgen – lvl 1 Captain’s Order
Quest Item : 4 Treasure of Deceased
Mob needed : Vengeful Ghost
Ending NPC : Derot @ Anturoon Crossing
Quest Rewards : 500 Kinas / Brooch of Ghost (worth 600 Kinas) / Minor Potion of Life (recover 37HP/2s for 20 s) / 3250 Exp
Quest Activated : Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 7 Treasures within Treasures

Step 1 : Go to Anturoon Crossing and talk to Derot. (Sry for the bad screen shot, I did not manage to take one showing the NPC, he is covered by the quest box. But I assure you that he is there.)

Derot @ Anturoon Crossing

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Step 2 : Head north, you will see in the translucent map found in the screen shot above that there is a place called the Ishalgen Prison Camp. That is the direction to take. The cemetery is located just a little south of it.

Step 3 : Find Vengeful Ghost and kill them. They are the hideous looking creature with the hood over them. Keep farming for the mob until you get all the quest items needed. A note of caution, the mobs here are quite strong for lowbies and there are quite a couple of agros mobs around. You have been warned! ^^V

Vengeful Ghost

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Step 4 : Go back and look for Derot to collect your reward. Asmodian Campaign Quest : Ishalgen - lvl 7 Treasures with Treasures will be activated

New Quest Added

2009-07-02T23:52:00.000+08:00

I have added one more quest :

Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 The Lost Axe

Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 The Lost Axe

2009-07-02T23:43:00.005+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 The Lost Axe

Starting NPC : Activated by a Old Scroll Drop by White Foot Daru
Quest Required : Nil
Quest Item : Old Scroll
Mob needed : Nil
Ending NPC : Gungnahog @ Daru Spring
Quest Rewards : 830 Exp / Golden+Silver+Iron Axes
Quest Activated : By an Old Scroll dropped by White Foot Daru

Step 1 : Kill White Foot Daru. They will drop an item called Old Scroll. Double or right lick on it and a quest lvl 5 The Lost Axe will be activated.

White Foot Daru

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Step 2 : You will be required to go to Daru Spring. If you have done the Ishalgen Campaign Quest lvl 5 The Search for Rae, you will talk to a witch, Verdandi, infront of her house. Face the house and go to your right side. Just go all the way straight until you cannot go further, you will see a spring on your left. Refer to below screenshot for location at the translucent map.

Daru Spring

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Step 3 : Click on the axe and there will be a cut scene. A NPC, Gungnahog, will appear at the spring. He will ask you what Axe have you dropped. If you want a good weapon and be 70 kinah richer, just answer him truthfully. The Axe is one of the best weapons for a lvl 1-10 character while you trying to be a Davae. So If I were you, I will be a nice little boy and tell him you drop an Iron Axe.

He will praise you, then give you a sermon based on an oriental story of honesty and he will give you Golden/Silver/Iron Axes.

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Note : This has to be one of the most funny quests you are going to do in Aion. This quest is based on an oriental story of honesty. BUT, if you read the old scroll, you will notice something funny about it.

The “honest” character is actually a self style Robin Hood. He found an axe on the tree and tries to pull it out. To cut all the crap, something appear and ask him what kind of axe he dropped. In the end, he told the truth and the fairy or angel (I forgot) was so impressed by his honesty and gives him Golden, Silver and Iron Axes.

And the honest guy in turn use the money he gotten from the sales of the Axes and build a Robin Hood academy where the graduates will go forth, rob the rich and help the poor. So much for being honest. ^^

Anyway I did this quest during the Close Beta. So I am not sure whether the quest will be "localised" by NC West when the game is launch in 22 Sept 2009

Confirm new of Aion launch version on it's launch

2009-07-01T10:08:00.003+08:00

NC West has announced officially on the Aion launch version that everyone is getting on Sept.

Read All about it at AionOnline

3 New Campaign Quest Guidess Added

2009-07-01T00:51:00.002+08:00

I have added 3 new Amosdian Campaign Quest Guides for the Island of Ishalgen

- Asmodian Campaign Quest : Ishalgen - lvl 1 Captain’s order
- Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 3 Thinking Ahead
- Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 5 The Search for Rae

Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 5 The Search for Rae

2009-07-01T00:26:00.003+08:00

Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 5 The Search for Rae

Starting NPC : Nobekk @ Aidelle Village West Gate
Quest Required : Asmo Campaign Quest : Ishalgen – lvl 1 Captain’s Order
Quest Item : Sticky Mushroom Pouch
Mob needed : White Foot Daru / Cute Rabbbit
Ending NPC : Ulgorn @ Aidelle Villiage
Quest Rewards :4450 Exp / Weapon
Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 : This is a self activated quest when you reach the minimum required level and have completed the quest “Captain’s Order”. Go to West Gate and Talk to Norbekk.

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Step 2 : He will ask you to talk to Dabi to find out where the heck the girl, Rae, has gone to. Exit by West Gate and follow the path that turn left. Eventually you will see Dabi just beside the road leading to Munihele Forest.

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Step 3 : Talk to Dabi and there will be a cut scene. He will then ask you to look for a witch found in the forest. Stand at the path and face the forest. Go off to the right side of the road and go into the forest. You will see a hut and the witch is found infront of her house.

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Step 4 : Talk to Verdandi (938, 2298, 267) in Munihele Forest. She will ask you to kill 7 White Foot Daru. Face the house and go right. The White Foot Daru can be found further down.

Just to note : When you kill White Foot Daru, they will drop an Old Scroll. That scroll is needed to activate a quest : lvl 5 The Lost Axe. The quest reward is a Golden Axe and it is one of the best weapon from lvl 1-10. Get it. Chanter can use it but I am not sure of whether other class can use it at the time of writing.

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Step 5 : After killing 7 White Foot Daru, talk to Verdandi again. She will ask you to get a Sticky Mushroom Spore Pouch. The pouch is harvested from Sticky Mushroom which can be found at a big tree right before the fence of Verdandi House.

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Step 6 : Talk to Verdandi again and give her the Sticky Mushroom Spore Pouch. A cut scene of your past (and the same past of every single Aion players out there) will appear. You will be transported to Abyss and there will be people cheering for you.

Step 7 : Walk further down and talk to Hagen.

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Step 8 : After talking to Hagen, you will be flying like a pro. Then you will wake up from your dream and back to the real world facing the ugly witch ( I wish it was a cute girl in her place, I mean who want to wake up and find an ugly old hag who can turn you into a rabbit)

Step 9 : Talk to Verdandi

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Step 10 : She inform you that she has turned Rae into a rabbit. You will notice there are some rabbits running around. The one you are looking for is Cute Rabbit. The rest is not cute. Click it before other players get the Cute Rabbit and Rae will appear.

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Step 11 : Talk to Rae and she turn out to be the most irritating Asmosdian girl you see so far. Give her a kick in the butt for me. Thanks

Anyway she will disappear and you need to go back to the Aidelle Village and talk to Ulgorn to get your reward.

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Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 3 Thinking Ahead

2009-06-30T23:35:00.004+08:00

Asmodian Campaign Quest :Ishalgen - lvl 3 Thinking Ahead

Starting NPC : Boromer @ Aidelle Village
Quest Required : Ishalgen - lvl 1 Captain’s order
Quest Item : Grain Sack / Kill 6 Spriggs Gatherers
Mob needed : Nil
Ending NPC : Boromer @ Aidelle Villiage
Quest Rewards : 2250 Exp / Shoe of your choice
Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 : After talking to Ulgorn when you do Asmodian Campaign Quest : Ishalgen – lvl 1 Captain’s Order, you will be required to look for Boromer (from Lord of the Ring). Head over to West Gate and he will be found at the beginning of the slope leading to the gate.

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Step 2 : There will be a cut scene and you will be required to gather 6 Grain Sack near Tunapre Lake area. Exit by west gate and turn right. You will see some camp sites. Each camp sites has some grain sack. Just gather 6 grain sack and you will complete Boromer’s first request.

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Step 3 : Talk to Boromer again. This time he will ask you to kill 6 innocent looking Spriggs Gatherer. Dun worry, there is no animal rights activist in this game. No one will cry foul over the death of few innocent looking Sprigg’s Gatherers.

Exit by west gate and turn right. They will be there. If not just look around the lake area, they are all over the place.

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Note : Sorry I forgot to take a screen shot of Sprigg Gatherer. Thankfully there is a screen shot taken from my Mana Stone tutorial which show the picture and location of the Sprigg Gatherer.

Step 4 : After owning 6 poor Sprigg’s Gatherers, go back and talk to the meanie Boromer. You got to choose the shoe of your choice and get some comforting exp for the trauma you have just gone through.

Asmodian Campaign Quest : Ishalgen - lvl 1 Captain’s order

2009-06-30T23:31:00.004+08:00

Asmodian Campaign Quest : Ishalgen - lvl 1 Captain’s order

Starting NPC : Ulgorn @ Aidelle Village
Quest Required : Upon entering the village for the 1st time
Quest Item : Nil
Mob needed : Nil
Ending NPC : Ulgorn @ Aidelle Villiage
Quest Rewards : No reward
Quest Activated : Ishalgen Campaign Quest : lvl 3 Thinking Ahead

Step 1 : Upon entering Aidelle Village for the first time, the quest “Captain’s Order” will be automatically activated. Your presence will required before the raider leader, Ulgorn.

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Step 2 : Naturally, talk to Ulgorn and lvl 3 Ishalgen Campaign Quest : “Thinking Ahead” will be activated. Ulgorn is found at the central open area at the villiage. You cannot miss him.

3rd CBT updates

2009-06-30T04:15:00.003+08:00

The Official website has given some new information on the coming 3rd CBT. It seems that there will be some more beta keys to be given away by FilePlanet soon. If you need more info abt the new beta key, you will need to check out the official website constantly.

AionOnline

Enjoy reading.

3 New Quest Guides added

2009-06-30T00:34:00.003+08:00

I have added 3 new quest guides.

Details as follows :

- Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 Angelica for Health
- Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 Sap for Leather
- Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 A Delivery of Leather

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 Angelica for Health

2009-06-30T00:12:00.001+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 Angelica for Health

Starting NPC : Nobekk @ Aidelle Village West Entrance
Quest Required : Nil
Quest Item : 10 Angelica
Mob needed : Nil
Ending NPC : Nobekk
Quest Rewards : 3 Minor of Life Potion ( Recover 37HP / 2s for 20s) / 1310 Exp
Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 : Talk to NPC Nobekk Aidelle Villiage West Gate. He required you to farm for 10 Angelica. This is a quest that introduce harvesting/farming/mining of materials like Angelica or Iron ore etc. I recommend all players to level their farming skills to 15-20pts before they turn level 10 to save the trouble later when you need to farm for materials for crafting. There will be another Iron mining quest later where you will need 15 farming points.

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Step 2 : You may go back to your starting area when you log in your lvl 1 toon for the very first time. Otherwise exit via West Gate and you will see Angelica scattered all over the vast gaming area.

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Step 3 : After you collected 10 Angelica, talk to Nobekk again to get the rewards for the digital sweat you put in.

Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 A Delivery of Leather

2009-06-29T23:58:00.003+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 A Delivery of Leather

Starting NPC : Dalor @ Aidelle Village
Quest Required : lvl 5 Sap for Leather
Quest Item : Nil
Mob needed : Nil
Ending NPC : Denma @ Anturoon Crossing (933, 1685, 262)
Quest Rewards : 700 Kinah / 1430 Exp
Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 : Talk to NPC Dabi at Aidelle Villiage. He ask you to send leather to NPC Denma located at Anturoon Crossing.

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Step 2 : Go to Anturoon Crossing (see translucent map for location) and Denma will be there at coordinate 933 1685 262.

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Step 3 : Talk to Denma and the quest will be completed.

Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 Sap for Leather

2009-06-29T23:44:00.003+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 Sap for Leather

Starting NPC :Dabi @ Munihele Forest
Quest Required : Nil
Quest Item : Nil
Mob needed : Nil
Ending NPC : Dalor @ Aidelle Villiage
Quest Rewards : 360 Kinah / 1230 Exp
Quest Activated : lvl 5 Quest : A Delivery of Leather

Step 1 : Talk to NPC Dabi at Munihele Forest. He ask you to deliver something to Dalor at Aidelle Villiage.

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Step 2 : Go to Aidelle Villiage and go all the way straight if you enter the village via West Gate. He can be found at a ruin of a building where Weapon trader is happened to be located.

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Step 3 : Talk to Dolar and complete the quest. Lvl 5 Quest “A Delivery of Leather” will be activated.

New Quest Guide + Tutorial added

2009-06-29T02:52:00.002+08:00

Following Guides and Tutorial have been added :

- Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 A Heart Felt Confession
- Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 Love In Bloom
- Mana Stone Enchantment Guide
- Asmodian Quest : lvl 4 Token of a Lost Love
- Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 The Shiner The Better
- Asmodian Quest : lvl 4 Urd’s Request

Enjoy. Feel free to leave any comments if you discover any errors.

Thank you

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 A Heart Felt Confession

2009-06-29T01:37:00.007+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 A Heart Felt Confession

Starting NPC : Bolir @ Tunapre Lake
Quest Required : lvl 3 Love In Bloom
Quest Item : Nil
Mob needed : Nil
Ending NPC : Negi the Angler @ Jetty near Tunapre lake
Quest Rewards : 140 kinah / 120 Exp
Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 : Talk to Bolir. And he tell you to propose to Negi on behalf of him. Negi can be found on the jetty near to Bolir.

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Step 2 : Talk Negi and she will tell you she has no taste whatsoever for a guy who do not even has the balls to confess his love. Poor Bolir, got to fish alone for the rest of his life. You will get your rewards after talking to her.

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Blackprince Note : Remember to laugh. Love Fail epic story for the win.

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 Love In Bloom

2009-06-29T01:18:00.004+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 Love In Bloom

Starting NPC : Bolir @ Tunapre Lake
Quest Required : Nil
Quest Item : 6 Amprea Flowers (farmed from Amprea)
Mob needed : Nil
Ending NPC : Bolir @ Tunapre lake
Quest Rewards : 470 Exp
Quest Activated : lvl 3 A Heart Felt Confession

Step 1 : Talk to Bolir. Exit by the West gate and move towards your 11 O’clock position. You will find him at a jetty next to Tunapre lake.

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Step 2 : Run around the lake, you will see a beautiful Carnation looking pinkish flowers. Just click on it to farm. Get 6 of them. Do not worry, there are no agro mobs in the lake area.

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Step 3 : Talk to Bolir again after collecting 6 flowers and the quest ‘lvl 3 A Heart Felt Confession” will be activated.

Blackprince Note : Another love fail epic story in the making by NCSoft. Do the lvl 3 A Heart Felt Confession to see the details. Remember to laugh when you done reading it.

Mana Stone Enchantment Guide

2009-06-29T01:00:00.006+08:00

Mana Stone Enchantment Guide

You will notice in almost all your gears there is at least a small empty socket found at the bottom of the item info box when you hover the mouse pointer over the equipments or weapons.

Ok you decided to add some bonus stats like +HP/MP/Matt etc to your existing gears.

You will sure to come across Mana Stone drop as you kill monsters in the game. You may hover the mouse pointer over the mana stone to check what kind of bonus stats it gives.

Ok here is how you enchant mana stone unto your weapons/equipments.

Step 1 : Check the equipment or weapon for empty socket(s)

Step 2 : Look for the mana stone you would like to use and right click or double click on it. You will see a green hand icon with a red cross appearing. Hover it over the item you want to enchant and the red cross will disappear to indicate that the item can be enchanted.

Step 3 : Left click on it and a box will pop up to ask you whether to go ahead with the enchant. Click Yes to continue otherwise click no.

Step 4 : Once you click ‘Yes’, a box will appear to indicate the process of enchantment. Please note that there is always a chance to fail especially if you are enchanting a 2nd mana stone. Should the 2nd mana stone fail to enchant, all sockets along with their bonus will be destroyed. So beware!

That’s all for mana stone enchantment guide. However, if you want to remove the mana stone stats on your weapons or equipments, you may go to the villiage or town or city to look for Mana Stone remover to have it remove for a fee. I have forgotten to take a screen shot during the beta. If I remember correctly, the NPC is a Shugo (See Quest : The Shiner The Better to check how a Shugo looks like).

Cheers.

Asmodian Quest : lvl 4 Token of a Lost Love

2009-06-29T00:48:00.002+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 4 Token of a Lost Love

Starting NPC : Dabi @ Munihele Forest
Quest Required : Nil
Quest Item : 1 Shiny Silver Ring
Mob needed : Shell Snufflers
Ending NPC : Dabi @ Munihele Forest
Quest Rewards : Minor Potion of Mentality (Recover 59MP/2s for 20 s) / 1550 Exp
Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 : Talk to Dabi the Ulgorn Raider found at Munihele Forest. (See Translucent map in below picture for location)

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Step 2 : Just go just a bit further down the road on the left side(sorry I forgot to turn on the translucent map in the screen shot). You will see the Shell Snufflers on the left side of the road. It is found behind a big tree. There ain’t many of them there so you may have to wait a while if there are players camping for it. Otherwise go around the area and look for it. I believe there are more around. I did not go around to check when I was doing the quest. Sorry abt it guys ^^.

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Step 3 : Talk to Dabi again once you have gotten the ring back..

Blackprince Note : This has to be one of the most funny and love fail/success quest found in Aion. In this story, the guy was mentioning that his wife has manage to become a Devae and gone over to the Pendamonium and have never return since. And this guy just sulk here for many years without making much effort to reach her. Man, by now his wife would have run off with another guy with wings…..NCSoft always have such hilarious lame quest in all their games. ^^V

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 The Shiner The Better

2009-06-29T00:39:00.011+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 The Shiner The Better

Starting NPC : Bacorek the Cube Artisan @ Aldelle Villiage
Quest Required : Nil
Quest Item : 5 Slink Oil
Mob needed : Web Slink @ Tunapre Lake Area
Ending NPC : Bacorek the Cube Artisan @ Aldelle Villiage
Quest Rewards : Minor Potion of Life (Recover 37HP/2s for 20 s) / 1050 Exp
Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 : Talk to NPC Bacorek the Cube Artisan in Aldelle Villiage. He can be found next to the church ruin.

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Step 2 : Go to Tunapre Lake area. It is located just outside the villiage. Exit by West gate and you will notice a big lake on your left. You will see a long slim creature called the Web Slink. Kill those till you get 5 Slink Oil

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Step 3 : Talk to Bacorek the Cube Artisan again to get your rewards.

Asmodian Quest : lvl 4 Urd’s Request

2009-06-29T00:37:00.006+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 4 Urd’s Request

Starting NPC : Urd the Tailor @ Aldelle Villiage
Quest Required : Nil
Quest Item : 6 Airon Beast Feathers
Mob needed : Black Beak Airon
Ending NPC : Urd the Tailor @ Aldelle Villiage
Quest Rewards : 700 Kinah / 1750 Exp
Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 : Talk to NPC Urd the tailor at Aldelle Villiage. She will be found among the tents at the back of the villiage

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Step 2 : Go to Tunapre Lake. It is located just outside the villiage. Exit by West gate and you will notice a big lake on your left. Black Beak Airon is found at the lake. Just keep killing them until you get all the Airon Beast Feathers you needed.

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Step 3 : Talk to Urd the tailor again to get your rewards.

Finally able to hide/unhide my post

2009-06-27T23:58:00.003+08:00

Ah....after, much time spent in reading how to tweak my blog. At this stage, I am finally able to hide and unhide my posts and to show only headings when u conduct a label search.

I hope that I am able to change the background so that it will look more like a Aion Blog.

MMODB - Aion

2009-06-27T11:13:00.002+08:00

There is a very good Aion information website by MMDB. It even contain 3D models of the mobs in Aion. This site is definitely better than the one made by AionSource - Aion Amory.

You can check out Aion MMODB.

New Area - Beluslan Zone

2009-06-26T13:16:00.002+08:00

You can check out the new area over at Kotaku and Massively.

And Lastly, NCWest has something to say to the community. You can read it here.

Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 The Insect Problem

2009-06-24T23:40:00.008+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 5 The Insect Problem

Starting NPC : Motgar @ Munihele Forest

Quest Required : lvl 4 Idle Hand

Quest Item : Nil

Mob needed : 10 Gooey Sylphon or Grove Sparklys

Ending NPC : Motgar @ Munihele Forest

Quest Rewards : 200 Kinah / 3 Umeru Omelet (Max 40 +40 for 15min) / 1950 Exp

Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 : Talk to NPC Motgar and he will ask you to kill either 10 Gooey Sylphon or Grove Sparkys (I am sorry I did not test out whether it is either 10 of each or 10 altogether).

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Step 2 : Look around the area, the mobs required just just around. Picture of mob is as follow :

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Step 3 : Go Back to Motgar and receive your rewards.

Asmodian Quest : lvl 4 Idle Hand

2009-06-24T23:23:00.007+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 4 Idle Hand
Starting NPC : Kaindal @ Aldelle Villiage
Quest Required : Nil
Quest Item : Nil
Mob needed : Nil
Ending NPC : Motgar @ Sap Farm located in Munihele Forest
Quest Rewards : Broil Brax (HP Max +40 for 15min) + 1920 Exp
Quest Activated : The Insect Problem

Step 1 : Talk to NPC Kaindal. He will be seen patrolling around in the village from it’s center to the eastern gate. He will ask you to become a delivery boy or girl (depending on the toon you play) to a NPC called Motgar

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Step 2 : Exit by east gate and turn left. Follow the road and you will see Munihele Forest. Just further down you will see Motgar the gatherer.

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Step 3 Talk to Motgar and receive your rewards. Do not forget to ask him sign the delivery order ^^V Another simple Fedex quest. The quest : lvl 5 The Insect Problem will be activated.

Aion Launch Date Announced

2009-06-24T01:23:00.001+08:00

According to Official Source, NA will get their Aion release on 22 Sept 2009 while EU on 25th Sept 2009.

Read about it at here

New Quest Guide Added

2009-06-24T01:08:00.003+08:00

Hi All, I have added Asmodian quest from lvl 1-3. Just click on "Asmodian Quest" on the left and read about it.

Enjoy ^^

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 Vanar’s Falttery

2009-06-24T00:53:00.006+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 Vanar’s Falttery

Starting NPC : Vanar @ Guheitun’s Tent

Quest Required : lvl 2 Sight for Eye Sore

Quest Item : Nil

Mob needed : Nil

Ending NPC : Tobu @ Aldelle Villiage (591, 4449, 279)

Quest Rewards : 180 Kinah + 950 Exp

Quest Activated : Nil

- Upon completing Sight for Eye Sore, the Quest Vanar's Flattery will be activated.
- Talk to Vanar
- He will ask you to talk to Tobu @ Albelle Villiage
- Follow the path and you will reach Albelle Villiage in no time.

- Once you enter the villiage, you will see 2 NPC at the center. You will not miss them with the blue and yellow icon over their head as shown in the screenshot below.

- Talk to Tobu and comlpete the quest. Another free and easy exp.

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 A New Skill

2009-06-24T00:43:00.009+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 3 A New Skill

NPC needed : Kirhan (Priest Trainer) @ Aldelle Villiage (554, 2403, 279)

Quest Required : Auto activated upon reaching level 3

Quest Item : Nil

Mob needed : Nil

Quest Rewards : 250 Exp

Quest Activated : Nil

Step 1 - You will receive this quest automatically upon reaching level 3. To reach the NPC, just run along the pathway and eventually you will reach Aldelle Villiage. The NPC is located at a ruin of a church. Just go straight in the villiage and it is on the right side.

Step 2 - Talk to Kirhan and you will get 250 exp. This will be the NPC for Priest.

Step 3 - For the various class, you will have to look for the respective trainers found in the villiage. Mage one is found near the Priest trainer. Warrior and Scout trainers are located at the common area of the villiage.

Asmodian Quest : lvl 2 Sight for Eye Sore

2009-06-24T00:29:00.004+08:00

Asmodian Quest : lvl 2 Sight for Eye Sore

Starting NPC : Vanar @ Guheitun’s Tent

Quest Required : lvl 2 For The Love Of Fruit

Quest Item : 3 Glowing Sphere

Mob needed : Hill Sparky or Highland Spark

Quest Rewards : 140 Kinah + 420 Exp

Quest Activated : lvl 3 Vanar’s Flattery

- Talk to Vanar

- Go Kill Hill Sparky and High Sparkles to get 3 Glowing Spheres

- Talk to Vanar again and quest Vanar’s Flattery will be activated

Asmodian Quest - lvl 2 For The Love Of Fruit

2009-06-24T00:17:00.005+08:00

Asmodian Quest - lvl 2 For The Love Of Fruit

Starting NPC : Vanar

Location : Guheitun's Tent

Quest Requirement : Collect 5 sprigg fruits from fruit baskets

Quest Rewards : 200 kinah + 520 exp

Quest Activated : lvl 2 Sight for Eye Sore

- Talk to Vanar and she needs you to collect 5 Sprigg Fruits from fruit basket

- Fruit Basket is all around Guheitun's Tent area. You will find 2-3 fruit basket anywhere near a camp fire or Sprigg's tentages. I have found more than 7 locations having fruits baskets, but it will be too much screenshots to be pasted on a blog space. So yah, have fun looking for it ^^.

Asmodian Quest - lvl 2 Sprigg's Report

2009-06-24T00:00:00.005+08:00

Asmodian Quest - lvl 2 Sprigg's Report

Starting NPC : Vandarant
Quest required : Spriggs Revenge
Ending NPC : Guheitun

Rewards : 110 Kinah + 590 exp

- After completing the "Spriggs Revenge", Vandarant will ask you to look for Guheitun.

- Once you reach Guheitun's Tent, talk to him and the quest is completed. Simple isn't it? Yahoo Free exp and Kinas

Asmodian Quest - lvl 1 The Sprigg's Revenge

2009-06-23T23:53:00.005+08:00

Asmodian Quest - lvl 1 The Sprigg's Revenge

NPC : Vandarant (527, 2775,296)
Requirement : Nil

- Talk to Vandarant and he will ask you to kill 4 Sprigg Workers. They can be found nearby.

- After you talked to Vandarant after kill 4 Sprigg workers, he will ask you go to look for Guheitun at Gunheitun's Tent.

Rewards : 30 kinas + 10 Bandage + 180 exp
Quest Activated : Spriggs Report

Asmodian Quest - lvl 1 Loyalty of Raiders

2009-06-23T23:35:00.004+08:00

Quest : lvl 1 Loyalty of Raiders

Requirement : Nil
NPC : The first NPC you see when you woke up

This is the very first quest that everyone will be doing when they create a new character in Amosdian side. You woke up and see this NPC right infront of you. Just talk to him (sorry I forgot to take down his name), and he will ask you to talk to Vandarant.

Vandarant is located just down the road. (See red circle)

Talk to Vandarant and he will reward you with 20 kinas + 120exp

Macro Tutorial

2009-06-23T00:58:00.019+08:00

In my own opinion, with the vast amount of experiencing in making great MMO games, NCSoft has implemented one of the most useful features in Aion. In this case - Macro, which is a key feature in NCSoft AAA Grade MMORPG Lineage 2.

In this tutorial, we will be exploring how to click and drag the skills into the macro command box. I will also show you the 2 most popular macro examples used by solo and group party players. I have also written down some of the most basic and commonly used macro commands at the bottom of the tutorial. And before I conclude the tutorial, I will share with you the issues arises from using the macro and how to use them so that the chain will not be interrupted.

For new players, do not worry if you think that typing macros may be equivilant to keying in html or C++ command lines. Thank NCSoft for the Click and Drag function that will save you tons of trouble.

Before we go on, please check yourself on the Key Map under Option menu. As each and everyone of us uses different sets of keys that suit us well.

Step 1 : Open your Macro Menu and Skill menu

Step 2 Click on New Macros or Edit(if you want to edit existing Macros)

Step 3 Click and drag the skill icon into the "Enter Macro Command" Box

Step 4 Key in /Delay 1 after every single skill command(or change the number if u wan longer delays. 1 = 1s)

Step 5 Under name of the macro, key in the name you want. And if you want, you may key in a brief description of what the macro do.

Step 6 Select the Icon you like

Step 7 Click save (the save button will remain grey if there is no name in "Name of Macro")

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That is about the juice of it. You can also drag in icons from the Actions or Emotes tabs and the command will be automatically key in for you. It is that simple.

Below are some of the examples I can share with you for Both Solo and Group party. Though there are some listed examples in the macro box, but some of them are either too troublesome or command are too tedious. At this stage I do not have the full macro command list but what I am going to list down will be by far the most frequently used.

Solo Skill Chain :

/Automatic Selection <---Key in this ONLY if you are even too lazy to click on the mob manually
/skill [name of skills]
/delay 2 (set your delay accordingly not more than 4-5)
/skill [name of skills]
/delay 2
/Attack (Resume auto attack)

Group Party Assist Attack Macro :
/select [Nick of the tank] (exclude "[" "]")
/skill Assist Target (will switch target to the one the tank is targetting)
/Group Assisting to attack [%target] now. (Group chat - [%target] will auto change into the name of your target. Must key in "[" & "]")
/Attack

I do not recommend you guys to use skill chain in the Group Party Assist Attack Macro. Dedicate your skill chain using another macro icon. It will save you a lot of headache trust me.

Useful Macro Command

/Select = Target
/Skill Assist Target = If you target your tank and he is in turn targeting a mob, your target will switch to the mob
/Select [%target'starget] = same as /skill Assist Target (thx to Xareny at Official beta forums)
/Group = Group Chat
/Shout = Shout
/General = General chat (actually if you want to chat in normal channel, just type what you want to say in the line will do. You do not need this command unless your chat is in eg Alliance chat mode)
/Legion = Chat will only display among legion members
/Attack = Attack
/Automatic Selection = it will choose nearest mob
/Skill [skill name] = Use the skill as reflected in the skill name (You do not need to key in the "[" & "]")
[%Target] = Will display Target name. You will need to key in "[" & "]"
[%group1] = Will display the player occupying the first slot of the party
/delay 1 = delay set to 1 sec (I recommend you set your delay according to the casting time of your previous skill command)

As for the details or command for the skill names, emotes and action, all you need to do is drag the icon into the "Enter Macro Command" box will do.

Movement while executing macro skill chain

I have read the forums and realise that some players find it difficult to chain the skills when using macros or the macros are always interrupted.

One of the most common mistakes is that players forgot to include /delay command after every skill command. It is a must if you want the skill to chain flawlessly. I recommend you set your delay peg to your cast time. However, I do not set the delay above 4-5 as that is about the maximum waiting time to toggle the next chain skill.

Ok, bad news for spell casters, you cannot move if you are using macros. The macros will be interrupted as your skills are ranged type. You can only move at the 2nd last skill chain you have put in your command lines. BUT you can only start moving 3/4 of the way when you are casting the spells. (Not tested though, it is my theory)

For melee class, if you click on the macros at a distance from your mob and all your skill chains are close range type, I realised the Aion game mechanic will execute the macros command as if the mob is next to it.

What I mean is this - Your character will run towards the mob, but the programme will execute the first line of the skill command. As the mob is still in the distance, the programme may think that the skill has been executed and go for the next line.

For eg :
Your macro commands is as follow :
/Skill Skill 1
/Delay 2
/Skill Skill 2

You click on the macro while the mob is at the distance, your character took let say 2 second to run towards it. When your character reached the mob, it will execute skill 2 (if it is not a chain skill).

For Melee class players : Once you are beside the mob and you click on your macros, as long as your skills in the command are instant type skills, feel free to move around and the skill chain will still be executed. However, if there is a spell type skills in your macro, the macro will be interrupted upon movement.

I have tested the above movement test with my Chanter. Initially I have used smite (spell 2s Cast time) in the first line of my macro followed by my melee chain skills. The macro is always interrupted when I moved the instant I click on macro. When I took the skill smite out, the physical skills (both have instant cast time) chain it perfectly when I move around.

Remember this is only the beta, the macro may be improved when the game is launched. I will update this tutorial once I gotten any more updates. Feel free to leave any comments to point out my errors and I will amend accordingly.

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Hope this tutorial is helpful to you especially if you are completely new to macros.

God Bless and Enjoy
Blackprince

2nd Close Beta

2009-06-21T00:39:00.004+08:00

I am so glad that I am finally able to play in the 2nd CBT of the MMORPG - Aion. Nothing much to add in addition to the previous review I had done during the 1st CBT. Well, it is only a Close Beta, I ain't expecting anything.

I am very contented for the fact NC West did a last minute 180" turn to enable players to try on Elyos from level 1 to 10.

To me, there is one issue which instead of being better, it become worst. The locator function is bugged. During 1st CBT, you were able to toggle as many NPC locator that you need to contact for several quest at one time. In this 2nd CBT, I find that the previous locator I placed for the NPC I need for a quest is cancelled out when I click on locate for another NPC for another quest. It is quite irritating for me as I have the habit of doing several quest concurrently and like to see the all NPC locations in one glance on the map.

Other than this slight disspointing flaw, still I enjoy the game thoroughly. The only difference is that I took so much Screenshots and took down notes for all the quests I have done. It is a painful slow process.

The quest write up will be done next week. So keep coming back to my blog to check out the latest updates. On the left side, I have put in the labels for all the quest, reviews, some guides so that you can locate the information you need.

Feel free to copy and paste the information in your forums. The only thing I would love is that you would kindly give the correct credit and link back to this blog.

Feel free to give me your comments and correction if there is any so that I can constantly improve my write ups so as to give you a better and clearer game information on our favourite MMORPG - Aion.

And O, I am noob to blog and I have no idea how to set it up properly. Would love it if anyone out there can tell me how to make this blog with a more Aion look and methods to organise my articles. I have use the default blogspot utilities to organise my articles into different lable. But I find that it is basically using google to search and they do not have a funtion to show only the headlines. Help me pls ^^v

Updates on the coming Aion Beta testing schedules

2009-06-18T08:17:00.001+08:00

Finally, some news from the official AionOnline website.

No point to copy and paste so read all about it over at http://www.aiononline.com/us/

Aion Basic Game Play - Quest Function

2009-06-16T22:30:00.014+08:00

This is just a simple guide for Aion newbie players who have not a slight idea on how to play the games. I will touch on the basic game play issues, the in game locator and NPC quest icon indicator.

To look for the quest available for you, press the preset Quest key. Default quest key set is "J". There are 3 tabs altogether, mainly - "Campaign", "Standard" and "Work Order". (See Picture below labeled "Quest Tabs")

Picture : Quest Tabs (click on picture to see full screen)

Quest Tab Explaination :

Campaign :

It contain important quests that evolved around your characters, class change or Devae or a series quests that narrates issues such as saving certain towns or villiage from impending doom (where you are the only hero that can make the difference ^^).

These are the quest that you will most likely need to do if you want to get some good gears to kick start your game. I recommend that you complete all quests listed here. There is not much need for you to spend any money on gears since the gears in the newbie town does not make much difference when you grind.

Standard :

The more mundane or grinding quest are all here. I recommend all new players to try their hands on it. It gives good experience points and since you are going to kill the same monsters as you progress in your level, I see no harm for you to run to town and talk to the quest NPC.

Work Order :

This is meant for crafting. After you reach level 10, you will be given the option to go to the main town where there are NPCs that buy/sell items. These NPC will have certain work order quest for you to level your crafting or cooking levels.

This is definitely a must for players who want to earn in game money the legit way without resorting to RMT (Real Money Trade). Cause there will be players who find it tedous to level crafting and cooking skills.

Base on my experiences on MMORPG, I believe there will be certain end game or good items that can only be crafted. Now imagine that you can have accessed to the crafted items and some other players do not because they are too lazy to level their crafting and cooking skills.

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Quest monitoring :

Beside the quest title, there is a check box. Click on it and you will see the quest go live on the top right of your screen. (See red circle) In this way, you can monitor your quest real time as you progress. It is an extremely useful when you want to keep track on the progress of your quest.

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Quest Locator :

Do not worry or feel fustrated if you cannot find the quest mob or NPC needed to continue in your quest. I really wish that Aion will have the quest indicator like the one found in Lineage 2. In Lineage 2, there is an option for players to have a circle wrap around your character with an arrow pointing to the direction of the NPC and when you open the map, there will be a very distinct indication of where the quest monsters and NPC is located.

There is a similar function in Aion too. It is hidden but it is there. I feel it will be a problem for players with poor or short-sightedness. Read on to see what I mean.

Again, press "J" (default quest key) to open quest box.

click to see full picture

When you click on the quest, a dialoge box will show up. You will notice certain words is highlighted in blue.

Blue Words can mean :

- The NPC you need to talk to.
- The monster you need to kill
- The quest item(s) you need.

Click on the blue word and another box explaining the meaning of the word will appear. You will see 3 buttons, mainly - "Cancel Find", "Locate" and "Close". Click on locate and open map.

Click to see full picture

Open your map by clicking "M" (full opaque map) or "N" (translucent map). In the above picture, I have open the translucent map. There are 3 types of locator icons in the map when you click on "locate" found at the quest box.

- The small red cross represent one of the locations of the quest monsters you need to kill.
- Blue Arrow is the NPC needed for Standard quest or non campaign quest
- Yellow Arrow indicate the position of the NPC for Campaign Quest

There is only one draw back. During the Open Beta took place on the 5th-7th of June 2009, the locator did not show the location of certain quest items.

For example, there is a quest that required you to look for a crate to get wine. Though there are many places where you can find the crates in the area, there were so many players camping for it that before you know what happen, it has been farmed.

As such a new player have no slightest clue on where the items are found and how it look like. Hopefully, when Aion go live, they will improve on that and show the pictures of the quest items to aid new players.

On top of that, I feel the wordings in the quest dialouge box is too small for my eyes. I am 35yrs old this year and I have perfect eye sight (though not as good as when I am in my twenties). The fonts size may cause some problem for players who has poor eye sight or short-sightedness. So far, I am unable to find the options to tweak the font size. I hope it will be included when Aion is launched.

This game has a lot of potential my friends. I will write up more Aion Game informations such as quest information as I play the game.

God Bless and enjoy. Do not spend too much time playing and neglect your real life pple ^^V

Thats all for Aion Basic Game Play - Quest Function.

New Curse Network Aion Info Site

2009-06-16T09:54:00.003+08:00

It seems a lot of exciting is poping out from Curse Network. According to AionSource, NC Westhas drop the NDA and now they can put up quest/weapon/game information.

Take a look at AionArmoury.

Below is the screen shot I took.

Detail Ver 1.1 and 1.2 patch notes at MMO Riot

2009-06-13T20:02:00.001+08:00

There is a very detail patch note translation for Aion Ver 1.1 and 1.2 over at MMO Riot forum.

http://mmoriot.com/aion/news-announcements/352#post3367

Aion Ver 1.3 Updates partial translation

2009-06-13T00:44:00.001+08:00

Looks like Eliot just did another translation for update notes for Aion Ver 1.3. You can read it over at AionSource.

http://www.aionsource.com/

YouTube Aion Video by coldturkey49

2009-06-09T02:17:00.003+08:00

I came across an Aion player who tried his hands on China and gave his review. I think his review is quite impartial and he has good things to say about Aion in its almost final form.

For those players who have something to say about NA Aion due to beta, hold ur horses and dun click on uninstall button. View the video and decide later. Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/user/coldturkey49

OOO Heat is building up....

2009-06-07T18:26:00.003+08:00

Refer to the below post I made in regard to a thread over at AionSource.

I have gone through almost all the rant and counter-rant made by anti and pro NCWest players. Obviously, players from both side fail to appreciate each other views on this Close Beta event.

My take on the Close Aion Beta is this, NCWest is seriously disappointing as far as customer service is concerned. I think for many pple in the world, playing games is still being viewed as a child thing (irregardless on the fact that games are made by geniuses who hold numberous degree, phd, diploma bla blah). I am sad to see that a beta with an outdated translation is just thrown to the gamers thinking that they will be satisfied after being made to wait for so long.

As such, the complains and rants that are being posted may be justified? Are those pro-NCWest players failing to see that they are being short changed?

On the other hand, players who makes rant may seems to have forgotten that this is a BLOODY beta. Nothing is concrete and nothing is final. I believe Ayase and Liv are doing their best and they are human too tied down by company working ethics. I guess everyone has forgotten about what Ayase has done when he was with the NC West over at Europe and the struggle he go through when he was at a time been made redundant.

The irony is this, knowing how gamers think since I have previously involve myself in building a gaming community, most of us irregardless of the rants and complains will play this wonderful game when it launch. So it is seriously a waste of breathe spitting out flames with the emotions flying high. Get a grib!

As far as I am concerned, I know I will still pay for the game and play it when it launch no matter how disappointing I feel. Nothing gonna stop me from enjoying a game.....for crying out loud, it is just a game ....(just give myself a slap in the face)

2nd Close Beta Testing - Amosdian

2009-06-07T18:07:00.002+08:00

I just read a thread in AionSource forum.

http://www.aionsource.com/forum/general-discussion/16107-please-tell-me-youre-joking-ncsoft.html

It seems that 2nd beta only begins on 19 June 2009. Players can create characters over at the Amosdian side. But the level cap is set at 10!!??

Sigh, I guess there is no choice but to wait and bear with the disappointment for a little longer until the official launch.

Aion Beta experiences at NA server

2009-06-06T21:08:00.001+08:00

Finally, the long awaited beta for the famous MMORPG, Aion, has begin on 5th June 2009. This game is a great success when it is launched at Korea and China.

I have been playing it for a while and currently I am a lvl 9 Sorcerer. Many players have speculated that this game may be a WOW thrasher or a WOW clone, but I disagree. If there is any style Aion has tries to imitate, it is definitely (in my view) a Guild War clone.

After been force to wait for so long by NC West, I am all excited to get a first hand experiences. As I progress, I discover the beauty of the game. However, I must add that I am somewhat a little disappointed by the game.

But please do not get the wrong idea that I am saying Aion is a lousy game. I enjoy it very much and my gaming experiences in Aion is wonderful. The reason behind my slight disappointment is the anticipation I had on the game because of the long release time that NCWest has took citing localisation as it's main reason of it's delay.

After reading through some of the quest, my mind was thinking, "What localisation is that? I believe I just read some plain direct translation of Korean text to English. Wad the!!? I waited so long for this kind of translation work!!??"

To my disappointed, the linear story line quest did not even have a voice over and there is no tutorial. I had sligth difficulty in locating the NPCs and monsters. (but no worries, I have sort it out. NCSoft decide to make the locate feature "hidden") The fonts size is small and I have to really strain my eyes to read them. After a while I lost interest in reading the quest, so much for localisation crap, nice job NCWest. So much for immersion experiences. I expect the "immersionist" are now taking out their torch gun and loading fully laden oxygen tank ready to ignite their flames.

That is the only flaw I have against the game. Otherwise, I am definitely enjoying myself. I give it a 8 out of 10 for entertainment value and 2 for "localisation" content.

And O, surprisingly, so far, the gaming graphic is not heavy for my computer to handle. I am currently running a 2Gb RAM Duo Core Intel processor with Geforce 7600 256mb RAM. But I will definitely buy a topnotch card soon to enjoy the full extend of what Aion graphic treat it brings.

Remember, this is still in Beta. I strongly believe there will be a open beta with players able to create characters for both factions. And Ayase did mentioned that when the game is launched, the version will definitely will not be the current v1.0. There is potentials my friends. I hopes things will get better.