Introducing Ahira

The first day of Aion was pretty chaotic for me.  As detailed in the prior post, I got in immediately but my friend got stuck in the queue, so we got a late start.  We were only able to get an hour or so of gameplay before I had to log off and attend to [...]

Epic Balaur Video

Found a really cool video of a Balaur attack on an Elyos fortress.  First of all, the music is spot on for the video.  I can not think of anything better for this video.  Perfect.
Secondly, there is almost a sense of dread as the Dreadgion comes nearer (see what I did there?).  It’s almost palatable [...]

Second Night of Open Beta Observations.

Tonight I logged back into the Open Beta after work to find just as many people playing as I saw last night…maybe more.  My future chanter was around level 4 but I had a friend who had just started and had rolled on another server, so I jumped over to help him out.
He was playing [...]

1.5 Open Beta Patch Notes!

Patch notes for Open Beta have been posted!  You can read the full (very long notes!) here. In the meantime, here are some highlights!

7 new instances.  Including Dark Poeta and a PvPvE instance, the Dreadgion.

Repose.  The Aion equivalent to WoW’s Rested XP.  Only available after level 20 but gives 20%-30% more XP from mob and [...]

1.5 Impressions Here!! Get Your 1.5 Impressions!!!

A really nice article about Aion version 1.5 was put up Kotaku.com yesterday.  It gives us an idea of what 1.5 brings to the table and how NCSoft is handling content in the future.  Armor set bonuses, a tighter more integrated story, rested XP, tons more quests and even more character customization are all headed [...]

Elyos Beta Event Video!

Sorry, I have not posted in the last couple of days, been very busy at work and with some personal stuff.  Got a short post for you tonight and will have a couple of posts tomorrow, unless something strange comes up!
Found a nice video of part of the beta event for the Elyos side.  Apparently, [...]

Rangers and the Archetype system.

I have played nearly every class in Aion to 20 or more.  I enjoy all of them for various reasons and all are fun to play while leveling up.  I find that the Priest Archetype is the easiest to level initially, the Mage archetype puts out a lot of damage and the Warrior archetype is [...]

Another Great PvE Video by Exfylina!

Exfylina posted another PvE video up on You Tube, this one covering Queen Alukina.  This is an outdoor Raid boss in the Beluslan area.  She basically resides in a Water Palace of sorts.
The fight has an interesting mechanic at the beginning, in which she places everyone who damages her on a Hate List and in [...]

What features would you like to see added to Aion?

Aion has a lot going for it.  It’s fun, stable, has great graphics and has a lot of content for a game just releasing.  But, even with all those positives, there are some things in other MMOs that I would love to see in Aion.  This post is about exactly that, what I would like [...]

New PvP Q&A with Brian Knox

Brian Knox, of NCWest, was kind enough to sit down with Ten Ton Hammer to answer a few questions about endgame PvP and PvE.  A very interesting read, indeed.
Ten Ton Hammer: So that’s where everyone was confused.
Brian: One of our major aspects of the game is the concept of earning Abyss points. You can [...]