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 [...]

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 [...]

Dark Poeta (New Instance in 1.5) Screens and a Small Bit of Info!

I found some information on the new Dark Poeta instance that is coming in 1.5.  From Fei of the Dark Avalanche Legion:
It’s a pretty big map ( ~same size as the lvl 10-20 area)
There are 16 Bosses, and you have to kill them in less than 4 hours. Heroic armors drop on these bosses, heroic [...]

Tips for Aion

When playing Aion for the first time, its easy to miss a lot.  There are no tutorials in the game yet and some of the intricacies of the game are easy to miss.  So, here are a few tips to get you started, things that are not readily apparent when you first log in.
1.  Gather [...]