Aion 3.0

[Ashelia]

On Asmo side perhaps? Haven't seen it on Elyos side (I would have remembered), unless it's in the Indratu campaigns in Heiron, or Project Drakanhammer in Theobomos.

[Ashelia]

Very good link! Thank you!

And btw, I think Xioza will totally wish these:


hehehe

I found info about these wings!
They're called "Lucky Wings", are lvl 55 orange item, just like the "Storm Wings". I assume they'll probably be drop only too.
They're not listed on Aionarmory, but I must say that lately they aren't up to date about a lot of things really

There's a complete list of all Wings with specs and good pics on Mmosite, have fun watching

[WhiteHorse]

In October the Korean PTS server received Aion 3.0

Here is a resume of the patchnotes from the korean version:
http://9kohorta.com/blog/in-english/3-0-general-patch-notes/

[Teaser]

very nice, we can finally have a legion headquarters. i would give all my kinah to buy the biggest one for the legion.
and finally we get mounts, and they look really nice. new maps and instances will make alot of runs again hehe.
lets see if it comes to europe before TSR or SWTOR, so i dont start to play any of them before trying the new stuff.
oh well, think this will make me take a break from rift lol.

[WhiteHorse]

I also think interesting updates. Altough for me I would like to see also other adjustments to Aion that would make it a more enjoyable experience overall.
Unfortunally I don't really know when will 3.0 arrive to Europe. I do fear it will come a bit too late. After people already left Aion.

Things I would like to see (but somehow doubt will ever happen):
- Crowns relics stacking together, similar to Seal relics and Icon relics.
Why: Saves a lot of storage space. 1 slot per crown is overkill and brings space problems.

- Better the success rate of things (stoning, drops, enchantment stones).
Why: Frustration of time and money spend on things that are constantly failing, will drive players away angry at the game and the company. Meaning they not only will drop that game, but be also a bit apprehensive to join any other game from the same publisher.

- Remove the deletion of all manastones in the object when one manastone fails to enter.
Why: Same reason as given before. Also is already punishment enough to loose the stone that costs more than 1 million. Having to start from scratch when you fail one stone is overkill and will lead to rage from the player side towards the game and publisher.

- Common server for PvP instances. (PvP Arenas and Dredgions being handled by a separate server that fetch the awaiting players from all european servers when setting up the games).
Why: There would be 3 advantages to this: 1- Drasticly decrease of the entrance waiting times; 2- Reduce load on all existing servers; 3- Allow the possibility of people from different servers to play together.)

- Incorporate maps for all instances.
Why: Kind of annoying going to instances without a map. Ok, it can be "covered" while you still did not explore, but once you did, keep it visible forever. Similar to the world map.

- Support of dual screen added.
Why: More clean and less cluttered gaming screen to enjoy the game. Giving the possibility to have all relevant windows open all the time on another screen (map, inventory, legion, friends, logs, quests)

[Ker]

White,

These are all excellent points that I fully agree with. I'd like to add:

- make it possible for new players to get fun from the game by adding more ways for them to play together, also make it so that the 40-46 levels are not a complete gankfest by opposing faction towards these players

-and please, pretty please, pretty please with sugar on top reduce the grind! It drives a lot of people potty.

Arieluma,

Ker

[Yuuhi]

Completely agreed on manastone socketing. I already had some ideas in mind for it, and that includes enchanting as well as manastone socketing. One of them is a supplement (That ofc WON'T be expensive) that

- Prevents your manastones from being destroyed if you failed at socketing
- Prevents your equip enchant lv from lowering when failing to enchant

My new sword was already being a bitch when it came to socketing. It kept failing the 2nd and 3rd slot for quite a while


Ker: Depends on how you look at grinding. If it's about leveling, it's easy, If it's about getting a specific item in an instance, then definitely. I'm still waiting for some updates on draupnir cave, hoping that they'll either:

- Give a 10x repeatable quest when you got a blue bakarma weapon drop. Complete it 10x, and it can upgrade your blue bakarma drop into a gold one
- Let bakarma drop a weapon chest just like in FT and SR. This instance is purely made for glads, so I can buy that chest from the group I'm currently in
- Make it more popular to other classes by making bakarma's other melee weapon drops extendable. Why only the polearm? It makes no sense
- De-nerf the triroan's weapons to match bakarma's weapons's stats

[WhiteHorse]

More info about 3.0 !
http://gameguide.uk.aiononline.com/aion/Korean+PTS%3A+Initial+3.0+Patch+Notes

Bellow i do some quote highlights and personal comments. 


The bad

Whhaatttt? Why, does that even make sense?
- When a location is owned by a race other than the Balaur, it will switch to Balaur possession 5 minutes before it becomes vulnerable.

WTF?
- When you acquire an item, there's a certain chance that a specific stat changes.

Regardless of the race? How come?
- The legion cape will now appear the same regardless of race or gender.

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The good.

ALELUIA!
- Reduced the duration of the fear effect that the Spiritmaster's "Fear I" and "Fear Shriek I" skills have when used on enemy players.

Good for lower levels.
- Reduced the amount of XP required to level up beyond level 46.

Some motivation for crafting
- Crafted equipment now has a higher chance of being enhanced.

They actually did it what i asked! Impressive!
- Maps have been added for the following instances:


Took a while! Now how about letting us reskin them?
- Wings can now be previewed and compared.

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Didn't you forget something from Vision trailer game developers?
On the vision trailer we could clearly see that we could fight while mounted!

On the vision trailer we could clearly see that we could domesticate mobs into becoming transportation!

On the vision trailer we could clearly see that we could share a ride with a friend!

[Syrie]

Aion 3.0 on 5-6 May at some convention in Cologne.

http://www.aionfreetoplay.com/website/news/rpc


So no 3.0 on live servers this month.

[Teaser]

and maybe not in may also, afterall its only a presentation on a convention, not an official date for live launch. :/

[Syrie]

Might be the full version, as the only thing GF needs to do, is to translate it to german and french.

[Teaser]

And 3.0 is live on NA. For the 1st time we dont get the update at the same time as them.

[Arashiyama]

any infos on the release date on eu servers?

looks like GF is even worse than ncsoon...

[WhiteHorse]

I would expect it somewhere 1,5 months or 2 months from now. My educated guess.

The reasoning?
- They promissed it for the Spring 2012 (don't remember where i saw that info). Spring ends on the 19 of June.
- American version localization is finished.
- There is a convention in Germany in the 5th and 6th of May where aion 3.0 will be playable courtesy of Gameforge, the convention website is german only, making me think me think they will showcase the German version of aion 3.0, meaning its done or mostly done. Count about 2 weeks after the showcase, which is the normal period of time that passes between public show (or PTS) of a new playable aion version and the go-live date on the main servers.

This reasoning of mine will place the release somewhere in the 2nd part of May. 1 Month and something from now. I give a few extra weeks as a error margin. So...
19 May ~ 10 June.

I will try to collect extra information about it, me and Primmus are planing a meet up to get to know each other in person and going to the convention to check Aion 3.0 out.
Anyone else wants to join us?
http://forum.royalstorm.eu/index.php?topic=1096.0

[Ker]

Little Melyonen gets a new hairdo and visits Siel. It is incredibly beautiful, a lot of sweet changes reduce the tedium. For instance when you get the vial to fill from Cliona lake you are immediately transported there at the spot where you can fill it. When finished you are immediately transported back to Pernos. Our basic wings are changed for the better quite more beautiful. The Ascension event and ceremony are superbly more beautiful. On average I had pre Aion 3.00x 45-60 fps. In Aion 3.001 I have only 25-27 fps. This is at auto high quality graphics, no antialias, as recommended by game and in 1920X1080. Although the servers are located in Austin Texas I had no noticeable lag even on screens that were heavily populated. The kinah came a lot easier. At level 9 I had like 50'ish K kinah without forcing it.  Houses come at level 21 through a quest, mounts come at level 30.



Details are much improved:





A nice free to use Poeta teleporter was added connecting, Namus site, to Melponeh's camp and Akarios Village. Note that you cannot teleport using the normal teleporter from Akarios Village back to Namus.




You would not like what the shop is offering though.

Arieluma,

Ker