Aion 2.5

[WhiteHorse]

skills intro (2 new skills per sub-class) , english version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_sliMeMuks#ws

[sakushi]

2.5 pics form my computer..

whit sakushi and my new worior .. SEXY big time..  

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Sakushi, your links don't work.

http://www.mypicx.com/uploadimg/1987802304_05142011_1.jpg
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In future may i suggest to use another image host. example: http://imageshack.us

[Ker]

Hi All,

Well curiosity did NOT kill the cat this time, it made it purr.

Wanted to see how characters would look in 2.5 and how laptop would hold up playing in 2.5, so made and updated PTS directory and looked. They look good. Since there was talk about a remodel ticket i wonder what I'm missing. Noticed some - to my point of view - irritating gold shine on Ker's sweet Kromede red hair in "High Quality" but ok like poor Kromede she'll suffer in silence.

With respect to performance there were two basic settings: "Default" and "High Quality". To my joy with the "Default" setting "Auto Detect" gave me the same settings as in 2.1: 1920X1080 and all maxed, anti alias X2. When I selected "High Quality" the joy was over :

Display went down to 1280X720 (superplus ungood)
Texture detail: remained high
Object range, terrain range, background detail and effects quality: lost a notch
Water effects, shader quality and outline correction: lost 2 notches
High quality backgrounds: lost 3 notches
Shadows: lost all 4 notches

The good: if you can play at max now you will be able to play at max on "Default" settings it looks like

The bad: If you want to enjoy the "High Quality" it looks like you want to invest in some serious graphics power especially with the high pixel count displays.

For reference the portable has a Intel 740QM quadcore cpu, a 1920X1080 display, a 460M nvidia card with half the cuda's you'd find on a desktop version of the card, and 8gb RAM.

So most desktop users will get a better mileage.

Arieluma,

Ker

[WhiteHorse]

About the mentor system that is going to be introduced on aion 2.5




Question: Can a Group have more than one mentor?
Answer:
Yes, the Group can have more than one mentor, and the XP and loot any mentees in the Group earn will not be affected. Any players in the Group eligible to be mentors can click 'Start Mentoring' on the mentee and become a mentor.


Question: What happens if someone in the Group is not a mentor, but is more than ten levels higher than a mentee?
Answer:
XP and drop rates would be adversely affected in this scenario, just as if a lower level player formed a Group with a high level player without the Mentor System. Bottom line: be sure all high level players in the Group opt to be mentors.


For more informations related to Mentoring and mentoring Quests/Associations, please follow the link:
http://gameguide.uk.aiononline.com/aion/Mentor+System

[WhiteHorse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a-qoPMR7Ek#ws

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZNwSCymdM#ws

[WhiteHorse]

If you open the NCSoft launcher, it will already download tonight your aion upgrade from 2.1 to 2.5

It will say in the status "Trickle downloading", if you press the arrow and choose "check for updates" you will see the progress window.






This means you don't need to wait  tomorrow, after the servers re-open. It will use the tonight's download.

[Ashelia]

Found that out too, ready for tomorrow!

[Bronwyn]

So

Does all of this 2.5 business mean that Aion becomes easier to play
or does it mean that it becomes even more complicated than it already is ?

If there is one thing that I like best then it is an easy life...
It's what makes flowers grow ! 

[Yuuhi]

Damn I need a new graphics card... The HQ quality burns up my gpu to 75°c in only a few mins of gameplay. That can't be right

[Zeus]

Most GPUs normal thermal range is from 80-100c, I would not worry about it. My 285 GTX cards run 90c all day no probs.

[Yuuhi]

Perhaps, but I'm sticking to the normal graphics for now till I get a new card

[Bronwyn]

Oh I can see that NC are trying to entice Bronny in and get their hands on my hard-earned (drinkies) money like cheeky monkeys they are !  I have seen evidence of this during my free week and here are two pieces of such:

1) Expert handicrafting is now easier - you have to make necklaces that you can buy recipies for and dont have to anymore collect several hundred logs to make a staff and a bow where you need it to crit (and it never does, no-matter how nice you ask it). I was beginning to think I was a lumberjack or something - why do you need so many logs to make on bow with anyway whereas in real life you need only one (or even a small part of one).

But now it is changed there is <hope> !   

2) I have spotted smoewhere new with quests for the lev 48's called "Sneeze Crater" - when I tell Uther that he says "Dont be a muppet !" because he does not believe the name but it is true.

And likely you lot knew all this already and there is much tutting and eye-rolling going on atm at my ignorance. And I say be careful cos if you roll your eyes about too much then they will fall out ! 

[Ashelia]

About (1) I can say that this change was already there since the last big update before 2.5

[Teaser]

bronny i been away and still dunno what that sneeze cratter thing is lol. i didnt even knew till monday that now there is a repeat quest to bypass the advanced stigma quest (where we had to colect drana from DP). as i said before when i got back to aion, it seems im learning all again lol.

[Zeus]

The level 55 final advanced stigma is most fun, Asmos camp the mob spot we need to kill...