Aion going Free-to-Play, already in February 2012.

[Teaser]

above i mentioned the limitations of the f2p character but did it in a wrong way.
we can open shops, we can open broker, we can use trades, the limitation goes towards the option to palce the items for sale, thats where it is denied to us.
you can still use the options to buy stuff in broker/shop and receive trades/mail items from other non-starter players.
i should warn about this considering that jony made me a question in a different way about these limitations and i noticed that the way i posted here was not the accurate info.
so, you can open trade/broker/mail/shop, but when u try to place any items to sell/send to others, it will give you a ''unknownitem'' error message. this message also shows up when you reach your limit of gathering, and doesnt allow you to star a new gather if you reached the limit allready. was able to reach around 30 points essencetapping before i hit the daily limit, doesnt seem too low, but at higher levels we know that we need more gathering time to lvl the skill, so it might get too low at higher lvl.

[WhiteHorse]

Yay, got my beta pass today.

The new graphic engine is very nice, especially if you look at new models.

New graphic engine? You had still not played aion since version 2.5? Or you mean there is a even newer/updated engine now?

[Syrie]

The high quality one, I quit before 2.5.

[Teaser]

from gameforge mail today.

Greetings, Daeva!   

It's all happening in Atreia: heroes are gathering in the cities and arming themselves for the next battle. The hate between the Elyos and the Asmodians has intensified once again: embittered conflicts about Atreia's future are breaking out at the Abyss.

Since the launch on the 26th of January, AION free-to-play's land has been populated with hard-working Beta testers. Up until now you have been experiencing this land as a Starter, but now we are raising you to Veteran status! This status bestows the following features upon you: Trade with other players or open your own private shop to increase your Kinah. Collect as much Aether and Essence as you like, or chat to others about your heroic deeds - as a Veteran you can immediately use all channels.

[Syrie]

Let's start a legion!

I'm level 12, so I can't do it alone.

Oh, I actually can! Just created RS!

[Syrie]

/w Sorin so I can invite you!

[Teaser]

syrie, if you had read some posts above, i said i allready had legion created as ''royalstorm spatalos official'' ^^ so i could try to recruit some people that way, but shops werent possible to do advertizement when i was afk.

[Syrie]

Oh shi-, must've missed it somehow. 

[sakushi]

i will be playing the beta to day..

my name in game will be hmmmmm Sakushiiiii

[Bronwyn]

Why not call yourself Sushi !

It has better comedic value matey !

[Teaser]

today i sent an email to aion f2p support regarding an issue that has been over my mind for soem days.
considering that only europe will have aion f2p, would gameforge put or not an I.P. block to non-european countryes.
just got theyr reply, and they say that at this moment it is not planned, but they might consider in future.
due this, we should expect alot of incomming players on aion, im quite sure some people will abandon korean and na games and reroll on europe aion now.
but even if that doesnt happen, we will get people from all over the world that was playing on private servers.

[Syrie]

Aion beta extended to 26.02.

Still need to lvl my char to 30... :p

[Ashelia]

I'll just wait for my old char to return

[WhiteHorse]

Same here, i am awaiting that the f2p version starts.
I find it kind of bad that they still did not announce the specific date that such will happen.

[Syrie]

Tested the item shop today, nothing gamebreaking but people who are willing to pay will get a slight hendicap with getting new gear or leveling their toons.