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Character customization in Aion closed beta season 2AION TOWER OF ETERNITY NEWS
Character customization in Aion closed beta season 2

The next phase of Korean CBT brings many new things, out of which this very extensive, visual character creation/customization system is one.

Here is a snick peak of the character customization captured on video.



As you can see there are adjustment sliders for almost everything ? ranging from the size of your feet to the width of your cheekbones.
Many new hairstyles and textures are also being created by the Aion artist team, to be implemented simultaneously.

Character customization in Aion closed beta season 2


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Views: 2989 Author: ORZ 14 March 2008 Comment (11) Read news

Aion Closed Beta Test Season 2AION TOWER OF ETERNITY NEWS
Aion Closed Beta Test Season 2

Beta testing information applies to Korean Close Beta.
Official website: Aion.co.kr


Schedule

Aion The Tower of Eternity Season 2 is due to begin on the April 8th and last for 3 weeks, until April 27th. The detailed schedule is as follows:

- Tue~Fri: 16:00 ~ 23:00 / no limit on play time.
- Sat~Sun: 11:00 ~ 23:00 / no limit on play time.
- Mon: Server Maintenance

Time:UTC+9

Tester Eligibility

All the previous testers from CBT Season 1 will automatically be eligible to play in Season 2, and will be given the advantage of inviting a friend to join Aion CBT Season 2.
Testers can send the invitation to a friend between March 24th and April 2nd.

Moreover, 5,000 additional testers will be drawn randomly. The results will be released at 2pm on March 24th.

Test Details

We?ve been monitoring testers? feedback on the starting phase of Aion throughout Season 1. During Season 2, we aim to observe the characters leveling up to medium level, monitor the player economy, and do the server stress test.

Important Changes

1. Character Information Initialization.

For Season 2, some changes have been made to the game contents?such as the character customization system, quests, items, skills etc.?and the race selection system and the naming policies have been changed.
Going through all these changes, the decision was made that testers wouldn?t be able to play with their previous characters and, unfortunately, all the characters had to be erased.

* The ?Piece of Eternity? items that were collected through Season 1 will be recorded separately before resetting the characters, and will be used as a reference when we are selecting Guardians/Archons.

2. New regions for Elyos and Asmodians and contents for level 20~34 characters will be added.

3. Improved combat system and a direct portal (pathway between the two camps) will be added.

4. Feedback System

As before, testers can post their opinions in various ways such as in-game surveys, discussion board posts, etc.
In addition, beginning in Season 2, FGIs (Focus Group Interviews/Meetings) will be held every week so that testers can express things that they could not online.

All the opinions and questions will be seriously discussed internally and will be answered promptly through the development notes.

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Views: 11605 Author: ORZ 14 March 2008 Comment (8) Read news

Gathering in detailsAION TOWER OF ETERNITY WORLD
Source: aion.gamemeca.com
Author: GameMeca Eltanin
Translated by: Jameinkaiser


Aion?s gathering interface consists of success/failure gauges. Gathering mode can be activated by double clicking the target resource. Success is achieved when the success gauge fills up before the failure gauge?and vice versa. The difference in proficiency level between the target resource and the player determines the success rate.

Gathering in details

▲ Using ?gather? skill
The success gauge fills up quicker if the target resource is much lower in proficiency level than the player, and the failure gauge fills up in smaller amounts.

Aside from what was mentioned above, the following rules apply:

1. The player may gather resources up to five proficiency levels higher than the player. (The resources that cannot be gathered by the player will have their names displayed in red)
2. The gather skill may be applied on the same target up to five times at maximum. (Exception: Gems can only be gathered once)
3. The spawn locations of the resources are static and they do not change in type when they respawn.
4. The maximum amount a target may be gathered (five times) is shared with other players that may also be gathering the same target.
5. You can store up to 100 resource materials inside a cube.
6. The human gathering proficiency level is retained even after the name of the skill changes upon becoming a Daeva. (But you may no longer gather human materials)
7. You still obtain experience should you fail to gather successfully, albeit a less amount.

The essence of ?Ode? exists within all things in the world of Aion. Its role is important enough to define the difference between humans and Daeva as beings who can't manipulate Ode and those that can. The Devine Power is also a form of Ode, which is obtained when it is released from the enemy upon death, therefore being absorbed by the player and converted into the form of Divine Power.

Aion?s gatherable resources also obtain Ode. The gathering skill can be divided into three types based on the ability to handle Ode.

Human Gathering Skill

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Players from Lvl 1 ? 9 are treated as humans. Therefore the only way to gather resources is to rely on the human method of pulling them out with your hands. Although it?s only used for a short period of time before ascending to a Daeva, it?s recommended that you work on your proficiency level, for the p. level carries over even after becoming a Daeva. Minimum of 10 to maximum of 15 of proficiency level is recommended, based on the level of the resource with the highest p. level requirement in the newcomers region, iron.

Daeva?s Gathering Skill (Extract life force, extract Ode)

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Players obtain the ability to manipulate the energy of ?Ode? upon becoming a Daeva. You may also gather resources floating around in the air with your flight ability. In place of human gathering skill which can no longer be used, you obtain two new types of gathering skills.

The first is Extract Life Force, which can be used on the same types of targets as the materials you were able to gather as a human. Daeva have the ability to extract the essence from the target resources and reconstruct them into their purest state without damaging them as humans would with their tools.

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Ode Extraction is a skill that only Daeva are capable of performing. It?s an entirely new type of skill which starts at level 1. The biggest difference from the gathering skill is that the Ode shards spawn only high up in the air. The Ode shards have the same properties as regular resources, but the type of Ode that can be obtained differs based on the chance. One thing to look out for while performing this task is to make sure to keep an eye on the flight duration, for these shards spawn only high up in the air, and should the flight time expire in the middle of the extraction process, you will fall and die.
(To be used with Ode Extraction, Convert Substance)

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Since Ode energy is the essence of all substances, it is possible to convert the extracted Ode energy into various substances. Convert Substance skill allows you to perform the said task, and is obtained upon becoming a Daeva. The skill does not come with a skill level. Initially you only have a few options, but additional plans and recipes can be purchased from NPCs with Qina.

The Basics

Various types of resource materials exist, and by looking at these, one can assume which would be used for which profession. Currently there are nine known types of resources.

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Zone Info ? Racial Gathering Zones

Elyos resources

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Asmodian resources

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Conclusion

Gathering wasn?t as difficult as I thought it would be. The P. level seemed to go up pretty quickly. I was able to get my P. level up to 92 in four hours starting at level 20 with P. level of 5. One interesting thing to note is that the resources spread around the map generally correspond with your level.

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▲ Before/after


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Views: 2192 Author: Pandemonium 13 March 2008 Comment (0) Read news