May 19th, 2010 by dace

The first type of pet and will probably be the most popular is the decorative pets, while they have no game play value, they do have really nice unique appearances (omg one of them is a mushroom!).

The next type of pet will no doubt be a huge hit in abyss and pvp in general and it’s the “Alertive” pets which a kitten and a big headed puppy (aww). The main feature of these “Alertive” Pets is that they meow and bark when an enemy player gets within a certain range of your character.

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April 22nd, 2010 by dace

The second “Ask Kinslon” interview is now available on the official Aion online website. The interview series features Aion producer Chris “Kinslon” Hager answering questions regarding the hotly anticipated version 1.9 update.

Getting right to the point, the interview’s introduction reveals that version 1.9 will be hitting live servers in the West sometime this May.  The rest of the interview focuses on the Two-Handed Armsfusion and Mist Item Rental systems coming in 1.9.

Aquilanius: How does this system differ to the Daily Quest reward rental system?

Kinslon: The items you receive from the daily quest reward system are rarer and have a wider variety of time limitations (3, 7 and 14 days). For the longer time lengths, it will take a lot more daily quest completions to be able to get these. The Mist Rental weapons are all 14 day weapons and are available every 5 levels so players can use them at a wide range of levels. Also, they are great for players who want to rent a good weapon to power through a weekend or instance instead of completing several daily quests to get the higher stat weapons or paying potentially a lot more for a weapon they would shortly outgrow.

Aquilanius: What are the limitations of the items?

Kinslon: Items from the Mist rental shop can’t be stored, sold or traded, and will disappear once their time has expired. They also can’t been enhanced in any way (enchants, godstone or manastones can’t be added).

Aquilanius: What are the stats and quality of the items? Can you give us a few examples?

Kinslon: The stats and quality of the items range depending on level, but all are of Heroic (blue) level. The specific stats will vary from level to level, but below is a couple of examples of the Mist items. It’s important to note that all armor/weapon items within the same level and type are the same price. For example, you’ll pay the same amount for a level 35 Mist cloth Tunic as you would for a level 35 Mist Breastplate. The same is true for weapons. (Please note these prices will vary as the influence ratio for each world changes – similar to current item prices on the live servers.)

March 4th, 2010 by dace

This must be a good news for Aion players.”Secretive meeting notes” from a recent team meeting between NCsoft’s European and American offices posted on the official Aion website reveal a number of the additions players can expect to see in Aion’s 1.9 update.

Highlights from the team meeting discussion include:

• New skills for every class (including new skills specifically for countering stun attacks)

• Dozens of daily quests with different objectives and rewards

• New quests, increased quest rewards, and increased instance drop rates

• Dredgion enhancements

• Max item enchantment increased to +15

• An increase in experience gain (including a new experience bonus system: Energy of Salvation)

• Soul Healing, Soul Binding, and Flight Transportation cost decreases

• A mechanic that allows two two-handed weapons to be combined to create one more powerful two-handed weapon

• Looking for group (LFG) functionality improvements

• Numerous user interface improvements

Patch notes for the update, which are being described as exceeding 20 pages in length, will be available sometime later this week. Stay tuned!

Source from Aion official site.