Eye on Community 10.30.09 Navalie, Templar on [ENG]Perento, asks:   “Many are complaining that it gets too slow to level up on some levels. When are you going to do something about that?”   Character progression is a complicated matter. Look at the famous board game, Monopoly. If each player started the game with twice the amount of money or a set of properties already owned[JM1] , the challenge would be reduced, and ultimately the game would not be as enjoyable. However, the game would not run for as long, and you would more quickly get to the point where you manage the red hotels, whichâ€"let’s face itâ€"is good fun.   We want Aion to be as enjoyable as we can make it. We realize that the rate of progression is a little bit too slow in certain areas of the game right now, and we recognize that there are things that can be done to improve that. We want players to be able to reach the Abyss in a timely manner so that they can go head-to-head with the opposing faction, but we also want them to enjoy the game’s lore and reach immersion in the world of Atreia. The golden middle road is the one we are aiming for. The recently posted Aion 1.5.1 patch notes highlighted a few imminent actions we are taking to increase the speed of progression:   ·         We are increasing the experience reward of a lot of quests. Many of these are in the level 15â€"30 range. ·         We are increasing the experience gained from gathering and crafting. ·         We are slightly reducing the experience penalty applied due to the difference in levels of group members when a character is in a group or raid alliance.   As we move forward, we have more plans to not only include more quest experience boosts for the higher levels, but also infuse the game with a flow of new content and new mechanics that ensure that gameplay is fun and entertaining.   * * *   Another week has passed, and we’re rapidly nearing the Halloween weekend. We introduced a couple of forum updates with our latest website maintenance (post bumping!) and took a stab at creating a scary Aion character with Aion’s character customization system (send us your own creations to aion_community@ncsoft.com).   Without further ado, let’s have a look at the community happenings you sent to us this week!   Aion Pumpkins from Legio XIX Pumpkin carving is one of the reasons why we love Halloween. Granted, it’s messy, and yes, it takes time and patience, but it’s an art form with great potential to produce masterpieces! I definitely suggest that you take a look at awitelintsta’s carved Aion vegetables. They’re pretty nice.   Tora’s Art Study Toraneka set up a thread over at Aionsource for a couple of Aion character sketches she made. Looking good so far!    Eye on Community article is a way for us to highlight cool stuff each week that you do. Keep your submissions coming to aion_community@ncsoft.com.   Fly safe, Aion Community Team

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Get Them While They're Hot Get Them While They're Hot Oct 30, 2009 at 8:02 AM - - 0 Comments I've linked you guys there before, but once again, GoGamer.com is offering up PlayNC 60 Day Time Cards at a great deal...even better than last time. For just $19.90 you can add 60 more days of play time to your account. They probably won't have them for long, so if you're going to buy - go buy. Topics: Deal Related Games: Aion (PC) 1.5.1.0 Patch Notes! 1.5.1.0 Patch Notes! Oct 29, 2009 at 5:26 PM - - 0 Comments NCsoft and the Aion team have just released the patch notes for the 1.5.1.0 update which is currently undergoing testing. You can see them here (though I had to cut the tables which indicate item changes) andsoon in the patch note section of our wiki: Patch Notes 1.5.1.0 Patch Notes 1.5.1.0 [NPC] 1. Added a new function to prevent abnormal game play as a result of specific terrains in the Instanced Dungeons. When a player moves where a monster cannot follow, the monster will now correctly continue to attack the player. 2. You no longer receive a reward when you defeat a field boss using a specific NPC. 3. Assigned additional guard NPCs that can detect Stealth to protect allies in the main villages of Heiron (in Elysea) and Beluslan (in Asmodae). 4. Increased the eyesight and Stealth detection ability of Mau Warriors and Mau Huntersâ€"the NPC guards assigned to the Silver Mane Village in Morheim. 5. Changed the name of the guards near the Dredgion entrance in both Elysea and Asmodae. - Changed the name of the guard in the Teminon Bind Point to Garrison Senior Soldier . - Changed the name of the guard in the Primum Bind Point to Garrison Senior Soldier . 6. Corrected the spelling errors in the dialog with Stigma Master Nobus in Teminon Fortress. [Instanced Dungeon] 1. There is now a high chance of obtaining class Stigma crystals from defeating the boss in the Fire Temple, Raged Judge Kromede. 2. Changed the drop rate of class Skill Books in the Aetherogenetics Lab and Alquimia Research Center. - Slightly increased the drop rate from monsters in the Instanced Dungeons. - Greatly increased the drop rate from the final bosses in the Instanced Dungeons. 3. Changed the movement speed of certain bosses in Dark Poeta. - Increased movement speed of Vengeful Spirit of Forest Protector Noah -Increased movement speed of Vengeful Spirit of Elim Elder. -Increased movement speed of Spaller Insect Echtra. 4. Lowered the difficulty of Steel Rake Hutkin, the final boss of the Steel Rake. - Lengthened the summoning cycle of minion monsters. - Lowered the level and stats of minion monsters. 5. Changed the system message that displays when the food/water supply unit inside Hutkin’s Safe in the Steel Rake fails to activate. - Displays system message, "It will be difficult to do this alone. I need one more person to help me push it!" when a character tries to activate the food/water supply unit alone. [Items] 1. Changed the options of some items. 2. Changed the full set effect of some set items. 3. Changed the properties of some items. 4. Resolved the problem where the weapon effect of Miragent’s Jewel/Fenril’s Jewel could not be seen. 5. Slightly increased the EXP gained from gathering and crafting. - Skill level increases at the same rate as before. 6. Added description "A hidden effect(s) is activated when you equip the complete set" at the bottom of the tooltip of the item that has a hidden set effect. 7. The maximum number of contribution decorations that can be stacked in a slot is now 1000. 8. Corrected the spelling errors in the tooltip description of some items. [Quest] 1. New repeat quests have been added to supplement the difficulty of ‘Craft Skills Test’ [Elyos] and ‘Proving the Proficiency of Crafting Skill’ [Asmodians] quests of Level 50 Daevanion quests. - You can obtain ‘Boiling Balaur Blood Stain’ as reward from the new repeat quests, which are the craft material items required to complete the Daevanion quest. - Elyos can obtain the new repeat quests in Sanctum, and Asmodians can get theirs in Pandaemonium. 2. Increased the EXP reward of some quests. - These quests include many quests in the [Elyos] regions of Eltnen, Theobomos and Interdikah, and the [Asmodian] regions of Morheim, Brusthonin and Beluslan, and also the [Elyos/Asmodian] quests in Reshanta. 3. Increased the Kinah and item reward of some quests. - These quests include many [Elyos/Asmodian] quests with the recommended level of 20 or higher. 4. Increased the chance of gaining contribution decorations as reward from [Elyos/Asmodian] repeat quests that require defeating the elite guards in the upper layer of [Reshanta]. - The list of quests is as following. (omitted for formatting) 5. Increased the drop rate of quest items for [Elyos/Asmodian] repeat quests inside the instanced dungeon Steel Rake. - The list of quests is as following. (omitted for formatting) 6. Corrected the spelling errors in the description of reward items and NPC dialogs of some quests. [Abyss] 1. You now receive contribution decorations as reward for successfully defending a fortress under the control of your Legion. - Gold and silver contribution decorations are issued as a reward. - The number of contribution decorations you receive for defending a fortress increases as you move from lower layer to upper layer to the deepest layer. (Lower - Contribution decorations issued as rewards are delivered to the mailbox of the Brigade General of the Legion occupying the fortress. 2. Extended the time it takes for the Guardian Deity General to appear after a fortress enters the Capturable state. [Skills] 1. - Increased the amount of enmity increased by Templar’s ‘Incite Rage’ skill. 2. Changed the cool time of Assassin’s ‘Contract of Evasion’ skill from 30 seconds to 1 minute. 3. Increased the damage inflicted by Assassin’s ‘Counterattack’ skill. 4. Increased the damage inflicted by Assassin’s ‘Apply Poison’ skill. 5. - Increased the amount of enmity reduced by Assassin’s ‘Calming Whisper’ skill. 6. Reduced the MP cost of Sorcerer’s ‘Flame Harpoon’ skill. 7. Increased the damage inflicted by Cleric’s ‘Thunderbolts’ skill. 8. Resolved the issue of the cooldown time not being seen clearly when using Cleric’s ‘Ripple of Purification’ skill. 9. Resolved the problem of abnormal mental conditions not being removed by using Cleric’s ‘Splendor of Purification’ skill. 10. Resolved the problem of the range of Spiritmaster’s Command skills not being modified in PvP. [Character] 1. Slightly reduced the EXP penalty due to the difference in the levels of group members when in a Group or Force. [Combat] 1. A character transformed into a Guardian Deity General can no longer be pulled in by using Templar’s ‘Inescapable Judgment’ skill. [Level] 1. Resolved the problem of the Primum Bind Point in Reshanta where you could enter inside by going through the wall of the lower part of the base. [UI] 1. Resolved the problem of the right mouse click not working when purchasing items from the list in the Sales Agency window. 2. On the Sales Agency window, items listed under the categories ‘Weapons’, ‘Armor’, and ’Accessories’ tabs are now displayed correctly. 3. Resolved the problem of group members in different channels not being displayed correctly on the map. 4. Characters under Level 5 can no longer use the Search function on the Find Buddy window. Like I said, I omitted some tables, but you can see the full listing at the official site. Topics: Patch Notes, Official news Related Games: Aion (PC)

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Aion Veteran Rewards Are in Sight! A couple of weeks ago we mentioned that Veteran Rewards, fine loot destined to fill the treasure chests of our most steadfast Aion players, are on the horizon. The concept is simple: The longer you play our game, the cooler things you get! Aion's Veteran Rewards will first be available on November 4, and at that point, those of you who have played the game for a month or more will be able to redeem your treats.   The first reward package will contain an Expand Cube Ticket to expand your inventory space, a Pop Legend dance emote to get funky with, four Lodas Amulets to boost your experience gain, and four Revival Stones to bring life and light when things look grim.   Visit our Veteran Rewards page to find out more! Aion comes to DreamHack Winterâ€"Bring Your Snowsuit! DreamHack Winter is one of the largest PC festivals in the world and annually hosts more than 10,000 LAN-partying gamers for three full days. This year's iteration of the festival takes place between November 26 and 29 in Jönköping, Sweden.   We are bringing an entourage of 16 fully decked out Aion gaming stations for anyone who hasn't yet tried the game to DreamHack! Representatives of the Aion team will be staffing our booth. They'll be there to help you answer questions and to show you the ropes in Atreia. Once Aion gets all of your friends properly hooked, we will have demo serial codes to give to your friends so that they can try the game a bit more before committing to a purchase. The demo serial codes will run for three days, five game play hours, or seven levels, whichever comes first.   Our festival schedule offers a hot Aion PvP tournament where brave battle teams will duke it out against each other in our booth. Shiny prizes (loot!) will be provided by Razer and SteelSeries, given to the victors in the tournament's prestigious DreamArena finals.   Our Swedish Aion fansite has also arranged for festivities. If the thought of being surrounded by other Aion fans for three days nonstop appeals to you, then the following seat numbers might just be worth staying nearby: D22:65-D22:51 and D21:66-D21:52. Fansite staff, members, and several prominent Scandinavian Legions will be present to hold the Aion banner high and steady.   DreamHack still has spots available, whether as a visitor or to partake in the full event. Don't miss it! Preview of Aion Patch 1.5.1 Last week in our community address for October we told you about a few changes we’ve been working on for an upcoming update. Today we’re happy to announce that the update is currently in testing and will be coming to the live servers in the near future. As promised, we are transparently giving you as much information as possible so to alleviate some of the concerns that you’ve expressed.   It gives us great pleasure to share with you the tentative patch notes for the Aion 1.5.1 patch.   Because this update is still in testing, we’re unable to release the official date these changes will go live. Additionally, remember that changes could occur due to issues we find in testing.

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You Are Banned! 200 Players Accused Aion Company You Are Banned! 200 Players Accused Aion Company Oct 24, 2009 at 9:31 AM - - 1 Comment According to Taiwan media, about 200 AION (a most popular online game) players accused the game company of banning and deleting their accounts without providing any proof. Not only the in-game treasures have been withdrawn, but also the rest money in the stored-value card could not be refunded. Mr. Zhou, the customer service manager of the game company expressed the mechanism to investigate whether players used the cheating program is a business confidential. The company won’t bring forward any evidence until players report it or take legal steps. However, players can make an appeal via customer service or mail first, the company will inquire into the appeals and then restore their account if insufficient evidence is obtained. As compensation, the players will enjoy 14-day free subscription. Sadly, the rest points in the stored-value card will return to zero after the account is banned, thus the money cannot be refunded. It is unclear which markets we are speaking about, but the fact that they are banning is important. Hopefully NCSoft will apply banning techniques that target the guilty while preserving the "rights" of the innocent. Source Topics: General Related Games: Aion (PC)

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Special 48-hour Aion Collector’s Edition Upgrade Purchase Window Due to an internal error that caused availability of the Aion Collector's Edition Upgrade to end early, we're restoring the ability to upgrade between 12:01 a.m. PDT on Thursday, October 29, 2009 to 11:59 p.m. PDT on Friday, October 30, 2009 (more). Please keep in mind that this will be the last opportunity you will have to upgrade to the Aion Collector’s Edition.   During the above listed 48-hour period, upgrades to the Aion Collector's Edition will cost $10.00 USD and will include the digital in-game items found in the physical Aion Limited Collector's Edition box.   Exclusive in-game items included:      - Black Cloud Wings (gives 40 seconds of additional flight time)    - Black Cloud Earring (gives an HP and an MP boost)    - Special character title (Settler of Aion) with stat boost    - Rich purple dye to tint 10 in-game items    - Two character emotes   Keep your eye on the NCsoft store this Thursday for your chance to upgrade to the Aion Collector's Edition! Website Maintenance 10/26 5 p.m. PST The official Aion forums will be made unavailable today (10/26) at 5 p.m. PST (more) due to maintenance and upgrades. The forums will after the downtime have received a couple of welcome improvements and new features to enhance their usability.   The maintenance is estimated to take between 3 and 5 hours.   Thank you for your patience.

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NPD Reports Aion #1 for September NPD Reports Aion #1 for September Oct 24, 2009 at 9:33 AM - - 0 Comments Remember the NPD Group? They are the ones that report on PC Box Sales, which is perhaps becoming quite an outdated metric in light of all the online sales purchases through services such as Steam or Direct2Drive. Nonetheless, the NPD Group still publishes monthly retail box sales figures for PC Games, and here they are for the month of September. Aion (NCsoft) The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts) Champions Online (Atari) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Blizzard) Aion Collector's Edition (NCsoft) Mumbo Jumbo Assortment (Mumbo Jumbo) The Sims 2 Double Deluxe (EA) World of Warcraft: Battle Chest (Blizzard) Reel Deal Slots: Treasures of the Far East (Phantom EFX) World of Warcraft (Blizzard) While it seems like all new games are number one on the list, Aion didn't truly go live until September 22nd, so maybe it isn't a fluke, this time. Source Topics: General Related Games: Aion (PC) You Are Banned! 200 Players Accused Aion Company You Are Banned! 200 Players Accused Aion Company Oct 24, 2009 at 9:31 AM - - 0 Comments According to Taiwan media, about 200 AION (a most popular online game) players accused the game company of banning and deleting their accounts without providing any proof. Not only the in-game treasures have been withdrawn, but also the rest money in the stored-value card could not be refunded. Mr. Zhou, the customer service manager of the game company expressed the mechanism to investigate whether players used the cheating program is a business confidential. The company won’t bring forward any evidence until players report it or take legal steps. However, players can make an appeal via customer service or mail first, the company will inquire into the appeals and then restore their account if insufficient evidence is obtained. As compensation, the players will enjoy 14-day free subscription. Sadly, the rest points in the stored-value card will return to zero after the account is banned, thus the money cannot be refunded. It is unclear which markets we are speaking about, but the fact that they are banning is important. Hopefully NCSoft will apply banning techniques that target the guilty while preserving the "rights" of the innocent. Source Topics: General Related Games: Aion (PC) Aion J!NX Apparel Now Available! Aion J!NX Apparel Now Available! Oct 24, 2009 at 1:41 AM - - 0 Comments As an officially licensed partner of NCSoft, J!NX is proud to bring you apparel celebrating the beauty and adventure of Aion. Check out all of the official Aion apparel by J!NX and while supplies last get an additional Aion Energy Boost Pack to power up your gaming with each Aion J!NX apparel purchase. J!NX is a clothing brand heavily influenced by video games and geek culture. It's an immersion into all forms of gaming, tech stuff, the interwebz, cult classic cinema, spaceships, comic books, fantasy, rolling dice, and collecting things. J!NX designs, manufactures and markets unique apparel that enables its customers to demonstrate their intelligence, uniqueness, leadership and wily mischievousness. Topics: Community Related Games: Aion (PC) NCsoft's October Community Address NCsoft's October Community Address Oct 23, 2009 at 5:20 PM - - 0 Comments The Community Team over at Aion / NCsoft just released their Community Statement for the month of October. I'll post it below in its entirety: It’s been a month now since Aion opened its doors to players in North America and Europe. In that month, the growth of the game’s community has signaled Aion’s success. We’ve received an amazing amount of feedback, both positive and negative. We’d like to reiterate that we’ve been listening. We have been working around the clock toward solutions to the problems many of you have experienced. You’ve told us that it’s difficult to advance within certain level ranges. To address this issue, we’re planning to raise quest experience, in addition to reevaluating the experience rewards characters gain for individual kills. We understand how frustrating it can be to repetitively kill enemies. Our goal is to limit the need to mindlessly “grind.” In this week’s Eye on Community, we answered a question that a player had about client instability. In the reply, we noted that most of the claims stem from the infamous “Crysystem.dll error.” We’ve been working with members of the community to identify the cause of the problem in order to find a permanent solution. Our development team is currently investigating, and will be testing a variety of different short- and long-term solutions. These include adding additional and improved display options to the Aion client, as well as system and memory optimizations. We’ve heard your unhappiness about the chat spam and bots in Aion and recognize it as an annoying problem. We’ve taken measures to reduce the amount of chat spam you’ll be subjected to and have already seen substantial improvements in this area. We’ve been expanding our GM customer service staff, and we have also assembled a special team dedicated to hunting down and eliminating botting operations. It’s obvious these activities erode your gameplay experience far too much to be acceptable. They also harm us from a business standpoint due to the RMT organizations’ frequent use of stolen credit cards. Many of you have asked us why we haven’t spent more time communicating the specifics of our plans. The unfortunate truth is that the same people spamming chat channels and setting up bots are also reading our announcements. In order to keep the enemy in the dark, we cannot be too vocal about our plans to fight back. We want you to know, though, that we’re more dedicated than ever to eliminate chat spam and the use of bots. The good news is that you can help. If you see any suspicious player activity, report it. To quickly report these players, use the /AutoReportHunting feature by typing /AutoReportHunting while a suspicious character is targeted. It’s important to note that this system will actually begin to penalize players after they’ve been reported multiple times. The more of you that use this systemâ€"the more effective it will become. To add more specificity to what we’re discussing here, early next week we’re going to be releasing details about a game update that will go into further detail about how we’ll be fixing some of these issues, in addition to others. It’s been an exciting month, and the future of Aion is full of promise. Please continue to send us your feedback and never forget that patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. The Aion Community Team What do you think of their address? Topics: Official news Related Games: Aion (PC)

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October Aion Community Address It’s been a month now since Aion opened its doors to players in North America and Europe. In that month, the growth of the game's community has signaled Aion's success. We've received an amazing amount of feedback, both positive and negative. We'd like to reiterate that we've been listening. We have been working around the clock toward solutions to the problems many of you have experienced.   You've told us that it's difficult to advance within certain level ranges. To address this issue, we're planning to raise quest experience, in addition to reevaluating the experience rewards characters gain for individual kills. We understand how frustrating it can be to repetitively kill enemies. Our goal is to limit the need to mindlessly "grind."   In this week's Eye on Community, we answered a question that a player had about client instability. In the reply, we noted that most of the claims stem from the infamous "Crysystem.dll error." We've been working with members of the community to identify the cause of the problem in order to find a permanent solution. Our development team is currently investigating, and will be testing a variety of different short- and long-term solutions. These include adding additional and improved display options to the Aion client, as well as system and memory optimizations.   We've heard your unhappiness about the chat spam and bots in Aion and recognize it as an annoying problem. We’ve taken measures to reduce the amount of chat spam you’ll be subjected to and have already seen substantial improvements in this area. We've been expanding our GM customer service staff, and we have also assembled a special team dedicated to hunting down and eliminating botting operations. It's obvious these activities erode your gameplay experience far too much to be acceptable. They also harm us from a business standpoint due to the RMT organizations' frequent use of stolen credit cards.   Many of you have asked us why we haven't spent more time communicating the specifics of our plans. The unfortunate truth is that the same people spamming chat channels and setting up bots are also reading our announcements. In order to keep the enemy in the dark, we cannot be too vocal about our plans to fight back.   We want you to know, though, that we're more dedicated than ever to eliminate chat spam and the use of bots. The good news is that you can help. If you see any suspicious player activity, report it. To quickly report these players, use the /AutoReportHunting feature by typing /AutoReportHunting while a suspicious character is targeted. It's important to note that this system will actually begin to penalize players after they've been reported multiple times. The more of you that use this systemâ€"the more effective it will become.   To add more specificity to what we're discussing here, early next week we're going to be releasing details about a game update that will go into further detail about how we’ll be fixing some of these issues, in addition to others.   It’s been an exciting month, and the future of Aion is full of promise. Please continue to send us your feedback and never forget that patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.   -The Aion Community Team Eye on Community 09.10.23 Slynthia, Chanter on [Oceanic]Nezekan, asks:   “With more people getting closer to 50, and more people daily being involved in PvP, the claims of client instability in mass PvP seem to be rising. What plans are there to tackle this, in particular in regards to the higher end raids, where the numbers are likely to be quite high once people start hitting the level cap?”   Most claims of client instability stem from more or less the same issue, the dreaded “Crysystem.dll error”. Over the last week we worked closely with our community and our fansites in order to help us get closer to a solution. We asked the administration of each site to help us gather helpful information, such as the IP address and time of report for those in their communities who had contacted our tech support team about this issue. Thanks to your feedback and the assistance of our great network of fansites, were able to submit a long list of data to our QA team.   The error is a confirmed bug and we have been working with the development team in Seoul to pinpoint the cause. A fix is in the works but the underlying cause is very complex. The bug requires a lot of work and testing before a permanent band-aid can be applied on top of it. The development team is investigating the matter and are testing a number of short and long term solutions, including better display options to the Aion client as well as system and memory optimizations.   We will make sure to keep you updated and will let you know as our potential solutions are tested through and ready to be implemented.     * * *   “I wish there was a way for me to let NCsoft know of my Aion ideas,” said the player. “The Eye on Community never blinks”, replied the old, wise and undeniably irrefutable man.   Our community team received a much anticipated addition this week: Andrew “Tamat” Beegle. Andrew will be looking after the North American part of the community and he brings a very welcome pair of eyes. Each day we spend a lot of time reading fansite forums, Twitter, Facebook posts, e-mails and IRC chats just to be sure that we are able to represent your opinions and feedback accurately to the rest of the company. Our lines of communication go both ways. Just as much as we are here to keep you informed of our progress, we depend upon your feedback to make progress.   Halloween is getting closer and, with that, sites are beginning to redecorate in celebration. We will give you a tour of what they are up to next week, but for now please read on for a glimpse of their wonders.   This is Triniel. “The Empyreans”, an Elyos Legion on [East]Triniel decided to lay down the law and represent. Who knew there were rappers in Atreia? Make sure to hit the link if you want to tune in.   Triniel Player Community Team and Events Triniel this and Triniel that â€" think what you will, but they have so many cool things going on that they must be doing something right. We’re now waiting for someone to step up to the challenge on other servers!   First Level 50 Characters If you frequent our website you are likely to have already read our interview with the two members of the ‘For the Harmony’ Legion who were first to reach level 50 here in the West. Today, two weeks later, more than 250 players have gotten there as well.   Legion Spotlight â€" Dying for Honor Don’t miss our returning series of Legion highlights. First out is a German Legion: “Dying for Honor”.   Giant Fox monster We just felt that this post needed some additional attention.   Let us know if you have something exciting to share or highlight. Do you know of any upcoming Aion events, competitions, or gatherings? Drop us an e-mail with the subject line “Eye on Community”! We can't promise everything will be highlighted, but all submission with be considered, and many described here. Don’t be shy!   Adios amigosâ€"and see you all again next week!

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Aion J!NX Apparel Now Available! As an officially licensed partner of NCSoft, J!NX is proud to bring you apparel celebrating the beauty and adventure of Aion.    Check out all of the official Aion apparel by J!NX and while supplies last get an additional Aion Energy Boost Pack to power up your gaming with each Aion J!NX apparel purchase.   J!NX is a clothing brand heavily influenced by video games and geek culture. It's an immersion into all forms of gaming, tech stuff, the interwebz, cult classic cinema, spaceships, comic books, fantasy, rolling dice, and collecting things. J!NX designs, manufactures and markets unique apparel that enables its customers to demonstrate their intelligence, uniqueness, leadership and wily mischievousness. Legion Spotlight â€" Dying for Honor Back before Aion launched we highlighted and interviewed a selection of the game’s most exciting upcoming Legions for our Atreian readers. Now that the game has shipped Legions are more important than ever â€" players are finally able to put in practice what they have for so long planned.   We want to continue the fine tradition of these interviews and decided to approach a German Legion called "Dying for Honor" for a round of questions. Read on!   * * *   Hello! You have spent quite a bit of time at the top of the Kromede rank charts (German Server). Please tell use about yourselves, where people may find you and a bit of your Legion’s history.   Dying for Honour (www.dfh-gf.de.vu) is a legion created by me (NewYorkRipper / Marillion) in the year 2005 for the game Guild Wars. We have existed for over 3 ½ years in the PvE area and were later active through Factions in PvP.   The core of the legion tried out multiple MMO’s and other games but I enthralled everybody with Aion early on and so we created a new legion in Aion with the same “base frame” as the one in Guild Wars.   Do the people who know you respect you in the Abyss?  Or do you have to work to regain that respect?   There have been a couple times where some of our members didn’t get attacked by the other faction and could so finish their quests without interruption but nobody can say for sure if the reason lies in "Dying For Honor" or not. What is certain is that the enemy has read our legion name one or two times in the Abyss or Morheim.   Was a high rank one of your initial goals when you began to play Aion or was this something that came naturally because of your play style?   When we started playing Aion, it was not our goal to be the number 1 in ranking but we are very happy about it and that we could reach this through early Rift-parties and Abyss groups. We hope that we can play in the high rankings in the future.   Were specific members involved in this achievement?   This success was created through many of our members and I want to thank everybody again for this outstanding performance. Some probably contributed more to this success, for example our members who have been past level 40 for a long time, but it is always the legion as a whole who creates such a success and not just a single player.   Do you have any tips for newbies in the Abyss? Hints and suggestions for a successful Abyss experience are timeless since fresh blood constantly arrives.   There are many tips, but the most important ones in my eyes are:   Try not to quest in the Abyss by yourself since there are always groups that are looking for the single player to kill. Always carry HP, condition and flight time potions in your inventory since those can be the difference between life and death. Recharge your flight time at any Abyss gate you find by flying foward and backwards into the gate. An enemy without flight time or potions is definitely inferior to one that has both. Are you still looking for legion members. And if so, how do you apply?   Right now we are not accepting any new members since we already have the maximum amount allowed for a level 3 legion. But if you are really interested in joining our legion, you can still apply at www.dfh-gf.de.vu (in forum) for a membership and you will be added to a waiting list.   Last but not least, one not so serious question. If you could manage to defeat a huge amount of Asmodians in the Abyss, put them in a costume and send them back home, who or what would you disguise them as?   If Asmodians dropped any items then we would like to send them home as exploded pinatas.  But since they don’t have item drops, we would disguise them as plucked Plumas.

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Legion Spotlight â€" Dying for Honor Back before Aion launched we highlighted and interviewed a selection of the game’s most exciting upcoming Legions for our Atreian readers. Now that the game has shipped Legions are more important than ever â€" players are finally able to put in practice what they have for so long planned.   We want to continue the fine tradition of these interviews and decided to approach a German Legion called “Dying for Honor“ for a round of questions. Read on!   * * *   Hello! You have spent quite a bit of time at the top of the Kromede rank charts (German Server). Please tell use about yourselves, where people may find you and a bit of your Legion’s history.   Dying for Honour (www.dfh-gf.de.vu) is a legion created by me (NewYorkRipper / Marillion) in the year 2005 for the game Guild Wars. We have existed for over 3 ½ years in the PvE area and were later active through Factions in PvP.   The core of the legion tried out multiple MMO’s and other games but I enthralled everybody with Aion early on and so we created a new legion in Aion with the same “base frame” as the one in Guild Wars.   Do the people who know you respect you in the Abyss?  Or do you have to work to regain that respect?   There have been a couple times where some of our members didn’t get attacked by the other faction and could so finish their quests without interruption but nobody can say for sure if the reason lies in „Dying For Honor“ or not. What is certain is that the enemy has read our legion name one or two times in the Abyss or Morheim.   Was a high rank one of your initial goals when you began to play Aion or was this something that came naturally because of your play style?   When we started playing Aion, it was not our goal to be the number 1 in ranking but we are very happy about it and that we could reach this through early Rift-parties and Abyss groups. We hope that we can play in the high rankings in the future.   Were specific members involved in this achievement?   This success was created through many of our members and I want to thank everybody again for this outstanding performance. Some probably contributed more to this success, for example our members who have been past level 40 for a long time, but it is always the legion as a whole who creates such a success and not just a single player.   Do you have any tips for newbies in the Abyss? Hints and suggestions for a successful Abyss experience are timeless since fresh blood constantly arrives.   There are many tips, but the most important ones in my eyes are:   Try not to quest in the Abyss by yourself since there are always groups that are looking for the single player to kill. Always carry HP, condition and flight time potions in your inventory since those can be the difference between life and death. Recharge your flight time at any Abyss gate you find by flying foward and backwards into the gate. An enemy without flight time or potions is definitly inferior to one that has both.   Are you still looking for legion members. And if so, how do you apply?   Right now we are not accepting any new members since we already have the maximum amount allowed for a level 3 legion. But if you are really interested in joining our legion, you can still apply at www.dfh-gf.de.vu (in forum) for a membership and you will be added to a waiting list.   Last but not least, one not so serious question. If you could manage to defeat a huge amount of Asmodians in the Abyss, put them in a costume and send them back home, who or what would you disguise them as?   If Asmodians dropped any items then we would like to send them home as exploded pinatas.  But since they don’t have item drops, we would disguise them as plucked Plumas.

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