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Minor patch today...

by Mithoron, 7 days ago

NCSoft wrote:

Patch Notes 1.0.0.11 General Fixed - Various localization fixes to a few item descriptions Fixed - Client crash inside of the Kysis Treasure Chamber

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Rumors of Aion 2.0...

by Mithoron, 7 days ago

Rumors of a soon-to-be-released expansion are abounding on the Korean forums. One thing to note is that within ALL NCSoft games, expansions are FREE...so these are pretty much large content updates.


http://www.aionsource.com/forum/news-announcements/105069-new-aion-2-0-beyond-rumors-surface-february-2010-release-korea.html

Knite wrote:

Hey everyone- Users Veles & dammitmanxl have stumbled upon a couple articles related to the future of Aion and reading through, they seem legit enough (as legit as a rumor can be) to repost for you all. I'd like to remind everyone that until any official word comes out, these are to be considered rumors and speculation. From www.mmosite.com In 2009, Aion caught nearly every player's eyes with its launch in West, and we know NCsoft will keep on heating this game in 2010 with two expansion - Aion 2.0 & Aion 3.0. Suppose both two updates can achieve success in world wide, Aion would be another long-live MMOG of NCsoft after Lineage and Lineage II. According to Aion Korea site, V2.0 will come out in February, 2010. We can already see V2.0 becomes the major topic on Korean Aion forum. However we have not get any English news about Aion 2.0 yet. So this update may probably come to Korea test server at first as usual. Early today Ben posted a piece of unofficial message which reveals the content of Aion 2.0 on our forum. It said that Aion 2.0 will raise the level cap to level 55, add new dungeons and items and improve the game graphic. (Here is that message:) Are you expecting the new expansion of Aion? Recently in Taiwan, someone just revealed some latest update contents about Aion 2.0 (Now we are playing Aion 1.5) The following are the details (they seems reasonable and possible to come in the next expansion) Level Cap will be lvl 55; Talent System (New): From lvl50, players can get one point per level; New weapons and corresponding skills, each class will have about 3 new skills; New Guild Skill for Guild Leader only; New Maps for Elyos and Asmodians; New Abyss map on the ground; New lvl 60 Manastone; New Instance: Alatr in the Water(Translated from Chinese) New 24 people Guild Raid So what do you think? The good? The bad? Personally, I am most excited about the promise of legion activities. A Brigade General only skill (Perhaps a summon legion type skill to call for immediate reinforcements?), 24-man legion raids- all good things, in my opinion. Hopefully the legion menu/options get a bit of a vamp as well. Heck, maybe we'll actually be able to acquire the legion rewards that are already in the game. ( Legion Reward | Legion Reward | Legion Reward ) I'm not sure how I feel about a level cap increase, but I do suppose that a sense of progression must always be kept. Hopefully with these new zones and instances come many, many new quests to aid the 50-55 progression. The Talent system could be interesting, though one has to wonder how it would differ from the Stigma system, which is essentially Aion's "Talent" system to begin with. Adding higher manastones has been in the works since the manastone level changes a while back. You can look at any high-level weapon in the game and notice that the level of stone you can socket does not end at 50, though the current manastones in-game do. But with that, what can we expect to see? Attack +6? Crit +18? Lots to discuss here, so don't let my ramblings hold you up!

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Site downtime...

by Mithoron, 11 days ago

GL_Support wrote:

UPDATE: 11:05am 1/30/2010 The DDOS attacks to our system we're nearing 1 gigabyte per second this morning and we took more extreme measures to fight the DDOS attack and took Guild Launch offline. The DDOS attack has subsided for the most part and we have verified that systems are operating normally. We will continue to monitor the situation. This DDOS attack has subsided once and then come back so we will have to keep monitoring. We very much appreciate your understanding while we deal with this. DDOS attacks are difficult to defend against and take time to mitigate. If you want to have more information about new releases, system downtime info, beta invites and even t-shirts then follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/guildlaunch ORIGINAL INFO At about 9:20pm Guild Launch experienced a Denial of Service attack that led to very very slow page loads. Our network engineers are taking the appropriate steps to alleviate it. However, it may take some time. Bear in mind that furiously reloading pages will just make matters wore. We very much appreciate your patience while we deal with bad neighbors and build a better fence. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/guildlaunch if you would like to be able to get this sort of info first thing and at a place where we can deliver the news even if there is problem with Guild Launch. It's a great resource for all of us. Plus, we give away T-Shirts sometimes... and provide more info than just downtime info (since that's rare anyway) such as Beta invites and requests for feature input. -Stephen

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Beware of Phishing attempts!

by Mithoron, 12 days ago

http://www.aionsource.com/forum/aion-discussion/104445-consolidated-phishing-attempt-thread-your-password-has-been-reset-check.html


I actually received this from the mule account and thought it was hacked. Thankfully I did NOT click the link in the e-mail and instead used the link from this site (which is the appropriate NCSoft Account URL).

Just a warning to beware of any e-mails you get from NCSoft...

Double Experience Weekends!

by Mithoron, 12 days ago

Tamat wrote:

Greetings Daevas, With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we want to show our players some love in the form of a double experience weekend. On Friday, February 12 at 8 p.m. (server time), we will enable double experience. The experience bonus will run through the weekend, ending on Monday at 8 a.m. (server time). To put the start time into context, we’ve broken down what time the double experience will start on each server. Plan accordingly! East Coast Servers Start Time is 8:00 p.m. EST on: · Azphel · Israphel · Lumiel · Marchutan · Meslamtaeda · Triniel · Zikel Spend a romantic weekend with your significant other leveling in Atreia. Nothing says “I love you” like a full experience bar. Well, that and some chocolate! —The Aion Community Team

Update:

Tamat wrote:

I understand there are many of you who won't be participating in this double experience weekend in light of Valentine's Day; however, it's worth pointing out that this is one of two double experience events that will be happening in February. We plan to run these double experience weekends 1-2 times per month until we release an upcoming content patch that will help fill some of the sparse content areas.

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Feel free to donate to your favorite guild!

by Mithoron, 13 days ago

It is that time of year again where I want to give a reminder if you find yourselves with a few extra dollars to feel free to hit the DONATE! button to the left.

I realize with the expansion coming out and our current economic status less than ideal everybody is strapped for cash, but it's your donations that keep this site, the Ventrilo server, the WWS site, and other guild-related costs going. In the past we have sent flowers in sympathy and get well wishes to members, we have provided real life rewards and prizes, we have helped those in need who never thought to ask of it such as Drkdragon's flood fund.

Looking at the current balance we're fine through the next few months (current balance at $129.00); however, that being said, we've all seen how bad things sometimes happen.

I don't ask everybody to give, and I don't try to single people out; however, if you find it within yourself to be able to even afford a $5.00 donation it will help! And if you cannot, I of all people understand and do not fault anybody for it...so do not feel bad if you cannot help out currently, just keep us in mind in the future!

I would also like to thank those who have offered donations in the past...both previous members of the guild and current, you have all helped out keeping the site and guild running above and beyond and I appreciate all everybody has done for it! Thank you!

Just click the Donate button on the left-hand side and follow the directions!

Thanks again!

Maintenance and minor Patch Day - 01/27/2010

by Mithoron, 14 days ago

Tamat wrote:

We are bringing the Aion servers down at 3:00 a.m. PST, January 27, 2010 (more) for maintenance. During this downtime we will be applying a number of fixes to the game which you may find listed in the PowerWiki. We estimate it to take no longer than 3 hours. Thank you for your patience! - The Aion Community Team

NCSoft wrote:

Patch Notes 1.5.1.10 Abyss Divine Fortress timer has been changed from 120 minutes to 110 minutes to fix a bug where medals were distributed twice General Fixed - Expansion issue with Greater Stigma Slot Fixed - Regional issue with the Mail System that prevented some users mail from reaching the recipient

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January Community Address...

by Mithoron, 19 days ago

Tamat wrote:

Greetings Daevas, A month has passed since our December address—a month that’s been very eventful in many ways. Throughout January, we have seen many players asking about when they can expect new content updates, when our account services will go live, and when we will host another double experience weekend. We posted earlier this week about when you can expect another double experience weekend. In the short term, we’re hoping to hold these events once or twice each month. In upcoming months, we will tell you more about our content plans for the year. We will be adding a substantial amount of new content and refining the content we have already. We believe that an MMO is not only a product, it’s a service. It deserves constant care and improvement. In that spirit, we will also be spending more time mobilizing in-game events. We are planning to offer frequent such events, and we are currently planning them out and looking at how we can make them as enjoyable as possible. Account services are well under way and the first will be implemented as early as February. The plastic surgery and gender change services are closest on the horizon. Plastic surgery involves purchasing a Plastic Surgery Ticket as an account service. This Plastic Surgery Ticket allows a player a second chance to model a character. Using the ticket, a player can alter a character’s hair shape, hair color, body style, face, eyes, and nearly anything you could customize in the physical character creation screen that you originally used in to make a character. These tickets will not be tradable and will not allow you to change gender, but they will offer you a fresh start should your character need to go underground (chased by the yakuza?) and completely change appearance. Visit your faction’s Daeva of Appearance after you purchase a ticket to redeem it. The gender change service is available through the purchase of a Gender Change Ticket. Gender change is a mystical and intricate procedure, and only certain NPC Daevas are able to perform this ritual. These Daevas of Life Transformation redeem Gender Change Tickets, and can be found in the somewhat shady quarters of Sanctum and Pandaemonium. Gender Change Tickets are also not tradable, and each ticket is only valid for a single character. If you’re one of our frequent website visitors, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that the site could be improved. We appreciate the feedback you have given about it, and we have noticed some things we’d like to change, too. We are looking into making some substantial improvements. We want our official forums to be a natural meeting place for discussion and socializing with others from the servers you play on, and we have decided to put them under a magnifying glass first to scrutinize, evaluate, and improve them. The forums will be going through significant changes over the next month or two, and we will also continue to look at feedback and implement updates concerning the overall website. We will let you know more as soon as our plans become firmer! Fly High Daevas! —The Aion Community Team

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Long letter to community on Security...

by Mithoron, 21 days ago

There's a LONG letter about account security and the recent deluge of hackings...which have occured for ALL games...WoW, Aion, EQ, etc. etc.

Here's a short blurb:

NCSoft wrote:

Greetings, all. I’m Scott Jennings, otherwise known as GM Luminary, working with NCsoft’s Game Surveillance Unit (GSU). I’ve been asked to take some time to speak for a bit on the fallout from the war that we’ve been fighting in our games against real money trading (RMT) companies and others trying to violate your account security, and how you can help in the fight. Make no mistake—it is a war. One that you, our players, see the effects of whenever you play our games or visit forums related to our games. Many of you have noticed the decrease in bots, farmers, and gold spammers as a result of our efforts. In the game industry, we have also seen an increase in attacks by third parties in an attempt to steal your account information by any means necessary, including phishing, obtaining passwords from third party sites/systems, and using account information provided by those engaged in power-leveling services and other prohibited activities. Recently, the number of these attacks has risen dramatically. As a result, our game support queues have drastically increased, with thousands of support tickets from players who have lost access to their game accounts and are suffering extended wait times for help. Our game servers, account databases, and support sites are under constant attack and being probed for any vulnerability. It’s a war that by no means is over. Our enemies are playing for high stakes—the estimated $2 billion dollars that RMT companies earn off the back of game developers and players like you. And we are playing for high stakes as well—the right that we believe we have as a company, and you as players, to play games that are free from the corruption of in-game currency sales and all that results from that. It’s a war that we’re committed to winning, but one that we’ll need your help with to achieve a real victory. I’ll describe first our responsibility to you to provide a safe and secure gaming environment, and then what you can do in return to protect yourself.

You can read the whole letter and guidelines here:

http://na.aiononline.com/board/notices/view?articleID=197&page=

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Double Experience Weekends!

by Mithoron, 22 days ago

Tamat wrote:

Greetings Daevas, Who’s ready for another Double Experience Weekend?! That’s right! It’s time to once again stock up on caffeinated products in preparation for a weekend without sleep. This Friday, January 22nd, at 8pm (server time), we will enable double experience. The experience bonus will run through the weekend before ending on Monday at 8am (server time). To put the start time into context, we’ve broken down what time the double experience will start on each server. Plan accordingly and enjoy the double experience! East Coast Servers – Start Time is 8:00pm EST Israphel, Zikel, Triniel, Lumiel, Meslamtaeda, Azphel, Marchutan West Coast Servers – Start Time is 8:00pm PST Siel, Vaizel, Kaisinel, Yustiel, Ariel, Fregion, Oceanic Server – Start Time is 8:00pm AEST Nezekan

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