A full 7 days of gametime!
Letter from Aion Producer Brian Knox below:
Welcome to the Open Beta Test for
Aion in both Europe and North America.
Below you will find a list of the major changes and
additions to Aion since you last participated in our Closed Beta
Test. We have done our best to provide a comprehensive list of changes. The
Open Beta brings the game content up to the 1.5 patch that is available in
Korea; the same updates that were made to the Korean live servers are being
implemented here, as well. While there may be some differences when
comparing the official NA/EU notes to fan site translations of Korea’s
official notes, the game content is the same.
Not only does Open Beta bring a number of game
improvements and additions, you’ll also notice that we had a major
terminology overhaul to complete our effort of Westernizing the game. Many
skills and items have changed since the Closed Beta Test and should be a
welcome surprise as you explore the world.
While we feel the Open Beta version will provide a
complete experience, we wanted to note that this is not our final update
before launch. Our launch version is in internal testing, and it will
continue to flesh out the 1.5 update with the help of your feedback and
experiences in Open Beta.
Please remember this is an Open Beta Test, and while our
goal is to provide you with a flawless Aion experience, there are
behind-the-scenes infrastructure tests happening to prepare for launch.
One very important area that will affect
everyone is that we will be balancing races as folks rush to log into the
servers. As a result, you may get a “This race cannot be created” message
because that server is starting to become unbalanced. It’s important to us
that we try and keep a balance of the races during the Open Beta of Aion.
If you come across this message, please feel free to try another server or
wait until the server balance has tipped back.
Another hot topic has been our Web site and whether we
will be bringing over some of the services that Korea has provided to their
community. The short answer is yes! Just like the PowerWiki, we will be
bringing some of these services to our own site. We hope to begin rolling
them out in the coming weeks.
Overall, we are very excited for Open Beta - it is a
culmination of a lot of effort and the feedback of our community. For
example, one of the most requested features during Closed Beta testing was a
suggestion to use the left mouse button to change the camera. We also added
more content both in the persistent game world and in instanced dungeons.
You’ll see this change and many others were added in this game update,
including:
1. New Areas: Theobomos (Elysea) and Brusthonin (Asmodae)
2. New Instances!
3. Over 40 new default faces have been added to character creation.
4. Increased PvPvE rewards
5. UI changes (click-to-move has been disabled by default)
6. New items!
7. New skills + increased balance
8. Tons of new quests.
9. Advanced Stigma Stone System
10. Chat Channels
a. Class
b. Region
c. Looking For Group
d. Languages
Find a full list of patch notes
here.
With this update there is a lot of great content and a
very fun world to explore, and we hope that during Open Beta you will
experience the magic that is Aion.
Open Beta starts 9 a.m. PDT (5 p.m. BST, 6 p.m. CEST) on
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