Aion Online

Hi all! This is my first post for online gaming category and since you know that I’m a gamer, the first is all about AION Online by NC Soft. I have been waiting for this game since April 2009 and if you remember my 2nd Layout (Archangels), it features an image from AION Online – Tower of Eternity.

Well, I think that was last 2 weeks ago, when a friend came online on SecondLife and told us about the game was already launched. As I knew it the Beta was launched around July 2009, I can’t play it because it’s not actually open globally and I am on the Philippines.

Hmmn, NC Soft has a launcher where you can download their games including AION. I downloaded the game for like an hour or two only to find out that registration is only for North American and European gamers. How sad T.T

Well, it wouldn’t stop there as we searched for possible means to register on the game. We knew a friend from US, of course, Second Life has a lot of it so we asked him to register us an account for AION and bought the game plus game time. AION is $49.99 and the game time is $14.99 through paypal or credit card. So we did and we can play AION now.

I am currently level 16. Heh! It’s hard to level up but hey it’s not a boring game where you just hack and slash without a purpose. You play the game mostly by doing your quests and race tasks. Daeva is how the citizens or characters of the game are being called. There are only 2 races: Elyos which are the white winged and Asmodian which are the black winged. It’s ethereal angel battle and yes you can actually fly with your wings at level 10 after your Ascension.

AION is an exciting game actually, the mosters have AI and skills. A quests are well-plotted and the 3d environment is WOW! A lot of aggressive monsters though but a very challenging game. At my level, I can’t really narrate the whole thing here as I need more levels and a lot of monsters to kill. I have 10 pending quests and 8 tasks to make. My armor is not so good but my character can survive.

There are 4 different classes: Warrior, Mage, Scout and Priest. I chose Priest since I play games I am bound to it. Each class has 2 sub-classes. For Priests, you can choose between a Cleric and a Chanter. Cleric focuses on supporting the group while Chanters also does the same but Chanters have higher damaging skills than Priests do. You can support at the same time tank a group if needed. You can go solo too. But I haven’t seen its potential on PvPs (player vs player).

Well anyway, I’m gonna do more post about this game and my gameplay, for the meantime enjoy this video of AION. See you!