Archive for August, 2009

Aion’s Open Beta, Pre-Select and Headstart Programs

Within the next four weeks, we will treat European and North American gamers to two opportunities to jump into the world of Aion and explore Atreia as Asmodian or Elyos characters ahead of its release in Europe on 25th September and North America 22th September. Aion’s Open Beta Test featuring version 1.5 will take place 6-13th September and will include numerous Western enhancements, including improvements to Aion’s innovative character customization with a host of Western styles, as well as new zones, instances, skills, quests and continued game balancing and improvements. Open Beta will retain a level cap for both Elyos and Asmodians characters at 30 allowing players to focus on getting to the same level so they can explore the lands of Atreia together, as well as the Abyss.

Players who have pre-ordered Aion will be treated to a Pre-Select and a two-day Headstart period giving them the opportunity to explore, organize and progress through the game prior to the official launch. Pre-Select will take place on 18th September, while Aion’s Headstart will begin 20th September. Players can still participate in the Aion’s Pre-Select and Headstart programs by pre-ordering the game through several participating online and brick-and-mortar retailers.

Remember to update your Aion game password if your Aion account was created prior to July 29, 2009.

Hot Fixes – 8/26/2009

Greetings!

We have the following round of Hot Fixes for you today:

General Changes & Bug Fixes

  • We continue to make ongoing improvements to client and server stability.
  • Fixed an issue that was causing players to drop Scarabs and Soul Talismans when killed outside of the Land of the Dead.

Combat and Careers

Shadow Warrior

  • Bullseye: Fixed an issue which prevented this Tactic from working properly.

Content

Quests

  • Enemies Abound: Players will now be able to locate the suspicious characters that they need to interrogate for this quest.

Crafting

Talisman Making

  • Gatestone: This item can now be crafted by players with a Talisman Making skill lower than 200.
  • Portalstone: This item can now be crafted by players with a Talisman Making skill lower than 200.

Land of the Dead

General

  • The weapon and armor merchants in the Land of the Dead have had an overhaul.  You will now be able to find all of the available items on the correct merchants (weapons on the Weapon Merchant, armor on the Armor Merchant).

The Necropolis of Zandri

  • Nekh Akhet will now use his abilities against Destruction characters.

Public Quests

  • Tomb of the Vulture Lord: Players entering the Temple of Ualatp Public Quest in the Necropolis of Zandri will properly receive the Dig ability.

The Tomb of the Vulture Lord

  • King Amenemhetum will no longer pull players into the Casket of Souls when he has low health.

Items

  • Goldweed: This item once again has multiplying properties in addition to stabilizing properties.
  • Khutep’s Throwing Axe: Corrected an issue that caused this item not to have a buy value.
  • Nehekharan Ritual Ornament: Corrected an issue that caused this item not to have a buy value.
  • Scorpion’s Shroud: Players who are eligible for this reward item can now receive the item through the in-game mail system.
  • Summoning Stone: This item is now sold for less than the cost of the materials needed to craft it.
  • Summoning Stone: Corrected an issue that allowed players to summon groupmates into the Land of the Dead when their Realm did not control it.

Realm vs. Realm

Campaign / Open RvR

  • The Battlefield Objectives in Chrace will again display their conditions from inside the flag areas.

Capital Cities

  • Order players will now zone correctly when entering contested Altdorf from the Reikwald side Entrance.

Server Maintenance – All Servers

Status: Maintenance complete.

Greetings!

We will be bringing all North American and Oceanic servers offline tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM EDT for extended maintenance. This downtime is to address several issues, one of which is players being inadvertently teleported to racial starting areas in certain circumstances when exiting a Scenario. Also, during this downtime the Patcher AND Login servers will be unavailable intermittently due to hardware updates.

At this time we anticipate that all servers will be back online no later than 3:30 PM EDT. As always, please check the Herald for up to the minute updates regarding this downtime.

Thank you for your continued support.

Update: 11:25 AM EDT - All North American and Oceanic servers are now online. Welcome back!

Update: 9:05 AM EDT - All North American and Oceanic servers are currently offline for maintenance.

Update: 8:40 PM EDT (8/25)
- Please note the adjusted up time of 3:30 PM EDT.

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