MMORPG Exclusive Aion Pet Giveaway

aion pet Watchful Ailu

 
Today MMORPG.com has been giving a bonus pet for Aion US – The Watchful Ailu: Ability (Warning), Watchful Ailu alert you when they detect enemies.

IMPORTANT: These gift keys will only work on the North American Aion servers.

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Aion can be played without Pando Media Booster

NCsoft announced that Aion can be downloaded directly through the NC launcher without using Pando Media Booster but this may be subject to change in the future:

Players can now download Aion: Ascension and play Truly Free without Pando Media Booster. Beginning at 12:00 p.m. PDT (2:00 p.m. CDT / 3:00 p.m. EDT), the NC Launcher will not prompt players to install Pando Media Booster in order to download and update Aion: Ascension. Players can now install and update the game directly through the NC Launcher.

Source na.aiononline.com

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Aion adds map drawing feature

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A new cartography feature lets you draw with four different colors: yellow, red, green and blue. You can also save and share the map amongst members of your group. This is a great tool for all the players who participate in the mentor system.
 
Spotted on pcgamer.com

 

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Aion 3.0 Patch Notes and server maintenance

NCsoft updated the Aion official site to announce that Aion servers will be down for maintenance from 5:00 a.m. Central Time, April 11, until 4:00 p.m. Central Time. Any updates to the schedule will be posted via Facebook and Twitter.
 

During the server maintenance the Aion website and forums will be unavailable. If you want to know what’s coming in today’s update check the Aion 3.0 patch notes in pdf format (13Mb).

 

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Aion EU Statistics for March

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Gameforge unveiled AION EU free-to-play’s first progress report:
 

  • 750,000 new accounts have been created on Gameforge’s servers
  • 20,000 new accounts are added every single day
  • 924,810 created characters
  • The most popular class – Gladiator

 
More details can be found on the official page.

 

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Interview with Adam Christensen about Aion 3.0 and F2P model


 
Aion Producer Adam Christensen answers questions about Truly Fee Aion Free to Play model and new features coming to Aion 3.0. Truly Fee Aion model will allow players to experience all the content with full unrestricted access – no increased instance cooldown and full access to Aion 3.0 content which means new level cap from 55 to 60, new content, 600 new quests, 2 new zones, 6 new instances, housing system and stylish mounts. Aion Ascension launches April 11, 2012.

 

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AION Europe goes free-to-play on 28th February 2012

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Gameforge has released the official date for Aion’s European free-to-play model – it’s February 28th. English, German and French language versions of Aion client are available at the official website.
 
Gameforge also stated that the AION 3.0 patch will hit Europe in the spring 2012.

You are an AION player and have prepaid subscription fees that continue past 27th of February? If so, we will transfer your remaining game days into premium currency as compensation.

For every day paid for in advance, you will receive six AION Coins in your account. If, for example, you paid your subscription up to the 3rd of March, you have five remaining game days. This means you will receive 30 AION Coins, which you can spend to your heart’s content in our new shop.

So that we can give you your AION Coins, please give us permission to transfer your current account to the Gameforge servers by the 27th of February at 3 pm (GMT +1). To do so, log into your NCsoft master account and follow the instructions. We’ll take care of the rest!

Your AION Coins will be credited to your game account when the account is moved and will be available to you once you log in to the free-to-play version for the first time. Players with a transferred NC account will also receive Veteran status with enhanced functions. Find out more info here.

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Aion Wedding Sale

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If you want to get this traditional bridal gown (for female Daevas) or tuxedo (for male Daevas) for Valentine’s Day, NCsoft is offering 50% off ($9.99 $4.99) in the NCsoft store from February 8–February 27, 2012.

 

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Aion 3.0 Abyss Eternal Armor Sets

aion 3.0 abyss armor lvl 60
 
Aion team has recently released on Korean PowerBook details about new Level 60 Abyss Eternal Armor Sets. Some important facts are:

  • Level 60 abyss armor has class and type restrictions
  • The armor stats will be the same for both Elyos and Asmo, but the armor appearance will be different.
  • There will be 3 types of eternal armor sets: normal PvP armor, armor set with set bonuses and the best armor with AP conditioning

For additional information about armor stats and appearance visit Daeva’s report

 

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