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Aion 2.0 Pets

Aion’s free expansion Assault on Balaurea is announced for September 7th. Among the huge list of new features in this enormous update (about 3 or 4 gigs of new content) was the mention of Aion Pet System.

We’ve also introduced our pet system, and just from reading all the comments from the players on the forums, that’s something that they’re really looking forward to. Pets won’t just be cute and cuddly — they will be — but they’ll also have functionality. We have an inventory pet, so basically it’s your pack mule that carries around all your items for you. We have a production pet, so when you go around the world and find junk loot that you don’t want, you can feed it to your pet and it’ll produce a better item for you to use. I usually say you feed it and it poops out a prize — it’s a whole new meaning to “world drops.”

There are also alert pets, that actually alert a player when something is sneaking up behind you. We have multifunction pets that are a combination of the ones that I just mentioned, and that’s our pet system.

[Spotted on Massively.com]

Before you can buy a pet, you have to finish Pet-related quest – That you will take the pet. You can obtain a pet praise skill book after completing the corresponding quest. You can purchase, sell, or abandon pet eggs through the Pet Manager Uranos and Armis (Elyos Sanctum) or Katin and Erudil (Asmo Pandaemonium).

Each pet has a unique function. There are 5 types of pets in the new Aion Pet System:

Decorative pets: unique appearances but no game play value.
Alertive pets: Warns its master when an opposing race character approaches within certain range
Productive pets: When you feed it you may receive an enchantment stone, manastone, aether, balaur material, ore, jewel, dye, hairpin.
Warehouse pets: Owners can use a warehouse type storage space while it is the active pet. The storage they can hold is 6, 12, 18 and 24 slots.
Multi Type: A pet with more than one function.

Functional pets can be purchased with Kinah, or be obtained as quest rewards. You can select 3 accessories when you purchase a pet but you cannot choose the pet’s color. You can check pet abilities through the pet information screen. Double-click on the summoned pet from the pet list screen or by using the shortcut key ‘[‘. You can feed the pet by registering the item that it can eat or by dragging and dropping the desired item onto the pet. Through emotion study, your pets can learn to bow, flirt and even fly with you!

Massively’s interview with Aion producer Lani Blazier – Comic-Con 2010

Massively had an interview with Aion’s web producer Lani Blazier about Aion’s free expansion Assault on Balaurea announced for September 7th. We made an interview summary and you can find out more on massively.com:

Two new areas one Asmodian and one Elyos. When you get into it, there are fortresses and artifacts on ground level that players have to capture, and they’re contested areas.
When you capture it, a passage to a canyon will open up, which is the only way you can cross over to the opposing faction’s area. When you cross over, and you successfully capture fortresses and artifacts on that side, it unlocks an amazing boss that’s going to take hundreds of players to take down.
We can expect eight new instances, two of which are soloable.
When Aion was launched team focused a lot on the player factions, the Asmodian and the Elyos. Now they are focusing on the Balaureans
The level curves have been analyzed – are there levels where players are getting stuck: levels 18-23 were kind of sticky, levels 38-41 were sticky
They fleshed out the endgame, added more content
A free expansion is about 3 or 4 gigs of new content
With 2.0 the level cap has been raised from 50 to 55
A pet system will be introduced. There are alert pets, that actually alert a player when something is sneaking up behind you.

Silentera Canyon new Aion 2.0 instance

Silentera Canyon is a new 53 – 55 level instance with entire map dedicated to it. It’s an underground corridor connecting Gelkmaros and Inggison shared by Elyos and Asmodians. Players may enter the opposing race’s region through Silentera Canyon. Silentera Canyon contains three exits to each race’s region. The instanced dungeon Beshmundir Temple is in Silentera Canyon. Kisk installation is not permitted inside Silentera Canyon.

If a race conquers both fortresses in their own region, a gate to the Silentera Canyon opens. When the Elyos conquer both fortresses in Inggison, Silentera Eastgate opens. When the Asmodians conquer both fortresses in Gelkmaros, Silentera Westgate opens. A system message announces when the gate opens, and an icon appears on the map.

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Aion Character Transfers problem is solved

During the last Aion server maintenance some unexpected problems occurred, which caused the character transfers to fail. The NA servers will be down on Friday July 23, 7:00 am PDT again to transfer those players that had queued prior to yesterday’s maintenance.

Official announcement:

We have corrected the unexpected problem that was causing the transfers to fail. We are planning to bring the servers down again, to transfer those players that had queued prior to yesterday’s maintenance.

We will be bringing down the NA servers on Friday July 23, 7:00 am PDT. The maintenance is expected to take 5 hours.

If you queued prior to the 21st of July your transfer will go through, there is no need to queue again. Please make sure that your character meets the transfer requirements before the maintenance.

You cannot transfer a character that is a member of a Legion. Your character must leave any Legion it belongs to before you transfer it to a different server.

You cannot transfer a character that has more than 200,000,000 Kinah.

Items in your account warehouse will not be transferred.

You cannot transfer a character that has any items that are up for consignment with the Trade Broker.

Please remove all mail containing money from your mailbox.

Aion Fan Gathering – San Diego Comic-Con

Just a small reminder of the first official Aion Fan Gathering on Thursday July 22, 2010 at Comic-Con San Diego, California.

In addition to all of the fun activities that will be taking place on the show floor, we will also be hosting the first official Aion Fan Gathering! Join members of the Aion team and fellow players at Dave and Busters on July 22 for games, food, and a chance to score even more limited edition Aion swag!

The first 100 guests to arrive at the Aion Fan Gathering will receive a limited edition Tutty ’n’ Beans. Attendees at the Aion Fan Gathering must provide an invitation and be at least 21 years old or accompany a parent or guardian over the age of 30. You can pick up your invitation at our booth #5345, or print and bring an electronic version before the event!

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