It has been announced on the official site that you can start accessing the PTS (Public Test Server) that will have beta versions of the game running. The official FAQ can be found on the official forums and here are the most important things you need to know.

To run the game so it accesses the new PTS you must do one of the following:

Method 1: Duplication of Already Existing Installation

1. Browse to the Aion installation directory on your local hard drive.
2. Copy the folder and paste it into the same location (for example, “C:/Program Files/NCsoft/”).
3. Rename the new folder to AionPTS. The name must be changed to exactly “AionPTS” for the copy to work.
4. Boot up the NCsoft launcher. The NCsoft launcher should detect the newly created folder as the PTS client and list it in the left pane of the launcher.
5. Patch (if needed), and launch the game!

Method 2: Fresh Installation

1. Download the 9.8 GB Aion PTS client installer from one of the following locations:
   • GamersHell
   • FilePlanet
2. Launch the installer and follow the installation instructions. A new game title, “AionPTS,” will appear in your NCsoft launcher.
3. Patch (if needed), and launch the game!

You can use your regular login username/password and create both Asmo and Elyos characters. Leveling is faster in both XP and crafting and for now you can;t copy your regular characters. We’ll be checking out the new servers and share our experience.

We are getting our own test servers today (as announced by this news post), while at the same time Korean Public test Servers are seeing the release of the much anticipated Aion version 2.0. The patch notes are 38 pages long! Western team is working diligently on translating these into English, French and German and we should see the release of these in the next few days (early next week is the time line we are looking at here). We’ll let you know as soon as we have the news. Things are picking up in Aion and the upcoming months look to be rather exciting.

What we know of the patch is that it will bring:

• Level cap 55
• New Balaur Zones
• Pet System
• New flying/gliding mechanics
• New Fortress

Part two of the “Ask Kinslon” interview series was released yesterday on the official site. Beside answering about Two-Handed Armsfusion and the Mist Item Rental system it was reveled that the 1.9 patch will hit western server in May. You can read the full article here.

Those of you playing Aion regularly know about the Veteran Rewards program. It provides you with small item rewards for every consecutive month you have paid your Aion subscription. For 6 months of subscribing you get cool looking lvl 40 Wings. We didn’t know what were the rewards for subscribing past 6 months and that has been announced yesterday. For months 7,8,10 and 11 you get:

• 5 Recovery Crystals
• 5 Revival Stones
• 1   Major Ancient Crown 
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The interesting thing is the Crown which can be exchanged for Abyss points, currency used to get PvP gear. Check out the official wiki page of the crown for the location of NPCs that do the Abyss point exchange.

In case you are wondering, for month 9 you will get an Expand Warehouse Ticket along with the aforementioned items – hoarders rejoice! For a years worth of subscription we are expecting something spectacular!

Those of you playing Aion regularly know about the Veteran Rewards program. It provides you with small item rewards for every consecutive month you have paid your Aion subscription. For 6 months of subscribing you get cool looking lvl 40 Wings. We didn’t know what were the rewards for subscribing past 6 months and that has been announced yesterday. For months 7,8,10 and 11 you get:

• 5 Recovery Crystals
• 5 Revival Stones
• 1   Major Ancient Crown 
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The interesting thing is the Crown which can be exchanged for Abyss points, currency used to get PvP gear. Check out the official wiki page of the crown for the location of NPCs that do the Abyss point exchange.

In case you are wondering, for month 9 you will get an Expand Warehouse Ticket along with the aforementioned items – hoarders rejoice! For a years worth of subscription we are expecting something spectacular!