Open Beta

[Katlan]

Full patch notes for OB: Aion: PowerWiki

Additionally, NCSoft updater now updates the game to 1.5.0.2.

As of this morning there is a 1.5.0.3 update that fixed the GG issue w/ "Not available in your country" or w/e the msg is.

[SilverBreeze]

Sunday will mostly be me playing Spiritmaster and Sorcerer and trying to finally decide between the two.

I just want to play around with the new hairstyles and such mostly though.

[aalryn]

As of this morning there is a 1.5.0.3 update that fixed the GG issue w/ "Not available in your country" or w/e the msg is.

Yea I saw this and was extremely excited about it. It's odd that they planned the open beta for a holiday week with labor day and all. I'll be bbq-ing ribs and drinking all day, so no playing for me /sadface

[Purrrfect]

I get the feeling that Silver isn't a big fan of asmodians or cats...

[Insanecyclone]

What time does the open beta start sunday right?

[Priran]

Yes, Sunday. Probably noon pacific, like everything else.

[Lebzile]

Going to get 50, max out on draconic gear then skin it to Lv1 gear. (* '-')/

[aalryn]

What time does the open beta start sunday right?

The website says 9am pst

[Priran]

so not only are they east coast servers, they're running on east coast time? suck it, california

[Pooky]

Yep, East Coast servers for a change. I'm loving it :D

[Tythera]

Fuck yeah, east coast servers, anything not EST can die in a fire

[aalryn]

so not only are they east coast servers, they're running on east coast time? suck it, california

well the game servers should be located on the east coast, but the time listing was in PDT not eastern time.

Open Beta starts 9 a.m. PDT (5 p.m. BST, 6 p.m. CEST) on Sunday, September 6th.

source: Letter from Aion Producer Brian Knox on Open Beta | Aion™ Fantasy MMORPG

Its nice that I won't have to wake up at 6am as usual to get in at the start of these things.

[Priran]

All the closed betas started and ended at noon PST, but OB is starting at noon EDT, which to me means they're running on an east coast schedule regardless of the time zone they use personally.

[Eanae]

Fuck yea EST. Maybe we'll get lucky and get a noon EST launch too.

[aers]

SilverBreeze do you know what server the BG legion is planning to play on?

[Thuronn]

Excited that I finally get to try Aion out. Friend hooked me up with beta key today.

[Falisa]

Completely unrelated but I love your avatar Thuronn. I could stare at it for a long time.

[Ratatapa]

Finallly i will play OB, i will be a Templar or a SM or a sorc.

For real game it<S 95% sure i will be a cleric tho

[Insanecyclone]

Posted yet?
Patch summaries and a letter of love - AionSource.com

Letter from Aion Producer Brian Knox on Open Beta

Hello!

Welcome to the Open Beta Test for Aion in both Europe and North America.

Below you will find a list of the major changes and additions to Aion since you last participated in our Closed Beta Test. We have done our best to provide a comprehensive list of changes. The Open Beta brings the game content up to the 1.5 patch that is available in Korea; the same updates that were made to the Korean live servers are being implemented here, as well. While there may be some differences when comparing the official NA/EU notes to fan site translations of Korea's official notes, the game content is the same.

Not only does Open Beta bring a number of game improvements and additions, you'll also notice that we had a major terminology overhaul to complete our effort of Westernizing the game. Many skills and items have changed since the Closed Beta Test and should be a welcome surprise as you explore the world.

While we feel the Open Beta version will provide a complete experience, we wanted to note that this is not our final update before launch. Our launch version is in internal testing, and it will continue to flesh out the 1.5 update with the help of your feedback and experiences in Open Beta.

Please remember this is an Open Beta Test, and while our goal is to provide you with a flawless Aion experience, there are behind-the-scenes infrastructure tests happening to prepare for launch. One very important area that will affect everyone is that we will be balancing races as folks rush to log into the servers. As a result, you may get a "This race cannot be created" message because that server is starting to become unbalanced. It's important to us that we try and keep a balance of the races during the Open Beta of Aion. If you come across this message, please feel free to try another server or wait until the server balance has tipped back.

Another hot topic has been our Web site and whether we will be bringing over some of the services that Korea has provided to their community. The short answer is yes! Just like the PowerWiki, we will be bringing some of these services to our own site. We hope to begin rolling them out in the coming weeks.

Overall, we are very excited for Open Beta - it is a culmination of a lot of effort and the feedback of our community. For example, one of the most requested features during Closed Beta testing was a suggestion to use the left mouse button to change the camera. We also added more content both in the persistent game world and in instanced dungeons. You'll see this change and many others were added in this game update, including:

1. New Areas: Theobomos (Elysea) and Brusthonin (Asmodae)
2. New Instances!
3. Over 40 new default faces have been added to character creation.
4. Increased PvPvE rewards
5. UI changes (click-to-move has been disabled by default)
6. New items!
7. New skills + increased balance
8. Tons of new quests.
9. Advanced Stigma Stone System
10. Chat Channels
-Class
-Region
-Looking For Group
-Languages

[Priran]

yes, I posted it a page ago.

Also, why does it say Brusthonin/Theobomos are new areas? They were in CB.