Aion Version 1.9 "Leaked" Notes

[Fallyn]

forget rangers, its lv 35-40 sin (twinks) who pop hide2 and just solo 1-2 ppl regardless of class. Twinks are fun, but acc should be balanced aongside Macc. So if you want to be a low lv twink you need to stack Acc

Agreed.

[Kerberoz]

Stealth in general is retarded in a game where the first action almost always wins, but yeah, accuracy mattering would be a big help.

[LurkaKitty]

Translation of notes:

http://www.aionsource.com/forum/aion...anslation.html

[Trichocyst]

Isn't everyone always complaining there's nothing to do at 50? Why would anybody in such a big hurry?

[arus2001]

I don't think it's so much a matter of hurrying as it is the fact just playing regularly should at least have you 45+ unless you've got severe alt-itis.

[Kerberoz]

^ everything gives EXP in this game, even ultra-casual play should get you to 50 in like 4 months.

[Hitoshura]

You would know that because you're such a ultra casual right?

[niwaar]

You would know that because you're such a ultra casual right?

The definition of "Ultra Casual" is up for debate. A casual player would be someone who does NOT login everyday. Someone who probably plays about 10 hours a week or less. I myself have been leveling an alt from 1-42 for about 2 months here for this amount of time. So yes... given 4 months any casual player that actually tried to level in Aion could get to 45-50. However, the term denotes that these players may not actually "try to level".

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As for the leaked notes, some of them are quite interesting for lower levels. The reduction of two of three big level 30 abilities to level 20. Reskinning and new wings at 20 will be nice for lower levels, but has zero impact on the game at large.

What does give me pause about the game is the reintroduction of Spell Crit as well as the "Resilience" stats to reduce critical damage of both physical and magical.

There is a lot of nice things going on, the UI updates, the soul healing cost reduction and the additions of flight paths. The proposed second and upgraded Rested XP buff will be nice for leveling. Plus vendor buyback is a much needed addition as well.

The rest of it is just plain fluff to make it look like they are doing more. Sure, the new abilities in 1.9 will help in PvP, but it does NOTHING to solve the innate issues of the system itself.

The notes are intriguing but do nothing to change my feelings about the game.

[Drex]

Crafting is still luck based? Especially hhom? lol @ me for hoping for some kind of failsafe, back to selling my stains I guess

[Veyron]

5. new skills: at level 40, every class can learn a skill that you use to avoid stun/stumble/aether hold for a short time (buffs resistance to stun). at level 48, you learn a skill that dispels right away and you immediately counter-attack (think of WoW's pvp trinket for stuns basically)

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b. spells will be able to crit now
c. magical crit resistance/defense added to the game
d. physical crit resistance/defense added to the game

This right here may be extremely... bad to say the least for Glad & Sin in PvP. Knockdown resist buff, having Ankle Snare be dispellable (aside from Cleric/select few abilities which can now), wondering about the Crit defense, having Sorc be able to Crit a 10k~ Shadowburst while kiting me around, starting to hope NC didn't totally screw with Glad

On the flipside, being able to combine 2H weapons seems cool as well as ground Abyss, but that's about it that'll really be "game breaking" from a Glad's point of view.

[Fallyn]

Fuck magic crit.

[edit] i might grab all cheap magic crit stuff off broker and resell later.

[edit2] i did, let's see if this works out lol.

[Ryuushin]

Crafting is still luck based? Especially hhom? lol @ me for hoping for some kind of failsafe, back to selling my stains I guess

Well if there are really 20 pages of update notes then what we are reading now isn't the full extent of what's coming. I'm still reserving hope for change in HHoM but we'll see I guess.

[OzzofAsura]

I don't like this game anymore, and here a lots of words telling you why.

Go away then. Better yet, go to Aion Source.

I think for a non-expansion update, this is pretty awesome. 2.0 is gonna be far better though as that is a real content expansion.

[Drex]

I have to ask this because it's been on my mind since I heard about magic crits being added:

What's to gain from putting magical crits in anyway? If they wanted to buff sorcs and sms they could've just nerfed MR. Are they just throwing more variables into the equation hoping the problem solves itself or something? Why are magic crits becoming a big trend in gaming? And why were physical crits ever such a big deal that every RPG ever had to have them in the first place? All they do is introduce more and more luck into the system.

[Gryffes]

I have to ask this because it's been on my mind since I heard about magic crits being added:

What's to gain from putting magical crits in anyway? If they wanted to buff sorcs and sms they could've just nerfed MR. Are they just throwing more variables into the equation hoping the problem solves itself or something? Why are magic crits becoming a big trend in gaming? And why were physical crits ever such a big deal that every RPG ever had to have them in the first place? All they do is introduce more and more luck into the system.

People squee when they crit.

[Kerberoz]

I have to ask this because it's been on my mind since I heard about magic crits being added:

What's to gain from putting magical crits in anyway? If they wanted to buff sorcs and sms they could've just nerfed MR. Are they just throwing more variables into the equation hoping the problem solves itself or something? Why are magic crits becoming a big trend in gaming? And why were physical crits ever such a big deal that every RPG ever had to have them in the first place? All they do is introduce more and more luck into the system.

Obviously they felt that combat didn't rely enough on random numbers.

[altwight]

WHAT DOES hhom stand for?

[Naiya]

Hot Heart of Magic (the thing you need for Miragent's?)

[booly]

It is a more detailed look at the 1.9 patch notes:


Source: power.plaync.co.kr/aion//[테섭]+1.9+업데이트


Update 1.9 in March will lead to update 2.0in May. 1.9 will focus on various changes involving the ‘system’ and update 2.0will focus on contents, maintenance and service, etc.



The following is a main list concerning update 1.9.



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U.I. for LFG search engine

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U.I. for repurchasing solditems to NPC (cannot repurchase when the selection window closes)

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Additional movable optional U.I.quickbars

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Anti-stun skills – available forall classes at:-
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Lv 40 – immediately recoverfrom stun condition, and can use a skill to buff up resistance by 1000 againststun for 7 second

Lv 48 – Morespecifically according to class:-

Warrior: 40: Increase Accuracy

48: Fury – vastly increasephysical attack but decrease defence for 8 seconds

Templar: 40: Increase Accuracy

48: Recover 25% ofhealth & for 30 seconds, increase maximum health by 25%

50: Increase EnmityIII

Ranger: 48: Gives target physicaldamage and push oneself 25m back

Assassin: 48: (something technicalI don’t understand, something like gives physical damage and goes up to secondlevel, goes into 5th level ruin or something…)

Sorcerer: 30: Decrease resistanceto magic crit

48: moves forward30m

Spiritmaster: 30: Decreaseresistance to magic crit

48: Gives firedamage and absorbs 100% of it in health & 50% in MP.

Cleric: 30: Increase magic critdefence

48: Creates a shieldthat absorb damage for 30 seconds, but cannot use any magic/physical skillduring this time

Chanter: 48: a physical damageskill

(and other various adjustmentsto current skills…etcetc…)

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There will be a new stat thatwill relate to an increase in healing ability, and also new stats that willrelate to critical(?) abilities. The critical abilities can be divided intomagic crit, magic crit defence/resistance, physical crit defence/resistance,etc.

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If a stat has been increased bya character via the usage of items or mana stones, the character’s spirit,trap, energies will correspondingly increase their stats.

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There will be a NPC that sellsall stigmas in the major cities.

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The magic resistance due tolevel difference has been altered – if the attacker’s level is vastly higherthan the attacked, the rate of magic resistance will be greatly reduced.

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System to unite two weaponsinto one. The sub-weapon will be destroyed, but part of the stats and manastoneslots of the sub-weapon will be reinstated into the main weapon. The manastoneswill remain intact after fusion.

The type ofweapon must be the same, and main weapon must be of equal or higher level thanthe sub-weapon. After fusion, 20% of the sub-weapon’s base attack and magicattack will be imbued into the main. This will not include the amount enhancedby item upgrade (i.e. +10 stuff).

All the optionsof the sub-weapon will be added to the main weapon. However, only the higher ofattack speed, speed of revolution (?), PvP attack % increase will be used.

(there is morebut I lost interest….blahblahblah)

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Item upgrading increased to+15. 1-10 upgrade will exist as it is now. However, upgrade from 11-15 isdifferent – a single failure will lead to +10, instead of -1 as usual. Thesuccess rate from 11+ is lowered.

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There will be an item toincrease success rate for item upgrade and manastone socketing. These will bedivided into Upper/Middle/Lower class, and the higher the class, the greaterthe success rate. These will be available for purchase through NPCs in main citiesand towns. You must have these in inventory while upgrading/socketing in orderfor the effect to be in place.

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An increase in crafting limit. Ifyou pay certain amount of kinah to the NPC when at crafting skill 449, you willbe able to go to the next level cap 499.

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Increase in vitality and aetherability cap – to 499. There is also a level requirement to reach the new caps. Forinstance, you must have lv 40 & level 300 or lv 50 & level 400 to getto next level etc.

(Again there ismore, but lost interest….blahblah)

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New costumes for the Elyos and Asmodiansthat can be purchased from the main cities. On top of this, the required levelfor customising items will be reduced from lv 30 to lv 20. Furthermore, therewill be a new wing (lv 50) available for purchase.

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Things relating to systemimprovements:-

Ø Energy of Salvation –experience buff thing from lv 15 onwards. These are experience buff that aregiven in points after certain period of time has passed online; and will beused automatically while doing any activity such as hunting, gathering,mission, quest, PvP for an increase of 30%. These points will be nullifiedafter more than 10 minutes of logout time.

Ø Increase in the number of teleportpoints & obelisk. Plus, a reduction in obelisk set-fee and Soul healingfees, and travelling fees.

Ø The areas that you can usuallyfly to (?) have been reduced from before.

Ø Certain dungeon instance droprate is changed or will feature a new item

Ø To reduce the stress oflevelling, certain NPC merchants will be situated in certain towns and citiesthat will lend out equipment for a fee. The equipment or items will be onlyavailable for a certain amount of time, and will automatically destruct afterthat period. These equipment will not be available for mana socketing or itemupgrade, nor will be available for item fusion.

Ø There will be new items andequipment that can be purchased through Abyss Points without the requirement certainmedals. The levels for these equipment are 25, 35, 45.

Ø Vitality points will be moreeasily distinguishable from its surroundings in Poeta and Ishalgen.

Ø If you put in the correctpassword while aether drawing, flight will increase by 5 seconds.

Ø New skillbook for Chanters throughNPC available, “Physical Attack Increase I”.

Ø Fixed all strange vitalitypoints (?).

Ø Fixed anomalies upon wearing anitem (equipment?)

Ø You can now view the skills ofthe “Target of the target selected” as an option.

Ø You can choose the specialeffects of either None/Self/Party/Alliance/All.

Ø You will now have the option ofviewing only the highest level of skills learnt in the Skill window.

Ø Select Title will be nowdivided into Special & Standard titles.

Ø The number of stigma slots andarrangements has been changed. The new stigma slots will be available to theplayer after a later update, along with new stigmas that will be available.

Ø There is a /heal Icon.

Ø …and various other fixtures….

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Day Quests, which can be doneonce a day. Rewards will be variable, can include coins or medals for specialitems.

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Drapnir Caves will havechanged drop rate and drop items

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Dark Poeta will have higherdrop rate – for instance, the final boss will have higher drop rate the higherits rank

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Bosses of Themobos and Adma andother instances will have increased drop rate.

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Entrance requirements forcertain instances will no longer need a certain quest received to enter, just alevel requirement (Alquimia, Lepharists, Indratu, Ajoturan (?))

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You may now freely enterinstances even after the quest mission has been completed

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Dregion will be changed tobecome more tactical

Ø The boss monster will haveincreased drop rate

Ø Time will be decreased from 1hrto 40 minutes

Ø The five surkanas must bekilled in order for Adhati (?) to appear, and a message will be displayed toshow that he appears.

Ø There will be a new defencewall between weapons room (?) and a gravity control room (?), and a greatincrease in the HP of the defence shield over the entrance of (a certain room,don’t know direct translation)

Ø The amount of AP has beenchanged upon completion:

² Win: 3000AP to 4500AP

² Lose: 1500AP to 2500AP

² Tie: 2000AP to 3000AP

Ø The boss that may appear bychance Kalanadi & Rahkane, will have increased drop rate

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Fire Temple boss will now drop a new series of weapons

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More changes to the difficultyof Themobos Secret Laboratory

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There will be a change to thecondition where the entrance to Drapnir Caves from Intrenika (?)and the entrance to Indratu from Belusan appears. In comparison, the rate andthe length of which the entrance appears will increase.

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Indratu re-entry will bedecreased from 12 hours to 6.



There were morechanges and fixes to certain quests (some of requirements & some inrewards, etc) and stuff like details of new teleports and stuff, but Igot really tired and decided to stop here...


Anyway, the above is only for NC Korea Aion, so take it with a bit of salt, lol!

[Drex]

There will be a NPC that sellsall stigmas in the major cities.



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