Honestly I was not hyped all about Aion after hearing and reading news articles on it last year. It looked like every other MMORPG like Perfect World. So I decided to give the Chinese Open Beta which can be fully translated into English easily with about 10 mouse clicks. I wasn't planning on playing the English version of Aion when it came out but after playing the Chinese OB so much I think I will need my North American Aion release fix soon or I will go crazy.
My sweet little angel... I mean devil.
I know all of you want to hear how grinding in this game is like so let me get into detail with that. Leveling isn't that hard in this game at least for the lower levels of the game. Questing and Grinding levels your character almost the same but there are some quests that you should just skip and grind instead. Some quests will require you to gather/collect/harvest materials on the ground on air. I think these quests are quite time consuming. I would say you can get to level 25 in a week or less for the casual players and two-three days for the hardcore players. The game changes a lot after you reach level 25 first you will probably let off a big relief of finally hitting that level. You also learn 10-15 skills for your character of your class which will make them more PvP efficient. The best part of all after reachign 25 is the ability to enter the world of Abyss after completing special mission requirements of course. When you are in the world of the Abyss you can participate in Open battlefield PvP sieges, easier to get gank by the opposing realm, purchase special armor from your hard earned PvP points.
Siege Tutorials very useful if you are planning to play Aion
As you progress through higher levels of the game you will start to noticing that there are just some missions that are simply impossible to solo. I didn't like the idea of how you have to party to do some of the story line missions since for some people finding a party is would be wasting most of their time and not everyone of us have a lot of time on our hands! The mission below video will show you why this mission can not be solo'ed.
Aion Online Hard Mission
A lot of people think that you can fly anywhere and anytime in Aion Online but let me tell you this now you can not fly anywhere and anytime. The only place where you can fly around anywhere are mostly areas near towns and the Abyss realm. Huh that sucks!? Yeah, but you can still "glide" around areas which is good enough for some players. Most of the terrain in Aion Online go down and you can glide on roads with the right gliding skills! There are also cliffs where you can leap to your doom or glide away from to travel to other areas faster. Another one of the biggest Aion misconception is people think you can fly for an unlimited amount of time. This is true in way if you stock up on a lot flight potions or exploit the flight recharge portals that you can find on the Abyss map. Even so your flight time is only 1-1.5 minutes under level 29. This will probably most likely change as you get through your higher levels and earn your self a new set of wings at level 30 and 40.
Flying and Gliding is totally different!
Beautiful Scenery!
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