Aion

Aion Weekly Newsletter - Botters Never Prosper - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:50:16 -0500

Don't let these offenders ruin your gaming experience! Get tips to ease the annoyance.Bots and kinah sellers are wearing down even the most dedicated of players causing gamewide frustration and disappointment. Is NCsoft doing enough? Maybe or maybe not but there are steps you can...

Fan of Machinima? Check out These Aion Creations! - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:57:37 -0500

See what in-game video can do with a little artistic flairMachinima is the fun and stunning art of taking in-game visuals and putting them eloquently to music. These can be as amusing as a tribute to the king of pop, or as pretty and unique as videos...

New Aion Content Incoming? - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:36:21 -0500

Mark your calendars for a glimpse of Aion's future!Now that patch 1.5.1 has gone live addressing some major concerns of the playerbase, it is time to look forward to future improvements What could those be? Aion CM Tamat tells the community to...

Aion Cooking Guide 100-199 - Ten Ton Hammer

Stow — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:32:29 -0500

Congratulations on making a bunch of food no one could ever possibly want in the first tier of cooking! Your reward is paying to upgrade to a tier where you still can't make anything useful for...

The Consensus: Aion Review by Gamespy - Ten Ton Hammer

Medeor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:35:50 -0500

Well balanced review, well after the launch.

While not showering NCsoft with praise for Aion, Gamespy provides a moderately favorable review of the game in their latest Consensus. I appreciate the fact that they waited two months after...

Aion Spiritmaster: PvP Juggernaut or Just Naught? - Ten Ton Hammer

Medeor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:20:43 -0500

It’s not all doom and gloom, some sunny skies ahead.As we’ve discussed in previous articles, Spiritmasters don’t significantly bring the pain in grouped up PvE. The caster’s DOTS and pets do some damage, but overall the Spiritmaster holds...

Aion Servers Go Down Tonight for Patch 1.5.1 - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:08:13 -0500

Both welcomed and criticized patch features finally go liveAion's Game Update 1.5.1 goes live later tonight bringing many changes, some welcomed wholly and other setting off apprehension.

Likely one of the biggest changes that has gotten cheers is the...

Aion: Elyos Vitality and Aether Extraction 100-199 - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:39:59 -0500

Find out where to get the nodes you need!Extracting Aether and Vitality from nodes in Aion does not have to be a difficult process. Save that precious gaming time and get the level and locations of the nodes you need to raise your skill...

Aion Weekly Newsletter - Aion Meets RMT - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:06:22 -0500

How much RMT can ruin a game?RMT and item shops have hit most major games in the genre and we are seeing our first trickle of it in Aion with the new Holiday Ascension Pack being offered this winter. I think many can agree...

Aion Alchemy Guide 100-199 - Ten Ton Hammer

Stow — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:58:42 -0500

The alchemic cauldron bubbles once more!

Now that Alchemy 101 is over, we take it to the next level in our next Alchemy article. Or next 100 levels, I guess. New opportunities for greatness and more importantly profit open up in this...

Aion : Latest Changes update! - Ten Ton Hammer

Stow — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:42:03 -0500

Fly, my pretties!

Some new Aion stuff is going live overseas. We're getting more ridiculous costumes to insult people in PvP with, more details on how Spiritmaster Pets will work in flying PvP, and some major...

Aion Stats Dictionary Defines Stats - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:41:29 -0500

Finally! The ABCs of Stats Explained Quickly and Clearly.Nearly every MMOG that we play uses character stats in some way to alter the effectiveness and playability of our characters. The stats used and what they do though are unique to each game and...

Aion: Spiritmaster Grouping Guide - Ten Ton Hammer

Medeor — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:11:47 -0500

We bring more than just a pretty face and drop rate buff.

As the lowest overall played class in the game, the Spiritmaster has an uphill battle to educate people on why our presence is required in a group. Besides bringing the unique buff of increasing...

Aion: Spiritmasters To Get Flying Pets - Ten Ton Hammer

Medeor — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:32:45 -0500

Less summoning, less aggravation, Spiritmasters rejoice.

Finally the cries of Spiritmasters have been heard. NCsoft announced that Spiritmaster pets flying in Korea has worked so well they are ready to bring it to North America:

Spiritmasters should...

Submit Your Photos of Aion in Real Life - Ten Ton Hammer

Medeor — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:25:32 -0500

Flash your Aion out and about and then show up online.

Aion alerts players when they've been sitting at the keyboard for an hour and then every hour thereafter. To help bring the message home, the team at Aion wants players to take to the streets and...

Aion Number Crunch Shows Interesting Break Down - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:19:54 -0500

Do the server stats hold the truth as to game health?Most of us look over the Aion server stats every now and again but rarely does someone actually take the stats and break them down. The folks at Massively did such a break down and it led to some...

Aion Cooking Guide 1-99 - Ten Ton Hammer

Stow — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:00:24 -0500

Because everything is better deep fried.

Food buffs in Aion are wonderful. So subtle in the effects, yet so obvious in the buff icons when targeting someone well fed. Do you have your own buffs to tell people in the abyss that you're...

Aion: Create Tamat's Avatar to Win Stuff! - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:03:55 -0500

Enter to win a unique prize pack!Aion's CM Andrew "Tamat" Beegle is throwing a contest that can win one lucky fan some great prizes. All you have to do is make the awesomeness of forum icons!

Following in the footsteps of...

CM Lani Blazier Discusses First Batch of Patch Notes - Ten Ton Hammer

Medeor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:18:58 -0500

First up, Spam, Memory Leaks and Fortress Medals.

Aion CM Lani Blazier (Liv) provided some initial feedback for the first batch of patch notes over at AionSource. And while we don't see a lot of new information, she does clear up how fortress...

Interview with Aion's Andrew "Tamat" Beegle Addresses the Grind - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:39:09 -0500

How will Aion attack a serious community concern?Aion's new Community Manager has been working hard since he's taken over and in another interview he dives in to tackle the difficult concerns that the community has. Will changes be made that...