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It has been some months since I logged into Gold Aion. I was the leader of Dragon, the largest english-speaking legion on the Elyos side. Many of the players I knew (myself included) quit because of the pay 2 win. It is possible to buy any amount of composite or even plume +10 from funpay.ru . At first only a few people left, they went to another Aion server which had much less pay 2 win--but as some people left, then more and more started to go. Whoever was selling on funpay.ru was either the owner, a GM, or someone who was duping because they can sell you as much as you want to buy. If you don't believe me, check my account. I bought two +10 plumes from my friend, who got them from funpay.ru and then he bought another two. In Aion official with thousands and thousands of people there were very, very FEW +10, but on Gold Aion there is many. Someone is either duping them or making them. So, lets start here. 1. No Pay 2 Win, no GM selling on funpay.ru, and if someone is duping, ban that account and remove all associated items. When players smell this, they will leave. 2. No AFK events. 3. Increase drop rate to encourage people to farm in open world. In games it is good and fun to farm.. this is where we have pvp interaction while farming. I have no reason to kill shit in Katalam, Danaria, or even Idian Depths because the drop rates aren't that good.. but if they are good for manastones and other items then people will farm, and then pvp will also happen (not just in bloodmark camps). FARMING IS GOOD, BRING PEOPLE OUT TO FARM. Please stop with all the chests spawning in Katalam and Danaria events.. there are already mobs (enemies) to kill all over, just increase drop rates and change the loot tables. 4. Reset PVP ranks. Every three months is perfect, that's four seasons per year. Every single game today has a ladder that resets. You will never, never, never, get new players to come in after an Aion server has been open for some time because they see the ranks do not reset and there is no chance to catch up. Who wants to play catch-up to guys on a private server who have been playing for years? Nobody. I already recommended this 9 months ago on forum: 5. Stop blocking content because of forts. If Asmo own three upper abyss fort (MKA), they get 2 * 3 = 6 ceramium medals * 3 days per week = 18 more ceramium medals than Elyos. PER WEEK. = 72 ceramium medals per month. Ok, so, now they get a big benefit just from having it, but also they can run instance. You get 1 guaranteed ceramium medal per fort per day x3, plus on average you get 1-2 boxes during a 3 run MKA. That's 5 ceramium medals per day * 7 days = 35 ceramium per week * 4 = 140 ceramium medals. 140 + 72 = 212 ceramium medals. So, if you own MKA you can get about 212 more ceramium medals than the faction that does not. This is not balanced AT ALL. Also, that is THREE HOURS OF RUNNING DUNGEONS that the other faction cannot even do. Let the benefit of owning a fort just be that they can defend for extra ceramium. Anybody should be able to run the dungeon -- put the entrances at their respective Abyss bases (they did this on NA during several events, but make it perma). I made this suggestion 9 months ago also, twice: 6. Socketing is and always has been a problem, but gets exacerbated by composites because of their rarity. There needs to be a way to reliably socket gear with effort. Is it possible to put an NPC in the game who sells the Assured Socketing boxes for like 200m+ each? The Greater Supplements are pretty trash and everyone knows it. I have used them countless times and while it is supposed to grant a +15% additional rate, it really feels bad when they fail again and again. If you can't make an NPC sell them, I recommend adding them to the drop table for bosses ( and possibly mobs in certain areas ). 7. The Shop should not sell pay 2 win items. Cosmetic items, pets, mounts, EXP/drop amulets, titles etc., are OK. Things like socketing boxes are not (but players need ways to get 100% socketing IN GAME). 8. Do not make special events for Sieges. We already tried this and all it did was make people stop doing siege properly and only killing their own characters to get max reward (my videos of Sashenka doing this are gone on my old hard drive). Many of the top players on Elyos side were doing this to get the best rewards during the event. There was a lot of effort put into Gold Aion. Bugs that plague other private Aion servers were fixed here (such as left click to rotate camera!!) so I know whoever was doing work behind the scenes was putting in the time to fix things. Also, everything ran so smoothly, it really was a retail-like experience. edit: wanted to add, I like 2x rate the best. Higher than that and the game goes too fast, maybe even 1x is good. Please, do not implement free eternal weapon and armor, it makes the game too easy and then crafters have no reason to exist. I also recommend removing pink quests that have free gold weapon and boots. If you look on another private server you will see that crafting is a really big deal because they do not have these. It gives some players a purpose -- to craft (something else to do).

Just a heads up--there is a very special website out there that will help you plan your next gear set! Aion.mouseclic.com Just right click the version in the top right corner (4.8) this is as far back as it goes and the gear has the same stats as our version. Also click your region because it changes the names of items (even if its from EU to NA). Note: This is not my website, but nobody seems to use or know about it.

Hey Scent, First, I do not completely disagree with you. *Some* campaigns and quests could benefit from having their XP raised, as those (speficially Inggison/Gelk, and some of Sarpan/Tia) time spent is not worth the XP gain. That being said, leveling is extremely easy (trivialized really) this patch, and the x2 server XP also applies to quest turn ins. That means your 4.5m xp quest is giving you 9m. In addition, there is a Daeva's Day event (birthday cake) and with triple xp rates, you can 1-65 in a weekend easily if you know what you are doing. Some people enjoy doing the quests and do not want to rush through the content too fast. They are enjoying leveling and the story, and that is also part of the game. If you want to level fast there are ways, including questing and grinding instances solo, that are very fast--seek them out.

When a faction owns a fortress they receive much more ceramium medals than the opposing faction. This is a huge benefit itself. The instances within each fortress should be open to all. I know it can be done because on NA we have had events where they put MKA entrances in our Abyss base, and Sillus fortress, Silona Fortress and Pradeth fortress, entrance in the base in Katalam. -Also, these are daily things to do. Running MKA keeps players ONLINE--and it gives them something to do. Same with running Silona and Sillus.. Also--this is a huge patch to not run Sillus (this is where most of our composites come from)-just check our broker and see there are almost no composites on there now. This has nothing to do with the past event, it is because we lost Sillus over a week ago now.

Almost six months ago I wrote this. And we wonder why there is a dwindling population for Elyos? I have people in my legion who left to go play Asmo because we (Elyos) do not own upper abyss forts. Open the abyss forts to everyone to run. Put the entrance in the abyss bases. Right now there is upper abyss siege 3x per week--this means that Asmos can get +18 ceramium medals from fort defense over elyos, plus running MKA(KKM) every day which is 3 guaranteed ceramium medals and on average about another 2 between the three forts. On average, somewhere in the range of 5 extra ceramium medals per day * 7 days = 35 ceramium medals from MKA (KKM) + 18 ceramium medals from 3*siege = 53 ceramium medals per week asmos get more than elyos just for UA. In addition to receiving more ceramium medals, Asmos also get more instances to run (they have an extra hour +) per day.

You get the items once per account. If you are not getting them in the survey then you have already received them on another character, on that account.

I made a video of me doing S Rank Sillus with a few edits for boxes and such. I do not cover every runic codex or hidden mob spawn (you will figure it out soon enough). 3-4 years ago I made a video of this as glad--I'd like to post as much content from Gold Aion as possible to promote it. Enjoy.

I saw someone asking for some information on how to maximize their cube the other day and I thought --- why not go to the forums. Well the NA forums (this is where I am from) have been deleted as of a few weeks ago, so I set out to make a new guide on cube expansion. It isn't the best, my computer skill are not the best, but I hope it guides those who need information. [Apologies to Staff-- I've tried to delete the last two pictures and they won't go.. if you can please delete them - thank you]

Agreed, It is always in the last cell. When I made this video on Gold Aion server I had not ran this dungeon in 4 years and just forgot. I realized this was the case after a few more runs but did not want to change the video.

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You fixed left mouse button rotate camera bug! Thank you so much!!!! (Yes, this excitement is real. I had to adjust my entire way of looking around.) Take my moneh!

1. There are 3 dailies in Katalam and 3 in Idian Depths (underground, but lets call it by the name it is now). Trading BM for AC is indeed a very good way to get coins as you can get 540 per week, per character, for doing the 19 camps. So if you have two characters at lvl 65, that is 1080 AC per week. Leveling is fairly easy these days, so perhaps you would like to have more than 1 character (many do). Also, doing the daily for manastones/AC daily on each 65 is a good way to make money (as well as pink quests and selling/using the manastones). A good way to get AC is to buy them from other players. As you run your instances and break gear for enchant stones, get drops, sell event items etc., you will make a good amount of money. If you farm in ID (Idian Depths) for 1 hour, you might only make 6m (6kk) in pure drops, but it is likely you will make another 30-50m in items such as Mystic Accessory Flux, or Ancient manastone crit/magic boost etc. A few hours of farming there will allow you to buy many AC. Farming in ID with the sole purpose of gaining AC by drops is a bad way to go about things. What AC you get as drops there should only supplement what you are going to buy. 2. Many people still do Kahrun weeklies. This is a good end-game healing set still (because it has heal boost and CONCENTRATION). None of the 65 sets have concentration. Kahrun is one of the best sets for clerics. If you plan on doing a lot of healing then the Kahrun set is very good for you (and the chain gloves have cast speed 8%). As a chanter though, this is not required. Also, many people also run Raksang daily x5 because you get a lot of Kahrun symbols this way. In Russian the dungeon will be called Тамарэс. 3. Getting AP for stigmas in 4.6 is much easier than before. You can farm for keys (normal mobs drop keys or keymasters) in Tiamarantas Eye when it is open. Farming in Idian depths will actually net you a good amount of AP per hour. If you have the premium pack for extra AP it is even better, but without it you will still get 30-90k per hour depending on your farm speed. There are small AP chests in certain areas in Tiamaranta and Sarpan that give AP and require no key at all. You will have to look up a guide on that as it is too lengthy to explain in this forum post. Dredgion is also a good way to go, as even a loss will net you ~15-20k. 4. As a new chanter you should be prioritizing PvE gear. It is is important to be able to run PvE so that you may get kinah and drops. When people run Infinity Shard (hyperion), DR (Modor/Grendel), IO (tower), EB (bastion) etc., they want to take a support chanter. This means you need HP gear and support stigmas. My creds--I run every instance on this server. I can tell you right now if you go full AP at/crit as the other guy suggested you will 1. (take forever to get there because lack of money/cera) and 2. (be missing out on a LOT of daily/weekly stuff because no groups will take you).

Hey all.. So this event has been fairly fun. It has gotten my legion and myself out farming more instances, especially low level stuff. It gives us 1-2 extra hours per day to play in Gold Aion. However, the past few days have been... different. The drop rate in Adma for the past 2 days between a few of my characters is 37 (16, 11, 10) runs and 0 Auroras. This is VERY low compared to what it was when the event first started. I have even tried using the 50% drop rate amulets. If a drop rate will be nerfed that is OK, but please let us know if something is changed because right now many of my legion feel like we have wasted several hours of farming and now will no longer continue to do so.

Can a moderator please move this to the guides and tips section. This is an S rank and box guide for Danuar Mysticarium (Sillus Fort Instance).

Voting hasn't been showing up (or giving coins) on the website now for 3 days. The last day my profile registered my vote was on 11/19.

Fix this problem please. I have voted again, and it doens'tregister. No, my vote is not a fraud, thanks.

Perento in Heiron is bugged. A few of my legion mates were having problems picking up quests from him. I went to test this and logged one of my characters who had never picked up a quest from him and he has no quest, only the text "Faith and Arms."

I ended up contacting Purrfect on discord. They said it will be fixed after the restart. The bug is that no quests were showing.

You never did actually ask a question. You may have 2 expert crafts (400+) and 1 master (500+) per character.

Dragon is now recruiting. We are an Elyos based English-speaking legion. The requirements to join are that you: 1. . Speak English 2. Do not beg or spam for help in legion chat (asking once is ok, asking 4 times is not)—People are often busy with their own tasks. 3. Treat other legion members with respect We have a strong core-group of 65’s at the moment and a smattering of players covering all range of levels. Our goals are to enjoy the game as it was in 4.6. For many of us, the newer patches of 5.x and 6.x destroyed much of what we enjoyed about Aion. Come, and share your goals with us, we can obtain them together. Currently, Dragon has the largest concentration of English-speaking players on the server. PM Blackout or Boon, or any of the Dragon members you may encounter along your journey.

I translated much of what has been written here and I wanted to share some thoughts. The first is that players do not necessarily play games like they did 10 years ago. Too many games come out and it is normal for people to change games every few months. A drop in population after a launch is to be expected and happens with ALL games (WoW expansion, Path of Exile 2 weeks after new league etc). Most players want to play the ‘new’ thing, have their experience and then they get bored and move on to something else—it does not necessarily mean there is a problem with the game. Second—I have seen complaints about the shop before, but I do not see a problem. I went to another private server to check and have seen them literally selling kinah and pvp weapon and armor (and everything else). There is a BIG difference. The items we have in our shop are good and people should not complain about an occasional sale that brings in different items. Third—how many of you have played other online games? Many games have a ranking system (or ladder). So does Aion. One problem that Aion has always had is that its ranking system never resets—but ALL other games with ranking systems reset. The glory point mechanic is flawed and people do not lose enough each day (plus they disappear off the ranking after a certain time, 30 days I believe, and when they come back they get their points). If there was one thing that should change about Aion is that the ladder should be reset on a set schedule. What about gear? Well, that gives players something to look forward to (getting their rank back or farming a new set). Once a player is on top, a new player can never catch up if the old players continue. Fourth—not everyone plays Aion for pvp. I do think that the combat and pvp in Aion can be very fun, but there is also a gear and ping factor that can make it un-fun. I play with a bit high ping because I am from NA so I usually do not engage in it here (although I will occasionally siege). I love Aion pve with the kiting, weaving, and different mechanics of end-game instances. It is rarely just tank-n-spank, and there is always a chance of failing if your group does not know the fight or have the gear. In many games when you queue up for an end-game instance, you know with 100% certainty that you will pass—but not in Aion (unless you already know your group). That is why people can get so strict about who they let join. Which brings me to my Fifth point—it is ok to take a short time to have someone who speaks English and Russian explain something to an English-only speaker. Too many times I have been rejected from dungeons. I asked my friend why and he said “it is because your client is in English.” Many English speakers do not play because it is hard to get into groups. I know that we need to do a better job at consolidating our people; and we tried, but a certain guild leader threw everything away after two weeks and the legion basically disbanded with the group fractured (some siding with the old guild leader and others moving on). Normally this would not be a problem, but when the English-speaking community was already small it is devastating. I am going to give you a tip for bringing people into a run like Bastion that we used to use in NA if people did not know it (because there are so many people). In each group we mark 1 person (especially useful for all groups but defense). We tell the new players STAY WITH THIS MARK (heart, skull, arrow etc.). This makes it very easy for new players to go where they are supposed to. (You really do not need to use discord). For groups 2 and 3 do not mark the player making the pulls, mark the player who knows where to stand. Done. Sixth—Another Aion mechanic that can be troublesome (and has been part of the game since I started playing in 1.5 (this is what patch launched in NA/EU in 2009). When one faction dominates another faction it can cause problems (even in Korea). Players do not like being shut out of content (even if it is game design, it is bad game design). We have players who love to run Void Cube (Silona fortress instance)—some like to run Danuar Mysticarium (Sillus fortress instance) for composite manastone bundles, and others like to run Upper Abyss forts (KMA) for abyss points and ceramium medals. But these options for daily fun are completely gone. The faction who owns the fort already gets more ceramium medals (and this should be their benefit, it is a very large one). I would like to see that the instances inside these forts are opened up for all—it is possible, I have seen events on NA where the entrances to these instances are placed in Katalam and their respective Abyss bases. Lastly—the admin on the server have thus far done a great job. I have submitted a problem twice now and had a fast and fair resolution. I have also watched them fix events that were problematic. I doubt these people are getting paid for their time either—and eventually they will not want to deal with the problems if they become too much. What we need is more productive discussions and less finger-pointing. I would try to translate this into Russian with google-translate, but sometimes it does not translate accurately, so i will not.

Русский не мой родной язык (с использованием переводчика), поэтому, пожалуйста, извините меня. Существует веб-сайт, который очень хорош для создания персонажа. http://aion.mouseclic.com/tool/gearcalc Вы можете выбрать 4.8 (самая старая версия по-прежнему доступна) с правой стороны, а также ваш регион. Я не владею этим сайтом, но я не знаю, используют ли его многие люди. Поправил название темы. AKADEMIE Has corrected the name of a theme. AKADEMIE

Google translate isn't the best - thought I would try anyway.

You can't. That didn't become available until patch 4.8.

6am my time so 1pm server time

This happened to me in two gold rooms back-to-back on different characters. No chests spawned.