Aion v1.9 Details Announced

03 Mar 2010 at 11:57:22 by Bill Vaughan

NCsoft has revealed the results of its meeting which took place yesterday, regarding Aion's upcoming v1.9 patch.

Members of the Europe and North American Aion development and community teams got together yesterday to discuss the game's huge update and nail down details of the patch, which resulted in the following highlights being released:

• New skills for every class (including new skills specifically for countering stun attacks)
• Dozens of daily quests with different objectives and rewards
• New quests, increased quest rewards, and increased instance drop rates
• Dredgion enhancements
• Max item enchantment increased to +15
• An increase in experience gain (including a new experience bonus system:  Energy of Salvation)
• Soul Healing, Soul Binding, and Flight Transportation cost decreases
• A mechanic that allows two two-handed weapons to be combined to create one more powerful two-handed weapon
• Looking for group (LFG) functionality improvements
• Numerous user interface improvements

According to Aion's Tamat, the full patch notes will be well in excess of 20 pages, and should be published later this week, check back then for more details.

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