AIONology

Here is the list of vet rewards for your first 6 months of playing Aion.

They seem ok, not great, but ok since I was not expecting anything at all. I wish more games would follow in the steps of Ultima Online and give some more interesting items that at least make your character look better and are permanent.  A Lodas Amulet is nice and all, but once I use it it’s gone and I get only a very small benefit from it. Dances are also nice, but…yeah. Things like an awesome looking piece of armor or unique and rare armor color dye would be better imo.

Month 1: Pop Daeva

• Expand Cube Ticket
• Pop Legend emote
• 4 Lodas Amulets
• 4 Revival Stones

You jumped into Aion and are off exploring the visually stunning world of Atreia. To help you along in your travels, we will give you four Lodas Amulets, four Revival Stones, an exclusive Pop Legend emote, and an Expand Cube Ticket.

Month 2: Honored Daeva

• 4 Lodas Amulets
• 4 Revival Stones

This month, we will give you four more Lodas Amulets and Revival Stones to fortify you against the challenges ahead. Good luck! Atreia is counting on you.

Month 3: Dance Daeva

• Adept of Aion title
• Forbidden Dance emote
• 4 Lodas Amulets
• 4 Revival Stones

Your commitment has earned you the title “Adept of Aion” and another exclusive emote: Forbidden Dance! In addition, we will give you four Lodas Amulets and four Revival Stones.

Months 4 and 5: Honored Daeva

• 4 Lodas Amulets
• 4 Revival Stones

These months, we will give you four more Lodas Amulets and Revival Stones to fortify you against the challenges ahead. Good luck! Atreia is counting on you.

Month 6: Soaring Daeva

• Wing Feather of the Black Cloud Traders (level 40)
• 4 Lodas Amulets
• 4 Revival Stones

Unique item dye colors available to Ultima Online veterans. (This kind of thing is a better idea.)

Here is a quick summary from the aionsource forums.

To summerize, the first change was in regards to the Fortress Sieges. Defending forts are possible, but to make it less hard and competitive, some changes have been made to the defense system. Also medal distribution has been changed.

Second, a new UI option was added. This change will lessen the crashes during the sieges and areas with many players.

The third is among the most waited changes ever, which is flying SM pets. Until now you couldn’t have your pets flying, but now you will be able to fight aerial battles with your pet.

Lastly, three new costumes were added. They are: traditional American, traditional Russian, and traditional European attires.

I’m really looking forward to the flying pets. 

If you want to read the full translated notes check out the post here.

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So I was browsing the forums when I came across a post where someone was talking about a level 50 ranger he was fighting who would log out whenever the fight was not going his way. I highly disapprove of this method of “PvP” and anyone who uses it. In my opinion if you are losing a fight in PvP (as long as it’s a somewhat fair fight) then you should fight like a man and deal with the abyss point loss. It’s the honorable thing to do.   However I have used the “logout technique” once to escape a PvE battle I was sure that I would lose, in a location that would be annoying to get back to.

What are general thoughts on this kind of thing (hopefully negative) and has this technique ever been used on you before?

Gathering is a good way to make Kinah. Everyone needs resources sometimes for things like crafting, enchantments, potions, and gear. No matter what resources you gather, they will sell out all the time, as long as your prices are reasonable. If prices are lower at the moment than you want to sell for, just wait a day or two and they will probably change.

In Aion there are a lot of items that look cool, but don’t do too much for your character’s stats. Many of these good-looking items can be sold for a very high profit. People will othen use these items to change the model of their current gear if it has good stats, but looks like an outfit they stole from a clown.

Use your private store(for more than just going AFK)! Everytime you go AFK, make a store. Put anything in that you think another player could even have a remote possibility of wanting. You might get lucky and some player will come by and buy some unwanted item from you.

Finally, one of the ultimate tools for getting cash is your wings! Expensive Aether resources can be found all over the sky, so flying longer will help you collect more nodes, and therefore more Kinah.

These are just a few of the smaller tips I learned from the new kinah guide by Killer Guides. If you are interested in making tons of Kinah then check it out here Aion Kinah guide

Most players, regardless of class, should be able to solo Bubblegut by level 17, or at least by level 18.  Numerous players have difficulty with ol’ Bubblegut, (what a name!) and most of the difficulty stems from failing to use the provided Slime Immunity potions at the proper time.

The quest to defeat Bubblegut is the fighting portion of the “Source of the Pollution” quest chain. When you are done, remember to stay and talk to Kato, and then return to Spatalos to inform him of the result and pick up your quest reward.

When you receive the Bubblegut portion of the “Source of the Pollution” quest chain from Geolus he will give you two Slime Immunity potions and tell you to use them on Bubblegut.

Place the Slime Immunity potions on your Quickbar so you can access them easily during battle. See Options/User Interface 1,2,and 3 to add extra Quickbars.

You have to return to the Tainted Swamp near Roseino’s tent to find Bubblegut. Bubblegut’s swamp pool lies north of Pilgrim’s Respite, between Altamia Ridge and  Zumion Canyon. If you look at the map of Verteron you will see the Tainted Swamp area in the east. Bubblegut is in the swamp pool that is furthest north.

Note: You may find it helpful to change your compass on the mini map to always point north. You can do this in Options. To get to Options press Escape twice to bring up the small Quit/Logout/Options menu. Click on Options.  In Game Options/User Interface Option 9 allows you to fix your compass on North.

The easiest, quickest way to get to Bubblegut is to fly from Verteron Citadel to Pilgrim’s Respite. From there turn right just past vendor Ibion’s tent and follow the road north to the Tainted Swamp.

Go to the the last swamp pool, the one furthest north, just past Roseino’s tent. You’ll find Bubblegut playing about in the contaminated waters, chasing some unsuccessful player down the road, or mauling a dead or dying player.

Tip: If you are traveling at night (in game time) in addition to the Broken Rock Kalgolems that are always there, you have to beware of the Ancient Elysean Spirits who stand about at the side of the roads.

If Bubblegut is out and about in battle with another player, take this opportunity to target him and look for the green square representing the Slime Spouting buff below his name. This buff is the key to defeating him.

DO NOT USE YOUR SLIME IMMUNITY POTIONS YET.  The trick is to attack Bubblegut, wait until he puts on his Slime buff, and THEN use one of the Slime Immunity potions that Geolus gave you.

If you use the Slime Immunity potion before Bubblegut buffs up, it will be wasted. If you use it too late, you may be dead. If you forgot about the Slime Immunity potions entirely, you don’t stand a chance.

If you find Bubblegut outside the swamp with his buff already up, you can attack him and use your Slime Immunity potion.

If Bubblegut does not have his buff up, you have to attack him and get him to put it up BEFORE you use the Slime Immunity potion.

Geolus does give you two Slime Immunity potions, so you can run away and try again. Try using it a second time, if your attacks do not seem to be doing any damage to Bubblegut; he sometimes puts up his Slime Immunity buff a second time right after you neutralize it with your first potion.

If worse comes to worst, and you find yourself in front of the Obelisk by the Soul Healer, bent over, clutching your chest and gasping, with no more Slime Immunity potions in your inventory, don’t give up! Simply return to Geolus, and he will give you two more potions.

If you survive your encounter with Bubblegut, but fail to kill him and use up both of your Slime Immunity potions, see Geolus for more. See our (soon-to-be-posted) Quick Trips Category for a free (no Kinah necessary) shortcut from the Tainted Swamp back to Geolus, the Frillneck Woods, and the Southern Tolbas Forest. You will have to get back up to Bubblegut after you see Geolus. A quick return to Verteron Citadel and a flight to Pilgrim’s Respite is your best bet.

When you are successful, you will see Kato. Talk to him and hear his sad story, then return to Spatalos and collect your hard-earned reward.

I know that this method works, at least with a Gladiator, because I used it to solo Bubblegut with my Glad right after I hit level 17.

Let us know your experiences with ol’ Bubblegut.

Just found this video a little bit ago and I thought it was a really great example of Templar PVP.
The level 36 Templar in this video takes on a level 36 Ranger, a 37 ranger, and a level 37 Assassin. He would have beat them also if they had not brought their level 50 healbot with them.
Even still, this Templar is able to last for 7mins against 3 other players.

Can’t find the elusive Tutty? Ready to give up on that cube? Well here is the video just for you.

It can be annoying to try to locate some of the wandering NPCs in Aion.

We all know that to locate someone you type: /where Name

Did you know that you can get the path of a wandering NPC with equal ease?

For instance, if you want to locate Gulux (Asmodian) or Paksigue (Elyos) type:

/pathfinding Gulux

or

/pathfinding Paksigue

This will note the current location of the beastie with a purple X on your map and mini map. The purple X then moves as the creature moves along its path.

Pretty neat, huh?

You’ve probably seen our post on Paksigue aka Crab Norris, the level 13 Elite that roams about Verteron Citadel cutting short the lives of unwary low level players.
Well, the Asmodian equivalent is Gulux, a level 13 Elite Demi-humanoid ice creature that follows a path in the Altgard Ice Lake around Altgard. Like Paksigue, Gulux has a 7 meter aggro range and pre-emptive attack.

Gulux of Altgard Ice Lake

Here’s a shot of Gulux as he crosses the path into Altgard Fortress. Right after I took this shot he practically one-shotted some poor guy, who then ran into the fortress taking Gulux with him. The NPC guards took out Gulux.

For whatever reason, Gulux does not seem to have developed the same reputation, notoriety, and fame as our buddy Crab Norris. Can it be that he is less attractive, less colorful, or less interesting? Is he easier to kill? He doesn’t seem to follow quite as eccentric a path as Paksigue, so it just may be that it is easier to avoid him.

Let us know your experience with either or both of these guys.

Whether you are gathering for a quest or just to level up your skill for future high level items, gathering everything from Rubis to Aether can be frustrating if you are having difficulty locating the item you have to gather.

There are a couple of items available to help with gathering once you have ascended (from level 10 on up.) You can spend some of your hard-earned Kinah (Q) and buy a vitality or aether gathering hat, called a Gatherer Hat or Aether Gatherer Hat.

The Gatherer Hat comes in Novice (Q 5,687) – Experienced (Q 25,289) – Veteran (Q 148,648) and Advanced (Q 962,797) versions. As they increase in price, they also increase in skill level and character level requirements.

Gatherer Hats are available from the Vitality Extraction and Aether Extraction item vendors in the Vitality and Aether Extraction areas of the Artisan’s Hall in Sanctum for Elyos, or the Aether and Vitality Extraction Training area for Asmodians in Pandemonium.

With so many expenses competing for your attention a Gatherer Hat may seem too costly. After all, you still have to expand your cube and warehouse space, pick up some new armor or weapons, and pay to level up your crafting skill.

If you feel that you just can’t afford a Gatherer Hat, there’s hope. Here’s a free alternative: macros.

You can set up macros to help locate, target, and extract vitality and aether. Macros work extremely well for items that may be difficult to see, such as fish in the water. (Think Miraju Holy Ground or the waters around Eltnen Fortress.)

Go to U to open Macros, then Create New Macro, and type in, for example:

/Select Ruko
/Attack

(Make this two separate lines, just as shown, capitalizing the words and adding / at the start of each line.)

A Gatherer Hat, it is true, goes one step further than a macro and tells you what gatherables are available in any given area, but it may be cost prohibitive for lower level characters.  It is also amusing when using macros to put your character on autorun, periodically click your macro, and find your character suddenly veering off to one side and running head-long into a barrier in an attempt to reach the item the macro is set to gather.

So, if you’re feeling the pinch from a lack of Q (kinah,) give the macro solution a try. It is very simple, yet very effective.