AIONology

We have updated this post with new maps and more info as of October 15, 2009.

Rift Basics

Rifts join Eltnen to Morheim and Beluslan to Heiron. There are seven rifts in each direction.

We have labeled the Elyos entrances and exits with numbers and the Asmodian entrances and exits with letters. The entrance letters and numbers correspond to the exit letters and numbers in the other faction’s territory. For example, entry point 1 in Eltnen sends an Elyos player to exit 1 in Morheim, while entry point A in Morheim sends an Asmodian player to exit point A in Eltnen.

The entry point for each rift is stable for both factions, but the exit points may vary slightly. No doubt this is intended to prevent defending players from camping the spot where incoming opposition players arrive. We have done our best to mark the maps accurately.

There are limits to the number of players who can enter each rift; see the charts for the rifts in each area. There is also a level maximum for entry into each rift, probably so that very high level players cannot suddenly appear in the lower level areas.

Note: All Rifts are open for approximately 26 minutes real time, which translates to 2 hours Atreia time (on the in-game clock.)

Morheim Rift Map - Asmodian Territory

Heiron Rift Map - Elyos Territory

Beluslan Rift Map - Asmodian Territory

You can also copy the following info into your in-game Memo Pad so that you can place the information on your in-game map. See the picture at the bottom for help to access the in-game Memo Pad. Just highlight. copy, and paste into the memo Pad with Cntrl V. You can then click on the links in your memo pad to mark the locations on your map.

Eltnen>Morheim
[pos:Entrance 1;210020000 183.269086357947 2829.47434292866 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 1;220020000 745.420675537359 1872.32548618219 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 2;210020000 824.070087609512 2023.46683354193 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 2;220020000 1364.66325486182 1334.96622313204 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 3;210020000 1655.10888610763 1858.26032540676 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 3;220020000 617.477993858751 209.070624360287 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 4;210020000 1024.32040050063 61.0137672090112 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 4;220020000 1820.13920163767 1309.37768679632 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 5;210020000 1459.8648310388 581.664580725907 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 5;220020000 1559.13613101331 2757.68884339816 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 6;210020000 2210.80350438048 2644.24280350438 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 6;220020000 2613.38382804504 2235.68270214944 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 7;210020000 2180.76595744681 541.614518147685 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 7;220020000 2930.68167860798 879.490276356192 0.0 -1]

Morheim>Eltnen
[pos:Entrance A;220020000 450 2350 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit A;210020000 718.938673341677 2779.41176470588 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance B;220020000 750 920 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit B;210020000 383.519399249061 1277.53441802253 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance C;220020000 250 500 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit C;210020000 1289.65206508135 2438.98623279099 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance D;220020000 1650 1400 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit D;210020000 93.1564455569462 246.245306633292 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance E;220020000 1630.78403275333 1099.5516888434 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit E;210020000 1329.70212765957 346.370463078848 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance F;220020000 2400 2300 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit F;210020000 2295.9098873592 2278.7859824781 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance G;220020000 2450 600 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit G;210020000 2586.27284105131 651.752190237797 0.0 -1]

Heiron>Beluslan
[pos:Entrance 1;210040000 2662.01160005043 434.266044634977 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 1;220040000 126.507629704985 1061.38860630722 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 2;210040000 1300.266548985 1437.9225822721 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 2;220040000 1067.50457782299 313.677517802645 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 3;210040000 1103.57004160888 656.180052956752 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 3;220040000 1036.98575788403 2073.59613428281 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 4;210040000 649.655024587063 1821.22859664607 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 4;220040000 2125.49033570702 456.098677517803 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 5;210040000 725.307527424032 2512.18812255705 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 5;220040000 2863.02848423194 542.568667344863 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 6;210040000 503.393519102257 555.310049174127 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 6;220040000 2725.69379450661 2343.17904374364 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance 7;210040000 2742.70760307654 2078.44710629177 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit 7;220040000 1744.00508646999 1900.65615462869 0.0 -1]

Beluslan>Heiron
[pos:Entrance A;220040000 233.323499491353 150.910478128179 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit A;210040000 2132.44408019165 434.266044634977 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance B;220040000 1301.48219735504 634.12512716175 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit B;210040000 1955.92157357206 1821.22859664607 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance C;220040000 767.402848423194 2226.19023397762 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit C;210040000 871.569032908839 903.311562224183 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance D;220040000 2069.53916581892 262.812817904374 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit D;210040000 861.482032530576 2194.44761064179 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance E;220040000 2842.68260427263 618.865717192269 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit E;210040000 291.566511158744 2658.44962804186 0.0 -1]
[pos:Entrance F;220040000 2812.16378433367 2561.89725330621 0.0 -1] > [pos:Exit F;210040000 362.175513806582 514.962047661077 0.0 -1]

It should look something like this:

After I found that video with the shortcut to get to the back of the Krall area solo, I have been looking for other shortcuts as well. I found these two videos that show shortcuts from Verteron => Miraju’s Holy Ground and Altgarde => Impetusium. I don’t have an Asmodian character high enough level to try the Altgarde to Impetusium shortcut so I can’t say for sure if it still works or not. (If someone with an Asmo character could try this out it would be cool.) I did try the shortcut from Verteron to Miraju, and it works well.

Here is the video for the Shortcut from Verteron to Miraju’s Holy Ground:

Here is the video for Altgarde to Impetusium:

Let me know if these work well for you or if you find another cool shortcut.

Here is a video showing how to solo the quest Sealing The Abyss Gate.

One thing not mentioned in this video is that you must be in a team in order to use the abyss gate. However your teammates do not have to be there with you.

Just writing this while waiting for the queue so I will keep it short. So far my only PvP experience has been from the teleportation quests in Eltnen that teleport you to Asmodae (however you spell that). My first time I managed to get one kill before running into a cleric 1v1 (not so good for my poor SM) and being hunted down by his friends with this as the end scene with me being camped. (T_T)

The Next time I could not even get one kill before being ganked as you see here:

I don’t mind being ganked that much, but I’m really looking forward to some more even pvp battles.

How is everyone else liking pvp so far?

Sorry about not having any posts for the past few days. I bet everyone can guess what I was doing. So far I have a level 20 Spiritmaster and a level 18 Templar. Both are really fun, but I hear that most classes don’t start to get really good till around level 25-30, so I’m looking forward to that. The leveling does get a little bit slower starting around 20, but there are still lots of quests. I’ve only had to grind a little with my Spiritmaster from level 18 1/2 to 19 because I could not get a team for the krall quests .

Here are some pictures of my characters:

My Templar:

My Spiritmaster:

If anyone ever wants to team with me, just send me a msg .

What is your favorite character so far and what level, class and race are you?

There is so much happening in-game with such great graphics that I sometimes find it difficult to locate my team. Ok, I admit I can get lost in the mayhem or absorbed at the Broker.

Anyway, those floating icons that the group leader can place over group members’ heads really help! The icons are visible from a much greater distance than the individual characters are. It’s also quite amusing to see a huge smiley face, heart, star, etc. bouncing along in the air and emerging from a valley or village, etc.

Using icons can also facilitate coordination of group attacks if the group leader places an appropriate icon (the skull leaps to mind) over the head of the current target.

We did experience some temporary loss of icons at times during the beta. They seemed to drop off for some, but not all players, but would reappear if the group leader placed them again.

Aion Icons for Groups

According to the main Aion website the final patch that updates beta clients to release version should be released in the next few hours.

Here is the post from the main AIon page:

Greetings!

As we draw closer to tomorrow I wanted to give everyone a brief update on the progress of our live version. We are excited to announce that we will be serving out the final update for you to patch within the next few hours. You will be able to use this version for both our Preselection and our Head Start. We are very excited with our final product and think that you will be as well! Below are the release notes for the patch you will see later today:

- Aion now features all three languages French, German and English. To select your language simply right click on Aion within your launcher and go to Properties->Language Options. Please select which languages you wish to download and which you wish Aion to display.

- After analyzing our open beta test results Aion will not feature GameGuard at launch. We will however continue to pursue ways to effectively utilize GameGuard within Aion in the future. Right now we’re focused on providing players with the best possible Aion experience.

- The level cap is now level 50 (previously 45).

- Players will be able to reserve 2 character names during Preselection and create 8 characters in total once Head Start begins and beyond.

- Channels will be set to 10 instances for the beginning 2 zones of each faction. Please note that these will be lowered as characters progress and spread throughout Atreia.

Xaen
Aion Producer

No more GameGuard! I think some people will be very happy to hear that. It caused no problems for me, but for a lot of people this change will make the game playable and error free.

I am also glad that they changed the number of channels (instances) back to 10, from the 2 it was set to at the end of the open beta. It can be a real pain when questing and there are too many people around to complete a quest, as I expect there will be at release.

Now I’m just waiting till noon tomorrow and then till Sunday….

So preselection is coming up tomorrow. Are you ready? Since you can only create 2 characters for preselection you have to make sure you get your two favorite names. What I’m doing is making a list with the names I want (it’s a big list lol). Now that I have the list, trying to narrow it down is harder than I first expected. I still don’t even know what server I will be playing on yet.

If anyone has a server recommendation let me know.

I’ve recently been listening to these great piano solos by Matt Fuss AKA “xjustamem0ryx” on youtube.
I can definitely say they make great background music while working. He did a fantastic job with his arrangements. Here is his Aion playlist:

Sadly I forgot to take some video of my gladiator when I got him to higher levels, but I did find a video I took of him at level 14 soloing some level 17 rock elementals.