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Coming back soon! (Real life getting in the way at the moment 😅) Also the transcendence quest takes quite some time to complete 😂

That's what their plan is, more freedom, more flying and more focus on PvE. But you also have to recognize that we haven't gotten any real news about Aion 2 for quite a while, so we don't know how their plans are working and if those plans stayed the same.😅

Why is that? 😂 (In fact I played more Elyos than Asmo during my entire time with Aion!)

Hey! I always welcome people to help or correct me if I'm wrong about something, in the end I treat this channel as a documentation of the Aion Lore and Quests. 😄 I cannot say if I will cover the Retail Lore in the future, because there are no real documentations or ways to play through those patches again (only certain patches are available due to private servers). I even talked with Gameforge and NC back when I was in their Hero Program, but both told me that even they themselves have no documentation of the Lore, the Quests and that there is no real way to get these informations (ever) again. So for now I focus on the patches up to 2.X because until then it is the same for classic and retail.

There was always a theory about that, because Fregion found a source of power "outside of Aion's reach" and to this day nobody knows how Fregion actually gained his unbelievable power. However there are no other signs of beings from other worlds or something like that, so it just ended there. I also thought about the Drakan/Balaur, it is kinda weird because they are mentioned inside the planet and outside of the planet. On one hand they are mentioned to rule over the different races - including humans - inside the planet but it is also mentioned that they were created at the same time as the danuar. The Danuar being Light while the Balaur were Darkness, just like the Elyos and Asmodians are now. It is also mentioned that the Danuar were such a gifted Race that they became the Overlords of the outside Planet, what we now call Balaurea. They were capable of defending themselves against the Balaur. One explanation could be that there always was a way from the inside to the outside of the planet and while the Danuar dominated the outside, the Balaur ruled over the races inside the planet and only moved outside when they were desperately searching for more power. (Tiamat)

do you think Petraliths have to be control like a robot or are they sentient ? Fregion is not afraid of them clearly, but a bunch of them can take out a lot of balaur.

@@Badjorraz Petraliths are "alive" but they lack any conciousness and therefore follow the orders of either their creator or whoever activated them. In later patches the Hyperions show up, they are smaller in size but match the power of the Petraliths. And while the Hyperions were built by the Danuar, the Petraliths were supposedly built by Aion himself (according to the Reian).

I think its a general thing were developers want their games to come out globally instead of just regionally, and it only makes sense, it creates more hype, instead of some parts of the world having to wait a long time for the updates and when they come the hype is sometimes kinda dead already.

No, in classic you do not see the classes: Bard, Gunner, Aethertech and Painter. But you have new classes: "Executioner" and in 3.0 "Brawler". (Executioner both in Eu and NA, Brawler is available in NA but not yet in EU - should be released at the end of the year.)

Asmodae has many interesting connections with the Balaur Lords! I personally always found Kurngalfberg very interesting (Storybook: Frozen in Time) aionpowerbook.com/powerbook/Storybook_-_Frozen_in_Time

Short answer: For now I will focus on Elyos only so we can catch up with the current Patch. Long answer: I would say we are like 75% through the Elyos story now. Afterwards I will probably make a couple of videos to summarize the Elyos Story with more editing. (Because even though these videos have a lot of information in them, they are not made in a way that is appealing to many people) I'm not sure what happens after that, the option to do the Asmo Story is open, but it also means a lot of work, since I am not only following the Campaign quests, but I also do all the side quests for additional information and read through all the storybooks to gather more knowledge. 🤓

In the game doing PvP 😅

I absolutely love the music on the Asmodian side! 😄

Me too! 😄

Short Answer: Aion 1.0 starts in the year 750 - 800 A.C. and in 5.0 we are at least 1000 A.C. (A.C. = After Cataclysm) Long Answer: It's a bit hard to say, but 250 A.C. is when the first big rift in Verteron appeared (with Deltras and the Stormlegion) 750 A.C. is when the Book of Elyos and the Book of Asmodians have been released which both are in the game in 1.0 and 1000 A.C. is mentioned in a later Patch (In 5.0). "He laid low for a thousand years and slowly forged a new approach to his plan as he started to operate under the guise of Lephar and founded the Lepharist Revolutionaries." The wording here is a bit questionable and could be understood as we are 1000 years A.C. but we know that Aion 2 is before the Cataclysm and plays 900 years before the first game, so the first Aion game has to be at the latest in 800 A.C. I do not know if we got any more hints for the timeline in later patches, I do not play retail aion anymore and focus on Aion classic now. The reason I mentioned 400 years was because I wanted to be a bit more generous, Aion had retconned it's story before and if they simply decide to ignore the Book of Elyos/Asmodians then the time window would be much bigger. Because if we take my estimate, we would only have up to 150 years before the Cataclysm happens in Aion 2. 🤓

I have the same feelings towards Aion and I will keep posting these, don't you worry! Thank you for watching and supporting! 😄

Thank you for watching! 😄

Yea the story and how you are thrown into it is not a great experience for new players. I also never liked these handholding tutorials where you have to follow the tutorial for the first 5 or 10 minutes, it is exhausting. Aion 2 will have a similar weapon system to T&L, this could be positive or negative, I mean I like new inventions but I'm also afraid because it changes a big core mechanic of RPG's and therefore it has a lot of potential to fail. Hopefully crafting and collecting will play a bigger role in the new Aion 2 game! 😄

It is hard to predict anything regarding Aion 2, since the latest official information came in 2022 and since then it has been mostly leaks or mentions from earning reports, for example that they use many more people now for their new flagship title aion 2 which is not using UE4 anymore and instead got upgraded to UE5. But the information we got before all these adjustments was that Aion 2 should focus more on PvE than the first game. If this is still the plan - well nobody knows. However I have some new Info on Aion 2 and I will make a short video about it next week, nothing crazy but some lore, regions and pictures. 😄

Which one? If you want to know about the Entry Quest I did a video on it a year ago here: ruclips.net/video/iMcT6T8vc_s/видео.html If you mean the Fake Stigma Stone quest where you have to go to Asmodae you get it from Likesan in the video at 11:02 Hope this helps!

We are getting close to the end of 1.0, which is obviously the biggest chunk of the Lore. Got a bit distracted because of T&L Beta but with this weeks video we are done with Heiron as well, which only leaves Theobomos! 😄

And it keeps going! Thank you! 😄

Yes, Classic and retail follow the same path up to patch 2.5 or so, since then classic takes a different route than retail did.

This was one of my favourite short stories, I wish they would highlight such things more. But I'm honestly curious how they approach all of it in Aion 2 🤔 Thank you!😄

Will do! Thank you! 😄

I appreciate your comment very much! It's lore is very interesting, even though it can be very complicated sometimes. 😅 I hope you enjoy your dive into the Aion Lore! And if you have any questions, I reply in the comments and in our Discord server!😄

I somewhat agree, I loved the PvP from a long time ago, but these days it feels like Pay 2 win and zergs are just ruining and preventing the PvP fun we had back then. But maybe that's just me prefering Solo or small scale PvP and thinking competitive PvP in a game with Pay2win is a waste. Furthermore I think the "OG playerbase" for Aion in the west is so small that they can only make a step in the right direction. In the end it will be a new game on a new engine, so with the exception of some key parts like the lore, it will be something very different that is not directly aimed at the current playerbase of Aion and instead aims to get many new and returning players into the game with something the first aion game had always promised - better fights that include aerial moves. While I have my own concerns for the game, I still hope that it will be a success. 😄

Well it depends, I for example don't think Aion PvP has developed in a good direction. With pay2win and most open world pvp being zergs, I think it has lost a lot of the charm and fun it had before. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't enjoy it, I'm happy for you if you enjoy yourself and keep going! I personally love the battlesystem in Aion, in this sense for me there is not necessarily a better PvE game than Aion. You can argue about how raids/dungeons and bosses are done better in other games and I would agree, but the battlesystem still feels superior in Aion in my opinion. And that is about to change with Aion 2 anyway, so we will see if it passes the battlesystem test, because if it doesn't then it doesn't even matter if they focus on PvE or on PvP.😅

Making Aion PvE driven will kill the game. There are already too many other MMO that do PvE way better. The mechanics are even designed around PvPvE. I think they need to stick to there roots and find balance

@@Kush2020 If you talk about Aion, then yes it should stay as it is now, no reason to pivot anymore. When it comes to Aion 2, it is practically a new game with a new direction, new battle systems, on a new engine, etc... Aion 2 for example will not have the usual class system that we do have in the first Aion game. With this many changes in it's structure it is not a situation where they have to stay the same, they can innovate and improve in many different directions. If it's good or bad depends on how they do it and who you ask. I simply hope for the best. 😄

I'm sure collecting and cooking/crafting will be in Aion 2 as well for you 😉

Yea, the way I have to figure out the lore is by recording and writing down every quest one after another and then at some point I can summarize them and actually explain them. And as I mentioned in the video, you simply can't remember all those snippets of information because maybe you need 10 hours of gametime to go from Lv 20 to Lv 31, that in itself is a long time but then you also have other questlines that throw their snippets in the pot as well and maybe you even take a break for a few days because you are busy in real life. You simply won't remember the details unless you write it down yourself but most people don't want this type of extra work, which is completely understandable. 😄 Thank you for being here!

You think so? I never had anyone really talk about the Lore or be invested in it or there weren't any videos back in the days. But maybe that was simply that my focus was different back then. PvP back then definitely was more fun than it is today, you had less zergs and less pay2win which in my opinion was very good for the game. I actually wanted to include your last point into the video at first, mentioning that they don't really invest anything in their cinematics or good storytelling with a slideshow of pictures, even that would be enough for a lot of things. You gotta remember Aion was insanely popular in korea, it was the number 1 title for 160 weeks, the money for keeping the hype up, by for example making a quality cinematic, should have been there. Even the comics that they did make (and they are actually very well drawn) they are for some reason not available in english for the west anymore...😅

The lore is actually very thought through, especially in 1.0 with spoilers hidden in side quests and storybooks, like the archdaeva story is mentioned in 1.0 even though it only is really played in 5.0, the child of the two empyrean lords is mentioned and it's story even told in 1.0 while it only gets really revealed and 3.0. Only in later patches some stuff actually conflicts with each other. I think Aion 2 has to be more focused on the lore, since they said that PvP isn't as big a focus as it was in the first Aion game.😄

Hey! Depends on how you see it, retail aion has a very low player count and too many systems you would have to catch up on to actually get into the endgame. Not so worth in my opinion. But if you want to play Classic Aion, EU still has a good amount of players and somewhat recently released the new class - the Executioner. I can definitely advise you to check it out! Also Classic Aion in NA has a new update in about a week with another new class releasing - the Brawler. So checking out the brawler on NA in a week or checking out the Executioner in EU and slowly moving towards the endgame while we also prepare to get the Brawler, I think it is actually a good time to come back to Aion right now. 😄

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Tough question, the soulsickness itself isn't a problem anymore but quna has been introduced into the game which means people directly buy and sell more stuff with real life money or buy kinah from other players with their real money, this leads to a lot of pay 2 win in that regard. Stuff like AP trading isn't that relevant anymore, however bots are still there and in a huge number, you can see like 20 bots teleporting around certain NPC's at all times. So some stuff improved, some stayed the same and some did get even worse. In the end it is your decision and you have to think about what you would like in the game and what downsides you can live with. I personally stopped PvP because of the Pay2win stuff and simply became a casual Pve player and I'm enjoying myself.😉

Hey! Storywise rotan is a relic that Kromede picks up from a corpse while she is on her mission to steal Maga's potion. The corpse was apparently a wealthy man leading some bandits, that also wanted to invade Siels Spear legion and get Maga's potion. Ingame you can get the rotan pet by doing a quest in the Nightmare dungeon (On elyos side exactly left of the entrance from a woman) It's interesting that you mention Rotan, I looked into it quite a bit a while ago, because some people mentioned that Rotan had a resemblance with the biblical beings "Ophanim". Which are basically high ranking angels and called "the wheels of gods throne" or something like that. However, while the base design may look similar, there are too many differences to make that comparison I guess. About shadow judges: I don't think we have that much information about them to explain much, but I will look into it and see how it goes. For now my goal is to wrap up Kromede's entire story in the next video. 🤓