In Aion 2.0 the drop table for Watcher Zapiel, Bulwark Jeshuchi and Vingeview got changed. Zapiel will no longer drop unique weapons, shield and chest pieces. Jeshuchi will no longer drop unique weapons and pants. Vingeview will no longer drop rare shoulder pieces. Also the spawn times for all 3 bosses got changed (to 6 hours).

So how to get yourself a one of these Weapons? Instead of limiting access to the weapons to a few well organized legions that practically keep the bosses permanently camped, now everyone can complete a quest to get a weapon of choice.

Elyos and Asmodian Quest description after a Click

NCsoft just unveiled the final release date for Aion: Assault on Balaurea for the EU/NA servers.

Full press release after the jump

The Aion 2.0 update will be go live on the korean Live Servers on May, 26h 2010. Aion 2.0 is currently undergoing public testing on the korean PTS. Since the initial 2.0 PTS notes have been published there have been numerous bug fixes and adjustments to pre-2.0 armors and weapons have been made (giving Cast- & Attack-Speed to a alot more items, even down to the level 30-ish).
NCWest is planning to release Aion 1.9 to the EU/NA Server on May, 2nd 2010. Aion 1.9 was released in Korea on March, 24th – pretty much exactly 2 months ago. Aion 2.0 is expected for a (late) Fall release on the European/NA Servers – so much for releasing content updates global and in “in-snyc” …

Aion 2.0 brings new Advanced Stigma Skills for level 52 and 55 players. The new level 52 Stigmas are of Skill level I and can be upgraded at level 55 to Skill Level II.
The upgrade is done by purchasing the higher level Stigma Stone. At level 55 each player gets access to an additional Advanced Stigma Skill.

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Aion 2.0 raises the level cap from 50 to level 55. How much XP is needed to get to level 55 and 100% XP?

50 – 51: 146.070.028
51 – 52: 177.464.778
52 – 53: 204.255.001
53 – 54: 236.485.764
54 – 55: 271.392.354
55 – 100%: 341.728.469

The average increase in needed XP per level is ~15% from 52 to 55. There are 2 XP breakpoints from 51 to 56: 51 – 52 needs ~21% more xp than 50 – 51 and 55 – 56 the increase is ~25%.

Aion 2.0 brings 8 new Instances, spread across all level ranges.
Most of the new Dungeons are located at the 2 new world maps, witch i have named “Balaur Battle Grounds” Balaurea for now. The 2 new World Maps are Gelkmaros for the Elyos and Inggison for the Asmodians.
Also the final Instance names are subject to be changed – lets see what stupid translations NCwest gonna come up with.

Aion 2.0 Instances overview

The korean PTS for Aion 2.0 just went live. NCsoft Korea also published the full korean PTS patch notes.
With the level cap being raised from 50 to 55 also new Abyss Item Set Series become available for lvl 55 players. The level 55 Abyss Items come in 3 flavors: rare (green), legendary (blue), unique (gold). Like all Abyss Items you need a good amount of AP and for legendary & unique Items an additional amount of Medals. To purchase lvl 55 Abyss Items you need Platinum Medals – unlike previous Abyss Items witch needed Silver or Golden Medals.

Level 55 Abyss Armor, Jewelry and Weapon costs & stats

In Aion 1.9 players can purchase all Stigma Stones from vendors in the capital cities. Elyos can purchase Stigma Stones from Clymene in Sanctum, while the Asmodians can get their Stigmas from Vergelmir in Pandaemonium. You can purchase any of the normal level 20 up to level 50 Stigma Stones for Kinah. The Advanced Stigma Stones are still being sold for AP by the Stigma Stone Vendors in Reshanta.

Aion 1.9 Stigma Stone costs

The latest Aion update 1.9 will be deployed on the korean Live Servers on March, 24th 2010. Aion 1.9 is currently undergoing public testing on the korean PTS. Besides some bug fixes there have been no major changes to the initial Aion 1.9 Patch Notes, that had been released with the Aion 1.9 PTS. The next big update will be Aion 2.0 – incl. new instances, raise of level cap, new items, … Aion 2.0 PTS is sheduled for May 2010 in Korea.
NCWest has not published a detailed timeline (except a vague Q2/2010 – aka from now until the end of June) for when the Aion 1.9 update can be expected on the European/NA Servers.

In Aion 1.9 the crafting skill level has been raised from 449p to 499p. Crafting designs for various new potions, scrolls and other items have also been added. On the korean PTS people are leveling up theyr crafting skills to 499p. With the increased XP & Droprates (4.5x than normal) on the PTS it iscurrently not that much of a problem to get to 499p. Once Aion 1.9 will go live things gonna lock different, due to the normal XP & Droprate. Also note that there are not much 449+ designs available in 1.9 and people will have to wait untill Aion 2.0 gets released to get access to additional Designs.

Informations about Manastones, Cast Speed Scrolls, Masterwork Quest