Aion 2 Officially Announced!

Aion 2 Officially Announced!

NCSoft has opted to release information on 2 new upcoming MMORPGs prior to G-Star 2018 this year – and as you guessed from the title, one of them is the highly anticipated prequel to the popular PvPvE MMORPG Aion. Aion 2 takes place 900 years prior to the events of the PC game Aion: The Tower of Eternity. Aion 2 supposedly has a large emphasis on PvP, providing “dimensional cracks” that allow players from various servers to all participate in cross-server large-scale PvP. NCSoft went on to discuss how additional features that not only the company, but also players wanted are capable of being added into the game, claiming that their vision for the game is “no longer a dream”.

One of the largest differences between Aion 2 and Aion: The Tower of Eternity is that there are no longer opposing Elyos vs Asmodian faction based PvP. Players are instead free to choose to invade others regardless of race. Additionally, and this may be a negative for players, is that they are removing classes, or, rather “class segmentation”, allowing players to wield a variety of weapons without restricting them to a specific “class” and alter their playstyle accordingly. NCSoft went on to state that “Aion 2 will showcase a new battle system that did not exist in the old Aion.”

Finally, and quite possibly one of the best quality of life changes made in all of Aion is the removal of gliding constraints found throughout Aion. While NCSoft didn’t really go into detail, their aim is to make gliding an active part of combat, creating a “three dimensional battle system”. NCSoft did not mention what engine Aion 2 is going to be developed on, but everyone’s guess is that it will run on Unreal Engine 4.

Oh, right, did I mention Aion 2 will be on Mobile devices only? Yeah, it looks as though NCSoft have abandoned the PC market and are moving towards the mobile market with both MMORPG announcements landing on mobile devices.

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    Daniel Miller Reply
    Nov 9, 2018 @ 19:00 pm

    Will be at gstar next Saturday. Aion and Astellia were the two games i was looking forward to. Mobile huh. Well i just crossed this one off.

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    hunt Reply
    Aug 19, 2019 @ 15:29 pm

    and that one sentence ruined all the hype for aion2 being any good. “did i mention its on mobile”. allot of computers are still unable to play aion1 on decent graphics how do you think a mobile with way less power can handle that.

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    Miclea Dan Reply
    Oct 12, 2019 @ 17:21 pm

    Were can I find any real info about Aion on Unreal Engine 4 release date ?

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