Producer Gives Details on Aion Open Beta

The Aion open beta kicks off on Sunday at 9 a.m. PDT and Producer Brian Knox has written a lengthy letter outlining all of the changes players can expect to see when they log in to try out the 1.5 patch. The team is still listening to feedback from players, so be sure to submit suggestions during the open beta. For example, fans asked that the left mouse button be used to change the camera, and this feature has been added in the update. Overall, we are very excited for Open Beta - it is a culmination of a lot of effort and the feedback of our community. For example, one of the most requested features during Closed Beta testing was a suggestion to use the left mouse button to change the camera.

Please remember this is an Open Beta Test, and while our goal is to provide you with a flawless Aion experience, there are behind-the-scenes infrastructure tests happening to prepare for launch. One very important area that will affect everyone is that we will be balancing races as folks rush to log into the servers. As a result, you may get a "This race cannot be created" message because that server is starting to become unbalanced. It's important to us that we try and keep a balance of the races during the Open Beta of Aion. Another hot topic has been our Web site and whether we will be bringing over some of the services that Korea has provided to their community. The short answer is yes! Just like the PowerWiki, we will be bringing some of these services to our own site. We hope to begin rolling them out in the coming weeks.