[Guide]New player tricks and tips

[Iridescent]

One thing I find with a new MMORPG is how daunting it all is. You are thrown into this massive new world with thousands of other players and not everyone is waiting for you with open arms to offer assistance. Especially for those who are not avid MMO players, it can all get a little confusing.

 

To save you some cash from those ridiculous online guides, I have compiled a short list of 6 tips for new Aion players. These tips are invaluable for those first 10 levels of game play and will even save you some time and money.

 

What are you waiting for? Follow the jump.

1. Pre-Training

 

One thing I didn’t do with my first few characters was pre-training and this turns out to be very helpful later on. As soon as you arrive in the world of Aion the first thing to do is to pick a few fights. Most of the mobs around here will give 100 experience points and it is worth levelling up at least twice before starting any quests.

 

This will give you a good idea of the battle system. Using skills and picking up items such as Manastones to upgrade your training gear which you won’t be upgrading any time soon is also pretty vital. It also means that precious quest experience is not being wasted on lower levels that you could quickly do yourself. My advice is hit level 3 before starting any of the early quests, took me about 10 to 15 minutes to do depending on how many players there were in the area. If the area is over populated then head to a corner away from the crowds.

2. Gathering from plants

Not many people concentrate on this skill enough and end up abandoning a lot of easy experience boosting gathering quests later on because they have not kept up with the skill. You will see purple headed plants around the area called Angelica; right click on them once to start gathering their essence. The first town you reach in both Elysea and Asmodae will have a ‘gather 10 Angelica’ type quest. If you can gather 10 prior to reaching the first town you are saving yourself a lot of time from running back.

 

Gathering quests come up quite often. You’ll need to get the skill to at least 15 to do the last quest in the starting county but I’d personally recommend you don’t leave until you are hitting top 40-49. This will save you so much time in the long run with quests and also a lot of higher level plants and stones give valuable resources for yourself or to sell to crafters for a pretty penny.

3. Don’t buy armour

 

Levelling from 1-9 is not tough at all and your training armour is more than sufficient to get you through the lower stages of your Aion life. Money, or Kinah, is hard to come by and it’s worth saving up as much as you can from the start. The only time you will be spending money is to save yourself on some running with the flight transport or on skill books. You won’t need to purchase potions or power shards as most quests and mobs supply a good deal of each. A lot of early quests give out food items and these are perfect for fast regen or strength boosts.

 

As mentioned before, you can upgrade your armour with Manastones and new armour and weapons drop frequently. Keep your eyes out for green armour as you can sell this to passersby if it’s not suited to your needs. Green armour and weapons are more powerful than their normal counterparts so keep your eye on what you are picking up.

4. Expand cube space

ou start off with 27 free slots in your inventory and as soon as you have over 800 Kinah it is worth upgrading it another 9 spaces. I personally like to grab as many quests as I can and tackle them all at once to save time on running back and forth between NPCs and mobs so having the extra space is a godsend.

 

Having a full inventory also stops you being able to gather or even pick up quest items! It is not worth taking the risk and there is nothing vital you need to purchase right now apart from skill books.

5. Take on all quests

 

This is a rather obvious tip which is not always executed. All the quests from 1-9 are easy to pull off on your own and you will even have some left over by the time you hit level 9. There is no rush to do them all as you can arrive back at any time via the teleporter.

 

Most of the quests will be killing certain mobs for drops, clearing out an area, finding items and taking valuables from A to B. The experience and item rewards are well worth your time and can even make you some extra money. The main quest line, highlighted in yellow, follows the lore of Aion. While most of you will probably rush through the options I’d advice you try read these. When you hit level 25 and start to enter the Abyss, you will be quizzed on different aspects of Aions story, all of which are explained during various quests you have taken.

6. Hitting level 9

One easy mistake to make is to carry on with quests after you hit level 9. As soon as you level up to 9 go and check your quest book, there should be a class chance quest ready to be taken. Follow the steps and enjoy the cut scenes as you decide between the two classes offered to you. Once the cut scene is finished agree to travel to the main city even if you have quests left to do.

 

After gaining your wings you will notice that the NPC has kindly gave you 99% of your experience required to level 10. Even if your experience bar was empty it would have been filled so there is no point gaining any experience during level 9. All you need to do now is teleport back to your first county and carry on your quests, saving you valuable experience points which would have been wasted.

 

That is it for now. Let us know in the comments if you have any additional tips to offer or even extend on the tips already mentioned.

With Love For MxC!

[Sukinae]

Thanks useful for newbies, also for have a good start ;)

[Loren]

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[Xd3sT1nYX]

Thanks useful for newbies, also for have a good start ;)

[bitman_br]

Very good for novices, with these tips it helps somehow.