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Wings Over Atreia: This little Daeva went to market...

MJ Guthrie — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, Opinion, Free-to-Play, Wings Over Atreia

Milk
Bread
Red Shell Potcrab
Life Leaf
Bulldozer...

You all know the old adage "Never go grocery shopping while hungry," right? It is sound advice for avoiding filling your cart with impulse purchases that might decimate your budget (and your waistline). How many of you have also used the shopping list tactic to try to minimize said impulse purchases? Well, you just might want to put that skill into practice when visiting Aion's BlackCloud Marketplace.

When the BlackCloud Marketplace launched last month, the inventory had pretty slim pickings for a game that needed to make all of its profit from the cash shop. Since all content in Aion is free, we knew more things would appear; it was just a matter of what and when. And even while there was still some trepidation about what items would be introduced over time (how many would play into the whole pay-to-win debate?), Daevas looked forward to new offerings and wondered what would be available next.

Wonder no more! Those little Shugos came in last Wednesday and stocked the marketplace shelves with over 100 new items. Some items were expected, some were not, and some were even clamored for by the masses. To help you construct your shopping list before heading to the store, Wing Over Atreia has perused the aisles for you to find what's new, what's interesting, and what's on special.

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Wings Over Atreia: Fools and tools

MJ Guthrie — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:00:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, Business Models, Events (In-Game), Expansions, Opinion, Wings Over Atreia

In the immortal words of some child glued to a pleather seat in the back of an old station wagon in the dusty desert heat (and echoed by impatient Daevas everywhere): Are we there yet? Are we, huh, huh? Isn't it April 11th yet?!?

Whoa, deja vu there for a moment. But with the launch of Aion's next big expansion just around the corner, very few phrases can capture the feeling in their air quite like that old standby. Many players are anticipating the move to free-to-play along with the introduction of new content (even if information on the upcoming changes has been less than prolific).

To pass the time until the 11th, some Daevas are participating in the latest Aion event, the aptly named Fool's Day. More still are on the lookout for and latching on to every bit of information that comes out about the incoming patch. As for me, I'm a multi-tasker, so I am simultaneously checking out the event and utilizing my hooks to snag every bit of info I come across all while sharing said results with you!

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Aion: Ascension and F2P launch date set

MJ Guthrie — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:30:00 EST

Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, News Items, Free-to-Play

Hang on to your wings! The news that Daevas and Daevas-to-be have been anticipating (and even hedging bets on) has finally arrived: NCsoft just announced that Aion's 3.0 update and free-to-play-conversion will hit North American servers on April 11th, giving folks barely enough time to recover from any chocolate bunny-induced comas.

And if that wasn't enough to set Asmodians and Elyos astir, along with the raised level cap, mounts, streamlined UI, and other assorted goodies previously disclosed, two additional features launching with Ascension were revealed: a completely unique microtransaction system (C.U.B.E.) and a personalized in-game guide (the Atreian Atlas).

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One Shots: Supernatural spam

Krystalle Voecks — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EST

Filed under: Super-hero, Screenshots, City of Heroes, One Shots

How precisely does a hero face off against a ghost in the machine? Well, if you're lucky, you'll never have to face one in Paragon City, but once in a great while, one still slips through. Take, for example, this oddball "haunting" that recently occurred on a fairly innocent corner in City of Heroes. Reporting in today is Cube, who believes he may have figured out what the source of this particular anomaly is:

"This is me on my tanker, Blood Brother Eldred. With me are Alisha Shatogi (the lovely lady in the trenchcoat), and DJ Aerial. There have been a few issues with Paragon City's mail system over the past few days, and I think we've found out why. It seems that Aerial's pet Singularity/Disco Ball (affectionally named George) managed to find his way into a mailbox. It looks like the folks at the Paragon City Postal Service have their work cut out for them..."

One Shots is always on the lookout for new and interesting views of the various MMO worlds out there. If you'd like to show us what you've been up to, all you have to do is snap an interesting screenshot and email it in to us here at oneshots@massively.com. Be sure to include your name, the name of the game, and a description of what we're seeing as well. You never know -- yours could wind up being the next one featured here!

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