Choosing a character in Aion online can be a great challenge so be sure to pick one that suits best to your personality. The character guide is made by Krinadon of Aion Online forums. You can visit his site for more guides.
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Aion Races
There are two playable races in Aion: The Tower of Eternity. These are the Elyos and the Asmodians if you have not already seen them.
Elyos
The Elyos live in Elysium, the lower half of Atreia. After the Epic Cataclysm, they ended up on the surface exposed to bountiful amounts of sun light. Over the 750 years that have passed, their bodies have transformed into a marvel of beauty. This result has caused the Elyos to become arrogant and believe that they are blessed by Aion, whereas the Asmodians are cursed in darkness. Their main traits consist of being friendly and comforting amongst one another. Once Daeva, Elyos are blessed with angelic wings.
Asmodians
The Asmodians live in the cold and dark regions of the world hidden from sun light. After 750 years, their bodies have transformed significantly. The nails on their hands and feet have turned into claws, their skin has been drained of its flesh color, and they have grown a small mane on their backs for warmth in their desolate environment. Unlike the Elyos, they do not feel blessed and are aware of their daunting history. However, when the opportunity presents itself, the Asmodians will not hesitate to show their loyalty and pride for their own kind. Once Daeva, Asmodians are blessed with black wings.
Aion Classes
Once you have chosen your race, the next step is to decide on your class. There are four main classes in Aion and then each class has two sub-classes (which will be discussed later on). The four main classes in Aion are the Warrior, Scout, Priest, and Mage. Each will be broken down below:
Warrior:
Warriors can wear up to chain armor from levels 1 to 10 and then up to plate armor afterwards. This grants them with the most physical defense in the game. Warriors use polearms, greatswords, swords, and maces as their primary weapons. They can also use shields. Out of all four classes, Warriors are the only class meant to tank. Throughout leveling, no matter which sub-class you choose, Warriors learn the most abilities to mitigate damage and build enmity. This makes it no question which class should be tanking. Warriors receive a short-duration sprint ability and taunting abilities.
Scout:
Scouts can wear up to leather armor and use swords, daggers, and bows as their primary weapons. Scouts, unlike Warriors (excluding Stigmas), can dual-wield weapons. Scouts also are incredibly evasive, which gives them some tanking capabilities, but not much since their mitigation is very poor. Regardless of the sub-class you choose, Scouts are meant to deal damage without being the focus of their target’s hate. The majority of a Scout’s abilities is based around stealthed DPS and long ranged DPS. Scouts receive the ability to stealth for limited amounts of time and to deal decent damage with ranged attacks.
Priest:
Priests can wear up to leather armor from levels 1 to 10 and then up to chain armor afterwards. They use maces and staffs as their primary weapons. They also are the only other class other than Warriors to be able to use a shield. This grants them the ability to be the second best tanking class in the game, but I would hardly call them a tank. Their armor and shield is more for survival, as Priests are the only class able to heal and that paints a large bull’s-eye on their chest. As such, Priests are one of the most useful classes in the game since most any scenario requires a healer. The Priest sub-classes are mainly to tilt the scale either towards healing or damage dealing plus support. Priests receive useful heals, heals over times, and many buffs.
Mage:
Mages can wear only cloth armor and use spellbooks and orbs as their primary weapons. Mages are the most fragile class in the game but they can deal the most burst damage by a long shot. When going all out, Mages sometimes can simply instantly kill another player if they get lucky hits. It is because of this reason that they are so fragile. Mages do get abilities for crowd controlling, a root ability to get away from opponents, and a snare ability to keep distance, but once someone catches up with them they are in trouble. Mages receive a protective magic shield that absorbs damage.
Now that you have been introduced to the four main classes of Aion, I will now cover each class’ sub-classes. Sub-classes can be chosen at Level 9 after completing your Ascension quest. Upon reaching Level 9, you are automatically given the Ascension quest. The quest typically takes under 10 minutes to complete and will give you up to 99.9% of your experience for the level, maxing out your experience bar. Upon reaching Level 9, immediately begin your Ascension quest and do not take any actions to gain experience otherwise.
After reading this guide, you should now have a much greater understanding of Aion’s races, classes, and sub-classes. I hope that this will help you better decide on which race and which class to play when the game goes live in September.
Source: http://www.aionsource.com/forum/class-guides/16859-races-classes-sub-classes.html
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March 7th, 2010 at 11:28 pm
What class are most requested this days ? For raids and heroics that is? Im thinken about making an alt. But not sure which kind lol