CM Ayase reveals Aion CBT2 and future beta plans

by Lesley Smith Jun 18th 2009 at 9:00AM

Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Aion, Events, real-world, Events, in-game

With only two days to go before the next leg of the Aion beta (aka CBT2), CM Ayase has posted more information on this weekend's event but also gone into a little more detail (much of which we already knew) about the on-going beta. However he also mentions what amount to the briefest of build notes letting us know about changes such as sever queues, NPCs fixes and 'culturalized content' (I chose to read that as 'lore') specifically for Asmodians.

Ayase also reveals the subject matter of CBT3 which will focus on leveling an Asmodian from 1-20 while CBT4 will allow players to pick a side and level their avatar to 25. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the post is not what we're getting now but what is promised on the horizon including localized voice overs for cut scenes, localized tutorial video, in game pre-rendered movies (of which we saw a little in the first beta event) and more culturalized content for Asmodians and the Elyos. I'm excited already.

Tags: aion, aion-beta, aion-cbt-phase3, aion-cbt1, aion-cbt2, aion-cbt3, aion-cbt4, aion-the-tower-of-eternity, aion-tower-of-eternity, Asmodian, asmodians, ayase, elyos

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ult said on 9:40AM 6-18-2009

Going to pre-order tomorrow! Looking forward to testing the game.

Dethgar said on 10:25AM 6-18-2009

Do they have a beta sign up? Or are they hand selecting participants? Couldn't find any beta sign up at their site.

Brooke Pilley said on 3:43PM 6-18-2009

You are guaranteed beta access if you pre-order the game.

Dethgar said on 9:16PM 6-18-2009

Thanks, put in my pre-order just now.

Jack said on 10:37AM 6-18-2009

Really people, Betas not are preview releases of games they got bugs and you do not can take your process to live. Its like a bad spoiler and you have a change that you gonna hate the game like you are playing a beta that is far from final still.

I never ever will pay or pre order anything for can play a crappy beta version! You will have a much better xp when you wait till it go live and the first patches are out of the door....

Brian! said on 1:17PM 6-18-2009

I still don't get this beta process. It seems to me like a hype machine, and I only say that as the game has been live in China for months, and before that Korea. It stands to reason that the typical beta use of finding show stopping bugs and testing balance does not really apply here.

Russell Clarke said on 3:53PM 6-18-2009

Any software change, no matter how small, needs proper testing. And when you get a lot of little changes, the effect is compounded.

Also it's not just about the software. I'd assume that there's a bunch of new infrastructure in place that needs a good shake-down, and the beta's a good way of giving it a good thrashing, for load and stress testing purposes. There's only so much you can do using load simulators.