NCsoft reveals Aion's warrior subclasses

by Lesley Smith Jul 6th 2009 at 6:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Aion, Classes, News items

With Closed Beta Test 3 for NCsoft's Aion finishing earlier today, they're keen to keep interest until the next phase of the beta. With this in mind, they have released some shiny new images of the Warrior subclasses; the Gladiator and the Templar. Just to recap, you play a Warrior until level 9 and, upon ascending, you must choose which class to specialise in. Do you want to just kick some arse? Go Gladiator. If you're after more of a hybrid with the ability to keep yourself and your mates alive, go Templar.

NCsoft have released three shots of each subclass. Frankly they don't really tell you much about the specific subclasses or their abilities. However that doesn't stop them being great eye candy. Think of them as an advertisement to show you what Atreia can really offer MMO players, it's all about looking completely awesome in kickarse gear. Seriously, the avatar in the image above looks really, really cool. Anyway, don't forget to check out the gallery below.

Gallery: Aion: A closer look at the Warrior: Gladiator and Templar

Tags: aion, aion-beta, aion-the-tower-of-eternity, aion-tower-of-eternity, ncsoft, ncsoft-west, templar-aion, templars-aion, warrior-aion

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Kdolo said on 6:13PM 7-06-2009

tl;dr - Fury warrior and Protection warrior.

myr said on 6:39PM 7-06-2009

Errr, Templar is more pure-tank while Gladiator is more hybrid offtank-dps. Depends on what weapons you use (and later on, Stigma stones you use, which give you different abilities). You can generally always count on a Templar to tank, while a Glad may or may not have an up-to-date board and sword ready.

Rayingri said on 7:07PM 7-06-2009

There are pretty good and specific videos on youtube about each class, like 2 minutes of skill show-off about each class ;)

Dankelman said on 7:37PM 7-06-2009

Dude, Templars are tanks. Get it straight

Brian! said on 11:50PM 7-06-2009

Uh... they reveal the subclasses? Seriously, don't you remember that this game has been live and operating overseas for months and months?

It takes almost no skill with google translator to find every bit of information you could possibly want on this game. I get that the MMO releases are pretty thin with the lack of press releases lately, but suddenly Aion is the new Free Realms.

In other Non-Aion news;

Global Agenda closed beta bings July 24th.MMORPG interview Craig Morrion about Conan's patch 1.05.

WoW insider has an article about the future of WoW from Ton Chilton

Cryptic has annouced the system specs you will need to run the game.

The Mafia MMO "Omerta 3" launchs in 2 days on the 8th. Browser MMO - the kind not covered often on Massively.

Oh yea. In Aion you get wings!

Aganazer said on 9:15AM 7-07-2009

I agree... It gets a little old to see 2-3 entries a day about Aion when there is other news out there. Can't Massively just do a once a day Aion wrap up?

Jube over at VE3D.com has been doing a better job of covering MMOG news lately.

Oh yeah, A Heroes of Telara interview here:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/trions-lars-buttler

Emophia said on 5:35AM 7-07-2009

This makes me sad that I only got my Warrior to level 7 or 8 before teh beta ended this weekend.

Any idea when the next beta will be and whether they'll save your characters from this past beta?