14 DAY TRIAL // Aion: The Tower of Eternity is one of those MMORPGs that have something special, that no other game in the genre has. One of those things is the game's two-tiered character class system, which, courtesy of an NCsoft official report today, is disclosed in full. Practically, there are a total of eight character types available in Aion: The Tower of Eternity. Trailers for each class are available below, along with a description for each.
While the initial choice of class will largely depend on each player's personal style, the ability to develop a character through the advanced class system ensures that players have all the tools they need to create a character that is unique to them, according to NCsoft. Let's not waste anymore time, shall we? Here's what you'll be dealing with in Aion: The Tower of Eternity, as far as classes are concerned.
The Warrior Bold, brave and possessing immense physical prowess, Warriors excel in close-quarter combat. Strong performers in a wide range of situations, Warriors are relatively easy to master and when fully realised can unleash a spectacular range of physically devastating skills.
Depending on how players prefer to approach combat, Warriors can specialise as either Gladiators, who concentrate on dealing damage through brute force, or Templars, who combine fierce fighting with defensive chants and techniques.
The Scout The Scout combines great agility with swift attacks. Scout players require a deft and accurate touch to get the most out of this tricky class, however the rewards are great and offer the greatest variety in play style of all the basic classes.
Scouts that specialise in ranged combat develop naturally into Rangers, an advanced class equally adept in the use of blades and traps. For those Scouts who prefer to stay hidden and strike from the shadows, the Assassin class is the perfect choice of advancement.
The Mage Mages compensate their weakness in physical combat with the ability to launch devastatingly powerful magic attacks. In addition, Mages must learn to divert and evade the enemy so that they're able to attack from the relative safety of range.
As Mages advance, so their mastery over the elements of water, air, earth and fire increase, their choice of advanced class determining how that mastery is manifest. Spirit Masters can summon and control elemental spirits, while Sorcerers channel elemental power into fearsome magical bolts and missiles.
The Priest Spiritual warriors, Priests can use healing and self-protection spells to excel in melee combat, and launch powerful ranged magic attacks too. This makes them not only useful support characters in a party of adventurers, but also powerful combatants in their own right.
Priests that specialise in healing and protecting their allies naturally progress to the advanced class of Cleric, the ultimate support class. Alternatively, Priests can become Chanters, pious warriors that boast both healing and ability-boosting powers.
A specific launch date for Aion: The Tower of Eternity still has to be confirmed, but it is known that NCsoft's new MMORPG launches exclusively for PC sometime during 2008.