Aion 2 is a vast, complex theme park MMORPG for PC. Our tips in the beginner’s guide make it noticeably easier for you to start your adventure in Atreia.
What will this article be about? We will provide you with tips and tricks to help you get started with Aion 2. The new MMORPG from NCSoft offers an extensive theme park full of content, complex systems, and the typical characteristics of Asian genre representatives. This can sometimes feel overwhelming and confusing.
To help you avoid potential frustration points in Atreia and instead have as much fun as possible, we summarize various useful tips for you that have emerged from experience with the Taiwanese version as well as the playtest. You can jump to the points that are important to you via our table of contents.
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Aion 2 Factions and Guilds – Important Note!
For the important faction choice in Aion 2, there is already a dedicated guide on MeinMMO. Be aware that you cannot change your faction later. Your choice determines which players you encounter, which side you play on in PvP, and through which regions you level up. You also decide the appearance of your character and faction-specific skill effects.
Also important for the start: Join a guild as early as possible. Not only does it provide you with potential teammates, but it also gives you passive buffs, bonuses, and a weekly distribution of guild coins, which you can invest in upgrade materials, among other things.
Aion 2 Tips for Important Options and the User Interface
Here we have gathered some tips and hints on important options and the customization possibilities of the UI for you:
- To avoid annoying white flashes when teleporting, set the “Teleport Effect Color” in the settings from “Light” to “Dark”. Additionally, you can disable the option “Show World Map Transition Effects” to make the animation when opening the map more pleasant.
- Buff food and scrolls do not activate by themselves. Go to the “Combat” menu and activate “Autouse”. Then drag the desired items in the interface into the corresponding slots with the left mouse button pressed.
- The entire interface (chat size, frames) can be freely moved, resized, and even exported and imported as a template. Use this so that you have a clear view of the action in combat, while still having the most important overlays appear in the center.
- The auto-run function is not only a convenient but also a powerful tool. While you can run to the next quest objective with a single button press, you can, for example, navigate through the many menus of Aion 2.
- WARNING: Such an auto-function also exists for flying. However, you will only stay in the air as long as you have stamina. If your character runs out of stamina, the auto-flight stops and you will fall. In the worst case, you may suffer fatal fall damage. So keep an eye on your hero while auto-flying.
Aion 2 Tips for Combat and Skills
- The battles in Aion 2 require combining skills, cooldown management, and proper positioning (e.g., standing behind the opponent for more damage).
- At the beginning, prioritize your normal attacks (left and right mouse button) and level them as high as possible, as you will constantly use them.
- Through the key settings menu, you can define macros (e.g., for the right mouse button). Your skills are stacked in the macro menu as a “tower” and processed from the bottom to the top one after the other. This way, you can easily execute long combos with just one button press.
- You can level your mastery skills and improve them with additional effects. Up to 3 effect slots can be unlocked. However, you will only activate them once you manually drag your desired effects into the free slots in the skill menu. Many players from the Korean version did not know this and sometimes played up to the maximum level without the enhancements from Atreia.
- Buff food and scrolls last only 5 minutes. So don’t waste them at the beginning of the dungeon, but activate them before boss fights or comparably tough challenges.
- Aion 2 encourages experimenting with skills, talents, and macros, allowing you to easily reset and exchange them. Only from level 31 do respecs cost a few Kinah, but the costs remain manageable.
Aion 2 Tips for the Level Phase
Also for leveling to max level 45, you can already find a dedicated guide on MeinMMO. Here are the most important basic tips:
- The quests of the main campaign provide you with the most experience points. All alternatives are worse in terms of pure XP.
- However, you cannot reach level 45 with the main quests alone. Fill in gaps with side quests, sealed dungeons, and strongholds. This way, you will also receive important equipment upgrades and progress in the Daevanion talent system.
- If quests lead you near feathers or regional quests, take them along while leveling. Otherwise, you will have to painstakingly catch up later.
- At the end of the leveling phase, you should aim for an item level of 1,000 (more on this in the next section), as only with this value or higher can you finish the story and dive into the first endgame dungeons Krao Cave and Draupnir.
- Do not participate in the Shugo Festival during the leveling phase! The rewards depend on your level and you need to invest Shugo Festival Reward Keys for the rewards. Save this for the endgame.
Aion 2 Tips for Equipment, Currencies, and Upgrades
The character progression of Aion 2 is closely tied to your equipment and the upgrades of your gear. However, here you will also encounter some of the nastiest traps.
- Aion 2 differentiates between your combat power (CP) and your item level. Many contents require a minimum item level of your character, which is determined by your current equipment. The CP reflects your actual combat power since it includes additional factors such as progress in the Daevanion talent system, unlocks in the Pantheon, or your collection of Arcana cards.
- Upgrade equipment during the leveling phase only if you are stuck somewhere. Although extraction will return the invested materials, you will not get back the Kinah you spent. This also applies in the endgame when you wear equipment that you intend to replace in the near future.
- Since upgrades become increasingly expensive and the chance of failures rises as your level increases, it is always better to raise several items by one level than to increase one piece of equipment by several levels.
- The only exception to this rule: Upgrades for your belt and your Revelation Amulet are always worthwhile, as you will no longer exchange them after their maximum upgrade – and they noticeably impact your character’s strength.
- Always extract old equipment. You need the green and blue upgrade fragments in large quantities.
- WARNING: Before automated extraction, check your settings and filters. If you accidentally destroy a very valuable or powerful piece of equipment, you will not get it back.
- You can also set a loot filter that defines what your pet picks up and leaves behind. This way, you can prevent gray junk from cluttering your storage space.
- The season pass (Daeva Pass) is a useful source of equipment and resources. Interesting for frequent players: The pass can be purchased with the in-game currency Kinah.
More guides for Aion 2 can be found here:
Aion 2 Tips for the Endgame
Lastly, we have some initial tips and tricks for you regarding your gaming experience at level 45. An overview of the PvE and PvP content of Aion 2 can be found here.
- Many contents of Aion 2 are only available in limited form or temporarily. The good news: Often you have a whole week to play the most important endgame challenges until the corresponding ID expires or you waste tickets. A first overview of content restrictions can be found here.
- Even PvP loathers should make the occasional visit to the Abyss in the endgame. There you can earn Abyss points by defeating PvE monsters, which will help you reach item level 1,700. More tips for efficient equipment progress can be found in this guide.
- Only do the easy version of the Ascension Trial in the Forgotten Repository (item level 1,000) when the ID change is about to happen and you cannot reach item level 1,500 in time for the next difficulty level. If you still have enough time until the next weekly reset, play the normal difficulty. It rewards significantly more but is still comparatively easy.
- From level 45, so-called “Spacetime Rifts” appear in the open world every 3 hours, allowing you to infiltrate the enemy faction’s territory for an hour. This is not just for PvP fans. This way, you can do the strongholds and sealed dungeons in the enemy regions. The website aion2hub.com intends to offer a reliable timer for the rifts at launch.
That was it, our beginner tips for Aion 2! Do you have any other tips and tricks for starting the new MMORPG from NCSoft? Then feel free to share them with us in the comments! In another guide, we also cover various mistakes that you should definitely avoid. A good complement to the tips here in the article: 11 mistakes you should definitely avoid when starting Aion 2
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