Hello everyone,

If you would be willing to bear with me, I’d like to take a moment to make my introduction to the AionSource community. My name is Charles ‘kieron’ Dane and I am NCsoft Austin’s Community Relations Manager for Aion. It is my responsibility to support the Aion community for North America, something that I am very much looking forward to.

A quick overview of my background, I have been around the MMOG industry for over ten years. I started out as a Counselor in the Ultima Online volunteer program and eventually co-managed the Seer program. This was followed by a brief stint managing the EVE Online volunteer event team before returning to UO to manage the Event Moderation team.

My time with the UO EM program introduced me to interaction with the community in a way that I had not experienced before. Not only was I spending time in-game with players and running events, I was also on the forums and in IRC. It’s not hard to lose track of time simply chatting with the community about the game or events, gathering feedback or shooting the breeze. I fell in love with the interaction and wanted to do more.

An opportunity presented itself in January of 2004. The Community Manager position for EVE Online opened up, I was recommended for the position, applied and was accepted. The following four years were an experience that I will never forget. I had a great time with the game and company, but most of all the community. There were some lessons to be learned along the way, but I looked forward to the start of each and every work day.

After leaving EVE, I investigated a number of opportunities but nothing captured my attention like Aion. A visually and aurally stunning game with a rich game history, a close-knit development team and a growing player community; Aion was everything I could hope for from a new project and more. I am honored to be a part of this community, both as a player and a developer. It will be my pleasure doing all I can to support the community and game.

Cheers!

“This is my dream job,” said Bell-Cabrera. “The online gaming industry is moving at an incredible pace these days and keeping up with how our customers make their purchase decisions requires a willingness to try new things. That’s what NCsoft is all about. There couldn’t be a better opportunity in this business.”

Auch die Spielzeit bis zur maximalen Spielstufe ist ein Kaufkriterium bei den Spielern geworden. Welches Level wird denn das höchste in Aion sein? Und wie lange wird es ungefähr dauern es zu erreichen?

Die maximale Stufe wird 50 sein. Die Dauer des Weges dorthin richtet sich wie immer nach der individuellen Spielweise (Ich brauche da immer ein wenig länger). Wir orientieren uns da aber an den anderen großen MMOs im westlichen Bereich. Addiert ein paar Prozentpunkte zu der Zeit, die man dort bis Stufe 50 braucht und dann sollte man es abschätzen können.