Instead of playing Aion, today I've been working on two templates for our wiki. To organise the pages, I've created two infobox templates: one for armor pages and one for weapon pages. An example of the templates in use can be found at the page for Akairun's Sword.

To create a new page for a weapon or armor piece, browse to the appropriate subcategory in the wiki and click the item's name. On the following page you can simply paste the template and fill in the information. Or simply copy the proper code from an existing page and change the values.

If you have any questions about editing the wiki, feel free to contact us. Thank you in advance for helping out by contributing your knowledge! :)

You're probably all playing Aion in the beta event right now. So are we! As NextWeek posted yesterday, I'm playing an Asmodian warrior on Mesramtaeda (EU server). I'd like give you a very quick overview of my impressions so far (in no particular order):

• While I personally didn't have any problems, downloading the 438 MB patch did not go smoothly enough for many people. More server capacity is required, or perhaps another patch distribution system could be set up (p2p?).
• On the EU servers, lag was not a major problem. Logging in went fine and even the busier points didn't cause too many problems. This is promising for the final release of the game.
• I like the addition of voices, but at times they sound very uninspired, or simply out of place (especially in cutscenes).
• While playing, I did come across some inappropriate character names. I'm not sure what filters are in place, but this might need some finetuning.

Other than the points above, I've been having a very enjoyable playing experience. So, time to get back in the game :)

Gamespy published two movies on the two Aion factions Elyos and Asmodians. They will introduce you to the lore behind the factions.

From the Twitter page of Aion's Sebastian Streifert comes the following tidbit about the official beta servers: "The four new #Aion beta servers: (EU) Beritra, (EU) Ereshkigal, (NA) Vaizel, (NA) Triniel". Character creation will only be enabled on these new servers, at least during this weekend's closed beta but possibly for longer.

Today NCsoft released some official information on the Sorcerer class, one of the two Mage specializations. Fourteen screenshots in total have been released, in addition to the following class description:

"The Sorcerer is a Daeva who follows the Star of Magic. They are able to freely wield the destructive power if the natural elements: Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water. A sorcerer is a scholar at heart, evident by the books and orbs they normally carry with them. However, these items can be dangerous weapons in their hands as they help to increase a Sorcerer’s power."

These are the Sorcerer screenshots that were published today: