It looks like the official site has more information on pet collection for the 2.0 release, so that everybody knows how to run out and get their very own pet kitters and daggies on the date of the expansion. I am particularly interested in the events mentioned in order to obtain pets.
Pets are no longer restricted to fetching the morning paper and crowd pleasing tricks, as today Aion® redefines how MMORPGs approach pets, creating an entirely new subsystem for players to explore within the upcoming free expansion, Aion: Assault on Balaurea™. For the first time within Aion, players will have access to functional pets capable of storing goods, assisting with crafting, acting as guardians by alerting their masters to nearby enemies, and of course those designed to make their masters look good.
While the pets system will continuously evolve throughout the life of the game, Aion: Assault on Balaurea will launch with five pet types:
o Companion – Adventure with their owner throughout Atreia
o Signal – Alert their owner to the presence of enemy players
o Pack – Expand their owner’s inventory
o Fortune – Produce items for their owner after being well-fed
o Purebred – Provide their owner with multiple functions at once
You’ll have 100 dedicated pet slots available to populate, but can only own one of each type, and are only capable of summoning one pet at a time. You will retain features such as inventory space increase even while the pet providing the feature is put away. The pets you own can be given names, and these names are not unique, which will allow you to choose names freely and make changes whenever you so desire. And as a special treat, a new type of pet emote will trigger unique animations for each type of pet (watch out Westminster Kennel Club, there’s a new set of tricks to teach those old dogs).
There will be different ways to get your hands on these pets, including buying them from in-game merchants or the NCStore, getting them as quest rewards, item drops, or through special promotional events.
Aion: Assault on Balaurea is a free expansion, but there will also be a new boxed version with an upgraded client preloaded available for purchase (MSRP .99). To celebrate the release of Aion: Assault on Balaurea, those who purchase the expansion will receive an adorable Speckled Ailu pet (it’s much like a panda). Some retailers will for a limited time also offer an exclusive Companion pet along with the Speckled Ailu.
o All Retail SKUs – Speckled Ailu (Panda) A premium Pack pet which increases a player’s warehouse by 12 slots
o NCsoft Store – Fuzzy Elroco Companion Pet
o Amazon.com – Beluslan Kitter Companion Pet
o Best Buy/Best Buy Canada – Heiron Kitter Companion Pet
o GameStop – Grassy Drakie Companion Pet
o QVS – Altgard Kitter Companion Pet
o Steam – Skullabra Krall Companion Pet
o Wal-Mart – Border Daggie Companion Pet
We hope you’ll enjoy these fine, coming additions!
– The Aion Community Team
For more information on the functions of pets and the different pets available, remember to check out our own AionSource pet news article.
AionSource Community News
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