{"id":1111,"date":"2010-08-12T13:29:58","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T20:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2010-08-14T07:36:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-14T14:36:41","slug":"aion-assault-on-balaurea-introduces-aion-players-to-their-new-best-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.taultunleashed.com\/blogs\/aion-assault-on-balaurea-introduces-aion-players-to-their-new-best-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Aion: Assault on Balaurea Introduces Aion Players to their New Best Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><img src='http:\/\/i283.photobucket.com\/albums\/kk315\/DCynic\/spacer.png' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' \/><\/div>\n<div class='bbc_center'><strong class='bbc'><span style='font-size: 17px;'>Aion: Assault on Balaurea Introduces Aion Players to their New Best Friends<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><em class='bbc'>Two and Four Legged Pets make their way into the Arsenal of Features in the Free Expansion<br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<p>Pets are no longer restricted to fetching the morning paper and crowd pleasing tricks, as today Aion\u00ae redefines how MMORPGs approach pets, creating an entirely new subsystem for players to explore within the upcoming free expansion, Aion: Assault on Balaurea\u2122. 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.<\/p>\n<p>While the pets system will continuously evolve throughout the life of the game, Aion: Assault on Balaurea will launch with five pet types:   <\/p>\n<p>          o Companion \u2013 Adventure with their owner throughout Atreia<br \/>\n          o Signal \u2013 Alert their owner to the presence of enemy players<br \/>\n          o Pack \u2013 Expand their owner\u2019s inventory<br \/>\n          o Fortune \u2013 Produce items for their owner after being well-fed<br \/>\n          o Purebred \u2013 Provide their owner with multiple functions at once<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll 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\u2019s a new set of tricks to teach those old dogs).  <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s much like a panda). Some retailers will for a limited time also offer an exclusive Companion pet along with the Speckled Ailu.<\/p>\n<p>          o All Retail SKUs \u2013 Speckled Ailu (Panda) A premium Pack pet which increases a player\u2019s warehouse by 12 slots<\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><img src='http:\/\/www.aionsource.com\/uploads\/1279742949\/gallery_24498_1422_6728.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' \/><\/div>\n<p>          o NCsoft Store \u2013 Fuzzy Elroco Companion Pet<\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><img src='http:\/\/www.aionsource.com\/uploads\/1279742949\/gallery_24498_1422_7487.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' \/><\/div>\n<p>          o Amazon.com \u2013 Beluslan Kitter Companion Pet<\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><img src='http:\/\/www.aionsource.com\/uploads\/1279742949\/gallery_24498_1422_3838.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' \/><\/div>\n<p>          o Best Buy\/Best Buy Canada \u2013 Heiron Kitter Companion Pet<\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><img src='http:\/\/www.aionsource.com\/uploads\/1279742949\/gallery_24498_1422_4653.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' \/><\/div>\n<p>          o GameStop \u2013 Grassy Drakie Companion Pet<\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><img src='http:\/\/www.aionsource.com\/uploads\/1279742949\/gallery_24498_1422_1856.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' \/><\/div>\n<p>          o QVS \u2013 Altgard Kitter Companion Pet<\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><img src='http:\/\/www.aionsource.com\/uploads\/1279742949\/gallery_24498_1422_9406.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' \/><\/div>\n<p>          o Steam \u2013 Skullabra Krall Companion Pet<\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><img src='http:\/\/www.aionsource.com\/uploads\/1279742949\/gallery_24498_1422_6245.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' \/><\/div>\n<p>          o Wal-Mart \u2013 Border Daggie Companion Pet<\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><img src='http:\/\/www.aionsource.com\/uploads\/1279742949\/gallery_24498_1422_5641.jpg' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' \/><\/div>\n<p>We hope you\u2019ll enjoy these fine, coming additions!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Aion Community Team<\/p>\n<div class='bbc_center'><img src='http:\/\/i283.photobucket.com\/albums\/kk315\/DCynic\/spacer.png' alt='Posted Image' class='bbc_img' \/><\/div>\n<p>For more information on the functions of pets and the different pets available, remember to check out our own <a href='http:\/\/www.aionsource.com\/topic\/118242-aion-20-pets\/' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='nofollow external'>AionSource pet news article<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aionsource.com\/topic\/118357-aion-assault-on-balaurea-introduces-aion-players-to-their-new-best-friends\/\">AionSource Community News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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