There's been new information released about the upcoming Second Korean Closed Beta Test of Aion.

Two new screenshots (official ones) and a brand new video that shows the revamped character customization system can be seen below--and of course the details surrounding the 2nd Korean CBT.

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Official Announcement about the 2nd Korean CBT

Disclaimer: This document applies only to Korean beta and its participants. All times are written as UTC+9 unless otherwise stated.

Greetings, Legions of Aion!

This notice contains general information about Season 2 of the Aion CBT as well as the schedules and feedback systems.

First of all, we would like to thank you for your patience and loyalty throughout the unexpected delays.

Schedule

Season 2 is due to begin on the April 8th and last for 3 weeks, until April 27th.

The detailed schedule is as follows:

• Tue~Fri: 16:00 ~ 23:00 / no limit on play time.
• Sat~Sun: 11:00 ~ 23:00 / no limit on play time.
• Mon: Server Maintenance

Tester Eligibility

All the previous testers from CBT Season 1 will automatically be eligible to play in Season 2, and will be given the advantage of inviting a friend to join Aion CBT Season 2.

Testers can send the invitation to a friend between March 24th and April 2nd.

Further information on the invitation event will be posted on the message board in the near future.

Moreover, 5,000 additional testers will be drawn randomly. The results will be released at 2pm on March 24th.

The additional 5,000 testers will not get an invitation to send to a friend. You can apply to be an Aion tester by simply registering a unified ID on the PlayNC website and through the agreements and surveys on the Aion website. If you apply once, you will go into a draw every time additional testers are picked To make a PlayNC unified ID Registration

Test Details

We’ve been monitoring testers’ feedback on the starting phase of Aion throughout Season 1. During Season 2, we aim to observe the characters leveling up to medium level, monitor the player economy, and do the server stress test.

Important Changes

Character Information Initialization.

For Season 2, some changes have been made to the game contents—such as the character customization system, quests, items, skills etc.—and the race selection system and the naming policies have been changed.

Going through all these changes, the decision was made that testers wouldn’t be able to play with their previous characters and, unfortunately, all the characters had to be erased.

We apologize to all the testers from Season 1 and thank you for your co-operation.

The ‘Piece of Eternity’ items that were collected through Season 1 will be recorded separately before resetting the characters, and will be used as a reference when we are selecting Guardians/Archons. New regions for Elyos and Asmodians and contents for level 20~34 characters will be added.

Improved combat system and a direct portal (pathway between the two camps) will be added.

Further updates on the main features of Season 2 will be announced in the near future.

Feedback System

As before, testers can post their opinions in various ways such as in-game surveys, discussion board posts, etc.

In addition, beginning in Season 2, FGIs (Focus Group Interviews/Meetings) will be held every week so that testers can express things that they could not online.

Detailed information for FGIs will be announced in the near future. All the opinions and questions will be seriously discussed internally and will be answered promptly through the development notes.

The Aion team will try our best, always.

Thank you.