[Translation] Abyss - General Information

[LightSpeed]

Updated and current as of 11/02/09

Source - Aion Powerbook

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The Abyss

Abyss Contents	Description
Fortress Sieges	In the Abyss, 9 Fortresses and 31 Artifacts exist, all waiting to be conquered by players from both playable factions. The fight for fortress possession begins after defeating the Fortress Guardian.
Artifacts	Artifacts add a dynamic element to the cross faction pvp during fortress sieges. These artifacts once activated will activate a skill which affects a very large area on the battle front. The types of skills range from: protective barrier to friendly forces, protective buffs to healing type classes, mass polymorphing to enemy targets, and offensive buffs to damage dealers.
Dreadgion	It is impossible to predict the outcome if a battle between the factions when the Baluar are involved. The Baluar exist to balance the power between the Elyos and Asmodians but also have their own agenda and can pose a threat to both factions. At the center of the Baluar is the Dreadgion. The Dreadgion is a giant battleship and can randomly appear at the Abyss. Once it appears, a number of Baluar minions may drop down from the ship, or at the ship may directly engage players in battle.
Abyss Quests	While questing in the Abyss, monsters as well as other faction players will have to be watched out for. Additional Abyss Points will be rewarded by participating in PvP and RvR battles.
Abyss Rewards	One can achieve hero status by acquiring Abyss Points in PvP combat. Upon achieving a high rank a set of skills opens up that boosts the player up to a force-group level and is able to overpower normal players with great strength.

To enter the Abyss

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Each faction has 4 quests which must be completed in order to gian access to the Abyss. The quests are obtained at level 25, and compared to the other quests, has a higher difficulty level. The final quest requires the player to fly through a set of gates within a time limit and can be very difficult, so the locations of all the gates must be known prior to starting the quest as well as having all the necessary flight improvements. Faction Abyss Entry Quests Faction Abyss Entry Quests Elyos 1. 마음의 준비 Asmodian 1. 마음의 각오 2. 어비스에 관한 지식 2. 어비스에 대한 지식 3. 임무를 수행할 능력 3. 임무 수행 능력 4. 최후의 시험 4. 최후의 관문 Discover a new world on the other side Abyss Quests Unlike the quests which require you to travel to the enemy faction zones to complete, Abyss quests are done by both factions within the same zone, so one must be alert of their surroundings while questing in the Abyss. Ganking is very common in the Abyss. Elyos Quests Asmodian Quests Lower Abyss(Elyos) Quests Lower Abyss(Asmodian) Quests Upper Abyss(Elyos) Quests Upper Abyss(Asmodian) Quests Core Abyss(Elyos) Quests Core Abyss(Asmodian) Quests How to enter the Abyss Each faction has Abyss Gateways in particular zones, which are used to enter the Abyss. These gateways can only be used once Abyss entry quests are all completed. The Elyos have gateways in the skies above Verteron Fortress and one floating above Eltenen Fortress. Asmodian gateways are located in the skies above Altgard, Morheim and Belruslan Fortresses. After going through the Abyss gateways you will arrive at Teminon Stronghold(Elyos) or Primum Stronghold(Asmodian). Each faction's Abyss Gateways Faction Abyss Gateway Locations Elyos Verteron Fortress Skies Eltenen Fortress Asmodian Altgard Fortress Skies Morheim Fortress Skies Faction Strongholds Upon entering the Abyss, players will start at their faction strongholds, Teminon(Elyos) or Primum(Asmodian).Various NPCs and quest givers are available at the strongholds. While in the Abyss, players can earn Qina as well as Abyss Points, which can be used tot purchase equipment and items. Abyss Points can be earned by completing quests, killing monsters or players of the other faction. Items can be purchased with Abyss Points from the rewards NPC. Various towers are placed at the strongholds. These towers can teleport players back to their faction towns for a small fee. Faction Strongholds Faction Elyos Asmodian Stronghold Teminon Stronghold Primum Stronghold The Abyss Structure As already mentioned, the Abyss consists of Lower, Upper and Core sections, with each section containing monsters of varying levels. It is recommended that players level or quest in the zones appropriate to their character level. There are 9 fortresses and 31 artifacts scattered around the Abyss. Fortress and artifact siege status' can be viewed from the ingame map. The status on fortresses can be viewed in real time Beam of light To reach the Upper Abyss, one must travel through the beam of light on either East Rateslan or West Rateslan. Travel can also be done from the teleporters inside the fortresses depending which faction owns the fortress. The Divine fortress at the core of the Abyss can be reached from the Eye of Eleshuranta in the Upper Abyss. If the core is held by either the Elyos or Asmodian factions, the teleport route to the core will be available. Abyss Structure Lower Abyss Abyss Core Upper Abyss Abyss Points Abyss Points are required to increase PvP ranks and the purchasing of PvP items. Your current Abyss Points and rank can be checked from the Abyss tab in the character information window. Abyss Points are gained from killing players of the opposing factions and monsters, however being killed in PvP or PvE combat will decrease your points. Purchasing items with Abyss Points will also decrease the amount of points you have. Your current Abyss Points will determine your rank, so using your points up could lower your rank. Gaining and losing Abyss Points Gaining Abyss Points Losing Abyss Points ● Killing other faction players ● Killing other faction NPCs ● Killing Abyss monsters ● Completing quests ● Dying to other faction players ● Dying to other faction NPCs ● Dying to Abyss monsters ● Purchasing Abyss items Abyss Ranks Possessing a Fortress in the Abyss, killing enemy faction players and NPCs, and completing quests are ways to receive Abyss Points. Abyss equipment and consumables may be purchased with Abyss Points, however it is the amount of points a player has that determines his/her Abyss Rank. Purchasing Abyss gear will lower your Abyss Points and may affect your rank, so one must decide whether to keep their rank or to purchase better items. There are 18 ranks in total, and below is a table listing the different ranks, titles and amount of Abyss Points required per rank. Grade 5 Officers to High Commander will have access to special skills. These skills surpass the abilities of regular skills by far, and can only be used within the Abyss. Ranking up further will allow these skills to become even more powerful. Dropping below the Grade 5 Officer rank will take away these abilities. Abyss Ranks Elyos Title Asmodian Title Rank Required Positions Points Gained Points Lost Required Points(Cumulative) Elyos Grade 9 Soldier Asmodian Grade 9 Soldier 1 - 120 24 - Elyos Grade 8 Soldier Asmodian Grade 8 Soldier 2 - 168 37 1,200 Elyos Grade 7 Soldier Asmodian Grade 7 Soldier 3 - 235 58 4,220 Elyos Grade 6 Soldier Asmodian Grade 6 Soldier 4 - 329 91 10,990 Elyos Grade 5 Soldier Asmodian Grade 5 Soldier 5 - 461 143 23,500 Elyos Grade 4 Soldier Asmodian Grade 4 Soldier 6 - 645 225 42,780 Elyos Grade 3 Soldier Asmodian Grade 3 Soldier 7 - 903 356 69,700 Elyos Grade 2 Soldier Asmodian Grade 2 Soldier 8 - 1,264 561 105,600 Elyos Grade 1 Soldier Asmodian Grade 1 Soldier 9 - 1,770 885 150,800 Elyos 1 Star Officer Asmodian 1 Star Officer 10 1000 2,124 1,195 214,100 Elyos 2 Star Officer Asmodian 2 Star Officer 11 800 2,549 1,616 278,700 Elyos 3 Star Officer Asmodian 3 Star Officer 12 500 3,059 2,184 344,500 Elyos 4 Star Officer Asmodian 4 Star Officer 13 300 3,671 2,949 411,700 Elyos 5 Star Officer Asmodian 5 Star Officer 14 100 4,405 3,981 488,200 Elyos General Asmodian General 15 30 5,286 5,374 565,400 Elyos Great General Asmodian Great General 16 10 6,343 7,258 643,200 Elyos Commander Asmodian Commander 17 3 7,612 9,799 721,600 Elyos Supreme Commander Asmodian Supreme Commander 18 1 9,134 13,229 800,700 ※ Points Gained: Abyss Point gained from killing opposing faction players and Balaur NPCs ※ Points Lost: Abyss Points lost from dying to opposing faction players and Baluar NPCs ※ Required Points: Total Abyss Points required to reach this rank Elite Rank Skills Rank Icon Skill Name Description 14 Abyssal Storm I Inflicts 1016-1020 physical damage to up to 6 targets within 20m around the caster. 14 Polymorph: Divine Guardian I Temporarily transform into an avatar. During this transformed state all negative status effects will be resisted; and HP and MP will continuously regenerate. Attack power and defense will be increased; movement and flight speed will be increased by 10; and during combat, damage will be boosted by 50%. 15 Summon: Abyssal Strength I Summons a servant that will inflict magic damage to up to 6 targets within 20m surrounding the selected target, which must be within 20m of the caster. 16 Abyssal Shield of Reflection I For 1 minute, up to 600 damage will be reflected to enemies within 5m. 17 Abyssal Wave I Stuns enemy targets within 20m surrounding the caster for 5 seconds. 18 Abyssal Tsunami I Inflicts 1616-1620 physical damage to a target within 30m. 18 Abyssal Execution I Inflicts magic damage after 5 seconds to a target within 30m. ※ Depending on future game balance, skill descriptions or effects may change(current as of 11 Feb 2009).

- translated by HellBound

[Azza]

Another awsome translation as always Paul, such a blessing to have such a dedicated and loyal friend ;

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

The Dreadgion is a giant battleship and can randomly appear at the Abyss. Once it appears, a number of Baluar minions may drop down from the ship, or at the ship may directly engage players in battle

Hah, we all know i've seen this ship very close up. Curious to how you can cope, if the ship decides to attack you. Can the ship be destroyed? I know that getting too close is an instant death.

Originally Posted by LightSpeed

The final quest requires the player to fly through a set of gates within a time limit and can be very difficult, so the locations of all the gates must be known prior to starting the quest as well as having all the necessary flight improvements.

Hard for you only Paul . Would you like me to log onto your account again, to complete it for you?

[LightSpeed]

thats because i was playing on my ancient laptop with a whopping 3fps in a packed town with a ridiculously high latency to make it even more unplayable.
if i cant do that part even on my home pc then that goes beyond epic fail. we'll see how i go on the next char i lvl.

[Azza]

ah sweet you added the elite rank skills. The icons would look pretty epic to have on you toolbar.

[demonxaphan]

mmmm..sweet info thanks lightspeed.

[YaN]

wow awesome translations Lightspeed :)

[Hotshot]

yea thanks a lot lightspeed.. :)
keep it up ..

[Feral]

Very very niceeee. wtb pvp class.

[Heretiqu3]

LightSpeed u're AWESOME!

[Kenpachi]

At rank 4 you gain +83a per mob (same lvl)

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Also, not loosing any Abyss points upon death.

[Trivial]

Originally Posted by Kenpachi

At rank 4 you gain +83a per mob (same lvl)

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Also, not loosing any Abyss points upon death.

Thats because test server is 7x on retail its 12ish. Your not losing abyss points upon death because your getting killed by people much higher level than you. Therefore only losing 1. When you get up to 40+ you start losing alot more. I lose 200-300 a death at lvl 46.

[Kenpachi]

Originally Posted by Trivial

Thats because test server is 7x on retail its 12ish. Your not losing abyss points upon death because your getting killed by people much higher level than you. Therefore only losing 1. When you get up to 40+ you start losing alot more. I lose 200-300 a death at lvl 46.

What is the level difference for you not to loose any points? Also does this mean that when high lvls gank low lvls they don't gain any points either?

[Trivial]

Originally Posted by Kenpachi

What is the level difference for you not to loose any points? Also does this mean that when high lvls gank low lvls they don't gain any points either?

Im pretty sure its 4 levels up and down. Nope if someone is over 5 levels above you and they gank you they will only gain like 1-10 points, nothing substantial.

If i kill anyone below 40 as a lvl 46 I get like 1-3 points. However if I kill someone lvl 42-50 its 60-300 points for a kill.

[Mippins]

There wouldn't happen to be a translation for getting these quests to go to Abyss at all would there be? Specifically Elyos side, so I can get into the abyss :)!

[Bizzle]

WOW great job man, thx for the translation

[Kenpachi]

Originally Posted by Trivial

Im pretty sure its 4 levels up and down. Nope if someone is over 5 levels above you and they gank you they will only gain like 1-10 points, nothing substantial.

If i kill anyone below 40 as a lvl 46 I get like 1-3 points. However if I kill someone lvl 42-50 its 60-300 points for a kill.

I guess its safe to say that high level gankage is more of a fight for territory control vs AP farming then.

I notice that people farm the Abyss guards a lot, do these count as "Balaur NPC" as far as AP gain? or do they give some kind of boosted AP?

[Trivial]

Originally Posted by Kenpachi

I guess its safe to say that high level gankage is more of a fight for territory control vs AP farming then.

I notice that people farm the Abyss guards a lot, do these count as "Balaur NPC" as far as AP gain? or do they give some kind of boosted AP?

They give alot more AP. 2-3 times more than a regular abyss mob, elites give 5-6 times more than an abyss mob. The special elites give 20 times more than abyss mob. So for a rough estimate.

A lvl 40 killing lvl 40 guards on test server gets: 400ish for regular, 800ish for elite and 1500ish for special elite. As a level 50 killing level 50s Im pretty sure its very similar.

[Kenpachi]

Originally Posted by Trivial

They give alot more AP. 2-3 times more than a regular abyss mob, elites give 5-6 times more than an abyss mob. The special elites give 20 times more than abyss mob. So for a rough estimate.

A lvl 40 killing lvl 40 guards on test server gets: 400ish for regular, 800ish for elite and 1500ish for special elite. As a level 50 killing level 50s Im pretty sure its very similar.

Nice. thanks for the info.

[Shiki]

the elites and special elites are only within the fortress's right? and the odd 1-2 that spawn outside?

[Trivial]

Originally Posted by Shiki

the elites and special elites are only within the fortress's right? and the odd 1-2 that spawn outside?

Special elites are guardians, you will find one at every artifact and a few inside a fortress. Usually at an artifact you will have maybe 1-3 elites, inside the fortress they are all elites mostly.