Aion :O [ Copied from WP ]

Aion is still being incredibly fun, and now I have my girlfriend and one of my best friends playing as well, along with my cousin! Makes me kinda happy because now we'll have a healer, a tank, and two sorts of dps to kill things in a group setting. I've had three questions now about what Aion is, though..

Aion is an MMORPG. Massively Multi-player Online Role-playing Game. This type of game is.. Open, online, and generally pretty interactive. In Aion, at least, you can create one of 16 types of characters, with an infinite amount of customization for each character--8 characters per race, the races being the Asmodians, the dark-skinned, black winged bottom dwellers of Atreia.. Or the Elyos, the light-skinned, white-winged sunsuckers on top of Atreia. What I mean by 8 character choices are that you can have say, a male warrior.. and a female warrior.. As well as the advanced class later on, which for a warrior would be gladiator or templar. The classes are:

WARRIOR

• Gladiator
  The Gladiator is the only area-of-effect damage dealing class in the game until about level 25. Really lame. Area-of-effect being damage done in an area around the caster, not just to one target.
• Templar
  The Templar is the tank. He's big, he's buff, and he can shield-block and face-smash you back a century or two, played right. Hard to use in PvP, however..

SCOUT

• Assassin
  Sneaky bastards that deal damage generally based on criticals, and hurt like a bitch if you can't stand up to the first assault.
• Ranger
  One of the scarier pvpers on the block [ PvP = Player versus Player ], ranged damage out the ass, with a side of traps, disguises, and debuffs.

PRIEST

• Cleric
  Your main healer. Clerics.. They heal, but they can also put out a fair amount of damage. But remember, they're healers, not dpsers, not tanks.. But they can pull off all three spots at once in a good situation.
• Chanter
  Side-healer, with a focus on buffs, debuffs, and damage.. And being up-close and in-your-face. They come with constant aoe aura buffs along with the basic priest buffs, and are quite awesome. Having one in a group with a cleric will generally mean you win.

MAGE

• Sorceror
  Ranged DEATH. A glass cannon, can dish out a metric ton of damage in only a few seconds, but can also take no more than a few hits before crumbling.
• Spiritmaster
  Summoner. Has pets, will travel.. Can uber-fear for like 20 seconds or some shit in which you can't do jack but run away like a pansy.. And has about equal damage as a sorceror on occasion. Sigh.

I have Aion issues to get back to, so I'll probably lengthen this post another time.