Daevic Flux

Happy Valentine’s Day, Daevas!

Happy Valentine’s Day, Daevas! I hope all of you are surrounded by those you love, getting fabulous loot in-game, and are having a great week! ^_^

I have a quick update on the 64-bit client issue. As announced last week, NCsoft had quietly implemented a patch removing the capability to use the unsupported patch that many of us had been using. However, Nobody was quick in posting a workaround on the AionSource forums. I haven’t tried it myself, but reports are coming in with some users having no issues, and others experiencing a little more lag than when using the previous workaround. But never fear! I saw a tweet earlier today from Tydaron on Israphel pointing to a reply from Nyx on the Aion forums indicating that 64-bit client will be put back in with the 3.0 release:

After much discussion, we have decided to reintroduce the 64-bit client in the Aion folder when we release 3.0 (ETA is coming soon(tm)!) The most current version of the 64-bit client includes features to prevent much of the abuse that was a major factor in its removal last October.

Things to note:

• This 64-bit client will still be “unsupported.” This means use at your own risk. We are not provided with support for this version of the client, and it has always been designated use at your own risk. If you experience difficulties in running the client, we will not be able to resolve the problem for you.

• The 64-bit client is still considered by Korea as “unfinished” and is not completely tested like the 32-bit client. Because it is not fully tested, you may encountered issues that you would not have in the 32-bit client (quests you cannot complete, UI bugs, etc). While all of these are reported to Korea, we cannot guarantee that the issues will be addressed.

She goes on to say:

The point of bringing it back is that we are listening to what the customers tell us very clearly that they want. There has been overwhelming supporting documentation that people want the 64-bit client available. This is something that we can control and give you, so we are doing so.

What we do not control is what we are given. I can’t magically fix all of the issues that people bring up. This is one that I could fix, so I worked to make it happen.

We have no eta for when Korea will provide us with a “complete” and “supported” 64-bit client.

Excellent news! I’m willing to take this as a good sign that someone actually is listening for a change! Granted a fully supported 64-bit client would be best, but until the time that such a thing is available, I’m cool. ^_^

In other news, there’s a new contest going on to celebrate couples in Aion. (hence the image above :3 ) You can read more about it on the Aion News page. It boils down to taking a picture of your toon and/or with your significant other’s wearing last year’s in-game couples tshirts to enter. According to the contest rules page, 20 winners will be selected to win a choice of 3 Felicitous Socketing Supplements for Fabled Items or 3 Felicitous Socketing Supplements for Eternal Items.

Kind of cheesy, but presented a challenge to me to somehow capture both of my toons together in one shot. (with the help of some Photoshop and carefully placed screenshots of course! LOL)

Also! AionLife kindly reminded me that the Wedding Dress/Tuxedo is on sale (50% off!) in the NCsoft online store, so be sure to drop by if you’ve been looking to buy it!

Love and peace to y’all! ♥