NC held an Aion 2 live stream on Tuesday, April 21, at 19:30. The broadcast addressed questions raised during the offline event and provided details on the second new dungeon for Season 3.

Health recovery balance is undergoing a major adjustment. The life steal mechanism has been changed, and recovery potions now include an additional effect proportional to maximum HP. Armor breakthrough now grants a 1% increase in HP per stage, and the life steal reduction debuff in Transcendence and Sanctuary has been removed. Overall, the life steal effects of individual class skills have been reduced.

Party synergy for each class has also been overhauled. For damage-dealing classes—Assassin, Ranger, Sorcerer, and Spiritmaster—skills that previously affected party members have been changed to apply only to the user, or their effects have been replaced. For other classes, party synergy has been strengthened. To maintain performance following these synergy changes, overall skill buffs have been implemented.

On Wednesday, April 22, the second new dungeon of Season 3, 'Island of Blue Breath,' will be added. The required item levels are 3,000 for Normal and 3,500 for Hard, and players can obtain Nathara guards, armor, and Eroded necklaces and earrings.

✅ Aion 2 Live Stream Summary (Tue, 4/21)

1. Changes based on key feedback (4/22)

- Updated display for remaining challenge/reward counts in Sanctuary

- Changed all Shugo Festa events to activate exactly on the hour

- Added settings option to toggle weapon display in non-combat mode

- Added world map notification when a PVP-ranked player dies

- Artifact Siege changed to every Wednesday and Saturday at 22:00

- Abyss boss spawn time changed to 22:30

- Abyss Corridor time reduced to 2 minutes and 10 seconds, with corresponding reward increases

- Added +5 Fate to Immortal Gartua Masterpieces and +5 Illusion to Eternal Gartua Masterpieces (total of 4 stats)

- Clearer numerical values included in update notes

2. Upcoming Updates

- Introduction of party kick vote system

- Separation of Party/Force UI

- Added spec comparison feature when joining a Party/Force

- Party/Force member numbers to be displayed on world map/minimap

- Introduction of account-wide block system (chat block)

- Legion-based community content to be added

- Activation of low-tier dungeons for new users + improved rewards for Conquest (Normal/Hard)

- Reviewing map design equity for the Abyss mid-layer

- Additional sources for Merit Medals to be added

- Conversion recipes for mid-layer orders to be added

- Improvement of Abyss equipment growth structure

- Improvement of male character costume designs

- Changed to allow wings to be hidden or displayed like a cape

- Improved visual effects for different Godstone grades

- Improved to allow character customization while maintaining current appearance

- Improved buff window visibility and added remaining time display

- Expanded map pin limit

- Expanded consumable slots

- Added transparency adjustment for minimap

- Added more freedom to snapshot feature

- Enhanced visibility for sale prices on the Exchange

- Improved mobile HUD size

- Improved character change UI

- Added ON/OFF feature for white screen transition during teleportation

3. Health recovery balance adjustment

- Life steal balance adjustment → 5% life steal = (up to 10% of max HP) 5% damage absorption + 5% max HP recovery

- Recovery potion efficiency change → Additional effect proportional to max HP

- Added 1% HP increase per stage for armor breakthrough

- Removed life steal reduction debuff in Transcendence/Sanctuary

- Overhaul of life steal system for each class

4. Party synergy overhaul

- Removal of party synergy for damage dealers (Assassin, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spiritmaster)

- Improvement of party synergy for tanks (Templar/Gladiator) and supporters (Chanter/Cleric)

5. Class care

- Buffs to other skills following party synergy overhaul

6. Stigma reset cost free event (until 4/29)

- Conducted due to large-scale skill improvements

7. Combat power system improvement

- Changed passive skill stats to apply only 50% of their combat power value

- Increased combat power values based on passive skill level

- Increased combat power values obtained at active skill level 17 or higher

- Increased combat power values obtained from HP

8. Combat-related changes

- Separated damage amplification/damage resistance effects for PVE and PVP

- Existing values applied to PVE; PVP values applied at 50% of PVE levels

9. Currency improvements

- Kinah obtained from Od Energy Cubes → Transferred to additional loot dropped by mid-bosses

- Unique items sold to shops can be obtained as Imprinted Kinah (varies by item level)

- Shugo Festa unique drop rate reduced from 20% to 15%; gathering node count reduced from 10 to 8

10. New expedition 'Island of Blue Breath' added

- Entry item levels: 3,000 / 3,500

- Nathara guards/armor + Eroded necklaces/earrings obtainable

11. Sanctuary improvements

- Mid-boss/boss can each be revived twice (skill revival + Resurrection Spiritstone combined for 2 revivals per character)

- Count resets at start of combat, boss kill, or party wipe

- Removed Cleric's self-revival effect

12. Abyss improvements

- Adjusted boss times due to Artifact Siege time changes and new boss additions

- Added 'Potential Amplification Stone: Abyss (Unique) (Imprinted)' to weekly season mission rewards

- Potential Amplification Stones can be obtained by chance from Dimensional Merit Boxes

- Increased medal quantities in Nachma's Merit Box and Enraged Nachma's Merit Box

- Abyss Corridor changed to a solo map (monsters placed only in the center) → Entry time reduced to 2 minutes 10 seconds and rewards increased

13. Content improvements

- Dimensional Invasion tickets integrated at the server level

- Mission quests integrated at the server level (rewards excluding equipment doubled)

- Nightmare instant completion ticket can be used in the lobby (ranking points not earned)

14. Other improvements

- Display of enhancement levels for items consumed during material transformation

- Items without Soul Imprint will not appear in the integrated enhancement list

- Pet 'Moon' sold in Season 2 Pass shop added to Season 3 shop

15. Kinah Pass added

- Applied per character (3 times per server)

- Provides Od Energy, dungeon clear counts, boss clear count tickets, etc

16. Abyss/Rift of Time 2nd matching server information

17. Q&A

- Class change tickets had a 5:5 to 7:3 split in favor/against at the offline event. Internal development is underway, but we will listen to user feedback before proceeding

- Server transfer tickets are also in development

- Increasing party size is not a distant goal and will happen in the near future

18. Live stream rewards

- 10 Resurrection Spiritstones, 10 Od Energy, 1 Appearance Change Ticket

- 2 Od Energy provided daily via push notification

19. Costume re-release (until 4/29)

- Decided as '1. Loose-fit Street Mood' via live broadcast vote