((Niflheim Circus
Grand Opening Event

Date: Sunday, November 8th
Time: 6PM PDT/9PM EST
Where: Prontera, near the hand-in-hand statue north of the center fountain.
Requirements: None. Characters of all classes and levels are welcome to attend. However, in future events for this storyline, this will change. Please take the time to level up if you want to continue with this particular story!

All questions or concerns can be directed to Dove via PM in IRC, or here on the forums in private.))

We’re more or less ready for the grand opening of the new and improved Aeon Server! Before you can begin on your new adventures, there are a couple things you need to do:

1. Apply for a new account! As the beta phase is now over, we have wiped all accounts so that everyone starts off on the same foot.
2. Apply for a new forum account! Part of our renewal movement is an update to our forum boards (found here: http://aeonro.org/newboard/). As a result, we are using an upgraded version of the previous board software and have had to change the way our system operates. We”ll therefore need you to register for our forums separately.

Information on #1 and #2 can be found here! Registration!

Now then, once you’ve completed both of the above tasks, you’re able to log into the server! If you were part of our beta testing phase, all you need to do is run your patcher and grab the updates to let you play on the server. If you’ve not participated in the beta, you will need to grab our new installer from the download section. (Remember that you need a game server account in order to download files from us).

Once you run the patcher, select the “Aeon Main” server and log in!

As an added bonus and thank-you to all of our players for being so patient, we’re offering a one-time grand opening prize:

For all players who level a single character to 2nd job by Sunday November 1, 2009, we will reward your account 5 Tokens of Aeon and 5 Role Play Tokens. Woo! All you have to do is log in and level yourself up to the 2nd tier class - that means, Knight, Crusader, Assassin, and so forth.
Note: only 5 Tokens of Aeon and 5 Role Play Tokens will be rewarded to each player. Leveling multiple characters on one or more accounts will not receive extra rewards.

A couple other things to note:

1. With the new forum boards (located at http://aeonro.org/newboard/), our current forums will be considered defunct. As a courtesy, we are leaving the old forums up in read-only format so that players may access any old information they need to get settled on the new boards. As a warning, however, these boards will not remain up forever. Our plans are to take down the boards within 30 days, so be sure to grab what you need sooner than later!

2. While we were hoping to have far more custom content implemented, we made the decision to move ahead with official release and implement the said content as it is completed. Hopefully we will see things like Prestige Classes and the Aeon Quest Line implemented around Christmas.

Thanks again for all of your patience and we hope you enjoy the server!

Aeon Staff

Some of you may have noted a lot of down time with the beta client. Not surprisingly we are running into glitches in the server and gameplay (yay beta testing) that require time to fix. To quote Fel’s description:

“Server crashes tend to require jamming your hand into src code and reaching between the blades for something small and intangible.”

She’s working really hard to keep on top of issues, so we appreciate your patience while she whittles away at the various problems. Palette crashes are nearly resolved, however please search the forums for other issues noted by players. There are some things that entirely crash the beta server that have not been resolved yet. So, make sure you’re not on your way to making these already-discovered problems and…go find some new ones!

You guys have been great in testing the beta server by the way, keep up the good work.

-Aeon Staff

Finally we have something to show you all.

The New Beta Client

You need to have an active account to participate in the beta server. Please note that all accounts will be wiped once the beta testing is complete. Beta testing end date is undecided, namely when we are comfortable with the bugs we have worked out.

The GM team would like to express again our thanks and genuine relief at the patience of our community. You guys have done a stellar job hanging in with us, and hopefully these shenanigans will be done soon!

Other things to note: The beta server will NOT contain prestige classes for testing, and when the server is live there will be a wait for the custom classes to be implemented. In light of getting the server operational in a timely manner, we’ve decided that they do not need to be immediately functioning for our server to get back on it’s feet. More updates in the future will be provided.

Sincerely-
Aeon Staff

Since there seems to be some confusion, the reset is not live as of yet. Since we’re not only updating our lore and other roleplay related content, but also an SVN update- there’s quite a bit of work Staff-side that has been underway since the previous announcement.

When the reset happens, the content of the website, along with the forums will be completely updated with the old content being abandoned. We are working diligently to get this done, and we thank you in advance for your patience.

-AeonRO Team