Patch 2.7 has been made its move to Korean PTS last week on 13.July already,
hence we might see a shipment of 2.7 to NA/EU server with the usual ~3 month delay as from now on.

The core features of the patch this time are mainly PvP centric
but as usuall a lot of minor and medium changes are included either.


The Crucible of Solitude - 1v1 arena

On 4 different maps you can duel
other player of both factions in a 1v1 fight of 3 rounds.

The Crucible of Chaos - 10 player FFA arena

On 6 different maps you can fight with 9 other players
in a FFA match of 3 rounds.
Some maps support flight combat and they contain objects
that affect combat like controlable anti-air-guns you can
damage enemies or disable their flight with, speed boost,
armor boost, magic resistance boost and other buffs
Crucible of Chaos also features a training mode (reentry time 15min).

Reentry time for both is 22hours.

Both come in two brackets of level 46-50 and 51-55,
if not enough player are available at a time both are joined into the other bracket.

The arenas reward new Crucible batches aswell as AP
which can be exchanged for Crucible gear.

Entry is given after finishing daily quests rewarding you
"arena permits" (max 2 per day) which however are fading after 1/2 weeks

Additional new arena gear and weapons have been added.



Padmarashka’s Cave
As with the departure of Sematariux and removal of his lair for both factions,
a new 48-man raid instance will be introduced featuring Padmarashka as the main boss

Its designed for a max of 48 player with entry at level 55 requiring a key.

Rewards will remain the same adjusted to 48 player, with additional new items added.

Empyrean Crucible changes
-Now can be started at stage 7
to start with higher rewards for harder monster
-Stage 10 phase 5 scorepoints increased

Quest changes
-Additional quests for crucible of Chaos/Solitude added
-Additional quests for Padmarashka’s Cave added
-Daily Quests for Platinum Medals - questitems now obtainable for
everyone in the group from a single target
-Daily Quests - Gold and Silvercoin rewards increased


Balaurean siege changes
-Platinum Medals rewards from Balaurean sieges increased.
 +50-100% for either number of recipient or reward value.
-Fixed some areas for recognition of participation in sieges.

New Skill changes - see patchnotes

The usual buckets full of minor changes
i.e Instant force logout by forcefully closing the client
is now prevented with a 10sec logout screen popping up
,new background music, pet changes, etc etc

More information at
http://aion.plaync.co.kr/board/tsnotice/view?articleID=478&page=
http://9kohorta.com/blog/in-english/27-on-korean-pts/
http://9kohorta.com/blog/in-english/2-7-pvp-arenas/

This game is more and more becoming the nice little pvp game I want it to be.

22h re-entry time for an arena? Seems like a strange decision: Duel on somewhat equal grounds, once every 22 hours - Outide that your PvP is gank or zerg...

I guess I just dont get it.

yep u didnt get it. aion is still a game with an open world pvp. if they would make the arenas awailable 24/7 that would kill the open world pvp. and anyways a rvr mmo should be about zerging in first point. now they will bring a 1vs1 and a grp arena and that should be enough. if u wanna do only 1vs1 fights then go play street fighter, mortal kombat or tekken.