Greetings, we are a closely-knitted Singapore based legion with members from SG/MY/AUS and we opening up for recruitment. We have years of MMO experiences and our members have moved from game to game together. We have played Granado Esapda (SEA), Cabal Online (SEA), Atlantica Online (Global), Dragonica (SEA) and Team Fortress 2. Some of our newly recruited members have years of experiencing playing World of Warcraft as well.

We plan to make Aion our next home and we have decided to go Asmodian but have yet to decide on a server for live. Yakisoba is a semi-hardcore guild for mature players with jobs. We used to be really hardcore in Granado Espada, but that’s the past, most of us are working/serving army now. But still, we love endgame pvp and raids so we’ll definitely get there, abeit slower than your usual hardcore legion.

Our current strength for Aion stands at 24 players and we’re looking to get a couple more players who are planning to roll:
– Templars
– Chanters
– Spiritmasters

For the upcoming OBT, we will be playing on Siel server.

If you’re interested, do drop by our forum or blog and let us know abit about yourself:

Yakisoba! (blog)
Yakisoba (forums)

Cheers!

For those who have yet to visit the Abyss and want to get a feel of how it looks like, check out the video posted. It has got to be one of the best video of the Abyss and the production value for it is superb. The quality is fantastic, remember to watch it in HD because it really makes you want to dive right in.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you:

Players are now one step closer to the release of the year’s biggest massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, Aion.

Within the next four weeks, NCsoft will treat North American and European gamers to two opportunities to jump into the world of Aion and explore Atreia as Asmodian or Elyos characters ahead of its release in North America on September 22 and Europe September 25. Aion’s Open Beta Test featuring version 1.5 will take place September 6 – 13 and will include numerous Western enhancements, including improvements to Aion’s innovative character customization with a host of Western styles, as well as new zones, instances, skills, quests and continued game balancing and improvements. Open Beta will retain a level cap for both Elyos and Asmodians characters at 30 allowing players to focus on getting to the same level so they can explore the lands of Atreia together, as well as the Abyss.

Players who have preordered Aion will be treated to a Pre-Select and a two-day Headstart period giving them the opportunity to explore, organize and progress through the game prior to the official launch. Pre-Select will take place on September 18, while Aion’s Headstart will begin September 20. Players can still participate in the Aion’s Pre-Select and Headstart programs by preordering the game through several participating online and brick-and-mortar retailers, including Aiononline.com, Amazon, Best Buy, EB Games Canada, Fry’s Electronics, GameStop, Steam and Target.

Unlike any MMO before it, Aion is a uniquely crafted online experience where flight offers much more than just a way to explore the landscape – it is a strategic and integral part of combat, quests, and exploration. Players will dive into battle and plunge through thousands of unique, story-driven quests, all while trying to save a world literally shattered in half from centuries of brutal conflict. Using one of the most flexible and in-depth character customization systems ever featured in an MMO, players will be able to create genuinely distinct characters and explore a visually stunning world of ethereal beauty brimming with otherworldly inhabitants, mysterious enemies, and ancient secrets.

To translate them into our GMT+8 dates:

OBT: 7-14th Sept
Pre-selection: 19th Sept
Headstart: 21st Sept
Live: 23nd Sept

For those have yet to make their characters, if they have not wiped out CBT accounts, we will still continue to play in Siel as Asmodians since our Legion is already founded there.

I am looking forward to pre-selection where I can spend all the time I want to create the perfect face for my character. Woot!

Alright, just some general updates for all yakisoba members.

Our Aion division is growing nicely now, our number stands at 22. We have a good mix of hardcore and average gamers so this should provide enough parties to go around when we hit the grindy part of the game.

I’m also in discussion with a few upcoming SG/MY/AUS legions who are also planning to roll Asmo and we’ll probably be building up a strong alliance with them- this will help us when we start going on pvp ganktrips.

I’ll post more when we have finalize more details.

I’m also looking into which server we should roll on live. At the moment the oceanic community is hoping to find a West coast server (since the difference between East and West is actually a 100 ping difference), and NCsoft has been rather secretive about their server locations. But if nothing’s going to be finalized, then I think we should just roll in Siel. But don’t count on that yet.

Also I would like to remind all members who are playing Aion to kindly introduce themselves to the legion here, existing members, do re-introduce yourself as well. And please use this thread to let us know which character would be your main.

We’ve got sufficient dpsers already, so we’re gonna need a couple more Templars, Chanters and Spiritmasters to back us up. I know how most people feel about SMs, but in v1.5 they get a pretty niffy skill- increase drop rate of mobs.

Openbeta really needs to start soon. SRSLY!

Let’s face it. Not everyone is loaded. It’s either you have a lot of free time and no money, or earning money and not a lot of free time. Aion, as we all know by now, is a must buy game where you would probably sell your left testicle for it. But fret not, there are a few ways to shave of a few savings.

Brick & Mortar:
SE – SGD$72/76 (Funzcenter AMK Hub)  SGD$79 (Comic Connection)
CE – SGD$114 (Funzcenter)

Going digital:
SE – USD$49.99 (~SGD$72)
CE – USD$59.99 (~SGD$86)

As of now, digital CE is worth getting because of the extra in-game items. Black Cloud Wings (Lvl 30) which gives you +40 flight time, Black Cloud Earring, +hp/mp stats, and an exclusive title with stats. Also thrown in are 2 emotes (1, 2) and dye.

The boxset CE, is far costlier and has an ugly figurine + OST cd (worth torrenting, lulz). If you don’t feel the need to collect more dust in your room, then go digital. Plus you will never have to worry about not getting the game on time because of delivery delays unlike the retail boxsets.

However, if you already bought the SE boxset and suddenly have a deep craving for the CE items, NCsoft has released a special upgrade feature- Upgrade your SE account to CE for only USD$10. A few of us here have done it already, and it’s much cheaper than getting the CE boxset with the useless figurine and all.

The forum gets a new banner too! A simple Asmodian Ranger fronting the banner.

And we’re having a nerdrage session too- We are going to that screwed over for choosing to preorder from a brick and mortar store rather than the online store. Our early access into the game might be affected if the shop we bought our game from brings Aion on the 22nd Sept (SG time). The 2 day early access starts on the 21st! Which happens to be a public holiday for all of us! RAGEEEEEEE.

And we finally update our banner after a long long time. About time we retired Grace from Granado Espada for an Asmodian Sorceress from Aion!

More updates to the blog and forum are in the pipeline. It’s time to start kicking up the Aion frenzy. 22nd Sept (SG Time) is only just a month away now! For those who still have not gotten their hands on a copy of the pre-order, head to this thread here on our forum for an FAQ on how to acquire one.

We are also starting up the roster list for Aion, pop by in here to let us know what character are you planning to roll. Yakisoba will not be taking the hardcore route we took for Granado Espada considering most of us now have big real world commitments, but that shouldn’t stop us from still playing together as a Legion.

Our forums are unfortunately only available to all Yakisoba members. We’ll be opening it up soon though, it’s about time we start adding new blood to our family. As for the rest of the members, you ghouls better start posting!

Okay, here’s the detail for those who already have the game. Yakisoba will be rolling Asmodian on Siel Server.

Guess we’ll see everyone in game tomorrow morning at 3am (Singapore time).  If you need a countdown timer, check out this site.

Alright, I’ll see everyone then. Keitaro and myself will be playing at 3am (provided the patch doesn’t screw us again like the previous beta). I’m going cleric and Kei’s going Ranger so let’s all party all because I’m going heal botz. lulz.

Hello all, it’s been a very long while since I updated our guild blog and while the outside world thinks that Yakisoba is dead, we were in fact holed up in our guild forums. I just want to annouce that Yakisoba is going to play Aion Online (US) server when it comes out in September. A number of us have already pre-order the game and we can be found enjoying the closed beta testing. Don’t expect us to go all out for Aion since most of us now have more commitments to attend to IRL.

For existing active/inactive members, I’ve also created a new section for Aion Online in our forum. Do check it out and add more stuff into it.  Hopefully I will be able to spend some time to create a new theme for our blog and forum in Aion style. The GE theme is getting a little too stale now. =/

I apologize for the lack of posts, I was having trouble trying to get onto wordpress for some strange reason with my ISP.

Nonetheless, this has been fixed and it gives me great pleasure to announce that Xalor has emerged victor in the SEA regional tourney for Atlantica Online, beating Free League top seeded player Khai. 5 players from Yakisoba, Officers Kongbakpao, Testarossa, Keitaro, Grimmway and Xalor participated in this competition, having ranked top 16 of entire SEA region during the Free League competition.

Sadly, 4 of our members were pitted against each other, effectively taking out 2 possible winners from Yakisoba. Keitaro and Testarossa had to face off Grimmway and Kongbakpao respectively in the beginning.

Round 1

Round 2

Semi-finals

3rd Place Match (Best of 3)

Final (Best of 5 Match)

The final match between Xalor and Khai was an intensive ping pong match, where each player won one match after the other. The final score was 3-2, though Xalor won, both of them would be flying off to Seoul, Korea to face off other players from the globe.

Also, Keitaro and Kongbakpao also had the opportunity to become commentators at the event, and apparently the organizers loved their commentary and they were also given addition goodies.

Once again, we are pleased to be able to still compete on such a national level, despite being reduced to a more casual and free gaming guild. Our PVP days over at Granado Espada has not left us!

Pictures and additional commentary from the Atlantica Online team can be found here.