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11 AION 2 is built around aerial combat as a first-class system. Players can move in any direction, climb to gain altitude, and engage enemies from above, below, and around them. Many open-world zones, dungeons, and PvP battlegrounds are designed with verticality as the primary axis rather than as decoration on top of a flat map.
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33 Flight Gauge
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55 Flight is governed by a flight gauge that depletes while in the air and refills while on the ground or while gliding. The new engine gives flight a heavier, more momentum-based feel than the original game: maintaining altitude takes input and resource management, and players cannot simply hover in place indefinitely.
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77 Gliding is a separate mode from full powered flight. Gliding consumes much less of the flight gauge and is the default movement option in zones that disallow active flight, such as the Chaotic Ereshulanta Mid-Layer added in Season 3 on the Abyss map.
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99 3D Positioning
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1111 Skill effects, telegraphs, and bonuses respect the third dimension. A back-attack bonus from above is a real positioning option, not a flat 2D arc projected onto a vertical fight. Many boss encounters use mechanics that only resolve in 3D space, such as ground-pulling AoEs that punish players who stay airborne too long, or rising columns that reward players who time a vertical climb.
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1414 Class kits play differently in the air. Melee classes gain back-arc options that are unreachable on the ground; ranged classes can hold altitude as a kiting tool but pay a flight-gauge cost; magic classes manage cast position alongside the gauge. Aerial mechanics interact with the chain system described under Combat and Skill Chains: chain windows do not pause for vertical positioning, so misjudging a gauge can break a chain mid-rotation.
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1616 Where Flight is Allowed
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1818 Zone TypeFlight StatusMost overworld zonesFull flight allowed; gauge appliesCities and safe zonesRestricted flight or no flight, varies by zoneDungeons (most)Full flight allowed inside the encounter, where the design supports itLower Reshanta (Abyss)Full open-world flight PvPChaotic Ereshulanta Mid-Layer (Abyss)No active flight; gliding, walking, or running only (added in Season 3)
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2121 Wings are not only the source of flight in AION 2; on the KR and TW build they are also a progression track. The Wings Enhance System, added in the late-May patch, lets players strengthen their wings to gain additional stats, separate from the enhancement systems that govern weapons and armor on the Gear and Progression page. Because flight is a core combat mechanic rather than just travel, wing stats feed directly into how a character performs in aerial fights and in the Abyss. The exact per-level gains are tuned on the live build and may be adjusted for the global launch.
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2525 Save gauge for combat. Glide between objectives and only burn full flight when you need vertical leverage in a fight or to escape a bad position.Watch the ground markers. Ground-based mechanics still affect airborne players when they land, and many bosses force a touchdown by removing flight temporarily.Practice 3D dodging. The cardinal-direction dodge from grounded combat is multiplied in the air; learning to translate dodge inputs into upward and downward arcs is a real skill curve.Plan glide paths in the Mid-Layer. Without active flight, glide arcs from high ground are the only way to reposition quickly. Gliding from a contested chokepoint without an exit plan is the easy way to die.
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2828 Related Pages
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3030 Combat and Skill ChainsPvP and the AbyssClassesWorld and RegionsDungeons