#ASMODIAN CLAW & MANE - Character Creation Toggleable Option

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gusty reef
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SUMMARY
Please add an option for Asmodian claws and / or mane.

MAIN ISSUE
The Asmodians as a race have always had a flavor feature (claws & manes) that helped it stand out compared to Elyos. With Aion 2, they have gone ahead and removed those features making the two races nearly identical.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
-- Simply adding a checkbox in character creation for Claws & Manes. This would allow for Asmodians to still have flavor features if the player wishes, but doesnt deter people who dont like the claws & manes from making an Asmodian.
-- Add a cosmetic item that can add Claws & Manes to the character directly.

EVIDENCE/EXAMPLES
Screenshots below!

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Example of what it may look like in Character creation:

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kindred harbor
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100000% yes

wintry sage
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I saw some kind of accessory looking like claws or at least some sharp looking nails in dev stream, but why would anyone want to have fur mohawk on their back unless its a sex thing... is it a sex thing? 3HC_waitwhat

oak ibex
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Rooting for this as well. Would love to see horns too but I don't think we'll get those, they were not popular at all in A1

unique chasm
gusty reef
unique chasm
calm vapor
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i don't understand at all why they removed this on a first place.did they explain it somehow?
this was a big part of the lore and generally the №1 reason why players chose asmo.
so strange.

violet flame
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They said people were actively NOT choosing Asmo because of the mane which is why they eventually made it a toggle in Aion 1. Personally, I didn't like it. Not enough to prevent me from being Asmo, but I did toggle it off once that was an option. I do like the claws though.

hasty sky
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Give me claws or bust

unreal quail
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do we know what the difference is? seems like they are identical...

analog delta
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Agree in 100%. I’m voting to add Asmodian claws and/or a mane as an option

weak frigate
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100%? Make that 500000000000%

sand forum
violet flame
sand forum
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yeah i liked the tail but still switched it off at first opportunity

calm vapor
sand forum
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yeah some were better adjusted than others. but only the vanilla armours did this, they stopped as early as 2.0

weak rain
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If anything, you will have 10 options for claws as a cosmetic item, but I understand it for lore purposes, people like to roleplay too. The mane - I dont see the appeal xD

However I would invest energy in asking for things like tails as optional cosmetics, with the new bones the game can have very dynamic and cool animations for that.

I don't remember if idle poses could be customized as well in Aion? That is another thing I really like to see.

calm vapor
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but they were too crazy sometimes

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like skateboards and coffins

weak rain
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Good to know, very exciting stuff!

gusty reef
calm vapor
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yep, as we say today - asmo and ely absolutely identical, even same presets

last fable
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The mane is just part of the Asmodian identity and is heavily linked to the idea of them evolving to a bitterly cold environment. It also gives them more of that "beastly" appearance which some people might be into, but definitely not enough to keep the faction balanced. I personally enjoy the weird new dynamic it introduces. Like do you have to brush it every day?

The lack of identity in Aion 2 bothers me, and I hope to see something that differentiates the faction other than "wing white wing black."

kindred harbor
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Yeah I... I find it very strange that the game has two races but their character creation is identical?

wintry sage
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lack of identity you say? i've seen people been creating aliens out there... 😄

weak rain
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Aha, so Asmodians are gamers basically, no wonder all Asmodian servers are entirely filled up....

sand forum
calm vapor
hasty sky
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But that's not lore accurate

sand forum
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we dont know if it isnt, in A1 asmos had gained ability to lose mane, claws and could have normal skin colour in 5.0 after contact with beneficial energy from the tower of eternity

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and A2 is 200 years after that and another cataclysm, there may be a lore reason for everything 🙂 as much is i would rather have the choice, cause more choice is always better.

gusty reef
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i just think we need our manes and claws indefinitely always available

rain vapor
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I just want my red eyes back. I aion 1 we also lose claw and mane... 🙁

sand forum
rain vapor
sand forum
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Well if you don't like the way it's implemented that's another thing, but it's there.

rain vapor
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At this time I just hope they will explain how we lose glowing eyes too. I know players doesn't like asmodian's feral trait, but is also true that they give a background and a unique style to asmodian race.
As I said, in aion 1 we lose claws and mane after a lot of years both for sun and evolution, but specially 'cause players did not like asmodian design as like as elyos design.
If they can' t give us red eyes while fighting, at least I want a lore that explain it. No more, no less

calm vapor
rain vapor
# calm vapor bruh they made pvp disable button. forget about race vs race. no more lore in th...

I think you didn't read the pvp flag system. Is just for Rift and once you turn it on or off his effect can't Change for 70 minutes. The game was announced as a 70% PvE and 30% PvP. Why should i force PvE players or players with low level to do PvP against me or a zerg? I know Aion wasn't like that, but is right that who wants PvP can still do PvP, ppl who doesn't want don't do PvP. Not everybody will turn off the flag, and there is still Abyss and Arena. I play both and i still can't understand your thoughs

calm vapor
rain vapor
# calm vapor they should not have called it Aion 2 then. at this point they could just made a...

Dude, first of all, you still have: Arena, Abyss and main maps with PvP. Is still Aion. you can't just kill players who don't want a forced PvP. You can still fight ALL the others. is more fair like this. why are u a crybaby? in Aion 1 there was rift too, but the pvp zones was limited, you can't fly everywhere there and go away from the "rift zone". you needed a zerg to go out and hope to survive. Every other content still use the lore of the 2 races. Second thing: if they annouced in June 2025 that main content in Aion are PvE ('cause most player in MMORPGs are PvE Players and as we saw and we have lived with the last main PvP MMO, we have to accept that they fail at 100%), you can't pretend a FULL PVP games 'cause you like it. They said it before, they annouced it 6 month ago. Is stupid to blame it and Aion 1 had a lot of PvE content too. Not everyone was in PvP ranking like i was and that's fine. Nothing will change in your Aion 2 experience, trust me. Unless you were pvp against players who were doing this story and were underleveled to you. Last but not least, this isn't the right place of discord to talk about it

calm vapor
rain vapor
# calm vapor i do understand that. and again, they should not have called it Aion 2 and there...

Maybe you are just a troll.... By the way the entire story speaks to us of the Asmodian or Elyos rivalry... even during the creation of the Bulkwark with the sacrifice of the Empyreon Lords. Why wouldn't it make sense to have both factions and have PvP content? Forcing everyone to do PvP and making play those to who are interested do it are two different things. The factions make sense, and maybe you should replay the story and follow it.

weak rain
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Does it say anywhere in the lore that I should expect to get spawn camped each time I leave a dungeon? Every time I exit I have the fun of dying? The writers really cooked with this one if that is so

gusty reef