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Elyon Is It Pay to Win?

Is It Pay to Win? Elyon (Ascent: Infinite Realm)

August 27, 2021August 27, 2021

Welcome to ‘Is it Pay to Win’ – a column where we examine a game and decide if that game is has aspects of pay to win and to what extent. Check out Is it Pay to Win?: Defined to see how we break down the components of pay to win (p2w), such as pay for advantage, pay for convenience, and pay for cosmetics.

Elyon (formerly Ascent: Infinite Realm) is a korean MMORPG developed by Bluehole and is being published for Western audiences by Kakao. The game has 5 classes with a large variety of skills. It features both PVP and PVE. The game must be purchased (buy to play) and has a cash shop with microtransactions.

Scoring:

Pay for Power: 2/5
Pay for Advantage: 3/5
Pay for Convenience: 5/5
Pay for Cosmetics: 5/5
Pay to Win: 3.14/5

Here’s a video discussion of the cash shop. Continue reading for a break down of the games system, an explanation for those scores and our final verdict on the game.

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Elyon CBT2: Beta Key Giveaway + Info

August 13, 2021August 17, 2021

The second Elyon (Ascent: Infinite Realm) closed beta is coming up soon and beta invites went out today. This beta test will be significantly closer to the current Korean version of the game than the last one and will feature their cash shop. Now that New World’s launch has moved to be almost exactly the same day as Elyon, it’s even more important for those testing to see if they are interested to get into this beta as it may be difficult to play both of these upcoming MMOs at their launch – this is definitely a personal struggle here.

Fortunate for you, not only does this post have the CBT2 schedule, but also a way to win one of our five beta keys that Elyon gave us to give to you.

Continue on for the key giveaway and the closed beta schedule at the end.

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Elyon Closed Beta Soon

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

Kakao Games contacted me (through a mass mailing, but it sounds cooler to say it that way) and informed me that they are accepting applications for their closed beta for Elyon (formerly A:IR – Ascent Infinite Realm). You can apply at their website https://www.playkakaogames.com/. As of this writing, on the second slide there’s a button that looks like the picture above.

Once you sign up, it’ll ask you to log in or create your Kakao Games account, which you might have already if you’ve played some of their other games such as Black Desert Online. Then, there’s a short survey and it’ll tell you they’ll let you know. The beta test itself will be held from May 6th through May 10th. See below for full application and test schedule as well as a link to the Elyon beta FAQ.

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