Aion 5.0: Enchantment System Changes

The old way of obtaining enchantment stones in Aion has undergone a makeover in the 5.0 patch.

First,  let's review how it used to work:

In pre 5.0 Aion,  when you wanted to obtain enchantment stones from old or unwanted gear,  you would go to the general store and buy a pair of disenchantment "pliers".  Then you would activate the pliers over the gear you wanted to disenchant and the game would give you an enchantment stone or 2,  depending on the grade of gear you were working with.  

In the latest patch however,  they've done away with the "pliers".  They're no longer sold at the general store. Come to think of it,  if you had one in your inventory before the patch,  it probably looks like a terminated item now,  post patch.  If you have that and it looks like a terminated item now,  please comment,  I'd like to hear about it.  The game now has a built in interface that will disenchant the gear for you and convert it into enchantment stone "dust",  and it's from this "dust" that enchantment stones are now made.  Once you have a pile of  at least 1000 dust in your inventory,  you click on it,  the game asks how many you want to make, and then creates an enchantment stone from there.   A couple of pics:

Enchantment Stone Dust and Stone in my inventory

In the game's past,  enchantment stones had level numbers,  up to L130,  the best enchantment stone for enchanting high level gear.  This was phased out in the last patch,  by naming stones in groups, such as omega,  delta, etc.  Now in 5.0,  enchantment stones that I've seen so far have no numbers or names,  they just are.

Another new feature:  the difference in price.  Disenchanting a piece of gear used to cost the amount of the pliers,  around 2,000 kinah.  In the new system it costs 20,000,  10 times as much.   I guess  we're being made to pay for the convenience of not having to go the store and buy an item to do this job.

By the way,  I received 220 ESD (enchantment stone dust) from Killios' Breeches.  I don't know if that's a lot or a little just yet,  but they were taking up space in my inventory and I'd had them for ages. 

Ok,  so that's the new enchantment system in Aion.  Hope that helps those of you coming back to the game from a break who need some info on the game update.  Thanks for reading :)