All soldier-types can now wear plate armor. Rogue survivability has been increased. Priests have seen an increase in healing power and more limitations applied to firepower; the Tempest of Set is no longer the Nuker-god it was. Mages still have considerable firepower and their pets are under better control. Many players still feel that the Mage class is generally overpowered with more aion gold tweaking arrive to this class-archetype in early 2010. Update 6 will address this in terms of Crowd Control and Stamina Usage.
As the player discovers more difficult content, the quality of uncut gems may be increased. The number of Cut Gems has been reduced from over 1300 to about 71, simplifying the system for Gemcrafters. Stacking Lines, Gem Size, and Random Elements have been removed from the concept of cut gems.