Day 1 of Early Access!

So early access started yesterday at 3pm eastern, although I had to hunt that info down since no one posted or new the open times.
When I first logged in, I was standing in a crowd of new players, and when I say crowd I mean that I think you would have more room on a New York subway ride. The moment I say that I quickly grabbed the first quest and ran to an area with no one around and then the lag spikes started to happen. I logged out for 5 hours to let the starting area cool off for a bit, and once logged back in, I found myself with good FPS and questing alone.
/inhale....hold it..... and exhale
Ok now that I am alone I found a spot that I could stand and just nuke everything around me. I was killing mobs left and right (literally, I didn't move) I would loot and /rest then repeat and surprisingly enough I was able to hit level 4 in about 20 minutes and 2.5k kinah ( money ) and almost full bags.  I then proceeded to do the first 3 quests which brought me to level 5 and to the first camp area. I quickly unloaded my bags to the first vendor I found, I turned in the few quests I had, and then picked up all the quests available. I proceeded to find the mage trainer and purchase my spell manuals.
One great option about Aion and training your skills is your class trainers sells the manuals to new spells not just train you. I know what your thinking....

"So what's the difference to any other MMO?"

Well this means that I was able to purchase all my spell manuals through level 9 ahead of time, which would allow me to continue leveling with out having to return to train every odd level. Yes I said "odd level"! Once i Dinged the appropriate level I simply opened search my inventory for the manuals and clicked on them. Yep that's it!
I also knew I was going to need more "Cube" (bag) space so I found the "Cube Master" and bought additional space.
I quested (is that even a word?) and did some grinding until I hit level 9. I know what your thinking (I must be psychic).....

"Why stop at 9?"

I stopped my regular quests at 9 and received my ascension quest line which is talk to this person then that one, and so on and so on. 20 minutes later and I dinged 10. That's right that quest line gives you 73k xp. Not bad, you will also get to choose your sub class (Spirit Master for me = built in tank pets, which makes soloing very easy). Then you proceed to a huge city (Pandemonium - I am an asmo) where you will see a cut scene and then you proceed to talk to the the big guy of the city at which point...wait for it.... wait for it.. YES! another cut scene. This one makes you feel like the chosen one!. This is where you get your wings! I purchased more spell manuals and proceeded to log off for the night.

/yawn

I also wanted to warn everyone. Public chat (at least on my server) reminds me of the Barons in WoW. Maturity should be a requirement for MMO's!

Until next time - again nothing to follow, just until next time!.