"Secretive meeting notes" from a recent team meeting between NCsoft's European and American offices posted on the official Aion website reveal a number of the additions players can expect to see in Aion's 1.9 update.

Highlights from the team meeting discussion include:

• New skills for every class (including new skills specifically for countering stun attacks)

• Dozens of daily quests with different objectives and rewards

• New quests, increased quest rewards, and increased instance drop rates

• Dredgion enhancements

• Max item enchantment increased to +15

• An increase in experience gain (including a new experience bonus system: Energy of Salvation)

• Soul Healing, Soul Binding, and Flight Transportation cost decreases

• A mechanic that allows two two-handed weapons to be combined to create one more powerful two-handed weapon

• Looking for group (LFG) functionality improvements

• Numerous user interface improvements 

Patch notes for the update, which are being described as exceeding 20 pages in length, will be available sometime later this week. Stay tuned!