The Curse Network's Aion website, AionSource.com, recently published an exclusive interview with Yongchan Lee, Aion's lead designer. AionSource asked for questions about the new MMO from its community, and 20 of those questions were eventually chosen to be presented to Lee (apparently via email). There's a fair amount of side-stepping going on, and some of Lee's answers end up raising even more questions about the topic-at-hand. However, the relevance of the community's questions makes this interview worth checking out if you're an Aion fan.

Most of the Q&A addresses key concerns and issues that we've seen voiced by the community since the North American and European launch. Lee talks about Spiritmaster pet flight, the possibility of underwater swimming, flying in capital cities, Aion's UI and targeting system, combat animation issues and more. He also explains a little about how the development team is trying to improve the Balaur AI to provide more of a challenge to players, and that they're trying to make the login mechanic a bit more forgiving to game crashes. Check out the full interview here.