In the process of merging a large number of their servers, Aion has run into a number of snags, the latest of which brings a temporary delay to the character transfer program. In a post on the Aion website, NC announced that the transfer service was put on hold due to unforeseen issues.
You would think that, given NCsoft’s history with MMOs, that they would offer their wisdom to the Aion Development Team in regards to the upcoming server mergers. On that thought, Aion could go to virtually any MMO that has run a server merger in the past and see how they accomplished what must feel like … Continue reading “Aion: Server Merger Plans? How Do Those Work?”
Good news everyone! The Aion server mergers have been delayed from the 7th until the 14th. More importantly, NCsoft has come forward with some information regarding how the new servers will handle the duplicate names. The system is pretty simple: Upon server merger, all characters will have a one or two character abbreviation added to … Continue reading “Aion Server Merger Delayed: Race To The Naming”
When Aion launched last year, a last minute decision was made post-launch to add a few servers to alleviate load. Of course, as is the usual case with MMOs, the population has gone down since release and the extra servers are no longer necessary, as the queues and server load of old are just that, … Continue reading “Aion Server Mergers To Be Quick/Painless”
NCsoft has big goals behind the 1.9 update to Aion. In fact, as this video shows, they are willing to bet that leveling has become so much faster, that players won’t have any reason to buy powerleveling services, leaving Louie from Louie’s Power Leveling For Losers…oddly out of business. But hey, even Louie is finding … Continue reading “Aion 1.9: Louie Goes Legit”
Aion launched in late September 2009, and by November I had reported that NCSoft’s report that the game had sold nearly one million copies in North America and Europe. Not only that, but very shortly after release NCsoft released a couple more servers to alleviate load. They did this, of course, with very public opposition … Continue reading “Aion: Server Merges Off The Port Bow!”
Test servers: Perfect for the developer who wants to publicly test things. Throughout history, or at least the past decade, test servers have been used for everything from stress testing to gauging player interest, to using player feedback to balance updates. In more recent years, a majority of developers have discovered the uses of a … Continue reading “Welcome To The Crew: Aion Opens Test Server”
My suggestion for dealing with fansites has always been, if you have to register for the forums, use a separate email and a separate password, and preferably a separate username than you use on the game the website is dedicated to. If your game of choice is Aion, an armed bodyguard following you around the … Continue reading “AionSource.com: Another Reason To Use a Fake Email Address”
This 9 minute trailer for Aion’s future is best viewed in HD. What you are seeing is a collection of projects NCsoft is working on for Aion, to be released at different times and not as a single update/patch. Some of the features noted: DirectX 10 Cryengine 2 upgrade New zones Dynamic weather and seasons … Continue reading “Excuse Me Aion, Have We Met Before?”
I’ve been keeping an eye on Aion since the whole issue of account theft came to light, with what could potentially turn out to be a major bombshell dropped on NCsoft if allegations of security breaches were true. Originally the story was confined to a lot of people having their accounts stolen, which NCsoft had … Continue reading “Update: My Inactive Aion Account Logged In”
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