Details about patch 2.0 in producer Chris Hager's new letter to the community

May 20, 2010 21:21 GMT  ·  By

The decreasing number of players in massively multiplayer online role-playing game Aion has forced NCsoft to decide the merging of some of the game's servers. This will happen in both North America and Europe. While no official dates have been made public, producer Chris Hager promised in his latest letter to the community that the timetable and plan for the server merger would be disclosed in the following weeks.

This move is meant to amend some of the complaints of the remaining user base, due to the server population shortages. Many gamers are having a hard time grouping for instances and raids and cannot enjoy the end-game content. Also, prices for items put up for sale on the auction houses are unnaturally high and this hurts the MMO's economy.

A number of other improvements to Aion have also been announced in Hager’s public letter. The upcoming 1.9 patch will speed up leveling by increasing experience rewards from quests, will add a revamped “Looking for Group” user interface feature and new gameplay systems like arms fusion, daily quests or weapon and armor rental. A character transfer service will be launched during the month of June, this year, and will be free for a limited time. More information about this subject will come as the date when the service will go live nears.

Hager and his team are currently targeting a Fall 2010 release schedule for the Aion 2.0 update on the Western shores. This new batch of content is already undergoing bug fixes on the Korean Test Server and will soon reach NCsoft's Korean official servers. New dungeons, new skills, an increased level cap to 55, a functioning pet system and various UI enhancements are just a few of the features that will be included in this hefty patch.