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AION 2’s server transfers are set to resume after being put on hold, and the level needed to move a character has gone up to 45.
The change is in NCSOFT’s updated server transfers notice on Steam, posted at 19:24 UTC on 26 October. The same notice still carries the earlier text, which said transfers were on hold “until further notice” while the team investigated an issue. We reported that hold on 27 October.
The new text, in full, reads:
“The server transfers will resume with Europe (03:00 PDT/12:00 CET) and then NA East, NA West, and South America will continue with their next open transfer period like normal. Please note that the level requirement to transfer is now 45.”
The notice gives no date for the restart, and its two times no longer match. NCSOFT’s own 24 October notice adjusted the game for Europe’s change from CEST to CET, and with Europe on CET, 3:00am PDT is 11:00 CET, not 12:00, by our conversion. The notice does not say what the issue was, or whether it has been fixed.
Players should also expect the game to go offline this evening, Sydney time. A separate maintenance notice sets scheduled server maintenance for 23:30 PDT on 27 October, which is 07:30 CET on 28 October.
That is 5:30pm AEDT on Wednesday 28 October, by our conversion. It is set to last 4 hours 30 minutes, which would end it at 10pm AEDT.
NCSOFT’s notice says: “During the maintenance, the game login will be temporarily unavailable.” It adds that “Details of the update will be shared at a later time.” The same notice warns that the schedule “is subject to change at any time.”
AION 2 was ninth on Steam’s most-played chart when it was read this morning.
Source: AION 2 – Server Transfers Update, AION 2 – Maintenance, 27 October (PDT) / 28 October (CET), Steam – most-played games