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Kitoro · 04-12-2008, 05:57 PM

Hello everyone! I'm new here, and am very sorry if this has been asked multiple times, though I didn't see it in the FAQ thread.

I have a really good friend who lives in Scotland (I live in California), and he is planning to move from FFXI to Aion along with myself come the release.

He has heard that the servers will be restricted based on the region that the game is purchased in, which would likely mean we would not be playing together.

With WoW, I bought him a copy of the US version, and sent it his way, and he was able to join my server without a hitch. The problem was that he didn't enjoy his time there, because he was 5-8 hours apart from everyone on the server, making it hard to make it to scheduled events.

Needless to say, he won't be joining me on a US server, if he'll likely be on of the few importing Europeans there.

So will the servers be region restricted? I sure hope not, especially for a startup MMO, as there will be a low amount of US/EU players from each region playing from the get go, and condensing as many players as possible to fill servers would be a good move, eliminating the risk of people getting frustrated and leaving Aion in the first few months due to a potentially slow start and overly vacant servers region restricted servers IMO.

04-12-2008, 05:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kitoro Human Join Date: Apr 2008 Race: Elyos	Will the Aion servers be region restricted? Hello everyone! I'm new here, and am very sorry if this has been asked multiple times, though I didn't see it in the FAQ thread. I have a really good friend who lives in Scotland (I live in California), and he is planning to move from FFXI to Aion along with myself come the release. He has heard that the servers will be restricted based on the region that the game is purchased in, which would likely mean we would not be playing together. With WoW, I bought him a copy of the US version, and sent it his way, and he was able to join my server without a hitch. The problem was that he didn't enjoy his time there, because he was 5-8 hours apart from everyone on the server, making it hard to make it to scheduled events. Needless to say, he won't be joining me on a US server, if he'll likely be on of the few importing Europeans there. So will the servers be region restricted? I sure hope not, especially for a startup MMO, as there will be a low amount of US/EU players from each region playing from the get go, and condensing as many players as possible to fill servers would be a good move, eliminating the risk of people getting frustrated and leaving Aion in the first few months due to a potentially slow start and overly vacant servers region restricted servers IMO.