I really doubt Aions servers will be unstable at game launch, especially with their experience in other MMO's, including L2 which has one of the highest populations per server I've ever seen from a game, not to mention they are so worried about bad beta's/starts they want everything to be perfect. The only problems may be with the SQL/Login server getting overwhelmed, they would be wise to put a limit/restriction on it that put people in queue to join up for the first week or so, so there isnt a massive influx of people.
I dont smoke, but I'll probably buy a few
