[Translation] Aion kOBT reaches 150k concurrent users!

[Hellrose]

To give you guys an idea of how hectic Aion's OBT has been. QQ for server queues.

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Source: Thisisgame, ETnews, Tistory
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Aion's Korean open beta is now boasting concurrent user numbers of 150,000.
Since launching the service at 6am on the 11th, 150,000 players were making their ways through Atreia by 11pm the same day. Aion is now operating with a total of 25 servers, with each server exceeding the 5000 player target NCsoft had set out for their servers.

Upon login, players are finding most servers on the list marked as 'full'. Taking into account all the users in queue for the servers, the number of concurrent users could possibly be seen as closer to 200,000. Considering that the launch was done on a weekday, the numbers are expected to go up as many more attempt to join over the weekend.

(ETnews reports that this is a record for a Korean developed MMO opening in Korea. The past record holders have been Lineage2 and Ragnarok 2 but even they were only able to reach 100k after a month of open beta testing. No mention of how WoW did in comparison, but WoW had over 150k concurrent users at its peak during its Korean open beta according to an interview with Mike Morhaine.)

NCsoft is now dealing with the happy dilemma of handling a much greater level of interest than they'd anticipated. Having already added 7 more servers than originally planned, continuing to add to that pool is only one way of handling the situation. The first change implemented immediately was to cut down on the scale of the promotions that were planned to begin on the 13th. This decision was made so that Aion's user base grew in increments that they could actually handle.

Unsurprisingly, many players are venting their frustration at the situation. Players that used the pre-beta services to reserve their spots had it easier, but those that didn't were having to wait in long queues just to create their characters. (note: Many of these players were sitting in netcafes as well, so you can imagine the added pressure.)


Server queue waiting list to the Israphel server. This one has 1433 players in the queue with an estimated wait time of 24 minutes.


Server list. All but three on the screen are listed as full.

[Chrysanth]

Good news indeed.

[Arrowtaru]

Wow very nice!

[Kindred]

Thanks for the translation, definitely good news for popularity

[Azhidaahaka]

Pretty crazy numbers for a beta. lol

[Myr]

all the way up

[t0yo]

Hahaha. Time to go flaunt this in my wow player friends. Told you so~~~

Although the battle is far from over :c

[Raphael]

Outstanding, can't wait to see the actual population once the game goes global. Some of these queues are ridiculous though, was stuck in one with a 3k waiting list. I know a few others that had been stuck for hours at a time aswell only to find that the server was full for char creation once they got in.

[Anirk]

Hellrose you need to transfer servers D=

[Mr Mage]

Holy Cow...

How many servers are NCSoft going to need when this game goes live to the rest of the world?

[buster5995]

wow thats awsome as!!!

[Riku]

I would not be supprised if they added more servers during this maintenance period right now.

[HunterX]

Nice, Thx for the update hellrose

[Mygo]

Stockholders of Ncsoft are happy xD

Thx Hellrose ^^

[Killer]

wow 25 server full 120% O.O