[buffinita]

I asked a few questions about playing in other regions; hope this will help some people (should have written the question before i started to drink)

GM responses in red

1) We know that based on a users current IP they will either be directed to na.aiononline.com or eu.aiononline.com Depending on which one of these sites they land at does that determine which server relm they will belong?

Where they purchase their key determines where they will play.

Ex: If I am at eu.ncsoft.com and create an account will I be forced to play on EU servers?
If you purchased an EU key from the EU site yes you will be on EU servers.

2) In the NCsoft launcher there is an option to change the region between North America and Europe. Is this how you determine which server you play on

This will determine which authentication you will be sent to NA or EU. Your account will only work in the territory you purchased it in. If your account is not working perhaps you are trying to connect to the wrong territory.

3) Are the beta keys / retail keys what link our accounts to NA or EU servers.
Beta keys behave the same way as retail keys. It has nothing to do with the site you visit the actual key itself determines which territory you will access. Think of it as two separate games Aion EU and Aion NA both with their own unique keys.

4) I live in EU but want to buy NA version but can not because I always get directed to eu.ncsoft or amazon.co.uk can I:
a. Have a friend in NA set up the account for me and turn over account info

Friend could buy you a key and you apply it at eu.ncsoft.com it will recognize it as a NA key.

b. Use a third party company to buy a NA box.

Yes same as above.

c. Use a proxy to trick the ncsoft website

tricking ncsoft is not cool.

5) if there is a difference between the NA/EU client could you please link each one. I tell everyone to read this but still receive a lot of questions

Clients are identical minus region specific language packs.

If you have any further questions please respond back to this ticket for a faster response.

Hope this helps you out and look forward to seeing you in Aion!

GM UrQuan

[Seek3r]

Thanks for that, quite helpful.

[Jasdemi]

buffinita said:

c. Use a proxy to trick the ncsoft website

tricking ncsoft is not cool.

Haha. Cool response is cool.

[Paws]

Anyone know if the accounts have beef with European Credit Cards or Addresses?

[buffinita]

you can pay for your NA account with euro credit card with no trouble

[oukanna]

Awsome :) i am Living in the UK and plan to play on NA servers. (got the US collectors edition so all is goood) ^^

[Spongebob]

sweet i got the US CE and live in France ill be bale to play with my mates on NA servers.

Thanks for the post

[Karabree]

Bare with me on this as I'm old and pretty stupid, my Ob client is installed as Aion (Europe). I have activated my account for North America beta and live.

Can I just switch the Launcher region to North America, or do I need to download a 'US' client?

From what I read the clients are the same, as such I am unsure what to do.

[buffinita]

clients are the same for both regions

open the ncsoft launcher
go to fie < settings
advanced tab
change region to North America

[Stath]

can you use other languages on the NA client? I know if you right click on Aion in the launcher you can change the language. But i have tested it and they do not work.

any suggestions?

[buffinita]

Stath said:

can you use other languages on the NA client? I know if you right click on Aion in the launcher you can change the language. But i have tested it and they do not work.

any suggestions?

yes; you can download and use other language packs; i will be using japanese language pack

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RkofpXtQgM"]YouTube - Aion Japanese Voice (Character Creation)[/ame]


http://www.aionsourc...voice-pack.html

[melbatoast]

I take it this would apply to someone in Korea as well? A friend is stationed there in the Army and he's been trying to purchase the NA version, but every time he loads steam or NCSoft stores he never gets the option to purchase, just a "Buy from these retailers". Even the europe NCSoft site is redirecting him to NA. He wants to play NA servers obviously...I'm guessing he'd have to get someone here in the states to buy it for him. He's just worried that he still won't be able to login at all even if he does this with how these pages are being.

[buffinita]

i'm really not sure how asia fits into the whole server region thing since they are managed by a different group of NCsoft. I would assume the "its all in the keys" rule would still apply and you would just need to buy your friend a NA key. This is something you should direct to ncsoft directly

[Terr]

This totally saved me a whoooole lot of money. Thank you!

[Choisekki]

Is there a difference between the content available in the asian regions and the content available here? Or are they at the same game version?

If I end up getting pretty into this game, I'm thinking about playing it on the Korean or Japanese servers so I can practice a foreign language and not feel as bad about all the time sunk

Edit: I know I'll have to go through the Japanese region website and set up a new account, then buy a key for that region

[buffinita]

NA/EU servers are on the most current version 1.5.x.x 1.6 is currently on korean test server

[HellcasterPT]

I just today was able to buy a NA key , but was a guildie of mine that buy it in NA and send me key. Already upgrade my account and its NA , altougt im in EU zone. And like Buffinita said before no fuss with EU credits cards or whatsoever so once you get your NA key all payments are valid if they reconize by NCSoft:grin:

[Yannel]

Hi,
I'm a European residing in the Philippines, and i want to play AION, and so far i haven't been able to find a satisfying guide on whether and how that can be done. Either EU or NA servers would be good, i guess, NA would be a better choice. So can AION (either NA or EU) be purchased and played in the Philippines, and if yes - how (a step by step guide for a 5 years old either here or a link to an existing guide or a PM would be nice)? I have a European credit card and a Philippine IP address, would these facts restrain me from NA servers?

Thank you very much in advance :)

[CookyMonstr]

hi, i have just bought a copy of aion (eu version) but i bought a us time card...when i try to activate the game with the eu key it asks for a payment method and when i select pay by time card and enter the us time card it says i cant use the time card...is this because of the 2 different regions??? ive read on here that you basically need 2 cd keys...1 for eu and 1 for us...but if this is the case then what happens to the character you create??? and the time cards??? say you create a character on eu and you use a us time card, can you still play your eu character???

[Seraphin]

CookyMonstr said:

hi, i have just bought a copy of aion (eu version) but i bought a us time card...when i try to activate the game with the eu key it asks for a payment method and when i select pay by time card and enter the us time card it says i cant use the time card...is this because of the 2 different regions??? ive read on here that you basically need 2 cd keys...1 for eu and 1 for us...but if this is the case then what happens to the character you create??? and the time cards??? say you create a character on eu and you use a us time card, can you still play your eu character???

You can't mix anything between NA and EU. The account management is most likely not even run by the same people, thus they are completely separate.

If you want to play on NA servers, you need a NA account (NA version of the game) which would presumably only accept NA timecards.

If you want to play on EU servers, you need a EU account (EU version of the game) which would presumably only accept EU timecards.