TL;DR
The AION 2 team restricted 10,326 accounts for policy violations on October 16 and has scheduled 4.5 hours of maintenance for October 20.
Aion 2 · official art via IGDBWhat changed
- The update released on October 20 introduced hard mode for Krao Cave and Draupnir, requiring item level 2600, along with various class bug fixes and a new event. Steam ↗
The AION 2 team restricted 10,326 accounts on October 16 at 21:00 PDT following a review of in-game activity. These restrictions targeted botting, gold farming, the use of unauthorized programs, real-money trading, and economy abuse. The team says normal play and long grinding sessions are not affected by these sanctions. A small number of accounts also received temporary security locks as a precaution against potential account compromises.
The AION 2 team is also performing scheduled maintenance on October 20 at 23:30 PDT, which is expected to last 4.5 hours. Game logins will be unavailable during this time. The team says update details will be shared at a later time and the maintenance schedule is subject to change.
AION 2 at a glance
- Players on Steam
- Peak 266,890 on Oct 25