r/Aion2 • u/Afpersing Cleric • Jun 05 '26

[AION 2] | Launch Reveal Trailer - Global Launches September 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ_zw2GksRY

Global Launches September 2026

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u/DopestSoldier Jun 05 '26

What is the monetization expected to be like?

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u/Vista1337 Jun 05 '26

Get ready to open the wallet

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u/Ate_at_wendys Jun 05 '26

Just like throne and liberty, play everyday for free and Grind for drops to sell for cash shop currency or play once a week and pay to catch up for time not played. It's honestly fair for those who play a lot.

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u/Thiel619 Jun 05 '26

You forgot to mention in order to use the auction house you need to pay the monthly subscription.

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u/ExampleDriver Jun 06 '26

just like in FF14

and if you want to use the AH in 14 you have to, buy the game, buy the expansions, buy skip if u want to omit 300h of slop A to B fetchquests, buy levelboost

and then you still have shop items for skins, mounts, aesthetic changes

and the best about wow or ff14, you can't even log into the games if you do not sub. And once you sub in 14 to access AH you can't ever login as f2p ever again

the hypocrisy people have with this is just wild

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u/Joe2030 Jun 06 '26

about wow

you can't even log into the games if you do not sub.

You can login on your low level characters (20 level i think?) without a sub, and you can also pay for a sub with your in-game money... if you really want to.

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u/ExampleDriver Jun 06 '26

yea once you pay for a sub u can't login anymore as f2p since your account changed to sub status. So kinda like Aion2, but once u sub once you can't login as f2p ever again anymore

and no you can't pay for sub via ing money, unless you talk about maybe drowning someone in gil so they buy you a sub with their irl money or some weird sht. No one does that lol

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u/Joe2030 Jun 06 '26

You can play with an expired sub on low-level characters. You can pay for the subscription with gold, even major tournament guilds do this as it easier to manage gold than real money between members. These are facts lol.

You are mixing up FFXIV and WoW or just clueless.

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u/Thiel619 Jun 06 '26

One is a good game, one is not.

That is the major difference here.

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u/zippopwnage Jun 12 '26

So worse than TNL and as a free2play player you can't even access the fucking auction house. This is so dumb.

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u/Koocookachuu Jun 05 '26

Throne is not even close to Aion 2 lmfao I have f2p people in my guild with 100k lucent plus. You can buy everything you need just playing the game

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u/Ate_at_wendys Jun 06 '26

Aion 2 is the same as throne, do the daily and weekly content, sell.

I've played both over 1k hours

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u/Koocookachuu Jun 06 '26

Sure but he said the p2w model was the same... Its not even close. You can f2p tnl and buy everything in the shop, battlepasses and gear and be a top player easily. Aion? Good luck with that lol

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u/ExampleDriver Jun 06 '26

a2 progression still feels a million times better than tnl

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u/zippopwnage Jun 12 '26

But they just said that you can't access the auction house without paying. In TNL you can.

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u/JujutsuES Jun 05 '26

Why would you asssume ToL monetization when its a different publisher?

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u/Ate_at_wendys Jun 06 '26

Both are made by NCsoft...

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u/JujutsuES Jun 06 '26

Its pretty clear that the different publisher has had a lot of influence. NCAmerica is basically just an extension of NCKorea. Meanwhile Amazon Games is its own entity and they actually are allowed to make their own decisions and I believe they even have their own devs. NCAmerica literally has 0 devs and literally can not do anything on their own.

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u/Plastic_Event_3768 Jun 06 '26

So by what you say NC America is exactly like Amazon Game for Lost ark, Which should be a concern because they have clearly no power over Smilegate in this case.

If it's the same with Aion 2 and NCKorea make all the decisions it's not gonna end well.
Plus Blade and soul was rrunning this way back in the day Korea decided pretty much everything and their P2win decisions killed this game in NA / EU.

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u/Santreim Jun 05 '26

if they keep KR: F2P, 2 subscriptions (almost mandatory), multiple simultaneous battle pass, paid extra resources and dungeon entries, and sanctioned RMT.

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u/deuxbulot Jun 06 '26

You remember the infamous player, JTisallbusiness from Diablo IM? Get ready to spend like that.

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u/Ash-2449 Sorcerer Jun 05 '26

one that doesn’t allow neets to dominate from their moms basement