NCsoft held an Aion 2 live broadcast on May 12 (Tue) at 7:30 PM. During the broadcast, Producer Kim Nam-jun and Director So In-seop introduced the new Transcendence, Sanctuary, and more, along with answers regarding recent issues.

First, there was an explanation regarding recent issues. The main point was that the claim that Korea is being used as a test server is not true, and that the branches in North America and Europe have proposed positioning it as a PC game. They stated their position that they intend to continue maintaining the mobile version for Korea, while for other regions, the mobile version may or may not be included depending on localization. Discussion was also raised regarding the introduction of the controversial Quna and Odd Passes. It was reported that after the server integration, a significant number of users complained that there was "nothing to do." Consequently, Odd was provided via the Keena Pass, but this led to the side effect of bot farms exploiting it. They explained that although the Quna Pass was introduced to address this, the resulting negative reaction caused concern among many users, and they apologized for this. New Transcendence content will be added. Consisting of a total of four stages, 'Heart of the Red Winter' features entry item levels ranging from 3,200 to 4,000. A new Arcana with higher Divine stats than existing Arcanas and the crafting material 'Noble Crystal' have been added, and unique costumes can be obtained by acquiring Fragments of Red Heart. In addition, details regarding the new Sanctuary schedule, new daily dungeons, offline events, and showcases were included. ✅ Summary of the May 12 (Tue) Aion 2 Live Broadcast 1. Regarding recent issues ■ Global Issues PD Kim Nam-jun: If we had proceeded smoothly all along, these kinds of comments wouldn't have come up. I believe these remarks are frequently made because of the parts that were not smooth. Ultimately, people think that this is leading to issues in the workplace. On some community sites, posts have appeared pretending to be from internal employees claiming that "a large number of people have moved globally to work," but that is not the case.

Director So In-seop: We have separate branches in North America and Europe, and we proceed by receiving feedback from them to provide services.

PD Kim Nam-jun: Since we have to do localization, there were suggestions like "this is better for North America and Europe," and there was a desire to position it more as a PC game. We discussed these matters at the company level and ultimately decided to exclude mobile from the global release. However, as the project progresses, for other regions, mobile might be added or not depending on local needs.

PD Kim Nam-jun: There are many requests to indicate mobile, but I understand that there are methods you are currently using internally within the game.

Director So In-seop: Many people refer to this as a test server, but we are not operating the Korean service in that manner at all. Please trust us; we will absolutely not use this as a stepping stone for the global market.

■ Odd Pass

PD Kim Nam-jun: Regarding the adjustment of the number of attempts, there were various reasons, but one factor was that a large amount of Kinah had been released. Also, because we wanted to reduce the gap between main and sub-characters, or between working users and non-working users, we reduced the number of attempts by moving them across the servers.

After doing that, we observed the trends and heard many people say that there was "nothing to do." Thinking that this was not a good idea, we provided Odds via Kina for two weeks. As a result, we observed that most of the produced Kina were being diverted to the workshops. After much consideration, we decided that it would be better not to provide it via Quna Pass, which the workshops do not purchase. We acknowledge and apologize for the fact that this decision caused concern and misunderstanding among many people, and that the outcome itself was negative.

2. Compensation Count and Material Transformation/Overturn Rollback

3. Expedition Kina reward increase

- Applied to Tier 4 and 5 Expeditions

4. New Transcendence 'Red Winter's Affection' - Total of 4 stages, Item Levels 3,200 / 3,500 / 3,800 / 4,000 - Rewards include Season 3 Arcana [Punishment/Guardian/Unyielding], Fragments of Red Affection, Fragments of Justiel, Rampaging Thoughts of Fear, Noble Crystals, etc. - Punishment, Guardian, and Unyielding Arcanas can be crafted using 'Noble Crystals' - Season 3 Arcanas have 5 higher Divine stats compared to the previous season, based on Enhancement Level 5 - Can convert Mysterious Crystals and Harmonious Crystals into Noble Crystals through Material Transformation - Can obtain Appearance Selection Boxes by Material Transforming Fragments of Red Heart - Obtain appearance items such as armor and weapons - Obtain appearance items such as armor and weapons data-nid="46">

5. New Sanctuary 'Muspel's Chalice' (5/27) - Drops materials for Spear Dragon/Dragon King weapons and Gauntlet equipment (5/27) - New equipment slot 'Brooch' added - Hero Item Inheritance crafting recipes updated - Spear Dragon/Dragon King armor/accessory crafting recipes will be updated sequentially later 6. Combat-related Changes

- Shock Release: Changed so that the Toughness effect is not removed by Beneficial Effect Release

- No effect on cooldown increase effects for 12 skills including Tenacity, Comrade Protection, Double Armor, and Pact of Evasion

- Status Ailment Hit: Changed Gauntlet Soul Imprint Shock-type Hit → Status Ailment Hit

7. Class Changes

- Magic Castle Improvements

8. New Daily Dungeon 'Kropakin's Secret Vault' - Collect coins while dodging bombs for the given time (40 seconds) - 300,000 Kinah (Engraved) provided based on the highest score 9. Other Improvements

- Added boss rear display feature (Option ON/OFF)

- Added 7 new Tokens

- Display Shugo Festa Key charge quantity

- Display all dropped items in World Map boss loot

- Display party/force member challenge attempts/reward attempts/resurrection stone holdings in Sanctuary waiting room UI

- Display remaining resurrection attempts for deceased party/force members

- Expanded Buff Output UI (maximum 28)

- Separated Succession Crafting UI tabs

- Set Membership Odd Energy Cube rewards to 2 by default

10. Abyss Improvements

- Crafting UI unavailable within the Abyss

- Small amount of Dimensional Core/Boss Monster Contribution provided upon PVP defeat near Dimensional Core/Boss Monsters

- Class-specific rewards for defeating Dimensional Core/Boss Monsters to be updated later

11. 3rd Abyss/Dimensional Rift Matching Server Announcement

12. Regarding

- Canceled for now due to a user who wrote threatening posts; a further announcement will be made after the matter is resolved

13. 6/14 Showcase in progress

- Held at the 'Mayfield Ballroom, Mayfield Hotel,' 94 Banghwa-daero, Gangseo-gu, Seoul

- Approximately 150 guests invited, live broadcast scheduled

14. Live Broadcast Changes

- Preparing for live broadcasts using the Purple platform (under development)

- Broadcasts are scheduled to be held irregularly

- It is judged that filtering will be possible as combat power, character name, server, etc. can be identified

15. Q&A

- New costumes are not available for now because there is costume farming content in the Transcendence section

- A system to receive item recovery immediately in-game seems likely to be introduced soon

16. Live Broadcast Rewards - 10 Resurrection Spirit Stones, 20 Instant Completion Tickets, 1 Appearance Change Ticket - ​​2 Odd Energy provided daily via push for 1 week