Greetings Daevas,

Tell your friends, family, and former Legion mates about the upcoming “Double Your Fun” reactivation weekend! All inactive Aion accounts will be reactivated to coincide with this weekend’s incoming double experience goodness.

During this weekend of fun, you can enjoy playing with friends that you may not have seen for a while, and level up twice as fast as usual!

The double experience weekend will begin and end according to the schedule below below:

* <b>Siel & Vaizel</b>—<i>Friday, July 30th @ 8:00 a.m. PDT</i> until <i>Monday, August 2nd @ 3:00 p.m. PDT</i>

* <b>Israphel & Zikel</b>—<i>Friday, July 30th @ 8:00 a.m. EDT</i> until <i>Monday, August 2nd @ 3:00 p.m. EDT</i>

* <b>Nezekan</b>—<i>Friday, July 30th @ 8:00 a.m. AEST</i> until <i>Monday, August 2nd @ 3:00 p.m. EDT</i>

See you in Atreia!

-The Aion Community Team

Greetings Daevas,

We’re always working hard to make Aion the best game experience it can be. As you’ve probably heard, we’re merging servers to maintain a thriving game world for everyone. On Wednesday, July 14, we will merge the Aion servers in North America and Europe. We’ve scheduled the work to ensure that players around the world can get back in the game as quickly as possible, and to minimize the downtime during periods that are most popular.

Have questions? We understand. To make this process as simple and clear as possible, we have created a <a href="http://powerwiki.na.aiononline.com/aion/Server+Merge+FAQ">Server Merge FAQ</a>. Here are more details.

The overall process should take about 13 hours for servers in each time zone. It will require offline maintenance for the Aion game servers, website, and forums. This means that you will not be able to play Aion, access the Aion website, or access the Aion forums during this time. In addition, the forums will require additional maintenance for about three hours after each game server is back up and running. During this time, you can play Aion, but you will not be able to access the forums. We apologize for the inconvenience.

The exact schedule is as follows.

<b>North America</b>
The North American servers will undergo maintenance starting at 2:00 a.m. PST on Wednesday, July 14. They should be back online at about 3:00 p.m. PST on July 14.

<b>European Schedule</b>
The European servers will begin maintenance at 05:00 (GMT +1) on Wednesday, July 14. They should be back online at about 18:00 (GMT +1) on July 14.

<b>What does this mean for me?</b>

After the merge, you’ll probably notice that your <a href="http://powerwiki.na.aiononline.com/aion/Server+Merge+FAQ#hd84227">character’s name now has a server abbreviation tag</a> attached to it. So check out your revised name. If it looks good, you don’t need to do anything else. But just in case, we’ll place a Character Name Change ticket in your inventory. If you’d like to change your name, just right-click the ticket and enter your desired name as indicated.

We expect this process to go smoothly, but we are here for you if something looks amiss. If you try to change your name and it’s not available, we want to help. If you feel that your character name has been intentionally grabbed by someone else, you can submit a name change appeal before July 28th with the required information. We will have support staff standing by to review each request as it comes in.

You’ll probably have questions and want to know what’s going on tomorrow. No problem! Even though our website and forums will be offline, we will be doing our best to keep you updated through the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aion/94261718827">Aion Facebook</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/aion_tamat">Twitter feeds</a>.

Thanks again for your patience during this process. We’ll see you on the other side!

Spread your wings, Daevas, and visit us at <a href="http://www.comic-con.org/">San Diego Comic-Con</a> booth #5345! The Aion team will be rifting over to San Diego, California, on July 22 through July 25. This year the Aion team will be showing off the recent 1.9 update to Aion, as well as giving away a slew of prizes including a limited edition Aion lithograph created in cooperation with DC Comics and a hilarious limited edition Tutty ’n’ Beans with a code for an <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5639483&id=94261718827">in-game Porgus costume</a>. While you’re at the booth, make sure to take a picture in front of our Daeva creation station.

In addition to all of the fun activities that will be taking place on the show floor, we will also be hosting the first official Aion Fan Gathering! Join members of the Aion team and fellow players at Dave and Busters on July 22 for games, food, and a chance to score even more limited edition Aion swag!

The first 100 guests to arrive at the Aion Fan Gathering will receive a limited edition Tutty ’n’ Beans. Attendees at the Aion Fan Gathering must provide an invitation and be at least 21 years old or accompany a parent or guardian over the age of 30. You can pick up your invitation at our booth #5345, or print and bring an <a href="http://us.ncsoft.com/global/includes/images/aion-fan-gathering-invitation.jpg">electronic version</a> before the event!

See you there!

—The Aion Community Team

Greetings Daevas!

Grab a seat, buckle up, and get ready for more double experience action! That’s right, another <a href="http://na.aiononline.com/board/notices/view?articleID=279&page=">double experience weekend</a> is on the horizon! Take this chance to dive into the game for faster progress, or let go and lose yourself for a weekend to the spirit of Aion. We’d love to see you send us fan art, fan fiction, and other cool samples of the fruits of your labors during the weekend to share with the rest of the community.

We hope you enjoyed giving the PTS a spin this week. In case you haven’t tried it, head on over to our <a href="http://forums.aiononline.com/na/forumdisplay.php?f=69">Public Test Server forum section</a> to find out how to get started. The server launched running the same game version as the normal servers, but it will feature the 1.9 content soon.

While some anticipated game features take longer than others to implement, Aion continues to develop at a steady pace. A new wave of information arrived recently and helped illustrate the game’s future a bit better. On Monday, we released the (nearly epic in scope) initial <a href="http://powerwiki.na.aiononline.com/aion/Korean+PTS:+Initial+2.0+Patch+Notes">Korean 2.0 patch notes</a> in English, and they’ve garnered quite a bit of interest since. Make sure to give them a read and head over to the official website for the full <a href="http://na.aiononline.com/board/notices/view?articleID=281&page=">Eye on Community</a>.