NCsoft to add Fatigue System to Aion

NCsoft to add Fatigue System to Aion. - Aion Fatigue System

NCsoft is planning to do a massive update to Aion in February in which a fatigue system called Pneuma from Rest (non-official translation) will be added. The fatigue system in Aion is designed to cut the number of hours players spend in front of their computer screens by reducing experience points and item drop rate in order to prevent gamers from getting addicted to Aion. A similar fatigue system has been adopted in Korean WOW.

According to the system, if the gamer plays Aion for more than 3 consecutive hours, his Pneuma from Rest will start to reduce. When it reaches zero, the experience points obtained by the player as well as his item drop rate will reduce 30%, and in addition during PvP his damage to the opponent will reduce as well. But if the player takes a rest for three hours, his Pneuma from Rest will recover 100% and then everything will return to normal.

US & Europe Aion Expected to Launch in Q4 2009

Last week NCsoft did its 4Q 2008 earnings release and introduced some of their main projects and the schedules in 2009. - US & Europe Aion Expected to Launch in Q4 2009

Although the global launch date couldn't be disclosed right now, according to the spokesman of NCsoft, we can still learn from NCsoft's Earnings report that Aion is expected to launch in US & Europe in the fourth quarter of 2009.

In addition, they also mentioned that the service and business model in the global market will be different in order to accommodate the local market situation.