The four confirmed regions are listed in NC's official AION 2 pre-release FAQ on Steam, which names North America, South America, Europe and Japan as the locations supported by the global service. Korea and Taiwan continue to operate separately from this new global version, meaning players should not think of the October release as one enormous worldwide server network. There are several distinct AION 2 ecosystems, and the version launching next month is its own service.
AION 2 Global Has Four Confirmed Server Regions
The confirmed global server regions are:
- North America
- South America
- Europe
- Japan
NC has not yet published a final list of individual world names, and players should be careful with supposed complete server lists currently circulating online. The regional structure is official. Every individual server name, population prediction and unofficial recommendation chart is a different matter until NC publishes the launch list itself.
For most players, the obvious choice will be the geographically closest region. European players will naturally gravitate toward Europe, while North and South American players finally have clearly separated regional options. Japan acts as the global service's main East Asian location.
Latency matters in every MMO, but it could be particularly noticeable in AION 2. The game puts considerably more emphasis on action combat, aerial movement and PvP than traditional tab-target MMORPGs, and the recent AION 2 PvP showcase demonstrated how important positioning and movement can become. A slightly delayed auction-house click is irritating. A delayed reaction while another player is attempting to remove you from the sky with a sword is rather more educational.
There Will Be No Oceania Server at Launch
The awkward part of NC's regional plan concerns Australia, New Zealand and the wider Oceania community. After being asked directly about support for Australian players, NC confirmed to Massively Overpowered that no Oceania server is planned for the global launch.
That leaves players in Australia and New Zealand without a truly local option on the global service. Japan is geographically the closest of the four announced global regions, although real-world latency depends on routing rather than simply measuring the distance between two points on a map.
NC has not announced whether an Oceania server could be added later. The current statement applies specifically to launch, so it would be equally wrong to claim that Oceania is permanently ruled out or that a dedicated server is definitely coming later. For now, there simply isn't one.
NC Points Oceania Players Toward Taiwan
Interestingly, NC's response also highlighted that the Taiwanese version of AION 2 supports English, effectively presenting it as another possible route for players in the Oceania region.
There is an important catch. Taiwan is not another server inside the October global service. It is a separate existing version of AION 2 with its own service, progression and update environment. NC has announced no character transfers between Taiwan and the global version, so choosing Taiwan should not be treated like selecting a different region from a dropdown and changing your mind later.
We also already know that the global version will follow its own modified Season 1 progression rather than simply copying the current Korea and Taiwan builds. That makes the decision about more than latency. Players may also care about where their friends are playing, which content schedule they want to follow and which community they intend to stay with long term.
The Global Version Supports Eight Languages
Server region and language are not the same thing. NC's global FAQ confirms support for English, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese and Korean. A European player choosing the European region therefore does not need a separate English-language server simply to play in English.
That should help consolidate communities compared with older MMO launches where every language received several separate realms and everybody spent launch night trying to remember whether their guild had chosen Server 12, Server 17 or the one named after an obscure dragon mentioned once in a quest from 2009.
Choose Your Region Before the Real Launch Begins
Players will get an early opportunity to test AION 2's network performance during the Launch Scale Test beginning September 17. Since progression from the test is wiped afterward, it is an ideal time to experiment with regional latency before committing a permanent character to a launch server.
After that, the real servers arrive quickly. Founder's Pack owners enter through Advanced Access on September 30, followed by the full free-to-play global launch on October 5.
For most players, the server decision should be straightforward: choose the nearest region and make sure your friends do the same. For Australia and New Zealand, unfortunately, it is more complicated. Japan is part of the global service, while Taiwan offers English support through a separate version of AION 2.
North America, South America, Europe and Japan are ready for global launch. Oceania will have to make a choice.
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