So, recent information has placed total number of AION pre-orders somewhere in the ballpark of 400,000-a healthynumber to be sure.  Current number of servers is 12(similar to Korean launch)  This means that per serverm there will be roughly 33,000 players.  If only it where that simple.  Fact is that the majority of a game's subs do not come from pre-orders, but rather from people who hear about the game and go pick it up after release.  Assuming there are 400k more subs after launch, servers would be forced to cater to 60-70k players-which is unfortunately unrealistic, assuming server load is 7-10k.  Hopefully NCsoft will respond quickly and setup more servers quickly, but even that has drawbacks-since the players who got to pre-select will nto be able to choose the less populated servers.  For those who have pre-ordered, will you be waiting for that server increase?  Im kinda on the fence, since i would prefer to be on a mid pop server.

I prefer high population servers as long as it doesn't hinder server performance.

The main reason for this is to get a group whenever you want/need it and there's ALWAYS pvp going on.

I do hope they add more servers soon though, and I know they will, it's just a matter of when.

Originally posted by Pezhead

So, recent information has placed total number of AION pre-orders somewhere in the ballpark of 400,000-a healthynumber to be sure.  Current number of servers is 12(similar to Korean launch)  This means that per serverm there will be roughly 33,000 players.  If only it where that simple.  Fact is that the majority of a game's subs do not come from pre-orders, but rather from people who hear about the game and go pick it up after release.  Assuming there are 400k more subs after launch, servers would be forced to cater to 60-70k players-which is unfortunately unrealistic, assuming server load is 7-10k.  Hopefully NCsoft will respond quickly and setup more servers quickly, but even that has drawbacks-since the players who got to pre-select will nto be able to choose the less populated servers.  For those who have pre-ordered, will you be waiting for that server increase?  Im kinda on the fence, since i would prefer to be on a mid pop server.

Well, there's actually 24 servers for that 400k number since it's including NA and EU.  Speaking of which, the servers are already filling up in some cases, but it seems a temporary issue.  I'm also sure that if it's a serious problem, NCSoft will open more servers.

Anyway, their site's a great start: na.aiononline.com/en/news/preselection-server-status.html

Also, the pre-select and headstart players have the advantage of starting and playing before others who wait.  If they open more servers later, advantage: new players.  It's just kinda the way it is.  Nevermind that some players on the more crowded servers may want a fresh start when new ones open...

there are 25 server, 12 EU and 12 NA and 1 Ocianic...the 400k is for NA/EU

 server are good for 60000 player 

they activate 5 channel per server this week end if memory serve

and server are probably trottled down to 35000 player per server to balance everything 

1 x=1z  race etc 

they will sell probably as much in store as they got pre sale they ll run out of game on first day in store 

Considering there are only six servers per coast I am going back to what I originally said.

They need more servers.