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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Aion live server numbers crunched]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/13/aion-live-server-numbers-crunched/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/13/aion-live-server-numbers-crunched/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/13/aion-live-server-numbers-crunched/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/aion/" rel="tag">Aion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://massively.com/category/aion"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/11/aion-mets.jpg" /></a></div>
<a href="http://aiononline.com"><em>Aion</em></a> has been out for roughly 6 weeks so we thought it might be fun to crunch some of the numbers <a href="http://massively.com/tag/ncsoft">NCsoft</a> provides on their official <a href="http://na.aiononline.com/livestatus/character-legion/">North American website</a>. We've taken a look at realm balance, class balance, and what level <a href="http://massively.com/category/aion"><em>Aion</em></a>'s population is at. Data collection occurred on November 12 at noon Eastern. A spreadsheet containing all data can be <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvhD_RhIofSSdGsteS1lY19ZVW1aODc0ZXBoSV82M2c&amp;hl=en">viewed here</a>.<br />
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<strong><img width="225" vspace="4" hspace="4" height="235" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/11/met-realm-pop-bal.jpg" />Realm population balance (Elyos vs. Asmodian)</strong><br />
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Realm population balance is 50/50 on 3 of 14 servers. The remaining 11 servers have the Asmodians ahead of the Elyos by a 51:49 ratio. It appears as if <a href="http://ncsoft.com">NCsoft</a>'s forced realm population balance mechanic is keeping things under control, but one wonders how rampant these disparities would be if character creation was unrestricted. We've seen <a href="http://warhammeronline.com">unbalanced</a> <a href="http://worldofwarcraft.com">two-faction</a> MMOs before.<br />
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It should be stated that these numbers only represent a tally of Elyos and Asmodians across all servers and not how organized or active each realm is in PvPvE.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/13/aion-live-server-numbers-crunched/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Aion live server numbers crunched</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/13/aion-live-server-numbers-crunched/">Aion live server numbers crunched</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/13/aion-live-server-numbers-crunched/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19234657/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/11/13/aion-live-server-numbers-crunched/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>aion</category><category>featured</category><category>ncsoft</category><category>ncwest</category><category>number-crunching</category><category>numbers</category><category>population-balance</category><category>realm-balance</category><category>server-metrics</category><category>server-statistics</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brooke Pilley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
