NC announced global service statistics for Aion 2 on October 28: total player playtime reached 108.2 million hours, and over 6.3 million characters were created. The data covers the period from September 30 to October 20.
Aion 2 launched early access on September 30 and transitioned to full service on October 5. Thus, this data covers both the early access phase and the initial period of official operation.
In terms of class selection, Gladiator was the most popular class after the global launch, accounting for 17% of all class choices.
The official announcement only provided cumulative playtime and character creation numbers, without specifying the conversion ratio between character count and player accounts. Therefore, over 6.3 million characters does not equate to over 6.3 million players, nor can the average playtime per player be deduced from the 108.2 million hours.