In Aion, Daevas dove in to a patch day lagfest with the live implementation of Aion Update 1.9. Servers went offline yesterday for eight hours in preparation for the patching process but now that they’re up and running, there’s just too many gamers downloading files, logging in and trying out the new and improved Atreia. The server slowdown is par for the course during major content updates, but please understand that us Aion Western fans have ached long enough for this update. It’s bad enough that Koreans saw the update ahead of us for months (and getting Wonder Girls with their 2.0 Update), but to wait a couple more days for the initial server rush to normalize is excruciating.

So my plan is to log on a mid-level alt for the meantime, swing some Mist weapons at a remote farming area, earn some kinah, and wait until the cities and dungeons are at a more acceptable lag level. That way, your Update 1.9 experience won’t get tainted by patch day woes. Fans want to be first in line since tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-come basis via the Blizzard Store. Each household has an allotted purchase limit so whole guilds planning to come out in full force at BlizzCon 2010 have already lined up their troops to ransack the store. I can switch through the panel coverages quickly and save money on accommodations, air fare, and other travel expenses. It won’t be the same as rubbing elbows with the great Ghostcrawler and the rest of the Blizzard team, but all the juicy tidbits will be at my fingertips so all’s good.