Aion 2 Permanently Bans 11 Piloting Organizations After Snowfield of Sorrow Launch; 9 Commissioning Players Restricted for 30 Days

NCsoft posted the sanction notice on the official board on September 10 — two days after the Snowfield of Sorrow update. The 11 permanently restricted characters belonged to organizations that commercially provided, promoted, and brokered raid clears for profit.

The crackdown follows a policy that was explicitly pre-announced: NC flagged a hard line during the June 30 livestream, and on July 31 added a piloting (대리 게임) item to the operation policy allowing permanent sanctions regardless of offense count for commercial, organized, or brokered activity.

Beyond the organizations themselves, 9 characters that commissioned the service — taking the clear rewards, goods, and progression benefits while cooperating with the pilots' account access and authentication — received 30-day use restrictions.

Both groups also lost eligibility for the 'First Subjugation Glory: Snowfield of Sorrow' event (the first-clear race that rewards the first 20 Hard-clearing forces), which closed off the race to anyone caught.

The July 31 policy item was aimed directly at this behavior: treating piloting as a business, or brokering it organizationally, triggers a permanent sanction without regard to offense count.

The current enforcement adds real teeth to that rule — the first high-profile permanent restrictions since the piloting policy was introduced, targeting the highest-value PvE content in the game.

For legitimate players, the ban is a signal that raid progress — especially the first-clear race with its Void pet rewards — is being protected from paid carries and boosting services.

For anyone considering buying a clear, the 30-day restrictions on commissioning players (plus the event ban) make it a genuinely bad deal: the boost itself can void your event eligibility even if your account survives.

The sanctions apply to the Korean service, where the raid is live. The global version launches October 5 with a modified Season 1 — expect the same operation policy and the same enforcement posture for the global raid scene.

NC's broader fair-play program already includes the macro-rework and anti-autoplay design covered elsewhere on the site; piloting enforcement is the newest piece of that program.