NCSOFT is getting tougher on two fronts in the global version of AION 2. According to our information, it has so far banned roughly 7,000 more accounts on top of the waves it announces on Steam, and players whose accounts behave like bots are losing the ability to buy and sell on the market, even if they have not broken any specific rule. At the same time, the content creator program went through a big cleanup: more than 400 creators were removed over questionable and toxic behavior on stream and off it, including creators from the Czech and Slovak community.
We covered the first announcement of 4,996 bans on October 11 in our article on bot bans and the Trust level. Since then, seven more waves have followed, roughly every two to three days.
How many accounts NCSOFT has restricted so far
Between October 11 and 29, NCSOFT posted eight Account Restrictions notices on Steam. All of them list the same reasons: bots and macros, gold farming, selling Kinah for real money (RMT) and trading that disrupts the server economy.
| Wave (CEST/CET) | Accounts restricted |
|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2026 | 4,996 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 10,000 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 9,422 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 7,933 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 10,326 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | 15,380 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 12,586 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | 4,651 |
| Total in notices | 75,294 |
According to our information, roughly 7,000 more accounts were banned on top of that, and they do not appear in any of those notices. They were caught by the Trust level, the rating the game uses to estimate whether a person or a bot is behind an account.
Market locked even for players who broke no rules
The second part of the crackdown is new. According to our information, this is not only about bans: some accounts are losing the ability to buy and sell on the market, even though their owners have not directly broken the rules. These accounts are flagged because they behave like algorithmic bots. Typically they farm the same spot or the same content over and over and only ever sell on the market, never buy. The Trust level then marks the account as risky and restricts its trading, so farmed Kinah cannot flow through it.
For honest players this mostly hurts alt characters and the “farm materials and sell” playstyle. Detection cannot see who is at the keyboard, only the pattern. An account that does the same thing ten days in a row and whose only contact with the economy is selling looks exactly like one link in a bot farm. How prices and Kinah move on the servers is explained in our Kinah currency guide.
How not to look like a bot
- Mix up your content. A day of dungeons, Abyss or legion activities makes an account look like a player; twelve hours on one farming spot makes it look suspicious.
- Use the market in both directions. An account that only sells matches exactly the pattern that gets trading locked.
- Do not share your login details for boosting. A bot on your account drags your Trust level down just like a bot on a farm account.
- Do not buy Kinah for real money. Sellers and buyers fall under the same item in the sanctions table of the Operation Policy.
- If your market is locked or you got banned and you know you play by yourself, open a ticket at help.plaync.com. NCSOFT reviews every request individually.
More than 400 creators removed from the program
Players will not notice the second cleanup in the game, but they will on Twitch and YouTube. According to our information, NCSOFT removed more than 400 creators from the AION 2 content creator program and banned their accounts as well. The reason was questionable and toxic behavior on stream and off it, and the cleanup did not spare community creators from the Czech Republic and Slovakia either.
NCSOFT defends the move mainly as a safety step: it does not want people watching creators who drag the AION 2 brand through the mud. The creator program means early access to information, viewer rewards and promotion from the publisher, so anyone who drops out loses official support. We will not name the removed creators.
If you want to follow AION 2 without the drama, you will find our streams and guides on the GamersTogether Discord, where legions and group runs get organized too.
Where to go next
How the Trust level started out and what it did in the first days after launch is covered in our article on the first bans and boosting via shared logins. All guides from classes to the economy are in the AION 2 guide hub and the latest news in AION 2 news.
FAQ
In eight Steam notices between October 11 and 29, 2026, NCSOFT reported a total of 75,294 restrictions. According to our information, roughly 7,000 more accounts were banned on top of that based on the Trust level.
Most likely the Trust level flagged your account as risky because it behaves like a bot: it farms the same content repeatedly or only sells on the market. Even a player who broke no rules can get this restriction. If you play by yourself, open a ticket at help.plaync.com.
An account trust rating the game uses to estimate whether a person or a bot is behind an account. It restricts trading and, according to our information, also decides some of the bans.
According to our information, because of questionable and toxic behavior on stream and off it. More than 400 creators were removed, including some from the Czech and Slovak community. NCSOFT defends it as a step so that people do not watch creators who harm the AION 2 brand.
NCSOFT’s notices state explicitly that long play sessions are not a reason for penalties. The risk grows when an account only does one activity for a long time and only sells on the market, because that matches the bot pattern.