Aion 2 received a small hotfix on November 4. It removes a Hard difficulty option that had been showing up by mistake for two Expeditions: the Fire Temple and the Ferocious Horn Den.
What the hotfix changes
The fix is narrow. The developers say the Hard setting was never meant to be offered for these two Expeditions, and the hotfix takes it out of the selection. No other changes are listed, so players shouldn’t expect balance tweaks or other bug fixes in this patch. It only stops a difficulty option from appearing where it doesn’t belong.
The hotfix isn’t applied while you’re logged in. To get it:
- Exit Aion 2 completely.
- Let the Steam or PURPLE launcher download the update.
- Start Aion 2 again.
Why Hard mode is on players’ minds
The timing makes sense. The hotfix arrives a day after Aion 2’s November 3 (PST) / November 4 (CET) update. That update added the Abyssal Forge: Ludra challenge in Normal and Hard modes, along with the new Chaotic Outer Reshanta PvP zone, where everyone’s stats are standardized. It also cut Artifact Sieges to twice a week and raised rewards from Exploration dungeons.
Hard difficulty is getting plenty of attention this week. The Ludra Awakens event running alongside the new content gives exclusive titles to the first 20 parties per region that beat Ludra on Hard. The event also has a 14-day check-in track and daily Odyle Energy. With groups trying out the new Hard content, a Hard option showing up on two older Expeditions was easy to notice.
For now, the Hard mode that actually matters in Aion 2 belongs to Ludra. After this hotfix, the Fire Temple and Ferocious Horn Den Expeditions show only the difficulty settings they are meant to have.
Source: Aion 2 official news.
