Aion 2's Character Creator Is Going Viral Over Bust Sliders

How many hours do you burn in a character creator before you actually start playing the game? For a lot of us, the honest answer is "too many" — and Aion 2 just handed everyone a fresh reason to get stuck on the sliders.

Aion 2 is a free-to-play MMO action RPG from South Korean developer NC, and it launched on October 5. The setup is a conflict between two warring nations, but before you ever get to any of that, you have to build a character. And right now, the character creator is the main event.

Specifically, the bust size slider. If you've spent any time on gaming Twitter lately, you've probably seen a clip of someone abusing that slider to push their character's bosom to ridiculous extremes. You know, for science. Character creators have always produced this kind of chaos — think of the absolutely bonkers creations people made when Street Fighter 6 launched — but Aion 2's is hitting a nerve for a different reason.

Here's where the debate kicks in. Some players say there doesn't seem to be any option to decrease your character's breast size from the default setting. That's led to claims of "small chest erasure" and accusations that the developers are only catering to one specific preference. "I'm sorry, but if you really 'love boobs,' you'd be okay with small boobs existing too, but [the] minimum size is [a] C cup?" one user wrote in a viral quote-tweet on X, adding in a follow-up: "I'm irritated that things like this imply only big boobs are desirable because that can give young women body image issues."

It isn't just an English-language complaint, either. Japanese players have noticed the same thing. "The minimum isn't minimum at all! Even the minimum is too damn big!" one wrote, while another asked, "The minimum is way too big, isn't it?" When players on both sides of the Pacific land on the exact same observation, that's usually worth paying attention to.

That said, the wider reaction has mostly been humor. English-speaking and Japanese players alike have been cracking jokes about the feature — plenty of them about how they'll need a few hours before they "actually start the game." Which, honestly, is the most relatable thing in this whole story.

So where does that leave Aion 2? It's still very early days. The game has mixed reviews on Steam right now, but MMOs typically take a while before players settle in and the real picture shows up. Whatever you think of the bust slider, it has definitely put some eyes on a game that might otherwise have flown under your radar.

What's your take — is this a genuine design problem worth pushing back on, or just players having fun with sliders that were always going to get pushed to the limit? And more importantly: are you the type to spend an hour in the creator, or do you just hit randomize and go? Let us know below.