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GAME DECISION MAP

AION 2

MMORPG · Cross-platform · 2025

Current analysisBaseline 2026-05-07Open Decision Analysis →

Choose a faction and class → fight through non-target action and flight combat → clear dungeons and collect gear or materials → enhance equipment, stigma, and other growth systems → enter Abyss faction PvPvE and fortress battles.

Recurring Structures

Detailed Repeating Structures

What repeats and keeps the system moving?

CORE CLASSIFICATION

External Calendar

Choose a faction and class → fight through non-target action and flight combat → clear dungeons and collect gear or materials → enhance equipment, stigma, and other growth systems → enter Abyss faction PvPvE and fortress battles.

Events, operating schedules, and live operations reactivate participation, exchange, and reward states.

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  1. Competition

    Growth→Competition→Reward→Reinvestment Loop

    This source-declared competition loop connects the game's actual repeat sequence.

Bottlenecks

Bottleneck Patterns

Where do decisions and flow break?

CORE CLASSIFICATION

Resource and Value Conversion Failure

The affected flow runs through attempt → result → cost → safety → next-goal; its limiting point is the economy commerce settlement handoff.

Currencies, assets, products, or inputs do not convert reliably into utility or residual value.

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  1. Core

    Resource and Value Conversion Failure · Economy Commerce

    The affected flow runs through attempt → result → cost → safety → next-goal; its limiting point is the economy commerce settlement handoff.

  2. Supporting

    faction

    The affected flow runs through PvP/AP/rule/retry/exit; its limiting point is the competition result handoff.

  3. Supporting

    price

    The affected flow runs through impression → purchase → use → return; its limiting point is the economy commerce settlement handoff.

  4. Supporting

    Obligation and Volition Erosion · Routine Liveops

    The affected flow runs through repeat → instant → abandon → return; its limiting point is the routine liveops return handoff.

  5. Supporting

    Access and Qualification Friction ·

    The affected flow runs through platform → control → fail → exit; its limiting point is the entry handoff.

  6. Supporting

    Rule and State Fragmentation · Rules

    The affected flow runs through product → issue → support → refund → return; its limiting point is the rules handoff.

Contradictions

Contradiction Patterns

What must improve, and what must remain protected?

CORE CLASSIFICATION

Input and Reward Value Closure vs Diversity and Invested-Asset Preservation

Across effort → predictable progress → next-goal trust conversion, improve Complexity Vs Convenience while preserving Revenue Vs Trust.

Time, currency, purchases, rewards, and held assets must close into trustworthy value while route diversity, scarcity, and invested assets remain protected.

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  1. Core

    Core Contradiction

    Across effort → predictable progress → next-goal trust conversion, improve Complexity Vs Convenience while preserving Revenue Vs Trust.

  2. Supporting

    — Competition Legitimacy

    Across competition legitimacy, improve Freedom Vs Control while preserving Revenue Vs Trust.

  3. Supporting

    — Relief vs Repair Purchase Trust

    Across clear Relief vs Repair value conversion, improve Revenue Vs Trust while preserving Complexity Vs Convenience.

  4. Supporting

    — Voluntary Return vs Duty Completion

    Across voluntary return distinct from duty completion, improve Performance Vs Load while preserving Stability Vs Volatility.

  5. Supporting

    — Access Cost vs Manual Identity

    Across access cost separated from manual identity, improve Complexity Vs Convenience while preserving Performance Vs Load.

  6. Supporting

    — Promise-Product-Operation Consistency

    Across promise-product-operation consistency, improve Revenue Vs Trust while preserving Speed Vs Integrity.

Solution Mechanisms

Solution Mechanisms

Which intervention mechanism changes the condition?

CORE CLASSIFICATION

Layered and Progressive Disclosure

Apply Layered and Progressive Disclosure across effort → predictable progress → next-goal trust conversion while preserving the protected value.

Separate complex meaning, rules, and strategy into layers and reveal only the depth needed at each moment.

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  1. Core

    Layered and Progressive Disclosure · Core

    Apply Layered and Progressive Disclosure across effort → predictable progress → next-goal trust conversion while preserving the protected value.

  2. Supporting

    State and Rule Visibility Encoding · Attachment

    Apply State and Rule Visibility Encoding across competition legitimacy while preserving the protected value.

  3. Supporting

    Loss Trust and Entitlement Buffer · Attachment

    Apply Loss Trust and Entitlement Buffer across clear Relief vs Repair value conversion while preserving the protected value.

  4. Supporting

    Loss Trust and Entitlement Buffer · Attachment

    Apply Loss Trust and Entitlement Buffer across voluntary return distinct from duty completion while preserving the protected value.

  5. Supporting

    Context Asset and Authority Isolation · Attachment

    Apply Context Asset and Authority Isolation across access cost separated from manual identity while preserving the protected value.

  6. Supporting

    Loss Trust and Entitlement Buffer · Attachment

    Apply Loss Trust and Entitlement Buffer across promise-product-operation consistency while preserving the protected value.

Solution Compositions

Solution Compositions

How should interventions be combined and sequenced?

CORE CLASSIFICATION

Single-Track Localized Bundle

Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across effort → predictable progress → next-goal trust conversion as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

Combine a core intervention with stabilizing or accelerating support within one problem track and keep its impact localized.

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  1. Core

    Layered and Progressive Disclosure · Core Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across effort → predictable progress → next-goal trust conversion as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  2. Supporting

    State and Rule Visibility Encoding · Attachment Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across competition legitimacy as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  3. Supporting

    Loss Trust and Entitlement Buffer · Attachment Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across clear Relief vs Repair value conversion as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  4. Supporting

    Loss Trust and Entitlement Buffer · Attachment Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across voluntary return distinct from duty completion as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  5. Supporting

    Context Asset and Authority Isolation · Attachment Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across access cost separated from manual identity as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  6. Supporting

    Loss Trust and Entitlement Buffer · Attachment Composition

    Connect 1 source-declared mechanism across promise-product-operation consistency as Single-Track Localized Bundle.

  7. Supporting

    Parallel Solution-Mechanism Composition

    Connect 6 source-declared mechanisms across effort → predictable progress → next-goal trust conversion as Core-First Branch-Sequential Portfolio.

  8. Supporting

    Parallel Solution-Mechanism Composition

    Connect 6 source-declared mechanisms across effort → predictable progress → next-goal trust conversion as Parallel Local Contracts with Independent Rollback.