LynMasterRace

The relationship between all these companies is as follows based on my understanding: -NCSoft in Korea is the overall owner of BNS. They're the primary developer, they create virtually all of the content and features, and are the final say as far as Blade and Soul goes for it worldwide. -NCWest is their NA and EU branch. They used to have a separate branch just for EU, but they were merged into NCWest before we got BNS. They manage the NA and EU servers and apply updates and support to those servers, adding little to no content of their own other then translation to other languages. They are completely owned by NCSoft however, and answer directly to them. Supposedly they used to have a lot more say, but now they seem to only apply patches mindlessly to the game, sparking all these threads about broken things. -Tencent operates the Chinese server. Unlike NCWest, they do have some say over content they get, and have a few unique features, though it is unclear if they developed them personally, or requested NCSoft to produce the patches for them. They do not seem to have a stake in NCSoft, or if they do, it's a relatively small stake without much control in the matter. -Another company operates the Russian servers, though I'm not sure of their name. Much like Tencent, they operate that server and that server alone, but do not seem to have any unique features, though we have seen cost differences for things in the past for upgrades and events suggesting they do have a bit more say then NCWest does. -Netmarble (not mentioned yet, but worth it for the sake of completion) operates BNS Revolution for mobile devices. They actually DO have a stake in NCSoft, about 8-9%, but have not used this to influence BNS on PC as far as anyone can tell. I hope this clears it up and resolves the debates in this topic.

No? Tencent only operates the Chinese servers for BNS, and has no stake in NCSoft as far as I can tell with Google searches. They have no say or authority over any other region: if they decide to shut down the China servers, it would not mean NA and EU also shut down. I'm not sure where you got these ideas, and based on other posts, you have no idea how a publishing agreement even works.

Tencent only operates the Chinese server for Blade and Soul: they have no say over other regions whatsoever. So them selling things does not matter in this situation, though it doesn't matter: NCSoft also has never sold off IPs.

That is 100% accurate. They are not permitted to speak to us unless it is pre-approved and written. Even during streams, they do not interact with the viewers in the slightest. This company is a utter joke.

The necklace box from ET is also bound to account, which makes it a bit more baffling that other things are not. I could get a lot of alts to TB6 in a hurry if they made the roses bound...

Oh wow, something that cripples people redeeming from TWO events and ruins the fun of another is immensely low priority, WHAT A SHOCK. This is unacceptable.

Here's your verification. Silversteel stuff ALSO is account bound for...some reason, but I didn't have a spare box of those. Even before they became stageless the unopened Celestial Emperor accessory boxes were Bound to Account.

Wrong. The boxes containing the earring and ring from both Skybreak and Nightfall are account bound. In addition, they're asking about materials, not the gear directly.

You won't get a response. This company is utter trash and likely to shut the game down early next year.

Never. This company is currently milking NA/EU for all is worth and will likely shut down the game early next year, citing 'lack of interest' or something similar I bet.

Agreed. This is unacceptable behavior from NCWest. No warning maintenances, removal of event features, punishing innocent players...it's time this company was held accountable.

Unacceptable. Most other companies would fire for less.

It has happened before: last halloween they removed the transmutes which effectively made one currency completely useless. And the more recent Guiding Star thing, though that seemed more intentional and was clearly marked.

I deeply hope NONE of the employees at NCWest find jobs in the gaming industry when this crap show of a company gets shut down.

This is utterly unacceptable. This company needs to be shut down for fraud.

If the ability to spend remnants is not restored in 24 hours, then we will consider it false advertisement on the part of NCSoft.

This is no longer a event worth doing due to the removal of a nice reward from it that every boss was dropping.

And in the middle of prime time, too. Bet that's making NA players really happy right about now...NCWest should be completely gutted of employees and new ones found that actually care about the game.

I've already started the charge back process. If enough whales charge back, their payment processor likely will blacklist NCSoft and that kills the game.

The only legit option is Ebon Realm, which got cut to a FIFTH of it's prior EXP values when we got UE4. With no warning whatsoever. It is impossible to get EXP legit anymore in any decent volume and it is clear that NCSoft does not care about its players in the slightest. I'm predicting a shut down early 2022 for NA/EU.

Yes NCSoft, continue to make it impossible to gain EXP at any speed even remotely looking like reasonable gains. First you completely cripple EXP in Ebon Realm, now you're taking away EXP from Spectral Shrine and Realmrift. Guess you DON'T want people doing those contents? It is becoming increasingly tempting to just say screw it and quit and get my money back from my bank.

If you ever get wrongfully banned for normally running content, charge back on the spot and kill this crappy company dead. Enough whales charging back would make their payment processor ditch them and it's game over from there.

Hime cannot respond unless KR allows her to. But at this point it's clear that NCSoft is a dying company, given the absolute disaster of the BNS2 launch that cut their stock value in half. Expect a tear filled post announcing the game shutdown early next year following a period of oddly no content being added.

Oh, I'll gladly chew NCSoft out when it's warranted. This is not such a time, though I will agree the keys should not be in a bundle and be all separate purchases.

If you don't like the state of the game, quit. the rest of us enjoy it just fine.