MiaStoneheart

Solved. I found a free VPN that routed through the US. Worked the first time, and my speed hasn't even suffered that much. Thank You to @Li Qingzhao and anyone else. Moderators: if possible, please add "SOLVED" to the topic header. Thanks.

I just noticed something new. Upon reaching the PIN screen, there is a message "Incorrect account name. Please confirm and try again." This makes no sense, but I will try to look it up and report back. EDIT: Absolutely nothing found. EDIT AGAIN: I thought I was on to something here, as my NC account had one spelling on the website and a different one on the client. But after fixing that, no change in result.

Ok. So far the only NC server I've been able to reach at all gave me these results: Tracing route to 64.25.35-100.ncsoft.com [64.25.35.100] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms speedport.ip [192.168.1.254] 2 14 ms 20 ms 10 ms 10.5.34.1 3 20 ms 21 ms 14 ms 10.89.21.1 4 12 ms 13 ms 14 ms 172.16.100.1 5 18 ms 23 ms 24 ms ipdsl-qoo-kukulcan-27-l0.uninet.net.mx [201.154.30.147] 6 36 ms 35 ms 39 ms bb-miami-americas-25-be10.uninet.net.mx [201.154.156.58] 7 * * * Request timed out. 8 67 ms 66 ms 71 ms atl-b24-link.ip.twelve99.net [62.115.113.48] 9 65 ms 70 ms 67 ms atl-bb1-link.ip.twelve99.net [62.115.134.246] 10 75 ms * * nash-bb1-link.ip.twelve99.net [62.115.137.55] 11 * * * Request timed out. 12 77 ms 72 ms 78 ms dls-b24-link.ip.twelve99.net [62.115.136.83] 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 84 ms 71 ms 67 ms 64.25.35-100.ncsoft.com [64.25.35.100] Trace complete. Interesting. But how would I go about specifying this specific connection in the client?

Thank you very much for your help. I will try this and get back to everyone.

Hello Crickets: I actually came back to Windows from Linux just because I missed Blade & Soul (Yeah, not my best decision but whatev's.). My old email address no longer exists so I had to create a new account. I was able to do so, installed the game and signed in. But after creating a character and starting the game, I'm immediately disconnected with a 300 Error (account authorization failure). So far I've tried all the following to try to troubleshoot this: Restarting the game Restarting NCLauncher Restarting Windows Switching to hardwire versus wifi. Reinstalling B&S, on both the same and on different drives. Reinstalling NCLauncher and B&S, on both the same and on different drives. Adding NCLauncher and B&S to firewall permissions. Disabling MS SmartScreen before reinstalling. Creating a character on a different server. Creating another account from a different email address (couldn't even create the account, but that's a whole different issue). The only ideas I have left are these: I previously used the B&S Revolution Android game using this same account and username. I just moved from the US to Mexico (although .MX is not a banned country as far as I know). I'm out of ideas. I'll try NC's Twitter account in the morning but I'm very familiar with the quality and timeliness of their tech support. I'm no l33t player; I just loved the story. But is this worth it? Thanks for listening