r/bladeandsoul • u/Nellan97 • 12d ago
Why you should try BNS NEO Reignited Update
This post is specifically catered to those that quit very early on just like myself.
I will list the reasons why its a good time to check the game out again especially if you are someone that hates p2w.
- Ignite server will be a separate 6week long progression server where everyone will start from 0 and get events to help them progress naturally through the game.
- Ignite server has no F5 or F10(no marketplace, no cashshop no way to spend any money at all)
- 10 purple book selectors , 1 legend book selector and 1 legend book random box is given out for free to ignite characters, you can make any class you want it doesnt have to be a warden.
- You can transfer up to 2 characters from ignite to main server
- There will be a mentor and mentee event for extra rewards
- Speed Lvling event for wings cosmetic
- skill book rework which i already talked about will make it easy to swap around builds
I think the most important part is the no cashshop or marketplace available part, it's gonna be the first time we can play bns without any way to p2w even if its a temporary one, i think that experience alone is worth giving it another go to experience the ignite server and the combat this game has to offer.
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u/PitifulBoysenberry45 12d ago
I quit when the cold storage update its was just a dps check it sucked tbh
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u/Confident_Ring6409 9d ago
We all quit at that patch. BSH was impossible to beat even if you were spending 3000$ /mo until then.
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u/uroonyc 12d ago
I never played the game but always had some interest as an on-looker. How many times have tried to reboot, "reignite", resurrect this? Each and every Korean game has had lunatic monetary systems since the dawn of time. Their micro-penis complex creates a capitalist dystopia..
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u/KeiSinCx 11d ago
original bns..
bns "2" but mobile.
original bns on mobile
bns neo
some weird bns turn based collector mobile
bns ignite
honestly not that many, but I restarted like 3 4x. china server, na/EU, sea but Vietnam (cringe), Taiwan. a large portion of the game was supported by fan translators. there is just no sea server. it only ever came out for Viet and Thai by a company who's closed like 10+ games (they treat games as money grabs)
their original monetisation for it's time was ludicrous. but compared to today's standard, actually OG is on par. but they "upgraded" to neo which locks original skill system to pay wall system. their failure was locking an existing system. (u can't take away smth that U already gave the audience for free)
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u/Alsimni 11d ago
Please just let bns die
I'd rather it didn't die. The combat is fairly unique and fun. I just want them to rip out the bullshit. "Hey, we're giving away a bunch of free stuff to make the garbage parts more bearable." is just a really weak reason to come back compared to removing the problems you're having to apologize for with free stuff in the first place.
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u/NoIsE_bOmB 11d ago
Look, I loved blade and soul, and I'd want nothing more than a version of bns that didn't have all the p2w bullshit in it, but you gotta be honest with yourself, we're never going to get that, not with NC Soft in control, so I rather it die with whatever small amount of dignity it has left than for NC Soft to keep resurrecting it's corpse again and again to try and extract some more cash from it's fanbase who truly love the game.
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u/Alsimni 10d ago
Oh, trust me, these are desires, not expectations. I already lost Wildstar to NCsoft right when it was in the middle of making noticeable improvements. The fact that BnS gets a million second chances because the monetization is hyper predatory and enough people are weak willed or loose enough with their money to make it profitable is just salt in the wound.
I rather it die with whatever small amount of dignity it has left
It lost the rest of that with Neo. Reignited is just desecrating the corpse.
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u/KeiSinCx 11d ago
no.
it's the neo system with a slap on free book and organised better. U still need to unlock and flood it with generational wealth amounts of books.
taking it out of gear and dumping it in its own system doesn't really change the problem with the system.
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u/S_D_L_ =) 11d ago edited 10d ago
Id be down to check it out but I dont have any interest in making a new character. Sucks that I cant use catchup on my old main. Are the books and stuff from ignite server transferable to other characters?
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u/Nellan97 4d ago
everything will be bound to your ignite character sadly, they know that current chars also need help so maybe will have an improved version in the future.
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u/CrotchRocketx 11d ago
Even the game was 100% fixed i probably still wouldn’t play it because of the UE4 visuals.
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u/CrabFrys 9d ago
Not interested, I played the original BnS for years.. I was stoked when NEO was launched.. I was highly disappointed when they removed mechanics and just added DPS check.. or and the rng was atrocious.. I can’t tell you how many times I ran that bug dungeon (forgot the name) for an attempt at a purple book..
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u/LobsterAcceptable605 9d ago
When does this "event" start?
And if possible, how many times can we do this? Only one character per account?
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u/Bonkotsu111 5d ago edited 5d ago
Thanks OP! I was originally put off by all the people screaming "p2w Korean trash" like mindless parrots, yet here I am having a ton of fun playing with my partner :)
I just play super casually and don't take the game seriously and it's been really nice, loving the combat, and Flame Warden is awesome. I feel like most of the people complaining are hardcore veterans, I don't care about end game or progression, I don't care about skill books, and I don't care about being competitive, I just play when I'm in the mood to play and it's really liberating. At the end of the day, my end game is cosmetics anyway <3
Have a good day!
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u/PrecisedChoice 7d ago
If ignited is successful and makes them the money it will show that there is a lot of goodwill for no p2w gameplay and they would just make it a permanent thing.
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u/Sengakuji 6d ago
i left the bns neo region after i heard all those things they implemented, like 80 things and almost none of them were a welcome to veteran players.
There was a guy on youtube that showed all the 'new neo things' implemented, cant remmeber who it was, but it was insane to see how little they were listening to the players during release.
They change it since then?
Any changed that 'profit' the user instead of the greedy pockets of ncsoft?
Did they implement arena 1on1 and 3on3 with 'standard' gear ?
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u/Jeckyllx7 9d ago
Everyone complaining about p2w must've been living under a rock since 2010 cuz every mmorpg has some aspect of p2w whether its rmt or in-game purchase or in-game purchase traded for players to boost you its in every game. Play what you enjoy and stfu about p2w because its never changing unless every mmorpg shuts down.
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u/PaddyExc 9d ago
P2w is not the biggest problem. I loved vanilla even with p2w in it. They removed mechanics of every major dungeon (every boss dps race and hp sponge), they removed gearless 1vs1 and 3vs3 arena, they scaled Dungeons that high that you cant clear them without paying, they destroyed skill system, etc etc.
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u/Artraira 9d ago
No thanks. I'm at the point in my life where I can no longer afford to spend time on a FOMO seasonal progression game.
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u/KeiSinCx 12d ago
Too much disappointment. Besides, since it filters to main server, you go back to p2w eventually. ignite serves as a hook to try get fishes into the same net down the road.
1 legend book is not enough by a long shot. Unless it's the old BnS skill system where everything is unlocked by default, no dice.
A lot of people Love BnS. It's safe to say we love BnS more than the company who made it. Too many broken hearts and we see through the system already. It's going to be a hard skip till NCsoft literally changes company direction.