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Premium membership - worth it?

AbaxialAbaxial Member UncommonPosts: 140
The specs for premium membership in B&S look rather weird, with these different tiers tied in to the Hongmoon store. Is it worth subscribing? One of the benefits seems to be a % increase in coin drop from monsters, but since in my experience they never drop any coins (one of the disappointing aspects of the game) this doesn't seem to be any benefit. Or not for starting characters.

If premium is just a way to try and get you to spend more in the store, it doesn't look like a good deal unless you were planning to do sso anyway.

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  • holdenhamletholdenhamlet Member EpicPosts: 3,772
    edited March 2016
    My premium is about to run out.  I bought it with gold in game by trading with someone.  I might renew with real money though because I want to save my gold to upgrade before the level 50 patch.

    It has decent value.  It's mostly like riding in business class instead of coach.  Tons of small things that make the game more convenient.

    Main perk is the Wardrobe- you save a lot of inventory space that way.  % increase to daily xp is nice too.  And you do get copper drops from mobs where you get none if you don't have it.  Most mobs don't drop much but bosses or mini-bosses drop like almost a silver.  I think it adds up if you PVE a lot.

    I don't know why it says "100% more gold from monsters" when they drop none.  Probably just bad translation but you do get money drops with sub.

    I actually love the way sub is in this game.  It's nice to have, especially if you play the game a lot, but it's not necessary.  All f2p games should follow this model imo.
  • GremeGreme Member UncommonPosts: 66
    Initially I bought Premium Membership to avoid server queues but I believe they are long gone now. However I started to appreciate other benefits so I still have Premium running.

    Main selling point for me is ability to deposit items in Wardrobe. I have currently around 50 various costumes and accessories and without Wardrobe I would be really struggling with storage space to keep them all.

    There also 2 more perks I really appreciate. Ability to vendor items anywhere in the world makes inventory management much more easier. Item evolution and breakthrough fees discounted by 20% save you a lot of gold in process (for example my next Ring evolution costs 23.20 gold instead of 29 gold). However this perks only become available at Premium Rank 4.

    Another perk I am looking forward too is ability to access your bank anywhere in the world. It is only available from Premium Rank 9 though.

    The other thing worth mentioning is that you can increase your Premium Rank not only by buying items or Premium Membership for real money but also by using Hongmoon Coins to make store purchases. Those coins can be obtained from daily quest reward boxes at higher levels (but they have very small chance to drop - during my first month I didnt get any of them that way), from Daily Dash or they can be bought for gold from in-game Currency Exchange. I was able to buy couple costumes and one extra unlock that way and thanks to those purchases I am now at Premium Rank 4 after 2 months of playing.

    You also mentioned gold drops, I got Premium when I was around level 5 and mobs immediately started dropping coins, although it is only few coppers on low levels.

    Now all those things mentioned above are reasons why I use Premium Membership, I cant say whether they will make it worth subscribing for you.

    @holdenhamlet - they removed 30 day membership from NC store. It can only be obtained now by chosing recurring subscription on the website. The only Premium that can be gifted by other players now is 90 days.
  • holdenhamletholdenhamlet Member EpicPosts: 3,772
    "@holdenhamlet - they removed 30 day membership from NC store. It can only be obtained now by chosing recurring subscription on the website. The only Premium that can be gifted by other players now is 90 days."

    Ah yeah.  I ended up just buying it this time.  Also going to buy some NCoin so I can use the mail.

    Very annoyed that I have to do that to unlock mail, and annoyed with the bots, but the rest of the game is just so good and perfect for my gaming habits right now, so I don't mind spending a little to support it.

    There are worse and more insidious ways to get you to use the cash shop/sub than BnS for sure.
  • SourajitSourajit Member UncommonPosts: 472
    edited March 2016
    I played BNS till 45 (HM2). I find this game pay to win. Thus I will rather buy GOLD with real cash than subscribe to this game. However, if they make the new expansion - subscription only, I might buy it. Currently the population has dropped. This shows that the game is not making money to keep support players into the servers. The bots are much needed else the game cannot keep up with the pay to win model / auction house. I didn't find any real players. I found NCSOFT support players trying to make quests happen by controlling all other characters and the only player they could find. The community is not harsh but is way lower in standards to the other subscription based MMO.

    This game should make some items for example "soul-stone", untradeable - so as the game is not a pay to win model and may have a player base in the future.

     
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  • jaxomejaxome Member UncommonPosts: 76
    This game has the least abusive cash shop and payment model I have seen in a f2p game. You can make enough money to upgrade your gear by just doing your daily quests. It wont take long to get it. I am maxed out fight now and have not spent any real money on gear. I have bought a premium membership and am happy I did. It does have some advantages. Getting up from death a few seconds faster might be the difference between a wipe and a win. The advantages you get are not game breaking but are also useful.

    People suggesting this game has a problem with p2w are silly, even WoW lets you buy gold from other players which you can use to get good gear. WoW is not considered a p2w game by most people because you can easily just get the gear on your own and not pay for it. You can do the same thing in Blade and Soul. I am on Douchan or whatever, one of the lowest population servers from what I understand and I dont have any problems with population being low. Haters gonna hater, people who are not good at games are always gonna blame the game or the game economy instead of figuring out how to be better... 

  • xpsyncxpsync Member EpicPosts: 1,854
    Yes i think a sub is worth it if you're into the game.
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  • AbaxialAbaxial Member UncommonPosts: 140
    Thanks for the advice! However, the issue is moot as any attempt from me to actually buy a sub results in an unhelpful error message on the web page that "something has gone wrong". Yeah, right, how about saying what?
  • holdenhamletholdenhamlet Member EpicPosts: 3,772
    Abaxial said:
    Thanks for the advice! However, the issue is moot as any attempt from me to actually buy a sub results in an unhelpful error message on the web page that "something has gone wrong". Yeah, right, how about saying what?
    Put in a support ticket on the website.  I had a billing issue and they responded in less than a day.
  • AbaxialAbaxial Member UncommonPosts: 140
    I did and was contacted quickly, though none of their advice worked - seems like a problem with their credit card handling, as I tried with three different browsers on three different computers with the same error message! However, Paypal worked.
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