Providing access to the MMORPG Throne and Liberty servers raised many questions related to registering a new account and the future fate of the project in the CIS region. We have collected all the currently available information, and as new details emerge, we will supplement the material.
Account registration
Let’s go to official site NCSOFT and create a new account. To do this, you will need to take just a few steps: select a country (Russia or one of 19 supported ones), indicate your date of birth, agree to the terms, confirm your email and create a password. The process is very simple and will only take you 30 seconds. We do not recommend using accounts from social networks for registration, as the system may incorrectly determine your region and assign you the Netherlands or the USA instead of Russia.
After this you can game website pre-register for the new Talandre region, which will be added on August 21, 2024. At the start of this update you will receive valuable gifts.
Download and install the Purple launcher, through which the NCSOFT version of the game runs. In it we select the game Throne and Liberty and install it. Please note that the developers recommend having at least 200GB of free space to unpack the game files. However, as practice and player reviews have shown, 160GB is enough.
The most difficult and difficult moment will arise when you receive SMS and register your PC. The problem is that not all operators receive an SMS or call with a code quickly. According to player reviews, there are problems with Yota and T-mobile, and MTS and Megafon cause problems in rare cases; Beeline has not noticed any mass complaints. If you do not receive the code after 3 or 30 minutes, we recommend that you request a new one after 18:00 Moscow time, since this is a problem with the SMS service that NCSOFT uses.
But there is an alternative option – use the Purple mobile application (Google Play, App Store). You can send a confirmation request from the game and not wait for any SMS or calls. The main thing is to remember to log in with one account. You can check all your registered devices at this page.
Top up your balance and purchase goods
The situation with the purchase of paid goods remains somewhat strange: on the one hand, you can make purchases of premium currency through the Purple launcher, but on the other hand, the game store for premium currency in the game is simply blocked. Xsolla is responsible for making payments, and you can even pay using SBP. Prices are indicated in dollars, and at the time of writing the exchange rate is ~93 rubles.
The reason for the ban on purchases in the premium store for players with IP addresses from the CIS is still unclear. We hope that NCSOFT will soon comment on this situation or open full access to countries that have access to the game. Now players have to use workarounds in the form of changing IP.
The most important questions and answers
When will there be CIS servers?
No plans to open regional servers have been announced at this time. All messages related to “July 20”, “September 18”, “coming soon” are just rumors. In the official discord for Korean players, company representatives have repeatedly responded that at the moment players can only play on Korean servers, and they cannot say anything about the opening of new servers. We would venture to suggest that this issue is still being discussed, and it all depends on the interest of the audience. Or maybe the servers are already being prepared for launch.
Will there be a translation into Russian?
The company has never announced plans to translate the game into Russian. There is currently a fan translation of the game. In theory, he could be banned, but at the moment there are no prerequisites for these steps on the part of NCSOFT. So use it at your own risk.
What is the ping to the servers?
Terrible for the western and central parts of the CIS. According to players’ reports, it ranges from 150 to 300. Using game services to lower the ping, it is possible to partially overcome this problem, but it is difficult to get anything below 150-170 from Moscow or Kyiv. For residents of the Far East, the situation looks better.
Where do Russian-speaking players play?
At the moment, the game has two servers open for rapid character development (Hyper Boosting 1 and Hyper Boosting 2) and Russian-speaking players can be found on any of them. To discuss the game or find a guild, you can contact fan discord dedicated to the game.
