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The Korean article reported fewer Belgardin carry listings appearing in Party Finder in late August 2026. It did not provide a measured count of listings or independently verified enforcement records.
Some community interpretations treated the change as the start of a blanket carry ban. Others focused on the conquest event’s intent and recruiting behavior that crowded ordinary groups out of search results.
The evidence in this discussion does not establish a universal ban. The relevant context combines a new Korean raid, a limited conquest event, and Party Finder visibility. It also does not establish permission for a carry in North America or another region.
Why the Korean event could increase carry demand
Belgardin is an eight-player Shadow Raid with Normal, Hard, and Nightmare, awarding the Korean armguard equipment and progression materials.
Its associated conquest event offered missions and prestige rewards such as titles and a party-lounge background. Nightmare objectives included survival and raid-wide conditions beyond repeated clears.
The official August 5 introduction described completing missions through the raid. Difficulty entries were shared, and leaving a run could consume an entry even without receiving a reward. This matters when assessing the cost of an unsuccessful attempt.
The source interpreted the combination of ordinary raid rewards and limited event objectives as a reason for carry demand. That causal explanation was not backed by participation or sales data here. The conquest participation and claim windows have since ended.
Did that prove Belgardin carries were banned?
“Bussing” in this discussion means a player receiving help with a clear in exchange for in-game gold.
It should be distinguished from account piloting.
In the former, the account owner controls their character; piloting means another person plays the account. These are distinct arrangements, and current regional account and service rules determine their treatment. This article does not authorize either practice.
Fewer visible listings do not establish that every carry became a policy violation. The source cited no confirmed blanket-ban announcement covering all raids.
Sanctions, voluntary withdrawal, filled groups, and concerns about reports were among community explanations. A report that a listing vanished cannot show that the operator deleted it or identify the reason.
Why the conquest event was relevant
Its additional objectives made the discussion broader than an ordinary clear transaction.
The event combined difficulty-specific goals with personal and group survival or pattern requirements, especially on Nightmare.
Prestige rewards can represent learning and coordinated execution. A service that bypasses that process can affect how players perceive those rewards, depending on what the actual objectives allow.
Possible concerns include these.
- A weaker connection between the event and its intended challenge
- Reduced perceived meaning of prestige rewards
- Ordinary group listings being displaced
- Confusion between a carry and account piloting
- Scams and disputes over in-game payments
These are possible reasons for scrutiny, not confirmed statements of Smilegate’s intent. The available listing observations do not establish which concern, if any, caused a particular action.
Party Finder search clutter
The source also discussed repeated keywords in listing titles.
Adding unrelated terms used by clear-experience, first-clear, or reclear groups can make a paid service appear in searches for ordinary parties.
If many such listings crowd results, the issue can extend beyond one transaction to other players’ ability to find a group. A short event window can intensify that competition for visibility.
The source therefore discussed several interacting factors rather than only a strong player helping a weaker one.
- Demand around limited-time conquest rewards
- Many paid-service listings occupying Party Finder
- Competition through unrelated ordinary-party keywords
- Recruitment that obscures the difference between carrying and piloting
- Concerns about the meaning and fairness of event rewards
Practical distinctions for reading the discussion
Do not treat uncertainty as permission to operate or purchase a service. Check the current rules and any encounter-specific notice for your region.
Avoid misleading search titles
Unrelated repeated terms and duplicate recruitment can disrupt Party Finder. This article does not establish a safe volume or a guaranteed enforcement threshold.
Keep account access separate from group play
Giving another person credentials or control of the account is not the same as joining a group on your own character. Do not share credentials to turn a carry arrangement into piloting.
Do not infer permission for real-money transactions
An in-game carry discussion is not approval for external cash payments. Those introduce separate rule and dispute issues; an in-game-gold transaction also needs the applicable policy checked.
Use official rules and notices
A community sanction story may omit whether it involved a report, Party Finder restriction, account action, or another issue. Those categories should not be treated as interchangeable.
What might change in carry culture?
This case does not prove an immediate all-raid ban. New raids with limited prestige objectives could draw closer scrutiny, but that remains a possibility rather than an announced universal direction.
When rewards signal direct execution of a hard challenge, clear distinctions between help, compensated services, account piloting, and disruptive listings become especially useful.
Players also need specific criteria. Treating all assistance and every form of commercial recruitment as identical would create confusion.
The unresolved question in this historical debate was which behavior constituted ordinary group play and which interfered with the service. A disappearing listing alone could not answer it.