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Closed beta tests start on October 30th! Release is early 2016! Why should I play Blade & Soul?
Yes, this will be free to play. Yes, I already spent money on it. And now you can, too! https://www.bladeandsoul.com Or you can wait until it is released... Or you can play it in Russia, Japan or China: Akoogly Eyes posted:The PlayBNS forums have some guides for installing and playing the game on the Russian private server: Schubalts posted:Both the Japanese (went F2P earlier this year) and Chinese versions have English patches, so if you want to play a version with current content, you can follow guides and play those. Some Blade & Soul gameplay trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rMLgpySIh8 Guides: Tips for Beginners Professions Lucy Heartfilia fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Oct 21, 2015 |
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Aug 23, 2015 20:29
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Man if it wasn't for wild star we could have had blade and soul ages ago. I had fun on the Korean server ages ago as a Kung fu duder it's got a fun combat system.
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Aug 23, 2015 22:38
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Here are some of my experiences from the china version. 1) In terms of combat, this probably has the most dynamic of all the hotbar based systems I've played in an MMO. The hotbar changes based on the context of the enemies state, if he's stunned, downed, thrown up, etc will influence what a button does. Other combat systems might have more freedom, like Black Deserts, but that doesn't even feel like an MMO. B&S certainly does. 2) Where as other games slowly trickle abilities as you level, most of the core abilities of your class will be unlocked by 18. Instead you abilities are radically altered by the games talent system. Which is again, one of the most well implemented I've seen in an MMO. It doesn't feel half assed with damage % increases and things like that. Instead it would cause things like having your basic single target fire attacks start bouncing on mobs, double the effective aoe of a linear AoE attack by shooting another fire dragon from your other hand, etc. 3)It has a very functional tutorial for each class. Each class has a quest chain from one of your school brothers ( same character for all the classes, its just that he teaches you differently based on class) that will teach you the basics of your class including how to effectively use your character in team settings. Like a lot of the objectives include dealing with the boss enemies CC shield and you'll have to wait for him to shred through one of the layers so you can follow up with your control. It also touches on parry, dodge and counter mechanics that are very important in the game. 4) Gear is very good looking although very limiting in what you can mix and match. You have a body uniform, usually called dobok and then have a few accessories for the head/ eyes/ mouth. Sort of like RO really. The tradeoff of these limits though are that the gear looks fantastic in motion. 5) Story is standard wuxia fair with a little extra flair. I was having the authentic chinagame experience listening to it in mandarin so I cant comment on the actual writing of it but from what I could make sense of it was basically a revenge story with fantasy elements. Pretty fun game, probably wont spend money on it because I already played plenty of the china version and no way I'm I spending 25 bucks just for beta access. Seriously NCsoft would it kill you to add a little bit more tangible things to these packages. Its like they are tacking in $25 on each package just for the beta access.
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Aug 23, 2015 23:06
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i like anime, OP
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Aug 23, 2015 23:06
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Eonwe posted:i like anime, OP Even better, it has age of wushu flight skills too. Tera combat with way more flash and style, and grappling, and you can be a little Mr. Miyagi dogman kung fu master. It'll be fun, and if it's got a sane grind curve in the western release it might also actually be good, but even if it doesn't it'll be fun for at least a little while. Wuxia flying skills go a long way in making any game good, I wish more games would do that.
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Aug 24, 2015 00:00
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Mind you the flight skills aren't entirely like Wushu/Wulin. You can sprint around and glide but you cant do this in combat, so a lot of the technical elements are lost. Also the game doesn't really have a leveling grind. People in korea complained that you leveled too fast when it came out and at least in the chinese version you could get to 16+ in a like 2 hours if you had rested exp. The only thing I felt like actually grinding were some world bosses that would drop costumes tickets and other goodies. I usually did them enough to get their costume and a set of their bopae. See the game has a system like TSW, where how you look doesn't influence your stats. You have invisible gear called bopae which are like parts of a painting, if you collect all from a set you get an additional boost.
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Aug 24, 2015 00:05
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LITERALLY MY FETISH posted:Even better, it has age of wushu flight skills too. And the water running, horizontal and vertical wall running (which includes being able to run up trees). It's a lot of fun just messing around with all your mobility options, especially in a later area that is a big open forest full of trees.
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Aug 24, 2015 00:09
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basically wuxia flight skills are the closest I can ever get to CoH being out, so they're always a BIG DEAL for me when I'm looking at new games to play. I played a little bit of BnS china, but I'm too old to play games I don't understand the language of like I did in high school.
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Aug 24, 2015 00:10
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Is this the one where all pants only have one leg and all the women have been dunked in baby oil?
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Aug 24, 2015 01:16
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The baby oil is a slider, so you get to choose how baby oily you want to be.
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Aug 24, 2015 01:21
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Pierson posted:Is this the one where all pants only have one leg No, that's FF10.
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Aug 24, 2015 01:41
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Hoping to enjoy the beta of this but classes start again soon and I'm not sure I can fit textbooks and B&S in my budget.
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Aug 24, 2015 04:04
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Apparently you can play the international/russian version right now at http://playbns.com/
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Aug 24, 2015 04:50
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mightygerm posted:Apparently you can play the international/russian version right now at http://playbns.com/ Is it free to play? Any region restrictions?
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Aug 24, 2015 05:04
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Maybe because I watch/read all my Wu Xia stuff in Chinese, but I really can't imagine this in English. Also, even if you could, don't play this game on poor settings because the NPCs and animations look absolutely terrible. Major complaints I have for this game is that the LFG system is pretty lousy, and I can't find a mailbox to mail stuff between my alts. This especially sucks when I get a weapon evolution item for an assassin weapon on my sword dude. Finally, the crafting system is... not too great. Don't even think about leveling crafting while you're leveling, since the money spent is better used on evolving your weapon or teleporting.
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Aug 24, 2015 08:53
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OH GOD THE SATURATION, PLEASE MAKE ME COLORBLIND LORD JESUS. gonna play it anyway This server seems to be a private server with only russian translation, and the downloader requires a torrent program cheeki breeki e: looks like it's got an english translation in which almost everything is done by google translate. i'll give it a shot and post ee: also an uncensored patch eee: this game also has its own anime lewtt fucked around with this message at 09:54 on Aug 24, 2015 |
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Aug 24, 2015 09:24
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my friends won't shut the gently caress up about this being the game that made NCSoft kill CoH
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Aug 24, 2015 09:44
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the playbns thing works fine with the english updater/translation if anyone wants to give it a test run. Works pretty well so far. Seen one english speaker and a whole lot of russians. My ping is about 220 on the US west coast. Definitely noticeable, but still playable Game feels like tera but with much better movement so far http://forum.playbns.com/showthread.php?t=17095 in as lewtt 
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Aug 24, 2015 11:48
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Robo Reagan posted:my friends won't shut the gently caress up about this being the game that made NCSoft kill CoH Tell him that was wildstar
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Aug 24, 2015 11:54
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the anime was really bad
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Aug 24, 2015 12:42
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jwang posted:Major complaints I have for this game is that the LFG system is pretty lousy, and I can't find a mailbox to mail stuff between my alts. What was lousy about the LFG system? I never had any problems with it. Mail, storage, and the auction house are handled by the same NPC.
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Aug 24, 2015 13:23
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Is there a good guide for playing on Russian servers? (account creation, language patch etc.) I'll add it to the OP.
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Aug 24, 2015 14:00
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Schubalts posted:What was lousy about the LFG system? I never had any problems with it. The queue system is pretty much "Form group as leader", or at least I haven't seen any part of it that just throws random people together. Also, I keep getting booted off of queue for some reason. FFXIV has spoiled me for queues, I'd kill for just warm bodies at this point with how some of the queues are. As for the mail thing, the fact they decided to stick all 3 in one NPC is nice I guess since you don't have to go anywhere to handle all your purchasing needs, but geez, they should at least add something in the tutorial to tell you that the mail function is also there.
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Aug 24, 2015 14:09
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The PlayBNS forums have some guides for installing and playing the game on the Russian private server: http://forum.playbns.com/forumdisplay.php?f=48 Be advised that their version of the game is something like three years behind in content updates compared to CN/KR. The translation is workable, if a bit awkward at times but I wouldn't play on the server unless you really want your BnS fix.
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Aug 24, 2015 15:22
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Both the Japanese (went F2P earlier this year) and Chinese versions have English patches, so if you want to play a version with current content, you can follow guides and play those. Japanese Chinese jwang posted:The queue system is pretty much "Form group as leader", or at least I haven't seen any part of it that just throws random people together. Also, I keep getting booted off of queue for some reason. FFXIV has spoiled me for queues, I'd kill for just warm bodies at this point with how some of the queues are. There is a queue for random people. It even pulls people from different servers. The button was F8, but I can't remember the exact dungeon buttons after that, it's been a long while. Schubalts fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Aug 24, 2015 |
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Aug 24, 2015 15:37
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Being a dedicated healer in all MMOs I play, no trinity makes me sad.
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Aug 24, 2015 15:40
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Played the Korean version of this with my buddy for awhile a year or so ago and it's pretty cool. It's one of those games where the combat is amazing but the latency really impacts it. We kept saying "Man if only we could play this with sub 100 ping!", and now we might get that chance. Some classes play so differently based on your latency its crazy. I remember seeing my friend play an Assassin and it seemed so awesome, then a Korean player on an Assassin came by and was literally doing everything twice as fast and it was even crazier. That's when we realized to really get everything out of this game we needed to pray for a NA version so we can play on NA servers. Way more excited for this old rear end Korean MMO than I should be. 
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Aug 24, 2015 16:01
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Been playing the Japanese version of this off and on for a bit. Combat is leagues better then any other MMO out there. I would say Skyforge is closest to it combat wise, but B&S has more depth in terms of actions and is a lot more satisfying. I would play the Japanese version more, except A. I don't know Japanese that well, B. The english translation only works for a the first 10 or so levels, then every quest text goes back to Japanese and C. Grouping is a pain due to time zone difference and you need to group to advance your weapon to the higher tiers once you get to around 15 IIRC. Also I gave them my money already for the US version, from the FAQ they will also be letting some in for technical alphas as well before the closed beta. Alighieri fucked around with this message at 16:25 on Aug 24, 2015 |
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Aug 24, 2015 16:22
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Neat, someone finally made a thread! I was going to but then I kept being a lazy piece of poo poo. Anyway I too played this on an eastern server for a bit (China) but like most other people, the lag was just too much to really enjoy the game, plus the english community was pretty small so grouping for dungeons and stuff was kind of difficult. I liked what I did play of it and I'm super looking forward to playing it with not-lovely ping. Couple notes about the western release I've gleaned from articles and updates and such:
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Aug 24, 2015 18:32
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Thanks for the guides, they're in the OP now.  cathead posted:Neat, someone finally made a thread! I was going to but then I kept being a lazy piece of poo poo. Hahaha, I was actually the same until yesterday.
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Aug 24, 2015 18:33
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This game looks extremely fun
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Aug 24, 2015 18:49
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Is this one class per character? I've gotten used to games like FFXIV and Skyforge where one character does it all 
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Aug 24, 2015 19:18
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Yes, it is one class per character.
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Aug 24, 2015 19:56
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looks like the first founder pack is reasonable and the other two are for crazy people
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Aug 24, 2015 20:18
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Robo Reagan posted:my friends won't shut the gently caress up about this being the game that made NCSoft kill CoH Drink their tears. It's the only thing you can do.
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Aug 24, 2015 20:27
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Eonwe posted:looks like the first founder pack is reasonable and the other two are for crazy people So if you think you're going to put some time into this game and spend some money on it (probably helps if you've actually played it before so you know if you want it or not), then go for Disciple or Master. Otherwise you're probably better off just playing the playbns thing or another region for free until it actually releases over here, rather than spending money on somewhat pointless beta access. At least they're not selling wuxia spaceships for $500. It could be worse!  edit: Oh I forgot you have headstart too in the Initiate pack, which I guess has some value but still. cathead fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Aug 24, 2015 |
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Aug 24, 2015 20:37
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Pierson posted:Is this the one where all pants only have one leg and all the women have been dunked in baby oil? Blade and Soul's artwork looks like it's being done by Hyung-tae Kim, so yes.
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Aug 24, 2015 21:01
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i picked the wrong option once again lol
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Aug 24, 2015 21:02
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cathead posted:It's actually the least reasonable one if you plan on playing the game + spending some money on it. You're basically paying $25 for beta access and some lovely titles and that's it. The Disciple and Master packs actually have some value (Master being overwhelmingly better) since with Master you get a ton of poo poo (including 3 months of premium) for like $35 AND then you end up with $90 worth of cash shop currency. Disciple is similar but you're getting less extra stuff for your money. So if you think you're going to spend money on the game and play it for awhile you can take the risk of basically paying up front. That's kind of how they get you with founders packs nowadays, Archeage did the same thing except the deal was shittier and the game also turned out to be kind of lovely. i honestly cant see myself buying a pack with so much cash shop currency again
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Yeah I wouldn't blame someone at all for not doing it. Just saying if you're actually looking at value, it's best to go hard on it, otherwise you're better off just waiting.
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Aug 24, 2015 21:49
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