Blade & Soul

• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2013-12-02 03:14

  Quote from Brynn;1174613:

  how's the gameplay for those who have tried it out?

  
  
  Rather complex, combat relies on combos to do good damage, so timing is a thing. Of course that's just Martial Artiest class, Summoner and Ki Masters don't seem to need combo.
  
  The attacks don't flow as well as I'd like, not as fast pace as Vindictus or Dragon Nest, but it is still real time combat, reminds me of Tera in that respect. Plot reminds me a lot of chinese WuXia, I grew up with that kind of story so it's pretty great to me.
• kaozking wrote on 2013-12-09 01:54
  I remember looking into this about 4 years ago and couldn't wait to get my hands on it to play it. I ended up playing the kr blade and soul and found myself greatly disappointed in the gameplay.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2013-12-09 02:07

  Quote from kaozking;1176587:

  I remember looking into this about 4 years ago and couldn't wait to get my hands on it to play it. I ended up playing the kr blade and soul and found myself greatly disappointed in the gameplay.

  
  
  How's so?
• Azareel wrote on 2013-12-09 04:46

  Quote from TLCBonaparte;1176594:

  How's so?

  
  
  It's not nearly as good/responsive/whatever as they make it out to be.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2013-12-09 07:03

  Quote from Azareel;1176645:

  It's not nearly as good/responsive/whatever as they make it out to be.

  
  
  I thought it was because of the ping. But yeah there is a big delay, for someone who plays Kung Fu master like myself it makes timing blocks and combos a lot harder.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2013-12-24 22:14
  I reached level 28, here's some pictures of my main character BubbleGum XD
  
  

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  About the game, I am really enjoying the game now that I played for a while, the combat does get a lot better around my level when combo skills kicks in. Mine involves bashing people's face against my axe and then do a sky uppercut + seismic toss combo, it was freaking amazing.
  
  Equipment wise I really love what they are doing with it. Basically there are two kinds of weapons, those that do not grow and those that do. Growing weapons can have breakthroughs to reach even higher level and once maxed it can combine with a specific weapon to evolve into a higher tier weapon. Basically you get to keep your baby from the start to end. So far there doesn't seem to be any armor, not sure how I feel about that, on one hand it's great to be able to wear whatever you like (cept faction outfits, those gets you aggro).
  
  
  Plot wise, this is probably one of the best I've seen. It does something I don't see in a lot of MMO - failure. As a protagonist, I constantly fail, I failed to protect my school, I let the traitor got away, I fail to defeat the head of the bandit, I failed to protect general's lover... everytime I thought I am about to finally win, the game throw taunts in my face by letting those horrible people get away while mocking me. And that just makes me want to play more until I can finally bash their face against my axe and give them the finger.
  
  All in all, I am really looking forward to the NA release, at this point I would be happy to spend money on this game because I know I will be deeply invested.
• k1nsoo wrote on 2013-12-24 23:06
  I've played B&S for few weeks last summer, and I would also like to list some pros and cons:
  
  Pros:
  -Amazing graphic
  -Dynamic actions
  -Decent story line
  -Character customization
  
  B&S graphic details are amazing. Sure you will probably need a decent graphic card/CPUs to actually fall in love, but it has probably the best graphic in terms of Korean MMORPGs. The story line is also great, you would probably enjoy this if you care a lot about the story.
  The character customization is also one of the goods, since you can customize every part(!) of your character-- even small details like nose and three-sizes.
  
  Cons:
  -Balance problems
  -Not enough contents
  -Equipment
  
  High class balance problems are currently perhaps the most obnoxious problem that B&S right now. I have played till '45 (which was max level by that time) and honestly there isn't much to do unless you PvP or go for field bosses. Most of my friends who've played B&S enjoyed till the max level but most of them quit the game, saying "nothing to do." Also getting a good equipment in B&S is extremely difficult and frustrating, so the $$$ for equipment market is extremely dominant (at least in Korea).
  
  Overall, I would recommend this-- it is fun and visually appealing. But once you hit max level, you are probably going to be bored due to lack of contents. It was also expensive ($27 per month) so keep that in mind if you are planning to play or buy it/
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2013-12-24 23:19

  Quote from k1nsoo;1181498:

  I've played B&S for few weeks last summer, and I would also like to list some pros and cons:
  
  Pros:
  -Amazing graphic
  -Dynamic actions
  -Decent story line
  -Character customization
  
  B&S graphic details are amazing. Sure you will probably need a decent graphic card/CPUs to actually fall in love, but it has probably the best graphic in terms of Korean MMORPGs. The story line is also great, you would probably enjoy this if you care a lot about the story.
  The character customization is also one of the goods, since you can customize every part(!) of your character-- even small details like nose and three-sizes.
  
  Cons:
  -Balance problems
  -Not enough contents
  -Equipment
  
  High class balance problems are currently perhaps the most obnoxious problem that B&S right now. I have played till '45 (which was max level by that time) and honestly there isn't much to do unless you PvP or go for field bosses. Most of my friends who've played B&S enjoyed till the max level but most of them quit the game, saying "nothing to do." Also getting a good equipment in B&S is extremely difficult and frustrating, so the $$$ for equipment market is extremely dominant (at least in Korea).
  
  Overall, I would recommend this-- it is fun and visually appealing. But once you hit max level, you are probably going to be bored due to lack of contents. It was also expensive ($27 per month) so keep that in mind if you are planning to play or buy it/

  
  
  I am not seeing the difficulty in aquireing equipment the special key to unlock box specific to your class I check is rather cheap.