Blade and Souls is finally here!!!

• sans wrote on 2016-01-26 10:28

  Quote from TLCBonaparte;1293208:

  desert is where you go to that giant ass inn right?

  
  
  Yep. There's only one desert?
  
  They should have added a ton of Dragon Pulses to Scorching Sands. We almost never use them again after learning them, and Cinderlands has like four or something, including in dungeons.
  
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  https://forums.bladeandsoul.com/topic/139206-what-did-you-do-to-the-story-spoilers/
  
  Why localization, why. The lack of foreshadowing seems to damper the plot a bit as it goes on. The very end of Cinderlands and beginning of Moonwater were just random for the former and nonsensical for the latter.
  
  Also our character seems really dense and idiotic at times, and that's not a good sign.
• Syliara wrote on 2016-01-26 11:44

  Quote from sans;1293209:

  Yep. There's only one desert?
  
  They should have added a ton of Dragon Pulses to Scorching Sands. We almost never use them again after learning them, and Cinderlands has like four or something, including in dungeons.
  
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  https://forums.bladeandsoul.com/topic/139206-what-did-you-do-to-the-story-spoilers/
  
  Why localization, why. The lack of foreshadowing seems to damper the plot a bit as it goes on. The very end of Cinderlands and beginning of Moonwater were just random for the former and nonsensical for the latter.
  
  Also our character seems really dense and idiotic at times, and that's not a good sign.

  
  
  
  I dont know what your talking about, theres like 20-30 in the cinderlands and I used them all the time when I was leveling in that area. If you are talking about the middle part with the majority of the desert area than theres still like 5-10 and I still used them all the time, though there were a couple spots I wish there were some more places I could teleport to it wasnt that bad.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2016-01-26 13:32
  I think he's talking about the spot where you can perform acrobatic flying cutscene stuffs. In which case I remember once you get to the waterfall place you will once again get a bunch of dragon pulses.
• sans wrote on 2016-01-26 17:57

  Quote from Syliara;1293211:

  I dont know what your talking about, theres like 20-30 in the cinderlands and I used them all the time when I was leveling in that area. If you are talking about the middle part with the majority of the desert area than theres still like 5-10 and I still used them all the time, though there were a couple spots I wish there were some more places I could teleport to it wasnt that bad.

  
  
  Are you sure you're not getting confused with Windstriding, the green teleport markers? Dragon Pulses are the yellow markers with the acrobatic flying cutscenes, and there's only four in Cinderlands:
  

  
  
  • One in Sentinel Ruins.
    
  • One in Spirestone Canyon.
    
  • One in Mushin's Tomb (not required to use).
    
  • One in Tomb of Exiles (not required to use).
    

  
  
  Three of them are in dungeons. One of them is in a field area. Half of them are not even used at all. If there were more scattered around we'd be able to move around from area to area better.
• Syliara wrote on 2016-01-26 23:55

  Quote from sans;1293221:

  Are you sure you're not getting confused with Windstriding, the green teleport markers? Dragon Pulses are the yellow markers with the acrobatic flying cutscenes, and there's only four in Cinderlands:
  
  

  
  
  • One in Sentinel Ruins.
    
  • One in Spirestone Canyon.
    
  • One in Mushin's Tomb (not required to use).
    
  • One in Tomb of Exiles (not required to use).
    

  
  
  
  Three of them are in dungeons. One of them is in a field area. Half of them are not even used at all. If there were more scattered around we'd be able to move around from area to area better.

  
  
  
  Ya i confused them, was too late at night and didnt thoroughly read. After the first dragon pulses honestly the rest are w/e and kinda boring.
• Intimacy wrote on 2016-01-27 09:47
  I think level 30 is where blade dancers start becoming extremely destructive. We finally max nearly everything to do with electricity, and our damage spikes through the fucking roof.
  
  

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• Qnjo wrote on 2016-01-27 11:31

  Quote from sans;1293209:

  https://forums.bladeandsoul.com/topic/139206-what-did-you-do-to-the-story-spoilers/

  
  And here I wanted to go play for a few days just for the story. Meh.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2016-01-27 11:56
  meh seems nothing major. It is annoying though.
• sans wrote on 2016-01-27 17:33

  Quote from Qnjo;1293257:

  And here I wanted to go play for a few days just for the story. Meh.

  
  
  I found the story interesting at first but then in the third region massive plot holes begin to arise.
  
  In other news, I finally reached the infamous censored quest... It seems rather bland and uninteresting.
  
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  I was wondering why I couldn't send mail and it took me a while to notice that line. An actual Pay2Win element. That's just terribly inconvenient, forcing me to go up to the person just to trade them.
  
  And for some reason my clan doesn't believe me.
• sans wrote on 2016-01-29 06:04
  I found a MapleStory, or rather, Korean Folklore reference, the Gourd ontop a house and a Swallow's letter.
  
  I find three male NPCs named "Blossom", "Bubbles", and "Buttercup".
  
  Now I find "Dragon Orbs" to make a wish to "Shenlong".
  
  AND THEN THERE'S RO MIO AND JU LIWA. [SIZE="1"]Mercutio too.[/SIZE]
  
  *clap clap* Dem references.
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2016-01-30 06:10
  haha NCSoft reference is almost as bad as Nexon now.
• sans wrote on 2016-02-03 19:16
  Finally hit cap... Endgame grind feels like a borechore, but there's literally not much of a challenge. There's no major mechanics like in Tera, even from loli Poh; they just hit really hard. All endgame offers is 10g a day and a bunch of keys. I would like if unsealing charms were also part of the daily quest choices next to keys, because they're so damn hard to get with RNG boxes.
  
  Also still missing one skill that helps my survivability. :cry:
• Syliara wrote on 2016-02-04 00:34

  Quote from sans;1293582:

  Finally hit cap... Endgame grind feels like a borechore, but there's literally not much of a challenge. There's no major mechanics like in Tera, even from loli Poh; they just hit really hard. All endgame offers is 10g a day and a bunch of keys. I would like if unsealing charms were also part of the daily quest choices next to keys, because they're so damn hard to get with RNG boxes.
  
  Also still missing one skill that helps my survivability. :cry:

  
  
  Lol the mechs are about the same as Tera for end game content, not talking about 24m poh which is just a zerg fest im talking about 4 man poh. About the only thing Tera has over this game in terms of mech is that one dungeon with the final boss that has a really difficult mech. Just because you hit cap doesnt mean your at end game, it just means you have access to it. Not to mention they are releasing more end game content in a week anyways which will be more difficult than current end game in terms of mechanics.
• sans wrote on 2016-02-04 20:31

  Quote from Syliara;1293585:

  Lol the mechs are about the same as Tera for end game content, not talking about 24m poh which is just a zerg fest im talking about 4 man poh. About the only thing Tera has over this game in terms of mech is that one dungeon with the final boss that has a really difficult mech.

  
  
  Minus Slashimi's "timer that wipes the party", the boss mechanics are rather simplistic. They have literally nothing that can punish you for fucking up. Even the four blue dungeons and the second and third bosses of Blackram Supply have nothing major that's a threat to the entire party, outside of huge damage; there's not much to keep your toes out for. They're basically sandbags.
  
  Tera on the other hand likes to throw out one shots, randomly attack non-tanks, and/or litters almost the entire field with AoEs. Blade and Soul's bosses are just glued to the tank and don't go after the other people hurting it, so unless you don't know what you're doing it's almost impossible to die.
  
  

  Quote from Intimacy;1293005:

  Everytime i look at someones equipment it's always trash

  
  
  Even at endgame I still see people with trash tier equipment. At least have Moonwater Renowned for 16 Valor Stones, or Profane Jiangshi. Don't have like 10k HP in Blackram Supply Chain.
  
  Also please for the love of god learn proper etiquette. Stop rushing in blindly, don't fight the boss without members unless you're certain you can handle it, stop knocking up the boss, stop carrying the boss around like a prized trophy, and of course get better gear.
  
  Speaking of knockups, the way its designed is rather poor if only one or two people can attack it...
• Syliara wrote on 2016-02-04 22:12

  Quote from sans;1293602:

  Minus Slashimi's "timer that wipes the party", the boss mechanics are rather simplistic. They have literally nothing that can punish you for fucking up. Even the four blue dungeons and the second and third bosses of Blackram Supply have nothing major that's a threat to the entire party, outside of huge damage; there's not much to keep your toes out for. They're basically sandbags.
  
  Tera on the other hand likes to throw out one shots, randomly attack non-tanks, and/or litters almost the entire field with AoEs. Blade and Soul's bosses are just glued to the tank and don't go after the other people hurting it, so unless you don't know what you're doing it's almost impossible to die.
  
  
  
  Even at endgame I still see people with trash tier equipment. At least have Moonwater Renowned for 16 Valor Stones, or Profane Jiangshi. Don't have like 10k HP in Blackram Supply Chain.
  
  Also please for the love of god learn proper etiquette. Stop rushing in blindly, don't fight the boss without members unless you're certain you can handle it, stop knocking up the boss, stop carrying the boss around like a prized trophy, and of course get better gear.
  
  Speaking of knockups, the way its designed is rather poor if only one or two people can attack it...

  
  
  Ive played tera before and I can tell you the mechanics are basically the same in difficulty. It seems you havent done poharan 4 man or you might not be saying these things since in poharan 4 man after first boss the 2nd boss does attack non tanks, needs people to cc the boss during specific attacks or the tank will die eventually, and needs people to pay attention to timers or they can kill other players. For 3rd boss they do attack non tanks, you need to pay attention to your fire stacks or you will take massive damage if the boss decides to explode them on you, and the adds are extremely annoying to deal with. And on poharan herself, if someone doesnt activate the vents during her ice aoe its an instant wipe or close to it, you need to seriously pay attention to her animations or you will die from her knock up, and the adds in there can fuck everyone up very badly if someone doesnt do something about them and keep them busy the entire fight.
  
  My point is, you havent played end game so stop comparing mid game bns to end game tera.