As an example, Summoner’s are restricted to Lyn only, meaning if you want to play as one, you’re required to create a walking potato. My only issue is that classes are race-locked. unusual class archetypes that you don’t typically come across.Īnd that – at least in my opinion, helps set the classes apart from what I’m used to. Or the Soul Fighter which is an amalgamation of telekinesis and martial arts. Like the Gon Destroyer is a class that can literally pick you up by the head and spin you around like Trunks did to Imperfect Cell back in Dragon Ball Z. personality? That the classes themselves provide more… of a uniqueness to them than what I’m traditionally used to. In typical MMOs you have “the tanky sword and shield guy,” “the greatsword or axe wielding berserker guy,” “the dude that keeps you alive,” “the annoying elemental dude that stands in the AoEs,” “the pew-pew archer,” and sometimes the “stabby-stabby dagger dude.”Īnd, while, yes, Blade & Soul is much the same in terms of utility and what each class provides, I feel like there’s more.

Or at the very least, was at one point.Įvery class has their own unique style of play. Now they’re 4 to 6 seconds on average, which is a quality of life change you never thought you needed.Īnd finally, the graphical changes, which while they aren’t drastic, are definitely easy to discern when compared to what they once were.Īnd let me use that as a segway into the combat, which many players believe is the pinnacle of the action MMO genre. The drastic reduction in loading times, which has made transitioning between areas so much easier. This one was actually debated quite a bit and has been rather hit and miss with players. Most notably were the performance issues that improved performance for some players… kinda. This brought with it a slew of new or altered features and mechanics. Blade & Soul just underwent a massive overhaul when NCSoft rolled out their Unreal Engine 4 update. If you told me Blade & Soul would outperform current-gen MMOs a decade after release, I’d have laughed at you.īut the proof is in the pudding. Even nearly a decade after releasing, Blade & Soul both looks and plays better than most MMOs released in 2021? Huh. I mean who has the energy to dedicate that much time to an MMO that dated, that old, that… oh wait. You might think I’m crazy, given this game released in Korea all the way back in 2012 and both North America and Europe in 2016. One of maybe 5 MMOs I frequently ended up coming back to at least once a year to see the state the game is in. This is one of, maybe 10 MMOs that I have hundreds of hours experience in. Died repeatedly in PvP because Australian ping had a multi-second delay between input and recognition of that input from the server. We spent several weeks playing through the entire story together, farmed every outfit we possibly could, ended up wasting a ton of money purchasing outfits from the cash shop. I also distinctly recall wanting to get on cam with her too… to chat, of course. I remember, very clearly, Mrs Stix asking me to log in to play with her during her busy week when we only had a few hours to do anything together. This is the first MMORPG that Mrs Stix and I played together full-time as a couple back in 2017 before I made the journey from Australia to America to be with her. I'm Having Trouble Logging Into My NC Account.I love Blade & Soul.Thank you for your patience.ĭue to possible bug exploits in Scarlet Conservatory, we will no longer be offering any type of instance reimbursements such as restoring dynamic and weekly quest rewards, or reset stone until further notice. We are aware and investigating the issue where the Marketplace and Search may be unavailable in Portuguese game client. However, live services and your accounts are unaffected and can still be accessed from the NC Launcher. At this time, we do not have an ETA when services will resume. Technical issues have forced us to put Blade & Soul into maintenance on NVIDIA GFN. Thank you for your patience and understanding. We are aware of the issue and are working on a resolution. Please note, some characters may not be able to see the rankings (F11) or queue up for ranked content.

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