Blade & Soul = Surprisingly fun!

Livedefflo

I've been playing MMO's since 1999 and original Everquest. I played EQ until 2004. I played WoW for 9 years since vanilla beta. SWG pre-cu as well. I've bounced around from most mmo's on the market. I tried Blade & Soul for the past couple days and have had ALOT of fun compared to most other mmo's. The combat is engaging, graphics are very good aesthetically appealing, good music, quests don't seem grindy (yet@level 23), dungeon runs are fun and the dungeon lobby is a good addition. Only thing i dislike is the loot roll system in dungeons. It's a bid system and sometimes takes awhile for one piece of loot due to all the bids. Aside from that this is a very enjoyable game. I recommend at least trying it

Mikeha

Thanks for sharing. 

xpsync

Agreed OP. Your dossier is fairly similar to my own and i so much agree, BnS has taken me by storm. May i suggest you try Tera when or if you start to tire of BnS, not yet wait, as you'll end up like me torn between the two. haha

I tried Tera awhile back and bla, bla, bla i absolutely love it. What I've become aware of is that these two games and the upcoming Black Desert are all fierce Korean competitors.

Although I'm totally loving BnS, Tera has been calling me back slowly, and as I've today i pre-ordered Black Desert, maybe i have a thing for Korean games lol.

Tera and BnS are more life friendly but from what I've gathered BD is far more time dependent? (a little more old school?) Sounds like it not sure if I'm right or wrong.

Anyway looks like I'm set for quite awhile as i plan on playing all 3 until i settle into one or continue to enjoy all 3.

Brenics

I agree but the gold sellers make the game unfun and I refuse to play or support it till they are gone and with NcSoft it won't happen. 

st4t1ck

Livedefflo said:

I've been playing MMO's since 1999 and original Everquest. I played EQ until 2004. I played WoW for 9 years since vanilla beta. SWG pre-cu as well. I've bounced around from most mmo's on the market. I tried Blade & Soul for the past couple days and have had ALOT of fun compared to most other mmo's. The combat is engaging, graphics are very good aesthetically appealing, good music, quests don't seem grindy (yet@level 23), dungeon runs are fun and the dungeon lobby is a good addition. Only thing i dislike is the loot roll system in dungeons. It's a bid system and sometimes takes awhile for one piece of loot due to all the bids. Aside from that this is a very enjoyable game. I recommend at least trying it

I agree on the time it takes for the loot sometimes, but i actually like the system. The length actually makes it a good time to socialize in the dungeons.

Livedefflo

I have Tera but grew tired of it. Didn't like the way it was for me to heal in dungeons and the server stability was poor. I'm level 27 in B&S now and really enjoying it. Made it to Scorching Sands which is a pretty large zone. As far as gold sellers i just ignore them. Not going to let them win over me as far as enjoying my in game time. There does need to be something done about them though so i agree. I can get used to the loot system as that pales in comparison to the other things in the game. I generally do not like asian settings in games but this one feels different for some reason. I am looking forward to Black Desert as well. Got the character creation tool installed and it's very intuitive. I'm thinking about becoming a premium member in B&S but i don't really see benefits worth the 15$ sub yet. I don't really plan on using the "Shop". Luckily it's not P2W though

I haven't played WoW in a year but I am liking what i'm seeing in Legion gameplay on youtube. However... i think it's going to be another xpac you enjoy for a month or two and then they won't release content for another 2 or 3 years again. That's blizzards problem, killing themselves slowly.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. Thanks for all the input

Proximo521

Brenics said:

I agree but the gold sellers make the game unfun and I refuse to play or support it till they are gone and with NcSoft it won't happen. 

Let them win huh?

Equintin

I totally agree with ya, this is by far the best mmo in the last 5 years.

IceAge

Equintin said:

I totally agree with ya, this is by far the best mmo in the last 5 years.

I second that! 

And the 1 mil people who tried it ( not saying they are active ) is the prove that MMO's are not death. The problem is that dev's didn't catch up with the player's need and to make a game FUN in the first place. 

st4t1ck

Brenics said:

I agree but the gold sellers make the game unfun and I refuse to play or support it till they are gone and with NcSoft it won't happen. 

Don't see why it's different because it's NC soft.   It's the same as in every other aaa game

Sovrath

IceAge said:

Equintin said:

I totally agree with ya, this is by far the best mmo in the last 5 years.

I second that! 

And the 1 mil people who tried it ( not saying they are active ) is the prove that MMO's are not death. The problem is that dev's didn't catch up with the player's need and to make a game FUN in the first place. 

I agree. the idea that 1 million people were "at least interested" shows some interest in mmo's. However, once the "new game smell" wears off, does the remaining group justify continued mmo development? I certainly hope so.

wozzerdean

Fun you say ? Me and my friend was looking forward to playing this game so much, It looked epic, boy was i wrong this is possibly the worse game i have ever played its like a 2001 version off tera. tera 0.5 you could call it. Played it for roughly an hour at most the combat was so stale and static i would have more fun watching paint dry, The only good thing about the game was running with a Force Master

simsalabim77

wozzerdean said:

combat was so stale and static

Trolling or serious?

Livedefflo

wozzerdean said:

Fun you say ? Me and my friend was looking forward to playing this game so much, It looked epic, boy was i wrong this is possibly the worse game i have ever played its like a 2001 version off tera. tera 0.5 you could call it. Played it for roughly an hour at most the combat was so stale and static i would have more fun watching paint dry, The only good thing about the game was running with a Force Master

To each their own I think the combat is good and well thought out, especially the combo system. Perhaps trying a game for more than 1 hour would help because you start getting points to diversify your character to your liking combat wise.

ceratop001

Interesting game played it off and on last few days. Very story driven game with some rather long cut scenes. Combat is fluid and entertaining so far.

Lahuzer

If only OwPVP had more incentives. Then the game would be EPIC...

LacedOpium

Lahuzer said:

If only OwPVP had more incentives. Then the game would be EPIC...

I see lots of incentives in OwPvP.  There are a lot of PvP quests which once you learn their locations you can ambush and engage in lots of PvP for faction points which can be very lucrative as far as rewards are concerned.  Engaging in PvP is also the only way to acquire Soul Stones and Moon stones which sell for a lot of money in MP.  And aside from that there is the instanced group and solo PvP arenas.  I think that's a nice variety.  I  see what you mean though.  If it had OwPvP and sieges for forts and territory, that would be epic and super fun.   And the coolest part about it are the uniforms in that once a player is ready to participate in PvP all they have to do is wear their faction uniform.  I have to admit that for me it is a lot more fun than I expected.  It is really quite well designed.  Heck, I'm having a blast just windwalking all over the place :awesome: 

Lahuzer

LacedOpium said:

Lahuzer said:

If only OwPVP had more incentives. Then the game would be EPIC...

If it had OwPvP and sieges for forts and territory, that would be epic and super fun.  

This is more in line with what I would love to see for OwPVP.

reeereee

Sovrath said:

IceAge said:

Equintin said:

I totally agree with ya, this is by far the best mmo in the last 5 years.

I second that! 

And the 1 mil people who tried it ( not saying they are active ) is the prove that MMO's are not death. The problem is that dev's didn't catch up with the player's need and to make a game FUN in the first place. 

I agree. the idea that 1 million people were "at least interested" shows some interest in mmo's. However, once the "new game smell" wears off, does the remaining group justify continued mmo development? I certainly hope so.

Game development is already paid for by people living in Asia, this is just gravy.  Look at the NA/EU version of L2 and Aion, still getting regular updates despite the NA/EU player base being nowhere near what it would have to be to justify that level of resources on their own.

MihoshiK

Last hotfix from an hour or so ago helped a lot with spam. The few goldsellers you still see you can easily block (only few spam messages and once blocked you don't get tons of new ones in a few minutes).

Temp0

Good for you man, glad you enjoy it! For me its only ok with basically a colorful bow placed atop largely the same game I have been trying to find alternatives too for a long time now (that being WoW style themeparks... not all themeparks but those specifically that borrow many elements that WoW popularized).

Realizer

Sovrath said:

IceAge said:

Equintin said:

I totally agree with ya, this is by far the best mmo in the last 5 years.

I second that! 

And the 1 mil people who tried it ( not saying they are active ) is the prove that MMO's are not death. The problem is that dev's didn't catch up with the player's need and to make a game FUN in the first place. 

I agree. the idea that 1 million people were "at least interested" shows some interest in mmo's. However, once the "new game smell" wears off, does the remaining group justify continued mmo development? I certainly hope so.

 It's up to developers to create meaningful ways to keep players, without making new content completely unobtainable for newer players. PvP games with features like BnS could potentially do this easier than many other games, by creating community events that people find interesting enough to log in for. Not saying they will do these things, but the potential is there. 

 Some of the most fun I've had in online mmo style pvp games, was oddly enough playing early Freeshards of DAoC. These were small servers run by players passionate about the game world, making new ways to pvp with events and equal stat gear all while using existing structures and areas in the game. It felt like fresh content every time I logged in. 

 Other games coming out this or next year will have these same possibilities, whether they choose to attempt something interesting will be main factor on if they make the long haul.  I'm looking forward to many games this year(CU,Crowfall,ect.), and for some reason Bill's idea in the LoL thread of the possibility of a Riot lore MMORPG sounded like something I'd sign up for instantly if it ever announced.

zaberfangx

IceAge said:

Equintin said:

I totally agree with ya, this is by far the best mmo in the last 5 years.

I second that! 

And the 1 mil people who tried it ( not saying they are active ) is the prove that MMO's are not death. The problem is that dev's didn't catch up with the player's need and to make a game FUN in the first place. 

  How many of them are gold seller if they can tell who are gold sellers or not and there are alot of spamming going on:)

bcbully

Brenics said:

I agree but the gold sellers make the game unfun and I refuse to play or support it till they are gone and with NcSoft it won't happen. 

We all know GS spam is bad, but how does it make the game unfun? I'm not pubbing or dis'n B&S. Arena is alright. I've seen a few people said GS spam ruined it for them though. I\m just asking why.

Jonnyp2

bcbully said:

Brenics said:

I agree but the gold sellers make the game unfun and I refuse to play or support it till they are gone and with NcSoft it won't happen. 

We all know GS spam is bad, but how does it make the game unfun? I'm not pubbing or dis'n B&S. Arena is alright. I've seen a few people said GS spam ruined it for them though. I\m just asking why.

I mean gold spam is probably preferable to what's normally posted in general chat.  

filmoret

Livedefflo said:

wozzerdean said:

Fun you say ? Me and my friend was looking forward to playing this game so much, It looked epic, boy was i wrong this is possibly the worse game i have ever played its like a 2001 version off tera. tera 0.5 you could call it. Played it for roughly an hour at most the combat was so stale and static i would have more fun watching paint dry, The only good thing about the game was running with a Force Master

To each their own I think the combat is good and well thought out, especially the combo system. Perhaps trying a game for more than 1 hour would help because you start getting points to diversify your character to your liking combat wise.

Exactly.  Play Tera for 1 hour and then say the same thing.  Man this game sucks I got 5 skills and they all do pretty much nothing.