Blade and Soul

[Crunchy]

i'm not really seeing anything new here that i didn't already know about ping/input latency other than the calculated numbers.

some ftp games are still playable without paying for a sub, i just get very disheartened with an ftp game that really corales or funnels you into needing to pay for the premium sub ala swtor right now. if you don't pay, you are severely limited. the game can still be played to do stories and complete the missions etc, but you are restricted to 1 hotbar available at a time. and you can't keybind other bars and then scroll them out of view. things like that make me really mad about ftp games. i'm hoping this will not be somehow related to the ftp model in BnS.

[Myrvrad]

That's what I really liked about Tera when it became free. I played from the initial beta's up to the free to play. I got to admit they did a very good job at implementing FTP. You had access to all the content, you were just limited to some longer timers on endgame dungeons. For casual people, it didn't matter. For hardcore people, well they bought the "Elite" status for lower cooldowns on dungeons. Anyway, I just hope BnS America will do something similar.

[Crunchy]

Ok so...

has anyone decided on a class they might want to go with yet? or is this looking like a "try all the things!" approach initially. I almost feel like a divide and conquer approach may work to see more game mechanics and content as each class and then be able to report back to the group how it plays and feels.

thoughts?

I suppose the aforementioned method would work really well if we have enough people lined up to play it though.

[Neko]

I've watched gameplay videos, but I'm just going to try them all out anyhow. Leaning towards something playable on Lynn, cause ermagerd fluffy tails.

Other news, this Friday has an alpha test for anyone who buys the founder's pack before 5PM PDT tomorrow.

[Crunchy]

This was shared with me so i'm sharing it here

http://playbns.com/

Free, international server of bootlegged BnS hosted in Europe. English text, chinese VO. Should be decent enough pings to at least see the game mechanics and classes. May not have the exact same polish as the localized NA version direct from NCsoft, but it's something.

Looks kind of like someone hijacked the asian localization and translated it themselves.

[Myrvrad]

This was shared with me so i'm sharing it here

http://playbns.com/

Free, international server of bootlegged BnS hosted in Europe. English text, chinese VO. Should be decent enough pings to at least see the game mechanics and classes. May not have the exact same polish as the localized NA version direct from NCsoft, but it's something.

Looks kind of like someone hijacked the asian localization and translated it themselves.

Yup, this is the Russian server I tried. Easy to install and patch, a good option to try out classes.

[Neko]

Received the alpha invite earlier this afternoon. Testing goes live at 10AM PDT on Friday.

[Crunchy]

I have my code as well, and im downloaded and patched. I just wont be home from work until like 6:45 PM EST, so i'll be a few hours behind the curve.

[Rae]

Still no invite for me

[Neko]

Puttering thru character creator...



Coffee commented how buttered everyone is, so I ran the slider to Maximum Butter:



hi im cloudstroof



cloudstroof flies much graceful:



Got out of the tutorial and into player inhabited areas! First thing I see... WOBBLEWOBBLEWIBBLE: