2016-01-17, 05:40 AM
I've been playing the Japanese version of the game recently, in preparation for the NA release (no IP block, by the way. It's surprising). I had played it before in Chinese, but that was a while back and I think on a not-so-good computer.
Anyway, my impressions so far are that Kung Fu Master, Force Master, and Blade Master are a lot of fun. I just wish I had more than 3 character slots (or at least 3 per server) so I could test out more of the classes without having to pay or constantly delete and recycle characters. The one I've gotten furthest on is my Force Master, currently sitting at 12 or 13, while I find Kung Fu Master the most fun to play mechanically (and because I love hand-to-hand martial arts), but the Kung Fu Master key binds get me confused when I go to play my Blade Master, as I have the need to press TAB instead of 2 to charge at my enemy. Lol. I'm torn which way I want to go with the NA launch now. I know I'll probably save at least one character slot to try out Assassin, for sure.
There's certainly a little bit of a learning curve with each of the classes. They have either not-so-obvious skill combinations that take quests or experience for me to learn, or situations that I get put in using certain skills in a "wrong" order that completely screw me up and can wind up with me dead. It honestly took me a little bit to realize how to play more defensively with Force Master after dying a few times in different dungeons.
One thing that is odd about this game to me, though, is that I somehow prefer to use Lyns over Gons or Jins, when, in most games, I usually much prefer using Humans over any other race. It's something about making the shortest of shortest characters in a world where everything seems massively gigantic that makes it more interesting to me. Also, if there was one thing I really wish I could change about the game, that would be to make more hair styles. The existing ones are all so freaking Korean it isn't funny. Can I just get a normal hair style? Sheesh.
Anyway, my impressions so far are that Kung Fu Master, Force Master, and Blade Master are a lot of fun. I just wish I had more than 3 character slots (or at least 3 per server) so I could test out more of the classes without having to pay or constantly delete and recycle characters. The one I've gotten furthest on is my Force Master, currently sitting at 12 or 13, while I find Kung Fu Master the most fun to play mechanically (and because I love hand-to-hand martial arts), but the Kung Fu Master key binds get me confused when I go to play my Blade Master, as I have the need to press TAB instead of 2 to charge at my enemy. Lol. I'm torn which way I want to go with the NA launch now. I know I'll probably save at least one character slot to try out Assassin, for sure.
There's certainly a little bit of a learning curve with each of the classes. They have either not-so-obvious skill combinations that take quests or experience for me to learn, or situations that I get put in using certain skills in a "wrong" order that completely screw me up and can wind up with me dead. It honestly took me a little bit to realize how to play more defensively with Force Master after dying a few times in different dungeons.
One thing that is odd about this game to me, though, is that I somehow prefer to use Lyns over Gons or Jins, when, in most games, I usually much prefer using Humans over any other race. It's something about making the shortest of shortest characters in a world where everything seems massively gigantic that makes it more interesting to me. Also, if there was one thing I really wish I could change about the game, that would be to make more hair styles. The existing ones are all so freaking Korean it isn't funny. Can I just get a normal hair style? Sheesh.