Blade and soul 101

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.

KFM is the best tank in the game and the most rewarding for bossing because of it, blademaster being the second best. The problem youll find with KFM is PVP/early game because its mob skills suck ass. Mages are pure DPS they do like 30% more than any class in the game, assassins can reach that DPS tier but only if played perfectly. Assassin is really good in PVP I would say third best, Summoner>Destroyer=Assassin, although Destoryers have an easier time WITH summoners.

When thinking long term its less about roles which is what I like about this game, I digress that classes do outshine others in certain aspects, but almost any class can tank in some fashion. It took me two playthroughs to really master BM, I'm still playing around in PVP but summoner really wrecks my sh`it.

I'm probably not going to join Mushin, unless public opinion sways toward any of the other servers and that server becomes the new hyper-overpopulated server on tuesday...where are the non-Mushin people going?

I got in a huge debate last night wiht this guy about our decision and he did bring up a good point that I couldn't really refute. When it comes to blade and soul POPULATION IS EVERYTHING. It makes questing a pain in the asss in the arly games, but you're so reliant on crafting materials, and open world bossing that you NEED a population. I would choose the second or even third highest population. The server change option has really been effective though, I dc'd and had to wait 30 minutes rather than 3 hours.