Bless Online - Quick overview

Daikuru

This is a quick overview about the next big hit from Korea (no kidding, i swear! ). The rumor kitchen is hot that its coming to NA and EU! So i thought i bring you some informations about the game, for all you lazy people!

Lets start!

Factions/Races:

Union: Amistad, Aqua Elf, Iblis, Pantera, Siren

Hieron: Fedayin, Habichts, Lupus, Mascu, Sylvan Elf

Classes:

- Guardian
- Berserk
- Paladin
- Ranger
- Assassin
- Mage
- Warlock
- Mystic

Some Features (Korean Version):

- Open Seamless World (without loading screens)
- Fully Voiced Story Cinematics
- RvR
- Politics
- Battlegrounds
- Housing
- Taming Pets and Mounts
- World Bosses
- PvE Dungeons and Raids


Here are a few Videos:








(correct me if something is wrong or if you want to add something feel free to do so!)

Amathe

It looks good. Definitely one to follow. 

BlurBleh

I was really tempted to play on the KR server but really didn't have the time. Now I'm just waiting for the NA/EU release. Looking forward to this game, reminds me a lot of an old favorite of mine which is Aion. I just hope it's less grindy than Aion, and with better crafting.

Wizardry

Lag...Cash shop  totally open pvp everywhere even in cities.Can you imagine trying to click a npc and someone is constantly attacking you,such a bad idea for a game design,too bad because it looks really nice.

Like all the rest of these Korean games,i expect 1 server and near empty after 1 month.

flizzer

Another gankfest open world game.  Pass

netglen

 Too bad the game designers decided to kowtow to the ganker crowd. Nothing keeps subscription retention high like 24/7 ganking harassment the moment that you logon. 

Mikeha

Bless looks pretty good. 

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pinktailz

Ples Onine

noodles6966

 I have been excited to play this game, but if this is another gank fest, I will pass. 

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Herase

blueturtle13 said:

Well I play it now and it is not a gank fest. The World is massive and seamless. Beautiful. The classes all play unique. This surprised me. The level of detail in the classes is great. I am Korean and play on the Korean servers but not sure what will change coming to the West.
PvP is not as forced as BDO is. The game has amazing PvE

Sounds cool. Are there systems in place to prevent mass ganking? Genuinely curious as you seem to be the only one who's actually have played it.  

ArChWind

When will developers go outside the norm and make a game not PvP with sandbox elements?

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noodles6966

See,I don't like the idea of automatically being flagged for PVP, it should be my choice if I want to participate or not. The good thing is that if I don't like it, I can quit and play something else,which forced pvp has never been a money maker for any game studio making rpgs,they usually die rather quickly

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wiennas

I did not played this game yet, but I did use Google and have found infos which do not show Bless as recommended for PVE fans. PK seems to be a significant aspect of the game. blueturtle13 mentioned this stuff already. 

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Daikuru

blueturtle13 said:

wiennas said:

I did not played this game yet, but I did use Google and have found infos which do not show Bless as recommended for PVE fans. PK seems to be a significant aspect of the game. blueturtle13 mentioned this stuff already. 

Yeah it is a concern for some who only want to PvE but the way we have all been playing it is more as a PvE game. The PvE content is much better than many games with PVP as it's major design. That, I think anyway, is why it is garnering the praise back home. The PvP is great to be honest. But I would say far more than half the player base on my server does not PVP outside of doing battlegrounds.

  I watched two players camp a dungeon entrance to PK as someone came out and they got cut down in less than a minute from the group that had been in the dungeon. There seems to be an etiquette to the PK. At least from my experience. I am sure there is ganking going about I just have not seen it much.

The questing is average but the story is above average. I like the world better than BDO and I like BDO. It just feels right to me. I like that since you can get a mount at 20ish you will be walking a lot at first but the ability to Hire a Dragon to fly you somewhere is awesome. Plus you can hire a Ferryman to boat you somewhere. Which is the way of travel I like the most. The weather effects were not in game yet but it is supposed to rain, snow and have fog and leaves falling from trees.
 
They use UE3 instead of their own engine like BDO does. Regardless, the rewrites to the code must have been heavy because the game is amazing to travel through. More than any other UE3 game world I have ever seen. There are many features not in the beta yet that I am waiting for. As it stands it is a great game and I think there would be an audience for it in the West if they manage to sort the PVP angle out. I believe they are just planning to do what BDO does with PvP but unlike BDO, Bless is made for groups and group content on the PvE side of things. That is what I think will draw players to it more than anything. It has me anyway. 

Sounds like a game i will love. I was surprised when i heard it was made with UE3 because this game looks so fantastic.

I think they should make PvE and PvP servers when they bring in it to west.

Theocritus

aurabullets said:

I was really tempted to play on the KR server but really didn't have the time. Now I'm just waiting for the NA/EU release. Looking forward to this game, reminds me a lot of an old favorite of mine which is Aion. I just hope it's less grindy than Aion, and with better crafting.

IT better be alot better than Aion....I thought that one was an overhyped piece of garbage.

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MikotoMisaka

Oh the weather sysyem is in place now? May have to fire this back up and check it out. 

nariusseldon

another fantasy online game with the same archtypes? I would much rather play the Division, or Overwatch. 

Daikuru

nariusseldon said:

another fantasy online game with the same archtypes? I would much rather play the Division, or Overwatch. 

So, whats the point of you post? Go and play The Division or Overwatch.

Delfy2

I am an old fan from L2 (since 2001 on official server).
Some guys who worked on L2 are working on Bless.
I hope it will be a good pvp game in a fantasy way.

I wait .. I wait..I hope..

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