


Whether this system will remain fun to use throughout the course of the entire leveling process remains to be seen, but for now, like with the combat system, it certainly seems promising.

As you level up and learn more movement options, you’ll be able to run across walls at high speeds and across water and float through the air so eventually you’ll never really need to use roads. You’ll be able to augment your character’s statistics as well in a number of ways, but based on the way NCsoft talks about the game, it seems like skilled play is of more importance that equipped items.Īside from the promising combat system, movement around the world in Blade & Soul seems like it could be especially entertaining. The fact that enemies will actually get knocked around huge distances like in traditional third-person action games instead of staying artificially pinned to the ground like in most MMOs is certainly eye-catching, and seems to have gameplay implications as distance from target plays determines available attacks. Team Bloodlust hopes to turn MMO fights into more skill-based encounters by letting you string together big combos if you’re able to time strikes within small activation windows. That may seem like fairly standard MMO content, but the class abilities start to get more interesting with something like the Kung Fu Master, who’s built to brawl and actually knock enemies over and pummel them on the ground. The Force Master attacks from long distances with magical blasts, while the Berserker stays up close and swings around gigantic axes. As one of six classes you’ll have a variety of ways to strike. During a fight you’ll be able to set up counterattacks, block and hop out of the way of incoming enemy weapon attacks and offensive magic.
