Launched in Asia in 2012, NCSoft’s MMORPG Blade & Soul has been released in the West and while it’s a polished and attractive game that makes a good initial impression, a more extended stay in its anime and martial arts-inspired world reveals some issues that impact its staying power. An enjoyable and skill-heavy combat system is unfortunately wedded to an uninspired and ultimately repetitive campaign. As MMOs go, buy blade and soul gold Blade & Soul ultimately feels like a lightweight experience. After you have opted for a class it’s time to start the detailed character creation process.

Each race is compatible with only a subtotal of the seven classes, so it’s important to pick a compatible one before going on to customize its appearance to your liking. The tweaking choices are abundant. A variety of settings are available for the facial features, body dimensions, and skin colour to make your character look as close to your desires as possible. It’s a well organized experience that helps you start the game in good stead. Aside from selecting their class, which includes the blade master, the destroyer, the summoner, the force master, the kung fu master, the assassin, and the blade dancer, players will also need to decide which out of the four playable races they will be playing as.

Unlike the easy mode, Twilight of Black Isle or Night of Wind Plain, this dungeon is extremely difficult to clear with random party, at least for now. It requires a good party leader and cooperative party members to handle the boss mechanics. However, if you are lucky or know some friends in big guilds, you might stand a chance to clear the first few stages. The rewards for clearing include new weapon (S2.8 or Flare Demon Weapon), new offensive elemental accessories, and various valuable crafting materials for these new gears.

As for the new class, the Warlock is a ranged fighter that can dish out massive damage from a distance with his powerful spells. He is described on the game’s official website as a character “with great power but considerable fragility”. Basically indicating that the character does not have much when it comes to HP or defenses. To counteract this apparent weakness, the Warlock class is able to summon a powerful Thrall which can engage enemies that are attacking the Warlock.

Blade & Soul delivers an engaging story and vibrant world for players to explore. In the game, players must fight to avenge the death of their fallen master in a classic Wuxia storyline. Wuxia, which literally means “martial hero”, is a broad genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. As players explore the world in Blade & Soul, they will see a fusion of Asian cultures that delivers stunning landscapes and vistas. The Soul Fighter is a Hybrid of the Kung Fu Master and Force Master. It sounds kind of OP off the bat, but is it really?

Players can switch between the two stances by pressing the Tab key, blade & soul gold though there is more than one way to changes stances back and forth. It also has some exclusive set of skills available to this new class only along with some skills from the original classes. While in Force Master stance, the player can only use Ice related spells so no hot flaming attacks like the original FM. While in Kung Fu Stance, the player can delivery devasting melee attacks and pummeling moves non-stop, which makes it kind of crazy strong! I also noticed that it doesn’t have any grappling or tackling skills that the original Kung Fu Master had.