Blade and Soul is a martial-arts MMORPG developed by NCSOFT, the game was released in 2012, and came to the western regions in 2016. Blade and Soul features a mix of martial arts-inspired combat in an open-world environment. BnS even had a Japanese anime television adaptation in 2014.
Even though the game has a huge open world, each region is separated with portal-like gates, so traveling from one map to another was troublesome for years – some players had to wait for ages for the loading screen, but now this upgrade solved the issue.
Blade and Soul now grants a smoother gameplay experience with less lag, improved UI, and the update brings some other features and improvements.
A new class for Jin and Yun race is now available – The Dual Blade is a melee DPS class with two very different specializations. If you choose this class, you also have two weapon choices: Dual Blade and Twin Swords. In Blade and Soul melee classes often get the tank role – Dual Blades will have no issues tanking a boss due to evade skills high burst attacks.
This update adds a new 4-player Dungeon, Forest of Echoes, new accessories, renewed Character presets, reworked dungeon rewards, 4 new events, and much more!
Read the full patch note here, and try Blade and Soul – it’s free to play!