^ Blade & Soul ^ F2P MMo

I still have Aion installed MeAnBoY, but no incentive to play. There were rumours Aion 2 was in development using Unreal Engine 4.

The stream yesterday mentioned NcWest are publishing Blade & Soul for EU :)
 
Free-to-play model details > source <

When we announced Blade & Soul, we said it would be free-to-play. Now, we’re giving you the lowdown on how free-to-play we’re going to be.

Our Philosophy

We believe in letting everyone play the game as it’s intended to be played – skill-based progression throughout all the available content. No paywalls will hold you back, and no amount of money will give you an unfair competitive advantage over other players. We don’t like pay-to-win, so what we are offering are cosmetics, convenience, and consumables – not power, not gear, not permanent stat increases. We’re also going to make sure that we have a regular schedule of content updates that everyone will be able to enjoy.
NCoin & In-game Coin

Our cash shop in the game will be using NCoin – you’ll recognize it as the currency that WildStar will be using, as well as the North American-published Aion and Lineage II. You can purchase NCoin online or through retail outlets (US Only). With this NCoin, you’ll be able to purchase convenience items like food, potions, and repair tools; quality of life improvements such as character slots, inventory expansions, and Premium memberships; and cosmetic items like costumes and accessories.
We’re also introducing an in-game currency that is earned through gameplay. This in-game currency can be used to purchase many of the same items in the cash shop as what NCoin can purchase, including event-related items.

Premium Membership

An item offered in our cashshop is Premium Membership, which is active for 30 days. Having an active membership will give you all sorts of quality of life benefits to enhance your enjoyment of the game – for example, a special windwalk animation and discounts in the Auction House. The benefits of membership are specifically developed for Blade & Soul West and will keep in line with our philosophy – no power boosts here.
Our membership comes in Tiers; you start at Tier 1 and immediately unlock all sorts of neat benefits that get better as you rise in tiers. Membership tier levels increase with the amount of NCoin and in-game currency that is spent including on Premium Membership itself! Once you’ve unlocked a tier, you will never drop below it but you will need an active membership in order to experience all the benefits; as soon as your membership is inactive, you lose access to the benefits.

Founders Packs

Want guaranteed access to the Closed Beta that’s coming this fall? We’re offering 3 different Founders Packs, and all three come with a Closed Beta key that’s good for the entire CBT period. More details about the Pack contents will be coming soon as we get closer to opening up pre-order on these packs.
Have questions? Join us on our Livestream on June 24th at 10AM PDT
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Founders Pack's are available > Here <

Do I have to purchase a Founder’s Pack to play Blade & Soul when it launches early 2016?No. Blade & Soul will be completely free to play when it launches. However, the Founder’s Packs grant you access to our Closed Beta, Head Start, and many other bonuses as listed above.
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I know which one I'll be grabbing :D
 
A small amount of people who have a founders pack have been getting invited into the stress tests and next weekend they said they will invite as many as possible. This is so when the CB kicks off they will have a better idea of how the servers will cope and iron out any problems.

The official closed beta starts on the 30th Oct for those who have a founders pack.
 
cannot believe this only just coming out. There was hype for this around the time of Age of Conan/Aion. I played the Korean version and it felt like a single player experience
 
:D The Closed beta has been moved forward to Thu 29th! two more sleeps ! :D

Curse are giving away keys in a day or so if you don't have a founders pack! > Source <
 
Looks an interesting game. Currently downloading now at 6mb/s wont be long before I can install it.

Edit. Finished downloading, sorted out my folder with various downloads in and deleted the game. Got to d/l it again. :(
 
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Applied for a beta key and missed out, boo!

Will try my luck again come EU beta I guess. I like the idea that once at endgame I can just login for a few hours here and there to do 1v1 duels which actually look awesome in BnS.
 
MadMossy said:
You could always get the basic founders pack for 18 quid and get instant access to all the beta events.
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I know it's not much but I've never really been one to pay for early access stuff no matter how good it looks. Hopefully an open beta comes around and I can have a taster to see if it's something I'll be putting money towards :)
 
The first Closed Beta test weekend of Blade & Soul! The Closed Beta test will be live from Thursday October 29th at 10AM PDT until Monday November 2nd at 10:00PM PST.

Blade & Soul Closed Beta Schedule

Closed Beta 1: Oct 29–Nov 2
Closed Beta 2: Nov 13–16
Closed Beta 3: Nov 24–30
Closed Beta 4: Dec 11–14
Closed Beta 5: Dec 18–21
 
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