Blue Protocol: Star Resonance pre-release discussion thread.
A reworked version of the original Blue Protocol, announced to be releasing globally in 2025, on PC and Mobile.

https://playbpsr.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3681810/Blue_Protocol_Star_Resonance/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu-9bIIj0jE

I wish it released soon, but afaik they are still beta testing in CN

>>1755889
Comes out this year which is soon in my book for an MMO.

>>1755892
Yes, but I wish it released at Q3 at most. It has been in development for a good time. I know I am asking a lot, but wishful thinking is free, isn't it?

>>1755717 (OP)
What the hell this shit is actually releasing?

>>1755896
Yeah
Character creation, seems like there's a lot more options to start with than BP had.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCrVQ-iV9ls

>>1755717 (OP)
I hope this game is anything like the previous iteration. If it's too much like a mobile game I give up on it.

>>1755717 (OP)
>Your region is not supported
Is it over for me?

>>1755921
from the CBT footage so far it doesn't seem any more mobile gamey than it was before
>>1756296
i imagine there will be some vpn trickery to get past region locks, but you would be playing with a higher ping than the rest. i think there is also a risk of getting banned but that really depends on who's publishing i think, so time will tell

>>1756296
Usually, chinese don't care about VPN, and the game will get a SEA publisher

>>1756296
There's going to be versions for other regions, but if you want to play on the western one I'm sure a VPN will work, doubt they'll have an insanely strict ban process like BP JP had.

>>1755921
YouTubers are starting their grift already so you can just look up some video comparison, aside from the gameplay being changed to a more mobile friendly system, it just seems like the same game but with more everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFvVokrsV3U
This guy is a bit of a shill so take it with a grain of salt, but I'd still trust him more than the bigger youtubers.

hope this one is better

Should I assume the story will be completely different or what?

>>1758464
It is, even all the characters are different, I would expect it to be twice as retarded with the chinese writing it.

>>1758600
Im having high expectations for the game since everyones saying its a massive improvement over the original and couldnt care less about the story, but damn am i gonna miss not having the gremlin brat and wished they couldve kept her in the story

Watching some random content creator doing the dungeons. Are these old? I didn't play the original.

>>1758745
all the dungeons i've seen from videos look new. and since they remade the entire world map i'd expect the dungeons to be new too.

>>1758808
That's pretty promising then. The mechanics look more complex than FFXIV dungeons but it's a lot of the same design language. I'm cautiously optimistic about this game.

>>1758745
In the original game dungeons didn't even have mechanics, you just beat up the boss and it spawned adds every so often, and you might have to jump over a purple wave, but every boss was the same more or less.
So yeah they're all new.

>>1758600
Yeah, the rest sounds okay, but this is really shitty. I liked the story and knowing the chinese are behind the new one is grim.

Blue Protocol dying in the metaphorical womb before it could even hit Global was really funny, hope the Chinese have better luck.

>>1759668
The chinks aren't retarded like the nips. I will have a global release at exactly the same time as cn release or a few months after.
Chinks like money

>>1759587
Me too, the original characters had so much soul, going from this to some chink shit is going to suck.

Did BP even live long enough to have a story?

>>1760183
A reasonable amount yeah

but will there be microbikini skins??

>>1760655
its a chink game so unfortunately the pooh wont let even traditional bikini pass. someone needs to show footage about what kind of outfit the females are wearing for confirmation

>>1760756
Tower of Fantasy, a chink gachaslop but MMO, has some bikini skins. Picrel was the first or second one

>>1760655
I doubt that, probably some normal bikinis though.

Seems like its set to release on 21st of august in chinese appstore

>>1761740
Sooner than expected

>>1761740
Sometimes these dates are placeholders, but I hope it isn't

>>1761740
Mid Summer release would be the smart thing to do.

>>1757579
Honestly, if the emoting and chatting are good enough, I could see it taking some of the xiv crowd.

>>1762231
I hope not but it definitely will

Any of the original BPG anons still here? ;_;

>>1755717 (OP)
>has fomo and gachaslop mechanics
are ppl really excited for this?

>>1762388
I played for like 2 weeks and didn't meet anyone or join any guilds from here

>>1762388
yeah

>>1763779
Is this Arisa...?

>>1764079
no

weebgawds > metacucks

>>1765919
Based weebs

>>1765919
What even is the meta?

>>1766643
frost mage spamming beams
doesn't matter because they're going to change things

Do you think we'll get a beta or are they just going in raw?

>>1762554
>implying it wasn't before

>tanking/dps class that wields a huge double-bladed sword instead of a normal greatsword

Say no more. It'll be the only thing i'll ever play because I'm too retarded for combo rotations.

>>1773883
I'm interested in that class too, though it was the least popular class in the game.
People cited long cooldowns as the reason.

https://t.bilibili.com/1072714102754770968
Any chinks? translate it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awpuNX_nokc
Found a video that goes indepth on class gameplay instead of the lazy shit the English creators have been putting out.

>>1776818
All of the melee classes look surprisingly complex and fun.
Ranged cucks are braindead as always.

>>1762388
yaho
How was the EOS? I forgot about it and only remembered to try and log on like 12 hours after the EOS happened, was wondering if I'd see any SVRS fags at the very end.

>>1778308
o/
>How was the EOS?
I haven't seen it myself sadly. Picrel was my final social event with the group along with the tanakas months before EoS and unfortunately, because the server experienced another exodus, all of the remaining fags that were with me were killed.

>>1762388
yahho-

yaya

>>1773830
Well, it didn't. There was nothing important in there but vanity items.

>>1784465
That's still the case in star resonance
The original was more gachaslop even because the rates were terrible and you had to spend thousands to get what you wanted

>>1784550
The gacha is my one worry for this game and how it does globally

>>1784739
as long as it stays costumes only with no stats, it'll be fine, western niggas only care about p2w

They released models for some of the new NPCs
https://gm.qq.com/web202503/news-detail.html?newsid=18619377

https://forms.gle/Jg4XnHSM3yyPm4qPA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUK-BFUhjjY

Good news!
The Chinese server will be released next month

>>1796806
Ok, but when's global

>>1796874
Probably soon after, I'm guessing August.

>>1796806
If anyone wants to try it in the event that we don't get a global beta at the same time or simultaneous launch, then you just have to make a WeChat account.
Download the Chinese version of it from the website, you'll need a phone number and a bank card or have someone with an old account scan a QR code to verify it.

>>1797512
Keep in mind that your account might get soft-banned, if you want to get around that then you need to verify your account with a passport, so treat it as a demo if you do this.

A global beta is confirmed by a random comment by a dev in discord. Most likely means no simultaneous launch, sadly.

"I genuinely appreciate all of your feedback. I wanna say the global launch is a must proceed, becoming another Amazon style isn’t an option.

As the Devs based in CN, the Chinese community naturally receives more fluid updates. Plus they’ve already had two rounds of tests which putting certain developments ahead of the global timeline.

Tbh we are weighing what to share globally since many players haven’t touched the BPSR. Dumping mechanics changes abruptly would definitely make people confused. Like the Battle Imagines talked about frequently but most don’t even know what it is or its original acquisition channels.

I wanna let yall know it’s not we don’t wanna communicate with you. Every piece of your feedback has been relayed to the Devs. Responses are slower than expected cuz their schedules are jammed with development work. And I believe most questions will be addressed organically during the global beta later on. "

>picked up by the Chinese
>mobile
This feels like a monkey paw. I want a comfy weebshit MMO not run by chinks.

>>1805739
It is, but after this I doubt there will be another anime MMO ever, this is the last chance, either it revive the genre or flops immediately, more likely the latter.

>>1805777
I don't agree that there would never be another anime MMO but the future is definitely looking grim. I was excited for this before but with one EOS under the belt and being acquired by the Chinese... I dunno boss. No one seems to be talking about this much either. It might be Blue Protocolover at this point but maybe streamer shills can drum up some hype for the actual launch. Hopefully they don't drop the ball. See you guys in 5 years

>>1805789
To be fair, the original BP wasn't the worst game ever, it had a decent foundation but lacked content and the gameplay was a bit janky. The reason it EOS'd is the fact that Bandai made it, honestly not sure why they gambled on an MMO when they're so risk averse and shut down anything that underperforms, there's no world where they wouldn't EOS it.
The game is definitely going to get a big amount of attention the moment they start marketing it properly, i.e. giving a release window, beta test, etc.
If nothing else, it'll be fun for a month before fading into obscurity, even the original game was good enough for that.

>>1805796
That's one key thing with MMOs they never really release with much endgame content. What you get on release is most likely what you'll have for a good long time. I never did get to try the game myself though so I've no real opinion on it. I do hope it draws attention back to the MMO genre. They better not rush this shit.

>>1805801
Already it looks like its got a more well thought out end game than most fresh MMOs. Daily 2 dungeons+2 world bosses, weekly 2 ish raids or something and daily lifeskilling for tradeable items. Used to get more gear to get the desired substats, progress gear levels, craft gold tier b-imagines (summon like things that give buff windows), whatever the fuck modules are since nobody wants to talk about the actual game systems. Take that with a grain of salt since its just what i've been able to piece together from a few videos and the community gdoc.

>>1805789
>>1805796
No shot its the last Anime MMO but it might be a while before the next one. Gacha money is too strong for devs to not just go for that. But if they don't market it at all which currently they literally haven't since that global announcement, it's gonna die immediately. Between that, the most recent version of the gacha having p2w, and the non-simultaneous release, I'd say it's looking grim. But it'll be a fun month or so before the game EOSs assuming we get it at all.

>possibly more content than the original
Yea
>unable to avoid making it like a mobage lite than explore the challenges of running an mmo to further capture the market
Beginning of the end. Otoh, the chinks are expressing an unnatural amount of interest for this particular title. If it sails, they might leave the emulation project. If it flops, BP continues to bear their added weight.

>>1805883
Is this content added after EOS? I would say that's a pretty decent chunk of things to do for a release MMO but this game has the benefit (?) of being a re-release so maybe it's not a fair comparison but hey whatever. I enjoy lifeskilling as well
>gacha version
Can I get a QRD on the mobile bullshit?
>>1805902
Many such cases. Wasted potential: the genre

>>1806124
Had the original added life skilling like fishing mastery for larger fishes and dungeon fishing for example (I made it up), game could became actual kino. Fuck. I won't count on chinks doing this but i love to be wrong. Instead I read they decided fish to be part of imajin ingredients.

>>1806124
it's not really a rerelease but a rework, it's hardly even the same game besides how it looks
none of the content in the original is really here, they might use some of the same enemy models but it works differently

the mobile bullshit in the game right now is battlepass, costume gacha, timegated content unlocking, lifeskill energy system, and a p2w gacha they just added but it's getting a lot of pushback so there's a chance that doesn't get in. (but if it does it's not super p2w, you can get the items in it over time for free)

>>1806234
Lifeskill energy is only for progression items too, seemingly. Guild housing furniture, costumes, fun bullshit is set to not cost that stuff. Might even be some progression stuff that isn't but it won't be tradeable at all so you can still grind out something. Stamina for that tradeable stuff really is important though cause people will flood f2p games with bots.

>>1806234
Thanks. This sounds terrible. Just how bad is the p2w system if it makes chinks complain? I hope they're not going for the tower of fantasy angle.

>>1806679
Honestly, it seems irrelevant since it's just items you can easily get without it, I think it's more about the principle of adding p2w, the game is relatively friendly compared to other MMOs/mobile games especially for chink shit.
Pretty sure they're going to add more p2w over time either way.

>>1806777
>the game is relatively friendly compared to other MMOs/mobile games especially for chink shit
The number of times I've heard this...

>>1806796
Yeah I know, it starts out like this and in a year you're doing 500% less damage than a whale.

>>1806777
Oh well thank you. Nice digits btw
>>1806796
Surely this MMO will respect my time.

>>1808244
i still have no idea why that y**t*ber said that about lost ark of all things

>>1808244
>Surely this MMO will respect my time.
Remains to be seen. Depending on how cancer it is to get the imagines, you might be stuck doing your two daily dungeons, two world bosses and daily stamina for a while

desu i just want to know if they kept the handholding emotes

>>1808369
They did
I expect this thread to become the next pso2g/xivg when it moves to /vg/

>>1808460
good to know, I'll avoid playing the game with anons and join a normie guild or something

>>1808460
>>1808467
I want to have fun playing with other anons but when I think about it you guys are right. ERPfags and edaters are going to be all over this game. It's an abstract kind of feel when you learn your 4chan guildmates actively ERP and post modded characters on trash or some private erp d*scord. I'm too old for this high school drama...

>>1808467
>>1808867
This is how I've always done it. Join a normie guild but still be active in the community. That way I'm not really bound to playing with 4chan when the ERP, EDating, and drama gets obnoxious.

>>1808867
Same dude, I just want to play the game and make friends.
I've been on the fence about making a guild because of how likely it is that this place is gonna be schizo/ERP/drama central, as much as I'm looking forward to the game I don't want to be in the middle of that.

>>1808902
Why would you want to be a guild leader? It seems like too much effort and tard wrangling.

>>1806796
it will definitely fit in on /vg/

>>1808467
>>1808867
>>1808872
desu I don't mind if anons are erping since most of the time people keep it to themselves (like adults), my main issue is that some of them get extremely mentally ill about it or try to start "ebin mmo drama" by making shit up or anonymously bitching about people in a thread. There are always two or three faggots who would be shunned in old-ass mmos if they tried that shit, even if they weren't erpers, because that behavior isn't mutually exclusive.

I'll probably play on my own with a few friends, join a normie guild, and occasionally pop up for meetups or runs.

>>1809188
I'm a neet so the effort doesn't mean anything to me, I have more than enough time to run things and someone is gonna have to do it, but yes the tard wrangling is annoying because of the types of people >>1809247 is talking about.
I would only give them one chance before they get kicked and that's a guaranteed way of getting namedropped and smeared 24/7.
In the end I'll probably just let someone else do it so they can tank all the schizo aggro instead.

>>1809247
>anonymously bitching about people in a thread
I've seen shit like that happen way too much on /vg/. That's why that board fucking sucks

>>1809247
>anon anonymously bitches about people
>anon often bitched about is either chill and got unfortunate schizo aggro, or is a total retard who heavily camps the threads and deserves all the bitching
>if the anon is chill then the schizo ends up shifting aggro until he gets caught
>this usually leads to schizo on schizo action until anons decide to leave and avoid interacting with the (rightfully) shitposted anon once they learn for themselves, or even leave thread/game entirely
I generally don't play mmos with /v/ or /vg/ anymore. At least /vm/ is usually okay because this place is a ghost town.

>>1809293
I've seen plenty of 4chan guild leaders and they're either extremely chill and mature or quite up there in terms of mental illness. It really takes a certain type of person to "successfully" lead. Also you'll get a reputation that will follow you around for a long time. Thank you for your sacrifice NEET-sama.
>>1809360
>people leaving because they rightfully don't want to put up with the insane
Yep. Forget no fun allowed it's 2025 this is no erp allowed country now.

>>1808460
Honestly could be, depending on how casual friendly this game ends up, and if global release conflicts with xiv stuff. That games in the shitter as far as casual focus outside of literal gooning and the only other thing it does now is hardcore raiding, so if SR can fill any gap of that it's got a decent shot.

>>1809405
I'd join a 4chan guilld that was staunchly anti-erp.

>>1810637
>I'd join a 4chan guild that was staunchly anti-erp.
That would be impossible to enforce.
At best, you'd have a guild where the obnoxious faggots are kicked out; meanwhile, a small subset of guild members do it quietly/privately anyway.
At worst, you'd have multiple unironic erp cliques forming, with the erpers never playing with anyone else while the anti-erp anons never play with anons they suspect of being erpers, complete with spergs witch hunting over whether Anon A is an erper or not because they are often seen with Anon B. Not to mention other schizoposts like shipping/pairing charts and excessive namedrops. Some anons may even treat the overt "This guild doesn't ERP!" as a sign that it's the "secret" place that the erpers meet up in, leading to a streisand-like effect where the presence of an anti-erp rule results in more erp happening than there would have been if you were a plain guild that never mentioned it.

The best way to handle it imo is to have a blanket rule of "don't be a faggot" and let everyone sort themselves out, unless someone becomes a significant enough issue that they need to be addressed and/or removed from the guild. Most anon erpers don't go around doing nothing but ERP if they intend to play the game; xiv and ngs got as bad as they did because there was nothing to do that was worth doing.

BP is a ERP game. The nippers had sites for fetish meetups, made guides how to fuck oversized wasps and love their photo seshes. Now chinks are the ones gooning to each other openly.

>>1810774
>how to fuck oversized wasps
What?! I want pics of this monstrosity!

>>1810775
https://x.com/muchimuchimar0/status/1685280773937778688

>>1810808
kek
That's retarded!

>>1810722
I'm going to say this isn't as deep as you say it is but I forgot where we are... I'm going to be very sad because I play mostly with few friends. I'll accept cliquefaggot but never erpfaggot.
>>1810808
What the hell? So this game has that type of audience huh? I haven't seen anyone fuck bees since tree of savior.

>>1810722
i generally dont mind people keeping to themselves in regards to erp bullshit but you still kind of have to watch them because a lot of them will always try to bring their friends along

>>1810808
That's pretty hip

>>1811224
You almost got me! I'm not watching any erpfags!

>>1811224
The actual problem with ERPfags is they catch feelings and then bring in that grown ass man drama into guild chat.

CN launches July 17th
Also new trailer
https://files.catbox.moe/qjshvq.mp4

>>1812724
Is anyone here going to play CN or is this global waiting room?

>>1814319
I might try it if we don't have a global beta date by then

>>1814319
I'll give it a test run, unless our beta comes out in the meantime

>>1814319
I'm gonna wait. I'm not that desperate for a game to play, and BP already had an EoS.

>>1814319
i think i will be playing Mecha Break while i wait for the global beta

>>1814319
I'll wait.

>>1814319
I dont really feel like going through all the hoopla to make a CN account and still have to deal with chingchong UI.

>>1816330
Oh hey it's Kirito

>>1814319
>>1812724
Oh so Global isn't a simuldrop? Kind of disappointed

>>1824148
Unless they're going to randomly announce it one week before hand or shadowdrop it yeah.
The best we can hope for is a beta at the same time and then when the game releases it's not on an old patch.

Dead thread. What's your expectations and hopes?

>>1825896
I hope it's a good game with a good casual game loop, justifying the slightly boring looking combat

I expect it will have endless dungeon spam for gear substat rolls, and the dailies needed for general maintenance will take over 30 minutes and you will never be able to take a long term break from the game without permanently falling behind.

>>1825896
>expectations
cute social casual dress up game

>hopes
the above + content for people who want to play a lot instead of just dailies
that it can fill the void left by pso2

>>1825896
>hopes
Not a raidnigger game

>>1825896
>hopes
a boyfriend

>>1825896
>hopes
I hope the only way to meaningfully progress is through raids. Mostly just to spite >>1826057

>>1825896
>expectations
Not expecting anything FFXIV tier, but I do want another anime mmorpg to try
>hopes
cool life skill stuff I guess.

>>1825896
>expect
cute dress-up game
fun leveling progression that turns into a slog once you hit the level cap/endgame
maybe some p2w bullshit, but not quite enough that it ruins the game
dailies/weeklies
most anons being cool, with a handful being annoying faggots (but not to the degree that anyone feels the need to avoid them or avoid associating with the general/guild, after the first month or two drives the usual undesirable mmohoppers away)
balance will be a bit lopsided, but not terrible
>hopes
if we have raids, i want them to be fun/meaningful instead of hallways with X bosses + "avoid the circle" slop
class/skill progression to have multiple flexible builds instead of everyone playing the same way with the same skills
no annoying dailyslop; i want them to be like 10 minutes at most and not the type of shit where you're doing every dungeon in the game once for your welfare check because there are no other sources of gold
no "lol hope you have 20 alts" shit for progression

>>1825896
>hopes
a ton of grinding to reach max level
boss time attack
no p2w gacha
more social content

>>1825896
>expectations
raidtrannies to cry, whether it's because there isn't any hard content or because the content is too hard
>hopes
fishing

>>1827356
God I hope this isn't a raidtroon game

>>1825896
Minimal china shilling, which is asking for too much. Every chinkshit they produce needs to keep throwing chink names and that fucking monkey every time.

>>1827356
>>1827371
based

>They dont know that the CN beta already had two raids, with more promised in future updates. They also got feedback that the raids were too easy and promised to increase the difficulty.

Feels great to be a camaraderie chad.

>>1827785
>raidtrannies already cried in the beta
like clockwork

>>1827785
>ruins new game
>moves to the next one
the cycle repeats

At least getting raid gear will be harder than farming for (you)'s. This shit is easy as fuck.

>>1827785
I hope they don't take the Lost Ark route and make things tedious and "hard" for the sake of it, such as no revives and limited healing. Us epic hardcore gamers am I right? I honestly don't give a fuck about something being too easy or hard anymore as long as they try to make it fun.

>>1828583
>as long as they try to make it fun
This anon gets it

>>1828583
I wonder how many former lost ark players will stick with this game. Hasn't lost ark been having a ton of burnout recently? For that matter, I wonder how many FFXIV players this gets

>Kaniman tribe
sob

>>1829141
>Hasn't lost ark been having a ton of burnout recently?
It's dying. Only whales and people who do buses play due to sunken cost

>>1829141
>recently
It's been a solid year since I've played Lost Ark and there's been a lot of burnout way before then. Which is a shame. It's still my favorite combat/raiding in any MMO I've played to date. Global launch was incredibly fun. When I got to the endgame it became a boring loop of the same raid for months until they released a new one. I'm not big on having multiple characters but over time it was almost required unless you wanted to be left behind because you know, Koreans and their retarded weapon systems. I don't have extremely high expectations for this game or any MMO anymore (less disappointed when the newest garbage is, as expected, garbage) but it would be nice if it could last more than a few weeks and perhaps survive long into the future.
>ffxiv
For sure there will be a lot of ffxiv players. Afaik a lot of them are unhappy with the state of the game. No offense bpals but... this game looks like it'll draw quite the crowd with it's anime aesthetic and you know, the emotes and raids. I'm sure ffxiv players are desperate for something new at this point but what could possibly dethrone ffxiv? The answer is ffxiv by the way.
>>1829499
I've heard it's become a lot more f2p and tolerable now. Too little too late thoughbeit. They release fem pally yet?

>>1829732
Oh, I'm off with the time. It's been about two years for me. That's even worse. Anyone who plays still is, as the kids say, mazed. The Lost Ark thread OP always gives me a good laugh >>1687676

>>1829732
Yeah I love the combat in that game but it's completely wasted in that gookshit that forces you to stop playing after 10 mins of gameplay to get you to make alts to do the same shit but on a different character.
The only content being raids is just cringe too, the game could be so much more.

>>1829732
>I've heard it's become a lot more f2p and tolerable now
Pure bait. New f2p still can't get invited to do raids with a party

>>1829893
Me too buddy. There's so much more they could have done. I've put thousands of hours into that game. One of my biggest complaints is about the story dungeons or side quest dungeons. Most of them would get run once and never again which is ridiculous. Wasted potential and wasted content.
>>1829905
Ah okay so it's the retards on leddit coping and being retarded as usual I see. The gatekeeping in that game was terrible. I was fortunate enough to have friends and a decent guild to run most contents with.

Global announcement soon?
https://x.com/BPSR_Official/status/1939006128840466920

By the way, is the Magna continent in the new game set in the same universe as whatever Regnas had been from the original game?

>>1832563
There's no real relation to the old game (yet)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfPoqvMxegE
we already knew but
>closed beta test coming soontm

>>1834179
>not hyped
how over is it for me

>>1834615
that's good don't hype yourself over MMOs, expect the worst

Dev Q&A
https://www.ign.com/articles/blue-protocol-star-resonance-bokura-founder-roy-answers-the-communitys-biggest-questions?2

>>1836336
>No English VAs
BASEDBASEDBASED

>>1836336
>p2w
as expected

>don't want to play anything but this
at least it should be soon...

>>1837346
Same here. I'm actually so hyped.

>>1837351
I'm really trying to not get my hopes up for an MMO cause this is maybe the genre with the worst batting average. But man do I wanna play it

>>1837520
I don't have enough free time to enjoy these things like I used to. I can't wait to be left behind.

>>1837552
I agree with you anon and it's a good thing they've put a timegate to cater us wagies.

it's getting review bombed

>>1837635
What is and why?

https://starresonancemap.com/

>>1839156
The game because the chinks didn't it (last beta they had before launch)

>>1839202
the chinks didn't what???

>>1839205
They didn't it

>>1839205
didn't like it*

>>1839202
ok but why didn't they like it?

>>1839339
because they are Chinese and the Chinese are never happy with anything

what do you think is the release window for global? considering we don't even have a closed beta date yet
maybe october/november?

>>1839666
cn cbt to release was 1 month so august, unless they're planning on fucking us in the ass and creating a huge gap between versions like every other fucking mmo

>>1839677
but that would be august for the global beta right? i dont want to get burned out playing the beta if its going to get wiped, ive been there before
im more interested in the actual release, since open betas aren't really a thing anymore

>>1839683
nah the beta is this month most likely

>>1839666
Beta is very likely this month. Release is either late august or early september. Just in time for the FFXIV patch to fizzle out.

why do you guys think the beta will be this month? or are you just guessing

>>1839711
I don't think they would announce "CBT soon" if it was more than a month away.
Especially since the game is already coming out in cn and they're not doing English dubs so literally all they need to do is translate text.

Also CN pre-release livestream
https://live.bilibili.com/1722887868

>>1839987
On July 10th 7am EST

>>1839985
>I don't think they would announce "CBT soon" if it was more than a month away.
lol didn't they literally say "soon" for the original release?
i remember hearing that it's an asset flip from a different dev team, but they don't exactly have the benefit of the doubt here

>>1840172
They said soon for the CN release after their last beta and it was soon so I believe them

>>1840172
Maybe?
That was Amazon/Bandai, this version isn't really related at all.

Blue protocol whe- ZzzzzzzZzzzzzzZzzzZZZZZZZZZzzz.....

They're releasing the character creator ahead of time for CN (the 8th)
Get in on your avatarfagging early :^)

>>1841959
Character creator for EN too?

>>1841976
Doubt it, but I assume you'll be able to save and use the data from CN.

>>1841976
we'll probably get one eventually as well but it's going to take a while
if you can save character and use characters info then it'd be handful, if not we can at least see what the creator has to offer

>>1841959
Time?

>>1843907
No time but it's already midday in china so, soon unless they delay it

Pre-Character Customization Delayed Until July 9th Release

>>1844020
You got a link for that bud?

any news on the character creator?

>>1845022
Waiting for info as well. I'm curious to check if I can make my shota self-insert.

>>1845022
>>1845256
Nothin, either it comes out within like 5 hours or it's delayed another day.

>>1845256
i want to see how much of a daddy i can make

For some reason they're releasing the creator over cloud, and you need to use qq or WeChat to use it, but here it is
https://gm.qq.com/cp/a20250625nlfxhd/index.html

>>1845497
Also seems you need a VPN to china, not really worth the effort to be honest.

>>1845497
>>1845498
Yeah this is retarded it runs in a browser or phone and looks like crap, why wouldn't they just release the actual thing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKUUhlmV04s

>try it on firefox
>laggy and ugly, bugged out the ass clicking doesn't click where you want
>try another browser instead
>my account is now blocked(?)
nice
time to keep waiting

Apparently there are 100 cosmetic sets at launch
Kinda insane, way more than JP had.

There was a pre-release livestream here with some info about new content, launch events, cosmetics etc.
(Housing system, new dungeon, new raid, expanded purchase options for bound rose orbs, gear system changes, imagine changes, ingame DPS meter, 25% damage buff for using 1tank 1heal 3dps party config, class balancing, guitar class info - 1 healer / support spec + 1 dps spec)
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1NjG3zsEEk/

>>1847458
7 days until CN comes out and still nothing about our version. Hopes dwindling.

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Redeemable codes for the first few days of launch, all give the same thing
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>>1847658
>raw damage buff for following the trinity as a band-aid instead of making them good on their own
grim

>>1847712
How much do 60 unbound rose orbs cost? Bound rorbs giving more cosmetic options is nice, depending on what the options are. I wish they'd call them something else instead of bound/unbound.

>>1847793
>raw damage buff for following the trinity as a band-aid instead of making them good on their own
To be fair, they did say they've made hundreds of adjustments to classes, and have been working to make healers/tanks more required instead of just only being good for low gear runs.

>I wish they'd call them something else instead of bound/unbound.
You can basically just consider it free/paid orbs.
I have no idea about the pricing though, you can exchange ingame gold for bound orbs, think blue crystals from lost ark if you played that.

>>1847801
>To be fair, they did say they've made hundreds of adjustments to classes, and have been working to make healers/tanks more required instead of just only being good for low gear runs.
It's just not a great sign, even if I'm hoping that the balance is better.
Overall, I'll be content as long as the game isn't completely bent over by stacking mitigations again desu.
>You can basically just consider it free/paid orbs.
Yeah, at this point, most games have something like that. I just wish it had a different name and a more obvious icon.

>>1847871
With how you're able to change classes pretty freely, I wish they leaned less into the forced comp. Let healers be OP for survivability but you're also losing 20-25% damage. If you're good enough to live off just the tanks support and your own dodge then you get faster runs

Coolest looking greatsword?!?!?

>>1847884
There isn't a greatsword class yet bwo, should be next though

>>1847895
FUCK

I was considering rolling tank first and unlock other classes later on, is that a bad idea?
People often love Tank chads but from what I'm reading that doesn't seem the case here.
For those in the know, what's the tank classes archetypes like? I only know there's a sword and shield one.

>>1847996
Nah, tanks were good at the start before people had any gear, plus they're actively trying to make tanks and healers required, so you can't go wrong.
The other tank uses earth element and that giant chinese deer horn knife, slower paced than the sword and shield class but heavier hits, maybe does more damage too.
You can see the playstyles of all classes in this video >>1776818

Isn't there a lightning based tank?

>>1848146
its a dps and it looks peak

>>1848146
more of a holy element

>>1848170
You can play all classes with a single character right? so I could just play both Sword and Shield and Lighting dps?

>>1848176
Yeah but you need to spend bound rose orbs to unlock additional class slots. You get one for free at level 30, and the rose orbs can be gained f2p if you do the weekly stuff.

>>1848195
thats fine, ill main tank anyway

this game is gonna be so lit fr fr

your uber shows up driving this wyd?

>>1848287
mating press

I hope we get skill cosmetics that can change up your skill animations so they look like other elements.

>>1848479
Already exists, though it's just simple recolors like changing the ice beam from blue to red.
But they'll surely make nicer ones later.

>>1848481
That's why I'm hoping for actual element changes rather than simple recolors. Don't even care if they're gacha only.

Visual changes for elements would make the game way better for me, so I can make lightning everything

>>1848479
>>1848481
>>1848482
>>1848535
wait, classes are tied to the elements?
yeah they absolutely need to have some kind of way to change it later on, otherwise we're going to see shit like bosses that have an arbitrary weakness/resistance to lightning or fire and then people will be locked out of running that boss unless they gear up another class

>>1848567
They probably thought of that already, as far as I'm aware there's no elemental system, it's just flavor.

>>1847658
>buff for having the holy trinity
I know it's a bit of a stupid thing to whine about but I hate this.

>>1849133
same

>>1847680
Thoughts on this class? I like any kind of music based class so I definitely want to try this out. I don't know much about the roles in the game though. Am I going to be bullied by DPS and tankchads and useless in solo play? From the description it looks like it. Why are the coolest classes in games always support roles...

>>1849141
One is a dps spec and one is a full support spec.
Whether or not you get bullied depends how good they are, but no one is going to care what class you play really.
I think it looks fun to play personally it has cool animations and big aoes.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1uZGVzNE42

>>1849133
Eh, it's fine, if they weren't giving you a buff for it they'd just try to force it some other way, you can't have trinity in a game then make one role useless.

>>1849176
I'd use "DPS spec" loosely. You do a bit more damage but you're still primarily a healer and the damage isn't massive

>>1849202
Well that's true for the other healer but we don't know about this one yet.

>>1849212
They literally said it's still a support. See >>1847680

>>1849217
It doesn't actually matter what they say though, until we see how it performs.
They could have realized that having a full support spec and then a shittier support spec is just stupid and took that into account.

>>1849176
>>1849202
Why can't we have MMOs where you can build a class any way you want without being laughed out of the party? What if you could power yourself up with a song and then clap boss cheeks with some sick riffs?

>>1849226
Because when you add more customization you inevitably end up with huge amounts of shit builds where you will not only be laughed at but completely gatekept for doing it, it's better to just have shoehorned specs but add many of them, making them all viable but still leaving a lot of choice for how you want to play in the form of just having a lot of options.

>>1849226
High levels of customization leads to very high variance in player performance, assuming they don't just look up a build. That variance means content at best is properly turned if you build right, but difficult if your party didn't build. Or it ends up tuned for the drooling retards and if you so much as optimize a build at all, the game is a cake walk. You end up with either braindead difficulty, or a game full of trap options meant to trick the player. This isn't even touching on the resulting gatekeeping, meta guide following, or anything.

Not saying all that can't be navigated but it's incredibly laborious. Guild Wars 1 did a lot of that and it saw success. But that balancing nightmare was also the main reason they started a planning sequel after only 2 years of operations.

>>1849237
That sounds like an excuse for laziness on the part of the devs. I've played plenty of games where there's really only one or two options for a class and the one with worse numbers is gatekept and laughed out of parties anyway. Am issue is making one spec the blatant better one and leaving the others dead in the water.
>>1849277
Yeah I'm very much aware. I've played MMOs for way too many years and I'm quite familiar with how everything works. Perhaps I'm just getting too old to keep playing these sorts of games at this point. It all seems to be boiling down to raidtranny nonsense where you've got to interview everyone who wants to play with you because hard content is HARD and everything else is a snoozefest. I feel like back in the day every class in a MMO was able to clear most contents without much difficulty or regardless of how well your class performed. It was always fine to come along in a party because back then people were happy to simply have another player fill out a party slot. Gatekeeping and meta seems much more rampant these days.

I would have less issues with being forced into certain roles if you could freely swap gear or skills/skill points and/or class without having to pay or create a new character. Games where you can do everything on one character. Such as FFXIV and Eden Eternal. It's a pipe dream that every class had the ability to support, tank, or dps instead of locking interesting things such as musician to a healer role. Being forced into the healer cuckchair for cool aesthetics and gameplay is grim.

>>1849561
I forgot bp has the ability to let you switch classes which is something I like. It would be nice if they released global beta soon (within my lifetime) so I could try things out instead of suffering through content creators and their "you must do this or your balls will explode in game and in real life" videos. I refuse to make a Chinese account or use a vpn.

>>1849575
It's already announced for this year, but i don't expect it to be that soon as others might think
I'm expecting an October or November release

>>1849575
Playing CN is impossibe unless you're going to give up your passport to them anyway, it's fucking stupid, pretty much the reason there's going to be 0 interest until we get something we can actually play

>>1849575
Yeah you can swap classes any time outside of an instance, gear is somewhat shared between like classes (gear and classes are either strength, intelligence and agility), and you can swap between subclasses freely. Though that last one might only be once you fill out the tree? Idk literally zero English content creators or beta players have talked at length about the talent tree system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xF7B48o0Mo
kek

NDA just lifted for CN testers, expect to see a ton of videos and stuff coming out.

>>1849987
>it's official
wha lmao no way
>>1850098
Everything will be in chinese... eops when are we getting food...

>>1850322
just watch bidoof on youtube he's a giga autist who will comb through everything and post any relevant info in English

>>1849987
pure unfiltered soul
the stupid dancing emoji that looks like it's from the msn era really brings it all together

>>1850322
Trust the plan bro. CBT Global announcement on CN release. CBT first week of August. Release first week of September.

Is anyone playing on China?

>>1852747
no

>>1852747
The Chinese, I'd imagine

>>1852767
kek

>>1852747
Can only play it as a demo because of their cancerous verification systems, you can make an account and try it but at some point you'll get your account locked and the only way to verify it is sending in your passport.
I'm gonna install it for the character creator and play until that happens though.

>>1852885
what i want to use the most right now is the character creator, i can wait for everything else but i have no idea how to get it running

>>1852889
Don't bother with the pre-release one it's fucked
Just make a WeChat account on your phone (Get the the Chinese apk) and that's all you need to get in when it comes out

just noticed they added elf ears
i don't know how i'm going to survive being surrounded by cute elf girls all the time

FUCK KING HALO
AND FUCK YOUR DEPRESSIVE ASS MOOD SWINGS TARDSHIT
IM FUCKING DONE WITH THIS DONKEY

The games gonna mostly be female characters isn't it?

>>1853571
duh

>>1853769
Based. i will find me a grown ass man to marry

>>1853840
Me too brother, me too
I'll rush whatever I need to do to get me a house for us to live in

Can you make a cute boy in this?

>>1854471
all the characters are cute in this

I wanna try making a daddy, thats my current goal

>>1853220
Elf ears on dudes y/n?

are we all making husbandos now? sick

>>1854497
Elf ears > human ears regardless of gender.

>>1853571
i'm going to play as a shota
sorry ladies i already have a loli reserved for me

>>1854497
>cosplay
always based
>general character/OC usage
they can be good, but they're a bit of a yellow flag like cat ears.
elf players are either total bros or completely insufferable retards with no in between.

I can't wait to make a tiny elf princess with a sword and shield bros.

>>1854471

Me taking a screenshot during the raid

>>1853571
I always play female characters because they have better dressup and fashion is the real endgame of any mmo

I'm actually kinda excited for this game for some reason. I hope it doesn't bomb before I even get to play

>>1854923
same, hoping the beta comes out sooner than later so i don't have to deal with the fuckass chinese version just to get a fix

at this point i just want a date, something tangible i can work and plan around, getting ready for the big release

>>1854929
I can be your date..

>>1854932
are you into daddies?

>>1854933
yeah i can be your musume

>>1854936
we might be able to work something out, but im mostly liking for a tsuma/okusan instead, the musumes can be "worked on" after
i'll get us a house for lewd activities such as heavy hand holding

>>1854943
Only if I get to be body type 3 which I know they're gonna leave out because westcuckery.

>>1854947
you can pick whatever you want, after we're done tending the crops we're breaking that bed either way

>>1854951
If they do add elf ears are you okay with an elf?

>>1854954
yes, they're cute and easy to grab

guys can you wait until the thread isn't dead to start erping you're going to scare everyone off

>>1854956
Based.. Looking forward to hanging out when the game releases!
>>1854958
no

>>1854960
see you then!

>>1854958
what kind of man doesnt take every opportunity he's given?

The only thing I'm looking forward to is CN release tomorrow. At least we'll have a burst of content creators explaining all the systems in the game in great detail.

>>1854960
I will also be there.

>>1854980
ralph pls go

>>1854981
no.

>erping in your own house
>not breaking into other anon's houses to erp while they're offline

So who's going to hold my hand when this launches?

>>1855002
Thinking of holding hands before marriage is sinful. Shame on you, harlot.

>>1855001
Sorry anon, I genuinely look forward to finding someone to date and share my time with, and if it's that body type 3 elf girl then she'll have a lovely house to live in after I tank all the dungeons runs for her

>>1855030
>edating
>she
Oh my dear anon...

>>1855033
We both know what I mean my guy, I've been playing mmos for more than 20 years.
I'll call her whatever she wants to be called.

>>1854947
https://x.com/i/status/1945166721964183677
nope it's not a western company publishing anymore so it's still in

Okay so this looks like they repurposed the original Blue Protocol into an proper MMO with Genshin/Wuwa combat but no gacha (seemingly), FFXIV boss encounter design and an actual character creator. Interesting.
I could see the potential as there are no direct competitors right now except maybe PSO2NGS but that one is on its death bed, so.

It's all going to come down to how bad they try to screw people with P2W slop and if the content has lasting legs and tries to actually be deeper than a puddle because that's usually what kills that sort of game on the long term. I really hope the combat is engaging enough and not the usual mobile 1 button crap.

>>1856125
The game has ~8 buttons + active dodging.
Normal attack, 4 skills, ult, 2 "imagines" (like enemy summons that are effectively extra skills).
And yeah I agree, it has a chance if the content is good but if not it'll just become another dead ERP game.

>>1856132
>Normal attack, 4 skills
So you just spam the same combo until the 4 skills come off cooldown? That's a bit underwhelming, I was hoping for at least some kind of light/strong normal attacks you could play around with but that's probably too much to ask to the modern gamer. I think even Wuwa tries to spice it up a little by having tap/hold inputs on the normals.

>>1856141
Nah it's more like MMOs where you rotate your skills, low cooldowns, inbuilt mechanics like stack management, gauge etc.
Depends on the class though some are completely braindead like the mage.
Moonblade class for example has different basic attacks depending on how many stacks you have, skills have a decent variety in functionality it's not as braindead as you might think, more depth than pso2NGS for sure.

>>1856125
P2W comes in a few distinct flavors
Outfit gacha that doesn't affect stats but the rares can be put on the auction house for the main currency. There is a pity system.
Gacha for imagines (summon niggas) with weekly limits, with the pulls tokens being bought with a currency that has limited weekly gain but p2w can get by swiping. You can set a specific pull target and there is a pity. The imagines can be ranked up with copies but it just boosts the passive stat bonus. The 0 copy version has the exact same active effect and a full whale version is +5-8% more main stat bonus.
You can directly convert the paid for currency into the auction house currency. The auction house has skill books and gear upgrade materials that players can sell, so a whale could buy more progression, but that also implies a f2p gets currency to buy other shit
The currency stuff is to my knowledge similar to how Lost Ark worked. Unbound rose orbs is what you swipe for. Convert that to unbound Luno (basically gold). Unbound Luno comes from some limited activities in game and is used in the auction house, and can buy BOUND rose orbs (like LAs blue crystals). Bound RO has some shop stuff, and does come from some weekly raids and whatnot. Bound Luno comes from a bunch of shit but is kinda limited in purpose

A lot of this is still subject to change our misinterpretation cause lord knows these content creators don't get it all right

>>1855742
Thank god. I don't want to be a hag.

>>1856125
>>1856235
The main shit I've seen for the shop stuff is those character imagine (the summon niggas) gacha pull tokens which take bound rose orbs, additional class unlocks for your character (you get one for free at level 30), as well as a daily rotating shop that sells additional life skill stamina, one of the main time locked gear upgrade materials, and a mystery gamble box that *might* have a field boss imagine.

>>1856235
>The auction house has skill books
this better not be another blade and soul neo situation where some classes are borderline non-functional without skill upgrades

>>1856272
not even close lmao

>>1856272
As far as I can tell the main thing they do is just damage boosts. The only thing it could potentially change would be buff duration or cooldown length. Resource generation and spending is all based on the class talent tree which is filled out via either leveling or exploration i can't quite tell cause NOBODY TALKED ABOUT THE SYSTEM AT LENGTH. And from what the 2nd CBT players were saying, they maxed 4 skills in 3 weeks. A build has 6 skills. So I don't think it'll be a problem long term as eventually the auction house gets flooded with them.

24 hours until you can't play because your chink account got banned

>>1856357
as long as i get to play with the character creator for an hour, that's enough for me

so are they using the censored models? might play if they arent

>>1856699
No

>>1856699
IS THAT TUMMY OH GOSH MY EYES

Global when, I want hand holding!

>>1857546
never, eos before release

can't get an account time to watch streams and kill myself

>>1857546
maybe october with september for beta, august for registration. only way its not is if we get a beta registration literally this week, with it taking place in august, and getting a late august or early sept release, but it's unlikely

You'd think in this day and age MMOs would do away with the staggered release crap
CN is going to solve the game inside out to the point Global will be a no fun allowed min max fest on day one.
What is this, the fucking 90s?

>>1856609
did they add anything new? the character creator felt like a shittier koikatsu when i tried the game in JP

anyone gonna bother playin the china version or should I just wait for global.

>>1857844
do you have a china citizenship card?

>>1857845
no but i have family in china

>>1857844
i think pretty much everyone is waiting bro

>>1857846
ok share me your QQ access bro

>>1857844
I'm not. But you can try and see how far you get. Treat the thing as a demo with an indeterminate duration. Could be days, could be 5 minutes

GOAT GE

>>1857872
>setting for people who want to idle and jerk off
we're so back

>>1857872
the only thing it's used for is farming 50 world bosses evey day, not sure why they even bothered adding this, probably just to keep you online longer.

>>1857797
Yup, this shit is turbocancer and fucks up the games community every time.

>>1857797
>>1857907
this is why you don't ruin it for yourself and only read or watch enough to figure out how to not fuck up and what class to play, then figure out the rest yourself

>>1857912
Sure, what about the rest of the sheep player base though? Unless you forgot, this is a multiplayer game. You aren't exactly going to play this shit solo.
I'm talking about cancerous meta bullshit shenanigans happening day one and all the stupid trend chasers trying to enforce that crap because their favourite streamer or whatever said it's optimal.
Fuck, there are already class tier lists on CN right now like on this faggot's channel :
https://www.twitch.tv/bidoof2d

>>1857921
i assure you most of the player base doesnt have the brains to follow guides correctly
yes if you go nuts with min maxing you will reap all the benefits of being one of the strongest from the getgo and earn a ton of ingame money
but if what you want is to just enjoy the game, most people wont be part of that group because they either dont care or are too stupid to min max correctly
thats while ignored the people who will blindly follow a random streamer that might not know how things work and brick themselves, which happens a lot lately
play however you want my guy, its a dressup erp/edating social game, who cares

>>1857921
how much you fags wanna bet that this tier list is either
>A: completely wrong, either due to incompetence or malice
>B: completely unnecessary (i.e. a full party of low tiers can easily clear the hardest content and get all the rewards if speed is a factor)

>>1858021
Both.
>It's based on hearsay from random chink content creators
>The game is not hard

>>1858025
>The game is not hard
so far
it wouldn't be the first time that chinks have killed a comfy social game to cater to raidtrannies.

>>1858028
>killed a comfy social game to cater to raidtrannies.
how? social game doesnt have to interact with the tryharding at all, all you need is a hub where people interact, content isnt even important at that point

The game looks so comfy bros I can't wait for the beta

>>1857844
I have a verified bili account but it looks like bili doesn't have a PC client?

any guides on how to play the cn version yet? i just wanna play around with the character creator

>>1858072
>>1858077
You need a QQ or WeChat account.
Then install WeGame, log in and install the game and play.
Making a QQ account is basically impossible so you make a WeChat account (using your phone), you will probably have the account locked quickly so you won't get to play much.

The only other option is purchasing/renting a verified account through a website like obtgame but they don't have good payment methods so you'd have to use crypto or some other bullshit that's going to be not worth the effort, or get someone else to do it for you and just send them the money.

>>1858084
bili does have an Android version
https://www.biligame.com/detail/?id=112586

>>1858091
I mean for the PC version, I assumed nobody wants to play this on their phone.

>>1858091
you'll still get asked for QQ or WC account with this

>>1858084
https://www.obtgame.com/qq-game-cn-account.html
Linking this to clarify that's what you need if you want to pay for it, you'll be able to play for a month with it and they'll unfuck the account if it gets blocked, I don't think it's really worth it since we'll get to play in English soon but if you really can't wait then there you go.
Don't try to buy a cheap account through random people on sites like fiverr or reddit, you will most likely get scammed and even if you don't you'll probably get an unverified account that gets banned after a day.

>>1858094
Ah, guess I'm waiting for global, then.

I'm watching some streamers play this. it doesn't look like the worst thing I've ever seen.
no confirmed Western release date yet, right?

>>1858110
just 2025, with a closed beta "soon" anything else is speculation

>>1858077
1. Get WeChat account: doing this requires valid phone number and either your Visa Card info or a Trusted WeChat user to vouch for you (don't bother with QQ, QQ account is much harder to a get a hand on and is instantly deleted with inactivity)
2. Get WeGame launcher, scan the QR with your WeChat app to log in WeGame
3. Download STAR BUCK in WeGame
4. (not required but it will most likely happen) Verify your Identity if asked using YOUR PASSPORT AND YOUR FACE, or a Chinese friend who will provide you his real Chinese ID number and name
5. Get a VPN or a Ping Booster that has approved CHINA server like UUBooster

>>1857960
>its a dressup erp/edating social game, who cares
can i play this without erp and edating or will i be assigned a groomer upon game installation

my wechat account got instantly blocked when i tried to login so even that isn't foolproof

>>1858114
yeah no thank you... have fun chinaxisters.

I never play support in these kind of games, going to roll a shota healer

>>1858118
no one is bothering with chinkversion, too much hassle

>>1858115
you absolutely can, but a lot of people will be looking for others to connect with, so keep that in mind

>>1858115
i myself am more of a gameplayfag myself but i do want to find me a wife, blue protocol clearly has enough in it for both grind and "grind" if you know what i mean, best of both worlds

I'm so excited to play this. What's cuter, guitar healer or that nature healing thing? I think musical based healing is pretty cool and I don't really care about doing damage.

>>1858358
oracle is for uwu cute girl healsluts

>>1858358
guitarist for sure, there's plenty of flavors there
we have the k-ons, the lady wa rocks, the haruhis, the bocchis, or you can simply be a dommy mommy guitarist too
as someone who's going to play a husbando tank, i want my healslut to play some kick ass tunes, druids are so overdone and they're often stupidly innocent or batshit insane, both very boring troupes

>>1858359
>>1858368
I have a need. I can't wait bros. I'll try both but honestly I might like the guitar one more because the nature one looked a little boring in their preview they did. What if they made mabi styled music charts you could make? That would be so cool.

>>1858374
>Octavia mandachord flashbacks
If we can get customizable music for battle I'm rolling guitarist dps idgaf

https://twitter.com/BPSR_Official/status/1945891497527681112

>>1858766
so in a week you can apply for global beta? where do you apply?

>>1858766
So we're probably looking at a September release at the earliest.

>>1858784
Main website but application details will be out later.

>>1858795
I was thinking about this. We might get an October release. It's an outside chance, but they did say we were getting the housing system on launch, and that's slated for the October update for the CN servers. We might actually release with both the launch patch and that first update, meaning we'd be caught up at the start

>>1858805
That is the only acceptable scenario for a delayed launch so I hope you're right there.

>>1858876
I do too. There's still a good chance we just get a September release and we're two months behind. But there's a distinct possibility we release in October caught up to CN.

Is everyone going to be playing stormblade?

>>1858908
>weeb class
>one of the best dps
yeah

>>1858908
>>1858934
A bit disappointed by Stormblade as it's not a pure katana class, the scythe gimmick feels really tacked on.
I remember back in OG BP we caught a glimpse of one the main characters wearing a katana on the hip on the OST artwork, thought that meant we'd get a true katana class later on. Shame.

They should have made a dedicated scythe class instead, people who like these weapons are completely separate audiences IMO.

>>1859061
both of those weapons are cringe so its a perfect match

hows the game lookin? i haven't watched any streams yet

>>1859098
Perfect for me then

>>1859100
A solid 7/10. Which might sound low but basically no MMO is that high right now. Games got some p2w stuff and typical week 1 server issues as they're at likely the highest playercount they'll have for years if not lifetime

Im afraid of the timegating and how much power you can just buy

>>1859145
Time gating is server side just so players don't shotgun the entire story and leveling process. P2W stuff is in two categories. Exchanging premium currency for auction house currency between players with a little taken off the top by the system, so generally both players are getting something out of it. The other issue which is probably bigger is the imagine gacha. There's ways to get rolls as a f2p and you're kind of fine with a 0 copy but a swiper will get a notable jump in power much sooner, and if they max it out vs your no copy, they'll be about 10-15% stronger than you

>>1859145
I can see why it failed and it will fail again. this shit will be dead in 3 months.

>>1859193
bp didn't fail because of the gachashit though, it failed because there was nothing to use any of the p2w gachashit on. it was the pso2ngs problem but without several years of dressup fomo to lean on.
what little content the game had could be trivialized by literally stacking in a corner and then stacking mitigation buffs to take 0 damage from bosses outright. a few videos of that were posted here
saying a game failed because it was gacha is wishful thinking, a game rarely ever fails with that as the sole reason. just look at all the other gachas raking in the dough.

>>1859321
what do you think gacha is? because nobody has mentioned it yet.

>>1859155
>if they max it out vs your no copy, they'll be about 10-15% stronger than you

Weren't the stat bonuses nerfed so that it was only about an 8% increase between maxed imagine vs no dupe?

>>1859342
Yeah, per imagine though. so 1.08*1.08

>>1859327
Do you?
Trying to say anyone responding to you doesn't know what they're talking about is a weird af cope when you can scroll up in the thread and see multiple youtube videos, links, and image dumps on the topic desu.
All the post said is that it wasn't why BP failed, b/c the game had a ton of problems.

>>1859345
bro what are you talking about? read the reply chain.

>>1859353
>nobody has mentioned it
>ignoring the other posts in the same reply chain right by your initial post while claiming people don't know what gacha is
it's too early in the game's lifespan to be baiting anon

>>1859343
Oh wait, there's two imagine slots? Dang

Well, desu, coming from BnS, where whales are literally doing triple or even quadruple your dps sometimes, I can't be too upset over 15%

>>1859359
there's only 2 posts in the reply chain before you started blabbing about gacha.
are you feeling ok?

>>1859363
>bns
Is that you Sox?

any sort of gacha is cringe. costume gacha is cringe. just let me buy what i want straight up. nothing productive to add to the discussion i just want to complain.
>>1859116
very tentative hopium. ill be happy if it's fun for a few weeks or months... does bp have any mini games or things like that?

>>1859388
Fishing, housing, social stuff. They're targeting casual audiences. Also you can buy the gacha stuff straight up from other players on the auction house. It's not cheap though

>>1859390
what currencies are used on the AH?

>>1859394
unbound luno. some activities give it, and you can trade the bound rose orbs at a player driven rate.

>>1859390
What kinda social stuff if I can ask? Fishing and housing sounds nice. Thanks! The gacha aspect sounds similar to pso2...

>>1859407
guilds have activities instead of just being a chat room
robust emote system (can hold hands and walk at the same time)
extensive character customization, the artstyle allows for tons of anime cosplays
good screenshot tools, selfie camera
you can opt to progress via life skills instead of just dungeons
you can do dailies via random stuff like taking screenshots or dancing

>>1859411
Are the guild activities interesting or boring chores everyone will tire of? Is that guy who wanted to make a guild still around? It sounds fun. I volunteer to harass everyone into running dumb guild activities.
>can hold hands and walk at the same time)
Slow down... I'm not ready for this kind of commitment yet...

Thanks, sounds alright so far. I have a lot of questions but I'm probably gonna wait for beta instead of spoiling myself. It's more fun to learn from friends instead of looking at guides.

>>1859417
I don't really know if they're interesting, I just know it exists, I haven't delved into all the details either, rather figure it out when the beta comes out.

>>1859418
Oh okay. Maybe the chinis will be innovative with guild systems instead of it being a glorified LFG chat box.

>>1859430
the game seems designed for social stuff, so guild activities will most likely just be activities in general

In a scale of 1 to 10, how good of an idea is to play a male tank that looks like an actual man in a game like this, not the shonen protag nor the shota, like an actual husbando

>>1859702
That depends on what you're hoping to get out of the game. Overall, I'd say follow your heart bro
>comfy gaming
go for it
>erp
you should be fine, just avoid the gigaspergs and trannies
>dressup
this one could be a coinflip.
if you're leaning toward husbando, then you'll probably be okay.

t. played as males in other games with anons

>>1859728
im not really an erper myself but im open to it if i meet someone i feel comfortable with, ive edated plenty of times tho and i wouldn't be against doing that either
im not a min maxer but im a hardcore grinder and as for fashion, i like cool stuff rather than slutty stuff (on myself) which is why i often play males, i like seeing slutty shit, but using it myself makes me uncomfortable, even when playing as a female character

ERP and edating is getting mentioned way too much. This game is going to be full of lonely erp spergs isn't it

>>1859769
>Anime game with tons of social features
>Emotes so detailed you can actually hold hands and stroll together
what did you expect anon?

>>1859769
it's getting mentioned because it's a /vm/ thread for a game that can't even be played by most anons yet
there isn't exactly anything else to talk about unless someone feels like digging through chink videos to find someone giving a QRD on the state of the game
hell we already had someone do that for some videos, near the top of the thread, almost two months ago with the class playstyle vid.

>>1859775
I don't know... I'm tired of grown ass men having melties. I really want to play this so I'll just have to suck it up.

>>1859787
Just don't get involved bro, it's fine.
I don't think I've had a melty over edating ever but then again, I'm a very communicative person
Ive had some shit breakups but I remember most of those relationships fondly for what they were
That being said, I do tend to care a lot about the connections I make online because I'm socially retarded irl, but I'm somehow okay online, so I tend to get attached to everyone I grow close with, even as friends, but most people don't care that much and that's always painful, but not enough to have a melty over, plus it's just how I am, so I too have to suck ot up

ill be honest with you, i wouldnt mind dating an obsessed schizo as long as she doesn't go attacking my friends, if she wants to be the center of my world, ill do it
that genuinely sounds fun to me

>>1859822
Okay but she's 270 lbs

>>1859842
we're not meeting irl so who cares

>>1859842
then she can call me Kafka Hibino because i'm about to destroy a kaiju

>>1859842
NTA, but I want that one

>>1859769
this website has a disproportionate number of autistic tranny gaymers. if you look at discourse around games outside of this website you see very different narratives around games.

>>1859777
I've just been watching saintone play the game. it looks ok but it seems super casual. levels are shared between all weapons and all classes available on one character.
art and timegating with energy mechanics don't appeal to me but maybe it will feel good to play and be ok as a casual side game. it is a mobile game after all.

>>1859822
>she
I dated a gamer girl who browsed this website, didn't meet her on this website though, and it's the definition of you think you do, but you don't.
but hey it's an experience to help you realize what to look for in your future relationships to be happy, so go for it.

>>1859822
If >she is an obsessed schizo why wouldn't xhe attack your friends? I've had that kind of relationship and you really don't want it... no friends, because xhe will get jealous at them hogging your time. You'll never meet because anyone who's reduced to edating is edating for a reason... they can't get anything in person or don't want to. Basically what >>1859983 said go for it and broaden your horizons lil bro. It's not gonna be a girl btw girls aren't real

>>1859971
Yeah I dunno why I still come here atp. You guys on vm tend to be alright though.
>>1859983
>she
What did you expect from a fembrained guy off 4tran? Most normal people have grown out of this place.

>>1860203
there's different kinds of schizos tho

>>1860215
ive played mmos with anons like 5 times and while there's a ton of autistic retards, ive always met awesome people along the way that make it all worth it

>>1859814
I have had a melty over that and I learned my lesson. I'm pretty similar to you it feels like I could've written this myself. It's pretty hard for me to make friends as an adult. I hope to make at least one from bp hey maybe you and I can be friends no homo.
>>1860221
What are you going to do? Hello m'lady please inform me of your mental illness diagnoses ahead of time before we edate if you have beautiful princess disorder I'm afraid I'll have to decline.
>>1860226
I've played maybe 10+? Yeah what you said is very true. I've been around 4chan for a long time I've seen a lot of new friends and old friends I'm sure we've probably even played games before. I appreciate you autistic retards very much. That's probably why I still stick to 4chan. You don't get these kinds of friendships anywhere else.

>>1860240
all 3 of those were me anon, we can be friends for sure, i dont mind a bit of homo
as for what im going to it's always the same, I'll just play the game and try meeting people, i think im a good judge of character so if i meet someone i really like, ill take my chances, and if it doesn't work out then ill try my best to not make it a big deal
i appreciate the people i play with a lot and i dont see that side of me changing anyway

>>1859822
>as long as she doesn't go attacking my friends
kek, obsessive people will absolutely do that if they get jealous over you talking to or playing with someone else

>>1859978
Not having to level up again is based as fuck but every class uses different stats and gear so it's still a grind to play multiple.
Honestly the game seems very grindy if you want to minmax, the energy mechanic is just for picking shit up off the ground not farming dungeons for gear.

>>1860281
I'm being a mobile posting retard it's hard to keep track of posts. Half of the posts recently are me as well. I'm not a great judge of character but I'm fairly easygoing and tend to get along with everyone. what do you mean im scared

>>1860368
I kind of like the New World system where you level up a weapon.
most classes will use interchangeable gear. how many stats are there? strength dexterity intellect wisdom stamina, or some variant of those 5?

>>1860383
Tanks also use different stats by scaling off defense, some classes can use the same gear but it won't be optimal.
There's also different base types of gear so you can't share between every class.

>>1860392
yeah we've seen all this before.
>multiple weapon types
>3 armor types - light medium heavy
>stats
probably also affixes that do things like
>when casting a spell gain 3 magic damage for 3 seconds
>increased chance for rare drops from gathering nodes
I wasn't expecting anything groundbreaking, but my point is I think gear will be much more interchangeable than you're anticipating. dexterity for bows and quick swords and spears. strength for hammers and shields and 2h weapons.

>>1860374
I mean im just open to anything as long as it's not forced, if its friendship, thats perfectly fine

>>1860383
Str dex and int are the main stats
Classes only use one main stat. Substats are crit, haste, luck (smaller crit) and mastery (affects class resource generation and effectiveness) and then some hp or defense stuff idk

>>1860400
Gear is and isn't. Strength is shared by the two tanks and the spear DPS class, and dexterity is used by the katana and now DPS classes, for example. However, gear has 3-4 randomly rolled substats on acquisition. The top one of those can be a class specific effect, a more generic effect like "melee damage up" or one of the standard substats. And some classes and subclasses will want different substats. So your gear might have effectively dead substat rolls. Tanks gets some scaling off phys defense, aerial spear scales on crit. Or the two katana specs scale off either luck or crit but not both.

>>1860400
The only classes that can really share gear and still be somewhat effective are mage and healer.

>>1860413
Falcon bow and iai katana both use dex+crit+mastery

>>1859822
this but desu i'll probably not bother
i've had some anons get super attached (even when not actually doing dating crap) and i've dealt with enough schizos trying to drag anyone who will talk to them into their dramatic bs

>login
>see chat
very social game indeed

the spear gameplay looks fun, which is odd because it's usually the shittiest most boring weapon type

>>1861075
I can't read moon runes.

>>1861076
>it's usually the shittiest most boring weapon type
spears are either the best, most fun weapon in the game, or completely milquetoast "i stab and swing and maybe have a dragoon jump" tier shit.
it's rare for spears to be average.

>>1861075
saar

>early release in the east
>eop with zero self-awareness starts shitting up the chat
Every time

>>1861239
they're usually seanigs

>>1861240
>usually seanigs
it's pretty much always them using broken english because they've learned by now that speaking their languages will get them instantly blocked because of their ilk
i can't recall euros/leafs/burgers ever doing that. most eop from developed nations are either shyfags or stick to clique chats

The start of this game is rough... gameplay sucks before you get all your skills and get deep into the passive tree, on top of having very little combat for a while since you just do quests and shit.
But once you start doing dungeons it really picks up, gameplay is actually quite fun and the very first dungeons having mechanics is promising.

>>1862594
Combat looked very boring on the streams. Do you at least get more moves later on? Seemed very repetitive.

>>1862629
You get a basic attack, ult, subclass inherent skill and 4 selectable skills out of 8, but the ones you choose are going to be heavily swayed by which subclass you pick, also the imagine skills.
You do technically get more moves than this but they'll be on the same buttons, you can get things like "after x uses skill becomes a different skill", and other ways to make your skills do different things through the passive tree which can drastically change how your class plays, the effects in there are incredibly strong.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z9zPANvNN-ZMLXb7Q0AQ0Awz6bsE7JfA-eyOhRri0kc/edit?gid=480205430#gid=480205430

I've been playing the heavy guardian class and it is extremely boring, it picks up a little bit but I can see why no one plays it, the other classes are much more interesting, I think the melee dps classes are the most fun.
Tankbros just pick the shield class, other one feels like shit.

>>1862635
Did you play the og bp? How does the combat differ to it?

>>1862676
Yes, the combat is totally different.
The original had more of a true action combat system, a similar amount of skills (they eventually added 4 more slots but I quit before then), but your basic attacks had variants based on directional inputs, it also had aerial attacks. Some of the classes in the original were total irredeemable garbage like smasher and lancer though.
SR has much less weight to it but a faster pace and you're forced into targeting enemies, your camera is detached from the direction you're attacking, which makes it feel less actiony, you can't aim your attacks unless they have a placement component, it feels closer to other more traditional MMOs fused into the combat/targeting system games like Wuthering Waves and Genshin use.
The biggest difference is not in the class combat but dungeons, it now has actual holy trinity and the dungeons have mechanics to them instead of just being "hit boss, kill adds, jump over purple aoe that spawns from the boss".

And unrelated but the graphics were noticeably downgraded which sucks because the original was really beautiful.
Another difference is that despite the map being more open, it doesn't feel as interesting, the old maps were smaller but more dense with enemies, quests and views, open world enemies in this one aren't really relevant beyond certain quests and checking them off a list, plus with the auto combat existing, the open world experience is severely lacking compared to og.

>>1862687
And I should add, the balance in og was completely fucked up, skills barely did more dps than basic attacks, and in some cases basic attacks combined with animation cancelling would outdps your skills, making the gameplay beyond shit.

>>1862687
>>1862689
Insightful input, thanks anon. I'll see it as a positive sign then! I look forward to seeing more news down the line about combat complexity and related improvements.
The graphics are actually not that bad but the og was unique and beautiful.

Do they have profile cards like picrel?

>>1862707
I think so, you can see peoples characters when you enter a dungeon if they set it, seems more limited however, you can't just upload any screenshot it has to be specifically from a screenshot mode with set backgrounds where you can't change the angle

>>1862707
This is gonna be me. I am going to use this kind of profile picture.

>>1862635
>Garyū Tōhō· Banish Evil
>Sword Intent
>Flying Thunder God
>Infinite Thunder Power
>Thousand Thunder Flashes

>>1862687
>your camera is detached from the direction you're attacking, which makes it feel less actiony
typically games will attack in the direction your character is facing. it's much more third person shooter to have it track your crosshair instead of your character.
>>1862687
>And unrelated but the graphics were noticeably downgraded which sucks because the original was really beautiful.
I think they switched from Unreal 4 to Unity. supposedly has drastically improved performance too.
>auto combat
mobile game first. I think approaching it with that mindset will set the right expectations.

>>1863243
I'm a dragon nest enjoyer, ever since playing that game I feel not tying the attack direction to the crosshair is an objectively wrong way to make an action game, and the original blue protocol worked like that.
The auto combat isn't really important it just makes pointless grinding into afk grinding, I just don't see why they'd add pointless grinding in the first place instead of lowering the amount of kills needed for things so you wouldn't have to turn auto on and go afk.
As for the performance, it is better but not drastically better, still get shit framerate in "raid" content or in the town, will most likely have to lower the character limit to single digits to maintain framerate when doing raids.

I sincerely hope the gooners from Balmung/XIV doesn’t come over to shit up this game.

>>1864002
all the giga weeb gooners will be here

>>1864002
We're getting gooners, it's an anime MMO with social features.
On the bright side, that specific brand of "obnoxious XIV gooner" only ever plays XIV.
At worst, we might see some of them pop up during the first month before they quit.

Realistically, we're getting the standard /vg/ stuff, so we'll probably see something like the following happen:
>main guild shilled on all boards until it's full, plus a dozen or so stray anons staying guildless or joining normie guilds
>maybe a secondary guild if the game has a lot of people at the start
>about half or so of the initial anon population will be degenerate, with some of them being annoying retards
>annoying retards leave to go back to XIV, pso2ngs, or mmoventure
>some cool anons also quit for various reasons (e.g. personal boredom, the devs fucking up)
>the two guilds merge because the guilds have unlocked more member slots and several people quit
>eventually settle into something along the lines of ~20% degenerates, ~10% "haha lewd xd I'm not a coomer jk jk unless?" with jokes/avatarfagging/vaguely lewd shitposts in the thread, and the remaining 70% of public anon personas being "normal" as normal as an anon can be, at least

>>1864002
They will, the game is really big on social features, emotes, costumes, housing, screenshot modes etc on top of the dungeon gameplay being familiar for them.
Just from a glance at the camera mode you have
>Control the time of day
>Filters
>Saturation, black/white level, highlights, warmth, gamma etc
>Field of view, zoom, tilt
>Depth of field settings
>Freeze frame emotes, change facial expression, control direction of eyes and head
>Hide your weapon, other players, enemies etc
>Showcase fish you've caught
>Stickers, text editor, frames/borders
>Selfie camera mode
>Add up to 30 people to the screenshot mode and presumably control their characters too
>Battle mode (not sure what it does?)
>First person mode
It's really fucking good, if you're into this kind of thing you can spend hours upon hours just taking screenshots and making them look amazing, I would be amazed if this game didn't get that crowd.

>>1864002
no c@s to goon here

>>1864066
Guilds start with 80 slots, depending on how popular it gets here we'll probably need at least 2.
Speaking of /vg/ I'm going to make the thread over there a few days before the beta so that people who are unaware can sign up and trickle in, need you fags to keep it alive for those few days so it doesn't die.

>>1864201
shieldbro reporting for duty

>>1864002
gooners are in every game. if you don't like it then don't entertain them. they only do it for attention.

>>1864084
I've been really surprised by how many things they have correctly copied from other successful games. I feel like most other MMOs don't launch with this much small stuff at this quality level

some of the boss fight songs are pretty good.
I keep hearing it being compared to ziv, but with "action" combat.

>>1864282
the dungeons are very xiv-like
but not as retardedly easy

>>1864282
I was kinda iffy on the game, but I guess the new dungeon that opened up today has me sold.

>already got addicted on the chinese server
it's so fucking over for my life

>>1864409
it's not over yet, it's only just begun.
now grab a cute 4'3" chinese weeb gf

>>1864480
you are an emiru simp arent you

Anons that are playing in CN, can you tell me if finding a party will eventually become hard? For example, players saying "If you don't have imagin X you can't do this content", or only accepting players with a GS higher than the recommended GS for a dungeon.

its been a couple days. general consensus so far?

>>1864642
Games good. Only three things I think could sink it for global.
>Bad translation
>End game loop isn't satisfying like the progression is
>P2W is too much for global audiences

>>1864644
>End game loop isn't satisfying like the progression is
Qrd?

>>1864644
>P2W is too much for global audiences
whats the p2w like?

>>1864654
NTA, but there is an imagin gacha with exclusive imagins

>>1864657
are imagines like something for stats? I can see that being a big issue in global if they're exclusive.

>>1864675
>are imagines like something for stats?
Afaik, they are equipment you can't see (they don't change your character). Your character has slots for imagin, and you equip them.
You can get most imagins through the game, but the gacha has exclusive ones

>>1864675
imagine provides extra stats and one skill related to the monster

>>1864569
nobody is far enough for memescore gatekeeping
realistically it'll happen anyway because global servers are always full of retards

>>1864650
Idk. That's why I said it. Even from the CBTs very few people got to actual end game, and those that did are the sweatier type that probably would put up with more bullshit. Hardly representative of the average player. If it's too barren of content and we're all just grinding the same 3 dungeons, or if we run out of stuff to do in 3 days of being level cap, it'll be rough. Same if it's all boring as fuck. Progression is so far pretty good with the time gate stuff but I literally have no clue how the endgame looks, so it could be bad. Could be good too, I just don't know.

>>1864654
>>1864675
It's mainly the imagines, which are the long CD summon guys. They have a passive effect too. The real meta ones are all field boss drops but the gacha essentially has better drop rates than the f2p grind option. There is a hard pity for a targeted imagine based on the story characters. They're not extremely meta but there is one that has a group revive, and that's one of the only instances of that effect anywhere. f2p can get the currency for rolling on the gacha but you're gonna be diverting resources from other progression avenues to afford it.

>>1864569
everybody is matchmaking dungeons, even hard modes, with little to no issues.
but they're still not at level cap. server progress is timegated to avoid whales and neets outclassing everybody in 3 hours and all the leveling content being ignored.

>>1864654
typical gacha accessories called imagines. rng box, combine to upgrade.

>>1864644
>End game loop isn't satisfying like the progression is
this is the only real concern about the game, but even if it sucks who cares I'll still enjoy leveling before I quit.

>>1864741
It’s also incredibly easy, the hardest boss right now is EX level, the game will be dead in a month due to lack of content if it caters to casuals.

>>1864846
Raidtroon kys

>>1864852
>casual
You’re like locusts, you kill a game then move on. The reason wow and XIV still exists is because it doesn’t cater to casuals.

>>1864855
Lmao

>>1864846
games that require every member of the party to perform a sequence of events flawlessly carried out over several minutes are boring as fuck.
Lost Ark peaked at Valtan because you could solo carry.

>>1864919
Maybe it’s a skill issue. Post your Ult weapon.

>Tigole types
>Calling others locusts
O I'm laffin

>>1864919
The loner incel energy radiating from this is astounding. I bet you've never been hugged before in your life.

>>1864979
Calling others incels won't make you a woman, raidtranny

>>1864982
Fuck being a women. All women want to do is farming and house shit. Only hot-blooded men know the true enjoyment of camaraderie and perseverance. Joining with your brothers in arms, vanquishing foes with nothing but the trust in your friends. I pity those that don't know such joys.

>retarded raid arguing and the game isn't even out in globel yet

>>1864919
the only way this makes sense is if you are a whale that wants to rp as a anime protagonist
xiv is infinitely better because you can clear the raids with crafted gear and you can't outgear ultimates and certainly not fucking swipe to make them easy

>>1864994
A tale as old as time. Some people are hunters others are gatherers. I dont think there's necessarily a wrong way to play a game but the two shouldn't get too much in each other's way. You shouldnt have to dungeon to unlock life skill shit and you shouldnt have to do too much life skill shit got pve progression.

>>1864994
Devs have said they intend for the game to be low pressure PvE that doesn't take huge time commitments. Hard core raiding is likely outside of the main goal of the development team

>>1865011
They've also said that there will be a DPS meter which kinda goes completely against that idea.
Based on the current dungeons which are literally the first few dungeons in the game I do believe the game will get some hard content, you would have to play FFXIV for 300 hours before you got to do a dungeon as complex as the third dungeon in this game, the baseline is already better than other games.

>>1865011
based devs

i just want a cute anime waifu to share my time with, run dungeons, farm shit, tend crops and buy her outfits that I'd like her to wear

>>1865041
I wouldn't trust that statement considering it's probably missing context. I dont think they necessarily said anything about the dungeon difficulty to that extent. The last thing I read about dungeon difficulty was the devs saying they want more mechanics, more enganging bosses, and that the holy trinity should be necessary to complete the dungeons.

>>1865011
based.

>>1865064
In my experience in CN, the dungeons are already difficult to matchmake, wipes are common due to bad healers or tanks who don't do the mechanics correctly or fail to survive due to playing poorly on top of having a below average healer which then causes the whole party to wipe because the boss one shots anyone else.
People will also quit if that happens and you have to run the whole dungeon again because there's no system to get someone else in after someone leaves.
I'm not sure if it will stay that way as people get better at the game and get more optimized gear, but I hope that it retains the difficulty of doing it on level, there seems to be a system where the highest difficulty has scaling difficulty levels, you'll probably need a good team to push those levels.

>>1864971
weapon in what? I quit LA after clearing Brelshaza week 1. I won saint's flex friday for my account achievements. I was selling busses for all the raids. the raids got progressively worse after Valtan.
I never played ziv. I'm not active in any MMO at the moment.
>>1864979
strange projection.
>>1864998
I did every raid at launch on item level to make the game more challenging. the amount of group choreography required is not fun. being able to have half the party die and still complete the raid is a good balance, and depending how late into the fight people die being able to finish as the last 1-2 standing is based.

>>1865075
DoA

>>1865023
it's good that they are adding a dps meter since the game actually has dps checks that you can fail even on the first dungeon, based on the streams i've seen
>>1865075
and this is only on hard mode, i've heard they are adding a difficulty tier above that later too, right?
casuals will probably never engage in this content and don't need to either, and apparently gear is also craftable to some extent.

>>1865367
Yeah, dungeons are pretty much fully optional, there's no quests that make you do them, and you can get gear through weeklies, crafting and other things, casuals don't need to engage with it if they don't want to, they can just do life skills, world bosses, dailies and slowly accumulate and craft gear.
There's a tier above hard mode which has the selectable difficulty options yeah.

>>1864737
>server progress is timegated to avoid whales and neets outclassing everybody in 3 hours and all the leveling content being ignored.
is it a server-age timegate, or an account-age timegate?
i'm hoping it's the former so that newfriends can blitz their way through and catchup

>xivfags claiming they have good raids again

>>1865399
it is server based, not account

>>1865399
Server, I started late on CN and I've had so much shit to do.

>you can pet random doggos
game of the year

I'm collecting some useful links for the next op/vg thread
Feel free to share if you have anything
https://starresonancemap.com/ - interactive map for chest collection/map completion autists
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z9zPANvNN-ZMLXb7Q0AQ0Awz6bsE7JfA-eyOhRri0kc/edit? - skills / passive tree translations + other translations, useless soon but still
https://gm.qq.com/web202503/news-detail.html?newsid=18619377 - NPC MMD models for all your OC needs

i started playing but i know soon ill have to get passport information, as someone without a passport, am i fucked? i still want to try a few things out

>>1865579
Depends, it's just random when it pops up, some people get locked out instantly, some take weeks.
But yeah there's no way to fix it if you don't have one or want to give your passport to chinks.
I bought a cheap QQ account instead and haven't had a problem yet.

>>1865585
i wouldn't mind giving it if i had one, i guess i'll just wait until they announce what's up with the beta and then decide what to do

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1UggHzHECd/
>chink official stream hosts forget to turn their mics off while talking shit about the people in the chat
>chatters are absolutely seething
>the hosts are forced to publicly apologize while crying and most likely getting axed after
chinks are brutal lmao

>>1865618
based chinks

>>1865742
2 days until we can sign for CBT only to not get accepted and have to wait 3 more months to actually play the game

>>1866056
Nah with how little they've marketed the game in the West, I think we all get in

>>1866056
Progress won't transfer anyway. No big deal.

when the fuck are they released the info for the beta? recruitment its in 2 days
are they releasing all the info the same day or some shit?

>>1865571
I made a rentry instead.
https://rentry.org/bpsrg

>>1866464
Who knows, they've been super quiet the whole time, I wouldn't expect them to say much of anything until we're close to launch.

>>1866464
well the website and steam page are still extremely barebones. they'll probably post everything at once. all you can do is wishlist it and "pre-register" which asks for an email to likely just place you on a mailing list.

I feel like none of the classes are really jumping out to me as "cool". They all just seem alright at most

>>1866514
I'm sure there's going to be tons more classes, but yeah the current ones aren't too exciting, the stormblade and wind knight are pretty cool though.

>>1866514
>no 2h sword
>no 2x 1h swords
immediately makes me soft.

why is there no 1-star in difficulty for classes on the website? so you don't feel bad about picking a 2-star (which is 1-star) because it goes 2-3-4?

>>1866680
stop noticing

>people posting as female characters
Are you guys actually girls? I found out that the people playing girl characters in XIV are actually men.

>>1866757
Are you new to the internet?

>>1866757
I'm a shieldbro tho

>>1866757
MMORPG
Many Men Online Role Playing Girls.

>>1862629
>>1862635
Following up, after trying overdrive wind knight, this is the most complex class to optimize gameplay for so far, so if you find the gameplay of other classes boring or simple I'd recommend trying this one, it has a lot of moving parts and procs, very high APM, resource management, and requires you weave your class skill and basic attack procs inbetween your other skills.
For example, your ult has two casts which allows you to benefit from the cooldown removal effect twice as long as you're careful with the timings, managing this well and using your basic attack proc whenever it comes up is gonna be core to doing good damage with it.
Fun to play but holy fuck it's so much more effort than the others I've played.

>>1867018
How easy is to optimize Aegis Knight? I wanna know how much difference can you notice from someone who doesn't know what they're doing compared to someone who's really good

>>1867046
I haven't tried it, but the heavy guardian is braindead easy, I would assume the aegis knight is similar, they're probably going to make tanks have to do a lot of the mechanics so decided to make them easier to play.

>>1866680
It actually goes 1-5 but with no classes that are currently 1 or 5.
Not that it really means anything.

>>1867018
Seems like that's the john madden class. Nice

>>1866680
because the base classes are only 2-4 stars, but the specializations add or reduce difficulty stars based on your build

>>1867472
You right, doesn't show it that way on the website but it is in the game.
>5
Overdrive Wind Knight

>4
Aerial Wind Knight
Iaido Stormblade
Radiant Guard Shield Knight

>3
Moonblade Stormblade
Block Heavy Guardian
Frostlance Mage
Raging Tone Soul Musician

>2
Frostray Mage
Thornlash Oracle
Beastmaster Marksman
Bulwark Shield Knight
Concerto Soul Musician

>1
Falconry Marksman
Healing Oracle
Stonewall Heavy Guardian

>>1867494
5 star ranged class when

>>1867527
impossible, ranged classes are automatically easy

Average day in Asteris

>>1866769
how's shieldbro been, shieldbro?

>>1867532
There's plenty of ways to make range classes fun. On the combat/skills side there's not much of difference in terms of how difficult you can make a range class compared to melee. You can do the same things as melee classes like resource management apm, skill procs, etc. You can also play around with distance. Damage penalties for not being within certain distances, skills that can only be used at specific distances.

The only thing that makes range classes easier than melee is susceptibility to boss attacks, but you can easily have bosses used ranged attacks, or have boss mechanics that are better suited for a ranged player to do.

>>1867765
i know i'm just memeing
there is supposedly a gunner class coming which could be a more engaging ranged class

>>1867018
is heavy guardian locked into tanking?
from what I can tell, there's no 2h weapon or dual wield weapon?

>>1867780
Not yet. OG BP had twin axes, and theres a chance we get something like it in this.

>>1867527
>ranged
>difficult
ignoring positioning and mechanics and having higher uptime means you'll always be inferior.

>>1867784
Sounds like melee cope. Also that sounds more like a developer issue rather than class issue.

>>1867780
Both HG specs are tank, there are already twin striker NPCs in the game so that could also be coming soon, seems likely considering it was in the original game and they've been reusing/reworking the old classes.

I sure hope I can make cool new friends in this game!!!

>>1868073
Sorry, I'm uncool.

>>1867494
Is radiant guard shield knight still a tank?

>>1868141
yep, shield knight and heavy guardian don't have dps specs, it's all tank

>>1868147
Hell yeah, that means I can play an engaging and difficult class while tanking, that sounds awesome

>>1867763
I only played for less than 2 hours, I wanted to get a feel for the game to see if I should be hyped or not since I'm very good at knowing when I'll like a game or not even during the first hour when you don't have most of the tools you'll play with.
I can say I'm looking forward to the beta and release, seems quite fun.

>>1867784
most well-designed mmoARPGs had boss patterns that explicitly fucked over rangedkeks, so you'd usually see the ranged classes standing in the stack with the melees anyway
dragon nest, dnf, and blade&soul are examples of this

>>1868239
>ranged has to stand in melee
that's not good design, lmao, what?

>>1868239
>Blade and Soul
>Stacked in Melee
What

>>1868486
There's plenty of fights where being at ranged is a disadvantage, Highland Exile and Hae for example (Hae only need 1 at ranged during the shadow phase)

CBT registration will start in an hour, supposedly.

>>1868239
that is common in most MMOs cause of buffs and heals not having infinite range

>>1868626
I'm just gonna do it when I wake up tomorrow bro, it's not a big deal.

>>1868670
Fuck you, sign up NOW
https://playbpsr.com/cbt_recruitment
Page is broken right now but they posted the form directly
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB46h_4o9DW8mEtkn2RFSrAj5uWAD0KCHGrW27uPOLTiQ1tw/viewform
Recruitment Timeline
Recruitment Period: July 24 – August 14 (UTC-4)
Access Distribution: August 15 – August 20 (UTC-4)
Test Duration: No less than 10 days

Fuck that's longer than I thought, why do they need a month, we're getting the game late september/october with this timeline.
Also, it's a beta key system with limited spots.

You can whale in the beta lol

>>1868688
pump and dump...

>>1868689
They did this in CN server too, it's kinda weird honestly especially if it's a closed beta.

Does it need to be a gmail address specifically?

>>1868691
test payment systems, you get it all refunded too.

>>1868688
Terrible optics, the only thing they had to do is make it seem like the game isn't a gigantic cashgrab and they're not even doing that.

It's really annoying that we had to wait for a date to know that the beta is a month from now

New class art on the website

>>1868682
>Please leave your Discord account here so we can reach out to you more efficiently in the future.
wew lad

>>1868837
it's optional, but yeah very questionable

>>1868837
>>1868856
>tfw didn't realize it was optional
whatever, I have message request permissions on my shit for if they do something stupid

>>1868688
This is normal for CN games globally and in China

>>1869047
I've never seen it but I typically don't play Chinese games so I'll take your word for it.

>>1869049
blizzard did it with diablo 4.
but not the extra reimbursement, that's some eastern whaling incentive.

>>1868740
>we have raiden shogun at home

>>1869194
we have every anime character ever made at home with this character creator

Don't think of this game as a mmo with gacha aspects
It's a gacha with MMO aspects

>>1869260
Aren't the battle imagines the only gacha in the game that actually has a difference in combat/gameplay? Feels like its more mmo than gacha at that point.

>>1869300
Yes. That guy is a retard

>>1869300
retards think gacha describes gameplay instead of monetization.

>>1869260
I don't agree with that at all, this game is like FFXIV if it were anime and had more f2pslop systems like battle passes and currency exchange.
Now that I think about it it's pretty similar to lost ark too.

>>1868688
This is fine.
What's not fine is doing this for a closed beta test. It means that people who get into the test will be better off than those that didn't.

>>1869364
>gacha game rewards the lucky
color me SHOCKED

>>1869364
True, people are seething in the discord and already got a response about it saying they'll change it and update tomorrow, not sure what they plan on doing.

>>1869395
>Ahem, even if you don't get in, you can still send us money and we'll give it back we swear.

>>1869416
That would be even worse kek

>>1869416
As bad as that sounds, the whales that are complaining would unironically be content with that.

>>1869364
>oh no!
>think of the poor whales!
>they will win in the... uhh...

>>1869310
Yeah the more I look at this game, the more it looks like a blend of ffxiv, genshin, and lost ark.

ok, what the fuck? it says it's a paid close beta test? this must be an ESL issue, right? because later it says to join the discord and complete the questionnaire.
here's the link from the discord
https://forms.gle/rpqZCP93Zq7H839L6
but it's requesting me to log in to google.
looks like I'll be skipping this beta test.

also I fucking hate the way this website is coded. you can't link to this page directly, and trying to screenshot the full page only screenshots what's visible.

>>1869967
I wonder what this link does, they posted the cbt as an event on their discord.
https://discord.com/events/594431022188331008/1397791141939908669

>>1869967
>>1869971
another variant of the share link?
https://discord.gg/starresonance?event=1397791141939908669

>>1869967
The CBT isn't paid, but you can spend real money to buy in-game stuff.
There will be a wipe once the CBT finishes, but whoever spent money will get the money spent as rose orbs plus a bonus.
This is normal for Chinese games

>>1869972
opened both in incognito, this one seems to be the correct share link.

Bros... I don't know if I'm gonna make it this month...

>>1870071
Are you dying? You have to hold on so we can play together at least once