Bless Online will soon celebrate its official release in the West and will then be Free2Play. We interviewed the developers at Neowiz for this occasion and addressed the German localization among other things.
On October 23, 2018, Bless Online will launch, and Neowiz wants to make some adjustments to the MMORPG by then. On one hand, Bless will switch to a Free2Play model, and it will also be fine-tuned for performance and certain contents.
German localization comes with the official release
Missing German localization: Neowiz promised a complete German localization for Bless, which was not present during Early Access. This also deterred some German players from even trying out Bless. We inquired about the German voiceover.
Mein-MMO: Are you planning to offer Bless in German as well, or are other things a priority?
Neowiz: Yes, the German localization for Bless will be completed by the official launch this month. We can hardly wait!
Bless will receive even more PvE content, but focusing on it is difficult
In Germany, players often desire a large proportion of PvE content that they can tackle without PvP. This raised the question for us whether it would make sense to place a stronger focus on PvE for Bless.
Recently, a new raid called Patala has been released for players at end level. Is there a change in direction?
Mein-MMO: There are many supporters of PvE in Germany. Have you considered shifting the game’s focus a bit more towards PvE?
Neowiz: Bless has a lot of content that makes it difficult to separate PvP and PvE, such as world bosses, the area Basel Gorge, and other content that combines PvE and PvP. Bless was designed with both aspects of the game in mind, so it would do a disservice to remove any part of it.
We understand, however, that not all players enjoy PvP as much or only want to participate once they have reached a certain level. For this reason, we have decided to provide items that allow players to avoid PvP while their characters level up and grow. Additionally, we will continue to add PvE content with our updates.
A second large part of the interview is coming: We asked the developers even more questions that deal heavily with the existing issues and criticism of Bless. The release of the second part will follow and will be linked here.
Neowiz believes that with the launch, players will return to Bless Online. There will be more on this topic in the second part:
