In Blade & Soul, there is currently an event where three event dungeons can be played. In these dungeons, players can earn new rewards. However, unfortunately, the dungeons are not very well received.
What does the new event include? In the event “Return of the Legends,” you can play three dungeons:
- Ring of Revenge
- Abandoned Tomb
- Burning Tomb
As part of the event, among other things, players can work on earning two temporary weapons and various event items. “Emblems of Return” are required as the new currency.
Why is the event not well received by players? Many players criticize the event for the fourth level of the Ring of Revenge being far too difficult.
A very high damage output is required to complete the level before the enrage timer runs out. Only those who manage to complete the level can compete with a pig and earn the Emblems of Return.
However, the damage must be so high that players who complete the dungeon can do nothing with the event items. Their equipment is already far better than the rewards earned.
Much criticism for the new dungeons
If you currently browse the forums of Blade & Soul, you will find many threads about the new event. Particularly, player NorbertTheOpinionated has engaged in very intensive discussion on the topic in his post.
How much damage do you need to deal? In his critique, he calculates exactly how much damage is needed for the dungeon for both developers and players.
At level 3, the Holy Longgui has 7,100,000 health points. To defeat him, you have one minute, so you need about 118,334 damage per second.
At level 4, the Holy Longgui has 236,000,000 health points. The time until the enrage timer is three minutes, which equates to approximately 1,311,112 damage per second.
What rewards can you get? Among the best rewards of the event are the Weapon Chest of the Transient Flame, which is only usable for one day, and Bagua Chests of the Heavenly Emperor at levels 1 to 3.
Here too, NorbertTheOpinionated complains that, in his view, players who deal 1.3 million damage per second have no need for this equipment, as they already possess this or even better gear.
However, players who would be interested in the items cannot obtain them because the contents are too difficult and are primarily a pure DPS check.
Is the event a diabolical masterpiece? In the end, the player even goes so far as to claim that NCSoft has created a diabolical masterpiece with the event.
They present every player with a carrot, forcing them to upgrade their equipment. Since the event is only for a short time, one may have to invest real money to quickly obtain better values.
He describes the Return of the Legends as an event for whales, disguised as an event for all players.
Whales are players who invest a lot of money in a game.
Other new features also cause bad vibes
One day after the patch was released, NCSoft announced another new feature that is not well received by players. There will soon be another server merger.
When will the servers be merged? On April 24th, the now third server merger for Blade & Soul will take place.
The remaining two American servers will be merged into the server Yura.
The three European players will all gather on Jinsoyun. Previously, there were separate servers for German and French players. In the future, everyone will play together on one server, which raises concerns about language discussions for many.
New engine in Asia: While there is a lot of criticism for Blade & Soul here, NCSoft is implementing a new engine and many small changes in the Korean version .
However, Blade & Soul has also lost revenue in Korea over the past year:
