Neowiz is moving fast to patch away some of the doom from Bless Online after its messy early access soft launch last week. The next update, currently on the test server, tweaks quest experience for some quests, reduces Ranger cooldowns, adjusts the chain bonus, tweaks Peninsular War scoring, and reduces overland mob hitpoints. Mages and Guardians will face down modest cooldown nerfs, and Neowiz has big plans for its targeting system.
“During the development process, we found that we cannot guarantee optimal control of the action targeting mode for all classes, except for the Berserker. We plan to make it possible for other classes to use action targeting as soon as we solve these gameplay problems (except for the Paladin class which will only have tab-targeting). However, this adjustment is currently pushed back as we are focusing on stabilization and balance. We will provide you with more information once we have determined a time frame for the action targeting mode update.”
“Balance modifications will not end with just this patch,” the studio notes. “We plan to continue with other class balances in stages.”
Reviews remain “mixed” on Steam after the game’s beleaguered launch last week; get caught up on the whole ordeal:
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