Bless Starts Giving Away Level Boosts in Korea

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While we here in the West were busy with the Bless, the Korean studio's high fantasy MMORPG. The 'Up Project' event kicked off on February 16th and is offering both new and veteran players many reasons to check the game out.

New players will be given free level 45 equipment (presumably usable right away) along with other benefits such as increased experience and gold drop rates. Those who are already at the previous level cap of 45 will get potions that immediately boost their character to the new level cap of 50. The Up Project event includes a whole host of other features and in-game events including a new referral system in which players are rewarded for bringing new players to the game.

Released just a year ago (Korean OBT started Jan 27 2016), Bless has already had several rounds of server mergers leaving it with just 2 live servers. Its not uncommon for MapleStory do it. The only brow-raiser here is how quickly Bless has had to resort to these sorts of tactics. With only 5 new levels and only one year in service, its not like any of the content is outdated.

Its not clear whether Bless Online's troubles in its home market are effecting the Western release schedule. one of the most expensive to develop MMORPGs in history ($61 million), Bless caused constant technical issues on my top tier gaming PC. Frame drops to the low teens, black screening, and other issues required me to terminate the process and restart once every few hours. If Aeria can force Neowiz to fix these issues, the wait may be worth it. But its a race against the clock.