Blade & Soul Update Refines Progression

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Following months of feedback from the community, the Blade & Soul team has announced that they will be making changes to weapon upgrade paths and gem hammers and sockets.

In an effort to improve weapon upgrade paths, NCSoft will be diverting weapons currently on the final tiers of the Moonwater Plains path (Siren and Pirate) to the Silverfrost Mountains path beginning June 1. The date selected is part of a plan to time this change to work with an upcoming in-game event that will allow players to reduce upgrade costs with an item called a "Nebula Weapon Upgrade Stone," which can be used in place of the Evolution weapon. The stone reduces the amount of materials and gold required for upgrades, resulting in an upgrade cost reduction of 10-40%.

As for gem sockets, beginning May 11, any weapon sockets opened with Gem Hammers will no longer reset when transitioning from the Moonwater Plains path to the Silverfrost Mountains path. The Blade & Soul team is also making changes to the number of hammers required to unlock additional gem sockets. You can see the full chart of socket changes -- along with any additional details -- on the Blade & Soul site.

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QuintLyn Bowers
QuintLyn Bowers, News Editor
QuintLyn is a long-time lover of all things video game related will happily talk about them to anyone that will listen. She began writing about games for various gaming sites a little over ten years ago and has taken on various roles in the games community.

Discussion (3)

Aakrchie 7 years ago
hmm apparently they still don't want to optimize the game's graphics :)) it's a shame :P keep it up with rockets pc and get 30 fps but if you play from a pentium 4 you get 120 =)) nailed it Ncsoft

Merkadis 7 years ago
Hoo, looks like somebody realized how ridiculous their prices for the upgrades were.

Lobo 7 years ago
reduce upgrade cost 10%-40% but mats price will go up to 50%-100% more than usual...


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