Blade and Soul CN

Lately, I have been playing Blade & Soul CN which is the version published by Tencent for China. After years of waiting for NCSoft to publish the North American version, I finally gave in and tried this highly anticipated game. The chinese version boasts having over a million concurrent users! There are also several servers with even more subservers... (You're missing out, NCSoft!!)

 So far, the gameplay is amazing even with the bad ping (~200-300ms) and lag. Many of the skills are dependent on timing and certain conditions so its not your average hack and slash. Targeting is easier than Tera online's system and fairly forgiving. Combat is very dynamic and fluid. This game really does look just as good as all the trailers you've probably seen.

 One of the things I've enjoyed immensely is the Costume system. In this game, your armor stats depend entirely on your bopae or what I call Pizza which is a 8 piece round pictorial armor set! You are given stats and even set bonuses depending on which pieces you choose to equip. So this means that you can wear whichever armor/costume piece you want since it is full for appearance!! There are many ingame armors that you can collect and some in the cash shop. All very impressive and stylish for all races and both genders.

If you do decide to try it rather than wait for an english version, then I also suggest you find a server that is populated with english-speaking players which will make your experience better!
Registration is fairly easy following the guides I've linked below.

Various resources below to get you started:
Registration/Newbie Guide from Freedom (Blade and Soul Guild @ mmosite) Also a great resource for all things B&S related.
Registration Guide from Blade and Soul Dojo Another great resource for B&S
English patch for B&S CN(Most of UI translated and some ingame text)
Aspenach Gaming A resourceful Blade & Soul website

Gameplay:
Weapon feeding guide
Accessories feeding guide
Bopae (Armor pizza!) guide
Qing Gong Quests guide