Closed Beta Starts Oct 30th!

[Lotharen]

That's right and here is the information:

WeÔÇÖre excited to announce that our closed beta weekends will begin on October 30! Our FounderÔÇÖs Pack holders will be among the first to experience the Western release of Blade & Soul.

There will be at least five beta weekends, the first two of which will focus on testing the English version of the Western release. With over 20 days of total playtime, the beta weekends will all run from Friday at 10am PDT to Monday at 10pm PDT. The extended beta weekend November 24ÔÇô30 will then include all launch languagesÔÇöEnglish, French, and German, with subsequent weekends including these three languages.

Closed Beta 2015 Weekend Schedule

Weekend 1: Oct 30ÔÇôNov 2 [English only]
Weekend 2: Nov 13ÔÇô16 [English only]
Weekend 3: Nov 24ÔÇô30 [English, French, German]
Weekend 4: Dec 11ÔÇô14 [English, French, German]
Weekend 5: Dec 18ÔÇô21 [English, French, German]

If players donÔÇÖt purchase a FounderÔÇÖs Pack there will limited opportunities to gain access through the official beta signup on the Blade & Soul website. WeÔÇÖll also have additional chances through beta code giveaways via official Blade & Soul social channels, as well as offers from participating partnersÔÇöstay tuned for more info!

Also be sure to watch our livestream September 9 at 10am PDT over on http://twitch.tv/bladeandsoul for more info on the closed beta, and what to expect while testing.

[Shiera]

Gah...So tempted to ask for a Founders pack too....

[Dino]

I'm tempted but I don't know if I want to spend that cash only to dislike it in BETA... I am pretty sure I will enjoy Blade and Soul, but I am more looking forward to Black Desert...decisions decisions....

[Dino]

My friends convinced me, got a founders pack. so excite.

[Lotharen]

My friends convinced me, got a founders pack. so excite.

Awesome, will be good to game with you

[KhazGrey]

I too am looking forward to open beta as this will be the first time trying out Blade and Soul. Taking the day off work as I plan on spending most of day one just creating my character just right then diving into the UI and see if I can bend it to my liking. I am happy to see in the live stream that the NA version will have game pad support!

[fazed]

Date has been changed to the 29th now.

[Shiera]

Date has been changed to the 29th now.

Yep we found out Lotharen discussed it at the meeting this evening.

[Novatek]

Have fun folks!

[Sera]

I didn't get the email yet for the client download so with a ridiculous amount of digging I finally found the link on an official BnS page:

page: https://support.bladeandsoul.com/hc/en-us

direct dl link: http://cbt.patcher.bladeandsoul.com/BnS ... taller.exe

Note: you must have a valid account that is active for the CBT's (e.g. founders account) to get the launcher to start downloading the client. Looks like 12.4 gigs and good download speed (7MB/s for me right now).