Mechanics to deal with that are familiar enough to anyone versed in the same type of fights in older games: dodge telegraphed attacks, look for gaps in a wall of glowing shields before they fire bolts in both directions. This first Arena experience was interesting enough. I suppose these too will be strictly limited to 5 players or not at all? Pugging group members may be common to this type of game, but it’s never been our style. Then the matchmaker shows dungeons that are all 5 person. There are four more of these duo-only Arenas going up in levels. This makes me worry about the accessibility of group content going forward. Why a trio can’t join I have no idea: that seems a rather arbritrary restriction. It’s repeatable, which is the one saving grace since it’s strictly limited to a party of two characters. This is a queued and instanced single-fight activity. One rather annoying restriction we’ve come across so far, is the Arena ‘dungeon’ that we found in the Amphitheatre area. As yet I haven’t seen much in the way of synergy between characters, but my Mage’s ice magic does freeze foes in place, which can be useful tactically for the Priest and Ranger that make up the group. In general the game is good fun to play in this mode: there are large packs of opponents in quest areas and it makes for efficient and somewhat more relaxed gameplay if you have a friend or two as support. Having played some more Bless Unleashed as a trio I have some thoughts to share on just how good a MMORPG Bless is when playing partied-up with friends.
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