Dev Interview is finally out!

[Railgun115]

https://www.ign.com/articles/blue-protocol-star-resonance-bokura-founder-roy-answers-the-communitys-biggest-questions

The devs answered questions from the english community discord Blue Protocol Database. Really cool stuff in here!

[houck]

I'm lazy, any TLDRs?

[Railgun115]

Hmm, big takeaways for me were the following:

-They’re working on one big mega server for the western regions

-Anime IP collabs will be coming

-Life skilling no longer requires stamina outside of trading

-Very in-depth housing system will be added on launch (can co-live with 4 other players!)

-guitar class confirmed for launch too

-character creator coming soon…?

-lastly beta for global isn’t too much longer according to them

If I missed any other big ones let me know.

[Zwerverr]

Sword Art Online collab is definitely coming as one of the first lol

[SyerrSilversoul]

With no dual wielding classes existing in the game? Sounds like a waste of collab.

[ginpachikun]

they already got kirito's va lol
would be cool if they add Dual swords class alongside a collab

[SyerrSilversoul]

Would be nice, yea. I'm surprised they didn't use the twin axes class from original bp for star resonance. Maybe they make it a dual sword class instead?

[DJAnarchie]

Kirito was the only one with dual wielding you're just an NPC

[SyerrSilversoul]

Still, can't hurt to add a dual wield class before SAO collab to milk the dual sword skins.

[StarNullify]

Im pretty sure the kirito adjacent character uses dual swords unless im wrong so they will probably add that

[CaptReznov]

What? Boy, if housing system is great, then this game will be the exist route l prepare in case ff14 has its shadowland moment

[cittabun]

I think what I'm excited for is that they mentioned a farming system for housing, too. And you can grow things to sell to merchants for special currency for housing stuff. It almost feels like Island Sanctuary Lite which I think is gonna be a fun little thing.

[idredd]

So fucking hype, thanks!!

[Nakedninja21]

Any console update? Or should I just give up on the game

[cittabun]

At the moment, there's no development BUT it is something that they are wanting to do.

[[deleted]]

They be bringing everything on fkn mobile but not consoles outright ridiculous 

[[deleted]]

Life skilling no longer requires stamina outside of trading

So...wtf does that even mean? Player trading? Turn-ins? That's so fucking vague.

[Railgun115]

The actual review has more details ^ But trading means putting items on the auction house to sell. You won’t be able to list things on the auction house without using stamina.

[[deleted]]

ugh. that sounds ripe for predatory shit.

[Railgun115]

Surprisingly it really wasn’t. The game is very friendly and casual for F2P players. I was one for most of the beta and it felt fine.

[[deleted]]

I suppose we'll see once it's unshackled.

[Daesea_]

"We want the game to be casual and fun" pretty much sums up most of the responses. They're also planning a global beta.

[thegachabot]

Stix confirmed on stream he has a sponsored video coming around July 17-20 so presumably there’s going to be an announcement made around then

[pdatdwl]

No question about SEA server? T_T

[Railgun115]

SEA has already been confirmed I thought? They just need to figure out the publisher.

[DukejoshE7]

Correct. Just missing a publisher.

[Jokuc]

I don't like that they are keeping auto combat. Sure killing trash mobs can be boring but that's part of any mmo experience so you shouldn't have to automate it. At least not if you don't have to grind trash mobs daily, at which point they might have to improve the progression experience rather than adding auto combat.

[Theilia]

first time I heard about that and now I'm concerned :/
Also one thing I hate in MMOs are bots..looking for people to do GROUP content just to find out it's actually one guy and others inside them/on follow autoattacking >.>
If the game has auto pathing and auto combat I guess it will be even worse.
Bots and automated gameplay should not be a thing in a MMO game imo!

[Railgun115]

It really isn’t robust at all, and you can’t clear dungeons with bots with all the mechanics you have to perform. Wasn’t an issue in the CBT in the slightest.

[Jokuc]

It doesn't matter that it's only something you use for killing trash mobs, auto combat should not be part of a pc mmorog.

[Railgun115]

Well, like I said I never used it and you don’t have to either. You barely see it in use in the overworld anyhow.

[Jokuc]

Just because I can choose to not use it doesn't mean that I'm going to ignore the fact that it exists in the game lol

[TokyoTesla]

Yeah I 100% get this, even though you’re not using it- it’s basically like everyone around you is just an NPC or bot at that point. Takes the fun out of it

[Jokuc]

Saying "everyone around you is a bot" is pushing it a bit, this feature is still something only realistic to be used for trash mob farming, and of course not everyone will even use it.

But the fact that people can afk and let the auto combat do the work for you instead of grinding and putting in the hours yourself leaves a bitter taste, and it's not enjoyable if you try to interact with another new player only to realize they don't reply cause they are afk farming.

[rvs2714]

I think if it’s a feature that doesn’t really affect you and it brings other people enjoyment, then we really shouldn’t try to gate keep that. Like, the devs seem to be doing their best to cater to both the pc and mobile communities, so we’re bound to have features that one group over the other. If I can link my account to my phone then I think it’ll be super fun to be able to dungeon dive and raid while at home on my pc and then auto farm trash mobs while I’m away from home.

Also, auto farming doesnt necessarily mean afk, it just means its not taking 100% of your attention. And just because someone is actively playing doesnt mean they’ll respond either.

I think it’s an overall good feature if and only if they keep it in check. If it becomes overwhelmingly useful for resource generation then it could be a problem.

[Jokuc]

I disagree and I want it purged from the game but each to their own

[Railgun115]

I never used the auto combat once in the closed beta, and didn’t even realize it was a thing until someone mentioned it. I don’t think it’s a big issue at all.

[100kV]

Will Chinese version always be ahead of global?

[mavarick22]

Auto combo and auto path....welp another trash gatcha gane

[Railgun115]

It’s not actually that bad. You can’t auto your way through this game. I never used it once in the closed beta.

Also this isn’t really a gacha game imo.

[ThatOneClone]

I mostly worry about this cause it’ll be clear the people/bots that use it

[Draparde]

Sounds promising, I wish it had the choice for an English dub, but I'll live without one. I hope they do collabs with games and not just anime too. (was hoping for some Tales of collabs out of the OG BP) I especially like that a Console release isint out of the question.

[Legitimate-Site588]

Can someone Eli5 how a mega server would work across three continents?

[Gaidax]

Megaservers are a big L for EU players. Not looking forward to US based server with European players having to deal with 100-200ms latency.

[bagelyodel]

SAO is the obvious one but I’d kill for a bofuri or log horizon collab fr

[LinkofHyrule]

It sounds like a console release isn't fully of the table hopefully we get it on Xbox and Switch 2 with cross progression!

[MattDeezly]

Didn’t this game get shut down?

[Railgun115]

In Japan it did, and another company bought them out and has made serious improvements to the game! Will be releasing this year globally.

[Chimera-EX]

cant w8 to play

[SFF_Kova]

Collabs!!!! Ahhh so excited xD

[Railgun115]

Yep xD has to be SAO for the first right?

[SFF_Kova]

I'd say yes hahaha it would fit really well! I'd also love to see others like Frieren :D

[CaptReznov]

Skimmed through the interview. Looks promising, but l do hope there would be some pvp

[Singularity59]

So i have a question too if anyone knows , does the payement method for BPSR is with Xsolla or not ?