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Bless updates!

We finally got some solid news about Bless Steam launch – the dates, the prices of both the game AND founder packs, but also the first wave of Emissaries was announced. Congrats everyone!

Wallpaper from official Bless website

The chosen Emissaries were divided into 3 categories. Creators from the first one were awarded for their work towards popularizing the game with invitation to the first official Bless press conference on which the game was presented to the participants, as well as the important news such as the base game price and founder packs pricing were announced. Two other categories were Bless Content Creators and Bless Community Leaders.

The list of the Emissaries you can find on official Bless website and below under “Show more” button (be warned, there is 96 people + press conference attendees names there!)

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Bless Online Preview Event Participants (press conference)

Twitch/Youtube ID Twitch channel
AgentNorth https://www.twitch.tv/AgentNorth
Anothernotch https://www.twitch.tv/anothernotch
Arctix https://www.twitch.tv/arctix
Deltiasgaming https://www.twitch.tv/deltiasgaming
Djtechlive https://www.twitch.tv/djtechlive
Docgotgame https://www.twitch.tv/docgotgame
Fwa_ https://www.twitch.tv/Fwa_
Garlianx https://www.twitch.tv/garlian
Happytailsanimals https://www.youtube.com/happytailsanimals
itsZiz https://www.twitch.tv/itsziz
JonahVeil https://www.twitch.tv/jonahveil
King_Krotha https://www.twitch.tv/King_Krotha
Nyxeira https://www.twitch.tv/nyxeira
Pohx https://www.twitch.tv/pohx
QMGSaint https://www.twitch.tv/QMGSaint
SerMedieval https://www.twitch.tv/sermedieval
Skylent https://www.twitch.tv/skylent
Tehbeardedgamer https://www.twitch.tv/Tehbeardedgamer
Thehiveleader https://www.twitch.tv/thehiveleader
ThorDG https://www.twitch.tv/thorDG
Tripeezy https://www.twitch.tv/tripeezy
TypeForced https://www.twitch.tv/typeForced

 

Content Creators

Twitch/Youtube ID Main Channel
5miles https://www.twitch.tv/5miles
AgentNorth https://www.twitch.tv/AgentNorth
Anothernotch https://www.twitch.tv/anothernotch
Arctix https://www.twitch.tv/arctix
Ashvau https://www.twitch.tv/ashvau
Bagotrix https://www.twitch.tv/bagotrix
Bigfrytv https://www.youtube.com/BigfryTV
Bikeman https://www.twitch.tv/bikeman
Blessious https://www.youtube.com/Blessious
Brobben123 https://www.twitch.tv/brobben123
CanalLetsPlayVideos https://www.youtube.com/user/CanalLetsPlayVideos
Carthh_Ws https://www.twitch.tv/carthh_ws
Chainerfails https://www.twitch.tv/chainerfails
Coyaletsplay https://www.youtube.com/coyaletsplay
Deathweaverftw https://www.youtube.com/deathweaverftw
Deltiasgaming https://www.twitch.tv/deltiasgaming
Djtechlive https://www.twitch.tv/djtechlive
Docgotgame https://www.twitch.tv/docgotgame
Dowhigawocogaming https://www.twitch.tv/dowhigawocogaming
Dryfalco https://www.twitch.tv/dryfalco
Efitall https://www.youtube.com/efitall
Fazon VFX https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF498Lq3ZdrAUvXAxTwfC8w?view_as=subscriber
Fwa_ https://www.twitch.tv/Fwa_
Garlianx https://www.youtube.com/user/Garlianx
Happytailsanimals https://www.youtube.com/happytailsanimals
Indiekings https://www.twitch.tv/indiekings
itsZiz https://www.youtube.com/itsZiz
Izkimar12 https://www.youtube.com/user/Izkimar12
JonahVeil https://www.twitch.tv/jonahveil
Katleenz https://www.twitch.tv/katleenz
King_Krotha https://www.twitch.tv/King_Krotha
Kitty_Cast https://www.twitch.tv/kitty_cast
LiberateGaming https://www.twitch.tv/LiberateGaming
Lucyyfurr https://www.twitch.tv/lucyyfurr
Mithrie https://www.youtube.com/mithrie
MonolithMVGC http://www.youtube.com/c/MonolithMVGC
Nyxeira https://www.twitch.tv/nyxeira
Nocht https://www.youtube.com/nocht
Pohx https://www.twitch.tv/pohx
poketLWEWT https://www.youtube.com/user/poketLWEWT
QMGSaint https://www.twitch.tv/QMGSaint
Sangka https://www.twitch.tv/sangka
SerMedieval https://www.twitch.tv/sermedieval
Shotgunraids https://www.youtube.com/shotgunraids
Skylentgames https://www.youtube.com/skylentgames
Sokoseoul https://www.twitch.tv/sokoseoul
Sonii https://www.twitch.tv/sonii
SPCLSPRHEROHD https://www.youtube.com/c/SPCLSPRHEROHD
Strangereligion https://www.twitch.tv/strangereligion
Tehbeardedgamer https://www.twitch.tv/Tehbeardedgamer
Tezmmo https://www.twitch.tv/tezmmo
The Triple S League https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMWKb-id2icjihQdTL0btuw
Thegaisciochfamily https://www.twitch.tv/thegaisciochfamily
Thehiveleader https://www.youtube.com/Thehiveleader
ThorDG https://www.twitch.tv/thorDG
Tidus99 https://www.twitch.tv/tidus99
Tornosubito95 https://www.youtube.com/c/TornoSubito95
Tripeezy https://www.youtube.com/tripeezy
TypeForced https://www.twitch.tv/typeForced
VR Kirito https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMll1T8FSaGqiINQXS1lJ2g
WaifuDeliveryService https://www.twitch.tv/WaifuDeliveryService
Xehanort1227 https://www.youtube.com/Xehanort1227
Yakobii https://www.twitch.tv/yakobii
zaion_lol https://www.twitch.tv/zaion_lol
Zueljin https://www.youtube.com/zueljin

 

Community Leaders (Discord or Steam ID)

Angelcry#0001 Iriel#1420 Mint#5920
AnthraxHierarchy#1418 Kitah#7099 Pan#6009
Coffee#8750 Korealer#0595 Papa Sponge#7733
cory#2163 Kreese #6840 Paradox#5721
Dream#1111 Kys#6327 Sarcyan#3470
DullerSnowcat (Steam ID) Lane Boy#6332 TASbot#8745
Edgelord MemeMan#5943 Leeloojoon#8225 Tsurata#9583
Fok #8778 Legend#0952 Vixen_Fayne#1640
Heliosk#0897 Lilith Demon#2313 Weakdayz#3353
Henmoro#3919 Lily#8181 xDrac#3147

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Unfortunately neither my streaming friend akaFayme got in, neither I, but don’t be mistaken, it won’t stop us from creating Bless content! The only difference is that we won’t be officially supported by Bless. And I’m pretty sure we’ll try again to apply in a while.

What I’m mainly disappointed with though is not even that I didn’t get in but that the Bless team assured everyone who asked that not only streamers can be content creators, you can be still a writer or an artist to be admitted and yet all the content creators that got in the Emissary program are streamers or YouTubers. But I’ll blame it on the advertising strategy – especially on the start Bless will need numbers to ensure the game’s success, so for now they picked streamers because that’s what’s the most popular nowadays.

Image from official Bless wiki

Prices, Dates, Founder Packs

Another announcement we got was pretty much the news all the future Bless players were waiting for.

Date: The game will launch May 30th unless you buy a Founder Pack – then you can play since May 28th

Price: The base game will cost $29,99.

Founder Packs: see the table below

 

Standard Edition

$39.99

Deluxe Edition

$69.99

Collector’s Edition

$199.99

Includes Base Game Advanced Access (two day head start) Advanced Access (two day head start) Advanced Access (two day head  start)

+ One gift copy of Bless Online

Benefits Credits title “The Founder”

Premium customer service

Twinkling wing effect

Premium Membership 30 days 60 days 90 days
Lumena 2450 Lumena 3800 Lumena
Exclusive Skin Exclusive Mount Skin
Exclusive Pet Skin
Exclusive Mount Skin
Exclusive Pet Skin
Exclusive Costume Skin
Exclusive Weapon Skin

Now the prices caused an actual storm in the Bless fanbase, especially the Collector’s Edition. I know for sure that it’s WAY too much for me and if not the base game included in the Founder Packs I wouldn’t really buy any of those because the Standard Edition just doesn’t give you much and the Deluxe version is pricey and still not giving much either. The opinions I’ve seen on the internet are pretty much close to mine. The most people point out 2 things – one, that the Collector’s Edition Founder Pack is too expensive comparing to what it gives (they suggest that it should include some irl rewards too, for example a Bless hoodie) and that the Bless developers team never mentioned subscription plan, they’ve only talked about the game being b2p (buy to play) and not p2w (pay to win) at all and that it would have cash shop. Now in this announcenement we see that not only there will be a Premium Membership but also the Founder Packs are very overpriced. Some people expressed their concerns about the game monetization – they suggest that if the game closed its servers in two regions already the devs should learn something from that. I’ve even seen people cancelling their Bless stream schedules completely because of those prices.

As for me I have mixed feelings. I’d consider buying the middle Founder Pack if it was giving me something more. If nothing changes I’ll buy the Standard Edition and only because it has both the base game and 1 month of Premium Membership that would be probably around $25 so it would just be cheaper to buy a Founder Pack. At the moment I honestly don’t think the two other Founder Packs are worth their prices but if I was filthy rich I’d still buy them because I’d like to support the game I believe in.

Neowiz listened to the player’s opinions so far so we can hope the devs will change their pricing decisions. They still have almost 2 weeks to do it so it may still happen. If it doesn’t – well, I still will buy and play the game as it really seems awesome. Maybe it will be worth all the money after all?


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