I haven't downloaded Blue Protocol yet and I'm definitely not feeling too in the mood to play another MMO currently but I'll try to stream it when it goes live in JP next Wednesday. I'm just busy with my doll stuff currently and trying to improve my art. Was hoping for a July release tbh.
Saw some info about the Battle Pass through here: https://blue-protocol-db.com/news/blue-protocol-communication-deep-dive-8/
It seems to be around 4,500 yen for the highest tier and lasts 60 days. This is around $30. I wonder what the West pricing will look like. My concern is how a F2P would go about getting this and what's actually in it. There is also a free version of the Battle Pass too.
I can pay for it but thinking about my poorfag frens ofc.
There are also time trial rankings. If they keep the P2W down and allow no lifers to at least achieve the same gear as wallet warriors, then I look forward to it. Whale slaying is my specialty. 
Until the P2W becomes unreasonable ofc.
New class was announced: A lancer. Between the Heavy Smasher and now this one, it's what I'm looking to play unless my group of frens lacks a range. I really don't like the two range classes in this game but may ultimately be forced to play one. 
They really gotta give a 3rd range option, preferably a dark caster of sorts like a warlock or wizard. Generic mage and archer ain't doing it for me!
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@veru i heard that their anticheat is going to be really rough on VPNs. i wouldn't spend money on it if i were you and expect to get shafted if you're not actually in JP.
@beardalaxy I fully expect to get banned on stream. 
But yup, I won't spend on JP because none of my frens are going to play there. I'm basically the only one heavily looking forward to the game to the point of becoming rabid. I'm just going on there to dick around a few days until I get banned and mostly want to feel the combat first hand, too.
The pricing for the Pass seems reasonable to me for 60 days but I also don't know what other MMOs are pricing it as currently. I only have BnS for reference and their shit is $35 for only 1 month or so and this doesn't include the other awful P2W shit that gets pushed every month on rotation. I probably have one of the worst monetization models as reference, so the BP Pass seems extremely good to me as long as there's no over the top P2W shit in there.
@veru i still think NGS has the best f2p model out there, nobody believes me lol