Blade And Soul Lets Different Servers Play Together On July 14th

NCSoft announced today that its martial arts MMORPG Blade and Soul will be receiving what it calls "Linked Server Groups" on July 12th, allowing multiple servers to play together. There will be six groups for NA and six groups for EU, each of which contains two or three servers.

NCSoft states that the reasons for introducing Linked Server Groups are as follows.

As we add new features and evaluate the game as a whole, we’re constantly looking to ensure a high quality experience. In order to adapt with our evolving player base, we’re going to be connecting the world zones between multiple servers together (full list below) so that characters on other servers are playing in the same world zones and in the same language. These linked servers will have a combined Faction population count, thus we have also taken care to look at faction balance to consider the server groups.

You’ll be sharing zones and channels with characters from other servers in an entirely seamless way. You’ll be able to group in the world with other players from your linked server group, create or join a clan with them, and send mail to other characters in your linked server group.

Those who want to change what server group they are a part of will be able to use a "paid server transfer service" to do so sometime in the near future.

You can find more information, including what Linked Server Group your server will be a part of, here.