Blade & Soul: Martial Arts T&A MMO

The English localization of this MMO has been out for a few weeks in the West and it's pretty fun, with it having very little pay2win and having a rather deep PVP system. Is anybody else playing it?

I'd like it to be, well...bit more MM Oey, but I can enjoy it for what it is - small scale / arena co-op.

It's great, but crafting's a bit dated. Also some things are mostly walled behind Pv P, so be prepared for that. I say mostly because there are ways to get Soulstones from PvE, but you have to pray to RN Gsus for that.

I'm trying to play it, but I don't really think my 4 year old laptop has what it takes. The game will run, but it's slow as a sloth taking a shit and it stutters horribly. Any advice on how to get it to run faster? Or am I going to have to get a dedicated gaming laptop?

Probably a processor issue? I think you should get a new laptop with a decently-strong processor. You probably don't need a laptop made solely for gaming, but you probably do need a new one at least. ._.

Yeah, the site recommends a quad-core processor for best performance, whereas mine is only a dual core. I can improve performance a little by messing with the graphical settings, but I can only turn it down so far before it starts to look like a PSP game. Which will have the biggest effect on performance, Texture Resolution or Screen Resolution?

Also, would it cost less to upgrade my current laptop with a new processor?

I'm not too well-versed in these things so you'll have to ask someone else, but if your PC's four years old it'll probably be better/cheaper in the long run to just get a new one.

Looks like the Silverfrost expansion is coming sooner than expected. This Wednesday.

While I'm hoping the story gets less bleak from here, I don't count on it.