What I don't understand is players say this game is very technical when compared to other mmos (telegraphing, boss mechanics being very critical, etc) yet no uproar with the bad optimization?! I hate to reference this game, but if there ever was a drop in fps like this in world of warcraft, you definitely would expect mass complaints. here, it just seems like people chalk it up to UE3 and accept mediocre performance.

Well thats how is the UE3 engine it wasnt meant to be used for Blade & Soul Gold. Well there could be possible engine swap if BnS becomes THE Game and devs rly want to do it than maybe with new DX12 we could see some better FPS.

And sorry to say about WoW but if u play wow with the pc that was made 2005 - 2007 ull see the same +/-, with the current ps's there shouldnt be any problems for wow at all as it is rather old game with rather old engine.

In my original post, the rig had a 980ti and 4790k both decently overclocked. That's not low-end PC. That's not even mid-tier PC. That's an upper tier PC without breaking a sweat. There's no reason this game should be bringing that PC down to its knees like that. Granted I haven't had the chance to configure with the settings, but judging by the guy's report, game looks to be extremely poorly optimized. As in Arkham Knight level poor.