I have nothing but praises for the core gameplay, and I am pleased that Stunlock continually looks to balance all their Bloodlines through regular updates and tweaks to keep everything on a level playing field. Player skill on both sides is at play here: players need to keep moving, but ranged attackers can accurately lead their shots if the targets move predictably. To attack, you point the cursor, press the appropriate button on the keyboard, and hope that your target doesn't move away from where you were aiming. Play Attacking an opponent and determining damage is purely based on player skill without any mathematic bonuses or penalties, which simplifies things for players like me who do not dive into the minutiae statistics and numbers of conventional RPGs. This balance between simplicity and variance allows you to experiment with different Bloodlines and find your favorites without needing to relearn too much. For example, almost every Bloodline has some sort of teleport, but the speed, casting time, and damage will vary. All Bloodlines are similar enough that you can jump from any given Bloodline to another in the same archetype without practice, but it will take a few rounds to fully acquaint yourself with the nuances of the different abilities. Within each archetype are five Bloodline characters you can choose, and each one is subtly different from the others.

As expected, tanks have the most hitpoints and ranged damagers are the best attackers, and so on. There are four archetypes of characters that will be instantly familiar to anyone who has ever touched an MMO: tanks, melee damagers ('melee DPS' to you WoW players), ranged damagers, and healers.

There is no character leveling, equipment, or loot: this is arena combat, and all characters in the game have all their abilities available to them at all times. With Bloodline Champions, Stunlock has created an environment with rules based loosely on fantasy MMOs, but strips away almost everything that creates an imbalance among players.

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