Is this for me?

Jaldren

I dislike having several hotbars filled with skills, mostly never used (looking at you WoW, EQ2 and FFXIV). Looking for a nice, fun PvE-oriented game, with emphasis on dungeons and group content (I love to heal or tank).

Hate grinding, though. Grind for me is the necessity to kill mindlessly mobs to be able to take on a new area or questline. It shows poor levelling design and it's subjectively what is wrong with most asian MMOs.

Great examples of grind games:

AION
ArcheAge
FFIX

So, is BDO for me?

Quazal.A

BDO is based on grinding yes ytou can level with quests, but once you hit 50 then its about the grind, but, i would say try and get a 7 day  pass, i quite enjoy the game, there are flaws, (some massive) but its an ok game, 
but, if you dont like grinding then this wont be the long term game for you

edit

its also a 'forced' pvp game once you pass 45, so if your looking for pve then this definatly isn't the game, there isn't any dungeons, grouping isnt a key aspect of this unless your doing boss scrolls etc

Sovrath

This game is not for you. It's a grind game. Which I like as I "like" combat so I don't consider this something that is wrong with Asian mmo's.

The skills are mostly done through combos created by using select keys and mouse keys.

Deltois

The game is shit, that's all.

Aethaeryn

I don't mind some grinding.  I have stopped playing though because some other things have distracted me and the whole "everything is client side" hack thing.  Also, if you don't like rows of hotbars you may not like it since there are so many combos etc.  You don't have to use them all of course but, if your like me, you will want to and it could be overwhelming.

Jaldren

What a shame. Ok, trying the free week to confirm, but keeping my hopes low

NorseGod

It's hitting it's peak so if you're going to try it out for a week or two, better do it now.

yucklawyers

I think you should give it go. Let me explain.

You wouldn't actually call it a PVE game or a PVP game, or a sandbox game or a themepark game, it's one defining characteristic is the endless grind. It's a grind game, but....

Grind is also (obviously) the best way to get levels and the best way to get gear. In fact, there isn't a single piece of BiS gear that doesn't drop from OW bosses (none from crafting). At least for my class. Grind is also the way to get rich, the income far exceeds any of the 'life skills' or PVE mechanisms.

So when I say give this game a go, what I mean is: APRIL FOOLS .

You'll hate it.

holdenhamlet

The game is a lot different than most MMOs.  But yeah there's a heck of a lot of grinding.

Grinding in BDO doesn't feel as bad though as it does in standard themeparks.  In standard themeparks, you grind a top dungeon for a few months.  Then they release a new one, all your gear is suddenly shit, and you do it over again.

In BDO the endgame content is other people, so any advancement you make will always be meaningful.

Anyway, I think the game is sufficiently different and high quality that every MMO player should at least try it.  There's still plenty of keys floating around.  Not everyone's going to like it, but the one's that do seem to REALLY like it, including myself.

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Jaldren said:

I dislike having several hotbars filled with skills, mostly never used (looking at you WoW, EQ2 and FFXIV). Looking for a nice, fun PvE-oriented game, with emphasis on dungeons and group content (I love to heal or tank).

Hate grinding, though. Grind for me is the necessity to kill mindlessly mobs to be able to take on a new area or questline. It shows poor levelling design and it's subjectively what is wrong with most asian MMOs.

Great examples of grind games:

AION
ArcheAge
FFIX

So, is BDO for me?

I can't tell if you're being serious or not.  It's almost like you played BDO and designed the question as someone who wants the exact opposite of what BDO offers.

Albatroes

Great game if you like to hack and/or watch others hack

scorpex-x

Try it and see, keep in mind that you can play it for a few weeks or months and then quit.

You don't have to play it forever, it's only $40.  I payed more for Doom than this costs and I played it for a few days.

Azaron_Nightblade

DMKano said:

Jaldren said:

I dislike having several hotbars filled with skills, mostly never used (looking at you WoW, EQ2 and FFXIV). Looking for a nice, fun PvE-oriented game, with emphasis on dungeons and group content (I love to heal or tank).

Hate grinding, though. Grind for me is the necessity to kill mindlessly mobs to be able to take on a new area or questline. It shows poor levelling design and it's subjectively what is wrong with most asian MMOs.

Great examples of grind games:

AION
ArcheAge
FFIX

So, is BDO for me?

If you hate grinding this is most likely not the game for  you, as PvE literally boils down to killing tens of thousands of the same mobs for 100s of hours. 

Either that, or spend your time crafting and gathering like I do.