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Shooting Stuff with the Black Desert Online Archer - MMORPG.com

To my dismay, Black Desert Online hasn’t quite evolved into the group PVE direction I wanted when I reviewed the game years ago. But that doesn’t mean I’ve given up on Pearl Abyss’ wonderfully complex and gorgeous MMO. I still go back every so often, but it’s been several months since my last visit. This time, my return was brought on by the Legolas-But-Not-Really Archer, the new male ranger class that was added this week.

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3dom

The only reason to level up character #15 in BDO is if you want to level up character #1-14 (there is xp transfer / tag feature). I'm leveling Lahn through Archer - which was boring / unnecessary too.

Octagon7711

I see they have a 50% off sale on the game until Jan 3rd.

SupaMutant

IS THAT A MAN OR WOMAN?!?!

Wizardry

The Archer is the exact class i wanted to play,i did play and the same class that made me quit the game quickly.
I don't remember what i paid for the game,must have been up around $60+.
IMO this developer should never make another mmorpg ever for the rest of anyone's life.
First of all the half assed node idea is well yeah,half assed done like about 3% done,coudl ahve been a great idea but yeah slack effort.

Back to the Archer,i have no idea what that class designer was thinking,but i have NEVER seen a person do spin o rama's with a bow.I was like wtf is this nonsense,was the guy high who designed this,i can't play this crap.So i tried some other class for about 2 days,same crap.
So then my questing leads me to the water front,i see tons of people,i'll go look...grrrr

ALL of them auto afk fish botting..by DESIGN !!
Oh want to travel on your horse,auto afk mode...my god,yeah this developer should never make another mmropg ever again.

The artists work was really well done but then again artists work is always well done,it is the rest of the development team who should be fired.

3dom

Fr0z1nDuDe said:

IS THAT A MAN OR WOMAN?!?!

I'd reply that but MMORPG.com has too vague account suspension policy. I'd say - Canadian policy considering my experience in Warframe chat.

shalissar

Fr0z1nDuDe said:

IS THAT A MAN OR WOMAN?!?!

It's a slightly feminine male and they're very sexy and they're allowed to exist

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Redemp

If the game wasn't P2W and had a gear curve i'd be enjoying it. I don't need another job grinding, BUT some people do want this form of grind .. so to each their own. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at the games launch ... minus the guild drama et al.

In regards to a previous poster: The classes in the game are fun and new, the combat is a redeeming portion of the game. The issue in my sphere with the game is the amount of grind required to enjoy the game. That coupled with it's slow slide in to pay to win mechanics and cash shop additions, the massive amount of exploiting done by communities at most every content release is a huge turn off to folks who don't want to "win at all costs" and just play the game. The community inside the game is emblematic of the problems with Korean grinding pvp games.

*Old game grump : These new gamers in my day reputation mattered, yadda yadda, get off my lawn.

Caffynated

Fr0z1nDuDe said:

IS THAT A MAN OR WOMAN?!?!

It's an elf. The difference between male and female is paper thin.

nepulas

class looks great... i really enjoyed the game the first time i played it and slowly discovered and understood everything.but than the gring got me and i realized it will take me month to catch up to play pvp... so i quite as did everyone else i know

Sovrath

shalissar said:

Fr0z1nDuDe said:

IS THAT A MAN OR WOMAN?!?!

It's a slightly feminine male and they're very sexy and they're allowed to exist

Some people don't understand that different cultures value different ideas of what is masculine/feminine.

I think some people think that this is the only representation of "male" that should exist:

But I strongly suspect they wear socks with sandals.

Xasapis

GW2 is more trinity these days that you'd expect.

As for BDO, what drove me away from the game and likely won't pull me back was that awful cash store and all the purchases that were character wide instead of account wide. The game's cash shop is very alt hostile, which eventually drove me off.

Nyghthowler

Rhoklaw said:

DMKano said:

Radoo said:

The problem is with all "the classes" in this title, that once they awaken they all play the same. It's the same AoE nonsensical combat. Why do they even bother ....?

The real problem is that this is BDO's 18th class.

All 18 are DPS.

Let that sink in for a bit.

Now when it comes to PvP - only about 5 out of 18 are viable.

Someone above said pinnacle of AAA MMOs?

- In terms of graphics, and combat animations - possibily.

In terms of actual depth of gameplay - how about - hell no?

I kind of disliked GW2 for the same reason. Granted they had some tanky classes and classes with the ability to heal, it was barely an ingredient in the combat. It's games like this that make me think fantasy FPS is now a thing. I may get ridiculed for clinging to the old ways of trinity combat, but how is ALL DPS any more interesting than the trinity system?

The problem is that it takes a special, patient type of person to put up with the bullshit that comes with tanking or heals. That makes waiting to find them for grouping take longer and longer. 
If everyone is a DPS with at least minimal healing then every one can run around playing and pew-pewing. We know how todays gamers hate waiting for anything or any one...
Just IMO

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NitemareMMO

I caved the other day after I got real bored and used up my 7 days trial. Uninstalled after 2 hours!

LurchUSA

Whatever

Fr0z1nDuDe said:

IS THAT A MAN OR WOMAN?!?!

Well whatever it is, it looks like what feminists say, woman want.

**cough** SOY BOY! **cough**

cheyane

Fr0z1nDuDe said:

IS THAT A MAN OR WOMAN?!?!

If you watch a lot of anime you will be able appreciate the art style. I happen to absolutely love anime so I have a great deal of love for the style. This is of course Korean but they have manwha instead manga which is often the source for anime. 

Have a look at the gorgeous art work of Bride of Water God.

Redemp

Mars_Orbital said:

I took a good break from BDO , but this class as me back full time. The depth of this game is what every mmo player "says" they want, but many won't allow themselves to actually truy it because of some kind of ambiguous "derek smart" syndrome. Their losss. Great work on this class and thank you

The depth of building the character is deeper then any mmorpg to day, and anyone who says "no" have never actually played the game.

Building the character? Did they add a robust skill tree that I am missing? Last I played it only had the unlock system for upgraded skills .. less of a depth thing and more of a grind points to unlock.

What was added that increases character build depth?

Redemp

Ah - k so nothing that I wasn't aware of. Mistook your comment of character builds for skill trees, or new/interesting ways to add depth to a characters abilities  aside from Life Skills. To each their own.

TheScavenger

DMKano said:

Mars_Orbital said:

The depth of building the character is deeper then any mmorpg to day, and anyone who says "no" have never actually played the game.

Put down the koolaid, its affecting your common sense 

Its okay for someone to like an MMO YOU don't like. Unless to you its the end of the world and omg someone likes an MMO, and everyone must also hate every single MMO unless its one of the boring oldschool ones?

Dauzqul

When are they going to add male characters?

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Mikeha

Damn, 

Black Desert still generates this much attention?  

rounner

Like all other MMO's early mid game is different to end game experience. If you just play early mid then its a good game. Gripes about pay to win and aoe dps pvp are more about later and end game. The whole grind to upgrade stuff with a random chance is an end game gripe and doesnt reflect how good the bulk of play up to that point can be. This is no different to other games like ESO, where its great early mid but then it develops cookie cutter min max issues.

KaliGold

"To my dismay, Black Desert Online hasn’t quite evolved into the group PVE direction I wanted when I reviewed the game years ago."

Bingo! World bosses are basically all they have for group pve and they are just terrible. Professions (Lifeskills) are the best of any game however. Forced PVP is a downer.