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Cik_Asalin
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Has anyone tried BBO and if so, is it worth it giving a shot?
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I tried it and lasted maybe an hour or so before i got tired of it. Its really a blan and plain game that has very little to do. Its also very empty, meaning good luck trying to find anyone else to help you in the beta. Im not sure how early in beta this game is, but it feels and play like its in alpha or some of the earlier beta stages.
Also not sure if there was any class/profession system in place, not sure if you can be a pirate. Any mission or quest i did find had me mostly trading and money is scarce. You have to buy your ammo and food for your crew, you never see or meet your crew, you just have to feed them. The ship vs ship battles are almost like PoTHS, but nowhere near being as good, its also very slow ship movement. Its just a very poorly made game atm, it might get better down the road but its hard to tell atm.
I've been playing for over two months, and i have to disagree with njdevi66.
I have totally enjoyed my time so far, I have meet many great and helpful people, through my guild and just walking around. And i do find that the deeper you get into the game the more exciting it is, you also begin to realise how complex the BBO universe is...
but I will admit there is a steep learning curve.
Once you get it though, you get hooked.
I agree with alice. It takes some time to get into it, but it is definitely worth it
Has kept me entertained for 2 months too Cik---Still free client and 10 days free subscription at the moment mate, so it aint too much of a risk atm
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Recomend joining a Guild though, game seems very lonely on your own--definetely needs more players to make bbo a more interesting place to play.
Don't know why this game is given such a poor rating. It's not deserved!
To everyone out there, do not listen to or read bad reports. You can't say you don't like the game in only two hours, that's nonsense!
If you like Pirate type games or if you got fed up with the VCO need more money all the time to get better items then this is the game for you. Subscription based at an average £7 ish per month and well worth it. Vast majority of players are friendly and very helpful so it's best give it a try. Once the free Client is downloaded you have a ten day free trial and therefore no risk to you. In that time if played to the full you'll find it's worth the subscription.
So don't listen or read any more bad press, come and join the game to find out for yourself!
I agree I've been playing since the beta and despite my 1st guild closing down after the open beta, things are going good.
Whats good with the game? Ok, here goes.
You can be anything you want to be. Use your warship one day, switch ships and become a merchant or adventurer.
Crafting is diverse and crafted items are sought after. There are no drops for weapons and clothes (armor). So there is a decent player economy growing.
Players need to depend on other players to gain items to further their skills.
Grinding the production items can be tiresome but, doing it yourself saves you millions.
I know the producer (Yusho) cannot advertise in the US market and this hurts the game alot. So here is their ad.
Come play BBO for 10 free days and see for yourself.
I dont mean to seem as thought im putting the game down, im really not. Its just that i think it needs work in a lot of areas. I thought the graphics were good, but the world overview when traveling kinda sucked imo.
Avatar fighting if very slow, that needs more work. Ship combat is a little slow as well and could use some more work. I just hope the devs put the needed time to fixing what needs to be fixed.
What i did like was it did allow you to explore outside the cities, unlike PoTBS where you cant. If they could put in avatar exploration from ship to land, that would be good to.
Anyway, ill give it another look down the road to see whats been changed.
Goodluck to you guys in BBO.
I actually think that sea battles are the best ones I have ever seen in a game. also you have so many possibilities, it is overwhelming at first, but when you get a grip on things, you realize how much flexibility the game allows you.
I have been playing VCO for about 9 months. In this time, I´ve realized that, if you want to progress in the game, you really need supporting chars. I thought of how many, and I came with a number: 5
Your main char.
One merchant supporter.
One seller/crafter
One logger
One miner.
Some recent VCO changes pleased me, but others really are annoying, like the new quests for which you need item mall stuff, and the RL cash (and very expensive) phase 3 books.
But how can one change to BBO if the perspective is you have to use your main char to do everything? At the most, you got to have a second char, in the same account, so there is no interaction between them.
I believe this game is at its beggining, and there may have little high level players. But this ones, how do they get mats they need for their gear?
I sometimes think of moving to BBO, because of all the crap IGG is bringing into VCO. But the simple Idea to spend most of my gaming time logging or mining, and not really playing, keeps me far.
The biggest problem i have seen so far is people using Alts to do skills they think they do not need all that much or that they believe is too boring.
In one sense that is where joining a good guild comes in and working within the guidelines of that guild help players alot. Don't like mining or logging?
But, do enjoy making armor or weapons. Then join a guild that needs your skills and rely on them for the mats needed to grind out your craft. It becomes a win- win situation where you provide what you craft to guildmates that need it and in turn guildmates provide the materials you need. Maybe, VCO is more solo oriented then BBO, because in BBO teamwork and guilds mean enjoying the game more. If all you want to do is fight and become "uber" go play Wow or some console game. MMO's are about meeting people, maybe forming friendships and cooperation. Selfish people need not apply.
Well, well, well....an honest question and exposition of a point of view answered with a hostile "go play something else and never show your ugly face in there...".
My brother plays WOW and I never felt not a little compeled to join him. The main reason is because Diablo 2 is the only RPG I have ever played before VCO. I´ve always been more an strategy gamer, and was this proclivity of mine that broght me to VCO. I was looking exactly for a game where you could be a merchant, not only a warrior and I always loved historical games. Fantasy crap is not my cup of tea either, so VCO was my obvious choice.
And I see that relying on a guild to do for you what you don´t enjoy doing for yourself is a nice solution, but the question remains. The crafting in the game is a piece of cake, once you have the mats. But to get the mats, is another story. It demands hours of work, for days, weeks, months in a row. If you chose to be a blacksmith, you do your thing in 10 minutes. If your role in the guild is being a logger, then you´ll be commited for hours a day of your gaming time. It seems to me the places for Blacksmiths, tailors, alchemists and shipbuilders will be the firsts to be filled in every guild, and the role of planting, logging, mining and fishing will be left for those who come late.
Quite uncertain, imho. Even if you chose to make those raw material makers out of a account everyone in the guild uses, you will be breaking the TOS about the account sharing issue.
The doubt remains. How is the obtaining of mats in game, for real? It works, even for high levels? Simple question, no need of flaming.
Sorry wasn't intended as a flame by any means. An honest answer is your guild has to be extremely lucky to find people who enjoy letting their toons work away at these skills while they chat with their fellow members. There are also players that see the need to have high lvls mats and realize it just might be worth the effort. Either way the mats that are needed are collected. Is it easy? No. Then nothing worth while is. It is after all just a game with many many facets. To be a good crafter requires lots of money to buy drawings (as you know) this forces them to depend on others (interaction) or get it slowly on their own. But this is true in both VCO and BBO.
Don't forget the afk option, you can lvl up while you are sleeping!!
I don´t know if thing in BBO are different than in VCO, but logging, mining or fishing cannot be done afk, ´cause the sources get exhausted very fast. You have to be changing collecting places constantly.
I don´t know if thing in BBO are different than in VCO, but logging, mining or fishing cannot be done afk, ´cause the sources get exhausted very fast. You have to be changing collecting places constantly.
Fishing you're right sometimes on rare occasions the fishes go away, but generally mining and logging you can go AFK for short periods like to have a meal or do a short term chore. Normally with Logging and Mining either you get loaded out or your tool wears out before resources finish.
Some players do press the auto-retaliate button for weaponry or Sea Battle Skills and then go to bed with the chance they may wake up dead. Those that run stalls will go AFK all day whilst at work.
Using the daVinci mines and logging areas is one way to do 4 to 6 hour stints of logging/mining afk. The trees and piles there are unexhaustable.
In VCO these areas are entered using passports ( I think purchased from mall, please correct if wrong) In BBO, you do the daVinci quest part one which allows you to do the repeatable part 2 for chronometers. These act as the VCO passport.
Working land skills (weapons) and some areas at sea for voyage skills are the only skills that can actually allow AFK for longer periods of time.
Also, once you get to lvl 31 of any survival skill, you can buy a player made suit that allows you to afk all the survival skills throught the night. It cost a lot, but once you have it you lvl up like crazy... there are tons of tricks to afking in the game, once your in the game, players will help you get them set up.
And there are always resources available, i have heard that in vco, there are so many people that there is a shortage.
In BBO there are less players here and so resources are always available.
Battle stuff takes longer, but even handfighting can be done afk