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Black Desert Online News - Black Desert Online fans will soon have a ton of new content to explore when the first half of the Kamasylvia expansion launches on September 27th. The second part will "arrive soon" after, according to PearlAbyss and Kakao Games. The content expansion is free to all players and brings new quests and background information about both Rangers and Dark Knights.
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Perhaps the fact none of my small group of gaming friends plays has a hand in my inability to play this. But the cash-shop gouging on a b2p title and other issues also were the main reason i turned away from this title. If someone that plays this consistently could waylay or confirm anything about the state of the game compared to release. I'd appreciate it.
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https://www.ashesofcreation.com/ref/Callaron/
I play since day one and I don't see myself stopping anytime soon. The game has been continuously improved over the last year and a half, but what I think you have a problem with is structuring your gameplay by yourself. You need to take into account that this game aims to allow for a Second Life-ish-role-playing-world, while being a management sim, on top of being an MMO, and on top of that being a fully-fledged action game... The amount of mechanics implemented in BDO borders on a total clusterfuck, but if you just explore at your own pace and actually pay attention to how the whole thing comes together it will at a certain point make perfect sense. The grind is purely optional and you only need to do it if you want to compete at the highest levels of guild PvP, or stick strictly to the PvP server.
Sure - it's always better to play with friends, but at this point there are so many players that I'm certain you'll find a like-minded guild in no time
Now if you're the type to enjoy a beautiful, detailed world - with lots of hidden places to explore, and you enjoy a wide variety of things rather than just PvP, you should definitely have a good time on BDO. It has a lot of complex systems, including the crafting (life skills).
My SWTOR referral link for those wanting to give the game a try. (Newbies get a welcome package while returning players get a few account upgrades to help with their preferred status.)
https://www.ashesofcreation.com/ref/Callaron/
Looking forward to: Crowfall / Lost Ark / Black Desert Mobile
Every MMO has a grind. EVE you grind for ISK. WoW you grind endless quests, dungeons, raids or co-op PvP arenas/battlegrounds. GW2 has a grind to level to endgame to see the expansion zones, and then you grind for resources for special items and abilities. Most MMOs you either grind levels or skills.
Maybe people like grinding when quests are attached, but I find that way more boring. But guess everyone is different. I personally enjoy staying in one spot and slashing and hacking away at mobs, find it really relaxing.
In any case...very excited for the patch to come out. It'll also be bound to come with free gifts, since almost everything they do gives you free goodies :P Which is actually pretty awesome and not many people say anything about all the free gifts they hand out pretty often.
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RNG Is still there...grind is still there...cap is soon @60 so it will help. They are rewarding players for playing daily. I play daily for 1 year...some crap afk or sometimes active. There are some things worth the trouble, like 200%/1h grind daily, some trading/fishing, etc.
Its still the greatest mmo we can play this days. PS: PvP without karma loss channel is one of the best things ever.
I just enjoy the game on my own terms. Was grinding over the weekend (which I enjoy) and then decided to head out into the desert, so beautiful there.
I had never been to the mine that is north east of Valencia so went there, explored a bit, "fought some monsters" and headed back and set up for fishing.
Too much work to be competitive in this game but I can find a lot of enjoyment in the world. I buy my gear so don't worry about enchanting.
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Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
I would much prefer less "questing" (which to me, at this point, is a dirty word) and just a world where I decide what to do. I want it dangerous, I don't mind dying or running for my life. I actually like a bit of the survival stuff that some new games have started offering.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
if I recall, even Ultima Online has quests, but they are pretty epic and feel like actual quests. Like you, there are no problems with those. But most quests in MMOs are kill X and repeat, which are terrible and for me, worse than grinding in one spot.
Also....
Sovrath said: Also totally agree. I just enjoy the game and do whatever I feel like doing. Don't feel like grinding levels or whatever? There is plenty of other things to do. Sure if someone wants to be competitive it definitely would feel like a whole nother job.
But if you play like Sovrath (and I) play, just do whatever and play the game on your own terms (like he said)...the game is actually pretty fun. There is something always to do, and if you don't want to do one thing, can do something different or explore a new area or whatever. Or get a boat and travel the oceans, or fish (which manual fishing is a thing, it doesn't have to be AFK) or lots of things to do.
The game doesn't hold your hand though like a lot of MMOs do. So a lot of things one can do are up to the player to decide to do them.
Also I do think they designed the "rewards" pretty well. While you can AFK and get free stuff after X amount of time, it gives an incentive still to be on the game doing stuff. Like when Dark Knight came out, I ended up with almost 30 days of free value pack time (could have got more actually, but my PC died so I lost a bunch of bonuses that came with the Dark Knight), which would be worth about 15 dollars for what I got. Value packs are pretty much BDO's version of a "subscription". I mean, what other MMO has rewarded players 30 days of a subscription for free lol.
People have complained about the cash shop, but they sure give a lot of free stuff for just being on the game.
My Skyrim, Fallout 4, Starbound and WoW + other game mods at MODDB:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/skyrim-anime-overhaul
My SWTOR referral link for those wanting to give the game a try. (Newbies get a welcome package while returning players get a few account upgrades to help with their preferred status.)
https://www.ashesofcreation.com/ref/Callaron/
I hate RNG and cash shops but I find the BDO shop acceptable compared to other similar games.
My Skyrim, Fallout 4, Starbound and WoW + other game mods at MODDB:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/skyrim-anime-overhaul
Now granted, the way I play requires a bit more patience but most of my gear is Tet and I enchanted none of it.
The highest I enchanted a piece of gear was Tri and I decided after that I was out. The game is unplayable for me if I have to do that. So I sell everything, save my money and buy it off the market.
The slow acquisition of power, for this game, is fine for me.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
I did try enchanting gear, but found out its a lot less "stressful" (it wasn't really stressful, but dunno a better word for it at moment) and more relaxing to sell everything and buy your own gear. Might not get THE best gear (still get really good gear out of the market though from players selling), but its more than fine for most gameplay.
And its not that hard to make money in BDO, especially with all the freebies.
My Skyrim, Fallout 4, Starbound and WoW + other game mods at MODDB:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/skyrim-anime-overhaul
Enjoy the game for what it is and you will go far in the game. I personally can't play games like WoW or EQ anymore. People think the grind in BDO is bad, who remembers hell levels in EQ?
My Skyrim, Fallout 4, Starbound and WoW + other game mods at MODDB:
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There's an enchanting rework?!?!?!?!?
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
I mean, I open up one of those boxes and I'm selling something for 10 million plus.
I'm not really much of a gambler so all those stones they give me I sell as well. When I started enchanting it was a royal pain to waste stones so I started just force enchanting (building up failstacks is SO tedious for me.)
After I crossed Pri I realized that I could keep "losing" stones or I can just sell them. Selling them has been the right course.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo