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1st option (character creator). I played it for few hours. Creator is great and it has a library of presets which consisted of Naruto characters, Geralt's of Rivia, famous actors and so on. The game is mostly about auto-piloting from place to place and deleteing mobs with one attacks and not losing 1 point of health. When I played with a friend and we tried some PvP we couldn't kill each other for some reason. I quit when I saw around 30 people fishing near a beach in starting location. I don't want sound hostile or anything but the game did make a bad impression on me. It just felt like there is no fun just work to make few dollars a day reselling stuff on in-game market or ebay with all the mules making profit on game's economy. I played on 7 day free trial didn't progress really far, this game just reinforced my belief why I avoid MMOs, it has everthing I imagined about them, like too nerdy, time-consuming and asian.
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No. People play Black Desert as a last resort if they got filtered by something else. Everything that Black Desert does has been done better in other games except muh graphics. Go play Runescape, UO or Star Wars Galaxies Emu instead.
Crimson Desert might be better.
https://nichegamer.com/2020/11/12/crimson-desert-gameplay-reveal-coming-in-december/
It does combat pretty well too.
But It'd say generally WoW or FFXIV online would probably be the best 1st tries.
Up until April 13th the game is "free to keep" on Steam, so if you get it now you'll own it until the Servers inevitably shut down.
Sykar
Arcane
I did not realize that the servers shut down. Is it going that badly for BDO?
It was my apparently bad attempt at making a jest.
Servers will remain online until our sun finally burns out and we have to migrate to another solar system. The last act of World President Mumbotu on this planet will be his ASMR live broadcast of the sound from him flicking the BDO Server switches. On that day the song of BDO Server fans whizzing and whirling shall fade into oblivion. Broadcast into the cold and dark void of the universe. But BDO's story shall never end. Generations to come will hear this story on volcanic prison planet Erupticus VII, dreaming of a better tomorrow while listening to the story tellers recounting tales of the golden age of humanity when BDO became free, just like the prisoners' spirits shall one day be, too.
Servers will remain online until our sun finally burns out and we have to migrate to another solar system. The last act of World President Mumbotu on this planet will be his ASMR live broadcast of the sound from him flicking the BDO Server switches. On that day the song of BDO Server fans whizzing and whirling shall fade into oblivion. Broadcast into the cold and dark void of the universe. But BDO's story shall never end. Generations to come will hear this story on volcanic prison planet Erupticus VII, dreaming of a better tomorrow while listening to the story tellers recounting tales of the golden age of humanity when BDO became free, just like the prisoners' spirits shall one day be, too.
SumDrunkGuy
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I've been thinking about getting into this. I appreciate that the character creator lets you go all out on the T&A. It might seem shallow but it beats playing as the freakshows in western games. I'm so tired of fat balled trannys and bull dykes.
SumDrunkGuy
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Just came across a PS gift card that I did not steal from a store. I was looking at BDO it's on sale.
Late Bloomer
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You say you hate MMO's but are willing to make an exception for some T&A. If you are going to give the game a fair chance and you end up liking it, then the deal you listed is a good value. On the other hand, if you hate MMO's I am not sure the character creator and staring at your creations tits will hold up for longer than a few wank sessions.
From your voice and general disposition as well as the feng shui on display, I would say you are a closet anime fan (or one in the making) in need of a waifu. I say get it.
From your voice and general disposition as well as the feng shui on display, I would say you are a closet anime fan (or one in the making) in need of a waifu. I say get it.
KeighnMcDeath
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Uh... dunno.
Mine works, but I transfered it back then. The devs (pearl abyss) basically bought themselves out from the publisher (kakao games) and due to laws, couldn't use existing data but had to get permission from us to transfer over to their official database(s).So what happend to this game? I was thinking of giving it another shot, because of fond memories from the release, only to find this email
Is my account still worth anything? Somebody in the loop with Black Desert?
Donno if that was all fluff and they transfered everyone anyway.
Either way though, it wouldn't be worth much these days because of general game inflation. There was an event recently that gave away (still is active tbh I think) a free pen blackstar main or awak weapon, which is like insane... granted you couldn't sell it in the market, but still.
There's another event coming up that you can combine 2 pen blackstars and get the next tier higher (highest tier currently), forgot name, godr?
So if you didn't play in 2020 or after, for a while, your account isn't worth much anyway. Wouldn't be much different compared to just restarting the game with a new account. They even added some new different main quest lines to help with that since.
I don't think you have to rebuy? I think your data just got wiped.
Is it on steam still for you?
damager
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Then I'm not sure about that then, I think the launcher got changed as well.
Probably easier to rebuy then, it's £9 on steam and I've seen it go on offers below £5.
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This shit still install spyware?
https://malwaretips.com/threads/black-desert-online-game-anti-cheat-also-malware.92679/
https://malwaretips.com/threads/black-desert-online-game-anti-cheat-also-malware.92679/
KeighnMcDeath
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The Chinese see all.
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Shurakan
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I've spent the last few weeks giving this game a chance.
Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle.
At first the game is overwhelming. In some good ways and some bad ways. The sheer amount of items, alerts, and pop-ups the game throws at you when you start is insane and there is no real guiding as to what the fuck any of the shit they give you does. On the other hand, the scope of the world and the amount of things you can do in it drew me in, but after interacting with the systems it isn't enough to keep up my interest. Learning what the fuck any of the shit they clog up your inventory with does requires more effort and learning than the combat and crafting does.
The combat could be really fun, if the game had any content to use it on. It's 10 years old but has less bosses with simpler and less interesting movesets than single player games like Souls or Sekiro. The PvE is 90% areas of the map filled with brainless mobs that you are expected to farm for eternity. Just watch a streamer try to play this. The only real variety is that sometimes you will farm them while running in circles while in others you'll stand in one spot as waves spawn over and over.
There are lots of other activities but these activities aren't that great either. Many are actually intended to be done while afk. Those that aren't are frequently gated by a resource, so you can't just dedicate yourself to them without first grinding out your energy capacity and then making 20 alts (alt characters all have separate energy and your max capacity is account wide). You'll gather milk 5 times, then park your character in the kitchen and cook 50000 chickens for 5 hours. If that's too much effort you can max out your inventory and then afk fish for a whole day.
At most I could grind for 30 min - 1 hour before getting bored. Then my "playtime" was progressing crafting because I couldn't stomach actually playing the game. So the inevitable question is why? Why do I even bother to log in? Shouldn't I actually want to play the game?
This game has a staple of P2W items in their shop and just recently they've actually added even more. They veil them as "convenience" but you'll quickly realize that, due to the way progression works, items that let you get money quicker also mean you win more. At minimum you need to buy some bullshit campsite that's 50$ by default and you'll probably have to buy RNG attempts to try to get an actually functional fairy companion. Note that it's attempts, because the skills your fairy rolls when she levels up completely random. You might only spend 5$... or 100. Haven't even mentioned that things like maids, pets and weight can also be bought but you can get some of these for free and they occasionally give them out in events. Those things are vital for making money. But that's not all, there's "optional" items that are 15$ a month if you want to keep them activated.
Money is the most important thing in the game as you are expected to farm billions because you'll spend them to stop your gear from blowing the fuck up when you try to RNG upgrade them or to buy replacements. If you like games with long term goals this game's goals are virtually infinite.
I tried the PvP and since I was a noob I got crushed. In the open world you will absolutely get farmed by no lifers, on the rare instances you see them. There's an arena gamemode with equal gear but you can't even play it whenever you want, it has to be at certain times. And the population is low, so you'll play with veterans. Overall, I couldn't really get enough information on it to judge whether the fighting is fun but I did tell that it suffers from serious desyncing. Characters will dash in one direction then appear in another, often with your face firmly in their grasp. You'll also get hit out of super armor and grabbed out of invincibility. I swear at some points I saw people T-posing. The animations seem jittery and hard to follow. In GW2 I can tell exactly what my enemies are doing and desyncing is rare. I hate Anet but I have to admit, that at least far as PvP goes, I like what they offer better. At the very minimum, I can at least participate in PvP whenever the hell I want.
The game probably has the coolest looking spells, moves and character designs of the MMO's I've recently played. I honestly didn't even see the need to customize the classes I rolled as even the defaults look great. The character creator is also pretty cool and I ran around as John Wick for awhile. Despite all my complaints I have to admire their unfaltering dedication to providing hot waifus with sexy outfits. It's nice to be reminded that it's possible to differentiate between men and women in games and that women have the potential to grow huge tits.
They are going to give a free trial for a dragon mount at some point so I'll check it out but I don't anticipate staying here for much longer. I decided to save my money and didn't buy anything, even during the huge sale they just had. Even the guild activities and bosses are dull. This might be the loneliest MMO I've ever played. I only ever see people in World bosses. 10 years and almost no group content at all. You grind by yourself with a chat service.
Out of TnL, GW2 and Black Desert I sadly have to give it to GW2. I think they give the best bang for your buck and the game actually respects my time. And that's with Anet sucking huge ass and sabotaging the game for years. Bring back the nipple textures on the Dr. Manhattan armor you fucking pussies.
Wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle.
At first the game is overwhelming. In some good ways and some bad ways. The sheer amount of items, alerts, and pop-ups the game throws at you when you start is insane and there is no real guiding as to what the fuck any of the shit they give you does. On the other hand, the scope of the world and the amount of things you can do in it drew me in, but after interacting with the systems it isn't enough to keep up my interest. Learning what the fuck any of the shit they clog up your inventory with does requires more effort and learning than the combat and crafting does.
The combat could be really fun, if the game had any content to use it on. It's 10 years old but has less bosses with simpler and less interesting movesets than single player games like Souls or Sekiro. The PvE is 90% areas of the map filled with brainless mobs that you are expected to farm for eternity. Just watch a streamer try to play this. The only real variety is that sometimes you will farm them while running in circles while in others you'll stand in one spot as waves spawn over and over.
There are lots of other activities but these activities aren't that great either. Many are actually intended to be done while afk. Those that aren't are frequently gated by a resource, so you can't just dedicate yourself to them without first grinding out your energy capacity and then making 20 alts (alt characters all have separate energy and your max capacity is account wide). You'll gather milk 5 times, then park your character in the kitchen and cook 50000 chickens for 5 hours. If that's too much effort you can max out your inventory and then afk fish for a whole day.
At most I could grind for 30 min - 1 hour before getting bored. Then my "playtime" was progressing crafting because I couldn't stomach actually playing the game. So the inevitable question is why? Why do I even bother to log in? Shouldn't I actually want to play the game?
This game has a staple of P2W items in their shop and just recently they've actually added even more. They veil them as "convenience" but you'll quickly realize that, due to the way progression works, items that let you get money quicker also mean you win more. At minimum you need to buy some bullshit campsite that's 50$ by default and you'll probably have to buy RNG attempts to try to get an actually functional fairy companion. Note that it's attempts, because the skills your fairy rolls when she levels up completely random. You might only spend 5$... or 100. Haven't even mentioned that things like maids, pets and weight can also be bought but you can get some of these for free and they occasionally give them out in events. Those things are vital for making money. But that's not all, there's "optional" items that are 15$ a month if you want to keep them activated.
Money is the most important thing in the game as you are expected to farm billions because you'll spend them to stop your gear from blowing the fuck up when you try to RNG upgrade them or to buy replacements. If you like games with long term goals this game's goals are virtually infinite.
I tried the PvP and since I was a noob I got crushed. In the open world you will absolutely get farmed by no lifers, on the rare instances you see them. There's an arena gamemode with equal gear but you can't even play it whenever you want, it has to be at certain times. And the population is low, so you'll play with veterans. Overall, I couldn't really get enough information on it to judge whether the fighting is fun but I did tell that it suffers from serious desyncing. Characters will dash in one direction then appear in another, often with your face firmly in their grasp. You'll also get hit out of super armor and grabbed out of invincibility. I swear at some points I saw people T-posing. The animations seem jittery and hard to follow. In GW2 I can tell exactly what my enemies are doing and desyncing is rare. I hate Anet but I have to admit, that at least far as PvP goes, I like what they offer better. At the very minimum, I can at least participate in PvP whenever the hell I want.
The game probably has the coolest looking spells, moves and character designs of the MMO's I've recently played. I honestly didn't even see the need to customize the classes I rolled as even the defaults look great. The character creator is also pretty cool and I ran around as John Wick for awhile. Despite all my complaints I have to admire their unfaltering dedication to providing hot waifus with sexy outfits. It's nice to be reminded that it's possible to differentiate between men and women in games and that women have the potential to grow huge tits.
They are going to give a free trial for a dragon mount at some point so I'll check it out but I don't anticipate staying here for much longer. I decided to save my money and didn't buy anything, even during the huge sale they just had. Even the guild activities and bosses are dull. This might be the loneliest MMO I've ever played. I only ever see people in World bosses. 10 years and almost no group content at all. You grind by yourself with a chat service.
Out of TnL, GW2 and Black Desert I sadly have to give it to GW2. I think they give the best bang for your buck and the game actually respects my time. And that's with Anet sucking huge ass and sabotaging the game for years. Bring back the nipple textures on the Dr. Manhattan armor you fucking pussies.
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