Toothless Spoon
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Yeah the pop-in is still terrible, which makes me sad - because if they can't fix it by now, then I don't hold much hope for the future :/
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Black Desert Online Closed Beta Thread: Works on F2P? No, money down!
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Yeah the pop-in is still terrible, which makes me sad - because if they can't fix it by now, then I don't hold much hope for the future :/
I'm not at home to give it a go yet. But when you refer to the pop-in, are you talking about players and NPC's appearing suddenly from 50-100m in-front of you?
That was a deal breaker for me, absolutely hated it. I think that issue is tied to the server and doubt there will be any kind of fix soon, if ever.
Hmm, I hope there's enough to change stuff, considering my PC is kinda old and I'm gonna have to do some sacrifices.
Wouldn't be able to jump on till tonight.
Toothless Spoon
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No I'm talking about grass, tress, randoms things (big pots, etc around towns).
WaterAstro
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How do you stop that thing where you are running and press left or right, it starts turning?
BlitzBlake
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Jesus is this thing ugly... why does everything in the background (trees etc) look like it's running at 800x600....
Darkstorne
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It's a motion blur effect, called "screen filter" or something similar in the options menu. Looks much better disabled imo since it starts so close to the player. I get the feeling this is the kind of game that will benefit massively from downsampling, since the IQ is a little gross at 1080p with all the blurring and smearing from depth of field and cheap anti-aliasing.
Also, what's up with this game and remembering settings? I've logged in again and all my keybinds have reset to default, as have the graphics settings...
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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A couple of questions:
I reserved a family name (account name) and character name ahead of time. Is it safe to use both of these during closed beta? Will they still be reserved for launch?
When you first enter the game to create a character and it prompts you to enter a name, is it asking for the family name or character name? I logged in before work this morning and selected Orwen but haven't created a character yet (will do that when I get home or on lunch break). It seemed a little unclear and I thought it was asking for character name but I was in a hurry and might have missed something.
Can you change channels at any time?
I reserved a family name (account name) and character name ahead of time. Is it safe to use both of these during closed beta? Will they still be reserved for launch?
When you first enter the game to create a character and it prompts you to enter a name, is it asking for the family name or character name? I logged in before work this morning and selected Orwen but haven't created a character yet (will do that when I get home or on lunch break). It seemed a little unclear and I thought it was asking for character name but I was in a hurry and might have missed something.
Can you change channels at any time?
First name asked was the family name, then when creating a character you put that character name.
Tried it 10 mins on lunch break, it doesn't run really good on my comp but that was expected.
There was also a shit ton of people staring idle at the same place and I guess that doesn't help.
Used controller, it controls fairly good although menus are clearly not suited for gamepad. Can't wait for tonight to give it some hours.
WarMacheen
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man, the pop-in struggle is real
Yep and as soon as all the people popped up during the first stage of the training,it became unplayable for me,even at 1600x900(running a 660)...also playing a Valkyrie,I am stuck at step 3 of the combat training,where it says hit button to protect yourself...it doesnt say what button so I cant figure out how ,so I have giant keys on my screen,WSAD,depending on what I do that stays on all the time...anyone know what button to hit...?
Darkstorne
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I'm having serious issues with buttons as well, because I remapped all the keys. The UI pop-ups don't take that into account though, only displaying the default keybinds, so every time the game tries teaching me a new combo or skill variation I have no idea what the **** to press. UI is so damn important for a good user experience. They really need to make this game less confusing to learn, and more open to keybind switching, if they want it to take off.
I decided to ignore quests and just explore. EXP gains seem really generous from grinding, so I just do that and wander wherever I fancy =)
The problem is that if I dont do step 3,it will never go away from the screen so I have to figure out what button is protect...might start a new class instead though.
ShadowSoldier89
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that sounds so good
yuh thats pretty much all i did in the alpha, that and fishing
not sure which sorceress im gonna play as though
ROBOKITTYZILLA
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Wow, this is dumb. I put in the character name on accident and I didn't even make a character but now my character name is my family name and it is permanent. I already reserved a family name and character name so I'm guessing when I try to name my character it is going to be rejected because the family name doesn't match.
Hellsing321
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I've got an extra beta key in case anyone didn't get one yet. Quote to reveal
Whatever names you use for CBT2 won't matter for release.
Thank you!!
Darkstorne
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It's awesome! You get EXP for gathering as well, so I'm just collecting herbs and filling up my bestiary by hunting =D
Really looking forward to taming wild horses as well. Apparently you can make good money selling them on the auction house.
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Yea you don't level from questing in this game. If you go straight combat grinding you will reach the soft cap pretty quickly. Well, lvl 49 at least. You have to complete a quest chain to be able to level past 49.
Kurt Russell
Member
Quote to reveal closed beta key.
aw missed it
2 of them a most likely will be megaserver's at launch too
tamaster92
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Really enjoying the combat so far (sorceress)
quests are so-so but im been mostly just following the main quest line so.
Enjoying it a lot though, it plays well
The pop in struggle is real, but if you give feedback to the devs, they can try to work on it for us. I mean, who knows if the Korean version ever gave that much feedback about it lol!
I'm on now, so I can start the clan if anyone's on! I'll be on for another 20 minutes.
Yep, thankfully, I was able to finish the quest quickly by moving across the river. Once I finished that piece, I was able to move at a nice steady pace with much less intereference from others. One thing I wish these mmos would adopt from GW2. Kill sharing. It should not be that damn difficult to include. I understand they want to have that old school feel, but kill stealing was never anything positive in mmos.
I would rather waste my time doing actual content instead of waiting on spawns.
WaterAstro
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Wow, the cash shop is full of lingerie lol.
Turns out if you push out further than the western camp there's loads of him.
I'm trying to get my free in game cash but when I try to redeem I get an internal server error. Is that happening to everyone?
Gold mine.
Don't forget you have to be face to face to do guild invites.
WaterAstro
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So I see Pets in the cash shop with pet food for pearls... is that the only way to get pet food?
What happens if you don't feed them?
What happens if you don't feed them?
Krappadizzle
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If anyone comes across an extra beta key. I'd be very thankful. My wife really wants to play this, but she isn't big on action games and isn't sure she wants to buy it yet.
They don't do their special abilities (picking up loot every 12 seconds for example. Dogs will growl at hostile players, hawks will mark elite mobs on the map, etc.)
Ditto for me. I'd love to try the game.
Polygon is still giving away keys I believe. http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/18/11032432/black-desert-online-beta-key-giveaway
My friends got two keys less than an hour ago. Can't imagine this would be up very long due to the amount of traffic Polygon gets, but best of luck!
It's cool that you can change between characters really fast. I made both the Sorcerer and a Ranger
Combat seems really cool even though I'm still understanding how it works. Seems like combination of buttons and directionals chains various skills.
Outside the city I can maintain 30 fps on medium just fine, but fps absolutely tanks in the city, I can't barely move in some areas.
(maybe it's just me but hair color looks somewhat different in-game than in the creator).
Combat seems really cool even though I'm still understanding how it works. Seems like combination of buttons and directionals chains various skills.
Outside the city I can maintain 30 fps on medium just fine, but fps absolutely tanks in the city, I can't barely move in some areas.
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