Black Desert Online Closed Beta Thread: Works on F2P? No, money down!

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Are there no safe areas for planting? And are the timers for maturity Archeage-long

Also the farms are phasing too, you can plant on top of other player farm and when you got near the farm will phase to you, so you only see your plants.
 
Whew, I've been interested in this but I completely missed the key giveaways. Friend had a spare and gave it to me though, how lucky. Downloading now!

I played the beta for one of the foreign versions, can't remember which.. Didn't get too far because I couldn't understand it of course but I enjoyed my time with it. Hoping this turns out the same.
 
I still have no idea how investing in nodes actually works. Every node I click on says I need to invest in the previous node?
 
I made myself a Berserker. Looked better in the character creator tho. :\

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So wait... How is the PVE in this game? Cause I was thinking of dropping $30 on it. I was really interested in it even before they announced the price point (when it was going to be, I assumed, F2P.)
 
So wait... How is the PVE in this game? Cause I was thinking of dropping $30 on it. I was really interested in it even before they announced the price point (when it was going to be, I assumed, F2P.)

If you're talking about raids and dungeons, there aren't any at launch. There will be some later however.

THAT BEING SAID, this game isn't about PVE (or even PVP). It's about living in a world and being able to craft, gather, fish, quest, and other things.
 
If you're talking about raids and dungeons, there aren't any at launch. There will be some later however.

THAT BEING SAID, this game isn't about PVE (or even PVP). It's about living in a world and being able to craft, gather, fish, quest, and other things.

One question.

Do we know for a FACT that it will be going to $50 at launch?
 
One question.

Do we know for a FACT that it will be going to $50 at launch?

AHA, clarification:

It will be available for the prices you see on the page, just the pre order content at the bottom of each package will not be available. So you can pick from $30, $50, $100 after as well.
 
Okay cool.

Hm...

So I guess my only last thing is that. Does this game encourage exploration? If I'm not a gather/crafting person, what is in this game for me?
 
My framerate in heavy populated areas was at 30 on max settings, but went up to ~55 when I checked the "upscale" option in graphic settings, and saw almost no difference in visual quality
 
Okay cool.

Hm...

So I guess my only last thing is that. Does this game encourage exploration? If I'm not a gather/crafting person, what is in this game for me?

Deeeeeeeefinitely encourages exploration. There's a lot out there in the wild to take on yourself, and you can summon bosses that are tough for you to take down yourself.
 
Deeeeeeeefinitely encourages exploration. There's a lot out there in the wild to take on yourself, and you can summon bosses that are tough for you to take down yourself.

Damn.

Okay, deciding factor.

How big is this world? How much is there to it?

Is it zoned? Or is there no loading between parts of the map?
 
So I was checking the launch options in the client while downloading, but for some reason it only allows me to select my Intel HD Graphics chip. Now, I can probably force the game to use my Nvidia card, but has anyone already playing the game encountered any issues regarding this?

Damn.

Okay, deciding factor.

How big is this world? How much is there to it?

Is it zoned? Or is there no loading between parts of the map?

From what I've heard, the world is pretty damn big. You won't blow through it in a day and according to some, it's even quite easy to get lost in. All travel is done either on foot or on horseback and while most items and stuff are bind on account, the means of storing them are bound to physical locations. That is to say, you can access items stored in Bank A with other characters you have but they either have to physically be at Bank A or pay a fee to have items transferred to Bank B.

So really, exploration is very much encouraged at the base level of design. Not sure about zoning/loading, but the player housing and stuff like farming is instanced, I'm sure the dungeons/raids will be instanced too.
 
Damn.

Okay, deciding factor.

How big is this world? How much is there to it?

Is it zoned? Or is there no loading between parts of the map?

It's pretty big. I've yet to explore all of the starting areas even after six hours of gameplay. And no loading between areas from what I can tell.
 
Damn.

Okay, deciding factor.

How big is this world? How much is there to it?

Is it zoned? Or is there no loading between parts of the map?

The world I think is 20 km x 20 km? I think? Larger?

Basically we have four zones at launch, one to be added soon after, then a desert.

The game has ZERO loading at all. NOTHING in the game is instanced (except for a PVP arena thing). You can walk from one side of the world to the other (I wouldn't recommend it, it takes four real world hours to do so).
 
Damn.

Okay, deciding factor.

How big is this world? How much is there to it?

Is it zoned? Or is there no loading between parts of the map?

World is huge and there is no loading screens between zones. It's a seamless open world, this ain't your FFXIV MMO
 
Missed the Polygon giveaway too because I'm not from the US, but I just got a key from MMOhuts, still 930 of 'm as of the moment of posting.

Choose one making you better feeling!

Edit: Downloading at 0.21 MB/s? Really? Well okay then, guess I'm not playing in this beta after all. :(

Tried this but it says "Many, many keys from this giveaway have already been redeemed from your IP address; please consult the other users of your network regarding this issue." :(
 
The world I think is 20 km x 20 km? I think? Larger?

Basically we have four zones at launch, one to be added soon after, then a desert.

The game has ZERO loading at all. NOTHING in the game is instanced (except for a PVP arena thing). You can walk from one side of the world to the other (I wouldn't recommend it, it takes four real world hours to do so).

The boss scrolls are on phasing.

Only you or your party can hit the mobs :)
 
I think the game is forcing me to play on EU servers even though I have North America selected in the launcher. Is their a way to change that somewhere else I'm not seeing?
 
Tried this but it says "Many, many keys from this giveaway have already been redeemed from your IP address; please consult the other users of your network regarding this issue." :(

You can try claiming one with a cell phone, I had to in order to get it to go through. Been jumping through hoops all over the place to try and get a key, guess I'll give this a go tomorrow and see how I like it.
 
You can try claiming one with a cell phone, I had to in order to get it to go through. Been jumping through hoops all over the place to try and get a key, guess I'll give this a go tomorrow and see how I like it.

On which website?
 
tame a horse and breed it!

I'm on my quest to a t8.

So far the best i have is a T7 with Drift, Sprint, and Instant acceleration.

Leveling another T6 female i have to try to breed for a T8
 
This game is a photographer's wet dream. Here's one I just took.


Also I am now playing with the Steam Controller. Not everything is keybound, but combat is great. Using a pure KB/M setup mapped to it.
 
is there controller support?

yes, it does, but the UI menus are not so fast to navigate through them with it, its faster with the keyboard and mouse... also, if you need to type something (ask for help or seomthing like that), you will need a keyboard nearby

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Reading this is like finding a $20 bill on the street. I been wanting to play this game since forever, but was thinking its a mouse and keyboard only game, so I felt sad to pass on it but reading it has controller support...........





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Yup, this just sealed the deal for me.

Yo, if I buy the $50 pack, can I get access to the beta???
 
Hmm hit a quest with a choice. Is Skill Points worth more than contribution points?

It's like 3 skill points vs 150 contribution points.
 
Reading this is like finding a $20 bill on the street. I been wanting to play this game since forever, but was thinking its a mouse and keyboard only game, so I felt sad to pass on it but reading it has controller support...........







Yup, this just sealed the deal for me.

Yo, if I buy the $50 pack, can I get access to the beta???

It does, but keys are easy enough to find. Still some 160 something keys left over here.

I wouldn't double down on the $50 pack JUST for the beta-access, but if you're sold on the game anyway... Go for it!
 
Interesting, the normal summoned bosses have been buffed and just let loose in the world as raid bosses. Just got this from a video interview of CM_Jouska
 
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Reading this is like finding a $20 bill on the street. I been wanting to play this game since forever, but was thinking its a mouse and keyboard only game, so I felt sad to pass on it but reading it has controller support...........





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Yup, this just sealed the deal for me.

Yo, if I buy the $50 pack, can I get access to the beta???

Yea 50 dollar preorder has beta access.
 
Hmm, I went back and read the more about the game, and it seems like the PVP is open world. So I can just randomly attack any player I see in the world??? Or does it work differently??? I read the reason you dont wanna do that but it seems interesting. Im not a PVP guy myself, so not sure if that something I want to be bothered with, having players gank me and shit.
 
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