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Black Desert Online |OT| Come on in, the sand's fine [Mediah Update]

Helznicht

Member
Still waiting on an activation email I requested over 2 hours ago. Take my money already yo.

Best to settle in, I am still waiting for 10+ activation emails across 2 different email accounts for over 10 hours now.

I would go on their forums and let them know this is broke, but, cant post until activated..............
 
"After entering a field, the trade shop will be restricted for ten minutes."

What is this, and why is it happening? I just wanna sell fish, man.
 

Gromph

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Staff Member
One or two weeks isn't even enough to scratch the surface for Black Desert. If you really think you'll drop it that quickly, i wouldn't suggest buying it. But, the B2P model is there so we don't have the Pay o win model that the KR version has (i believe)

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Also, FYI, we have 10 new spaces in the guild as of right now.

No version is P2W
 
Here is another High End comparison:

Raining:

High End Off:



High End On:



High End Off Again:



So either some people have High End and they don't realize it or something. Cause for me? All rain details are lost when High End goes off.

Your high end shot is exactly what my rain looks like with that option off. Next time I run into some rain I'll take a shot with the option screen showing that and the puddles.
 

Kalentan

Member
Your high end shot is exactly what my rain looks like with that option off. Next time I run into some rain I'll take a shot with the option screen showing that and the puddles.

Please do. Cause honestly I'm starting to think something is wrong with my game.
 

Spazznid

Member
Please do. Cause honestly I'm starting to think something is wrong with my game.

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I'm pretty sure they just took the entire weekend off. Unless the servers are exploding, I wouldn't expect them to address anything until after Monday.

I've come to this conclusion as well.

But taking the weekend off... The weekend the game is launching. That didn't help things much.
 
Are there any options to mess with to improve draw distance or reduce the pop-in? I'm playing this at 3440 x 1440 on very high with HEM turned on, but grass still appears out of nowhere every 10 feet and the distant background pop-in is equally bad. I also have way too many characters that are just black outlines until I get right up to them.

Very distracting. The game is beautiful until it's in motion.
 

nataku

Member
Are there any options to mess with to improve draw distance or reduce the pop-in? I'm playing this at 3440 x 1440 on very high with HEM turned on, but grass still appears out of nowhere every 10 feet and the distant background pop-in is equally bad. I also have way too many characters that are just black outlines until I get right up to them.

Very distracting. The game is beautiful until it's in motion.

Nope. It is what it is. They give us no control over whatever individual options the Graphic Quality selection adjusts.

The best pop-in wise is Very High, or Very High with HEM. All we can do is keep complaining about it to them and hope they care enough to try and fix it.
 

Zomba13

Member
Played a bit as a Sorceress and it's pretty cool. Playing on the server EU GAF is playing on according to the OP. It plays all right with a controller. Will take a bit to learn which inputs do what moves and how to change them but I like it. I assume 4 directions per button plus the button itself? So like back+x is one thing, forward+x can be another while X on it's own is it's own thing? Only issue I have is it not using the controller notation for things. Like, sometimes it will show a keyboard just with the controller inputs on the keys but then it wants me to do a s+f into s+left click combo and I need to work out what F is on the pad. Also better graphics options would be nice.

character:
 

HowZatOZ

Banned
Seems pretty good so far, there's a small amount of skill lag now & then but it's very playable. I haven't got to PvP yet though, so that might prove a bit more difficult.
Hmmm I am intrigued now. I might bite later, I've got Division tomorrow but good to hear no lag.
 

Hikami

Member
Well that was a fun time with gaf out in the ocean.



Gonna focus on building the fishing boat more. The ferry is still too slow for my likes.

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btw, does anyone still need a 7-day guest pass? I have 2 of them left
 

K.Sabot

Member
I'm actually incredibly surprised this launched so quickly.

I thought this game was at least 1 more year from release based on the KR betas.
 

Teknoman

Member
Saw the paste fishing bait on the marketplace (guess you have to make a capital P for search) but it said the listing was expired?
 

Bruno

Member
Well that was a fun time with gaf out in the ocean.




Gonna focus on building the fishing boat more. The ferry is still too slow for my likes.

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btw, does anyone still need a 7-day guest pass? I have 2 of them left

If you have one available still I would love to give it to a friend of mine to join me.
 
I'm actually incredibly surprised this launched so quickly.

I thought this game was at least 1 more year from release based on the KR betas.

The devs (which is also the publisher) have been very actively communicating with the western community since the early development back in 2013. Especially in social media like facebook. They posted the first prototype English version screenshot back in 2013. And actually, they began hiring for English market efforts in the same year.

I hope more Korean (or Asian in general) devs do this.
 

RedFox85

Member
To be honest Im not feeling the gear system in this game.. it's giving me some archeage vibes with the 'grind dat gear' and power gap it will present. I also don't like how all the "cool" armor and weapons are pay items, half the game in an MMORPG is getting your character to look how you envisioned when you rolled it and black dessert doesn't really give the player any awesome options aside from swiping a credit card.

That said, the world is pretty impressive. I like all of the sensory overload feelings I am being given by the sheer amount of stuff I can do in the game, there is allot of sand in this sandbox. The combat system is decent but it's more akin to a game like 99 knights or Dynasty warriors than a traditional action RPG. I think that this games combat engine is going to shine its brightest in PVP moments but I also think that the gear grind is going to send people packing in a few months when they see how outclassed they are.

I know it's been said 100x before but please allow me to echo what others have said, I don't particularly love that classes have been gender locked. There is nothing wrong with making a sexy waifu but there are allot of players like myself who like to play these games with a feeling that their character is some extension of themselves and playing a female as a male destroys that for us. I know there are options for males with the warrior, Gandalf and berserker classes but none of these particular archetypes catch my attention. This also leads me to another soft complaint with the game, I really don't find any of the classes I have tried so far all that engaging.

I know how you feel about the classes in the game is up to personal taste but I haven't really had a moment where I feel more attached to my Sorceress vs my Valkyrie.. maybe that will come later but as of right now they really feel similar in play. I am hoping that the future updates and additional classes will fix this problem for me. All in all I would say that this game is ok.. if you are on the fence I would say wait exactly 1-2 months to see what happens (this is what I think a person wiser than myself would do!) and make your choice from there.

My personal opinions aside, I would love an invite to the GAF guild if someone would be so kind! My in game name is Kyrnia and the family name is Ebonthornne.
 

Gromph

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Staff Member
Saw the paste fishing bait on the marketplace (guess you have to make a capital P for search) but it said the listing was expired?

The search in the marketplace is case sensitive
 

anothertech

Member
So personally loving the game, can't stop. Made one of every class so far and can't decide which I like best. All so different but so awesome (except the witch/wizard really, those are virtually the same lol, but might be my favorite)

Had a go at making Daenerys Targaryen lol
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And almost an exact image of my wifu
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Can't stop making characters. It's too good.
 

scotcheggz

Member
Oh go on then since we're posting our waifus...

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I think I spent around 2-3 hours in the editor, probably 3/4 of that just messing with hair! I'm a hair stylist irl, so getting a solid haircut was tons of fun haha. I blow so hot and cold on this game so far, I was kinda bummed about it earlier but since I got back from work tonight I've had a blast just cruising around and fannying about in the world.
 
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