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Black Desert Online |OT| Come on in, the sand's fine [Mediah Update]
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Hellsing321
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The attention to detail in this game is incredible. In Glish, the workers and villagers working around the fields wear special shoes to stop them from sinking in the swamps surrounding the village. They even have a different walk animation from other workers!
Aadrian1234
Banned
I've been trying to find the helm and gloves for the Agerian set and i cannot find them on the marketboards or as drops ._.
There were a number of Agerian helms on the marketboard earlier. They tend to sell out fast tho. I actually got my set bonus just this evening.
Only need my Yuria Staff now.
I thought it was the furniture guy in Heidel? I'm still a few gathering levels away from that one sadly
Try grinding Bloody Monastery for a while with the node connected, Agerian pieces drop fairly recently over there.
Aadrian1234
Banned
Time to grind quests for more contribution points
No, the safe is only for armor and weapons
Spiritreaver
Member
Got to nearly 41 before servers went down. I really enjoy grinding at these alternative camps rather than the mess at main camps. I followed the black spirit quest to the Junk Golems and spiders at the Abandoned Quarry. Pretty decent camp.
There's also an area with Mudblob dudes and a petirified dwarf mine around the quarry that can be farmed too. It's just Mud dudes are annoying to fight and the dwarves are really, really, really slow walkers so they don't group well.
Also Scars of Dusk for warrior is so good.
There's also an area with Mudblob dudes and a petirified dwarf mine around the quarry that can be farmed too. It's just Mud dudes are annoying to fight and the dwarves are really, really, really slow walkers so they don't group well.
Also Scars of Dusk for warrior is so good.
Have clocked up 50 hours on this now, really love it. Best MMO since WoW vanilla.
One odd thing I have noticed though, if you return to the starting village, Olvia after getting to Velia, all the NPC's (ie Igor Bartali, that big skill trainer guy etc) are back where they started, even though they since moved to Velia and can always be found in both places
Kind of weird!
One odd thing I have noticed though, if you return to the starting village, Olvia after getting to Velia, all the NPC's (ie Igor Bartali, that big skill trainer guy etc) are back where they started, even though they since moved to Velia and can always be found in both places
Kind of weird!
so after 6 days playtime on the game
I'm blown away. yes the graphics are amazing, but that's not what keeps me playing. fighting is fun, fishing is relaxing, gathering, and I've not even touched breeding or building my own ship. I also wait to get my own house until I get to one of the three big cities.
Feels like back in the day, playing FFXI or WoW for the first time. Just yesterday I found a hidden cave with some blankets in them and chests, now it's my favourite fishing spot
I really hope the game will be a success in the west, from what I heard it's really not that successful in korea. Could not find any data for japan.
about the community: it seems to be as nice as the FFXIV community
, with the same "mean people" on the official forum that you can find elsewhere.
yes I played a little bit much and fished afk a lot
I'm blown away. yes the graphics are amazing, but that's not what keeps me playing. fighting is fun, fishing is relaxing, gathering, and I've not even touched breeding or building my own ship. I also wait to get my own house until I get to one of the three big cities.
Feels like back in the day, playing FFXI or WoW for the first time. Just yesterday I found a hidden cave with some blankets in them and chests, now it's my favourite fishing spot
I really hope the game will be a success in the west, from what I heard it's really not that successful in korea. Could not find any data for japan.
about the community: it seems to be as nice as the FFXIV community
at least close
Itaremustbedangeres
Member
Wait, so the agerian gear that you get at the monastery is the best in game even up to lvl 50+? (talking about wizard here)
Cause if that's the case, then I really need to buy a costume or else i'll go insane having to look at the same outfit for the next weeks/months haha
Bumping from last page. I know someone on US side but if EU guild and server we're on is active I'd rather stick to there if anything so I can play at normal times.
P.S. Woke up early to play and the game will be down for at least 3 more hours L O L
EU Guild:
in the evening most of the people are online and the servers are crowded even in the morning. we have a discord channel now, but sadly only 4 players are active on it so far. I need to push it more.
besides discord we are pretty active.
Took a small travel to Illya, sun was going down and got some nice vistas while fishing
Then I headed to the mountains close to Velia to look for some coal. At the end, I didn't find any, but the place was really cool. I found a small lake perfect for some calming fishing.
Then I reached an invisible wall lol
And for what I did read the durability of the boat its close to a Ferry :/
I don't use discord because I really don't understand/can't talk english if it's not written
Then I headed to the mountains close to Velia to look for some coal. At the end, I didn't find any, but the place was really cool. I found a small lake perfect for some calming fishing.
Then I reached an invisible wall lol
And for what I did read the durability of the boat its close to a Ferry :/
I don't use discord because I really don't understand/can't talk english if it's not written
I don't use discord because I really don't understand/can't talk english if it's not written
we also have a textchat in it, where we share guides/information in written form ^_^ you don't have to talk
we also have a textchat in it, where we share guides/information in written form ^_^ you don't have to talk
Ah I didnt know, I was expecting it to be voice only. Never used Discord tbh. i'll check it later.
Glorious Ownage
Member
So you can't be a female warrior or berserker or a male tamer or am I missing something
classes are gender locked
Didn't know we even had a discord channel. Is it the same address as the US one?
for now. the developers have said they want to make all classes available to both genders iirc
Impulsor
Member
In the case of valkyrie though... I assume not?
I've only played for about 12 hours at the moment so it might be different further down the line but none of it seems mandatory. You get quite a few quests in Velia that introduce you to all crafting abilities but you don't have to do these to continue.
I just know that the devs said that they would add new classes and add female/male variants of older classes, so I would assume... yes eventually? Hard to know for sure when or if honestly
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Hikami, you are a slave driver. I literally see your workers EVERYWHERE I go.
Other than drops and the marketplace, you can get them as rewards from doing the Black Spirit quests. Someone told me they threw their Agerian pieces away because it had casting speed on it. lol... I guess people don't realize how valuable they are yet.
This reminds me of Rowena in FFXIV. She is stationed in both Idyllshire and Mor Dhona and I always found that strange.
Gear works differently in this game. In most cases it's all about the stats from the set bonus as you can upgrade and increase the DP by using black stones.
You are correct. Unfortunately, classes are gender locked.
The developer seems to have had two different stances on this. In one interview a comment was made that they understand the complaint and would try and accommodate this going forward as they have with Witch and Wizard, Ninja and Kunoichi, and Blader and Plum but then in another interview it was stated that they would rather create new and unique classes than spend time making a male/female carbon copies. Ninja/Kunoichi seems like a compromise where the male and female classes are similar but have some unique differences and distinct skills.
Other than drops and the marketplace, you can get them as rewards from doing the Black Spirit quests. Someone told me they threw their Agerian pieces away because it had casting speed on it. lol... I guess people don't realize how valuable they are yet.
Have clocked up 50 hours on this now, really love it. Best MMO since WoW vanilla.
One odd thing I have noticed though, if you return to the starting village, Olvia after getting to Velia, all the NPC's (ie Igor Bartali, that big skill trainer guy etc) are back where they started, even though they since moved to Velia and can always be found in both places
Kind of weird!
This reminds me of Rowena in FFXIV. She is stationed in both Idyllshire and Mor Dhona and I always found that strange.
Gear works differently in this game. In most cases it's all about the stats from the set bonus as you can upgrade and increase the DP by using black stones.
You are correct. Unfortunately, classes are gender locked.
The developer seems to have had two different stances on this. In one interview a comment was made that they understand the complaint and would try and accommodate this going forward as they have with Witch and Wizard, Ninja and Kunoichi, and Blader and Plum but then in another interview it was stated that they would rather create new and unique classes than spend time making a male/female carbon copies. Ninja/Kunoichi seems like a compromise where the male and female classes are similar but have some unique differences and distinct skills.
Aspirations26
Member
So I didn't realize the server was going down for maintenance early this morning. Was afk fishing while I slept, got up to hand my fish in before I went to work and couldn't. Now I'm stuck at work till 5pm helpless while all my fish go down in value lol.
I just use teamviewer to control my pc from work. Works well enough to sell and grab new poles. I need to see if I can control it on my phone next. Will be awesome if it works
Aspirations26
Member
Yooo that's awesome and a great idea. If it works on your phone let me know. I might have to do this on my work computer haha, can't do anything about today though haha.
Hmm now I think about it my work uses Mac, I wonder if I can still control my pc with teamviewer.
Can someone thow me an invite? Family name is King_SS
send you a friend req
Probably never.
minimumhippo
Member
Yeah it's pretty great. I started the game completely overwhelmed and I'm slowly starting to understand the systems in place and it's a feeling I've been missing in MMOs lately. The game isn't without its annoyances of course, but hopefully they continue to improve it. With there being no monthly fee, I can see myself coming back to it frequently.
Even if it does come out for the ps4, I suspect it'll be pared back quite a bit.
Probably between very low/low setting at 20-30 fps which isn't going to be pretty.
Matrix XII
Member
Starting playing yesterday finally. Man, there's some really cool things about this game, and it's pretty confusing at times too! Haha
I see a lot of potential here, I really hope it is not squandered. Hopefully they are making money and can give BDO regular support and patches.
Can't wait to play after work today!
Btw, does anyone use a controller? I feel that it might be viable given how the controls are set up.
I see a lot of potential here, I really hope it is not squandered. Hopefully they are making money and can give BDO regular support and patches.
Can't wait to play after work today!
Btw, does anyone use a controller? I feel that it might be viable given how the controls are set up.
Well, it's not only the technical aspect, although its one reason. Game has big pop-in and LOD problems even with the biggest cards and SSDs.
It's also that the game was not being created with consoles in mind, it's very focused on KB+M, imagine navigating through the UI and all its menus (workers, nodes, crafting..) with pad only.
Even though you can put a mouse in a PS4, game would need a huge revamp to accomodate pad only players, and I don't think PA is up to that (game is not that popular to justify a sort of remake of a lot of it's aspects for a console userbase).
I do, controls well enough for fighting and traversing (although targeting isn't the best and you will lose everytime against a PvP player if you want to PvP). It doesn't help that I play Ranger and seems like it's the less pad friendly class lol
Navigating the UI is kind of a mess, still possible, but take into account the UI is all mouse based.
Gamepad support is an afterthough, and it works only because the gameplay (combo based fighting) adapts well into a gamepad, but the game was never meant to be played with a pad only.
Hellsing321
Member
I've set up my Steam Controller so I never have to take my thumb off the right trackpad while fighting. It takes getting used to but I've become pretty proficient with it in a short amount of time.
Hm ya know, I should try clearing some space on my ssd and see if it helps some of my problems. Anyone know if it's a big improvement?
Not as far as I'm aware. I've ready plenty of people said they see no difference between a regular HDD and SSD.
I'm running it on my SSD and the game still has abysmal pop-in. I never even bothered with installing it on a HDD.
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