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Black Desert Online |OT| Come on in, the sand's fine [Mediah Update]
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oxrock
Gravity is a myth, the Earth SUCKS!
Yeah, I fillup my inventory and trade wagon and head to epheria for distance bonus. I tend to get about a million per run. Better money than I've made doing anything else, by a LONG shot.
It is pretty overwhelming. I have so many other games I'm playing too (like Enter the Gungeon) so I only play it on weekends when I can spend some time to invest.
So I meet my first PvP asshole today!
I was grinding mobs and suddenly someone with a gillie attacked me (didn't even notice him). Motherfucked made me die against the monsters and lost a gem because of it. After I was dead dude proceded to tell me to leave, so.... I did otherwise, and keep going back. And he kept killing me (he had way better gear i assume).
Eventually dude left, and got my camp for me again. I guess I fucked with his karma.
I mean, I would probably left the camp if he was nice and all cause he was clearly better than me, but there was no reason to be such an ass so....
I was grinding mobs and suddenly someone with a gillie attacked me (didn't even notice him). Motherfucked made me die against the monsters and lost a gem because of it. After I was dead dude proceded to tell me to leave, so.... I did otherwise, and keep going back. And he kept killing me (he had way better gear i assume).
Eventually dude left, and got my camp for me again. I guess I fucked with his karma.
I mean, I would probably left the camp if he was nice and all cause he was clearly better than me, but there was no reason to be such an ass so....
DVS?
what's that?
A guild that goes around and PKs anyone who is in "their" grind spot.
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Got full Grunil set for my witch and started upgrading it. It actually looks pretty nice.
Oh, well. Honestly I didn't notice what guild he was in. I got told there's a couple of them doing that.
Yesterday I started playing on the Japanese server for the 3rd time. I spent ~30 minutes on the first two attempts because I was overwhelmed with the amount of systems, cluttered UI and hated the pop in.
I plan to stick with the game for a bit longer, but I still don't understand half of the things which are happening, so I wanted to ask if there are any recommended guides for new players (and if they are, I think adding a few links to the OP would be great).
I'd personally prefer text over lengthy YT videos though. Obviously I can just go and start reading a wiki, but it's hard to tell what's relevant from the start.
Edit:
To answer my own question, I think i found a decent set of guides on another message board:
http://blackdesertfoundry.com/2016/02/16/starterlaunch-guide/
http://www.blackdesertnexus.com/the-guide-to-guides/
http://dulfy.net/2016/03/01/black-desert-node-management-and-hiring-workers-basic-guide/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JnFambQifvui7-V68QMsfuXuhAuu4C0NsVJCxJIv84E/preview#
I plan to stick with the game for a bit longer, but I still don't understand half of the things which are happening, so I wanted to ask if there are any recommended guides for new players (and if they are, I think adding a few links to the OP would be great).
I'd personally prefer text over lengthy YT videos though. Obviously I can just go and start reading a wiki, but it's hard to tell what's relevant from the start.
Edit:
To answer my own question, I think i found a decent set of guides on another message board:
http://blackdesertfoundry.com/2016/02/16/starterlaunch-guide/
http://www.blackdesertnexus.com/the-guide-to-guides/
http://dulfy.net/2016/03/01/black-desert-node-management-and-hiring-workers-basic-guide/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JnFambQifvui7-V68QMsfuXuhAuu4C0NsVJCxJIv84E/preview#
I need help big time! I am trying to get my ferry license. My shipyard is in Velia, my workers are from and in Velia, I have tons of ash timber in storage in Velia. Why does it say I don't have enough materials to have the workers craft ash plywood? I did the prerequisite gathering quests in Heidel. It's really frustrating me.
Also, why doesn't it count the ash plywood I made manually (ie through the inventory menu, not the worker menu) and is in storage in Velia?
Also, why doesn't it count the ash plywood I made manually (ie through the inventory menu, not the worker menu) and is in storage in Velia?
Robobandit
Member
The materials have to be processed twice, basically.
you need to put the scantling, timber, plywood, blackstone powder, etc. into your warehouse in Velia. When you go to build the boat, you're not telling your workers to make scantling or plywood, you're telling them to incorporate those components into the boat.
It'll take 62 or whatever work passes (depends on how skilled your workers are how long each takes, mine take 25-30 mins each) for them to finish the boat. You can have up to 4 workers working on the boat at the same time
this should explain it better then I could
http://blackdesertfoundry.com/2015/09/18/ships-guide/
hope that helps.
also who do I get in touch with to get an invite to the gaf guild? I seen a couple of gaffers running around velia which I am currently located at. So if any officers see me in velia, please invite "Ledrina" thanks!
same here. I want to make sure I like it and that it even runs before dropping money on it
I'll say 30fps on high everywhere but maybe cities (dunno how good is that i3)
For comparison I can reach 40 fps on very high with a GTX950 and a shitty Phenom II (drops to 20 on cities cause CPU).
Mithos
Member
I run the game at 1600x900, Texture: Medium, Graphics: Very High (all settings ticked in under that option) ~30fps (20-30fps in cities).
i7 3.4Ghz, 12GB ram, 660Ti 2GB vram.
Aztechnology
Member
I'm a few days into my guest pass. I think the game has a lot going for it. In some ways based on how the systems, upgrades, resources control works it reminds me of E.V.E Online but in a fantasy universe. I think the games combat is enjoyable, the fluidity is pretty great and playing a Wizard definitely felt rewarding. I didn't like my creation options were so limited in terms of sex/age. But I understand that's partially due to the games lore so... ehhh, I guess I can get over it. I had fun with it, but I don't think it's for me. Good luck to all of you and I wish you and the game all the success.
hmmm Yeah I still want a guet pass then to tinker with it and see what works for me. Also like I said so I can also see if it is something I am interested in investing the coin and time into.
10 ash plywood in the same warehouse as the worker (Doesn`t need to be the same town as the shipyard). Then go to the shipyard. Manage crafting for the item you want to craft and assign a worker to the ash plywood part.
my friends have been grinding like crazy, I was ahead of them but now they are 4-5 levels past me. Almost made it to 43 last night though. One of them went full on pay to win (as he is wont to do) and the other has way more free time. But they don't have the sheer grinding willpower that I do so I'll catch up.
I blew a lot of last weekend trying to learn cooking but hit a wall when I got to the point where I'd have to start farming too.
I also learned that I've possibly been playing my class wrong - I didn't even know how to initiate mounted combat but I've had stirrups on for ages. I guess I wasn't unsheathing my weapon first. Anyways, this all started when I saw a video of some Korean guy playing Witch on a horse and he was strafing a lot. Is this the 'drift' horse skill?
I blew a lot of last weekend trying to learn cooking but hit a wall when I got to the point where I'd have to start farming too.
I also learned that I've possibly been playing my class wrong - I didn't even know how to initiate mounted combat but I've had stirrups on for ages. I guess I wasn't unsheathing my weapon first. Anyways, this all started when I saw a video of some Korean guy playing Witch on a horse and he was strafing a lot. Is this the 'drift' horse skill?
The EU guild is on JORDINE - SERENDIA #1.
I'm running a (barely passable) configuration of the game with a similar setup:
cpu: Q9300 2.4ghz
gpu: GTX750ti
ram: 6gb ddr2
I run it at 1080p, low settings. There will be times where everything completely freezes in order to load the next section of game (usually major cities). I have severe pop in. A severe lag in loading objects such as people/wagons/horses. But despite all of these headaches, I still managed to come back to the game and continue playing (level 46 sorc atm). As other people mentioned; try and snag a 7 day pass and check it out. Even on low settings, the game looks pretty good.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Looks like someone else snagged it, I just tried to use it and was denied.
Nice, now if only my download speed would cooperate and let me play before dawn D:
Spiritreaver
Member
Hah, yeah. I deleted my Tamer alt the second they announced the Mediah patch. Too worried about filling that slot now.
RumblingRosco
Member
Considering trying this. My favorite MMO ever was Vanilla WoW. My favorite aspect of Vanilla WoW was leveling, exploring, and meeting other players; end game raids were fun but notbmy main draw anymore.
Does it seem like I'll enjoy BD? Also, I can find system reqs on their website. How well will an i5 2500k @ 4.1, 8 GB RAM, and 4 GB 960 Ti run this at 1080p?
Also, is there a free trial option?
Sorry for all the questions, on my phone but got super excited reading this thread a bit and now I want to know as much as possible as soon as possible.
Does it seem like I'll enjoy BD? Also, I can find system reqs on their website. How well will an i5 2500k @ 4.1, 8 GB RAM, and 4 GB 960 Ti run this at 1080p?
Also, is there a free trial option?
Sorry for all the questions, on my phone but got super excited reading this thread a bit and now I want to know as much as possible as soon as possible.
Even with the servers virtually empty of people I am now disconnecting every time I try to switch characters. This is new. Yay for hotfixes!
Probably? Edit: At least if exploration is a big draw for you. Player interaction is very minimal in this game, for better or for worse. There is very little reason to do anything in a party until you're high level doing bosses or PvP, but that doesn't mean you can't party up anyway, or join a guild to have people to chat with. Grinding for exp can also be a party activity.
Fine but maybe not on all max settings. I have a similar (but older) rig and I run the game at almost all max settings at 1920x1200 and I get around 45 FPS in towns, higher in less crowded areas. As long as it's over 30 it doesn't impact the gameplay to me so I'd rather it look nice.
No, but there are 7 day trial passes you get when buying the game so you can beg/look around for one of those.
this isn't like any form of WoW. If you've never played another korean mmo it's probably worth checking out to see if you like it, but the game will feel very alien if all you know is WoW and similar games. Most jarring difference is that you rarely get xp from quests.
As someone really into the community aspect of MMOs I don't think I'd stick it out if my friends weren't playing. So far my only direct interaction with other players has been just seeing them running around...and general chat which appears to be mostly about Donald Trump and Alienware.
I have a slightly better system and it runs alright but I'm running some weird combination of settings. I've seen towns drop under 20. Combat areas run great.
This game is very much a "real world" MMO. What I mean by that is while everyone is connected, and you see other people, you live your life very much on your own, or with a "family" (guild). Like in real life, you need other people to do things with you. Instead of working on a project together at work, you group to take down a boss. But once that's over, you're doing your own thing. Buying goods from the marketplace, while offering goods yourself from what your speciality is.
It's very much a solo experience, but you're never alone. I personally haven't loved a game this much since, I dunno, vanilla WoW? Secret of Mana? It's always on my mind.
But if you're looking for a traditional theme park MMO, look elsewhere. If you're willing to learn and master some complex systems, while being rewarded for doing so, then this might be for you. It's only $30, or free with a guest pass. Give it a shot. I can't speak more highly about this game.
It's very much a solo experience, but you're never alone. I personally haven't loved a game this much since, I dunno, vanilla WoW? Secret of Mana? It's always on my mind.
But if you're looking for a traditional theme park MMO, look elsewhere. If you're willing to learn and master some complex systems, while being rewarded for doing so, then this might be for you. It's only $30, or free with a guest pass. Give it a shot. I can't speak more highly about this game.
Gotta say community was real nice on the lower levels for me.
I still remember some dude trying to point me to quest objectives when I was wandering around an area (even though I wasn't really doing any quest).
And I got some people just stopping to talk about whatever, my char, my pet, randomly sitting on someone else boat and start talking... it was really nice.
Sucks that shit is starting to change once I enter into PvP levels. Part of the PvP community is very assholish (not everyone, of course, and I say that as a PvP lover in Souls games, but a lot of people here don't really want to PvP, just grief). It doesn't help that gear >>>>>>>>>> skill so much in this game.
But strangely is a game that I enjoy a lot as a single player experience. There's simply too much stuff to do for yourself.
Put my char fishing there while I do some shit at house. So far my first 2 fishes were yellow . I like where this is going!
I guess fishing on the shore doesn't work? because I always catched shit on the shore, but now I'm on the open sea (with a lot of other people fishing)
ROBOKITTYZILLA
Member
Public chat has been pretty good on Orwen. Most community aspects and forms of cooperation will come from playing with an established guild that has a decent amount of members. Chatting and cooperating on a variety of guild missions and PVP will make a difference.
Aadrian1234
Banned
Axe the RNG in enchants and make all enchants guaranteed force enchants (without durability loss) that require more stones, normalize damage to make gear not completely trump skill and let skilled players still do well against higher level/ gear players, and take accuracy and evasion out, and we'd have one of the best modern MMO's. Accuracy and evasion shouldn't exist in an action combat game.
I don't find these systems fun to grind to. I am no means against grinding, but a grind shouldn't determine your worth in combat
You can't buy things with ingots. Converting to gold ingots is just a way to more conveniently transport large sums of cash.
I have your exact specs... and to answer your question: Not well.
Maybe accuracy/evasion out for player vs player, but it has a reason in PvE. If there were no such stats, you could level in no time off mobs many times your level. You can already do this to a certain extent with +15 armor on your alts, but it would be many times easier without needing that stat.
Wow, is it just me? Seriously, every attempt to switch characters today since the patch has disconnected me and closed the game, we're talking like 20+ times now (doesn't matter what channel I go to). Now I can't even tend my farms it's so laggy, nothing happens for a while then I get spammed with system messages and disconnected lol. (Edan server)
bronkonagurski
Member
I use the gold ingots to bank my cash in the warehouse. I like looking in storage and seeing a huge stack of ingots. <3
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