Black Desert

Gravel said:

Been addicted to this again. Can't remember exactly why I quit (imagine it was enhancements though).

Loving this season server though. I think I started 1-2 days into the season, so about a week total?

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Yeah, I'm in the same boat. Didn't realize how "into" this I had been until I logged into my old warrior and realized he was artisan 1 in almost every lifeskill (not really a big deal now, but was back in 2017 when I last played). I knew I had spent a lot of time afk fishing with him, but had no idea how much time I spent gathering and such.

The season stuff is fucking great. It's awesome being able to "catch up" so quickly. I remember what a slog it was to hit 56+ back in the day and get to 150ish AP (my old warrior was only at 130). I just wish most of the classes I wanted to play/try weren't fucking chicks. I hate when games force gender on classes as I can't stand playing a fucking female avatar.

I'm 99% sure I quit over the enhancement bullshit too, but they've added a lot of ways to "help" lock shit by giving out Valks like candy, Cron Stones, etc. After watching a lot of videos though, I'm probably just going to ignore it, sell off all my enhancement shit, and just buy upgrades. I'm one of the unluckiest people when it comes to RNG (I flat refuse to play most "strategic" boardgames because of it), so I don't want failing a big upgrade to be the reason I quit again. Just avoiding/skipping the hassle/luck factor seems like the much saner option, even if it's more expensive in the long run.

I hate being so into this again now. I'm at working looking at spreadsheets, listening to videos, etc. It reminds me so much of an ARPG in its mechanics/systems, yet still very MMOish. I don't know, it's the perfect combo for my brain as it allows (even encourages, really) for you to just sit in areas and grind your life away, hoping for rare drops, but is at the same time deep as hell if you're an autistic min/maxer like I can be. That's one of the largest reasons I find myself always going back to PoE and BDO offers a lot of PoE's systems/gameplay in MMO form, I feel.

Buy the upgrades if you can. You will save massive amounts of pain and silver in the long run. The way the game is handing out cron stones now, always save up for weapon attemps. Remember if you enchant accessories, even with crons they can downgrade one level.

Also remember if you get bored on land, the sea content in the game is amazing. I’ve got the galleass up to blue grade +10 equipment, and a caravel at +10 green. You can take on almost anything at that point, and bartering gets easier with the upgraded ships.

Daidraco said:

Never understood why they would want to keep an enhancement system that causes so many people to quit, myself included.

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I always figured it was for pearl sales. The enchanting system is the most painful I have ever played. I’m trying to get five blackstar weapons to TRI right now and it’s an absolute silver sink.
At least now there is so many items in the market you can always get a backup set fairly easily
Make sure you do your rift bosses. It’s an easy source of cron stones and basic accessories. It is pretty easy money if you just sell off the base stuff like ogres

I actually hit a +10 noble wagon wheel last night, on a 9% chance. Only had to invest around 20mil. Really considering selling it, but since I'm a horse nerd, I convinced myself to keep it. 40mil profit isn't much, really.

Kirun said:

I actually hit a +10 noble wagon wheel last night, on a 9% chance. Only had to invest around 20mil. Really considering selling it, but since I'm a horse nerd, I convinced myself to keep it. 40mil profit isn't much, really.

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Are you doing much trading? Is it worth it any more?