More on BDO For Spring 2017
NOTE: This post is imported from Tumblr and has been slightly edited. It covers my return to Black Desert Online (BDO) in 2017, after a brief hiatus as the game went PK crazy shortly after the server merges for a few months. The hiatus ran from, late November 2016 to late February 2017.
After a brief period, the wave of PK insanity did seem to subside. I spent two months after my last post mostly playing SWTOR, and towards the end a little GW2 (more than just the tea shop). That let me get through the new expansion content in SWTOR. I’m still active there imperial-side in a very busy RP guild.
But this post is about BDO. I returned to BDO, focusing mostly on my financial empire. At the same time, I learned that the Dark Knight class would be coming over from Korea for NA and EU worlds.
Now, BDO currently runs one huge game world with many “channels” (instances of each world). I think there are about 30 or so channels right now. They are organized in groups of six channels each, with each group sharing a name. So you have Serendia 1, Serendia 2, etc., and then Calpheon 1, Calpheon 2, etc., until all the groups have been named. There are four “special” channels named Olvia for new or returning players with extra XP on all the time to help them catch up to the community in levels. The channel group names are Velia, Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon, Mediah, and Valencia. So I guess taken all together that makes 40 total channels (instances of the game world). It would be like 40 servers in other games.
Calpheon 2 is the unofficial role play channel for BDO in North America. And the Dark Knight class interested me greatly. Powered by darker magics yet not necessarily an “evil” character, and being of the Kamasilve elves, I saw her as an interesting departure in terms of creating a RP character. So I began to think of a backstory, including one with hooks that my character will not know about IC, and I really liked what I thought I was forming there.
So I spent the first month back in BDO really focusing on getting gear ready for my Dark Knight. By the time she was released on March 1, I had a full set of +15 armor, full Jarette’s accessories except for Ancient Guardian Core and Seal for belt and necklace. She had DUO Yuria kriegsmesser two handed weapon and +15 Saiyer knot. Basically, she was already geared for level 54 content.
I got her started and leveled past 50 in three evenings, then on to 55. Then a few days doing some RP and more merchant empire fun, and got her gear further enhanced and her on to 56.
So she’s really optimally set up right now. There’s more upgrades I want to do for her. I got her a TRI Liverto Kriegsmesser mainhand sword. Her chest and helm are DUO (+17), her gloves are PRI (+16) and her boots are still +15 (being stubborn). My next projects will be getting all her main armor to DUO, getting her Saiyer offhand knot to DUO, and upgrading her new accessories to at least PRI or better DUO.
I can state that I’ve not had this much fun with a class since I started my Maehwa nearly a year ago. Kuno is a class I want to love but the keybinds always give me grief. I can’t seem to remember them if I tried. Additionally, Maehwa and Dark Knight both are pretty self-sustaining in terms of self heals, at least for PVE content.
And I’m even motivated enough to try to get her on to 57 as well as looking at more RP opportunities for her.
BDO isn’t a game I can recommend to anyone. The open world PVP, the lack of ability to trade with others, the need for heavy involvement to seriously advance, and the need for an upper end system to really enjoy the game are all things that would keep me from recommending it. But, having said that, if someone can deal with those four issues, the game can be rewarding and fun.
Note: For those wondering, the economic side of BDO has occasionally been called “fantasy EVE Online”. The economic system is deep, the crafting system is deep, and there is a market you can play to a limited extent as well (though Kakao controls the market so prices don’t gyrate wildly).
After a brief period, the wave of PK insanity did seem to subside. I spent two months after my last post mostly playing SWTOR, and towards the end a little GW2 (more than just the tea shop). That let me get through the new expansion content in SWTOR. I’m still active there imperial-side in a very busy RP guild.
But this post is about BDO. I returned to BDO, focusing mostly on my financial empire. At the same time, I learned that the Dark Knight class would be coming over from Korea for NA and EU worlds.
Now, BDO currently runs one huge game world with many “channels” (instances of each world). I think there are about 30 or so channels right now. They are organized in groups of six channels each, with each group sharing a name. So you have Serendia 1, Serendia 2, etc., and then Calpheon 1, Calpheon 2, etc., until all the groups have been named. There are four “special” channels named Olvia for new or returning players with extra XP on all the time to help them catch up to the community in levels. The channel group names are Velia, Balenos, Serendia, Calpheon, Mediah, and Valencia. So I guess taken all together that makes 40 total channels (instances of the game world). It would be like 40 servers in other games.
Calpheon 2 is the unofficial role play channel for BDO in North America. And the Dark Knight class interested me greatly. Powered by darker magics yet not necessarily an “evil” character, and being of the Kamasilve elves, I saw her as an interesting departure in terms of creating a RP character. So I began to think of a backstory, including one with hooks that my character will not know about IC, and I really liked what I thought I was forming there.
So I spent the first month back in BDO really focusing on getting gear ready for my Dark Knight. By the time she was released on March 1, I had a full set of +15 armor, full Jarette’s accessories except for Ancient Guardian Core and Seal for belt and necklace. She had DUO Yuria kriegsmesser two handed weapon and +15 Saiyer knot. Basically, she was already geared for level 54 content.
I got her started and leveled past 50 in three evenings, then on to 55. Then a few days doing some RP and more merchant empire fun, and got her gear further enhanced and her on to 56.
So she’s really optimally set up right now. There’s more upgrades I want to do for her. I got her a TRI Liverto Kriegsmesser mainhand sword. Her chest and helm are DUO (+17), her gloves are PRI (+16) and her boots are still +15 (being stubborn). My next projects will be getting all her main armor to DUO, getting her Saiyer offhand knot to DUO, and upgrading her new accessories to at least PRI or better DUO.
I can state that I’ve not had this much fun with a class since I started my Maehwa nearly a year ago. Kuno is a class I want to love but the keybinds always give me grief. I can’t seem to remember them if I tried. Additionally, Maehwa and Dark Knight both are pretty self-sustaining in terms of self heals, at least for PVE content.
And I’m even motivated enough to try to get her on to 57 as well as looking at more RP opportunities for her.
BDO isn’t a game I can recommend to anyone. The open world PVP, the lack of ability to trade with others, the need for heavy involvement to seriously advance, and the need for an upper end system to really enjoy the game are all things that would keep me from recommending it. But, having said that, if someone can deal with those four issues, the game can be rewarding and fun.
Note: For those wondering, the economic side of BDO has occasionally been called “fantasy EVE Online”. The economic system is deep, the crafting system is deep, and there is a market you can play to a limited extent as well (though Kakao controls the market so prices don’t gyrate wildly).
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