Hopefully this game will be back stronger in a years time or so.
The thing i hate most about releasing unfinished products is that it removes the joy of working hard to get on top and feel like you are a part of the community.
Coming back will be a chatching up game instead, and its just not fun.
Get into Diablo, BDO or other sologames, I agree that those will suit you and most here much better. New world is a group game and prolly not for you then. Chestruns were never intended like the players did it. U should need a tank to contain and healer to keep you up in a 5 man group. Not running around jumping on stones and laying down behind chests or just front face smashing everything as a DD.
I feel you OP. I took the same direction a week ago and it was pretty tough cause I love the game, I enjoyed playing it SO much… but everyone has a limit. I couldn’t stand with the infamous x4 crafting system, the highly increased difficulty of some elite areas, the cut down chest drops… You don’t make those game-changing changes when your product is fully developed, you do that developing a beat, even on early-access… Oh, guess what!. I will never accept that kind of game-breaking changes at this stage of the game.
I’m with you, this game has the potential of becoming one of the best ever mmo’s but all the stuff happening is plain and simple awful. “They” (whoever they are, devs, a single person, uncle Jeff… whatever) are going bad choice after bad choice, issue after issue. I fear we will not have a peek back to take in some time if they don’t make a 180º degree turn asap, cause game is sinking and fanbase are running away.
The new player experience is amazing, the combat is fast paced and fun, but networking technology isn’t quite up to par for BDO’s combat to function properly in pvp (a lot of desync). The gameplay is essentially grinding mobs for hours on end ad-infinitum. New World’s “grind” has absolutely nothing on Black Desert Online, and there is no system to normalize gear in pvp. Players who have thousands of hours will literally one shot you and your attacks will tickle them. I personally play BDO hard-core for a few months each year, and I’m near the bottom of the top 10% of gearscore (615). Players who are 650-700+ kill me in one or two hits, whereas it would take me multiple burst rotations to kill them. It is a fun game, but I want you to know what you’re actually getting into.
Greatly appreciate that. Yeah maybe ive been “wowed” by the early content etc (its amazing), but i am really looking for something that will hold me for years, not months or weeks.
Awe, don’t quit man. You obviously missed the best part of “into the void”. They moved the well and added this fountain in Everfall. You should check it out. May change your opinion.
Hahaha, nah man. I was a mage, and im on a dead server. Boring AF. The game is 90% broken now.
EDIT: I should also mention that I was doing furniture. Talk about getting royally fooked in the bungholio.