Having a hard time getting into the game.

[Chief]

I'm still new to the game (less than 10 hours played) and having a relatively hard time getting into it consistently and loyally.

I dont know what it is, I just feel the urge of quitting the game after being on for like 30 mins. Unlike other MMO's where I can literally sit for HOURS playing and actually having fun and progressing. I really dont know what it is about black desert that is making it so hard for me to get into the game.

Maybe its the amount of content and its too overwhelming? The way you level? The game mechanic itself? Maybe its the amount of hours required in order to get only 1 of your character anywhere near good in the game (1000s of hours from what i heard)? Maybe its the amount of afk moments you need in order to progress?

Dont get me wrong, the game itself is absolutely beautiful. The graphics, the terrain, the combat system. Its is soooo fascinating and it actually blows my mind how good the game is. But there is just this thing that is always on my chest, on the back of my shoulders when I play the game and just makes me quit after only playing it for like 30 or so mins. I honestly cant quite put my finger on what it exactly is.

As i said, im a huge mmo fan and have played many. Others I can just sit for hours on end from morning to night playing and really enjoying it but black desert is just another story.

Honestly, no idea why. Just cared to share how I felt with the community.....thats all.

[Kai]

well don't force yourself to play something if you aren't enjoying it

[Fang [DK]]

when this game first came out it lasted for 2-3 months and it already lost 2/3 of its players xD

but now that it came to steam more then 15.000 players online O,o

[Herbalacious]

Originally posted by Bluewolf (DK) No.4:

when this game first came out it lasted for 2-3 months and it already lost 2/3 of its players xD

but now that it came to steam more then 15.000 players online O,o

Well you can't be too surprised for $6 price tag, but still. I feel the OP's point. Most MMO's I'm more or less forced into some kind of multiplayer event by midgame or usually earlier. This game is totally different and is lacking on that side of the multiplayer experience. It's the 1st mmo where I could see a ton of ppl playing but no way to really play with others outside of joining a guild. Even oldschool mmo's like DAOC had options to do minor areas with others around the same level to encourage meeting people. This one is more like sink or swim, but with lots of options on how to swim.

I'm very new. Combat is awesome and my favorite part of the game, but the multiplayer experience feels really cold imo. I'm sure that it's different with the end game, but I dunno if that's a good thing. I hope that there are some epic boss fights I can get into cus otherwise what's the point of all this fancy combat? PvP sure, but so far how I've seen it described is a bunch of super high level players grouping up to camp certain zones for XP and basically griefing lower levels players? This is not the kind of PvP I was expecting..I like PvP in most games and a good competition, but I dunno if I like this delivery from BDO.

Gonna give this a solid chance, but after over 30 hours without doing a single multiplayer event/quest/anything I dunno if this is the mmo for me.

[Sciophyte]

It's a pretty game, but I feel the itch to quit every time I hear that wormy quest-giving spirit giggling.

[Hempknight79]

At first, say the first couple of hours its a wierd one to get on with. Soo much to leanr, so much going on you kind of feel like a blind bat.

The game can be extremely solo orientated at times especialy when your doing the first few quests. When just out leveling though its very beneficial to do it with a group and even better if you can sit chatting with those people while doing it. There is a limiot to how many mobs can agro onto you at any pint in BDo, but that tends to be per person so some area sthis means that the more people the more mobs agro, not only that but a quickler clear speed.

Then there is always the chance of being flagged on, tends to happen less when your grouped up :)

PvP isnt just super high people camping areas. It happens, sure, but there is more too it. You have the GvG node/siege war system, red battlefield, smaller grind spot scirmishes, pre aranged guild wars and then the solo stuff when your just out an about.

PvE group stuff is only really level grinding. As yet there are no dungeons, raids etc. The game is very much centered arround group PvP and the PvE stuff is sort of the solo stuff you do while waiting for that PvP.

I ran a guild since launch, and as the bluewolf said lots of peole left the game in the early months. Main reasons I was told were too much RNG, too grindy, too much of a life sink. But I kind of knew what I was getting myself into. Its a Korean MMO. every, yes every Korean MMO i have ever played has heavy rng and lots of grind so it was norm for me to also have it here.

I have to admit though if I was too play this game solo I doubt highly I would have stuck at it for as long as I have. You need to be in a guild, or with a clan of friends otherwise its a long, painfull, and boring grind. Doing it with people breaks that up a bit. But you do have to do some solo stuff.

[darkvulpine]

here I am 2021, and I'm feeling the same. I mean, I was already turned off by race choices, and seeing that the only mounts are horses (or horse like) Race and Gender Class locks.... but I still gave it a shot. I managed to still get a look I can still work with.

But when I started playing, it was just frustrating me left and right. Perhaps it is overwhelming with all the stuff it throws at you. But navigating to quests are often confusing "what shiny spot" "Talk to who? no one's here" only to find out it's underground or something. Read the quest log and still be lost til you just stumble on an entrance and suddenly the guide leads you into it.

I see so many races in the game, ones I'd rather be, I see gryphons! and I'm like... okay you have Pegesi with wings... why can't I have my cat-bird mount?! outfits are class-locked too.

I'll give them that the mega-server structure and seasons are a better Idea than the likes of Archeage. but what I hear about end-game and the typical Korean style of upgrade... I'm already not looking forward to it. I'd honestly rather go back to Archeage, and that's also pretty terrible end-game with the gear difference.

[Migromul]

This is, what I did so far. But I must admint, I enjoy playing for myself, even in MMO-games.

Until now, I just play the combat-part of the game. Follow the black spirit main-quest-line and make the one or other kill-sidequest. I don't bother with any gifts (except of experience and Invetarslots.), yet. I seems, they stay forever in the giftmenu, and you can grab them, when YOU want.

Later on, your blackstones don't work anymore, since your equipment require special ones. So I don't realy know, what to do with the "blackstone" (without any category except weapon/armor) tbh. But evetually, you can use them, I assume, so I just take them to the storage. I have two characters at level 50, now. And it seems, now starts the real game. Until that level, you just need to do the main quest-line. And even after you reach level 50, you can continue, since you should reach it long, before it has officially ended.

But I will try the special content set for level 51+, as soon as I reach 51 with one of my characters. And if the new season starts (spring, I assume?) I'll make a season-witch. (One of my 50-chars is a mage.) Perhaps I'll also try a character on the elite-servers (don't remember the name)

It seems, at level 50, there begins the special coop-play. There are several Quests marked as "co-op". I didn't try them, yet, because, I need other quests done to get them, however. I'm still researching, what I must do exactly.

Since I realy like the combat-system in that game, I wonder, if I ever bother with life-skills. Or just play season-characters and elite-server-characters eventually, deleting them, when they need to bother with life-skills for end-game equipement.

I have a feeling, that this isn't a game, where you can level your life-skills (e. g. crafting-skills) "on the go" while leveleing. (like in WoW, for example.)

[Violesta]

I tried this game since it was free. I found the movement very clunky for me when I tried to use the auto path for questing I got hung up alot. Fighting was ok imo but again I would shoot walls etc. i went to the mobile version I like it its a good time waster. The auto works much better & smoother. I know alot of peeps dont like auto but I have problems with my hands these days. Im not into pvp so once I get chars to high level and it gets too much Ill probably just start an alt. I wish you can turn off the sound for the spirit I find him a bit annoying as well. Get bluestacks and try the mobile version. I think it also explains things a little better.

Theres alot of mircromanaging that is part of the problem i believe for someone new. They should do it a little more slowly. Also im not big into building things so im not to thrilled about having the camp, farming etc.

[plasmafogking]

You might have the same problem I have with this game.

First of all - gender lock. Anything you want to play have certain features locked: from appearance to gender. And is absolutely demotivating, especially when a class you want to play is looks ugly and is locked in a specific gender. In my case I want to play a male character, but all classes I would like to play are locked as female-only.

Secondly, lack of social aspect within game. In other games there were group quest even in early game, you could simply team up for anything you want, talk with other players. I leveled to 50 in a little bit of time and talked with only one other player. Haven't grouped up for anything.

Thirdly - class customization. No talent trees, no nothing. Everyone who play the same class are playing it identically. You put absolutely 0 time in thinking what you want to play, what you want to build, because there is nothing to build. So, there is zero strategy involved in creating a class you want to play, because you have to whatever developers said you have to play.

And lastly, nothing in game feels like it matters. Combat is fun, but it feels meaningless. Quests are boring and story... what story? Whenever I play this game it feels like I have few matches in Tekken and finish a game session without accomplishing anything.

[Drakzen]

It is a sandbox MMO so it has no real ending so you basically have to decide what you want your end game to be (Storyline, leveling, node networks, house decorating etc).

It is probably best to start with a small goal to work on as setting only a long term one can burn you out quick.

[Dr. Sinister]

Gameplay is too fast and it's full of spam. This game would be amazing if it didn't play like a mobile game

[B✪✪tsy]

It takes a while to get into it for a new player, because some of the questlines can be a bit confusing and are not clear enough. Especially the quests that has 'quest items' you need to use can lead to confusion at times. I recommend using the new player chat group and ask questions whenever you are stuck and don't know what to do. There are plenty of helpful players in the game that have been through everything already and are willing to help you out (if you ask nicely). At some quests you need help anyway, because they are coop quests that you can't finish alone (such as slaying a giant dragon).

[IDGAF DILLIGAF]

I had the same issue, because the story isn't very interesting, but I'm playing to level up atm. This seems like more of a sandbox with an optional story, but I also saw the story gives the best rewards. I've just been auto-running, clicking through story, and finishing objectives. I'll make up my mind about staying soon, the PK aspect without that panzy duel system is what attracted me, but my suggestion is the same advice I gave to myself - try a few guilds before you dump, I'll be looking too.