Play one character to the max level or many simultaneously?

[The Grin]

Hello,

i´m new to BDO and unlike other MMORPGS some mechanics like "stock transportation", travels with your beloved Donkey or secondary activities are quite interesting.
My question is to know wether it´s an advantage to play one charecter first in order to get him "to the top" or, play 2 or 3 characters simultaneously ?

What would be the effects?

PS. at the moment i have a level 26 Sorceress.

[Leah Ackermann]

That's not how BDO works. For instance right now it takes me 1 hour to level any character to lvl 40+ from 1 (with buffs). That's not long is it ? Even with your lower gear it wouldn't take you much longer than that if you really wanted to push it. The thing with BDO is, at the start play what you think is fun, explore the game, lifeskills... don't stress yourself, in this game most of the content is available from lvl 1, it's not locked behind lvl 50+ like other games.
However... you will soon notice that Energy and Contribution Points are your biggest problem to do anything, without going to much into detail on how to acquire them (there's great YT tutorials for that) they are making sure you will generate passive income in one way or another WHILE you play the game.

In BDO you want to make sure that you have a constant revenuestream one way or another, noone can give you money or gift items so everything you have will be hard earned. I know this is confusing but i had the same questions. The best way is to take your time, enjoy the mainquest and not rush through things. Otherwise you end up with a lvl 56 character with no gear and no idea how the game works. And that's utterly boring. The Game rewards you for pretty much everything you do actively. So enjoy that.

[Rafein]

I would focus on one charactger at the start. Best to learn the game through enchanting, and just gameplay, as each character plays differentlly, with different combos for skills.

Once you have an established character, and extra money, you can levels alts quikly and easily.

Example, I made a new alt. once he did few starting questsd, and made it to Velia, he was eqippped in gear is Used when I was level 55.

Now, there is benifit to having more characters. other Characters generate energy not playing, so you can use them for tasks that use energy when your main is out. Night vendor is popular.

Also, leveling multiple characters to 56 or 60 will increase your house fame, which gives you more free money every day.

[The Grin]

Ok thank you both for the explanations. BTW i saw the goods and bads of the game but actually for 10 euros i have to say the game is really worth it. Thanks again!

PS: i will not rush ;)

[Hellhaven]

A good thing to use multiple characters for ( You don't even have to level them ) Is for failstacking and for night vendor rolls ( You probably don't know anything about that but you will in the future )

[The Grin]

emmmmmmmmmmm ok X)

[Regolant]

You should have one main. Trust me, it's quite complex to master a char completely.
Having various characters is good, and since you are starting it let you feel how everyone feels like. Remember that your main's a ss will be the one you will be watching for hundreds and hundreds of hours in the vast world of Black Dessert.

I suggest you to go ahead and try every char until you get around to Heidel.
Yes, it will be tedious, but don't worry too much about that. Check out how each character works. How they feel, do you like how it plays? Their skills? Do you think you would like to main that character? Then go ahead and max it.

BDO is one of those games where having all characters to the max lvl is a must later on, but at first you should focus on learning the character you like the most. Have fun with it, learn everything on the game with it. And simply play however you want.

Later on having various chars help you to maximize a lot of things on the game, the enhancing system, the contribution and energy system, the family system, the inventory system. And a lot more things.

That said, NO CHAR IS BETTER THAN OTHER. All do good in both PvP and PvE, skill is key when playing against others or with others. And in order to get skilled with your char, you need to learn how to use it correctly.

But, in short, that's my suggestion. Try every single character until you get to Heidel. Then pick one and play with it to the max (after a couple of months you should be okay to go ahead and max other chars)

[Jo]

I'm levelling 3-4 characters at the rate of 56, 46, 36, 26. They're also stationed in different cities so I can easily switch characters to access warehouses. I find it works out well that way, especially when my higher level characters loot gear that are specific to the class of my lower level ones. Also I wanted to try out the different skills to see which class I liked best and intended to play most at end game PvP etc.

Today my level 56 character received a whole load of armor and gear from the Black Spirit. At first I thought "this is just going to take up all my inventory space" (not sellable) then I remembered my third level character doesn't have any proper gear so I sent it all to her.

[Superior]

Focus on 1 character to learn the basics & story, go with multiple different other characters afterwards.