How is the PvE content in this game?

[Dawi the Explori]

I got this game free a while back and now taking a look at it as im bored. It's been a while since iv delved into a mmo and i have got that itch again.

I heard there is forced PvP but it wouldn't bother me if there is a negligible/no penalty

Also with there not being any raids or dungeons what activities lie for a PvE player?

I hope it isn't like runescape where it's just a long boring ass grind to level up skills, or warframe which involves sitting a single spot for an hour straight to get peanuts.

[GrimLordKi]

Look up youtube videos of it.

[Heckin' Wes]

Forcing PvP one someone is punished by in game mechanics, I'm not sure about penalties for dying in pvp but I'm pretty sure you don't lose xp from pvp deaths. As for PvE content, I tend to life skill a lot. Crafting and gathering and such. I find the trading aspect especially fun, as there's two skills you can level up that make you feel like a merchant. "Trading" and "Bartering" If you want guides on BDO I recommend Grumpy Green Cricket c:

[Tsel13]

What Heckin' Wes posted is good.
I’m mainly going to comment on your subject line and the forced PVP.
First the PVP.
There is no forced PVP.
No one can PVP you or you PVP them while you’re a green player.
Also no one can PVP you while on Seasonal Servers or Olivia Servers no matter your color (green, blue, etc…) They can PVP (on the PVP Seasonal Server)
I am basically a new player as well.
I’ve been playing for about 6 months in NA.
I have been PK’d (Player Killed) by a player killer twice. Both times they were just sitting on their horse in the road. I passed by and they swooped in and killed me instantly.
I know this is nerve racking, but know that you lose nothing from this except about 1% of your experience or no lose if you use an Elions Tear. However, they get around 300,000 negative karma points against them for doing that.
It’s no big deal.
Just resurrect to the nearest town, change servers, collect your horse, and move on.
All is good.

Now for PVE.
I love the PVE in this game.
I am an old school RPG’er.
BDO is everything I’ve ever wanted.
I’m more of a solo casual player, so I never liked group dungeons in other MMOs.
BDO you can solo to your hearts content.
Just know that this game is a MARATHON.
Getting good gear, money, and all kinds of other things will not happen fast.
It will happen S-L-O-W-L-Y.
Just have fun figuring it all out.
Also, Youtube videos are your best friend in figuring out… where the (blank) or what the (blank) do I need to do? Because I’d say about a 4th of the quests are a bit ambiguous.
At 53rd level, if you’ve followed the main questline, you will open up the Chenga Tome quest. The first time you do it, it is tedious and mind numbing, but after the first time, your other characters will have it easier since about 1/3rd of the quest is basically removed.

Enjoy and have fun.

[Licopeen]

You only lose 1% exp if u were killed by mobs and u don't use elion for revive.

[tracksone]

There is not much pve content in this game. Although i hear they are working on some. This is mostly a solo/afk/pvp game.

[Pocahawtness]

There is no forced PVP. I have been playing the game for years and haven't done any PVP at all. There is plenty of PVE content, especially if you like the various trades and crafting. If you are not in to crafting and sailing and so on then the PVE is a bit limited towards the end.

[The Arkady]

Honestly, there's a load of solo PvE content storylines that would be pretty cool... if Pearl Abyss, in terms of getting players to experience them, didn't absolutely suck and blow at the same time.

I mean, their season servers supposedly intended to entice new players are in reality all about level rushing (they explicitly reward that in the weeks after launch), ideally just skipping all dialogue and cutscenes, and probably missing huge swaths of content not part of or directly linked to the current 'main' story. Just take all the ocean stuff; geese laying golden eggs are literally easier to find in BDO than new players who know anything much about Vell pirates. Also, I keep hearing rumors Muiquun actually serves a purpose beyond letting people easily CP invest in Titium Valley before they grind there. I just can't be bothered to... randomly PK enough noobs to be able to go there, I think the requirement was?

And don't even get me started on how much PvE story content is gated behind sinking endless resources into the scambling enhancement system and/or endless hours into AFK Fishing to be able to buy gear off the AH instead...
(For example, a new player on season servers that doesn't know all the intricacies of the scambling enhancement systen cannot realistically attain the recommended AP for the Kamasylvia main story Manshaum part before they get there unless they're insanely RNG carried.)

[Bwoink ⭕⃤]

Escrito originalmente por The Arkady:

Honestly, there's a load of solo PvE content storylines that would be pretty cool... if Pearl Abyss, in terms of getting players to experience them, didn't absolutely suck and blow at the same time.

I mean, their season servers supposedly intended to entice new players are in reality all about level rushing (they explicitly reward that in the weeks after launch), ideally just skipping all dialogue and cutscenes, and probably missing huge swaths of content not part of or directly linked to the current 'main' story. Just take all the ocean stuff; geese laying golden eggs are literally easier to find in BDO than new players who know anything much about Vell pirates. Also, I keep hearing rumors Muiquun actually serves a purpose beyond letting people easily CP invest in Titium Valley before they grind there. I just can't be bothered to... randomly PK enough noobs to be able to go there, I think the requirement was?

And don't even get me started on how much PvE story content is gated behind sinking endless resources into the scambling enhancement system and/or endless hours into AFK Fishing to be able to buy gear off the AH instead...
(For example, a new player on season servers that doesn't know all the intricacies of the scambling enhancement systen cannot realistically attain the recommended AP for the Kamasylvia main story Manshaum part before they get there unless they're insanely RNG carried.)

I used to ruthlessly murder them noobs kekeke until my karma rating was so low that it made me cry

[Bwoink ⭕⃤]

Escrito originalmente por Licopeen:

You only lose 1% exp if u were killed by mobs and u don't use elion for revive.

1% xp at lvl 61/61 and up is detrimental and is really bad if u lose it

[tracksone]

Escrito originalmente por ｢C❤️A｣ Pocahawtness:

There is no forced PVP. I have been playing the game for years and haven't done any PVP at all. There is plenty of PVE content, especially if you like the various trades and crafting. If you are not in to crafting and sailing and so on then the PVE is a bit limited towards the end.

y u lyin fam

[Sikamikanico]

1% xp is a months work...only

[CyberDown]

Hi, life skiller here,

PVE is pretty good on the combat side if you enjoy endless farming/grinding (yes many love doing this see any ARPG)

PVE is solid in the life skill arena, think multiple side dish crafting type activites with endless progression and good earnings that can set you combat/pvp characters up with money for gear. Its incredibly deep somehow.

As far as forced pvp? when grinding hot spots people typically ask to duel if they want your farm spot, yeah ive been ganked travelling maybe three times, two was more like friendly style ganking, one was me afk riding a horse in an area i probably shouldnt have.

Thats it, its no gank fest.

[Aurican]

- No penalties on pvp death. Just a minor inconvenience.

End game activity
Sandbox game, so really up to you to set goals for yourself.
- Build a boat, go sailing
- Farm mobs for $ and item parts.
- Be a gambler and make enhanced items for sale.
- Tend to your farm
- Set up worker empire and make a trading network

No end-game dungeon/instances - You will kill the same bosses and grind the same spots until you are bored.

Grinding
- Lvl 61+ takes an abominable amount of time to level
- Some items (parts) take an even longer amount of time to farm for.

Economy
Everything worth buying will be in the billions. So you will spend 99% of your play time trying to make money.
- Game gives you up to 240 AP (seasonal) easy. Beyond that can get painful.
Credit to the game, a lot of different ways to do so.

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Everything in game is intended to be a time sink so you would spend $ in their shop for "conveniences". Just take it slow and easy with a good pacing and the game will remain mostly F2P.

[MustangMR]

In my view, there is barely any PVE in BDO. PVE for me is engaging quests (BDOs are the lamest I've ever read... yes read, barely any in-game cutscenes even), bosses to encounter as a group... BDO world bosses are trivial hit-it-once-and-run encounters that are easily learned and provide little if any real challenge. PVE is also having to work your way through zones with an end goal in mind. That really doesn't exist in BDO other than a lame main quest that makes very little sense.

Farming mobs, while yeah, I get it, killing boars is a mainstay pve element in nearly every game, farming the same mobs for hours and hours on end where every drop is extremely if not impossibly rare, doesn't count as pve.

As for a sandbox, it's a mile wide and inches deep. Nothing you do really impacts the environment, which for me is the definition of a sandbox game. BDO doesn't qualify in that regard. What it does have is several systems that all work independently and you have a lot of things you can do. But these systems are shallow and the only end goal is to raise a stat, but not really impact the environment.

I've got 2600+ hours in this game... so I've found some value in it, but 90% of that time is afk babysitting the mechanics of the game, to the point that BDOis quickly becoming the game that I love to hate. I would not call this a PVE game at all.

PVP seems to be the only reason to do anything and the only time I ever see my guildmates really excited is when they're in a guild war, but with that said, PVP is not forced on you and it has not been a problem for me playing.

EDIT: What I would say is that this is good casual gameplay. You can work most of the system, progress by making money from it, in a lot of different ways that won't kill you or cause you grief by being there. Just takes hours and hours of time, so it's really up to you what you want to pull out of the game.

[AlliedKhajiit]

as soon as you reach aakman temple, you've experienced all the grinding there really is in the game. every other place is pretty much just a new skin that you can grind at once your AP reaches a strong enough point. there's lifeskilling as well that you can dip your feet into and it has its own progression system, but it's fallen off in terms of profitability compared to grinding, so it's something you'll just do if you enjoy it or want to compete in the lifeskill leaderboards for overhead icons