Disclaimer: This info is taken from CBT1 and translated interviews in korean leading up to CBT2 and I plan to update it and clarify the info once cbt2 ends. Until then some info might not be accurate.
Basics
- Level 50 soft-cap (no hard-cap)
- 8 classes, 3 races (human, elf, giant)
- Classes are gender and race locked.
- No healer class/role
Progression
- Quests offer rewards and influence but no experience
- Storyline quests and some other major quests gives skillpoints
- Exp and/or partial item loss at death (will be tweaked during beta)
World
- All dungeons will be open world.
- No instant teleportation or flying.
- Day&night cycle (dawn, dusk)
- Dynamic weather system that also affects movement and crafting. (fog, storm)
PvP
- World-PvP enabled at level 30.
- There will be multiple keeps for your guild and guild-alliances to conquer
Other things
- Housing
- Extensive crafting and trading system
- Mounted combat and breeding system. Mounts can be lost/killed.
- Naval system (not implemented in cbt2)
- Reinforcing your equipment is done by system of +1, +2, +n (n being unknown).
Iselin: And the next person who says "but it's a business, they need to make money" can just go fuck yourself.
Comments
Are you sure
Classes are gender and race locked
There are versions of warrior, sorcerer and ranger for both gender.
Hmm, sounds like Lineage 2 back in the day :O
Stop hyping me you people :U
Even more exciting, last I heard not only is there no publisher for the western release of this game, but the developer even said that they have no plans to ever release the game in the west or find a publisher to release a westernization of the game.
unless that changes its hard to be even the slightest bit excited about this.
love the game. want the game!
Wake me up from cryosleep when we get a version
So, anyone can take on the healer role? Even the warrior? Someone has to heal!
Games with no healer class always worry me.
Everything else sounds nice. No instanced dungeons are finally back!
To sum it up... It seems to be a neat little game with a amazing CC and some weirdly archaic ideas on how to handle content and grind. I foresee a fairly substantial re-work in order for it to hit mass-appeal in the western market.
This have been a good conversation
There are rumors about valkyrie (female version of warrior) and one other class having access to a few support abilities but nothing that comes remotely close to a healer class/role.
Thanks. Totally forgot about mounted combat, added it to the list.
It says flag yourself so is PvP by choice then ?
Game is a blast thus far, I'm loving it (first beta)
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Gender locks are always a bad concept but hardly game breaking. No healer role is a huge mistake though, many people love to heal and be locked in the support role for better or worse.
The game also needs more races. Not sure why Koreans always put a small emphasis on that, it's very important. For every point the game gains in customization it loses in lack of races.
Tomb Raider is gender locked too in a way lol. It's not a problem if implemented well, and once again: the warrior, sorcerer and ranger classes are NOT gender locked.
You want many races? Why? You like to identify with cat-mans, bull-cheetah-mans or bear-pig-mans so much? I'm sure there are games for you...
Thank you Ikcin
So is Black Desert this years 'Great Sandbox Hope'? Good luck!
Shouldn't worry though; as more info comes out about it, I'm sure it can be nitpicked into disdain.
Character creator is seriously stellar though. Watched the video with a talented game artist friend of mine, and he was tremendously impressed.
If you are holding out for the perfect game, the only game you play will be the waiting one.
Loved the amazing character creator and love the animations and how the world looks over all and that is where it stops for me.
I really don't want to play a grinder though. For me it is still EQN to look out for.
Well there will be shittons of grinding involved also if you are planning to level up your char.
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Fingers crossed for this, nothing destroyed WoWs sense of vast world to explore like Flying Mounts.
I know people think they are cool, but rly in the end they take away all the atmosphere.
Lineage 2 player over there;) (just like me)
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It all depends on the chronicle...
Interlude and before = Mague OP (insta sleep + nukes) - daggers & archers decent when full buff - everything else pure crap (including tanks...)
In Gracia Final, High Five and so on, tanks (Mostly Paladins) are OP to the limit, no way to beat them 1v1 in Olys. But I guess we are going out of the topic... lets not hijack de post
Can't wait for Black Desert Online... as a looong long L2 player (7-8 years) for me this is my last hope for the long waited "lineage 3" kindof MMORPG..
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