Black Desert Online in 2024 | New Player, First Impressions
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- Black Desert Online is a Korean Sandbox?? (kind of) Action combat MMORPG Developed by Pearl Abyss. Widely considered to be a p2w RNG filled grind-fest... but is that really the case?
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Thanks for the shoutout! :)
Your guides are a life saver for new players like myself 🙏 keep up the awesome work
Im not even new, but his channel is a "Library of Alexandria" of all black desert content!
Levi is the GOAT
lifeskills turns this game into something completely different. getting your hirelings, managing nodes and routes, working on building your first own ship etc. love it!
amazing how i found your channel today and i was looking for your opinion on black desert and you posted it 4 hours ago haha amazing delivery and voice on the mic brother
Loved this review! I joined around when the game released in the west and played for a few years but I'd still call it one of my favorite MMOs. The characters I made almost 10 years ago now still fuel a lot of my artistic inspiration and exist as original characters in drawings, paintings, 3d models, written stories and even a friends' D&D game. Actual roleplaying was never my thing, but they have entire backstories, families and worlds, and I still speak to friends about these characters we made and we still remake and replay them in other single/multiplayer games whenever we can.
It's really nice to see someone recognize how much of a blast the game is even without MTX, the game has a really bad rep for it and while there's potential for overspending and addiction it really only takes a reasonable upfront investment to get some (imo) necessary QOL upgrades, unless you're interested in the competitive side of the game (mainly: pvp related activities or competing for max level).
A couple things you missed: a lot of cash shop cosmetics (and the game's premium membership) are available on the marketplace from other players. You can pre-order them for regular currency (silver) if they're out of stock, which puts you into a lottery system with other players once they go on sale. While it can take a long time to win these auctions, as a mid-lategame player it's essentially just a waiting game. By the time I stopped playing I had dozens of premium outfits spread across my characters that I never had to pay a real life cent for.
The loyalty point system (which you earn just by logging in each day) allows you to buy permanent upgrades like weight, carry capacity, and premium membership. It takes a long time to max out, but again it's passively giving you the same things you'd get from investing real life money.
Lifeskills can be done totally passively like you touched on with fishing, to the point where you can literally minimize the game to your system tray and check back in once or twice a day to store your loot, restock your inventory or repair your gear and get back to it. The game really ranges from sweaty active grindfest to basically an idle game, depending on how you like to play.
There's obviously a lot of negative opinions about the game, and a lot of them are valid. But I always thought it was such a huge shame that they overshadowed the amazing positives the game has to offer.
I thoroughly enjoyed this, please do more
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nice thank
same shirt?
You made a react video didn’t you
blue is right🔥
Well done. You got deep enough into the mechanic to showcase the depth but you kept 80% of the information easy to digest. As a long time BDO player I hope you never grind mushrooms when other players come around. R.i.P.
I enjoyed watching your BDO experience... I have played BDO since release and it was nice seeing the BDO level up process from an unbiased new player prospective. I would love to see more.
I just got bdo for free im still debating if I should play or not
@@AbstractElement I would give BDO a try its a fun game and right now there are good in game freebies.
Wow! Im glad i clicked on your video. This is one of the best reviews of BDO ive seen. I started BDO back before there were any guides and it was a bit confusing for me too but i kept at it like you did and like you said i enjoyed every minute of it.
Most reviews only level up to 40 or 50 and call it a bad game but seeing you actually grind it out like a normal player would was satisfying to watch. FYI you can level to 61 in like an hour if you min max everything lol But youll learn that while making an alt and if you have a few friends that can help. BDO is truly a unique game unlike anything i had ever played before. YOu can fish all day, kill monsters, train horses, gather, cook, do alchemy, or just travel around and find hidden places hardly anyone has seen, theres underwater places you can adventure around too!
Its one of those games i think will go down in history for me as one of the best games ive ever played. The longer you play and more people you meet i.e in guilds and such youll find your place within the game. Some people grind for the newest meta gear while others just use their play time to run dungeons with friends. Im glad you enjoyed yourself and I hope you get to play it again.
actually a really good new player pov, game can be daunting at times but its one of the best action combat mmos out rn u earned a new sub :)
I've stumbled upon your video by random chance and really enjoyed it. Black Desert has been one of my main games since I started it in 2017 and I play it regularly. There truly is a lot to explore in the game and I have yet to do some of it after seven years of playing. One thing I noticed you mentioning a lot in your video are the great visuals and I couldn't help but notice that you're not even playing on higher graphics settings. If you're still interested in the game, you should see how it looks like in the Remastered mode, because that's just beautiful to look at. Great video!
Good job sticking through with the grind! Good video, thank you sir.
When you opened up the map for the first time... wow that took me back. Hope you enjoy the game man.
Your videos are short and great and from an actual new players perspective. I love them. thanks to you i reinstalled Lost ark Online (a game i had awaited for 5 years until it came out and then i thought it was gonna be some forever taking slog) and i will reinstall BDO as well. You make it sound worth the experience at the least.
the description on fishing for the first time is too on point it’s hilarious 😂
A real perspective and experience shared with open honesty, much appreciated. As a BDO beta to launch player I feel this game has come a long way, and I'm glad to see that new players coming into this game can truly enjoy it whether they want to lifeskill, do combat, pvp, etc. Thank you for making the effort to make this great content!
My man picked sage so he’ll definitely have a blast in pvp
I dislike the classes being gender lock, with an extremely imbalanced gender split: 19 female, and only 8 male classes. I appreciated the developers kinda reckon male players love to look at female bodies, but I just don't like playing a female character myself.
Don't worry all the male classes are stronger than the female ones so it's balanced :D
Ok nerd, then play berserker
Note: some of the class have a counterpart like warrior = Valkyrie, etc.
@@gaussetrama272 but not every classes have counterparts, provided that the ratio being 19:8
when i started bdo, i knew i would never make a male cuz the girls look so good lmao
Here from bluesquad. good video. KEEP GOIN BRO!!!
I really like the style of your videos, from writing to actual presentation. Your voice is kinda soothing and nice to listen to. This video definitely made me download the game :) thank you.
Loves this video and your swtor playthrough. Found your channel cuz of the ESO video and was surprised to learn you’re an OSRS and RS3 player, longtime rs player looking for something new
Glad you enjoy the content man I appreciate it! I hope you find your new MMO soon
This was a great video to watch and to see a new players perspective. It's nice to see how well you figured a lot out on your own. I know full well how overwhelming things can get and the sheer amount of things just thrown and dumped onto you starting out.
Definitely keep going, as someone said you barely scratched the surface, and there is a loooot more!
Again, this was great to watch. Keep it up! Earned a sub and like!
Hey Waydot, I watched your entire Ironman RS3 series as it was happening, while grinding BDO. Excited to see your progress in Black Desert and don't be afraid to interact with the community if you have questions!
@Waydot what was your hour count into the game by the end of this video?
Fantastic video, you actually googled information. That alone is amazing since it's not something a lot of people would do.
This was so much fun to watch. Been playing this game for 7,5 years, myself. I hope you make more content on it.
Amazing video, can wait to see more!
Many abilities function differently if you use them on your action bar versus the button combo, usually the best way is the button combo which usually have ways to link them into other abilities or use hidden functions.
for manual fishing, go to settings -> interface settings -> gamepad and then turn on "Use Gamepad". But you won't use gamepad. This way, the prompt will show arrows instead of WASD. That should be a lot more easier.
oh man that feeling of playing first time, especially back in 2018 were lvling was way brutal
thanks for the review and guide, really helpful!
great video! the work you put in! love it!
really great and detailed review, i enjoyed it a lot and made me willing to try the game. thank you for this and keep up thee good work
great video, hope to see more bdo from you :D
hey how many hours did it take to get to lvl 60/full pen? ball park, thanks
Any suggestions on how to best handle the number of quests available? I find that a bit overwhelming in that - they'll all be filtered, all the repeatables etc, with life skills from memory not even being defaulted out of the gate. But enablign them all - you could basically not leave the starting area there's so much to do.
Kinda glad I stumbled across this. I have an account from launch and decided that it's changed so much I wanna go back and ride my horse around a bit. It was about to be deleted after almost 4 years of inactivity after the transfer from Kakao to PA so Im glad I caught it. I spent a lot of time getting that horse I have and there's some charm to the mindlessness of BDO that I miss. Plus, it's free if I want it to be. Being competitive? Yeah you need a ton of money, but to just play? You're fine without. There's a lot of new classes I wanna try. Samurai was the newest one when I left.
Hi Waydot, May I know what's the music at the beginning?
downloading the game now, I played it back when it released but I set out to make a fresh account to have a new player experience. ty for your video ;)
Does anyone know if the combat gets better? I’m level eleven but it feels very repressive rn and it feels like I can’t die at all if I tried
Just found your channel, really great content!
U need to do this videos. U have talent and your voice is so enjoyable to hear and follow.
Hello, I was one of the few people who got a closed beta invite and even preordered the game. But I stopped to play in 2019 (I even played on a private server, because I wanted to get things I could never achieve/pay on official). The point at 16:15 annoyed me quickly and I deactivated it in the first hour. The first thing I do in EVERY game is to check ALL settings.
And I HATE to watch (the most) BDO streams/videos because many are not aware how annoying this popups are. Most just ignore it, but I am autistic, I can't even ignore a small led flickering or the ticking of a clock. (And I hate how sensitive my feelings/sensations are).
Thanks for mentioning it at that point!
Btw on my channel are a few old clips from BDO, I think a few may be funny :)
ma man, you are awesome, you can go ahead step by step and take a look what this game has to offer you, thanks a lot for refreshing memories from my first jorney there
Great video, really showed how new player perspective on bdo
I think this was the most true representation of the beginner experience so many of us had. Excellent video!
AS for googling for information on BDO did you consider finding sources in other languages and translating them?
Thank you for giving us a genuine detailed idea about the new player experience. This gives us more knowledge on how we can guide new player guild members.
As a 6 years bdo player man, thx for bringing back some memories. And yes, you didn't even scratch the surface, saty away from pvp as long as u can, do some more video and please the day you are gonna do.your first node war do a full review.
Thanks again and bless your soul, you gonna need it
I had the same mentality about pvp, because i felt it was too unfair. but i realised i was the problem. I was season gear trying to fight people at 680+ now i am 666 myself and I COOK. I used to shy away from pvp and be nice but noww whenever someone pulls up I pull out the strap and start slaying, even if i get cooked i always learn something that helps me cook the next enemy
Amazing narrative skills combined with top-tier editing and huge effort. Well done Sir, well done! ^-^
Watching Bluesquadron enjoy this, gave me so many laughs. Awesome video!
Also, assuming I would want to try this game, what difference would it make if I choose the normal server instead of a seasonal? Wouldn't it be easier for me as a new player to start the normal server, which as you said has slower progression, so I probably wouldn't be overwhelmed with as many mechanics at once, and could just slowly progress and learn the game at more leisure pace?
hey dude i commin from bluesquadron ^^ and iam truly exited to seen this vid
From what?
That was a very good and thorough review as a new player. I started last July and had a very similar experience. I kept wanting to play it, but constantly for years heard it was horrible pay-to-win. I finally gave it a try and I'm still playing and loving it 7 months later. I really wish I had tried it years ago and judged it for myself. Apparently, Kakao handed the western publishing rights back to Pearl Abyss about three years ago and it has become less P2W since.
The biggest thing for new people to understand is that it's a marathon. It can be very overwhelming at the start, so just stash everything and then eventually piece by piece work on figuring out what it's for. PA has been making a lot of changes to simplify the game update after update.
Can you still fail upgrades and purchase the ability for them not to fail with real money? That's what made me quit.
If you has tried it years ago, your opinion would likely be very different bc the game has changed a lot so be happy you chose now to try imo.
@@ThisisCitrus
Why?, just grind man, not everyone pays money to buy materials, and you can get the same gear than the ultra rich whales without spending a single dime, eventually.
absolute unit , please continue your journey man !!!
Great, great, so great review man. Thank you
im literally looking for a grindy mmo to get sucked into for a while, so bring on the grindfest
I remember getting this on steam for free back in 2020. Just downloaded it right now after watching this and thanks it helped me alot
Ah, good old Levi. He does make some fantastic guides.
From my experience when I started last year the the different story paths give you different knowledge. Knowledge in the game contributes to your energy which can be used in Life skills.
I've been playing for 6months this is the best review so far 1 thing is missing is the guildraid, my first ever raid while going home from khan to velia we crashed to other players ship both at full speed a guildmember got swooped in their ship so we had to go back XD newbie me had a blast now I just put an alt char on khan then switch after, that magnus part I too didn't understand why I was there took me 14hours to finish it, was fun those puzzles and the npcs I've met along the way.
if I could erase my memory and play this game again for the first time im down.
good video mate, hope to see you stick with bdo ^^
Nice review! Im going to give the game a try.
I recommend on changing the graphics quality from Non-contrast to "Vibrance". You'll notice the difference ^^
Do you think they'll make crimson desert less 'grindy', do you think it'll have in-game monitization?
Great video man, hope you do some more BDO content.
Your future looks promising! Good job!
i just watched 36 minutes and 34 seconds of a game I know dam well I will never play in my entire life or have any interest in playing. Amazing stuff sir, keep going. Just stumbled upon your channel and plan on watching everything
Good video and welcome to Black Desert Online. BTW the blackspirit isn't your friend or guide. You will learn more about his true intentions later hehehe
Nice content, are you streaming this journey? :)
I never heard of this game and idk how that is. This shit looks AWESOME!! I will be checking this out tonight!.
funny you mentioned EvilDoUsHarm because i followed his quest guide to get to 61 when i first tried out this game and basically stopped playing after i finished the season pass
really want tto like the game but no matter what i do i cannot get my graphics to look rightt, mainly the grass, it looks all shiny and I also have bad pop in. I have a "high end" pc from 2 years ago :/
Comment for the algorithm, appreciate the video mate.
Mate you've barely scratched the surface :D
Awesome video though, you made me want to go back to the game and am actually installing it right now :D
Cheers!
if you watch the video to the end he litteraly say "i feel like i hardly scratched the surface"
You sound like a veteran. Which class do you recommend for the new player?
@@Voltomess Go with Guardian. Insane survivability and some of the most fun skills which are also big aoe and damage dealing.
@@Voltomess My brother, that is a very hard question, I would suggest trying different classes to see which one you like the most with how they flow with your style, if you want to play Node Wars and/or Siege there are few classes that really shine there, it depends on what you want to do
i remember doing quest to get to lvl 60 from fresh 59 in about an hour or 2, there was a lvl guide from 55 to 61 with quest u should do for the exp
This is a really good review tbh, you mention so many times though that you'd heard this game was a P2W grindfest, that's partly because....well it sort of was for a while, a lot of the things you got with the seasonal servers and season pass used to take SOOO much longer to obtain, Pets were handed out FAR less often, and they are relatively important closer to endgame, the dream horse...wow is getting one of those (or a second one) the original way a lengthy process.
Things have changed A LOT in the past few years though, The game in NA/EU used to be published/run by an entirely different company to Pearl Abyss, who at the time was only running the KR servers and developing the game, idk the entire story, but my personal option is, that company didn't care as much about the game or the players and was just cash grabbing, when PA took full control over all regions, things did change for the better, the game is FAR less P2W then its ever been, sure, you can still buy your way ahead, but what do you really want for a game with no subscription that regularly goes on sale for $1....I'm sure as hell not complaining.
Please Do another follow up, very interested tonsee what follows still as a new player and ehat else you can do!!!
shittt I've heard about this game every now and then over the years but this is my first time actually taking a look into it! I'm really tempted to play it now, looks extremely fun
its required to play seasonal server first? or we can do drectly to normal server? and what about housing? is it like archeage?
It's up to you but seasonal rewards are highly suggested. Also you won't miss anything when you play on a seasonal server and you can change your server when you graduate.
Housing is much easier. You can use your CP to buy houses but free decorations are mostly boring :/ You can use your home as a HQ for your lifeskills tho.
im literally watching this video while grinding for the infinite MP potion. im at something like 200k kills and still way off on the pity drops. the grind in this game is BRUTAL
I'm always surprised how no one seems to mind the scuffed camera in this game. If you turn the camera you end up shuffling awkwardly backwards. You cant just walk around and take in the scenery without always charging forward like sonic the hedgehog, or grinding to a slow walk animation because the camera doesn't turn 360 like everyother game.
nice one! i enjoyed this alot
Welcome to BDO. Find yourself a nice active guild that does weekly guild bosses, Vell rides, Atoraxxion runs, and T1 node wars. There’s a lot for you to experience still. I find that being in an active guild that does a bit of everything really helps you ease into the game.
bdo is a rabbit hole not worth.
says the noob who stopped playing with low gearscore :)@@liltom513
hey in order for an mmorpg to be fun and have an engaging story does it need a campaign also I love your videos
Im a long time player of bdo (over 30k hours since 2016) and i just gotta say, great video honestly, Bdo is an insanely massive game with so many systems and things to do along with amazing graphics and probably one of the best action combat systems of all time, it always makes me a little sad when people refuse to even look at the game because of p2w, Most of the items in the store are convenience, really niche or can be obtained through the in game marketplace after another player sells one, Though there is one item in the store you can not sell that i would 100% tell any player to buy and that is the tent, Its a personal campsite you place down to repair gear and buy buffs with silver when out an about and is incredibly useful but comes with a $50 price tag (Most new players will wait for an event coupon or the tent to be on sale before buying one)
Some other things i want to add:
Joining a guild is highly reccomended in bdo, even though a lot of the content is single player, learning alongside people or having someone there who can help you out is a really nice thing to have, also they give some pretty good buffs just for being in one so its pretty worth
Using skills on the hotbar is generally worse, the skill will either be slower or not allow cancels/flows as cleanly as the combo based input, but that doesnt mean the hotbar is useless, some skills can only be used though hotkey for example, and others can be used to swap you between weapon stances (Awakening to mainhand and vice versa) in one swift motion
Outside of the usual content in the game, BDO runs some incredible events for some short term goals, usually handing out items that can only be obtained from the cash shop (Maids, Pets, Outfits/Costumes and so on) along with other handy materials, These events usually include some kind of Coupon Code that you can redeem in game for even more items
Some useful websites to help you out are "garmoth.com" and "bdocodex"
Garmoth is a multi purpose bdo website with many many useful things on it, A big one to frequently check is the list of active coupon codes, Bdo codex is a database that lists basically everything in bdo and where it comes from/what its for, Very handy if you come across a questline you get lost in or an item you are unsure of, Though they've made an effort to add a lot of info to item descriptions in recent times its not always the most helpful
Lastly, i hope you enjoy bdo, looking forward to more content :)
Man im not gonna lie i wanted to make videos like this but ever since i found your channel, i dont want to rip you off cos of the amount of effort you put into these
First hehe always wanted to do this. All jokes aside love your content can't wait to see this new episode@
This was rly good I wanna see more
Best new player impression i have seen so far!
Yeah Levi, "Evil do us harm" is the bomb for new players, 59 to 60 and 60 to 61 only take a couple of hours via questing... if you are doing the right quests... he has a great series on this... also Pansy has great info and BiceptimusPrime for later progression... there are others like Anders as well...
This game is like getting slapped in the face with a truck at first, but is my go to game nowadays for a few reasons primarily because I can get on whenever and there is no push I can Season a character every now and then and it is easy and fun and the combat mechanics are amazingingly fun once you work it out. In this way it is very sandbox like... and the least stressful and easiest to drop in on after months away (because life still has to happen)
(I played WoW since release / FF14 / ESO after it got sorted /GW2 / New World (although I think I am done with that unless the Devs grow a brain)
Never got into Runescape and haven't tried Eve or SWTOR... I tend to let Asmon test games for me but will make sure to see all your catalogue now as well starting with your new "Discontinued".
Great vid liked and subbed
I was a BDO content creator for a while, I pushed my gear quite a bit from 2020-2021 which was really the last sort of time period where gear mattered in the endgame (e.g. pushing from the 90th percentile to the 91st). If you want a fairly unbiased take on the game from someone who was pretty deep into the entire ecosystem, and having played it since 2017 when it was a completely different game, I'd be happy to jump on a call and discuss it live etc. I also maxed a hardcore in rs3 and followed you since like episode 2 of your series over there, would be happy to discuss in particular the p2w mechs etc.
lol p2w mechanics? Spending over 3-4k if not more per a piece in costumes alone to pen. Games not p2w
@@LvLUpLegendthat is by definition pay to win...
The scope of the cost irrelevant.
The *ability* to pay for it at all makes it in fact pay to win.
@@TheCosmicAstro- So by that definition Runescape,World of Warcraft are pay to win also since crafting gear in wow is BiS for most spots or buying tokens to get gold and buy carry or runescape using bonds to get gold and aquire gear?
@@LvLUpLegend correct. Lmao
@@LvLUpLegend Lmao yea they are xD
If you liked the Magnus questline I think you will love Valencia II even more! But do it without watching any guides, you don't wanna spoil the plot!
I’ve watched so many videos of ppl playing BDO. I have never seen anyone do a dungeon or a raid, I’ve just seen ppl upgrading armour or mounts and grinding… like that’s not a bad thing, I’m just used to upgrading gear through doing dungeons or raids, but tbh I don’t know if I love the idea of just grinding endlessly to get mats to upgrade, I don’t know I’d have to try it out tbh
For new player's state of mind, for goodness sake, find a good video guide for magnus quests. There is a good one I use that is like a 10 video playlist. Some things have changed since it was created, but it made it so much more enjoyable for me with the guide.
Still playing it or did you quit after the review?
Is there a new server for new players?
Played this game when it first came out it's a good refresher on how much has changed and how old I am 😂
Great intro to BDO a new player. My main has 575 days active play time, and I'm still learning things about the game. Welcome and have fun :)
Also Levi (EvilDoUsHarm) is the GOAT.
I had bought this game around launch and sorta gave up on it after a while (I didn't even reach lvl 30, I just didn't understand it's a game to get lost in, not one to speedrun through).
I'll definitely give it another try now though
Can we get the 2-26 2027 and 2-228 2-28 model
I think BDO has a good mix of mobile game and MMO elements that mesh really well together... you can do a lot of activities afk so you can setup certain things then go to work or do whatever you have to do then come back and you weren't just completely idle the whole time. Things take a lot of time but it's not all time wholly invested into it. I just recently started myself (played at the very start for like a couple weeks was confused and stopped) Didn't have/know my account from back then so I started from scratch and it's been fun so far, still learning lots everyday but at this point I feel I have the basics down I'm just trying to learn the intrinsic nuances of the game now. It seems like a hardcore game and you can certainly treat it like that but it's also a very casual game where you'll see tons of people afk weight training or horse training or fishing the world definitely doesn't feel dead despite it's massive size either.