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My theory is they intentionally leaked the first draft of the draconian version of 1.1, to gauge specific backlash.

AKA they figured they'd go to level 15 in fuckery in the leak, then go "ohhhh no that was never our intentions" and only go to level 11 in the final product.

Hopefully people's outrage isn't a short lived and forgotten thing. 

@Lithfangel do you have any advice for Sleepy here?@Dark Cloud

I'm afraid not.

While I didn't want to taint their perception of the game without trying it.. well there's a reason why I "formerly" played BDO.

There is a good game trapped in bad design choices is the nicest way I can put it. lol It "does" let you skill slot [some] abilities, but guess what? To punish you for the convenience, those will do less damage! Remember all your inputs at all times.

As for the plot, while I am critical of most any MMORPG story line, I had a lot better time mashing through the badly translated NPC dialogue until real story segments with the main character of the game hereafter dubbed Black Semen. I wonder if they have Black Semen Adventures active right now, a board game event that gives you pretty okay rewards for a kRPG.

But yes. Basically TLDR of the plot: Black Semen's a jerk and you used to be somebody important with your friend pre-sort of death, (insert NPC based on class here), but now you got amnesia and shiet. So Black Semen tries tainting you into becoming a corrupted version of who you were. (Aka Awakening.) However you can more recently regain your humanity and fight Black Semen once and for all, to improve your base weapon's abilities. It's not balanced at all, some classes are complete trash and it varies patch to patch wildly.

Berserker for example. Late game they do fuck all amounts of damage. They're hyped as a tank but not really. The reason for this is they have the most grabs/interrupts in the game. So if you can memorize all the chains right, it won't matter you do 2 damage because you're gonna do 2 damage from when the opponent is at full health to when they are dead. None of this is intuitive in game though, it's all meta adjustment nonsense. 

Also they really, really want your premium currency which you have to convert like Monopoly money. 

You *can* get premium things for free, as I have.

You *can* also win the lottery while dodging lightning. Those auction houses are botted and monitored 25 hours a day.

What would you suggest to a new player to start as?@Dark Cloud

I think Striker is a really easy class to get into and get rolling. They have decent sustain and just kinda prepare you for the game at large.

I personally main'd and began as a Berserker. It's good in that it has a shitload of fight resets / heal over times, but it requires knowing how to execute grab chains and such at a certain point to be a threat so that hampers it being as straightforward.

Gave all my friends aneurysms in PVP though so it has that going for it.

Strike, kill, maim. Or you know. Find roleplay. May it all work out in your favor, individual.

I heard Shai are just terrible to solo, their only good for support. @Lithfangel Anyways I'll be off watching guides and other videos to get a grasp on the game.@Dark Cloud

Nah, they do a ton of damage solo leveling. 

But they definitely are supports -- so basically every class has an advancement class called an Awakening where you get a new weapon and can swap between them and have new skills to learn. Shai doesn't get that. Instead later on you get new songs you can learn to buff better. 

Their damage numbers get reduced in PVP (and they're bad at it.) So that is likely where the misconception comes up. 

But in booping creatures and getting around, they're ez mode. That said their big advantage outside of buffing other people is they're gathering/life skill Chads. 

Because of this they're usually a 2nd character for a lot of people.

Ah, I played Black Desert Online for a fair while before I decided I needed another MMO break. Partial to Barbarian myself.

Yes, there is PVP but it is level gated and honestly not as daunting as it sounds. We had several people in our group who were afraid of PVP as a concept (and I mean afraid), and they still got along fine with some tweaked farm routes. Two played Shai in fact. 

Lots of trading/side nonsense to spend your time on.

Best part of the game is the character creator IMO. I used to make some real nasty looking abominations.

There was Napalm Man.

Heat Man.

Kendo Man.

And of course, Shade Man.

Good times were had by all.

Welcome individual. Sorry to hear another joint didn't turn out so hot, perhaps this one will.

And yeah. I've only recently did a Discord based roleplay for the first time. It's surprisingly not bad, I'd thought the character limit would've been much more annoying than it actually is in practice. 

Enjoy your stay. 

Greetings individual. A fine writing sample. May you find writing partners to fit well. 

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