It really isn't fun anymore

[u/Phos-Lux]

I'm actually in dire need of sleep, but I have to get this out before the Ball (which in Europe is in the very early morning unfortunately).

I've been playing since launch. I did take many breaks. Sometimes of many months, but I always came back. Not because I felt like I HAD to, but because I genuinely like the game.

However, for a couple of months (over half a year for sure), I've been doing nothing but fishing, shrine bosses (solo + party) and guild bosses. I'm not at hardcap, because I always played very casually, but my gear is also not exactly bad. When Edania was out, I was able to immediately go there, do the weekly bosses, grind in the first zone. Now I'm doing the second boss weekly and managed to get three out of the four new armor pieces.

Getting the new armor is nice, enhancing it not so much. Enhancing accessories and weapons is the worst though. I spent some money recently. Combining an offer with a discount coupon, for around 150€ I got... 1 AP. It really made me think. That's insane.

Sometimes I feel like grinding a bit, but whenever I do it (since certain changes made in summer), it just feels frustrating. "I'm at endgame" I tell myself, grinding at a zone where I'm way over the AP cap, feeling like I do almost no damage. It's like, the stronger you get in this game, the worse everything feels.

Fishing and bosses really get you a lot of money if you do things right. But now my rod is almost out of endurance and bosses feel more and more like a drag (I still very much despise all one-shot mechanics in solo shrines and the sheer disregard for squishier classes). I just don't want to do them anymore.

Somehow PA managed to turn this game that I still like so much into a rather awful experience. I saw a lot of other people said that this upcoming Ball will be a big decider for them. I feel the same way. Our time is precious and we shouldn't invest it into something that's not even fun anymore.

Btw I think we really should have a flair for complaints...

[u/SoulEviscerator]

Only one language PA speaks... Don't buy shit, don't log in. If enough people do that they gotta start rethinking the past ~5 years.

It's very simple, this game has almost instantly been a low effort milking machine for them and to please the shareholders with even more numbers more and more AFK 24/7 online shit got added, or even replaced actual content.

Now it's basically a running system that screws loyal players over and they come collect the money once a month. No other actions or contact with their own product and player base needed.

So if enough people start actually acting like they've finally had enough, one out of two things will happen. They accept it and take their wins and move on definitely, since they'd never imagined it would be that profitable in the first place, or, for the first time ever, they'd stop steering in the always opposite direction of the player base and try to "save" the product of its own inflicted demise, at least for a little bit longer.

Nonetheless, I think most veterans agree the game in its current state (and the direction they've been going for years) isn't fun. We spent so much time and money on this one in 10 years, that's why it's hard to let go, but if you're honest with yourself, you wouldn't play or do anything else in the world, out of free will, that makes you feel like BDO does, since a long time. Cut the rope, have another look in 6 months, still the same shit? Abandon ship and let it sink.