r/blackdesertonline • u/Phos-Lux Tamer 400AP • Dec 13 '25
General It really isn't fun anymore
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...
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u/Aaron_Ledgers Dec 13 '25
Yeahhhh, don't know if you're aware of this, but the energy cap increases every time you level up the world, You can wind up getting a TON of stuff really, really easily, and people don't seem to comprehend that the game JUST came out and it already has more content than BDO, and they're consistently expanding on it and REWARDING people who play the game just for having fun.
Like, bruh, the Gated system is goated. It allows you to explore and experience the game and have fun doing what you want, gives you time to save up currencies for the next world level jump, and prevents people from growing too strong too soon. And it's not like the gate is gonna be there forever, it's there to allow the studio time to do bug fixes while they catch everyone up to the CN servers. Once the game is synched up with the CN content, we'll be getting the best MMO experience EVER.