Our latest coverage of Black Desert Online.
With the launch of Black Desert Online's Valencia Part One expansion imminent, players have begun to grow ever more concerned about balance. Not PvP balance, but PvE balance. With Awakenings nowhere to be found on the horizon, will they be able to grind properly or will classes like Ranger definitively be making more money. A lengthy post on the official [...]
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When I first began playing Black Desert Online, one of the first things I did was open the map and check where the desert was. Much to my dismay, it wasn't in-game yet. But it finally will be on June 1st when the Valencia Part One update goes live. Valencia Part One trails behind Mediah Part Two by only a [...]
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Black Desert Online's new Musa and Maehwa classes have been at a slight disadvantage due to issues with AP and DP. To make up for this, today's patch introduced a fix: "Basic stats for Musa & Maehwa increased, both AP and DP for Ranged, Magic, and Melee." The Maehwa also takes less damage from back attacks while casting Chaos: Red [...]
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Still not sure if Black Desert Online is worth buying? Well - you can try the game out risk-free! We've partnered with Daum Games to give away 1,000 7 Day Guest Passes which grant players unrestricted access to Black Desert Online for 7 days. You read that correct - zero restrictions. Get your 7 Day Guest Pass Below by completing [...]
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MMOG Fails, the blog that revealed to us that Black Desert Online is very easily hacked due to storing key variables client-side, has now thoroughly tested the NA/EU release. The results show that "most Russian hacks work, but not all of them." The version of XIGNCODE3 that Daum Europe uses is newer, thus it could not be bypassed in the [...]
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A thought I’ve begun to have more often is that MMORPGs are really bad at teaching class roles. When a class doesn’t fit into the normal holy trinity, or its mechanics are abnormal, the class can be difficult to learn. While some might lean more towards the contrary, I’m inclined to believe that this is more of a fault with [...]
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Black Desert Online's Mediah expansion didn't stop with the addition of Mediah, guild bosses, and the Kzarka world boss. Today, Mediah Part Two goes live, adding the infamous Pirate Islands, the Tungrad Forest, and the Hasrah Dungeon. It's all high-level content, so be sure to keep that in mind when deciding you're going to try and take it on. Tons [...]
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When I first started Black Desert Online I was quite enamored with it. There’s a vast world to explore and tons to do in it. Gathering, processing, horse training, horse taming, fishing, and sailing are but a few of the game’s extracurriculars. On top of all of that there are thousands of quests, a trade system, an impressively deep node [...]
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Following concerns that the Tier 5 horse included in Black Desert Online's Conqueror's Package wasn't up to snuff, Daum conferred with the development team at Pearl Abyss about the matter. A resolution has finally been reached and all Conqueror's Package owners will be receiving a complimentary Tier 5 female horse on May 6th. The horse will come with one "Breeding [...]
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According to a post on MMOGFails, Black Desert Online stores a lot of data client side, which leaves the game vulnerable to hacking programs. The author of MMOGFails post was able to use CheatEngine (a popular memory editing tool) to remove all cooldowns on their character (for both potions and skills). In addition to cooldowns movement, mini games, and HP & [...]
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