Black Desert Online IP Blocks Confirmed, Petition Ensues
A Black Desert Online forum member posed a question to a moderator of the official forums the other day. "What about Turkey?" he asked, referring to the user agreement. In a response, the moderator said "It is easier to say 'EU excluding X' than naming all remaining countries except X. But yes, it might seem unusual, but that's part of our territory license agreement that we have. NA (US + Mex + Canada) and EU (excl Turkey/part of Russia)." Put in the simplest manner possible, North American and European players will be allowed to play on the others' server freely. The North American region does not include South America and the European region does not include Turkey or part of Russia. The moderator has stated that it is a licensing issue.
In response to the threat of an IP block, the community has gathered on Change.org. Over 1636 of a goal of 2500 signatures have been attained at the time of this writing. It is hard to say, even if they reach their goal, if Daum will do anything about it. Given it is a licensing issue, they may not have any choice in the matter. This does, however, leave players in Turkey and South America wondering how they are supposed to play the game without risking a ban.
Unfortunately, this will drive players to use a VPN to bypass the IP block—what should be an unnecessary circumvention. We compiled a VPN guide when the Russian version of Black Desert Online initiated an IP block for non Russian/European users that should be equally relevant upon the games full release, along with an accompanying video below:
