Heck, people can even grind levels without actually being in front of the game.īlack Desert is probably best known for its graphics, so players looking for a truly pretty game should give this game a try. I’ve previously covered BDO’s fishing system, but there’s also setting up the worker empire, crafting, building boats, and horse training.
There are myriad jobs that can be done away from the keyboard. You can switch every 15 minutes, and there are a lot of shards of the gameworld, so those who don’t want to PvP can at least leave.Ī central tenet to this game’s design is the hope that you’ll never be logging out of the darn thing. I went into detail on how servers worked in my last article, but the short version is that moving servers in this game is an easy process. There’s open PvP, of course, and players are either expected to fight over the spot or move to another server. The game designs everything around this form of grinding, with biweekly events usually having some form of “kill monsters for this special item” component. The dungeons Pearl Abyss does include are usually public dungeons too, but they’re more like underground grind spots more than anything. New content usually comes in the form of more grind spots and regions rather than a set of new dungeons. Players go to their favorite grind spot and farm. Players earn their levels and money from grinding mobs, daily quests, and daily experience boosts. There are very few instanced areas in this game, and this game does not focus on merely grinding dungeons over and over again. Whichever game you choose, be ready to grind, spend money for a form of progress, and endure lots of randomness. I’m also going to take several liberties: If you’re seriously considering picking between these games, I’m assuming you know at least a little of what you’re getting yourself into. But if you’re the type of player that wants a change of pace from “the big four,” they’re great options. Only a certain kind of player will play grind-centric titles. In our team’s last Overthinking article, I alluded to the esoteric nature of these games. And as with my criticism of Black Desert’s RNG system, I’m not going to give a “winner” per se, but I’ll recommend the type of player that might like this particular component. For today, we’ll just cover the different design philosophies.
So what better opportunity than today to consider a deep, holistic, comparison between the two games? I plan on making this a two-part series. People often ask which of these two games is most worthy their time, given that they’re among the larger and newer and shinier Korean imports. I initially settled on Blade & Soul and Black Desert, but in the end my time (and money) went to Black Desert for three reasons: I wanted to be a dark knight, it had the nicer engine, and it was a sandbox, a genre I never really tried. Since I already played “ the big four,” I wanted a change of pace, so I looked eastward: the domain of Blade & Soul, TERA, Black Desert, and ArcheAge. (It actually looks like our FFXIV columnist Eliot even agreed with that sentiment.) Despite my disappointment, I soon realized this kind of grind was missing in my life, so I started looking. I gave it for about three days, but I wasn’t a huge fan of partying up and grinding the boss monsters for hours. I was excited for the game mode but was disappointed when I finally had a chance to play. It was right after I tried out Final Fantasy XIV’s Eureka. One of my favorite MMO stories is how I got into Black Desert in the first place.
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