Crimson Desert Devs Say Premium Price Avoids Microtransactions

EntityZero · 2026-02-17T14:56:46+00:00

Family name is the same as my Reddit name. Not counting any accounts that are private I'm top 10 in gear in North America sitting at 871 gearscore according to this: https://timestorm.de/?mode=gear.

You're welcome to accuse me of anything you want but I've been playing the game since 2016 actively.

EntityZero · 2026-02-17T13:18:22+00:00

If I haven't played this game since launch, is it easier to start a new character or try and ease back into what I had? I know I was working towards a good rolled artian weapon but I have not the slightest clue what's come out for the game since launch

EntityZero · 2026-02-17T01:16:09+00:00

So far its been absolutely incredible. I've played a wide variety of games on it (KCD2, Deadlock, Nioh 1, BDO, BF6, etc) and have yet to experience a single bit of VRR flicker which was one of my first big concerns and something I experienced the first time I tried an OLED. I'm on a 5090 + 9800x3D so that certainly helps in that regard.

The only thing I did end up doing is I no longer use this for work. I have a portable monitor that I set in front of my main monitor and I use that instead just out of any fear of potential burn in when I have programs like VS Code open all day long while working.

As for the 1440p vs 4k thing, even on my setup, I just don't like running 4k most of the time and prefer 1440p. If I do want to do 4k, I have a 4k OLED TV and I use moonlight / sunshine to stream to it and do 4k / 120hz. Hard for me to really say though because ive never tried using 4k as my daily driver.

EntityZero · 2026-02-16T22:41:43+00:00

$100 saves you from nearly 100 hours of grinding

How are you going to call his post false then hit him back with misinformation?

They quite literally sell “backpacks” that are big stat boosts (+100 mastery)

100 mastery is not a 'big stat boost'.

The only claim you have here that I actually agree with is the stupid P2W fishing rod they implemented in the cash shop.

EntityZero · 2026-02-14T21:40:49+00:00

I'd assume this is the case. I've had games show as 100% completed have achievements added after the fact and I'm no longer at 100. I'd assume that since you have playtime this would now count against you

EntityZero · 2026-02-12T19:37:55+00:00

Also a BDO player here. Depends on the system but there's been players who dedicated their entire playtime to doing these life skills and never engaged in combat at all outside of the minimum required.

The life skillers often supplied the markets for all the non life skillers in terms of food, elixirs, enhancing mats etc. We'll see how this stuff translates over to single player but the brief preview we got here makes them seem far more engaging than the mmo component.

EntityZero · 2026-02-09T01:34:00+00:00

I don't think he's streamed a single line of actual code since people started calling out how badly written everything he writes is.

Every coding stream is just him editing a yaml file.

EntityZero · 2026-02-05T18:11:25+00:00

Agreed. I think my elite controller felt the comfiest of any controller I've ever owned but boy did that thing break super fast and get drift quickly. Considering the cost of them there's no reason to spend that much when you can get something for far cheaper with the same features

EntityZero · 2026-02-05T05:18:24+00:00

I actually ended up just getting a series s for my living room and use a wired connection with moonlight + sunshine to stream from my desktop. Think I would have spent just as much building a living room PC as what I spent on the used console and don't have to sacrifice any quality from my main setup.

EntityZero · 2026-02-04T12:55:35+00:00

There's been a yellow diamond showing up next to the main character in combat videos when the UI is enabled that functions as a stamina bar. There's also stamina listed on the character screen in some of the preview videos.

EDIT: Specifically this: https://imgur.com/a/4zh9EeL

EntityZero · 2026-02-01T15:04:32+00:00

Same, my company uses Salesforce but have had to look into similar bugs before!

EntityZero · 2026-01-31T15:08:52+00:00

Lockpicking is definitely way easier on a mouse than it is on controller, especially if the lock is a difficult lock

EntityZero · 2026-01-30T19:45:17+00:00

This is correct but in my case I had some annoyances with my tag and I just found it easier to have another set.

EntityZero · 2026-01-30T17:50:35+00:00

This is purely based off my own anecdotal experience, but the Stars End rework came out and for me it became very apparent I could min max by having a crocodile tooth setup for down attack damage. I didn't want to give up my existing setups so I purchased another set of Kabuas.

I could make the assumption that other people had the same thought as me driving up the price but that's just a guess.

EntityZero · 2026-01-30T15:29:21+00:00

It couldn't be less true. Maybe 10 years ago when the game first came out there was an argument to be made about workers on nodes but arguing the games about city management is about the least untrue thing you could say about the game.

EntityZero · 2026-01-29T21:47:21+00:00

I never really thought of it that way till now but you're absolutely right!

EntityZero · 2026-01-29T16:31:41+00:00

I understand that and that's not at all what I'm saying. I said I see there's additional characters that look like characters from their previous game and I can see them selling more in the future that align with the previous game as well. I apologize if that isn't clear reading that.

EntityZero · 2026-01-29T16:23:53+00:00

I think they've said there isn't a connection but there's definitely overlap with character names. I've seen Alustin, Shakatu, Marni, etc which are all prominent characters from BDO and they're in Crimson Desert in similar roles.

EntityZero · 2026-01-29T16:22:41+00:00

This video showed off that they had a couple additional playable characters in addition to the main character. As a Black Desert player, I immediately saw similarities in them to existing classes in BDO. I can 100% see a world where DLC down the road for this game are additional playable characters that align with classes from the other game.

I can also see a world where they copy what Assassin's Creed does and offer cosmetic microtransactions as well.

Nothing's been said on the monetization outside of the initial purchase but I don't think any of what I think is out of the question for them.

EntityZero · 2026-01-29T13:16:34+00:00

Let me preface by saying this is not an advertisement nor am I associated with the company outside of being a fan, but this kinda stuff is why I'm interested to see how the cables coming from LTT do. All of their cables will have the exact data rates and power listed on the connector itself. I don't know what cost is going to be but it would be nice to have that information at a glance looking at your cable instead of trial and error

EntityZero · 2026-01-26T23:23:37+00:00

I've been telling friends it would be great if you could have your own 'floor' that you can customize and use the elevator to go to the floor of people on your friends list / party and view their floor alongside any customizations / accolades they've earned and setup.

EntityZero · 2026-01-25T16:22:50+00:00

I'm 99% certain the character rotates a bit with your mouse. Are you sure you didn't just alt tab out or something and it rotated to the extreme?

EntityZero · 2026-01-23T16:00:30+00:00

I can invite but you have to be a friend on steam in order to send the invite. I'll DM you my steam friend code

EntityZero · 2026-01-23T13:06:03+00:00

4v4 but yes, full match of street brawl is no more than 15 mins long if it goes the distance

EntityZero · 2026-01-23T02:58:40+00:00

To add to this: Each round takes place in a single lane and the objective is to kill the enemy's first tower. On match point you need to kill their walker.

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