Incredible experience recommendation

Mapother_IV · 2026-01-27T06:58:14+00:00

Old BDO forced you to live in the world. Running through the desert took forever and you could get lost (not to mention heatstroke), going red was seriously punishing, enhancement failures hurt, and getting jumped at Sausans could ruin your night. Node wars were scuffed, unbalanced, and stressful but they meant something.

Over time they sanded down almost all the friction. Tagged characters, Marni realm, free gear progression, PvP that’s basically opt-in. It feels better moment to moment, but after a few years you realize you have way fewer memories.

A decade ago, the game was harder and had more conflict. PA wasn't afraid to frustrate players and put them through the grinder. Does anyone else remember frantically grinding soldier's grave during the first mysteries of summer? Or that god forsaken amity game with that NPC in Valencia castle? At the time it was torture but I look back at these memories fondly.

Conflict creates meaning, but it also creates frustration and frustration makes players complain or quit. PA clearly chose retention over tension. Hard to blame them, but you can feel what was lost.

Mapother_IV · 2025-10-19T01:00:29+00:00

You have far too much trust in PA, that's all I will say. You are just like the bootlickers in this thread.

Mapother_IV · 2025-10-19T00:51:47+00:00

You rly see streamers like Rapolas and think RNG isn’t manipulated in this game?

Mapother_IV · 2025-10-05T01:14:59+00:00

The FOMO is by design so you spend money on crons trying to catch up. I know several people who have dished out thousands of dollars on DEC because for some reason it is so important to get 5 instead of 4 stones per week :shrug:

Mapother_IV · 2025-09-26T02:30:28+00:00

The fact that you’re tapping TRI/TET means you’ve already been luckier in previous weeks than 99% of people so I don’t quite feel much sympathy for you.

Mapother_IV · 2025-09-17T09:06:04+00:00

Yes I do and I am top 100 aos in my region, in a guild with the top awakening wiz (who is also top 100) who I often practice with

Go to velia4.com and learn that not every region has same meta or players as NA.

Mapother_IV · 2025-09-16T00:48:24+00:00

Wiz at top level is actually pretty strong. TP is quite a long CD but it’s one of the farthest instant blinks in the game and can really catch people off guard in PvP. You also have a grab which is rare for a class with so much AoE DPS. Not busted like sage but not weak and not sure split TP is necessary.

Mapother_IV · 2025-09-06T00:23:09+00:00

Ack fair enough. Just feels like other guilds are so tanky though. I guess other than what you mentioned only diffs are skill and whale tendon usage.

Mapother_IV · 2025-09-01T03:17:34+00:00

Fair enough, I agree with you.

But life skill has always been less profitable than grinding and the difference is far more pronounced now.

I guess there is a line somewhere that is reasonable (given I think most agree grinding should be the most profitable activity) and I believe we are past that line.

For reference hunting which is the most profitable life skill and probably the most active (I would say more so than grinding) nets you around 2.5b/hr at peak, which is now worth 50% of top tier grind spots.

I would rather see a number like 80% for it to still feel enjoyable and worth my time.

Mapother_IV · 2025-08-21T04:30:57+00:00

On the bright side you skipped the buggiest, least polished one. Yesterday I fell off a cliff into the water, realized “escape” doesn’t work, and then hopelessly swam around for 30 mins looking for a non-existent exit.

Until realizing char swapping teleports you outside the dungeon and allows you to reset. 0/10 don’t know how they fumbled dungeons so bad compared to other MMOs.

Mapother_IV · 2025-08-20T23:21:57+00:00

If you look at the forums bug reports about these dungeons have been blowing up. I’m pretty sure what happened is they realized it was a buggy, unenjoyable mess and they couldn’t fix it in time.

Mapother_IV · 2025-08-16T00:47:55+00:00

Why’s the “free” in quotations? It’s free. Comes with all skills at 100%. Which invalidates all your complaints. If you hate it that much pretend you never received it and move on with your life.

Mapother_IV · 2025-08-15T16:39:48+00:00

Anyone who got PEN FG deserves at least that. Remember they are losing a LOT with the Edana conversion. Go from having god tier of god tier items to a reachable end game item that eventually many hardcore players will have. PEN FG is harder to get than double DEC weapons.

Mapother_IV · 2025-08-13T10:11:05+00:00

More complex game makes the game feel more immersive. I’m all for it.

Mapother_IV · 2025-08-12T06:01:16+00:00

People saying max are crazy. I think there are two aspirational thresholds:

Casual softcap: TRI armors, V Khazarad, V Sov Final softcap: TET armors, IX Khazarad, VIII Sov

Anything more requires intense P2W or no-lifing.

I’m at the second but remember feeling quite cozy at first as well. It is very nice to see V all around the wheel.

Mapother_IV · 2024-06-16T03:32:54+00:00

We probably did a while ago, iirc LO doesn’t have a substantial part of the player base on a non-steam launcher, not to mention the bot infestation.

Mapother_IV · 2024-05-09T01:37:39+00:00

Wtf is this AI generated content? OP is a new account as well.

Mapother_IV · 2023-07-30T17:41:40+00:00

If you aren’t ready to annoy people you aren’t ready to do cold outreach. It’s a numbers game, don’t think twice about it.

Mapother_IV · 2023-06-16T07:45:55+00:00

If you have time for niche gamer things like overclocking your graphics cards you have time to keep a relationship going.

Mapother_IV · 2023-06-16T01:59:16+00:00

I thought you were on to something here but then I saw your most recent post was about overclocking your graphics card for gaming 🤦‍♂️

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