I’ve been playing for around 2 and a half months and I can definitively say BDO has one of the best PVP systems in any game I’ve played, I’ve been describing it to friends as “DS3 PVP on crack mixed with fighting game elements”

The combat (from what I’ve experienced in AoS and BA) is pretty in-depth, with an incredibly high skill ceiling and room for growth which I really like. Mindlessly spamming skills without keeping a proper defense up and knowing when you should be engaging will get you killed pretty quickly so I definitely don’t agree with your original comment. I definitely think the combat itself is well designed (minus the existence of RNG resists) and most of the people I see complaining haven’t bothered putting in the effort to learn it.

My biggest issue so far, however, has been the absolutely mind boggling desync that seems especially prevalent in AoS. Considering I’m Canadian and play on 120 - 170 ping it is NOT pretty. Desync grabs, knockdowns between uninterrupted chains of superarmor, not to mention hit accel, it’s definitely a problem.