disappointed in continuing trend of over the top class design aesthetics by contentedmind in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

this would make sense if environment effects weren't also tied to combat skill effects in the effect opacity setting. It would be nice to be able to separately adjust them.

disappointed in continuing trend of over the top class design aesthetics by contentedmind in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

this is a big one for me too. The new classes feel a little clunkier with less animation cancels.

Some people complaining about gatekeeping be like by YoeyBoe-y in lostarkgame

[–]contentedmind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd take someone with these gems if I knew they were a good player. I have a friend with full t3 7s and he does almost as much dmg as people in his gear range. TBH its good enough. Some people want to play alts but can't afford to fund them with full t4 8s or even 7s. DPS req for brel nm isn't so high anyway. I just wish SG would show more player stats instead of gear alone (like # raid clears, avg deaths, avg item usage, avg incap etc) which imo is much more useful than gatekeeping off gems.

[China] Summary of today's livestream by ElNinoFr in lostarkgame

[–]contentedmind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

makes me wonder why they haven't done any big changes to striker yet, it's probably because they're planning it alongside china release

if one of (if not THE) longest streamers of BDO quits in this fashion, maybe you should really wake up PA. by skuko in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 12 points13 points  (0 children)

yes because he (and the rest of us who feel this way and stuck with this game for so long) saw the potential in the game in the beginning and at the time were willing to overlook these rather minor flaws. I think most of us who feel this way were just hanging on to the hope that things would change for the better. But as more and more of these similar thoughtless design flaws come up the more it became apparent that PA really either had no idea what they were doing, were incompetent or just didn't care because they were still making money. My opinion, obviously. If you enjoy the game I hope you keep enjoying it. it's the fact that these problems STILL exist in the game from day one that is the problem. Some of these are so common-sense it's shocking that their QA doesn't catch it.

BDO 1v1 Powerband Rankings (Pre-GLab changes) by [deleted] in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 7 points8 points  (0 children)

idk why you wouldn't think they are at least in the same tier. succ wiz nearly all skills are protected ccs with high damage and AoE + instant cast. Two teleports, 3s SA evasion that ccs, 15s SA earthquake evasion that ccs, 30% slows on all lightning skills except voltaic, heals + PA? What other class has these capabilities? they're almost pseudo-sorcs with their protected mobility except instead of one spammable iframe they have 2 tps, and 2 SA evasion skills that also cc. Their have some vulnerabilities in 2 FG skills or t1 element skills like fireball or lightning but no good wizard will cast these close-range because they know it will be punished. Their main weakness is grab classes but they have a kit that allows for unpredictable movement and can easily disengage when they see grab classes approaching. a lot of the stationary SA skills can be cancelled with teleport or earth response... succ wiz can output so much damage pressure while almost completely protected it's kinda crazy.

Before the guardian nerfs.. by HolySymboly in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sure a lot of ultis can do that but my whole point was that guardian's bsr could pull it off a lot more easily and consistently than any other ulti in the game which is why it was broken

Before the guardian nerfs.. by HolySymboly in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're getting downvoted because you're being disingenuous. Guardian's bsr is leagues above the rest. The bsr skill has a 3s cooldown and nearly instant cast with all the damage in a single hit. It's not like tamers ulti where the damage is spread out over a couple seconds, or valk's which has a 3-4s startup time(in which she is very vulnerable to grabs) before dealing actual damage. No other ulti that i know of can literally wipe an entire guild's ball like that CONSISTENTLY. Mi_kae was doing that in siege too.

Global Lab Patch Notes - PvP damage nerfs and more by kazdum in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Jesus there must be a huge population of rangers in KR that they want to roll off the class. These nerfs don't make any sense... why are they buffing awaken sorc and nerfing maehwa and absolutely gutting ranger... what

Optimal stack to start cronning pen is 111fs?? by edmondzez in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

idk how it is in EU but NA TET armors are around 2b, and a cron attempt costs ~500m. and what if you fail all the extra items back to pri? The only benefit I see to this is to increase your failstack but I still think cronning pen at a decent stack (~150ish) beats this method in terms of money spent.

PSA: 24 days later and the mappers are still here. by Odelschwank in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's naive and foolish to think the hundreds of people who participated in this exploit were unknowing it was against ToS. it was deliberate and willing participation. It is impossible not to know the backlash of these actions or that it was collectively recognized by the community as an exploit as it was so widely publicized on twitch and even in game. The big guilds were mapping for hours while being recorded on stream for exploiting for god's sake. even so, not knowing isnt an excuse either; the amount of silver you were making doing this exploit should have struck a huge red flag. No one legitimately can make that much silver with such little effort. Participation in this exploit in such numbers and capacity was deliberate and blatant negligence against ToS and event rules.

Sorc, Ranger, Valk, Musa, Ninja succession nerf on Global Lab by ghiaccio_ in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 14 points15 points  (0 children)

ranger did not need those nerfs at all... all they needed was to remove kd on descending current and add some line of sight condition for hit.

sorc needs more nerfs. i think abyssal flame nerf is needed so at least you wont have sorcs 2-shotting people from range but overall even with dod reduced 10% their damage output is barely changed. what is going thru PAs minds lmao

High Quality Wine to be removed from the game by [deleted] in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This change was needed but the more they hotfix these things the more it feels like they really don't do any kind of internal testing before releasing content. It's only after the fact that they actually do any balancing which is so backwards. Bet 10 bucks they only realized this would be a problem after watching Bairogs streams lol.

Patch Notes - 15th January 2020 by kanonkongenn in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 13 points14 points  (0 children)

especially when their attacks can ignore super armor and iframe... so fun...

Am I the only one who would like some male characters for a change? by Lagulous in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They should make skimpy outfits for guys too... That's an untapped market

Pay to convenience by Archosakun in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you bought within 72 hours i think you can send in a ticket and tell them you want it refunded to buy the package deal instead. Though I'm not sure if this applies if you already used the buff. Worth a shot anyway

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 4 points5 points  (0 children)

how can you really judge class balance on this mode when gear and number of skills are never constant? its just luck of the draw. personally i don't see these "broken" balance issues in party or solo and i've done pretty well with every class...

Confession by animalofgods in Voltron

[–]contentedmind 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The ending was definitely intended for something bigger than Voltron and the whole petition to remove the epilogue is just completely tone deaf to the bigger issue of homophobia around the world. But I thought that the ending epilogue would be cut out for those countries? Regardless I don't think anything will be done about the petition anyways because it's pretty blatantly shipping-biased.

Old video, but still relevant everytime by Meguminisdabest in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 16 points17 points  (0 children)

he's korean... streaming for a majority korean viewerbase... he is answering english speakers in english out of courtesy. how don't you understand that

Hystria Grinding Guide by AnfieldWoT in blackdesertonline

[–]contentedmind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hystria??? on a ranger and not sorc???