Black Desert Online is popular this week
Just came out – or rather was released for the public outside of Korea.
In this post I intend to cover some of the Basic Info for Black Desert Online. But these are some starting points.
- Korean MMO
- Does have a pay store – but only for cosmetic items, no weapons or spiffy armor.
- No Subscription Fee – Buy the game, then play for free.
- Many (English) voiced NPC’s and Quest Givers, but the subtitles don’t always match up.
- You don’t need uber-leet computer hardware to run the game.
Black Desert Online – Getting started
Choose a class. So far the Black Desert Online devs have not released all of the character classes and choices that are going to be available “eventually”. Further limiting factor here is that your Class determines your character sex & age. The warrior is a 30-year-old Male, the Ranger is a 24-year-old Woman. Wizard is an old man but Witch is a young lady. All of these are human. So no Elfish Dwarf Troll things. Sorry guys, you have to be human. The Barbarian seems to be a minor exception. Still human but a bit tall. “Giant” is too strong a term, just big and beefy.
The NPC’s are full of racial variety up to a point. Every little girl in town has mouse ears, every single one. The goblins are the slave race. Sure you can fight them from time to time, but countless can be found in town eeking out a meager slave living. Oh please don’t beat me! There is also a weasel race, shrewd businessmen all. How many of these different species/races will become playable in the future has not been determined.