The fantasy MMORPG Black Desert could drive its fans into a grinding frenzy with an event. The winner of a level contest stands to win a gaming PC. The competition has no limits and an “open end”: The player with the highest Striker wins at the end. This could lead players to overdo it and jeopardize their health.
Leveling in Black Desert is hardcore. The game has no level hard cap; it just keeps getting harder. The preferred method to farm is grinding. Players stand for hours daily at certain spawns and beat the mobs there to death.
Recently, we reported on a player who has ground for 2000 hours to reach level 62. Only one other player had achieved that height before. Perhaps the two will soon have competition.
Marathon Race: Who wins gets a PC – hopefully no one gets hurt
With the Steam launch of Black Desert, a new class, the “Striker,” was also introduced.
To make it more exciting, the developers have announced a level-up contest. Whoever has the highest Striker on June 21 will receive an Alienware Aurora Gaming Desktop – that is, a PC. It costs just over €1,000.
There are also a whole range of consolation prizes – in addition, there are smaller in-game rewards that everyone gets who reaches certain milestones with their Striker.
This could lead to a month of gaming for some and serious health issues. One can only hope that all participants in this competition try to stay reasonable and stop before health problems arise.
By the way, not everyone is allowed: You must be 18 and reside in certain countries. Switzerland and Germany are among the accepted countries. Austria is not. You can read the full terms of participation here.
The rules of the competition have been changed retroactively. It was previously planned that the first person to reach level 60 with the Striker would win. After players complained: the one who spends the most money on EXP bonuses will win, the rules were changed to “No-Limit – Highest wins”.
Mein MMO believes: Considering the stories of people collapsing dead in front of their computers because they have pushed their bodies to the extreme and haven’t taken breaks, one can only advise against such events.
There are good reasons why most companies do not host such competitions.
If it had been said: Everyone who reaches level 50 or 55 has a chance to win and we draw lots – it would still be tough, but there would be a limit. This kind of “No Limit – Whoever overdoes it the most wins” approach is not good. Hopefully, nothing bad happens.
What do you think of the event?
Here we reported on the one who ground for 2000 hours:
Black Desert: After 2000 hours of grinding, the first reaches level 62
