In Black Desert, hackers are causing disturbances, gaining unfair advantages in PvP or buying out the auction house. Players feel that Kakao Games isn’t doing enough to combat these hackers.
Black Desert requires a lot of time and effort: Black Desert is a PvP-focused game where you can be attacked by other players at any time once you reach a certain level. To craft the best equipment for PvP, players need silver and materials. However, some players do not want to “work” for their gear for hours.
Black Desert has a bot problem
With bots to the top: To contribute at the top in Black Desert, players need to play a lot and grind. It’s clear that some players choose the path of least resistance and let a bot handle the grinding.
Speed hackers are causing trouble, among other places, in the Hystria Ruins. Since there are rarely players there, they can hunt monsters undisturbed. If they encounter another player, they simply switch channels.
Those who cheat become rich: According to a Reddit user, speed hackers in Hysteria make between 100 million to 200 million silver per hour. With this money, hackers then buy rare resources in the auction house and inflate prices.
Players accuse Kakao Games that the publisher is not doing anything against the botters because they leave money in the cash shop.
There are other ways: In BDO Korea or BDO Southeast Asia, the last names of banned players are regularly published. This way, players see that the developers are reacting to the hackers.
Hacks for everyone
Hacks are openly distributed and advertised: Hacking in Black Desert isn’t even difficult. Anyone with an internet-enabled device and knowledge of how to use Google will quickly find what they need.
In relevant forums, one can buy attack and spell speed hacks, allowing players to spam their abilities. Players can also disable animations, enabling various skills to be triggered consecutively without pause.
Or you set your attack speed to 100. As stated in the offer: “Higher numbers are possible, choose the number you like.”
But the hacks don’t just limit themselves to fighting. They can also increase your cooking speed if you want. The hack is then available as a complete package for $30.
How does Black Desert solve its typical MMORPG problem?
Typical MMORPG problem: Almost all major MMORPGs suffer or have suffered from such hacks and bots. An entire industry exists around these games. For example, Blizzard fought for years against the German bot manufacturer “Bossland”. Players are closely observing how the publishers are tackling this battle against bots and hackers. Apparently, Kakao Games is doing too little in Black Desert to ensure a fair game.
