Some Black Desert players have been playing on private servers. However, Pearl Abyss wants to put a stop to these servers – just like World of Warcraft once did. Players are outraged.
Pearl Abyss is now banning players who use private servers from accessing the Black Desert client. A new authentication system is supposed to bring these players back to the official servers. However, this announcement has been met with little love from fans.
Black Desert is against private servers
What happened? Some Black Desert players do not play on the official servers of Kakao Games or Pearl Abyss, but on privately created servers.
To counter this, Kakao Games is introducing a client authentication system that is supposed to restrict access to the private servers.
Furthermore, Pearl Abyss wants to actively combat private servers and enforce their closure. Kakao Games is urging players to report these servers.
Are players affected? According to a game master from Black Desert, players on official servers will not have any problems resulting from the implementation of the system. Problems would only arise if the operating system’s time was manually changed. In that case, players should synchronize their time and date to the current time.
Private Black Desert Servers
On private servers (P-Servers), players can play a modified version of the MMORPG. A P-Server increases, among other things, the drop rate of monsters and the experience points gained.
Why do players play on P-Servers? On privately operated servers, players can usually progress much faster in the game than on official servers. Particularly in online games, players often have to grind longer to reach the maximum level or to level crafting skills.
Especially in Black Desert, the grind is omnipresent. Opportunities to reach goals faster save a lot of time. Additionally, it is a PvP MMO where the right equipment is important to compete against other players.
Black Desert must face player criticism
The actions of Kakao Games are criticized by players. They accuse the developer of not addressing the problems of the game, which is why many players turned to private servers.
If Pearl Abyss were to address some of the fans’ criticisms, players would not play on private servers. The operators of the private servers would allegedly often solve game issues faster than the developer.
This is being criticized:
- Black Desert is slowly drifting towards Pay-To-Win. One needs at least €100 per account to play the game comfortably.
- Content from South Korea arrives in Europe and America much too late. Players are currently waiting for the new zone Drieghan.
- The controversial PvP balance changes of the game do not apply on private servers.
However, there are also players who speak against the criticism from players. Of course, it would be beneficial if the experience points gained were increased. However, the real problem lies more in the structure of the game. To solve the EXP issue, only the advantages of grind spots would need to be modified.
Black Desert must repeatedly face accusations from players. A player challenged the CEOs of the game to a duel over PayWin.
