For Black Desert, monthly updates are planned and the issue with the Ghillie Suit will also be addressed.
Fresh content and improvements every month
In the West, Black Desert has only been released for a few weeks, but the developers’ plans already foresee the delivery of small to medium-sized patches almost monthly, implementing new content and gameplay systems. After all, the Korean version has a lead with additional classes and exciting new PvP systems, which now only have to be localized and adapted for the Western market. More information about these monthly updates is expected soon.
At the same time, many questions from the community have been collected and posed in a comprehensive, one-hour Q&A to Community Manager CM_Jouska and “Head of Marketing” Rick Van Beem. We have summarized the most interesting statements for you.
Problems at launch and satisfaction with the cash shop
The interest in Black Desert, especially before the launch, was much greater than anyone could have expected.
Then they shared how the staff at Daum Games felt about the launch, and the response corresponds to what has likely been the case with all MMORPGs in recent years. The servers could not withstand the massive influx, and there were even some DDoS attacks that temporarily brought the shop offline. To account for the great success and to be better prepared against such attacks, the team will be expanded starting next Monday.
Overall, the cash shop is viewed quite positively in its current form. It is an important guarantee that additional content could be provided for a long time, which will then be available for free to all players.
The Awakening weapons
A potential problem is seen in the introduction of the Awakening weapons, which can give characters just before reaching the maximum level a noticeable power boost and drastically change their play style. In Korea, the Awakening weapons are released at intervals, which means that some classes already have access to this content, while others are still left waiting. There is no fixed plan for the Western market yet, but they are aware that this could heavily damage the balance and will think of something appropriate.
Changes to the camouflage clothing
Especially regarding the camouflage clothing, the so-called “Ghillie Suit” has caused problems in recent days, as some players feel disadvantaged and believe it gives a significant advantage in PvP when they can hide their nameplate. In the Korean version, there is already a “countermeasure”, a flare, because what could be better against camouflage?
They are working to bring this feature to the West as soon as possible. However, the “auto-looping” feature will probably not make it into our version. It is considered a “catch-up mechanism” that is not needed. Perhaps it will come later.
We dealt with “auto-looping”, where you can hunt while AFK, in the AFK-at-Black-Desert article .
When will new classes and GvG PvP come? What’s next?
However, there were also no concrete answers to many questions. They did not want to announce any dates for the pending classes yet, but hinted that they would not necessarily be released in the same order as in Korea. There are also no binding details for popular systems like bounty hunting or GvG battles. Fans will probably have to wait a few more months, as it did not sound like these would be addressed in the immediate future.
One can somewhat infer that the “Mediah” update is already relatively close. It is noted as “very soon”. Mediah (or Media) would be the fourth region after Balenos (the beginner zone), Serendia (the zone with Heidel), and Calpheon. In Korea, Media was released in early 2015. The Koreans also have “Valencia,” which is an additional zone. It was launched in Korea in late summer, about six months ago.
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