Black Desert has received a new app called “Black Desert+” last week. This allows users to experience some content of the MMORPG even away from the PC. MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch tried the app and is very enthusiastic.
What can Black Desert+ do? This new app for the MMORPG mainly serves as a supplement when you are on the go and still want to dive into the world of Black Desert. With it, you can:
- Trade at the central market
- Chat with your guild and even receive notifications for specific keywords
- Admire and rate other players’ characters
- Redeem coupon codes
- Use a world boss timer
- Create push notifications for special events or world bosses
- Directly send a support message
Black Desert+ allows me to stay in touch with the MMORPG without having to actively sit at the PC or have the game running. This is a true blessing for me, as I play many MMORPGs simultaneously.
Earn money and keep in touch with friends
Why is the app so useful? The economy and making money play an important role in Black Desert. While I need to be logged in for active grinding or harvesting vegetables in the game, buying and especially selling at the central market must be done regularly.
This is where Black Desert’s interesting system comes into play, allowing you to sell straight from your own warehouse. If I store everything correctly in advance, I can sell everything later in the app. Shopping for certain items is also easily done on the go.
However, the social aspect is also very important to me in MMORPGs. I immediately used the app to communicate intensively with my guild:
- I was able to chat on the go or while playing another MMORPG, even though I wasn’t logged into Black Desert
- I set keywords like my character’s name, “important” or “event” as push notifications, so I am directly informed when important discussions take place
Also important to me are the event and boss timers. I often miss bosses in Black Desert, and their respawn sometimes takes longer than 24 hours. Additionally, the bosses don’t always appear at the exact same time, but vary a bit.
The timer on the smartphone also reminds me to participate in these events.
How can you use the app? It’s very simple. You can download it from the Play Store or the App Store. After that, you just need to select “PC” as the platform (or Xbox or PlayStation, depending on the platform) and log in with your usual access data. You then have access to the guild chat and other features.
MMORPGs are primarily social contacts for me, and the app helps with that
That’s why I find the app so good: I am currently actively playing several MMORPGs. Accordingly, I have a guild in ESO, Guild Wars 2, and Black Desert. Being in constant contact with all these guilds is challenging, although that’s what makes multiplayer games enjoyable for me. I have met some of my best friends through MMORPGs.
Much can be managed through external programs like Discord or WhatsApp, but my guild in ESO doesn’t use those at all. I tend to lose touch when I’m offline for a few days or weeks.
Moreover, outside of the Corona pandemic, there will again be longer vacations or trips where you might not be able to actively use your guild and the game for several weeks. This is where such an app can help.
But all this sounds like the companion app in WoW? That’s absolutely right, even though the auction house functionality has been removed since then. However, I never had such a close relationship with WoW that I actually needed to use the app.
But that doesn’t change the fact that I wish for such an app for other MMORPGs as well. I see it as a meaningful addition, as the smartphone is almost always within reach.
What would I like for the future of such apps? In my future scenario, I can play even the big MMORPGs like ESO, GW2, or WoW on my smartphone with crossplay and complete at least simple content like daily quests, farming, or leveling.
However, I often miss the opportunity to experience complicated and elaborate battles properly in existing mobile MMORPGs. I mainly have problems with the controls, which could only be solved with an external controller. Raids, dungeons, and PvP content are something I prefer to engage in on the PC.
How do you feel about additional apps for MMORPGs? And could you imagine the big games at least in a simplified version on smartphones? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.
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