The Korea MMO Black Desert is set to receive its sixth class in February, the Samurai will be a classic lightweight melee fighter.
In January, we got a pet class with the Beast Master, the Beast Master, which is something for manga fans. Now Black Desert is targeting another audience, more fans of the ‘classics’, and introduces the Samurai, which until now has been referred to in the West as ‘Fencer’. Unlike the brutal Giant, another Melee DPS class, he will likely focus more on speed and finesse in close combat.
Where “Samurai” might also just be a provisional name here: “Blader” or “Swordsman” are also being heard. Those are also translation issues.
Not much is known about him yet, but he seems to be “Wind”-affine. In February, there should also be a new region, Mediah, alongside the Samurai.
Officially, Black Desert is still in Open Beta, though that probably makes little difference for a Free2Play game compared to the release.
For the West, we should soon expect the first tests, a release could then be scheduled for early 2016. Though “soon” is always a tricky subject.
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