Pearl Abyss, the developers of Black Desert, have announced today an adjustment to the currency silver in the MMORPG. This is to be revised in balance because inflation is currently so high. However, many players complain that prices are going up, favoring so-called “whales”.
What exactly is changing in Black Desert? With the patch on May 11, adjustments will be made to silver – the in-game currency in the MMORPG – and the items Valk’s Cry and Cron Stone. The official reason is that players will earn more silver, for instance through new updates, new events, and generally a higher progress in the game.
That’s why the following things are changing:
- Items that you buy for real money in the shop can be sold in the central market. However, there was a price maximum. This was previously 473 million silver, but will now be raised to 840 million. Therefore, players will be able to sell items bought for real money at a higher price soon.
- Additionally, you can dismantle skins from the shop and receive Valk’s Cry and Cron Stone in exchange, which are needed for upgrading equipment. In the future, you will receive 207 instead of 140 Valk’s Cry through extraction and 621 instead of 420 Cron Stones.
Since the big April expansion, there is a new class in Black Desert, which you can see gameplay of here:
“It is more lucrative to work than to grind”
How are the players reacting to this? Mainly negatively. From the players’ perspective, these changes help so-called “whales” who invest a lot of real money into the game and heavy players who can pay the higher silver prices for shop items. But those who play relatively “normally” will be disadvantaged.
On reddit, there are dozens of comments that view the planned change negatively:
- The player Kolz complains: “More P2W, more inflation ruining everything in the game that isn’t grinding (or swiping). It’s all very exhausting.”
- Moai_Plus writes: “Pay2Win is strengthened, and the Cron Stones per silver are weakened. This is so bad. Depending on your salary per hour, you should really consider going to work instead of grinding.”
Moreover, many players fondly remember the time when costumes from the shop cost 30 million silver and were affordable. Because prices in the central market have not been raised for the first time.
Basically, there are no positive voices regarding the change, only a few individuals who don’t care or who see themselves as unaffected because they are only playing for fun and not for the strongest equipment in the game.
Grinding is generally a big issue in Black Desert:
Black Desert: First player worldwide reaches level 67 – Has to grind for more than two years
