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Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.

RedTonic posted:

what are those dogs doing

one is looking at a donkey
the other one is trying to fall over backwards to show his belly

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Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.
So workers gain stats and skills as they level up and in parks and rec we have been trying to gather as much data as we can on these guys.

The poo poo stick deal is their base stats are comparable to a leveled blue guy. I am almost certain if I keep promoting that blue dude he will end up with better stats than novara.



Waiting for novara to hit level 2 now to see if that is true or not.

Stanley Pain
Jun 16, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Blue giants are the way to go.

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.



Yo Novara, yo mama's a troll

E: is the yellow dude part of a quest?

Eltoasto fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Mar 9, 2016

Jacada
Aug 1, 2009

If anyone has a guest pass they feel like sending my way, my PM box is ready and willing. I like the idea of the game, but MMOs never really seem to hold my interest for very long so I wanna try before I buy. Thanks!

Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.

gwrtheyrn
Oct 21, 2010

AYYYE DEEEEE DUBBALYOO DA-NYAAAAAH!

Eltoasto posted:

Yo Novara, yo mama's a troll

E: is the yellow dude part of a quest?

He's an NPC with a contract in his Amity shop. If you see random dudes around farms with Amity shops they're often named workers. From what I hear they're an easy way to get decent workers to start, but unlike regular workers you can't promote them. Blue workers can theoretically be promoted to orange but the named ones are supposedly stuck where they are

mehall
Aug 27, 2010


Don't suppose someone has written an effortpost or knows of decent guides for the node system and the worker stuff? (and suggestions on when to get involved in those)

Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.
This guy may own. The luck skill we have on another worker but at C rank. On that skill it says each level they gain 0.4 luck.

So this guy may gain 1 luck per level.



Drinkfist has been gathering every giant he can get. I'll get some stat info from him later.

gwrtheyrn
Oct 21, 2010

AYYYE DEEEEE DUBBALYOO DA-NYAAAAAH!
Are the level based skills constant? I know the inherent ones are, but I can't check what lvl 1 skill I have on novara

Third World Reagan
May 19, 2008

Imagine four 'mechs waiting in a queue. Time works the same way.
I've been told yes, but I won't know for sure until these guys level up a bit.

Drythe
Aug 26, 2012


 

mehall posted:

Don't suppose someone has written an effortpost or knows of decent guides for the node system and the worker stuff? (and suggestions on when to get involved in those)

So you want to own land eh?

Nodes
Well the first part of owning land is well, the land. To get some land you're going to need to find an area that suits your fancy. Now, this can't be any old piece of land. Thanks to the socialist bastards in Korea, we have to make sure all our land is connected to a Capital city.

A node is connected when the map shows a line connecting the two nodes, funny how that works. All nodes have to have a path back to the capital via nodes you own, and you can't have an island.

In order to actually get the node you need to physically travel there and talk to what's called a Node Manager. They usually are the assholes who actually own the farm or some cowards hiding under a rock from some loving bees or equally pussy rear end poo poo. These guys will have a dialogue option called Node Management.

Each node has a different contribution point cost associated with it. This point cost is fully refundable if you change your mind later, and can even be done remotely. Just remember, you can't make an island. So if you want to refund a node in the middle of the chain you are going to have to destroy the rest of the chain first.

Resource Nodes
So you invested in the land, good for you, you still can't do poo poo with it. In order to actually get the delicious potatoes kalstrams dreams about you need to then invest in the resource node. A resource node is available after you have invested in the actual node and can be done through the same NPC node manager that you invested in the land itself in. These also have their own contribution costs and are refundable. Anything that ever costs contribution is refundable.

So to make sure it's clear, its first invest in the land such as "Jackhole Farm" then invest in "poo poo Turd Field" at "Jackhole Farm". This will allow you to get poo poo Turds. Each resource node also has what I'll say is a 'rare' harvest, in that it's secondary to what you are getting there and is influenced by luck. Such as eggs at the chicken factory

SlavesWorkers
Well just because you now have the resource doesn't mean you are actually getting anything. What are you going to do, harvest it yourself like a poor? You're going to do what your ancestors before did and get some 'workers'. These workers come in three varieties and five rarities.

First, you need lodgings to house them. You buy these through the map just like with storage, residences, workshops, etc.

Goblins - these fuckers are fast and work fast, but need fed often cause their stamina is so low. Very good, highly recommend.

Humans - These fuckers are in the middle and have the highest luck. Luck is important since it increases the chance of getting rare harvests. Very good, highly recommend.

Giants - Slow and dumb. These fucks have tons of stamina and can work all day while you are sleeping and at work. Very good, highly recommend.

The rarities influence how good the workers are, it goes White > Green > Blue > Yellow > Orange and are called Naive > [nothing] > Skilled > Professional > Artisan
Naive can't be promoted, don't waste your lodgings on this poo poo you gently caress

Your workers will gain levels by doing your bidding and gain more stats and perks. The perks are listed on their sheets, you can read that yourself.

At level 10 your worker is eligible for a promotion, where he will go back to level 1 and go up in color. You won't ever see that happen however since he will always fail his test, I guarantee it.
This also takes 24 real life hours where your worker won't do anything except prepare to fail his test

Workers also have stats:
Work Speed - How fast he does the thing you tell him to do
Moving Speed - How long it takes them to go to where he needs to do the thing will take
Luck - Chance at getting rare items during work
Stamina - How many iterations he can do before stopping.

Using Workers
To use a worker you do so through an interface. Let's start with harvesting. You go to your map and click Jackhole Farm. After that you will see the symbol for the poo poo Turds, click that. This should open a menu of assigning a worker to collect some poo poo. Remember to change the amount of iterations to max, as it defaults to one and then you can't leave him afk and trust him to do the rest.

The worker will leave his lodging, travel to the field, gather the poo poo, and deposit it in your storage. Each iteration's time is shown on the menu.

To create items with your workers you click the cities map of where you bought the workshop. You then open whatever it's called, I think craft management or something. You will need the items needed to craft it in your storage. If you didn't gently caress that up you can then assign a worker to make poo poo just like in the previous dialogue.

You also have to stay logged in or else your workers will only finish their current task and then stop. You can minimize the game to tray to take up minimal resources.

That's the basics and also all I'm going to type. If you have other questions click the link in the bottom of the OP.

Drythe fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Mar 10, 2016

LordAdakos
Sep 1, 2009

Drythe posted:

Many Words

Drythe gets my vote for poster-of-the-year.

:toot:


On the BDO side of things -

If you move cities do you have to fire all of your workers and then relocate?


Also where should I level from 30-35?

mehall
Aug 27, 2010


Thanks Drythe, that clears up a lot! Can you start your node chain from any major town/city, or will I first need to connect the beginners town to the town/city hub, before I can spread out from there?

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Any time there is a cash shop there is always someone complaining that X is overpriced and if they just dropped their prices to fifty cents they'd totally sell more of them.

Forgetting all the time "the market will pay what the market will bear" whether anyone likes it or not.

It's one of those MMO constants, just like "sign this petition for devs to change [horribly complicated backend] just to meet my esoteric whim".

gwrtheyrn
Oct 21, 2010

AYYYE DEEEEE DUBBALYOO DA-NYAAAAAH!

mehall posted:

Thanks Drythe, that clears up a lot! Can you start your node chain from any major town/city, or will I first need to connect the beginners town to the town/city hub, before I can spread out from there?

All towns are automatically unlocked so you can start from any town, but if you want to trade between towns you need to connect them

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
posting is good, and Drythe doesn't give a gently caress what people think so I like him

Drythe
Aug 26, 2012


 

LordAdakos posted:

Also where should I level from 30-35?

Red orcs to 32 then Khurutos to 35

Again if you want more information use the links in the OP

Blazing Zero
Sep 7, 2012

*sigh* sure. it's a weed joke
so this game is about hiring genetically superior workers? :staredog:

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Blazing Zero posted:

so this game is about hiring genetically superior workers? :staredog:

and fishing

and also AOE grinding mobs for hours

Drythe
Aug 26, 2012


 
You're just now making this realization?

Eltoasto
Aug 26, 2002

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.



Dulfy.net is covering BDO and they make really good guides, they made one for setting up milk tea production yesterday.

Blazing Zero
Sep 7, 2012

*sigh* sure. it's a weed joke
i dont know why anyone types "[look at, click, read] the OP" no one is ever going to. just tell them to ask in mumbledisco or whatever is cool today

Drythe
Aug 26, 2012


 

Blazing Zero posted:

i dont know why anyone types "[look at, click, read] the OP" no one is ever going to. just tell them to ask in mumbledisco or whatever is cool today

You'll get yelled at by Troll in mumble.

I'm giving you the basic information, if you want in-depth knowledge research it yourself or experiment.

A. you will learn better doing it yourself
B. I assume you are an adult and can handle basic life skills

Blazing Zero
Sep 7, 2012

*sigh* sure. it's a weed joke

Drythe posted:

You'll get yelled at by Troll in mumble.

I'm giving you the basic information, if you want in-depth knowledge research it yourself or experiment.

A. you will learn better doing it yourself
B. I assume you are an adult and can handle basic life skills

lol, LT can swizzle my dizzle and im NOT an adult capable of handling basic functions. im a gamer :D

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Drythe posted:

B. I assume you are an adult and can handle basic life skills

Yes but goons.

Drythe
Aug 26, 2012


 
Well poo poo, there goes all my theories. Sorry guys

Drythe
Aug 26, 2012


 

Blazing Zero
Sep 7, 2012

*sigh* sure. it's a weed joke

what level do i learn this technique

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
there is no way you'll ever get to use that technique

Big L
Oct 30, 2005

Fedora Emelianenko
Pretty sure you can gather wood at level 1.

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
also lol yesterday I joined a grinding group on a different channel, I helpfully decide to start a guild mission

oh yeah, im on a different loving channel, mission wasted

good thing it was catch 30 swordfish and we had no loving chance to finish it anyway

Jackard
Oct 28, 2007

We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It

Eonwe posted:

there is no way you'll ever get to use that technique
Remind me which MMO gives combat buffs for loving other players

lewtt
Apr 2, 2011

The Great Twist

mehall posted:

Don't suppose someone has written an effortpost or knows of decent guides for the node system and the worker stuff? (and suggestions on when to get involved in those)

i dunno why it's so hard to at least ctrl F the OP before asking, you don't even have to read it

do workers whenever you want, but do nodes whenever you're gonna grind/farm there a while

here's another guide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9scrIgSWLk

and another

http://dulfy.net/2016/03/01/black-desert-node-management-and-hiring-workers-basic-guide/

lewtt fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Mar 9, 2016

Drythe
Aug 26, 2012


 
Because amazingly people do things different than how you expect

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
im sympathetic to non OP readers because normally the OP for any thread is a big pile of trash and outdated

it just so happens that there is a good OP, but people probably assume its still bad

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy
I have nodes between Calpheon all the way to Velia. Once I get my trading high enough I'm probably going to remove a lot of the Velia nodes, its just there is a lot more available to trade there for a low skill trader

Rhymenoserous
May 23, 2008

Jackard posted:

Remind me which MMO gives combat buffs for loving other players

please say this isn't actually a thing.

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Rhymenoserous posted:

please say this isn't actually a thing.

yes, its being made by the same studio that did Star Marine work for Star Citizen

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Rhymenoserous
May 23, 2008
lol so they are experts on getting hosed eh?

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