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Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Drythe posted:

I dont know why its so hard to just fix the dye system, BDO is an amazing game and its a shame to see it being held back by such a stupid system. Theres no defence for this ridiculous cashgrab dye system, i want to see this game excel in every way so we can have the best mmo weve had in a long while. If they simply make dyes reusable then thats all id need to be satisfied. The idea that a dye dissapears after its been used and youll need to play RNG all over again to get a decent dye. What if I wanted an all black outfit? Would i need to spend countless dollars on dye packs until i have a collection of black-ish dyes so i could somewhat get the look i want? This system is 100% against the consumer. Its so ridiculous that I actually visited one of those gold/pear selling chinese sites just to take a look...everything is half the price of the actual item in the cash shop, ofcourse i would never consider handing over my credot card to those spamming fuckers but still, people who support goldsellers are dicks howeverin this case i wouldnt even blame them. 30$ for a costume? Its clear theyre trying to push the cash shop on us with the almost identical pieces of armor you get. If you wanna look unique, either drop 30 bucks for a costume or play the dye casino and gamble for a good set of dyes. For those arguing that bdo needs this to make money and this is how they need to do it, gently caress off please. Is the initial 30 dollars we pay not enough? Are the 30$ costumes not enough? Are the "partial" skill resets we are forced to buy if we want to change our build not enough? Bdo is a great game and it doesnt need this cashgrab to make a good income.

As for all those people saying its only cosmetic and it doesnt effect the core mechanics of the game. Ok thats true but what the gently caress. EVERYBODY LOOKS THE SAME. All the valkyries look the same woth the blue dress, all the wizards with the tattered robes, all the sorceresses with the same trenchcoat. The differences between the different gear sets is MINISCULE. Forgive me for wanted to be a little bit unique. Like if theyre gonna male the gear looks for every class almost the same the LEAST they can do is give us the freedom to color it differently. Some of you may not give a poo poo about that kind of stuff , but im sure most people who play an mmo understand the importance of looking unique and actually roleplaying your character. If you dont care then good for you, go enjoy bdo but not everybody shares your opinion.

try real posting

# ¿ Mar 10, 2016 16:13

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 11:35

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

randombattle posted:

I made my character and immediately hated the way it looked ingame.

Someday I will play this game. Also the hud is really busy from what I saw.

change channels and it will fix it

# ¿ Mar 16, 2016 20:12

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Longshot007 posted:

Is there an actual name in this game that isn't already taken, or am I stuck with something like asdasfjaskfaslkas?

see if the name Spicy Legato is taken, because I wish I had chosen that

# ¿ Mar 22, 2016 04:44

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

The grinding against mobs has that nice feeling like Asheron's Call did back in the day, except way more hectic. Nothing like trying to kite in massive numbers then mowing them all down!

# ¿ Apr 7, 2016 21:25

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Third World Reggin posted:

Also if you say gune I am probably not going to invite you

It's going to be okay man, we hate having to ask you to invite us just as much as you hate having to receive the whispers

# ¿ Apr 11, 2016 06:54

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

CountingWizard posted:

I would say placing any cannons or horses on a boat is a bad idea. The game does really weird things with them. I once caused inception when I rode a horse onto a ferry which then sailed away. The game couldn't handle me riding a horse riding a ferry and the mount started drifting across the deck of the ship so I dismounted and we both immediately found ourselves at the bottom of a very deep sea. I was able to hop back on the horse and ride around until my horse suddenly died (from drowning) which also killed me.

I really don't see what the problem is here as this sounds :krad:

# ¿ Apr 11, 2016 20:49

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

lewtt posted:

I hope you people learn basic focus target and gap control in dark souls 3, because I really should start booting people who are incapable of learning how to not be poo poo at pvp and pve. Dusters, i'm looking at you

Me, bigbo, burritotamer, gq, and crayvon can't keep carrying your sorry asses. If we're to have any hope of competing in node wars, you need to enter red battlefield and learn how to play your class. If you are 50 or above and in goontang, then this message applies to YOU.

Read a guide or watch a video. There's fucktons of information available for every class on google. Pay attention to the hidden skills, the cancels, and the flows, because they are very often gamechangers. The hallmark of a good player is effective gap control and mobility. If you're a zerker you're probably gonna be hosed until lava drill cancels at 55. No other class has an excuse. Running is also a very important pvp skill. If you're disengaging, de-equip your weapon and sprint away. You run MUCH faster with it holstered.

The easiest way to learn/practice all this is red battlefield. Learn what other classes can do. If you are unable to kill a target because of his full +15, then don't target him. I can't kill a lot of players because my gear is actually sub-par, but I can still rack up scores and win games by occupying their time, focusing squishies, and kiting.

hey man source your quotes!

# ¿ Apr 12, 2016 17:42

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

someone asked me why we were at war and I told him to gently caress off or I'd hit him in the lip :shrug:

# ¿ Apr 13, 2016 22:10

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

kalstrams posted:

It's hypocritical at the very least if learning is a goal here.

There isn't really a good centralized resource on this game, so if you can't give tips without coming off as an insufferable basement ogre then maybe don't bother. I know it must feel incredible being the gatekeeper of mmo knowledge but :chillpill:

# ¿ Apr 23, 2016 18:17

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Third World Reggin posted:

the reasons for this happening are great

60% of parks and rec are on mediah O1 but the rest left for the following reasons

Too many pvp deaths despite the majority of our pvp deaths not happening on Mediah O1 and most of our wardecs moved off of Mediah O1

Connection issues that only apply to the Mediah and Valencia servers

People not knowing guild quests were started since they never saw them pop up and blamed us for not telling them instead of them not being on the right channel

Since I never stated it was mandatory to be on CTS, I just let people be on where ever with who ever which is the right thing really. Turns out a lot of people want to be on a discord server with 2 other people who are their friends. Same effect happens when anyone creates a sub channel in mumble. But we had some complaints about one admin on CTS and I already talked to lumbering troll about it.

But when someone complains that at late night they can't find more than their discord friends to do scrolls with and I ask if they tried CTS, the only thing they do is avoid the question until they finally say no. They could of asked anyone in dragon gently caress plaza or in the angry dome but instead just complained. So I am going to be recommending they stop that.

Also a trade secret, the majority of original goontang members are in parks and rec, not goontang. Goontang in this game was a trap to catch people with 100 dollars and as a guild we could send annoying people to like the one person who is a walking tumblr.txt bot. Lumbering troll kept thinking it was just an overflow guild and would be gone in a month, instead it was troll who left after two weeks.

what is wrong with you my friend

# ¿ Apr 27, 2016 15:33

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

hey for P&R if we're considering a new server I am not particular at all, but if I had to be particular itd be the server with the least combat lag.

# ¿ Apr 28, 2016 04:27

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Caution is actually a really good horse skill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kys3R0snpg

# ¿ May 23, 2016 05:12

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

look, If I could play this and Overwatch at the same time I would.

# ¿ May 27, 2016 19:44

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

GreatestNerdEver posted:

The guild is dead because it's losing members at a steady pace, and content going forward is much more accessible and generally more fun with a large amount of people.

granted participation in guild activities has gone up a lot since boho and clocks left, but that MAY just be coincidence

go gently caress yourself

# ¿ Jun 7, 2016 05:26

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

I wanna be playing this game and zapping people with my slightly british looking wizard but lets be honest the beginning of june is like the busiest time of the year ever :smith:

# ¿ Jun 8, 2016 04:25

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

No one "hacks" an account, either idiots get them phished away from them, they used some sketchy third party software, or they are lying.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2016 23:13

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Been playing a bit again and it's been fun and chill without the typical batch of blowhards that inhabit our mmo threads. Wondering which guild is the largest out of all the servers because probably going to shack up with one of them.

# ¿ Nov 17, 2016 14:51

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

linall posted:

Hey I haven't played since summer(?). But when I log in the game wants to download a 40gig patch. Has there actually been 40 gigs of information added/modified to the game files in past 3-4 months? That seems crazy.

Pretty sure when I completely reinstalled the game last week I only pulled down like 12gb (of course now the folder is 40gb)

# ¿ Nov 19, 2016 01:32

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Protip: Everything in your bank on offservers is just going to get jammed into your main server bank when the merge happens. Feel free to exploit this to great ends; easiest way would be just logging on 3x a day to do the boardgame and grab loyalty

# ¿ Nov 19, 2016 06:12

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Cimber posted:

so i play the stupid conversation minigame and get my like factor above the level needed, how do i unlock the quest?

I think you may need to cancel out of the conversation then talk to them again

# ¿ Nov 26, 2016 19:34

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

I guess it's like $10 now to get the game. Merger went well, got lots of free gifts and cash shop content by creating characters on all the servers, things are moving real loving fast on the auction house now, all is good. If you log in every day right now you get some sort of killer reward with this calendar event they have, so check it out if you have time.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2016 08:47

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Thursday Next posted:

It's a record - I bounced off this game faster than Wildstar!

It's a mess of overly-complex systems.

I couldn't even figure out how to get a horse - getting a horse is so complex that the item I found to buy has a 5-step process in the description text. And it wasn't clear if I'd actually have a goddamn horse after spending the cash and following the steps.

I bought a worker, I think, but couldn't do anything with it? I got some trade materials and slowly staggered to the place I found to sell them. But when I got there, I got an error message that I couldn't sell these items for more than 30% until I activated another node (?) that I'd never been to. So I slowly started plodding towards the far node, then got beset by thieves after ~20 minutes of walking (about 5% of the total distance) and died because I couldn't use any abilities or figure out how to drop the pack.

Pretty much everything I tried to do was so needlessly complex that I just got annoyed. Except combat - that was so easy it got boring.

Not my thing, I guess.

You can do it!!

# ¿ Dec 6, 2016 18:00

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Holyshoot posted:

Pretty much. And I bet eve has more players then this game and will last longer.

Sorry you can't figure out mounts dude! gently caress off though

The Ninja is awakening is coming out tomorrow, people about to get hosed UP

# ¿ Dec 7, 2016 18:18

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

floydpepper posted:

I got the game running ok at a lower resolution. It seems interesting enough to purchase.
Should I just get the $5 basic or is the $25 option really worth it?

I went with the basic one and am happy but pinching pennies these days. If I had cash to spare itd be nice.

You got a lot of gaming disposable income? sure why not

# ¿ Dec 22, 2016 05:50

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Pigbottom posted:

I keep meaning to download this game again, but sometime mid download, I always remember that they charge 30 insulting dollars for a simple costume, then I just let it go and go play something else.
But I still wonder, am I being entitled by taking this as a clear attempt to rip me off? Anyway, I don't know why I take this so personally.

it takes about an hour to earn the money necessary to buy a cash shop costume if you know what youre doing.

too bad we had the mmo hmo same ol histrionic goons try to stomp this game into the ground. It's still very fun and buying anything in the cash shop is for people who are rich and suck at video games

(seriously gently caress lewtt any anyone who emulates their behavior)

Jokerpilled Drudge fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Dec 23, 2016

# ¿ Dec 23, 2016 07:11

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Hy_C posted:

lol

hey hope you can become a more complete human being some day

# ¿ Dec 23, 2016 08:02

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

SoggyGravy posted:

Decided to go back to trying this and having a good time as Gandalf, where do the active folk hang out these days?

I joined a pretty welcoming crew named Stranger Danger and they are looking for flesh blood. Node wars 2x a week and boss scrolls all day Sunday. Valencia 06 is where we hang out. If you whisper Swiftrage and namedrop me I'm pretty sure we can get you in.

# ¿ Dec 24, 2016 19:25

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

They are telling me to have you PM Elusivesorrow on Valencia 06. If you have further difficulties heres the discord channel:

https://discord.gg/MJ3Ex

my Fam name is Backster

Jokerpilled Drudge fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Dec 25, 2016

# ¿ Dec 25, 2016 23:38

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

No goon guilds anymore, just not enough collective interest. You're best off finding an active group of strangers to kick it with.

I'm out of town until the first but ill see about getting peeps into stranger danger as soon as I get back on Jan 01

# ¿ Dec 26, 2016 02:20

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Mux posted:

I'd be down to join GoonTang, and just do whatever if that became a possibility. I honestly have no idea what I am doing in this game other than trying to get boss gear. I still have no boss gear because apparently the bosses spawn every time I'm not around.

In the Stranger Danger discord we have a guy calling out all the boss spawns as they happen so you could even track it from your mobile if you wanted. Feel free to join us if you're feelin lonely.

I'm not the leader or even an officer, it's run by some dude who splintered off of one of the big PVP guilds about a month ago

Jokerpilled Drudge fucked around with this message at 09:51 on Dec 26, 2016

# ¿ Dec 26, 2016 09:49

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Didn't know what IHA stood for so I looked it up http://urzasarchives.com/bdo/ihabdo/

International Hunters Association, they have Discords for each region telling you when and where bosses spawn.

I guess we've just been echoing the posts on there :shrug:

# ¿ Dec 27, 2016 00:02

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

CubeTheory posted:

56, Witch 124 AP, 115 DP. DP could be a lot higher if I needed, just need to invest the money, hadn't been a problem just farming so far.

Dude just pump up that DP it's cheap and easy and you can build failstacks while you do it for your AP

# ¿ Dec 29, 2016 03:41

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

BobbyBaudoin posted:

The game gives you a lot of rewards if you take the time to learn how making money works in it. You can passively generate massive income and it's pretty amazing.

I pretty much hang around to make sure my workers keep making grunil, its getting me a cool ~35,000,000 a day

# ¿ Jan 4, 2017 21:32

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

fletcher posted:

Do you gather the hides yourself or do you just snipe em off the market?

Bit of both, I made a huge market grab of 600 of em last week so that has been nice

# ¿ Jan 4, 2017 22:55

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Holyshoot posted:

I think I need to get my bearings first. Haven't touched this game in 8 months makes you forget a lot of stuff.

What weapon and shield do I want to get? I guess I could google that? And I assume I buy it at 15 but you said PRI is ok? From my understanding pri and duo are terms used for + versions of accessories right?

Yuria weapon is nice and cheap but liverto or kzarka will give you more of a damage boost. As for the shield just find the shield that gives you the most AP boost and begin upgrading that. If you go into the auction house you can look at the stats on each of the weapons, it should be easy to see which has the highest AP that you can afford

Jokerpilled Drudge fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Jan 10, 2017

# ¿ Jan 10, 2017 18:48

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Holyshoot posted:

95mil is quite a bit of money though, no? And is it that much better then a 20mil +15 Yuria, Rosar or Kalis?

I have workers making Grunil all day every day, mostly from ingredients attained by other workers. This process gets me between 10-15 mil a day just hanging out idle. If I fish/grind on top of that and just sell everything it goes up to 30 mill. It aint so bad getting that paper

# ¿ Jan 10, 2017 21:21

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Silly Newbie posted:

Is the barrier to entry in this game really high, or am I just out of practice with Korean grinders?
Started with ninja and the kensai type thing with the bow, and the rotation absolutely mystifies me. Should I be putting more moves on hot keys, or just building muscle memory for combos and stuff?

Ninja kind of has the most stuff going on in terms of combos, but if you just let it happen you'll get used to what moves are available to chain into and when. The shift+right click move does buttloads of damage, and I mostly make sure I can get enemies on the ground, or behind them before I let it rip.

There are definitely easier classes though, I started out with wizard and that felt really straightforward (but was a ton of fun)

Jokerpilled Drudge fucked around with this message at 10:26 on Jan 11, 2017

# ¿ Jan 11, 2017 10:24

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

Loose Ifer posted:

Will this be a fun game if i just want to run around and kill poo poo and talk about politics in discord?

Channel chat is great for politics

# ¿ Jan 24, 2017 00:14

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

lurksion posted:

OK, so the welfare checks (e.g. cron stones, sharp black crystals) - I should just sell those and straight up buy +15 or PRI gear right?

You cant really sell cron stones for more than 100,000 silver as vendor trash but yes, enchanting is for suckers

# ¿ Jan 24, 2017 21:09

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 11:35

Jokerpilled Drudge: Jan 27, 2010; by Pragmatica

fletcher posted:

Isn't enchanting (gambling) the whole point of the game? I keep all my stones & crystals and enchant all my own poo poo, more fun that way.

I had like 50 free cron stones accumulated from all the events and used them to duo my witch's earring the other night because why not!

If you like living or dying by black spirit RNG fine but many prefer grinding cash and buying what they need

# ¿ Jan 25, 2017 00:14

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