Black Desert Online (Black Desert)

Koreans from the company Pearl Abyss now make the game Black Desert. She needs to get in their home countries at the end of this year. Last October was the first PTA again for the Koreans, but there were Russian players. April 4 will begin accepting applications for the second PTA. I polazil on forums, has gathered some info on the game and compiled it for myself. If you have questions, ask. I will try to answer.


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Form of payment and date:

developers started making the game in 2010-m to year
to the first CBT, the developers allowed only Koreans, it was in 2010-th year;
April 4, developers will begin to accept applications for the second PTA. To participate in it only Koreans;
- BD is a f2p-game for Korea. In other countries, all will depend on the specific publisher;
- not yet known who will publish the game in Russia, but the developers said that the publisher in our country have already found;
- estimated release date in Korea – the end of 2014. In Europe – in 2015.


Technical details:

the BD team is about 60 people;
- more than half of the game is already finished, and at present the authors make the end-game content.
software manages Kim's Daily, which account for game R2 (Reign of Revolution) and C9 (Continent of the Ninth);
- the game is created on the engine of its own design, called Black Desert Engine;
as testers, the beta client has been well optimized, the approximate system requirements are: Windows 7; video card GeForce GTS 250 / GeForce 9800 GTX / Radeon HD 3870 X2; processor Intel Core i3; 4Gb memory;
- Linux and Mac versions of the client are not planned;



Story:

- the developers promise two warring parties - a Union and the Kingdom of Valencia. They will fight for the possession of the Black stones, which radiate a strong energy.
- between the territories of the countries is desert, and her scattered Black stones;
- countries are not equal and differ in history, religion and culture.

The game's universe:

the developers said that the download between locations will not be, and players will be able to move in a seamless game world;
in open dungeons BD will be able to fight enemies as groups, and single players;
- players will be able to go into many buildings, and they are not instances;
- the climate of the game, unlike the weather, not dynamic – in some places snow, and the sun cooks;
- the developers have implemented dynamic change the time of day;
- dynamic weather is another feature of BD. Rain can start in one place and end in another, as the clouds do not stand still and slowly floating across the sky. And in cold regions will not rain and the snow;
- BD boast a huge world, which, according to the developers, 2 times more than the world of World of Warcraft;
for moving long distances the players will use a variety of mounts, as teleports in the game will not.

NPC:

- some NPC will sleep at night and appear on the street only a day;
- the player will be able to pump the reputation with the NPC;
in BD the NPC will be able to help you in the extraction of resources, transportation of materials and during the battle;
- players will be able to use ingeym wiki to search for information about the whereabouts of a particular NPC;
- mercenaries can be controlled directly during the battle, saying to them: to stand, move, attack, etc.

Characters, races and classes:

- the developers promise 10 classes;
- now the game has such classes: fighter (man - a warrior with a shield and sword), ranger (elf - Archer), sorcerer (man - the magician), giant (Titan - barbarian with two axes), blader (man - DD swordsman without shield), tamer (man - Summoner);
- separate class and race separately can not be selected because they are connected;
- the maximum level in the game, but after the 50th will be very difficult to swing;
class "doctor" is not likely to be
- the authors have not yet decided on the idea of adding in-game warrior with two-handed sword.

Weapons, armor and inventory:

different classes will use different types of weapons, but the armor will be common to all;
- bag of a character is limited by weight;
- rent a house, the player will be able to organize your warehouse.
- the game will be inlaying the stones into the equipment;
declared decorative objects and painting clothes.

Battle:

- the game will have non-target combat system;
- during the battle players can use combo attacks, blocks, and Dodge enemy attacks;
- you cannot attack an enemy in a specific part of the body;
- each class will have its own energy that is spent on different actions of the character – jumping, blocks, combos, etc.


Mounts:

- all classes can use mounts, including for the fight;
- the battle on the mounts apply to both PvP and PvE;
- on mounts can be put on the items, including the protection;
- all mounts can be pumped;
- mounts have different abilities – beat hooves, fast runner, etc.;
- players will be able to kill the mounts of each other.

PVP:

- in BD players will be able to kill each other (PK), however, it will be impossible to do in the cities, it is also impossible to kill low-level characters;
- after the death of the character of his inventory will drop random items;
to resutls in nearby cities or at the place of death, but in this case, you will need a special item.

PVE quests:

- in the same group can enter up to 5 characters;
in BD there is no instances, and all dungeons are open;
in Black Desert players will be able to perform many varied and interesting quests;
- individual quests will have to perform using the QTE system;
in BD there is the usual exclamation marks above the heads of NPC quest givers so you have to look for;
- if you reach high level, you can challenge the elite bosses, but to cope with them will be almost impossible;
- the authors want to add to the game dynamic events;
- in the Black Desert will be videos and various illustrations.

Craft:

- Kraft in BD is a fairly simple process;
- for crafting, it will be necessary to find a shop or rent a house and to do that there;
- players will upgrade your crafting skills to make all the best items;
- at this point in the game four production skill;
- the developers have nothing definite is said about whether the game the percentage of breakage or failure during crafting;
- during the extraction of resources for crafting, you can use tools such as axe, carving knife, scissors, etc.

Guild:

- the Guild can use at home as clan halls;
- a Declaration of war can be made at any time immediately after the creation of the Guild.


Castle sieges:

- siege in BD are not instances and are in the open world;
to victory during a siege we need to storm the castle and capture the flag which is inside;
- before you start the siege of the castle, the Guild puts his citadel over its territory. In it the members of this Guild will be revived during the fight;
- to build a citadel, you have to use workers and construction materials;
the developers promise that the start of the game there will be 8 castles, and then their number will grow;
- during sieges in Black Desert players will use different tactics and equipment, including guns, siege ladders, elephants;
- the elephant can get a few players – one animal control, and the other to shoot;
- to fire the gun, it will be necessary in the beginning to wheel it into place, charge the core and aim;
- all consumables (core) will have to drive to the place, the place where the siege;
- if you take the castle, you will control the financial flows to adjacent lands;
- NPCs will help you during sieges, but for this you have to hire them;
in BD there are no restrictions on the possession of castles, however, to capture all fortresses will be very difficult;
guildmaster assigns some sieges, while others will occur on schedule;
- each lock is unique in terms of exterior and interior design.

Rental homes:

- in BD would be a great choice of houses for rent of about 2000;
- construction of houses in the game will not, it will be replaced by leases with possibility of extension;
- all the buildings in BD – it is an open area, in which you can look, for example, through Windows;
- there will be a special interface for the arrangement of your home furniture;
- the houses will address;
- each house will have a door that can be closed with a key to inside not got criminals;
- in your house, you can not only store things, but to make him a shop or a workshop, and as the sellers can use non-player characters


Trade and three-dimensional map of the world:

- different climatic conditions, different resources are mined;
- the game has a detailed strategic map with zoom function. It allows for the planning and guide work;
- hired NPCs can be improved;
- NPCs you can hire in the labor market in the villages. Employees will work not far from this settlement;
- NPCs will not be able to extract all kinds of resources, so sometimes the player will have to go to work;
resources transported by caravans. Be careful – they can loot the bandits;
- detailed three-dimensional map of the world allows you to control the caravans;
in BD the caravans will be the weight limit. In addition, you will have to pay for something that you carry their products and resources;
from resources, you can do different things.

Miscellaneous information:

in BD there is no battle on the water, and ships are only for transportation of characters and goods;
- game camera is possible to turn to the side, and zoom in and delete it;
on detailed strategic map is almost everything in the game from houses to routes to target specific quest.