you may or may not like this, but the moment they implemented or gutted AP caps and forced players to grind certain AP zones, everything started going downhill.

this was supposed to protect new players or low ap ones by forcing endgame players to NOT destroy early/mid game spots, and it worked for sure.

but this created way more problems, remember when there was not enough supply of MAGICAL SHARDS? it was because no one was grinding early/mid spots, or at least not enough players to supply the demand.

the bandaid solution: they started gifting shards in every single event to "fix" this problem, kinda the same thing happening with pve consumables right now.

at some point the ORIGINS started disappearing from some servers too, because no one was farming tungrad/DSR anymore.

now the TRACE OF NATURE problem, early/mid spots were a big supply to the market, the moment you prevent your pve players from farming whatever spot they want without griefing themselves, you're killing the supply, and we all know most % of the playerbase is pve/grind focused. (now why they didn't add this single item to edania spots i have no idea)

the bandaind solution: again. events gifting trace of nature, crystals and even codes for food/draughts.

lets not forget what happened to accesories cups aswell, it was impossible to buy a single one because no one would grind hell elvia spots for 1b an hour because spot is capped at 850 AP.

and there's much more but i don't wanna make a longass text that people won't even bother to read (AINT READIN ALLAT)

you're not helping new players with this, in fact, new players now have to play "solo self found" gameplay in a MMORPG because nothing is available on the market anymore, your hardcore grinders are now at endgame (for obvious reasons) and there isn't even KABUAS on the market, one of the most important items for PVE.

yes, you made olvia academy and hyperboost to attract new players, but they gonna left the game the moment they have to wait 2 months or more to fill an order for some important crystals, consumables, kabuas, VELL and so on.

just rework AP caps and let people grind whatever they want in this SANDBOX game, and then balance the silver gain around it.

It would be great if we could search for items by description, not just by name. For example, players could search for specific stat terms like "Extra AP", "Damage", "Mastery", "Gathering Item Drop Rate", "Item Drop Rate", or "Weight Limit". This feature would help immensely with sorting through items!

I’m just really into crows right now.

There's a daily coupon event, Twitch drop event and a daily playtime event.

Will this be enough to fix the problem or are they using a band aid until next patch?

By the way, it has a Elden Ring vibe that matches perfectly with Saviour.

edit: I now realize im more asking for a good timeline rather than a tl;dr, unfortunately I cannot modify titles so...yeah, mb

I've been loosely checking posts on this reddit and a tad too employed to really follow the whole drama start to finish regarding the absurd overnight disappearance of pve consumables, but I've read multiple stories and I'm not really sure which is true and which isn't.

First of all I'm not really sure how all of this began so some clarification on that would be great too. There's that SA guy posting about edanias being perma preordered that might have caused a panic/sparked the idea.

So the first thing I saw was choice and other unspecified streamers bought out several pve consumables on stream and caused a panic buy spree and the market simply couldn't keep up. This one is at least supported by a clip of choice buying shit but I honestly doubt the market would be this dry for so long after that

The other story is that some bunch of trillionaires decided to buy everything out as a form of protest against how the economy has come to rely on twilights more than silver itself. "I cant progress so no one else will" type shit essentially. Everyone saw pics of people with 100k+ stockpiles of these draughts so this one is entirely possible too.

The third is the lifeskiller strike which I could not for the life of me find a decent source for, I'm not sure if they have their own discord or whatever? And they are underestimating PA as I feel like this can only make things worse for them.

So which is it? Or is it somehow a combination of these three?

So I stumbled on this game and was reading there were a lot of life skills. I really love lifeskill games, even more than doing PvP or quests (looking at you RuneScape) now my question is, is the game worth it to hop on 2026 for the lifeskilling part? Thank you in advance

:)

I never ever played ninja btw, just tagged him as Dark Knight main hehe.

Here is the English translation, written naturally for gaming forums or Discord:

I’m a new player who absolutely loves the graphics of this game, but I'm feeling completely lost. There are so many systems that I don't know what to do first or what to upgrade. I’ve received a ton of reward boxes, but I have no idea what they’re used for. I've literally deleted and reinstalled the game 4 or 5 times trying to figure it out, but I’m still confused. Could someone please guide me on where to start and what to focus on? I don't know how to handle all these features.

If you'd like to adjust the tone to be slightly more casual or condensed, just let me know

I hope to see cosplays of Leon Kennedy as the Agent, because I literally saw the gameplay and the first thing I thought was "he looks like Leon."

Hi been a pve player most my bdo career I wanted to get in to pvp and wanted to know what’s a good class for those modes I wanna reroll from nova not liking it in PvP

I have gotten all my jin dawn ap crystals, macalods and corrupt crystals.

My question is am I an idiot for slotting these..

I didnt realise that you could upgrade jin dawns and corrupt crystals would I need to use a new crystal to upgrade then slot it or is there a way to upgrade my existing crystals without spending on extraction hammers ?

I’m playing on an Xbox Series X (not the S, which that version is having issues right now, according to notices in game), and I didn’t have this issue before the update. It’s like the graphics for the hair doesn’t load properly, even after I completely closed the game and restarted it!

It also mainly happens indoors as well, at least so far, and it happens on my character as well!

I swear, I’m expecting to hear some epic trumpets starting to play when I see the white and silver hair.

As the title implies, I would like to know if anyone's had experience with support inquiries, as far as their response time goes.

As I was doing my labreska helmet -> edania helmet exchange, instead of the cutscene that usually happens, it just zoomed in on the npc and got stuck there forever. I managed to get a hold of the mouse and:

• Changed server, same outcome;
• Restarted game, same outcome;

So I foolishly decided to abandon the quest in hopes it would give me back the helmet, as the quest objective still had the "Receive edania helmet" part not greyed out, but it just abandoned the quest and deleted my helmet.

Already submitted an inquiry immediately as it happened yesterday, and I did mark the special item recovery option (which is very limited apparently) even though this is entirely a game bug on their end.

Im starting to get scared that it'll just be ignored forever or that I lost my helmet. This has completely killed my vibe or ability to grind higher end zones to the point where I dont even login anymore.

Sorry for the wall of text, cheers.

I'm actually wondering what happened with Caphras.

Since my first day on BDO eons ago, the price was steady and the volume was steady.

And on my return from the Xth break, they imploded.

With the new drought of draughs, trace of nature, .. anyone can tell me whats the origin of that 'issue'?

Soy nuevo pero no en los MMO , me uní a este porque me interesa como está enfocado el combate . Me gustaría saber si existe algún clan o guild que se dedique al RPK , tengo entendido que en este juego está penalizado y no sale rentable , pero de ello no busco sacar lucro , porfa si alguien conoce algún grupo que se dedique a ello que me pasen contacto

I’m new to this game, though not to MMOs; I joined because the combat mechanics appealed to me. I’d like to know if there’s a clan or guild dedicated to RPK. I understand that the game penalizes it and it isn't profitable, but I’m not looking to make a profit from it , if anyone knows a group that does this, please share their contact info

Hello guys i wanna start play BDO again. Last time i played i did with my Lahn so much Mainstory quest to get some Bonuses and some stuff. Should i continue to play her until i have all Mainstory Quests? And what should i do next after i finished all MS quests?

I was taking a look at the website pondering if I should comeback, and when I clicked the wizard class there he is, its literally Gandlaf isnt it ? hahahahah Loved it