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Q. Black Desert boasts a wealth of diverse content and adventurers can pick and choose from the ones they want to play. However, there also exists content that was made a while back and yet has lost the adventurers’ interest, such as Savage Rifts and defending Valtarra Relics. Are there any plans to improve the rewards of such forgotten content, and if so, when do you plan on updating them?A. We apologize for letting such content stay neglected for so long. Both of the above mentioned content are not soloable and require Adventurers to team up, making it somewhat difficult for us to determine the best way to improve them. Rather than a huge change, we will go about implementing small improvements one at a time.
We will start by looking into Valtarra Relics first.
Q. There are currently 19 classes in the game; how many more do you plan on releasing? How many classes are still in-development?A. "How many?" is something we’ve yet to ask ourselves. We plan on continuing to release updates with new classes. We are asked the question of how many new classes are in development each year, and whenever we answer you we are thinking “We are making this class, we are making that class” but we keep that information deep within ourselves. This year is no exception. We are still developing and researching new classes at this time.
Q. Are there plans to open up certain monster zones for Adventurers with low AP and DP who enjoy defeating monsters? For example, to increase the number of Adventurers capable of playing in a specific area, the monsters’ attacks and defense could automatically adjust according to each adventurer’s gear. Currently the number of monster zones we can enter is rather limited even with Oasis gear.A. Currently there are no such plans. The recommended stats for monster zones serve as a stepping stone for Adventurers to measure their own growth, therefore we plan on maintaining their current state.
Q. Are there any plans to apply a fixed chance of acquiring knowledge or increasing knowledge ranks to not just the adventurer who makes the final hit, but for all adventurers who’ve attacked the world boss or their minions as well?A. We’ll take this into account and see if we can make improvements.
Q. Are there any plans to make Arduanatt and Diné 2-seaters?A. The reason we don’t add the 2-seater option to Arduanatt and Diné is we feel that these Dream Horses already have such tremendous merit and appeal. If we allow the Dream Horse to have every kind of ability, those Adventurers who only own regular horses and 2-seaters would definitely have conflicting opinions on that matter. We plan on focusing on each Dream Horse’s specialty, so that they won’t be regarded as the most superior of all horses.
Q. Are there any plans to add the option to send mail in-game? Like sending in-game mail even to offline players.A. Truthfully, the mailbox was planned to be removed some time ago. It was made solely as a means of receiving rewards from GMs/events during Black Desert’s developmental stage. Since last year, we’ve been sending more rewards to Adventurers through the “Black Spirit’s Safe”, and we originally planned on getting rid of the mailbox altogether once we finished converting all rewards to the safe.
However, upon second thought, we felt a bit sad. We were flooded with thoughts of Adventurers seeking to use the mail function for reasons such as a concerned guild member wanting to contact an absent guild member, someone suddenly desiring to send in-game mail to another, or an adventurer who misses a fellow comrade-in-arms, etc. Rather than remove the mailbox altogether, we are coordinating with the development team to make “mail” itself a function. We actually enjoy discussing matters like these. While no definite solution has been settled upon, we will share any significant progress if they occur.
Q. Are there any plans to add a “Mastery" system to gear or skills?A. We always welcome good ideas. If you can send this to us with more detail through customer support, we will take a look!
Q It’s sad to see very few people in older monster zones. I believe updating them will bring more Adventurers back.A. There are no plans for making huge changes to monster zones that you would reach after Mediah. However, the Balenos, Serendia, and Calpheon regions, internally known as the “growth regions,” are set to be improved in specialized servers. In the specialized servers, monsters in these regions will become much stronger, and their rewards will be greatly improved as well. For example, the Red Orc Camp inhabited by the Red Orcs may evolve into a zone requiring at last 240 AP.
Q When balancing, do developers normally follow the requests of the community, or do they solely take notes from Node/Conquest War participation? One Adventurer claimed that they purposely sway the community’s opinion in order to get their class buffed—do such rumors have any validity?A: Honestly speaking, we try to avoid being overly influenced by community trends while balancing as we understand that posts on the topic of balance can be subjective. While we do take a look at what people are saying, there are many posts by nameless players taking shots at other classes. We make sure that our developers understand that these are subjective opinions, and may be a result of a recent duel. So when a player says that they swayed the community to balance X class or Y class, they are not being truthful.
For balancing, we generally take our own gameplay experience, and the data that is available to us to balance the game, along with feedback through official channels such as CS tickets, forum posts etc. As mentioned in the Heidel Ball: AT HOME, we want to hear the opinions of players who excel at their class by inviting them to discuss with us, as they enjoy their specific class, and play at an incredibly advanced level. But even then, we do not plan on solely basing future updates on the opinions of the top Adventurers alone, but we will use this as a good starting point to explore future balance changes.
Q Is there any chance that the Great Ocean region will be expanded further? Also, will there be any additional Great Ocean field bosses?A. This isn’t the best time to discuss Great Ocean expansions. When we have some notable news to share, we will return to this matter. Currently we have no plans for additional Great Ocean field bosses, but there isn't any reason there won't be. We will start by preparing some new “Star Candy” (starred monsters) to appear on your minimaps.
