Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!border-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!border-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:57:26 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Black Desert Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2025 10:57:26 -0400 Summary: Copying or reuse for AI training or data sets not allowed Message-ID: References: <98mf6k5u49b0rfn2106q5t0ihlotl16gep@4ax.com> <1049p79$139f1$1@dont-email.me> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-nVjCsxsLOD6SPP9RSZVgj1XHg1HG9yi/9fCk6mbprAEIpqxBQgkd3sN818bxw5elIZuetjVGEZDRnMo!WxdQkYhu1U7MlICoYw8RZV91St3psYrjKDm8SwOOpF9bhGdeMCzf0K5smhQoYtb2T+n5tF95 X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 On Fri, 4 Jul 2025 23:47:53 -0000 (UTC), rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge) wrote: >Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >>* Black Desert >>https://store.steampowered.com/app/582660/Black_Desert/ >> Dunno much about it; it's a free-to-play MMORPG (which is >> never a good starting point) with a lot of ad copy focused >> on cooking and crafting, and mixed reviews to boot. Apparently >> the game is very pay-to-win and there's a lot of grind that >> can only be alleviated by buying DLC and MTX. I think >> I'll pass. > >The grind can't really be alleviated much by paying money and there's >no real DLC. I mean, Steam disagrees with you. There are three DLC/MTX packs that would add $70 to the game. They add new gear, additional storage, funny-money ("pearls") for in-game purchases and numerous cosmetics. Maybe you can also get it by endless grinding, but it's also available for sale... and you know that most people are going to get it via the cash purchase. I agree with Zaghadka: they're whale-hunting.