Re: FREE GAME: Black Desert

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

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Hey, did I get here before Ant or rms for once?
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* 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.

Played it, and it usually has a price tag, it just goes up for free once
a year or so.

It's more pay-for-convenience (P4C) rather than pay-to-win.

There is no way to "win" the game for starters, and unlike many MMOs
with a store, you can earn pretty much anything you can buy and never
pay a dime, especially on a free week like now (only free until July 10)

Even The Number disapproves of this one.

You've taken games that were much, much worse.

Xocyll
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I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
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