True Sonja

Powerstone island, up at the top of the waterfall above the Mermaid lake.

Way above the Mermaid 'pond' on the PS island. In the waterfall.

Single Player Mode : Silos not working Crops cannot be grown because none of the islands have a proper biome

BDO Oceanic Region or Ocean Content?

It's coming. Crossplay has been worked on for months.

There are so few players left on any of the servers they may as well try a wipe. However I would only do it in conjunction with a pirate encampment roll out. Also lets hope they just launch with the 2 servers 1 PvE and 1 PvP this time. Only bring up extra when those are brimming with people.

Max level is 150, and you will not have enough skill points for every skill.

Build some decent sails, a combination of GOOD speed and handling and you can maintain good speed even with shitty wind. Game is already easy enough with the ability to sail directly into the wind.

Actually you don't get a message until after your claim finishes going through. We had no idea anyone else was claiming until after we waited 60 tense minutes. Then as soon as the claim is finished we get a message saying a 'new settler' has arrived and our flag appears as contested.

Hi, You do not get notification that somebody else has started a claim if nobody owns the island. We started the claim 47 mins before you did and sat in the area for 60 mins while the timer worked its way down. It's a bit of a sucky system but i think it came about as a result of a bug fix to the issue after the wipe of people claiming last getting the flag. As to the issue of the claim points being displayed, that does look like a bug as we actually have 250 points (and have now spent 248 points). - Red Sonja - Blackstorm Raiders

I do think they should be soulbound and I also think the mobs on those islands could do with a real aggro radius nerf.

I'm with Blackstorm Raiders, we have nearly 50 members and the big 122 point island in D5. I'll point our Guild LEader in the direction of this thread as we are always open to working with other groups.

NA PVE server will be as dead as Empire. Most of the PvE players just rerolled on to the EU PvE servers and most aren't interested in rerolling yet again. Just rename the EU PvE server the PvE server and delete the failed Empire server. Try and find a use for the 4th network at a later date.

No No No No No What a stupid idea.... You don't bring up the EU and NA PvE servers a few weeks apart, that is a receipe for disaster. What will happen is you'll get flood of NA players on the EU servers resulting in a bunch of islands being claimed for a few weeks by NA players who will then leave. (This will piss off some of the EU players) Then not all the NA players will leave for the NA server on it's launch and that will mean lower population on the NA server. (That will piss off the NA players) This is literally the worst way to launch a mmorpg game, and I've played over 50 of the damn things. Either delay both PvE servers or launch without the Empire server.

18 players is 71 19 players is 74 25 players is 88

PVE SERVER They changed it from a flat 150 to a sliding amount based on company members (which is a good thing) 1 person company has only 30 settlement points, 2 person is 32. 18 person company is 71 points 25 person company is 88 points. and so on. We had managed to claim a 122 point (the largest) with a single player initially which is why the initial system was warped. It is now better.

Bigger tribes (25+) need more than 150 points, maybe a tiered range. 0-10 members - 100 points 11-25 members - 150 points 26-40 members - 200 points 41-50 members - 250 points

This is feeling more and more like the plot of : Maybe we could organise a musical called "The Developers" about a group of developers who plans was to get a bunch of investors together, over the profit share and then decided to sink their own game so they wouldn't have to payout. However unlike The Producers, The Developers were successful in their scheme.

No. PvE players want nothing to do with the PvP players.

No. PvE players want nothing to do with the PvP players.

Oh good, then the obvious exploit that I feared will work...

So somebody can own an entire island and if anyone builds on it they can have it removed / raided after 12 hours? How exactly does that equate to allow more people to build vs the old system? Unless I've misunderstood the whole 'settlement' changes they've got planned?

But anyone can still build on the claim past the 12 hour point, so after 12 hours what is stopping somebody from running round and plonking down thatch foundations everywhere? Also the 12 hour demo window has a massive exploit that should be obvious to everybody.

So how many islands are going to be in the game? And apparently as a company you can claim an entire island? Not to mention a single player can own an entire 'small island' whatever that means in relation to size I have no idea. Yet owning the island doesn't allow you to stop resource blocking which is what everyone was complaining about. Is this really what they are planning? Are they insane or stupid?

Also still no word on Discovery Points and Player Characters. Anyone who played much knows the real deal is in Discovery Points and not in XP. We need current characters discovery points kept either actually, or just as a raw number. As to the PvE changes, does this mean there is only 1 'flag' per island? (You claim an entire island?) How are they going to stop resource points being griefed if people can still build anywhere within a claim? What most PvE players want is the CURRENT flag system (minus the sea flags) but with a REALLY low cap like 1 player = 1 flag Companies: 2-3 player = 2 flags 4-5 players = 3 flags 6-10 players = 4 flags 11-25 players = 5 flags 26-50 players = 6 flags 51-100 players = 7 flags 101-150 players = 8 flags 151-200 players = 9 flags 200+ players = 10 flags Is there still building health decay? Cause that was another silly idea, can you imaging trying to repair a really intricate building. Flags should also cost resources / day AND should cost resources to BUILD the frikken flag to start with.