The MMO genre should learn from Black Desert's mistakes and comeback

Black Desert Online is Pearl Abyss's buy-to-play action MMO, the game has a lot to offer, but why did so many people quit playing a couple months in?

[stimm16]

I remember Black Desert being a big thing when it came out, then I just stopped hearing about it. I guess this explains why. Ha. I'm glad to hear the game is doing better now though.

[pandehz]

Worst game engine ever built.

Trust me on this. The stuttering and pop ins and freezing frames destroyed the game.

[xtheblackparade]

" Leveling from 1-50 no longer took a month, but days. Pearl Abyss raised the soft level cap from 50 to 56, which still took a couple days to reach if you didn’t have much free time, but opened up the game much more"

That's good if you want to appeal to the mainstream audience, but I hope some day a developer will stand up and release a game in which you cannot reach end-game in a matter of days. I guess games like that aren't all that popular anymore, but there's still a lot of people out there who like it that way. I love me some oldskool grinding and an ever expanding loothunt.

[stimm16]

I haven't played it, so I don't know, but I sorta got that the reason the game didn't do well was because of the grinding. But days is a little too short. I'd prefer games find a happy medium.