I was actually looking forward to playing this alongside ToS, but after reading this article, I’ve lost all the motivation to. I hope IMCGames doesn’t do the same thing with ToS.
http://black-desert.com/articles/black-desert-how-we-were-expect-it-to-be-and-how-it-is-now/
Same. Waiting for Peria Chronicles. Hope they didn’t mess that up. 
Yeah, that’s on my list too. But seriously, getting betrayed makes me anticipate things less and less every time.
What if you finish your ToS Game story and quests then the game goes Sandbox?
I had to stop reading half way… So much chance of something like this happening with ToS… There are already signs of it =(
Part of me hopes they do carry on and make a dissapointing ToS… I don’t really have the time to be addicted to a game anyway =P
cause u have no time u wish others to not have fun cause they make a shitty ToS, thats mature 
Come at me >o<!
This was quite a sad read.I couldn’t dream of running Black Desert on my laptop,but I was still excited to see how it developed and released from announcements and footage.My interest in it is essentially gone now.
I don’t think ToS will go in the same direction,but I will say their decision on publishing the game will have quite a large impact on how it’s received.
I see it coming 7 years ago from playing GE from p2p turning f2p
I honestly expected nothing from BDO, I gave it a try, and it was extremely pretty, but very boring.
Had a lot of exploits early on like AA, dealt with it slightly better. They took out so much stuff, and now stuff like this:
But eh, it’s a AAA game that’s f2p and they want to create their own offices in different countries with a bad korean publisher. Not much else I really expected here.
If only i can see the future (time magic), I just hope ToS wont screw up (cross fingers)
Im on the final part of the article, and i should agree on the part of the ■■■■■■■ channels. I didnt expected that thing on TOS; this, really ■■■■ the game if there will be WORLD BOSSES for example. Yeah i know, all the guys on the same spot will be impossible to grind, but this is a thing i dont like too, that ant structured maps, didnt expected that too. Anyways, i think we can deal with these spots full of people, because eventually people will keep moving to better areas. Also, channels distance the players, people will be ever in the channel 1 to search party and channel 5 to grind, and bad things like that. Was SAD the final day of the beta where we all should be together on Klaipeda saying good bye to this and we was separated in channels. Thats sad for me at least. You know, i dont have the correct lv of english to do a big explanation about that, but i think you can imagine what im trying to say with this “channel system”, typical problems of every MMORPG.
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This game is like a precious gem to me or a puppy love… pls do your best(ikr) imc… make this one of the most popular game, we’re on your back lolz…
If that was a reply to me (forum doesn’t show), then the point was I’m hoping they will deliver what they promised instead of removing whatever the game was defined by, make everything soloable and fill cash shop with p2w stuff because of greed.
ya i rather have p2p games than a f2p with p2w cash shop. I know why most companies do it too, because there is impatient people out there that rather spend alot of money in their games instead of time and effort. Now i dont mind people “buying” their gear and levels as long as a f2p player can also achieve the same gear/level. What makes alot of f2p games garbage is the exclusivity of their cash shop. Here’s to hoping IMC games picks a publisher that doesnt turn the game into a “cash cow”. Im pretty disappointed with Nexon publishing the game at Japan, after what they did to DFO, my expectations for that company have truly diminished. I would much rather prefer a company like Valve if it is f2p.
All depends on how greedy the company is.
Cant say more.
This is the very reason why I’v only been playing singleplayer games for the last two years. Every MMO I’ve ever thought was a great idea slowly turned into a WoW clone with a paint job and slightly different niche mechanics…Or was an amazing game that got a “face lift” and ended up being like everything else while alienating it’s standing community.
UO went downhill starting with T2A then the split of tram and fel
RO went downhill with the “renewal”
SWG went downhill with the CU then alienated us all with the NGE
CoX shot itself in the foot with the mission creator but was still a great game. NCsoft are just criminals.
Even WoW started to go downhill after the burning crusade slowly turning into the snore fest it is today.
…Don’t even get me started with Archage
I’d list more but you probably get my point. Most of these games do pretty good on private servers but are seemingly frozen in their own time, like trying to preserve a forest but not planting any more trees.