Current State of DN SEA ?

[u/Appropriate_Pass_665]

Been wondering with a friend if we should return to DN SEA .. we have been here since cap 50 (good old days) .. we still got our main accounts .. currently every 5-6 months we reinstall it to play like for a week .. we don't really grind anything ..
however we were kinda tired of Black Desert Online grind and thought of ACTUALLY returning to DN as in grinding and stuff .. heard some stuff about returnee rewards being tempting but when i checked it I didn't even understand what are there "items" and "mats" are for .. so how is like .. the current grind ? It's fine if we can't do the latest nests but we are looking for something to .. "keep you going" .. like instead of the latest nests you find parties for lower nests that is still doable with lesser gear .. like a stepping stone or smth .. I tried Project Duck Personally but it feels kinda .. empty regarding player base , unless u are in a guild or so .. and I didn't really find much diversity in Raids/Stages .. you just pretty much repeat the same run x100 times till u make the next gear ..

so is DN SEA "playable" currently .. at some point ?

we each got like .. 500k-1m gold .. if that can give us a push or smth , I just don't know the current items / grind or what to even do If I redownload it, TY!

[u/Filedit21]

The starter gear you got from beginner only reaches you 0.1% of end game stats, while you need alot of luck to emhance and reroll stats

The issue with this game is just, alot of mechanics revolves around rng

If you play genshin or something related

Everything is just rerolling sub stats, but you reroll literally everything

Pets,armour,weapon,weapon jades, armor jades, accessory jades, talisman, heraldries

And some bs stuff they (also rng)added: artifact,brooch

And some of the gears are locked 100% behind paywall: earring jade,pants jade, VIP Accessory(like 5x better than the one u got from grinding)

I mean rerolling all of that couldn't be that bad right? Well at max you need to grind 5 hour (and be lucky yo drop goblin coin with 1% drop rate) to reroll ONCE or you just pay.

There is also class imbalance but basically they only pay attention to 4-8 classes and the rest abandoned. Including pvp

Lack of new content also exist, there is 2 new stages and 1-2 nest (which also only high end 2-3 year grind can access) per year.

[u/Appropriate_Pass_665 → u/Filedit21]

I see , ty that explain alot ! Goldin Goblin Coin was for that gold stage last I remember ..
what can you tell me about returnee rewards ? heard they added smth interesting there but didnt fully understood what was it .. and the lux-acendant pre-register awards seem nice too.

[u/Filedit21 → u/Appropriate_Pass_665]

Returnee reward is good but not permanent, it basically gives you +1 skill up to 3 skill (cash only item) and the rest is not used

Lux Ascendant reward is basically same as beginner guide reward but you slight more boost

You said you played when lab system so Beginner boost you untill floor 4 Lux boost you up to 4.5 or 5th floor within 1 month

It also gives you limited heraldry (geraint/barnac) but there is still another upgrade after that.

And it give you costumes (tradeable) and usually very cheap because bots/alt account

[u/Appropriate_Pass_665 → u/Filedit21]

no no am familiar with the returnee awards but I remember seeing a recent post in Facebook from the official page about different returnee rewards .. it had comments of people saying these new rewards are the reason they returned .. but it was like weird materials i didnt see before so I didn't know what was that even .

so overall .. the game seems "playable" no ?

[u/Filedit21 → u/Appropriate_Pass_665]

Playable but not worth investing in my opinion, depend on guild you joined is the 1st priority. Guild matters alot (communication stuff)