MMOs

“Into the Sky”, node war video for Black Desert Online, Edan (NA) server, 2016/07/17 Recorded by DesireeNA, lvl 56 Witch Kyoukai: http://kyoukai-pvp.com/forums/ Black Desert Online: https://www.blackdesertonline.com/ Video footage from this weekend’s node war for the Western Guard Camp Tier 3 node on the Edan (NA) server. This was the first node war day of the official siege season. The war turned out to be a 1v1 with Kyoukai against Prey, lasting over 2 hrs before the channel server crashed (resulting in neither guilds winning the node and promised server investigations by the GMs). Regardless, it was a fun long fight, …

“Kyoukai vs The World”, territory war video for Black Desert Online, Edan (NA) server Recorded by DesireeNA, lvl 56 Witch Kyoukai: http://kyoukai-pvp.com/forums/ Black Desert Online: https://www.blackdesertonline.com/ Video footage from this weekend’s territory war for the Balenos territory on the Edan (NA) server. Our allied guilds were unable to place their forts (no space available), so we ended up fighting solo against a 6-guild alliance consisting of MalumFactum, Paradigm, KGB, Lethality, Volun, and Reapers. We were drastically outnumbered and it ended up being a 40-minute long defence war, after which Volun was fed the territory through a dice roll (from what …

“Platinum Ninja”, 1v1 Arena PvP video for Blade & Soul NA, Mushin server Recorded by Desiree, lvl 45 Blade Dancer Build: https://bnstree.com/BD Blade & Soul: http://www.bladeandsoul.com/en/ I was digging through my video recordings folder and found really old footage of me hitting Platinum for 1v1 arenas prior to the PvP season (aka right before arena got flooded with Destroyer/KFM bots). It’s not really impressive footage but figured I might as well upload it since I don’t have any other recordings of me PvPing in Blade & Soul. Plus I did promise myself to use “Ninja Re Bang Bang” in one …

Reddit post: DP Damage Reduction Scaling Calculations byu/Keripo inblackdesertonline Copy-paste archive: Spoiler for To accompany the previous [AP damage scaling calculations](https://www.reddit.com/r/blackdesertonline/comments/4iow0q/ap_damage_scaling_calculations/), I did some DP damage reduction scaling tests. This time, I used my lvl 55 witch at 110 AP against a lvl 52 warrior with 188 DP. Again, Multiple Magic Missiles was used and the hit counts factored into the calculations. I tested against 188/170/139/107/0 DP by having the test target warrior take off pieces of armour. Each set of trials was 50 tests. Unlike the AP calculations, the DP damage reduction calculations weren’t so conclusive. While damage reduction …

Reddit post: AP Damage Scaling Calculations byu/Keripo inblackdesertonline Copy-paste archive: Spoiler for **Edit:** I accidentally checked “Set intersect to 0” in the original graph, which forced the equation to go through (0,0). After unchecking this, the updated equation becomes “y = 0.561x + 0.6283”, which is likely inaccurate as it would mean a calculated positive damage at 0 AP (of course, in-game the damage may round up to 1, but that’d be due to a forced minimum damage rather than the scaling). This indicates either the data being drastically effected by a margin of error (due to small sample size) …

Mushin Tower Floor 7 (Junghado) for Blade & Soul NA, Mushin server Recorded by Desiree, lvl 45 Blade Dancer Build: https://bnstree.com/BD Blade & Soul: http://www.bladeandsoul.com/en/ Been running Mushin Tower repeatedly over the last few days for farming Warrior Tokens and decided to record a random Junghado run for a guildie. I like to play around with KDs and aerial combos more than necessary (PvP force of habit) so there’s definitely a lot of low-DPS periods and it’s definitely not the fastest you’ll see out there. I also realized that I haven’t actually recorded enough video footage for a proper opening, …

Force Archer arena PvP for Cabal 2 NA open beta, Pegasus server Recorded by Desiree, lvl 40 Force Archer Discussion: http://forum.cabal2.estgames.com/forum/cabal-ii-discussion/gameplay-discussion/192373 FA DPS Guide: http://forum.cabal2.estgames.com/forum/cabal-ii-discussion/class-discussion/force-archer/126396 Cabal 2: http://cabal2.estgames.com Was listening to Ben Gold’s “Where Life Takes Us” and thought that it might make for decent PvP video BGM, so I decided to throw together some random footage of Maelstrom Castle PvP and make a video out of them.With the current lvl 40 cap, Force Archers are pretty boring (no spike damage, only mediocre sustain) with the main utility being their sleeps (Paralyzing Arrow) and immobilize (Frost Bolt). We do decent …

First PvP Tournament for Cabal 2 NA open beta, Pegasus server Recorded by Desiree, lvl 40 Force Archer Discussion: http://forum.cabal2.estgames.com/forum/cabal-ii-discussion/gameplay-discussion/150661-video-cabal-2-first-pvp-tournament-na-open-beta Tournament: http://forum.cabal2.estgames.com/forum/cabal-ii-discussion/gameplay-discussion/112778-pvp-tournament Cabal 2: http://cabal2.estgames.com Here’s the video recording of Cabal 2 NA’s first open beta PvP tournament, organized by Shiory of [Onyx] and hosted by Desiree of [Last Resort]. Most of the footage has been sped up to 150-170% speed and trimmed down for time (especially the FS/PR fights). There was a total of 14 participants who showed up and a total of 16 duels. The tournament was single elimination, no items, self-buffs only. Battle Mode (BM) was allowed …

In Cabal 2, Force Archers fill in the role of a traditional ranged damage dealer class. The most important thing about being a damage dealer is our DPS, short for “Damage Per Second”. So what does that mean? Numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers! Desiree, my lvl 40 Force Archer with 1k+ attack on Cabal 2 (NA) Pegasus server The following is a detailed breakdown of each Force Archer skill, comparison of each skill in terms of DPS value, and suggested skill rotations to maximize your damage. Note that this guide does NOT go over which stats to choose and what equipment …

“The New Dawn” – ArcheAge castle siege video, Kyrios server. Recorded by Pantyhose, lvl 50 tank-spec Blighter Discussion: http://forums.archeagegame.com/showthread.php?171798 ArcheAge: http://www.trionworlds.com/archeage/en/ Kyrios (NA): http://forums.archeagegame.com/forumdisplay.php?56-Kyrios-%28NA%29 Castle siege by Gank Bus against The White Order for Marcala castle. I participated on my west alt, Pantyhose, along with numerous other members of the General Assembly alliance, while TWO’s side consisted of them and many borrowed members from Fairy Tale. The title of this video, “The New Dawn”, is a reference to the forum thread “A red sun sets in the west” written by Sorcerer outlining the near impossibility of winning an attack siege …