How fast & twitchy is the combat?

MightyUnclean

How's the combat in Black Desert?  Do you have to constantly block and dodge attacks?  I'm a slow, old man, I can only do so much at one time! 

stayontarget

best way to see if its for you is to watch a few english streamers on twitch like:

Herr Ronin or TalkingMustache, ChrisRobbins is also good.

nonthal

I have found my reflexes to be slowing as well as of late, but I was able to play Black Desert just find during the first Closed Beta. It definitely kept me on my toes a bit more than I am used to, but it was definitely doable.

bcbully

Well to be honest on the pve side. It's not that twitchy. There are a lot of different key combination that can be used to activate skills on you action bar which is really nice and different. Unfortunately there is no block button. There are multiple dodges though, well different degrees of dodges. 

I haven't pvp'd yet but from what I can tell pvp may be quite a bit more twitchy in and around skill cap. The way combat flows I get the impression that each player will have their own style within each class organically. What I mean by that is my flow will be different from you and his will be different from ours. 

MightyUnclean

OK, thanks!  I think I'll give it a try.  I'm mostly a PvE player.  The character creation looks impressive!

MightyUnclean

Is there a particular class that tends to be less twitchy and requires less dodging?

Allein

MightyUnclean said:

Is there a particular class that tends to be less twitchy and requires less dodging?

Wizard/Witch, Valkyrie, Beserker, and I guess Warrior (least experience) are probably the least "twitchy" but all classes require active play and moving around.

However, depending if you use the default combo system or macros (hotkeys), the "twitch" element comes from having to hit multiple keys at once to activate skills. Doesn't need to be extremely fast for some, but a lot different then just hitting 1 2 3 4 or clicking.

Ex: A + Shift, Left Click + Q, Space + Shift into W + Right Click into Left Click + Right Click.

My fingers are feeling their age, but it's still probably the most fun I've had with active/action type combat in a mmo.

Allein

bcbully said:

Unfortunately there is no block button. 

Tell that to the Valkyrie. Q = Laugh at damage.

But ya, overall mitigation is handled differently for each class.

MightyUnclean

So you can macro your way through to avoid having to hit combos manually?

Allein

MightyUnclean said:

So you can macro your way through to avoid having to hit combos manually?

If you have a mouse/keyboard to do so or use whatever in-game options, macros are possible to a point. Haven't played around with them myself as I want to learn it the old fashioned way first.

However, many skills benefit from canceling animations to maximize DPS and reaction time, so depending fully on Macros might cause issues, especially in PVP and more difficult groups of mobs. To me it sounds like less control to fully depend on them.

I'll likely end up binding some of my mice buttons to combos that make my hands uncomfortable or that I screw up on often and use them along with standard button pressing.