There is really no point at this time to look for balance. Every time some sort of balance is getting closer to be achieved, pearl abyss creates another spec to screw things up from gear brackets to succession. It's exhausting especially when you have 20+ classes. So balance won't happen with newer and more OP classes popping out of the wood works. What's next after succession?

The best way to deal with OP classes is to just join them. Once pearl abyss sees that only six classes are being utilized in wars, they might move their butts to change things.

Simply put this game PVP is dying fast because it ruled mostly by 5 classes witch, wizard, Ninja, guardian, and valk. 2 of these five classes are completely OP in ways that make zero sense with having the highest DPS in the game, the most and biggest AOE skills, the most protected skills in the game, the strongest utility in the game, the most CCs that are also completely protected, and if you play succ versions of them they have some of the best most protected movement in the game. The only counter to these 2 OP classes that we all know to be witch, and wizard is and equally broken mechanic called grab which the only counter to grab is stacking grapple resistance and praying to RNG that you resist the grab.

What left when the PVP scene completely dies is PVE but with Crimson Desert coming out this year which will be similar to BDO in design (sense it made by the same company) most of the people that enjoy BDO's PVE will flock over to that game than anyone who remains cause they feel invested will slowly trickly over to crimson dersert do too a dropping # in players on BDO.

Simply put if PA doesn't nerf the two OP classes in this game this year this game will die. But sense PA response on balancing this game in 2018 when they were laughed out of E-sports for think BDO was a balanced game was "We are aware that BDO isn't a balanced game and that some cwqfo upgrade.

Simply put this game PVP is dying fast because it ruled mostly by 5 classes witch, wizard, Ninja, guardian, and valk. 2 of these five classes are completely OP in ways that make zero sense with having the highest DPS in the game, the most and biggest AOE skills, the most protected skills in the game, the strongest utility in the game, the most CCs that are also completely protected, and if you play succ versions of them they have some of the best most protected movement in the game. The only counter to these 2 OP classes that we all know to be witch, and wizard is and equally broken mechanic called grab which the only counter to grab is stacking grapple resistance and praying to RNG that you resist the grab.

What left when the PVP scene completely dies is PVE but with Crimson Desert coming out this year which will be similar to BDO in design (sense it made by the same company) most of the people that enjoy BDO's PVE will flock over to that game than anyone who remains cause they feel invested will slowly trickly over to crimson dersert do too a dropping # in players on BDO.

Simply put if PA doesn't nerf the two OP classes in this game this year this game will die. But sense PA response on balancing this game in 2018 when they were laughed out of E-sports for think BDO was a balanced game was "We are aware that BDO isn't a balanced game and that some classes preform far better than others on multiple levels and in more scenarios. However, we have no interest at this time in balancing the game cause we are currently hard at work developing future content." (AKA making new classes to promote inventory slot sales and other character bound only items.) An that has been their stance on balancing this game since 2018 to now I can't see them fixing the issues pledging the PVP community anytime this year.

So when Crimson Desert comes out with a better more refined and improved PVE systems to BDO's I can't see this game surviving this year unless they some how completely fuck up Crimson Desert and it dead on arrival. But, hey maybe their plan is to kill BDO to make room for Crimson Desert, tbh I wouldn't be surprised sales for BDO cash shop have greatly decreased sense whales are now sitting at full PEN with nothing else to upgrade.

I mean we need balance right now man. Witchards wall of AOE Damage Makes it so melee cant even engage most of the time. You look at classes like musa and mehwa, any melee class without a way to sprint fast in or  warp in and you will see the trend is you spend most of your time going around the big push just to be relevant. Zerker in particular without  his cannon buff is a walking meme because he cant do anything. I feel bad for melee Im luckily hybrid but I see the shit they are dealing with and its just stupid. Casters break the PVP scene as it is right now. to much huge DAMAGE aoe CC and the more there are the worse it is. Wouldnt it be great if tanks were the ones starting fights and not witchards with full protected skills going balls to the wall in whenever they want and witchards instead needed to wait for the right oportunity and positioning to go in and get off thier damage and then warp out? remove there super armors all together but lower thier cast times significantly so they do not engage unless the time is right because they are squishy. Adds risk and reward not just face roll and get out for free unless grabbed.......  in order for this to work though CCs on the class would need to be adjusted so they cant warp in and CC 10+ people with no risk because of the fasting casting.

Also to the Witchards this is a PVE grind buff because they can cast faster your welcome.........

Thats the game I want to play I dont know about you. This would also allow for some grab nerfs.

They also bitch about grabs but they are the reason they need to exist as they are in the first place its the only way to counter them.........

Heres what would happen with this change:

archer/ranger = kill witchards when they warp /  put preasure on  frontline defenses

Tanks = Start the fight and try and hold the line in doing so   ( zerker gets buffed up to be a tank and not just some cannon buff ( cannon buff gets nerfed) )

Assassins = Kill backline

Casters = Go in  and nuke frontline when opportunities present themselves / Heal team

Shai = Buff and heals bongos you no your job I dont need to tell you :D

NOW THAT IS BALANCED GAMEPLAY