Last year the Heidel ball arrived at the beginning of July
This year it will probably be at the same time +/-
Do you have any specific expectations from Pearl Abyss for BDO?
This end of the year there will be several mmos that will be released, what kind of content (or others) could make you stay on BDO?

One thing : Donkuanatt/Donkey buff

elin/shai dance

wosa and maegu awakening

it is more what other mmorpg offer to convince me to leave black desert

the minimum for me it is chatgpt or deep fake in those mmorpg, else it is just another boring mmorpg like new world 

Personally expect a few things.

#1 

Lightstone, expecting to see a minor update of new and stronger combinations as well as a few artifacts.(there going to use this as well as gems to help balance the damage in game)

#2

RBF I am expecting to see a monetary change and benefits to one of the few remaining PVP modes.

#3  T10 doom

#4

My guess is the next class will be announced do to meagu and woosa being last year's development if not that would make this a full year with no classes made. 

We are looking at a irresponsible time frame of class addition of 7 to 8 months now both of these classes are not even 50% complete.( meagu awakening will be announced around time woosa awakening comes out)

#5 Since it was announced that Crimson Desert is finally going live around Xmas this year. There will be a return some personal to finish the last phase of BDO there is one more area yet to come North of Valencia this is were the Fallen God shoes will come from. (This may or may not be announced)

#6 Since crimson was announced winter of 2023 there will be additional resources placed on BDO in an attempt to make sure players have a choice and multiple viable options in continued game play.

This Heidel ball will prob be one of the last with major game updates I fully expect that after a few more new characters and last expansion this will probably be End run for BDO development. 

I mean we will prob get changes in NW system and pvp balances then the odd new content like RBF and such but after 7-10 years my guess is they will wind down new content.

I want a reassurance from PA that BDO has a long life planned ahead for it, that they plan to continue supporting it with rich content and will continue to polish and sustain it for many years to come.
To me, Chrono Odyssey, Throne and Liberty and others seem like games BDO might have to compete with soon.
I'm very interested in Chrono Odyssey myself and I don't know if I'll remain playing BDO while being very hooked to some other MMO at the same time, which worries me when I consider investing more money and time into BDO.

BDO can have a longer lifespan than some expect with the right amount of effort. WoW, FFXIV and other MMORPG have been around for much longer and still receive a considerably large amount of new content, even FFXIV has a graphics revamp coming with the next expansion.

Aside from that, I personally want to see easier to access and better rewarding group content I can enjoy with other players. It's the reason why I still hop on WoW/FFXIV from time to time whenever I miss it as I really enjoy how I can just log on to one of them, queue as a single player or with a group of friends and start a dungeon, raid, battleground or arena with a group of players. This experience is what I miss in BDO regardless of what I like about the game.

How about roadmap, so we can see what's coming up and keep tract on it ? /s

Yes please, more transparency on the roadmap, to keep us hyped up.

Last time they did a roadmap, none of it worked out, some still hasnt been implemented. I believe they explicitly stated they wanted to move away from roadmaps and rather introduce their current "concepts" or already finished content in order to not lead to as much dissapointment