for relaxing you still can play the game, thats it. getting gear is very ez nowadays.

pvp content overall is dead in the game but you can still do rbf with some shitty trial char since all players left in this game are utter garbage whales. or exploiter. doesn't matter you still kill them if you are decent in playing games.

If i were you, probably not

Nodewar and pvp is back to dead. This whole year there was only few weeks where the siege and nodewar got revived and now its back to whale and pilot users just dominating castle and whole region with nobody fighting. And yes, inflation is getting insane. Lifeskilling is dead.

If you want to try going back, season is your best bet but stay there. Once u leave season, pvp content is just dead atm

Most active player are right now taking a break from bdo because how neglected its been. Maybe people will come back for class rework but until PA adds actual endgame content, the hype of rework would only last few weeks

Well the reworks are disaster, so that will change nothing. PA showed how little the care about the balance with the reworks that literately not fixed any issue, and left underperforming classes weak, and buffed already overperforming ones even more. They don't give af.

No wonder why lot of players only use bdo as a Lost Ark waiting room atm. There is no reason to invest into bdo, PA won't invest into it either...

Simple Answer: No.

Better Answer: BDO is not like BDO in the past.  Now unless you have over 700 GS, you can forget flagging up or PVPing.  If it even happens lol.  Most ppl don't even PVP anymore since it generates 0 silver per hour.

Best Answer:  Try BDO mobile instead.  You can use Bluestacks to play it on PC if you dont have a good phone.  Still better to play it on your phone thou.  Or any other MMOs lol.  

YES!YES!YES!
THIS GAME IS THE BEST MMORPG FOR NOW AND I GUESS IT WILL FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS! (for me ofcorse and let me tell you why)

They aways give free stuff that help you kach up!
You can do so much in this game!!!!
Ofcorse if you dont swipe it will be hard to be competative (like all other mmo's but this one dosent kill you only cuts you a bit and you can heal in time) but you will still have fun if you put alot of time for pvp gear
If you are smart or at least have a normal thinking when you get sick of the rng or get pissed just stop for a time find somthing else to do and wait for an event that will boost you or a new class taht you can have some fun with (just lvl and chill and learn the mechanics etc)
I do this i stick around and after a while when i get angry (because i dont put in work to do the same grind for days munths) i leave the game and find somthing else to do and since i started i aways come back AWAYS!!!
For me i think that i can call this game an mmorpg home 
Now that there is clowd gaming i am even more in love bacuse i can play on max settings and enjoy the MOST BEAUTIFUL MMORPG (for me ofcorse) 
I cant blame the game for the fact that i dont do my combos right or my gear is weak i know that this takes time or a glitch in the system (ehehehe) so i am enjoyng the game as much as i can!

REMEMBER THAT A GAME IS MENT TO MAKE YOU RELAX HAVE FUN MEET NEW PEOPLE COMPEET WITH THEM BUT STILL RESPECT THEM (trollthem but dont bully them) :)

Is it "worth"?  Not really sure how to answer this.  For me, it is because gearing up is rewarding for me.  Feels good making gains.  And I love the combat, especially playing Sorc because she just feels so good to play.  I took a break for a couple of weeks recently and when I came back, I remember the feeling of relief, like, yup, this is home.  But IDK how to really answer for you, since this game is pretty niche.

They are doing class reworks and adding a new region in the coming months.  New region looks gorgeous.  But aside from new grind zones and a new helmet, that's pretty much it.  Does look gorgeous, though, if you're into the aesthetic.

I'd say it's worth if you like a grind game.  For PvP, T1 and T2 nodes are capped and siege in some regions.  So you can enjoy capped gear PvP there.  They're also adding ranked PvP arena and a new RBF map, like you mentioned.  Open world, Seasons will probably be your best bet if you couldn't scratch your friend.  End of the day, BDO is a grinder game, though.  So if you aren't into that, then Season might be your best bet for quick doses of dopamine and equalized gear OWPvP.

no

Short answer : NO

Depends on what type of player you are:

PVP Tryhard: From what I heard probably not :D

Anything else from casual grinder / PVP / explorer / etc

ABSOLUTELY!!

Playing this game for 1 1/2 Years nonstop, I find every day something that makes the game worth it to me.

Just don't get tilted and you will have fun ;)

And always remember: Only boring people get bored!

EDIT: And try to stay away from this forum. 80% of the people here are tilted crybabies, they just try to demotivate you ;)