I think it has ruined the game when they started making free/easy pen gear/acc it only moves the goal post further out to catch up with the well geared players........ 2 years I was all Tet and way behind softcap. Before this easy pen was added, i was 1/3 pen with 2 tet blackstars and veils. now I am even further behind softcap because softcap is going faster with each give away............  essentially every free/easy  gear welfare program devalues gear and i get further behind. I had to leave when i realized I have hit a wall yet BDO is trying trick me into thinking if i get some minor gear score improvement i have advanced but i know i have moved further away from the avg requirements needed to join a good pvp guild.

Another factor that is leading me quiting is bdo has lost all horizontal progression since the game is now just grind grind for vertical progression. The game used to have crafting as an alternatitive if u dont want to grind in an easy circle for multiple hours per day. Other than couple of 200m daily imperial cooking there is no money crafting any more grinding just makes so more crafting is not viable anymore. Any way i had to leave ............. BDO is too much of financial and time investment if you are not enjoying it.

This whole post sounds like a whiny first born child who's upset that the younger siblimg doesn't get spanked as hard.

Do you need some cheese and bread to go with all that wine ?

Reipunzel,

Your document keeps saying "1st" weapon or armor for 2nd, 3rd, 4th.

Such as this:

As this is your 1st Armor, the Oquilla Earth Crystal will cost you 11 billion silver.

You may want to edit and proofread for other minor issues.

Overall, great gue!

I do agree, though, that first two weapons and first 2 armors are the only ones really worth doing, so far, at least.

Now we just need PEN blackstar to be earnable over RNG/Cashshop.

Thank you so much! I just came back to the game and it helped me alot!

The system is exactly how u would like it to be, they are free tet boss gear (basically free since it takes like 1-2 days for a veteran and 1-2 weeks for a fresh new player to get a full pen tuvala set, which can be converted to the tet pieces required for the upgrade).
The most expensive pieces are roughly the same price as the market (maybe 1bil more expensive), and that is because Pen gear is not available always on the market on all servers, there are other servers other then NA/EU.

For the enhancing is always faster to enhance urself... but that depends on ur playtime, understanding of enhancing system and luck... this "free pen" system can be completed by a completely casual player in a few months and be systematically at "endgame-ish" gear. Takes 3 months to get full pen gear and 1 pen accesory, 1 tet accesory from season, u still have to get the other pieces.... this kind of progress used to take years upon years before.

The problem is not that u dont understand, since thats fine, not everyone has the IQ required to comprehend the information, despite it being fairly simple to understand.  We should never stupid shame someone, since its not their fault. The problem is that you think u do understand and then u start spreading missinformation, and like-minded people with similar IQ might end up believing u, which in term slows all of ur progression and probably creates a "disapointment" sentiment towards this system, which btw is an excellent system to help newbies catch up and give them a decent footing to start endgame-ish activities.