Ah, I played Black Desert Online for a fair while before I decided I needed another MMO break. Partial to Barbarian myself.

Yes, there is PVP but it is level gated and honestly not as daunting as it sounds. We had several people in our group who were afraid of PVP as a concept (and I mean afraid), and they still got along fine with some tweaked farm routes. Two played Shai in fact. 

Lots of trading/side nonsense to spend your time on.

Best part of the game is the character creator IMO. I used to make some real nasty looking abominations.


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There was Napalm Man.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/7iRerli.png[/img]
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Heat Man.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/UnRFM9F.png[/img]

Kendo Man.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/XGQLND1.png[/img]

And of course, Shade Man.

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Good times were had by all.