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Crimson Desert<\/p>\n
Pearl Abyss<\/p>\n
What, did you think we would go a week without a major Crimson Desert patch? Please. This is Pearl Abyss we\u2019re talking about. The developer has just announced <\/a>that a new patch is coming over the weekend, and a few things that it will include, namely:<\/p>\n New special mountsAn extraction feature that will allow you to recover materials from equipment refinementAnd more!<\/p>\n \u201cMore\u201d tends to be a lot more when we\u2019re talking about Crimson Desert, but these other two are solid in their own right. Crimson Desert has been adding multiple mounts past horses for a while now, extending to boars, wolves, polar bears and deer. Now, you might be able to imagine what else they might add to ride. I\u2019m thinking lions and tigers, but maybe even rhinos and elephants. They have also flat-out added new animals to the game, so who\u2019s to say there might now be something we can\u2019t even predict.<\/p>\n The refinement thing is more important than it may seem. One of the game\u2019s remaining issues is that it costs an annoying amount of resources to \u201ccommit\u201d to upgrading a piece of gear. Namely, six abyss skill points per item. That led me to play the game for 250 hours and still only max one single set for Kliff. Every new cool weapon or armor piece you find is essentially pointless, given the investment it would take to upgrade it, and the fact that the game doesn\u2019t have transmog (which honestly may even be more important to add, and fix a lot of problems).<\/p>\n Crimson Desert<\/p>\n Pearl Abyss<\/p>\n This new system would allow you to potentially not \u201cwaste\u201d materials on gear you no longer want or use. I don\u2019t know if it would mean getting those skill points back and not just the actual skins\/metals and such, but the skill points are really the only thing that matters, given how valuable they are. You can easily go farm more copper or goat skins. Skill points are a much more limited offering.<\/p>\n I am genuinely running out of things I\u2019d like Pearl Abyss to \u201cfix\u201d in the game, as they have addressed so, so many major problems with the game at this point. I think the answer here is that I simply want more content, but at that point, I\u2019m really just talking about DLC. I\u2019m certainly not opposed to more fun things like new armor, weapons, cosmetics and other features, of course (more photo mode options and transmog).<\/p>\n If you\u2019re wondering why there is no outright roadmap<\/a> for Crimson Desert, there was a great interview in The Washington Post from Gene Park<\/a> where that\u2019s addressed:<\/p>\n \u201cEverything, patch-wise, content-wise, has been iterated in real time based on feedback, based on response,\u201d Pearl Abyss PR and marketing director Will Powers said. \u201cIf you bake in a roadmap, you\u2019re presuming. We are not baking in presumptions around what the players want.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not onerous about, if an idea didn\u2019t come from us, then it can\u2019t be in the game,\u201d Powers explained. \u201cI think that\u2019s something that [other companies are] too ego-driven a lot of the time to be able to accept other people\u2019s ideas. It\u2019s almost Silicon Valley-esque. A good idea can come from anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n Pearl Abyss, using their own engine and working tirelessly, means that if fans want something, fans get it. Often within days or weeks, which is frankly almost entirely unique in this entire industry. Great stuff.<\/p>\n Follow me on Twitter<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>,<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series<\/a> and The Earthborn Trilogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n