Ill start off by saying GREAT JOB and THANK YOU! The Beta was amazing!

I played BDO briefly when it launched on PC. I liked it but was more into EVE so i didn't actually play it regularly. Over time i have always wanted to go back but i console game now. Fast forward to this year with the release of console gameplay my group of friends of 5 years were extremely hyped. We decided to pick up Tera to feed our BDO hunger. It was short lived after hitting max level and finding the game to be a Korean WoW clone much like every MMO. When we hopped into the Beta it was uncomparable to Tera. Everything about the game was just insane, down to the pointless small details. The game felt new in the term of mmos, not a WoW clone or the holy trinity of mmos, completely original.

Even though it was a Beta we could not put it down. I test a TON of games on console, pre alphas, betas, closed and open. The keyword here is "test". This felt like a full game even though it was restricted content and wipes. Hell the servers didn't even crash. I was also surprised at the shear lack of FPS drop in 20-200 player combat on an Xbox One S. Overall a solid game.

The combat is a bit difficult as you take a button combo approach but it is easily learned. Character Creation, Combat, PvP, PvE, Mini Games and everything in between all are amazing with varying learning curves.

I rate the the beta an honet 9/10, that last point is reserved for a few key small improvements, those are as followed.

- UI Customization such as disabling key components, scaling and placement.

- An Increase to how far you can Zoom Out. Heavily needed.

- Implementing a bit more hotbar/quick use besides dpad tap. It only provides 4 things hotkeyed. Using a radial for skills can be a bit problematic. A simple solution would be to tap for quick use on the 4 dpad face buttons, hold for radial (2 seconds) and tap Y to switch to an entire new radial preset. Though this should be done in a way that each preset is created. If i want two presets for a total of 8 quick press of skills, pots etc i should be able to do so. But if Johny over there needs four presets for a total of 16 quick use then he should be able to do so cycling in a linear fashion through each preset radial menu.

- A better camera snap. The camera snap with the joystick was the worst. It was disabled thank god. DO NOT BRING that back. Instead use a soft lock on. For example you can "Tag" a target.. The tag could be as simple as holing the focus click to tag and hold again to turn it of or tag something else. Once you tag say Johny who you are tryin to gank, every time you click in your joystick to focus him it will only snap to him. So if he is in front of you and teleports behnd you, you'll be able to snap your camera behind you even if there is something else present only focusing on Johny. I guess it is a sort of a soft lock on function.

As for bugs...

Witch & Wizard have stupidly white faces if you barely zoom out.

That about covers it.

Thank you and i hope to hear about the release date and pricing soon. TBH if it came out tomorrow and was a standard $60 i would be sad because i am broke until i get payed lol.

As for the release date do talk it out. No way in hell you can get all the quests and bugs fixed 100%. We as a community will have to help you with that and will gladly do so.

Again Thank you!

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A quick 180 turn button to make back attacks easier is my only complaint.

I agree with out on most of your outputs. Thankfully they are all pretty minor. My biggest issue is really the quickslot. Why should I have to sacrifice an entire ring for one quickslot? How did that ever make it through internal testing. I wasnt having any issues targeting enemies. I had to spend a bit of time adjusting sensitivities on the camera. Playing a warrior, being able to whip out a 360 in a 1/4 of a second wasnt panning out to well. Slowed it down and it was very enjoyable, but a soft lock as you mentioned could help ease the flow of combat. I was personally a little dissapointed with the fishing, After just playing red dead 2, probably a little spoiled I suppose. I fully imagine that we are getting customizable uis. If I want to have nothing my screen to increase immersion, that needs to be a choice. Same as chaning the opacity and size of certain boxes.

Very interested in seeing a release date with the pricing structure. As it seems on pc there is different tiers with different in game rewards.

Im toally hooked and this game can't release soon enough!