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Can I play this game for PVE and not be impeded by PVP?

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I saw BDO's combat system in a Youtube video and found it very interesting. Digging into it more I realized that the game has PVP. In forum posts people talk about how they can be farming or riding a horse from point A to point B and some random person kills them. My question is, presently, is it possible to play BDO without dealing with PVP disruptions like the ones describes above. I don't want to have to keep looking over my shoulder all the time.

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Pretty much 99% of what I've done in the game has been PvE only.. I mostly play the boats these days :D
Do what you want the way you want :)

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Yes. U can literally just stay out of any pvp and grind ur circles

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You would be in a much worse scenario if you were looking to avoid pve and partake only in pvp.

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There is no PvP in the game don't worry

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There’s basically no pvp unless you actively look for it. 

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No worries theres no more pvp 🤩

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What pvp?

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I grind specifically on the “arsha-PvP” server where PvP is free without limit or penalty of any kind, and have only experienced 4 PvP encounters in all of 2024. If you grind on a normal server where pvpers lose karma you hen they fight you, you’ll be even less likely to experience PvP.

Now, it is always possible that another player who really really really wants to, can find a way to impede you. So if the chance of that being above zero is a deal breaker, then so it is. But it is low and far more rare than ever. And if you do experience unwanted player attention just swap server and move on with your day, it is extremely fast and convenient to do so and if a player follows you across servers that is potentially harassment anyway.

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There’s barely any of that and several ways to avoid even the slightest chance of pvp. It’s not an absolute 0 chance but it’s very low. In every mmo there will always be 1 person who is dedicated to finding a way to grief, pvp or not, so there’s no way to declare the game pvp free.

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This game feels like a pve game with pvp events, so yes