"Assist" – Black Desert Online [Ninja PvP]

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." - Michael Jordan


You know, I never really understood why people worried about "kill stealing" to the point that they feel they need to apologize for it. I mean sure, it's nice to have the kill pop up on your screen and be credited under your name and all, but what really matters is that you won the fight, isn't it? Wouldn't you rather ensure the kill is secured, as opposed to risking that the enemy somehow survives?

Maybe I'm biased by my experience from back on Perfect World. It was very much a game where if you wanted to kill anyone - even in small scale PvP - you and your teammates all had to focus on the same target to deal damage fast enough. "Assist Attacking" is what we called it. It was less of a nice-to-have, and more of a needed-to-win. Attacking together was skill expression in and of itself. So no one really cared about "kill stealing" or their KDR. If anything, you would've wanted to apologize for not "kill stealing".

I guess BDO is different though. Shotcalls and assists are undeniably crucial in large scale, yet in small scale skirmishes it doesn't feel quite the same. Here, we have a meta where people can die quickly to any solo player, we don't have any indication of target selection, and fights are a lot faster and more chaotic. Often times, we have to take advantage of opportunities as they happen on the fly, instead of planning them out. It was very dissimilar to Perfect World's much more methodical shotcalls where we knew exactly who were were going to target, what we were going to hit them with, and when all of that is going to happen. And so for the longest time, we struggled with our Ninja & Ranger composition on BDO which used to work so well back on Perfect World. Eventually exhausting all ideas, group PvP simply became solo play for me, and the rest became the video "Alone."

Yet, despite Ninja being a solo class conceptually, I didn't roll Ninja to play by myself. My friends were the reason I even started playing BDO in the first place, and they are the reason I continue to play today. With recent events in "Rekindling", maybe there is hope for us to find our synergy again. Maybe, it will turn out different from before. Maybe this time, we'll be okay.

Until then, I hope you enjoy the video!


PS: There have been some requests for me to duel yELo. The full duel session is available on my secondary channel, No Luck All Skillz:    • CollegeTuition vs YELo_PK (Awakening ...  


Music:
Kat Krazy feat. elkka - Siren (Extended Mix)

Character:
CollegeTuition - Lv. 62 Ninja - Family AllLuckNoSkill

Gear:
https://imgur.com/r8ZFlrW
606 GS
281 AP / 281 AAP / 325 DP