I haven't posted much but have been reading this forum regularly since I started playing ROM a few months ago. I really -REALLY- wanted to try Black Desert Online because of the character design and graphics, is just amazing, but I took a few days to read through the US user forums and all I can say is

Almost everyone was so negative and spiteful and just complained bitterly about EVERYTHING and EVERYONE.
RoM has a great community. I have only partied a couple of times and am still pretty low in level, but everyone has always been kind and respectful, and this forum is so helpful. I don't know why anyone would put this much time into a game that didn't have that kind of community.
RoM has been nothing but great for me so far!