I was alittle worried that it would be a waste on 100 dollars to buy a external ssd for this game. Which is really the only reason I have a xbox, well and stellaris. I didnt record times, but it is easy to notice the load time different in bdo. It is almost instant from after you log in to your character select which before it took like 10 seconds. Then to log into the game use to take awhile, some times it's so fast the load bar doesnt even move 1/4 into the screen before it's in game.

What is really helpful is switching servers, the time to switch is lessened alot.

For me the ssd was 100 percent worth it for black desert. Thought i would share, if any one was on the fence like I was.