Lost Ark has posted a long article providing some transparency on the lack of honing materials, the rushed Argos update, and pay 2 win rumors. This should be the level of communication going forward.
Source: https://forums.playlostark.com/t/amazon-games-smilegate-rpg-message-from-the-team/271878
Timestamps:
Intro 00:00
Purpose of Tiers 00:53
Argos Fiasco 02:54
Western Players Data 04:45
Tier 3 Delayed 05:54
New Classes and Skins 07:22
Increases to Honing Materials 07:33
Gift Pack Incoming 08:50
Wrap Up 09:37
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Very very true. I’ve no lifed this game since early access, roughly 500 hours, and can attest to the ilvl difficulty. Still sitting at 1360 and have even bought out Mari’s (converting to crystals FYI, F2P) and even played the market to buy mats here and there and I’d guess I’m still minimum of one full week away from 1370 if I push really hard. I can’t imagine others that don’t have the resources to push.
what they need to do is get rid of the gatcha upgrading mechanic
That apology chest they're sending out next week has a lot of good stuff, but what about the honing mats people lost due to constant failures trying to upgrade? I quit for that reason. My main is at 560 ilv, I chose to sit there an d gather honing mats for the next push. When I had 6k mats in all mats needed to hone I tried honing/upgrading. Cause what failure after failure and every thing towards honing mats gone. Them just adding new ways to get the mats to upgrade and not doing anything else for thepeople or that system is a slap in the face.
I'm at 1086 and my weapon has failed the last 4 upgrades 😅 armor upgrades don't seem to hurt nearly as bad as a weapon failure
I played 50 hours and got so bored that I can't keep it up anymore. I feel I've wasted my time. Seems like the whole tier 1 and 2 are made to waste your time on purpose until you get to the actual fun part (that I'll probably never get to see).
I hope they fix the silly limits on knowledge transfer. I want to try out more alts and get more mats (i hate the horizontal islands/seeds/etc) and find I’m thinking about uninstalling having to run half of my characters through the walking/whack-a-mole clicking to get past the story lines again. Remove the limits on knowledge transfers.
is it on monday we get the stuff?
I personally don't play many MMOs have been told in the past I play them the wrong way. Since I love questing and collectibles along with the many solo activities you can do in the game. I personally don't have any desire to get to tier 3 I would rather have more story content. I'm enjoying the story I've put in 130+ hours into the game I'm still 302. Just barely made it past vern and on to the next area. I enjoy one shot kills and fighting bosses by myself.
Can't beat the guardian raid 302 yet so I'm going to go back and do it when I get up to 350 or 400 just so I can beat it quick. I know the resources at my level will be pointless but again I just want to quest. I do really enjoy the rapport in the game and learning more about the characters. So yea im probably not the ideal MMO player but I'm enjoying the game maybe one day in 3-5 years ill be over 1000 lol.
KR version has 100% honing rates on T1 and T2. Any data they have is wrong or outdated.
You should enjoy game and stop listening youtubers and rushing to T3 like sheep's XD Im 1090 and enjoying game then I see player 1360 with roster lv54 and i have already 76 imao dunno what you want to do in T3 crying about no content ? then dont rush and do Islands enjoy story and game ( 80% players dont even know what si stagger mechanic so sad
Question…that gameplay is recorded from a 60fps or higher ??
too soon. Cut the crap amazon lol this was to force free players out and keep the whales you don't want free plebs playing your game you only want whales mistake lol every western mmo does this and says the same apology.
Game clearly Payto Win!
I wont return until they remove p2w. (never happening) Its really dumb and there are better games to play anyway. This mmo had the best chance to succeed i have seen in 5 years, well greed wins again.
that gameplay in the background hurt to watch
I've been stuck at 1080 for a few days and getting burned out. Feels so bad to fail honing again & again.
Idk why they are adding end game bosses this early, I mean there's still dozons of small features that the kr version has that the na doesn't.
The major problem is player base. 90% dont even know what they want from game and what mmorpg is. Its meant to play, experience the game, world, story. What majority is doing now in any mmo is rush, burn out, cry how there isnt any content. Pure and simple idiots imo… go play moba and battle royal games. LA made good story a lot of side content, cutscene…. and all im hearing from every1 is crying how they cant reach t3+ in 2 weeks…
If you think 1370 is a grind try getting 99 runecrafting in old-school runescape lol.
I still have nightmares.
That being said, this game really is phenomenal and I hope they really tighten their ties with the western community and listen to feedback.
I truly hope those cosmetics are sellable, looking at what we are getting I am not interested in any of it, but damn would be very interested in the gold they could conceivably generate.
Amazon Games is the worst, they just wanted to get more money out of this ridiculous upgrade system, its all on purpose, dont feed the trolls! worst publisher ever! Never again, a AGS game! Never again, a AGS game! Never again, a AGS game! Never again, a AGS game!
Just stop making every single item bound to my character, i have a shit ton of tier 1 and 2 items that i can't give to my alt, so frustrating.