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Amazon and Smilegate RPG Will Revise Lost Ark Content Roadmap to Better Reflect and Support Progress
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Amazon and Smilegate RPG Will Revise Lost Ark Content Roadmap to Better Reflect and Support Progression | MMORPG.com
Smilegate RPG and Amazon Games released a joint community update addressing Lost Ark progression, lessons from the Western launch so far, and plans for a revised content roadmap.
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This is literally the first game where I need to make alts in order to "boost up" my main in this manner. And not 1 alt , but .. all of them!
I'm still kinda playing it, but man .. all I do is : Chaos Dungeon x8 ( 3 alts ), Guardian Bosses, and that's almost it. This..rotation sucks.
Since I got in T3, I've never left "Lai Lai" Island. All I do with my main is sit there and spam Chaos and Guardian Bosses. The world is big, the Sea is amazing, yet .. there is no content there to be done.
Oh well. I'm interested in Lancer but .. at this point the game is meh for me.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
yeah there's no 302(or 320) wall. But there is a boring daily grind to boost ilevel.
Look into honing - there is an ingame guide to get above 302
Except no one actually said you "need" to make alts to rush. This is the most common misconception the game has. Who is forcing you to go to T3 ASAP? It'd be yourself.
People will always find a reason to complain, but there are the occasional people who are willing to put their energy into finding something to do instead, such as the occasional person loving the game for lore reasons, soaking up exploring the world and doing sub quests. Or those mokoko seed hunters.
Almost all end-game in any game is the same repetitive dungeon crawl. It's just a matter of whether that crawl has any "sense of progression" in mob/boss killing efficiency.
The problem is how do we do repetitive end game content. Sitting in the "town" since 1 week ago in T3 and all I do is 2 things, chaos and bosses which are not even hard, is brainless grind.
And on top of that, you do the above for ...30% then 15% chance ( boosted to an additional max 20% with other mats ) to add 1 to your weapon/armors. That's it.
I mean the game is not that bad , but in the long run I'm not seeing it shine or hold interest for many gamers. It's a game where you come back for each major update, play it for few weeks, and then pause it until the next major update arrive. Nothing wrong with that, is just I was...expecting more!
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
Unfortunately, many korean games have a similar progression system with alt play boosting progression (BDO, Archeage, Blade and Soul are some I can think of). These are really just those types of games you really have to like whatever 2-3 things you're playing since you'll probably be playing them the most if you want to do other things in the long run. Pretty much why I'm waiting on summoner and that cardmage until I try to get into the game a bit more.
I may stick it out through the event to grab mats in case I return.
I definitely feel the tedium. It's mostly when I don't have enough time. I sometimes wish I didn't feel like I would fall behind if I skipped daily chaos or guardian raids. I have a lot of fun just exploring islands when I have enough time after all the 'chores'.
and most of you all will be , or already have been filtered. like how everyone quit because they couldnt do basic mechanics for guardian raids
personally the only thing giving me burn out for this game is amazon's incompetence. its like the third patch now, and the timers are all still broken due to DST. its still not fixed. Its been like 4 days and they can't even fix the fucking clock in the game right now. forget everything else, the entire game revolves around events based on the clock times. They didn't even test it again, because even the thing they gave compensation for, is still not fixed, the racing minigame.
its very draining ,
At some point, you will grind 1 week to be able to afford a +1 to weapon or armor. +1 with a big chance of failing of course..unless you P2W.
What we had until 1325 it's .. NOTHING, lol.
And don't forget about alts. You will want them in T2 and then T3. Its a bit easier vs your main in T1/T2, but still a brainless grind, doing the same chaos dungeons and bosses and nothing else.
I think i'll go back to TBC. I kinda regret "leaving" it ..
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
Most of the world, and even some of North America doesn't use daylight savings time, so getting timers to work for the few areas that do, while still not screwing things of for the most of the world that doesn't, for a timers system that wasn't designed for such things is going to be more hassle than you seem to think.
Honestly, I wish DST would just get thrown in the trash where it belongs. The idea of it was to give farmers more daylight time to work in, back when that was a relevant need, which it certainly isn't anymore, so all it is now, is a pointless hassle.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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From 1.3m players to 500k.
This is a faster drop than New World that lost 99% of it's player base from 1.1m to 2k (LOL)
People fell for the twitch advertising scam, amazon owns Lost Ark and Twitch so pumped it with free ads/drops.
People also fail to realize that this game has been out for 5 years in Korea and 2 years in Russia, when we told you it was pay 2 win, we know what we are talking about.
I can make a new account, and with $2k reach ilvl 1376 in a single day, how long have you all been playing?
Archeage EU - Nui
So what exactly are you winning for spending $2k and reaching 1376 in a day? Other than losing $2k to inflate your ego?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WinStupidPrizes?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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