Mist
REEEEeyore
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That game sucks now too.
I think I'm just allergic to the trashy UIs in these asian games.
Lost Ark Online
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I think I'm just allergic to the trashy UIs in these asian games.
I can see both points of view on this game. I can see why some love it, and can understand some disliking it.
For me, the viewpoint has really been synonymous with arpg. Which usually meant very fast movement speed and AoE as fast as possible. Here I am having to adjust to the slower movement. Also not used to having 8 skills + other hotkeys in arpg either.
I really like the diversity of the classes. Combat looks incredible. On the flip side, the first few zones dont showcase much of that at all, as it is mostly walking and talking and killing maybe 1 or 2 packs of mobs and repeat...so I can see those peoples point of view as well.
For me, the viewpoint has really been synonymous with arpg. Which usually meant very fast movement speed and AoE as fast as possible. Here I am having to adjust to the slower movement. Also not used to having 8 skills + other hotkeys in arpg either.
I really like the diversity of the classes. Combat looks incredible. On the flip side, the first few zones dont showcase much of that at all, as it is mostly walking and talking and killing maybe 1 or 2 packs of mobs and repeat...so I can see those peoples point of view as well.
Daidraco
Avatar of War Slayer
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I didnt think it started giving a hint of identity as a game until around 18. Like you said, everything in the beginning is just.. "blah" for lack of a better term. Then by 42, combat felt glorious and you start to realize just how little of the world you've explored. When you realize zones just keep going and going and going and at lvl 50 you've only cleared like 3-4 portions of continents? Massive game, well polished, beautiful game. Never mind some of the awesome/flashy dungeons that put Diablo to shame or the fact that they literally robbed LittleBigPlanet from PS to make an entire area lol.
Araxen
Golden Baronet of the Realm
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I'm so sick of the MSQ type leveling. It needs to die in a fire already. I much prefer to just do my own thing. Just plop me in the world, and let me get to it on how I want to do it. It's why I still feel EQ's leveling grind is the best. Just speed up the leveling curve, and it would be perfect.
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Fucker
Log Wizard
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It goes by quickly. They made it boring so you would buy the skip for your alts.
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Springbok
Karen
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Kirun
Buzzfeed Editor
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A lot of classes play COMPLETELY different once they get their tripods, engravings, etc. I'm not "defending" that approach to gameplay, but nevertheless it's hard to judge a LOT about the game in the earliest part of it.
Yeah, that thought of, "OMG ARPG GO FAAAAAST!!!!" is really what threw me off initially about a LOT of the combat. I approached it and tried to play it like it was PoE, D3, Grim Dawn, etc. While the game does have faster paced combat than your typical MMO, it is still an MMO at its heart. Thus, if you take a "slower", more measured approach to combat it really starts to "click". At least, that's what it took for me. I was approaching it WAY too quickly at first and flopping around like an idiot, missing most skills, etc.
spronk
FPS noob
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not having touched an MMO in nearly a decade it was fun playing for 2-3 hours but man I forgot how shitty MMOs are on story, characters, voice acting, and pretty much everything I want in a game nowadays.
yeah, I know the "real" game is getting to 50 and grinding +good/raids/loot/cosmetics but i'm too old to give a shit anymore, telling me i gotta play for 15 hours before i get to the real game is not a great upsell.
the great thing Lost Ark has going for it is that its f2p, I'll play a few hours a week and fuck around and if I go away for months no big deal, I don't need to pay a sub to come back for an hour or two. but yeah, there is absolutely nothing new here, this is all shit I've seen before in the past 20 years but it done well. Its kinda crazy to me how the game runs 120 fps smooth on my 6 year old shitty PC.
yeah, I know the "real" game is getting to 50 and grinding +good/raids/loot/cosmetics but i'm too old to give a shit anymore, telling me i gotta play for 15 hours before i get to the real game is not a great upsell.
the great thing Lost Ark has going for it is that its f2p, I'll play a few hours a week and fuck around and if I go away for months no big deal, I don't need to pay a sub to come back for an hour or two. but yeah, there is absolutely nothing new here, this is all shit I've seen before in the past 20 years but it done well. Its kinda crazy to me how the game runs 120 fps smooth on my 6 year old shitty PC.
rhinohelix
Dental Dammer
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I am leveling at a Zen pace.
A) Play a Gunlancer, which is actually way better than I thought it would be.
B) hardly ever be assed to ride the mount, horse or otherwise.
C) fight lots of unnecessary packs of mobs
D) Do all the quests
after 14 hours I have Leveled the GL to 20 and another (an Artillerist )to 12.
I can't find the Guild in the guild finder to save.my life, which is probably for the best. I am on as Graeth as the Gunlancer, and Hrothglen as the Artillerist when playing with my kids. I... have thoughts about it being a Korean MMO, about the lore and the gameplay, which I mostly enjoy. It's worthy of its success, at least at this point.
A) Play a Gunlancer, which is actually way better than I thought it would be.
B) hardly ever be assed to ride the mount, horse or otherwise.
C) fight lots of unnecessary packs of mobs
D) Do all the quests
after 14 hours I have Leveled the GL to 20 and another (an Artillerist )to 12.
I can't find the Guild in the guild finder to save.my life, which is probably for the best. I am on as Graeth as the Gunlancer, and Hrothglen as the Artillerist when playing with my kids. I... have thoughts about it being a Korean MMO, about the lore and the gameplay, which I mostly enjoy. It's worthy of its success, at least at this point.
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Cybsled
Naxxramas 1.0 Raider
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Quest/MMO leveling is typically accepted better by players because it is leveling with direction and with an known end state. It also usually comes across as a "smaller" number.
For instance, what sounds better: Do 5 quests to get 1,000,000 XP, or kill 100 mobs to get 1,000,000 XP. You might have to kill the same # of mobs in the quest, but because 5 quests is a smaller number and can be done in chunks, it doesnt feel as bad as mindlessly grinding 100 mobs to achieve the same result.
This is why a lot of the heavy "just kill shit" MMO grinds are rejected - the mechanism through which you are expected to level psychologically is worse.
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Gravel
Mr. Poopybutthole
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I think if people got to play the Indiana Jones dungeon earlier in the game, or the Helm's Deep one, they'd have a vastly different opinion on the game. Those were fucking sick.
The clown one was also really well done, and the glowing eggs was fucking super weird.
The clown one was also really well done, and the glowing eggs was fucking super weird.
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Zog
Blackwing Lair Raider
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I skipped the launch, got enough of a glimpse of the game in the open beta. Definitely a beautiful game but the msq just drags on and on... The idea of leveling multiple alts to hit upper gear tiers faster than an eternity is just not for me when the leveling is just god awful.
I skipped 20 pages of posts so forgive me if this is redundant at this point.
The island personal instance is what cratered my enjoyment of the game, i got shit for comparing it to a shitty mobile game but it just feels so fucking out of place and micro managing covenant adventures in lost ark for mats is not my thing.
All this leads me to either playing and being sub par at end game or not having fun. A real shame.
I skipped 20 pages of posts so forgive me if this is redundant at this point.
The island personal instance is what cratered my enjoyment of the game, i got shit for comparing it to a shitty mobile game but it just feels so fucking out of place and micro managing covenant adventures in lost ark for mats is not my thing.
All this leads me to either playing and being sub par at end game or not having fun. A real shame.
Voldeth
Trakanon Raider
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Just want to note that this was addressed within the game. You literally need to complete the MSQ up to Vern once. You then receive two additional boosts (for doing nothing) to lvl 50 with shusire completed. The MSQ has several high points but I agree, it's a drag. If the fear of needing to do it multiple times due to alts is the reason why you decided not to play; well, they resolved this for you.
Zog
Blackwing Lair Raider
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Grim1
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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Yeah. Just drop me into the action and let me figure it out. My story is about destroying everything in my path. The game's story is always fucking lame.
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rhinohelix
Dental Dammer
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BTW, After all of my bitching, the launch turned out to be one of the best first days in recent memory. I am having trouble right now thinking of a better one. Even seeing long 7000+ queues on regulos in the NA CST evening prime time, my kids got in within 30 min of queuing up. I was on all day without any issues, even sleeping for long periods of time due to being ill, was not kicked off, etc.
