Lost Ark Online

AGS is fucking dumb in this regard. You knew you were exploiting and that, across both games (New world and this), was obviously not how it was supposed to work. The fact is, people were probably thinking that at worse they got a slap on the wrist just like all the other exploits have shown to be the case. So if they are perma-banning the account, good riddance.

Aegir clears have gotten quick as predicted and I have my 3 piece now. The DPS increase is massive and feels great all around to play. I also got my Mokoko title this week and I think it could be a great event if they readjust what qualifies for the leaf.

Honing alts has been a pain point though. I went in knowing shards would take awhile to build up but I figured I'd have enough by now on the alts to get the Aegir normal and, short of crazy lucky honing, I'm not even close. I'll likely get my Artist there soon and once that's done it'll mark the rough point where I can push all my alts to Aegir normal which I'm looking forward to. Hoping that they don't disappoint with LOAon next month and announce a change to trans/elixirs for those struggling.

Main points from today's livestream (not much there however we weren't expected anything as they always save the major stuff for LOAON):

Based on Inven post: (정리본) 2024 11 07 On Air

1. Never gonna let DPS meter on, by any chance. Please do not try decryption.
2. The intention of Block (black list) was to avoid people from seeing unpleasant chat, not to avoid people from matchmaking. Not gonna apply block on matchmaking. But as far as some malignant users are using party invite, Loa Talk or posts to bully other players, so we're to improve it soon.
3. New player LoS/Card problems - planning to increase card drop rates on daily/weekly contents.
4. Ark passive is going to be applied on all tier(including T3) this winter. Details will be posted as soon as possible.
5. 6th anniversary- Thanks for playing this game, our goal is to make a game that you can have experiences in a huge world, and to create a game that will be remembered as a fond reminiscence.
6. Official artbook is going to be on sale tomorrow 2PM (KST). *Standard edition is about 40 USD and Special edicion is about 80 USD.
7. Server transfer in KR starting at 20th Nov, for 3 wks. This service will be delivered occasionally.
8. New class will be revealed this December, at Winter showcase. It's not alchemist.

T3, specifically up to 1620 is now a part of the "new player experience" and they know the prior attempts to retain new players failed. They acknowledged it but did not give any details, so we'll have to wait for Winter LOA ON to see if they deal with that. Transcendence help* and solo Thaemine are effectively at the same level of problem so it should be a bundle deal when changes occur. Advanced honing is priced out of whack in T4 too and no one is going to stop at 1620 to do Echidna for months. So we want adjustments there or even solo Echidna but i doubt she would be a thing before 2026. Dark fires and scales/eyes are not the "awful" factor for those systems it's the sheer amount of gold and bullshit RNG on transc, it's the sheer amount of shards and breaths on adv honing that probably needs to be 5:1 reduction in T4.

Also there has to be at least one new class or gender swap coming.

BoozeCube said:

So no mention of how awful the current event is
No mention of the pure aids gate keeping
No mention of removing the elixir and transcendence trash systems
and no mention of them abandoning solo mode

Pretty much if you aren't already a no lifer or credit card hero you might as well uninstall.

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For the event: this was a KR stream so they wouldn't comment on an NA exclusive event.
Gatekeeping also isn't a problem in KR -- the culture there is vastly different than ours and their reality can't be compared to ours. As an example, they have a far higher uptick of supports to DPS compared to us. The end result of that is people are more prone to take the person that applied as they aren't waiting long in the lobby for it to fill or only able to attract support if your group meets a certain threshold. It's also worth noting that they have a lot more individuals who play one roster characters, etc. It's just a different dynamic.

For your last two points, Malakriss covered it pretty well. We're expecting them to discuss the plans for this at LOAOn, albeit whether they take a non retarded path is anyone's guess.

KR 6th anniversary skins, VOD preview should start around 43:40

LOAOn December 14th:


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