Lost Ark Online

Pretty massive announcement ahead of LOA ON:


Summary:

Tier 2 rare gear 20point

Tier 2 heroic gear 30point

Tier 3 heroic gear 30point

Tier 3 leg gear (oreha~argos) 40point

Tier 3 relic gear (valtan/vykas) 60point

Tier 3 ancient gear (brelshaza) 60point ( lvl2[clown mats] set gives you 10point so total 70point)

Tier 3 ancient geat ( akkan~behemoth) 60point (lvl3[kayangel mats] set gives you 10point so total 80point )

Tier 4 relic gear (kenuat) 80point

Tier 4 ancient gear (aegir) 100point

Enlightment part

All T3 acc gives you 46 point like T4 relic acc. But T3 acc effect (crit rate, atk power, etc..) are lower than T4 acc.

Leap part

No change. T3 bracelet steel give you 0 point

Engraving

After 500ilv 3rd engraving unlock. 1370ilv 4th engraving unlock. 1540ilv 5th engraving unlock.

Stone

All T3 stones are integrated into 1 ancient stone. No more relic -> ancient lv1->lv2 -> lv3 -> lv4

Other changes from KR include rewarding a box of materials in exchange for platinum field tickets as they completely remove it from the game and an event shop for class engraving books you already learned or dismantling books for tokens.

Easiest farm the game has ever seen. Took me longer than I had anticipated but still above a million gold with enough mats to hone Vold to ~1715ish for Brel. Gonna hopefully clear everything on Wednesday and be ready for a PoE2 weekend.

In addition they put up some images by accident, not meant to be revealed before Winter LOA ON. Confirmed solo raids for thaemine and echidna basically.
Twitch drops over weekend
Dec 18 patch includes some changes from Winter LOA ON, Prologue quest for Brel2
Brel2 is not this month
"Deeply discounted" royal crystal bundles

Thaemine & Echidna solo is nuts. We were talking about it in Discord and I genuinely wasn't expecting anything except maybe Thaemine.

It also sounds like we're going to get the new class at the same time as KR. LOA ON has a chance to be great!

Voldeth said:

Thaemine & Echidna solo is nuts. We were talking about it in Discord and I genuinely wasn't expecting anything except maybe Thaemine.

It also sounds like we're going to get the new class at the same time as KR. LOA ON has a chance to be great!

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If the sliding window for gold raids is going to be Behemoth-Aegir-Brel2 it makes sense to do Echidna now if they aren't going to update solo raids until 6 or 12 months later. This would suggest that scales and eyes will be condensed into one material at a minimum (e.g. epic elixirs) and if they are doing that they might as well overhaul advanced honing in general for T4 costs.

More uncommon thoughts would be silver honing up to 1580 or 1600 as they completely nuke Akkan + Voldis gold. Silver for transcendence is above those levels so still shouldn't happen yet but maybe some system adjustments like tickets that make you start with Grace, etc.

People also have this pipe dream about new class w/ powerpass + another express literally on Dec 18 so people have time to get them Brel2 ready.

Get your LOA ON bingo cards ready, this should be a good one.

Not with bingo card layouts like that, too many bomb tiles. Only hope of actually hitting a bingo is a Female Sharpshooter or if advanced honing 21-40 happens.

starting in 10

Female Paladin revealed at end. Summer release.

New class is Yoz, Beastmaster or Wildsoul however they refer to it. (Expect Amazon censorship will be a topic of discussion) Scroll weapon with transformations but the tripods determine if you summon the beast move or turn into them.

New raid is Thaemine for G1, then an actual insect boss G2, plus a G3. 1680 / 1700 requirements at end of January for KR. Only 4 Acts for the story so the last raid is Kazeros, will be another world first race like Thaemine that will occur before summer (before next LOA ON)

Guardian looks like a reskinned Moake from Punika.

Event type raid that will be on-off availability. Strike raids that could be 4-man or 8-man released end of March for KR. Reskinned Argos-type boss is shown.

Elixir/Transcendence changes. Simpler choices for elixirs, no chaos/order stacks, takes far less time. Transcendence is dice rolling like a board game, single path with special tile bonuses if you land on them.

Solo Thaemine and Echidna confirmed. Blue solo vendor has 20 dark fires for 120 medals / 10 echidna eyes for 140 medals. Will include more in-fight directions and tutorial guides.

New item like books for advanced honing. Reduced transcendence costs. T3 fusion mats on blue solo vendor. Gold nerf for Voldis, Thaemine, and KR Behemoth will match global (theirs was higher for some reason) Silver for honing to 1580? (need confirmation on this subs moved fast)

- New island like Indigo daily.
- New horizontal: Nukman's Illusion stone.
- T3 Chaos dungeon will be once a day but 40% longer.
- Challenge dungeons/guardians will be removed due to younger players not making use of them as intended.
- Card slots will be increased at the start from 120 to 250 to aid new players. Existing crystals spent will have some type of refund.

UI QoL like gold check/uncheck boxes accessible in raid, ticket refunds for cubes if entered by accident, preset additions. Commas for numbers, buff icon condensing, and combined multi-hit damage numbers. Easier menus to send roster items to alts.

Expresses will have bonuses for clearing old raids on solo mode. Rewards include LOS18 from Vykas clear and LOS24 from Voldis.

1) New continent, Rimeria, land of the Yoz. We're going to find Shandi.
2) New class: Wild Soul (basically a Druid with a retarded bear transform). Uses scrolls as a weapon and shapeshifting. Mage type with multiple forms.
3) Chapter 3 of Kazeros raid. Gate 1: Thaemine fight, Gate 2: Guardian of Chaos (insect boss), Gate 3: New Demon Legion Commander similar to Aegir. Act 3 is intended to be betwen Aegir & Brel difficulty wise (internal note: Aegir is face roll easy and Brel is ridiculously hard). 1680 / 1700 ilvl requirements.
4) Chapter 4 of Kazeros raid will be the final act against Kazeros. It will be the final boss and will be more challenging than even Thaemine with a new race release date before summer.
5) New cube, Guardian raid which includes a new Guardian raid map.
6) New 'Strike' raid. Two raids: Event type raid (8 man that requires 'progging') and a 4 man raid that should be very casual friendly (you can matchmake it).
7) Ark Passive extended to all areas of progression intended to render systems easy for new players. All accessories will be converted.
8) Changes to both Elixir & Transcendence. For Elixirs options will be incredibly straightforward and will take much less time to complete. No more order/chaos stacking. For transcendence they've basically made the board super easy and quick to complete (looks like they take about a minute each to do with much less chance of failure).
9) Solo mode Thaemine & Echidna. Both are significantly nerfed to match expected difficulty for solo mode, which is easy for a casual player to complete. Solo mode will give 80% of the rewards that normal mode gives and the shop will be available for all mats. Solo modes will also provide guides when doing them now alongside new random buffs that you'll receive.
10) Weird new instrument shit for casual players to play music together.
11) New island
12) New Horizontal content: illusion stones to learn about the Yoz.
13) Changes have been made to development priority list, including chaos dungeons being once a day during T3 and other QOL.
14) Can change gold selection within the raid now as well as when you accidently join a cube solo in error (you can now exit and get your cube ticket back).
15) Added Battle item configuration to presets and 10 presets instead of 5.
16) Graphical updates for buff icons and damage number presentations to make it simpler.
17) Easier to send mail within your roster.
18) Expansion to card library (larger start base line) & return blue crystals if they've been used to expand.
19) Card improvements
20) Challenge guardian & Challenge abyss removed.
21) New hairstyles
22) Changes to character postures to make them less retarded looking.
23) New Mokoko animated cursors
24) New Mokoko 'challenge' express that will bring you straight to 1640. When you clear the previous raids in solo mode you'll get rewards. You'll also get up to LOS 24 by the time you're done with events that will get you to LOS 30. Rewards at the end are juiced but nowhere near ignite server on the gold front (only 30k).
25) New item for advanced honing, increasing the success rate for advanced honing. This is pretty trash.
26) Nerfs to lower honing, reducing transcendence cost, & shards / fusion mats to the solo mode vendor.
27) Voldis/Thaemine/Behemoth gold nerfs (Behemoth nerfs are KR only as ours is already at the adjusted value). This should be KR only.
28) Winter customization outfits.
29) New Ark pass
30) New Smilegate shop merch (KR only)
31) KR Rewards announced

My feedback: Pretty garbage LOA ON - new class genuinely looks like trash. The changes to adv honing are nowhere near enough. Looks like all the time got spent on the new raids, trans/elixir fixes, & making solo mode viable to attract new players.

Edit: They just announced a second new class. Female Paladin. Female Paladin will be a support that can also DPS. It will be released in the summer (so way too far away to matter).

Advanced honing holds back alts at the high level, overall progression for mains at the middle level, and lowers get no help to do it in T3 so they are in the same situation as the middle bracket and hop to 1640 because it's the same problem.

Better recap posted on Reddit - removed a lot of the images to fit our 5 image cap but found here:

New Region - Rimeria​

Release Date - January 8th 2025


Land of the Yoz

New Classes​

Wildsoul(Druid)


Release Date - January 8th 2025

Female Paladin


Release Date - Summer 2025

New Raids​

Kazeros Raid, Act 3: Nigritude, Stormy Night​

Release Date - End of Janurary 2025

• 3 Gate Raid with the difficulty being moderate
• Normal Mode Entry is 1680 and Hard Mode Entry is 1700
• Gate 1: Thaemine Rematch
• Gate 2: Guardian of Chaos, it absorbs the powers of other guardians as the raid progresses
• Gate 3: Monarch Mordum, Alaric Raid(Feiton Abyssal Dungeon) Reskin it reintroduces the unique Camera Angle

Kazeros Raid, Postlude: Fortress of Obliteration​

Release Date - Before Summer 2025

• The Final Kazeros Raid fighting Kazeros himself
• The Raid will be harder than Thaemine
• They are reintroducing the First Mode Race for this Raid

Strike Rimeria​

Release Date - March 2025

• Will be open for a Limited Time
• 2 different modes, 8 man for end game that needs some progging and 4 man that can be cleared with matchmaking

Raid Changes​

Release Date - December 18th 2024

Solo Mode​

• Thaemine and Echidna will be getting a Solo Mode
• Thaemine Echidna and Behemoth mats added to Solo Raid Vendor
• Can earn solo mode tokens from Thaemine and Echidna
• Nerfing some Solo Mode raids
  • Kakul Saydon Bingo mode will be removed from Solo Mode
• You will get additional random buffs in Solo Mode
• Gold from Solo Mode is now 80% of Normal Mode(NA/EU already have)
• Additional Guides and Smart Pings to help new players

Gold Nerfs​

• Hard Ivory - 10.5k Gold
• Normal Thaemine 10k Gold
• Hard Thaemine 15.5k Gold(23.5k with G4)
• Behemoth 18.5k(Our Behemoth Gold is still less than KRs \:xdd\
• Highly unlikely NA/EU will be getting these gold changes sometime soon

Other Content Coming with Kazeros Raid, Act 3​

• New Kurzan Front level
• New Ebony Level
• New Guardian Raid, Drextalas

• New map

Ark Passive​

Release Date - December 18th 2024

• Old Accessory, Engraving, and Set Bonus system is being replaced with Ark Passive
• Ark Passive is unlocked starting in T2 and at Level 50
• This is to reduce the amount of systems new players will need to learn

System Reworks​

Release Date - December 18th 2024

Transcendence​

• Will work like Monopoly, your goal is to finish a lap on the board. You roll a dice from 1 to 4 and some tiles will give buffs that help you progress through the baord
• Cost Reduction
• Reduces the time sink and *skill* for this system

Elixirs​

Release Date - December 18th 2024

• Chaos and Order removed
• Tapping effects are more straight forward
• You will start with 4 effects and choose the 5th(no idea on how the 4 starting effects will work)

Music Sheets​

Release Date - December 18th 2024

• You can now create your own music in game
• In-game tool called MML that will make it easier for you to write songs
• You'll be able to share and download music similar to the style book

New Island - Urnuzan​

Release Date - Feburary 2025

• In the Sea of Rimeria
• It is where the Yoz train

New Collectable - Nukman's Illusion Stones​

Release Date - January 8th 2025

• Look into the past through the Illusion Stoines to see the long history of Rimeria
• There will be 10 Illusion Stones that you can collect on release and more will be added later on

Mokoko Express​

1640 Ilvl​

Release Date - December 18th 2024

• Gives LoS 24 after you clear Ivory Tower
• 1580 gives Akkan Gear with 70 qual
• 1600 gives 40 Set (Luck Set)
• 1610 gives Full level 3 Trans on Armor
• 1620 gives 20 Echidna Mats
• 1640 gives 100 Behemoth Mats
• End Reward gives T4 Mats, 20 Legendary Mats, Relic Accessories + Accessory Shards, 5 Legendary Selects, 30k Gold, and 4 T4 Level 7 Gems(2 Damage 2 CD)
• End Reward also includes 30 Scrolls used for Advanced Honing, decreases tapping cost and increases Great Success to 60% and Double Great Success to 40%

T3 Honing Changes​

Release Date - December 18th 2024

• Overall Mat Cost Reduction
• Gold Cost Reduction
• You can now buy Orehas and Shards from the Solo Raid Trade Vendor(no info on if this is weekly or one time)

QoL changes based on Community Feedback​

Release Date - December 18th 2024

• T4 Content UI
  • Una task will now show on the T4 Content UI
  • Rest Gauge will now show on the T4 Content UI
  • T4 Content UI will now only show the highest Guardian and Kurzan Front you can do
• Chaos Dungeon
  • Only need to run one a day
  • A run time will increase by 40% to adjust with the reduced daily run
• Rest Guage
  • It is apparently changed
• Gold claiming
  • You can now choose to not accept gold inside the Raid before you clear
• Ebony Cube
  • You can now leave in the pre-stage and get your ticket back if you accidentally entered
• Presets
  • Battle Item Preset is now included in the Mass Presets
  • Security Division now has Presets
  • Security Division Presets is now included in the Mass Presets
  • Increased Mass Presets to 10
• Buffs/Debuffs

• Some Buffs/Debuffs can now be "grouped up" to reduce the amount that you see on your UI
• When you hover over the grouped up icon it will give a summary of all the buffs
• Damage Numbers

• Option to consolidate multi-hitting skills
• Preview UI
  • Preview UI Improved for Card Packs and other Reward Chests
• Engraving Books
  • You can now Dismantle and Auto-Dismantle Engraving Books
• Mailing UI
  • Roster Character Names will now show up on a drop down menu when you select a recipient
• Pet Function
  • Auto Refill/Notification for Pet Essence(does not affect NA/EU)
• Cards
  • Base Card Storage is now 250
  • Players that have bought storage will be compensated
• Content Removal
  • Challenge Abyss
  • Challenge Guardian
  • Platinum Field
• Character Models
  • 2 New Male and Female hair styles

• Mage necks are slightly shorter(they still look like giraffes)

• Female Fighter poses updated

• Cursor
  • New Mokoko Themed Cursor

Others​

• New Ark Pass(December 18th 2024)

• A New Winter Event
• New Winter Shop(January 8th 2025)

AGS doesn't even know on Saturday.

Malakriss said:

AGS doesn't even know on Saturday.

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I mean, I'm okay with this. RU announced that it will be Feb for them and AGS is clearly trying to push to get it before which is why they aren't giving an ETA. I have no issues whatsoever with them not promising anything right now and just saying it's TBD with the likely confirmation that it's Feb and potential that we get it before.

RU patch notes are out and give a few more details. T3 chaos dungeon change to 1/day is in. Honing 1580-1600 receives a slight nerf while 1600-1620 remains untouched. Elixirs have a 50% great success chance and -2 to +2 abilities all changed into 0 to +2