Lost Ark coming to NA/EU! Smilegate to pair with Amazon Game Studios as Publisher!

[THEORACLE64]

Played it for like half an hour, and yeah, it isn't for me. Not really worth the hype.

[bbr]

Not EU regulation, national regulation from NL and BE. Most games get around it by disabling the feature, aka you can play FIFA in BE but not buy the lootboxes.
I have also seen some say that LA might not fall under those laws anyway but either way, Amazon appears to not be interested in figuring out how to deal with it and instead decides to just not release it there.

(Tho apparently its not hard to circumvent with a VPN)

yeah, but also tricky due to steam restrictions, and possible ip bans if they find out.

I'm just saying, even if a game is free to play, you should support them in some way if you enjoy their product.
If you get 10-20 hours of minimum enjoyment, I think it's fair to spend 10 dollars as a way to show them your support.
People easily shell out that kind of money on a 2 hour movie at the cinema, so why not a game?

"being active" is a form of support.
as is recommending the game to friends.
Not everyone has a big budget available for games ^^ even f2p games

To be honest I wasn't surprised for this particular game but I had to test, WoW and Hots run fine at 60fps on low gpu settings, shadows, AA, bloom, particles etc. which I do not miss one bit.

wow isnt a very young game at this point.
and it's been super optimized over the years.

[Fencers]

Saying ARPG and Action RPG aren't the same thing, has definitely gotta be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

That's like saying FPS and First Person Shooters are different genres.

Fucking hell, lol.

The Witcher 3 and Path of Exile are different types of games. Action RPGs and ARPGs have become two distinct genres over time. That is the nature of genre labeling. What something starts as doesn't mean that is what it will remain. Any genre label without specificity is not useful; it's counter to the purpose of a genre label.

The directors of Lost Ark said the game ought not to be compared to Diablo or World of Warcraft on their own Youtube channel as well. That is a different style of game than presented in Lost Ark. The Reddit for Lost Ark has far more posts where players are disappointed it is not an ARPG or Diablo-like game than posts saying it is the latter in lieu of being an MMORPG.

How we talk about games is extremely important.

[Karlz0rz]

"being active" is a form of support.
as is recommending the game to friends.
Not everyone has a big budget available for games ^^ even f2p games

Yeah, and I think that's fair. Some people really don't have the budget for it, we all come from different places in life.
But I'd also wager that most people can afford to show monetary support, even if it's not a massive amount :P.

[Fencers]

Supporting such a business model in a MMORPG? Oh my. Are you a fan of in-app purchases on mobile?

Well, if he is enjoying the game there is no real difference between paying for what he enjoys in one game or another. Really shouldn't matter if it's a mobile game or not. A lot of folks might find a lot of value in the 30 day auras LA offers for the time they will play it.

[Jazzhands]

Supporting such a business model in a MMORPG? Oh my. Are you a fan of in-app purchases on mobile?

When it's done right, sure. Lost Ark's sub is only 10$ a month, WoW's is 15$, so in lost Ark I get not only my monthly sub but also a bunch of extras for the same price. I get just as much enjoyment out of the game as I did in WoW, but my money gets me more. Seems like a win-win for me, and I could care less if whales wanna whale, it just puts more money into a game I like and keeps it afloat. Lost Ark even allows you to get Crystalline Aura without paying, so that 15$ a month could go even further for fun stuff like cosmetics. The only time cash shops really suck is when they provide player power, that I do not support.

[Fencers]

Christ, queue of 5k, and 10 minutes it's only gone down by 200...

People that paid should get priority queuing over the players playing for free tbh. :|

I would be down for that as well.

[UnifiedDivide]

So far, I'm enjoying the game enough to have spent about 8 hours playing today. Only about 10 of which were in a queue.

The biggest drawback is that's it's F2P, and as such attracts every piece of shit gamer out there. I don't need rampant racism and/or holocaust jokes in the games I play. Area chat might as well be unmoderated Twitch chat.

I have not any issues like that. I will say that, much like early New World, they need shorter afk timers. I am pretty sure I walked away for at least 30 min. and was still logged in.

I'm pretty sure I saw a setting with regards to the AFK timer. Not 100% sure, though.

[Fencers]

So far, I'm enjoying the game enough to have spent about 8 hours playing today. Only about 10 of which were in a queue.

The biggest drawback is that's it's F2P, and as such attracts every piece of shit gamer out there. I don't need rampant racism and/or holocaust jokes in the games I play. Area chat might as well be unmoderated Twitch chat.

I also encountered a toxic chat environment. There is a minimize button if anyone is unaware that hides the chat completely.

Edit: Two players gathering at the same tree is one of the most marvelous animations I have ever seen in a game.

[UnifiedDivide]

I also encountered a toxic chat environment. There is a minimize button if anyone is unaware that hides the chat completely.

Yeah, I tend to either just minimise the chat, or swap to the "System" tab, which at least still feeds me some information.

[Skizzit]

Does each class have their own unique instrument for the teleport/recall thing? The Artillerist rocks out with an electric guitar. It's awesome.

[Djuntas]

I have 1 question - Anyone here using windows moved mode and got it to work properly with streching the window to the right size? Some games always suck at this, and I just wanna play with that only in all my games...Borderless or Full screen just aint my preference.

[Mendzia]

Supporting such a business model in a MMORPG? Oh my. Are you a fan of in-app purchases on mobile?

Imagine comparing p2w shitty mobile games to Lost Ark...
If the end content will be good i will happily give them even more money to support their work.

I also encountered a toxic chat environment. There is a minimize button if anyone is unaware that hides the chat completely.

I do the same thing... too many people to report.

[Asrialol]

Imagine comparing p2w shitty mobile games to Lost Ark...
If the end content will be good i will happily give them even more money to support their work.



I do the same thing... too many people to report.

Considering how the Lost Ark store is, it's quite comparable to say, Clash of Clans. Pay for convenience.

[Clozer]

Considering how the Lost Ark store is, it's quite comparable to say, Clash of Clans. Pay for convenience.

To me, the store seems to offer similar things to WoW's store. Skins, pets, mounts, gold, boosts, and character services.

[Dakhath]

End game is much more enjoyable than the leveling process, and you get two powerpasses once you get through Vern, so I don't see myself leveling again for a long time. Just use the two alts to feed my mains progression and thats enough for me.

[Fencers]

Considering how the Lost Ark store is, it's quite comparable to say, Clash of Clans. Pay for convenience.

To be fair, they do sell character power-boosting items in the store. They are small admittedly but still exist and are being sold.

This doesn't me at all. I don't give a shit if a game is fully P2W. There are things that ultimately make your character stronger for sale in LA.

[Edge-]

Also, I'm still mad that someone took my favorite character name in Lost Ark. I've literally never had that name taken in any game I've ever played, ever. And for the first time, someone nabbed it. Not telling what it is, but it's definitely not remotely common as evidenced by it never being taken.

Thankfully I've got a few backup names that work but like...fuck man, I'm kinda sad about this shit.

[Daedius]

Also, I'm still mad that someone took my favorite character name in Lost Ark. I've literally never had that name taken in any game I've ever played, ever. And for the first time, someone nabbed it. Not telling what it is, but it's definitely not remotely common as evidenced by it never being taken.

Thankfully I've got a few backup names that work but like...fuck man, I'm kinda sad about this shit.

I couldn't even use the nickname I've used since the 90s because it contains "Beer" in it... hmph!

[Ballistic]

I thank my AMD 5800x and my Samsung NVMe I was unpacking the game on steam and I was done in less than a min and all the streamers and rest got stuck in that unpacking bug, I was like the first one to create Character on Kadan EU and all the names for my 10 characters were available since no one was able to log in yet. I even get comments in general chat about how the fuck I was able to snatch good names like these before anyone else.