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Lost Ark is finally coming to the west with an official English translation, after MMORPG fans BEGGED for this game for years. It has been super popular in Korea, and Russia for the last 3 - 4 years now. Amazon Game Studio is bringing the game over here with an official Steam release. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1599340/Lost_Ark/ They have founder packs as well and pre-orders get to start playing February 8, everyone else will be able to play for free on February 11. The game will have a cosmetic cash shop at launch. The gold pack is considered the best value for founder packs https://store.steampowered.com/app/1656221/Lost_Ark_Gold_Founders_Pack/ Something important to realize about Lost Ark, is that this looks like an action RPG like Diablo and Path of Exile, but it doesn't really play like one. This is very much an MMORPG first and foremost. You are meant to make characters and stick with them for a long time. There won't be any seasonal ladders and restarting characters, or worrying about builds. This is a pretty common question about Lost Ark because of its top down perspective. But that view point is where the similarities begin and end. Classes launching with Lost Ark Global Release: https://hthgaming.com/blog/lost-ark-starting-class-lineup-7874.html Warrior Berserker code:
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There are other classes in the Korean/Russian versions too, and I think going forward the plan is to have all three regions get updates at the same time. The global release is going to be launching behind a bit I think in content? But the plan is to quickly catch up with Korea. AGS decided to delay Lost Ark for a little bit in order to make sure they launch with more content. The beta tests for the game so far have been fantastic, and the global release feels great to play. SmileGate is the developer, while Amazon is just handling the global publishing and servers. So all of those issues you saw with New World being an awful game to play, will not apply here. All of the updates and content are created by an actual competent MMORPG developer with a long history of MMORPG development. ----- Goon guild organizing Discord: https://discord.gg/bs7NVYAek2 Pragmatica posted:I absolutely despise Youtube "guides/tutorial" videos, so I will try to share a few good text guides when I find them. I said come in! fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Apr 21, 2022 |
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# ? May 13, 2024 11:20 |
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super excited to play my soulfist in a few weeks
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 20:52 |
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Leaning towards Gunlancer or Paladin as my class. I'd play Lance Master but Amazon are jerks and its not a release class.
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 21:01 |
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DurosKlav posted:Leaning towards Gunlancer or Paladin as my class. I've been leaning toward these two classes as well but I can't make up my mind. I also wanted to try out the Artillerist but never got a chance. Big guns and explosions look fun. I'll play all of these at some point but I haven't figure out which one will be my first.
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 21:08 |
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Figuring I'll go Paladin, since I have a few friends who already want to go various classes and a support will mesh well. Also the model looks cool.
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 21:08 |
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How does the class system work? Do you pick a base class like Warrior or Mage and then promote to an advanced class like Paladin later? Or do you pick your "real" class at the start and things like Warrior, Mage, etc. are just groupings? Also: is this the kind of game where playing a support like Paladin kinda sucks solo due to low damage or do they do enough damage and are engaging enough to play that leveling is still pretty fun? (Or is this the kind of game where you don't really solo in the first place? To be honest I know little about it outside of watching some flashy gameplay videos that look cool.) Harrow fucked around with this message at 21:26 on Jan 13, 2022 |
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jiffynuts posted:I've been leaning toward these two classes as well but I can't make up my mind. I also wanted to try out the Artillerist but never got a chance. Big guns and explosions look fun. I'll play all of these at some point but I haven't figure out which one will be my first. I played an Artillerist to about 25-30. It was a lot of fun but I felt it lacked mobility, especially when you use the ult which is just a immobile turret.
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 21:17 |
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Harrow posted:How does the class system work? Do you pick a base class like Warrior or Mage and then promote to an advanced class like Paladin later? Or do you pick your "real" class at the start and things like Warrior, Mage, etc. are just groupings? 'Or do you pick your "real" class at the start and things like Warrior, Mage, etc. are just groupings?' <<< this Paladin works for leveling, but I didn't level past 25. Honestly it felt like leveling was pretty much class agnostic.
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 21:29 |
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Made a bunch of big changes to the OP, putting in more information about classes because there were a lot of common questions about abilities. Still need to make more edits fore readability.
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 21:39 |
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I’m looking forward to this one - it looks like it’ll scratch the itch POE whiffed for me
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 21:47 |
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i will play berserker, and hit things with sword
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 21:54 |
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Played the beta and a bunch of the Russian version, gonna go Scrapper and pound some rear end
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# ? Jan 13, 2022 23:50 |
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I think I have decided to go with Paladin but I'm going to be anxious about it all the way up until launch.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 00:04 |
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Harrow posted:Also: is this the kind of game where playing a support like Paladin kinda sucks solo due to low damage or do they do enough damage and are engaging enough to play that leveling is still pretty fun? (Or is this the kind of game where you don't really solo in the first place? To be honest I know little about it outside of watching some flashy gameplay videos that look cool.) This video linked in the last thread goes into the support class mechanics and all the classes. tldr: leveling and pvp you can do reasonable damage but pve requires you to spec into support stats so your damage falls off pretty hard.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 00:08 |
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wolfs posted:I’m looking forward to this one - it looks like it’ll scratch the itch POE whiffed for me This is not an ARPG. It's an MMO with an isometric view that has what feels like ARPG combat at times, but not all the time. You'll be spending a lot of time running/ sailing from place to place talking to NPC's, completing MMO quests and such.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 00:26 |
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Maybe I am getting Lost Ark confused with another game but did AGS say they were working with SmileGate to make all of the classes not gender locked? I know AGS got more diverse options in character creation and NPCs but can't remember if anything was said about the gender locking of classes.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 00:30 |
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MH Knights posted:Maybe I am getting Lost Ark confused with another game but did AGS say they were working with SmileGate to make all of the classes not gender locked? I know AGS got more diverse options in character creation and NPCs but can't remember if anything was said about the gender locking of classes. AFAIK their current plan is to add gender options by implementing opposite pairs as distinct classes (Like Striker and Scrapper), rather than adding a toggle option to existing classes.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 00:49 |
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Which is annoying but eh I've played DFO I'm used to this 'you have an individual story kind of' justification for gender locked classes.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 00:57 |
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This game looks so beautiful i guess eve goes a bit on the back burner when this hit the market.
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MH Knights posted:Maybe I am getting Lost Ark confused with another game but did AGS say they were working with SmileGate to make all of the classes not gender locked? I know AGS got more diverse options in character creation and NPCs but can't remember if anything was said about the gender locking of classes. This is a SmileGate decision AFAIK based on feedback from Korea. It's already started, but is going to be a LONG process it looks like.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 01:47 |
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Something I just heard while watching the Stoopz video that needs to be pointed out for everyone. Health potions are expensive! Don’t blow them! They pointed out that most damage can be avoided so don’t blow those pots!
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 02:09 |
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Arzachel posted:This video linked in the last thread goes into the support class mechanics and all the classes. tldr: leveling and pvp you can do reasonable damage but pve requires you to spec into support stats so your damage falls off pretty hard. Ah cool, that makes sense. I don't know what I'm going to play yet but it makes sense that you'd need to spec for support and not damage for group content. Is it just a matter of having different gear sets or would you need to go respec to go back and forth?
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 02:32 |
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How does PvP work in this game?
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MarcusSA posted:Something I just heard while watching the Stoopz video that needs to be pointed out for everyone. Just to clarify, you can blow "set" health potions (Heal XXX hp), but the early starter packs and some quests give you %hp pots and you should NOT use them on leveling content or even easy stuff as they are really expensive and are the scaled endgame tier of potions.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 03:31 |
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MarcusSA posted:How does PvP work in this game? Right now it's more or less Arena. Solo queue 3v3. Or pre-made 3v3 that's unranked. There are a few small other instances of PvP. At the recent LOA ON(Blizzcon for Lost Ark), they mentioned Faction vs Faction will be introduced to Korea soon.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 04:30 |
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Sintor posted:Just to clarify, you can blow "set" health potions (Heal XXX hp), but the early starter packs and some quests give you %hp pots and you should NOT use them on leveling content or even easy stuff as they are really expensive and are the scaled endgame tier of potions. Ok thanks that helps. The video wasnt super clear on that but they definitely made it a point not to blow the ones you get from the packs. Zotix posted:Right now it's more or less Arena. Solo queue 3v3. Or pre-made 3v3 that's unranked. There are a few small other instances of PvP. At the recent LOA ON(Blizzcon for Lost Ark), they mentioned Faction vs Faction will be introduced to Korea soon. Ah ok interesting. I probably won’t PvP but maybe I’ll give it a try. It seems like the one thing that maybe could be p2w though.
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MarcusSA posted:Ah ok interesting. I probably won’t PvP but maybe I’ll give it a try. Good news, all PvP has normalized stats.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 06:26 |
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Scoss posted:Good news, all PvP has normalized stats. Ok that is good news.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 06:29 |
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Zotix posted:This is not an ARPG. It's an MMO with an isometric view that has what feels like ARPG combat at times, but not all the time. You'll be spending a lot of time running/ sailing from place to place talking to NPC's, completing MMO quests and such. that’s just like your opinion man
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 06:40 |
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Yeah I watched quite a few different videos today and they all described it as an ARPG MMO
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wolfs posted:that’s just like your opinion man No, that's generally the idea that most people have. I think it's disingenous to imply that this game is more ARPG than MMO, because it's different than PoE, Last Epoch, Diablo, etc. There are times it feels like an ARPG, such as during Abyssal dungeons, but it's an MMO first and foremost. Secondarily, it could be said that it's like an ARPG for some things, and maybe even monster hunter like others(knowing boss animations, as well as your attack animations). I'll concede that even the lost ark home page for the NA/ EU launch classifies it as an 'MMO Action RPG' aka MMO ARPG. I'm not going to derail the thread, but when people say ARPG the games that come to mind are Diablo, Path of Exile, Last Epoch, Torchlight, Titan Quest, and this isn't really like those at all, and I think many players can be turned off thinking that's what they are getting into when in reality they are getting into an MMO. This is also noted in the OP in the second paragraph. Zotix fucked around with this message at 10:54 on Jan 14, 2022 |
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just call it a RO killer
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 10:47 |
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Truga posted:just call it a RO killer Hey it worked for Tree of Savior. Oh...no.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 10:59 |
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wolfs posted:that’s just like your opinion man - Game's isometric and click to move. - Leveling and endgame has the traditional themepark mmo structure: open world questing zones, dungeon and raid instances etc. - Loot and gear also follows (k)mmos much more closely than arpgs. You get preset sets of gear with every tier of content and then farm materials to enhance this gear in various ways. - You have more abilities and more elaborate rotations than traditional arpgs. Probably doesn't matter what it's call it as long as you know what you're getting into
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 13:01 |
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People heading into this thinking this is a replacement for any ARPG are going to be thoroughly disappointed. This is korean first, mmo second, action based RPG third. And when I say action I dont mean western style arpgs as a genre, I mean that its more of an action MMO than regular tab target ones. You attacks have momentum, invisibility frames and more importantly commitment times where you can be punished if you use them at the wrong time.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 16:51 |
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again that is your opinion I’m just saying I’m looking forward to trying it there is no universal constant saying coming in expecting one thing will make you leave crying Especially considering Diablo 3 came out in 2012. a few vague memories of throwing zombie bears and spiders at monsters for a few dozen hours from almost a decade ago doesnt cast your preconceptions into iron you guys are too negative I can see why the mmo chat thread is so dour
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 16:57 |
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the best thing about lost ark, it is free to play and try - so if you hate the playstyle, nothing is lost but some time to try it out
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 17:02 |
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I don't think people are being negative. I think a lot of people saying this isn't a Diablo-like ARPG are still interested in the game, they're just trying to make it clear what it is and what it isn't. I can see how "isometric action-MMO" isn't the same thing as "MMO ARPG" but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing, just not what some people might be expecting.
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# ? Jan 14, 2022 17:02 |
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another thing i did want to note, the thread title is a bit misleading. you must buy at least the $15 founders pack to play 3 days early (on Feb 8). the game releases for everyone as free to play on Feb 11. this is in the OP, but just want to make sure it’s pointed out since it is in the thread title. lol if you are looking at founder's packs, i believe gold is typically the “best” option, but people who have looked into the store side and are more familiar with the different options may be able to expand on the best choices and why.
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I’m not sure if anyone actually knows but the gold pack should be around after launch right? I bought the bronze one because it was $15 but kinda didn’t look to see which was the best value.
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