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  1. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/august-2023-wield-the-storm-release-notes
  2. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Yes. The new support is 5x3 engraving with full lvl 7 gems and 4 lvl 8 gems. The gems stay after the event, engravings go away once it expires though.
  3. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    and it's absolutely fucking amazing. Chaos Dungeon, Guardian raids, wandering merchants next week. Holy fuck.
  4. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Nobody plays more than 1-3 characters at this stage of the game. Most people who are ready for Akkan are doing so with 1 character. If you look at my above roster, I am in the 0.00001% of the hardcore and even I only have 4 characters that will be ready (albeit 1 is ready for hard mode).
  5. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

  6. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    KR Patch just released and it's filled with incredible changes. Lots of folks hoping we see it in the West for August (yeah, right). It includes; 1) Update to Chaos Dungeons. They take 2 minutes now and no more Red/Gold portal but mobs can drop a ball with Gold (like 50k). They also give cards...
  7. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    The community is extreme in so far as gatekeeping is concerned, albeit as I've mentioned I don't know an MMO that didn't have this. I sure as fuck didn't accept a melee that didn't have a haste item while grinding AAs, a necro in an AOE group, or a Paladin tank if I didn't have an alternative...
  8. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    This is pretty accurate. I'll never defend the Asian bs systems that this game has but the combat, class design, & raid encounters are absolutely top notch and blows everything presently on the market out of the water. Don't hesitate to hop in Discord if you need any help running raids!
  9. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/july-2023-release-notes
  10. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Save all selection packs until you are either; 1) close to LOS 18 -- at which point it's acceptable to use some. 2) Close to LOS 30 -- at which point their worth is at the highest point. It is still the end game set for most people. There are other cards that are used for some content (e.g...
  11. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I've spent about $700 between both my accounts (card packs account for 75% of that, skins the rest). Given the amount of time spent on the game, I'm gonna go ahead and say I've gotten my money's worth.
  12. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I wouldn't worry too much about GS or catching up. They just tossed a 1460 Powerpass out and with the changes coming (no gold requirement to hone up until 1490) a returning player can legitimately be raiding Brel normal within a week. Cynical is a good example of that, he just started back up a...
  13. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    You're on the 'and any others that I missed'! Plus Scouter buffs next patch. Guaran-fucking-tee that you'll get more enjoyment out of doing Clown, Brel, & Kayangel at least once than all of the time spent on D4 put together. @Lumi & @Cyni can also jail you on clown if you ever miss the D4...
  14. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Which serves as a great reminder that @elidib @BoozeCube @Daidraco and any others that I missed should come play again. @Utnayan is also invited for drunken raid nights.
  15. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I'm not aware of any catch-up list however after thinking about your post, it sure would be a great idea. While reading your post and thinking of how to best respond, I kept circling over a bunch of things that you can/should be doing. Lost Ark fundamentally has two sets of progression paths...
  16. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/game/releases/beat-the-heat
  17. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Just to piggy back on this (and I realize I'm distinctly in the category of the LA fanboy) but anyone who quit the game prior to getting to experience Clown / Brel and is looking for an MMO to play, this is the best choice on the market (albeit that says more about the market than anything). The...
  18. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Quick guild update: With the slowdown of D4 we've had some folks (well, 2) reach out and start playing Lost Ark. The FoH guild still raids 3-4 times a week and is able to offer assistance for any forum folks interested in playing. The easiest way is to send me a PM on Discord with your name and...
  19. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    haha, I posted this in Discord. I bought a summer skin but these fuckers found a way to get me to spend some more. The only downside is those skins have a limited Class selection due to when they were released.
  20. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

  21. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Correction: there's a 4th gate that's hard mode only that Vold will have access to which Q & Lumi will get after clearing normal for 2-3 weeks. Just some quick thoughts on this: people are up in arms that there was no reduction in homework. I think the West put it in their heads that they would...
  22. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Completed Kayangel on hard mode: Gate 4 is likely my favorite gate of all time. The difficulty here is absolutely intense and it's not possible to carry any dead weight. It's also the most reliant on having a support that pulls their own weight. @elidib I dream of having you hop into Discord...
  23. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Regulus server. Ask for an invite in Discord.
  24. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I purposefully stand in mechs and soak non lethal damage often with a Paladin in a group. I also traditionally account for 20-30% of my raid's DPS on something like Brel hard and haven't missed a week one clear on any content. Pretty much this. I'm the resident LA fanboy but some of the...
  25. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I agree that server merges should have happened a long time ago and I've heard some horror stories from low population folks, thankfully the individual who picked the FoH server was a genius and picked a high population server that had limited queues at launch.
  26. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Paladin is considered the worse of all healers. They are insanely easy to play however lack efficiency precisely because so many of their abilities overlap and do everything at the cost of doing them well. Saying that they require a lot to get get to work doesn't eliminate you from the Lost Ark...
  27. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Pretty much this. It's an unpopular opinion however the fact that Brelshaza hard is, you know, hard is fine by me. Yes, the mechanics are punishing and if *one* person fucks up, it can screw up the entire raid. While I'm not a particular fan of this type of design the raids are 8 man and...
  28. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I went semi hard on D4 for the first few days but it became obvious that I wasn't really enjoying myself and waiting for a few patches of QOL stuff to come in was needed. Zelda was an incredible amount of fun (and I suspect FF16 will be as well); I simply stop doing the chores when something...
  29. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Tower 50 completed:
  30. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Yeah, this was added a bit ago. They really do need a better way for people to catch up on LoS 30 -- for a returning player like @Cyni this is a huge dps loss. Elgacia exceeded my expectations by a good margin. The story was fantastic, the dungeon was absolutely epic and getting to remove one...
  31. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I have now joined the 1600 club:
  32. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/elgacia-release-notes
  33. Voldeth

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    RMT already exists. There were avenues for this and some of us took full advantage before the normal cease orders came from Blizzard. Booze touched on it earlier but the best items are already tradeable.
  34. Voldeth

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    You can get 1 shot by a fair amount of the mechanics at 65+ as well. There are a lot of ways for every class to barrier / avoid this provided you put the time into the build. That's why it's a fun encounter.
  35. Voldeth

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    42k consecutive users while also being #5 in play time in KR during the same time period over a year after release for an MMO while that time period also encompasses the release of a AAA ARPG that's been the most anticipated title in the last 5 years or so is 'literally a dead game'? You...
  36. Voldeth

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    The $70 was worth it for the launch and getting to catch up with some forum folks for 4-5 days of killing shit and enjoying the new game feel. With that being said, you are absolutely delusional if you don't feel that the drop off has been massive this weekend and indicative that this game will...
  37. Voldeth

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    Lasted? Elgacia in 4 days, Hell clown July, Aeromancer & Akkan August. Still going strong and getting monthly content patches.
  38. Voldeth

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    There is absolutely nothing wrong with this and I don't believe anyone is saying that there is, albeit the thread has been going quicker than I've been following. It sounds like you're having a great time and it was well worth the cost associated for the game as a result. The leveling experience...
  39. Voldeth

    Diablo 4 / IV / IIII / Fore / Cope / Seethe

    This is pretty much the review of anyone who played this hard for the first week. The people trying to teach folks how wrong we are completed the story yesterday and haven't even gotten to WT4.