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  1. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Can't imagine this will be very popular but for anyone interested: https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/game/releases/jump-to-the-endgame
  2. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Meanwhile in the FoH Discord to make you hate some folks:
  3. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

  4. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    That is some insane bad luck on the gold -- I've seen about a dozen or so 3k embers, which is comparable to what I would have gotten from gold portals but I run a lot more chaos dungeons now that they're so quick. The epic selectors are huge though and one of the best drops you can get. It lets...
  5. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Game is trending in the perfect direction since Gold River came back, it's actually hilarious. It feels like every week he pops on stream and announces the stuff that people have been wanting: "2 Guardians a day sucks? Oh, ok. 1 Guardian now." "Chaos dungeons are boring? What if we make them...
  6. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Just wanted to provide context as to how this is proof Lumi sold his soul to the devil in exchange for unholy RNG: 1) There is about a 0.01% chance to tap a 100%. The only item that makes a huge difference is your weapon. 2) His quality was already at 91%, which is to say that no one in their...
  7. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Thanks to Ut bringing the positive vibes, we've cleared: @Utnayan will also provide play by play on Wednesday for our raid reclears. Come join the fun in Discord.
  8. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Chaos dungeons are definitely the highlight, I've gotten a fuckton of card exp and 10k gold, so nothing major but they just feel more rewarding like this. You're crazy about Sonavel though. Our static basically only does him because of the Guardian change to only 1x per day. Monkey was a...
  9. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    @Lumi was saying that there was about a 20k increase in return players yesterday. I'm sure that will fade soon but this patch brought in an amazing amount of good will. Every change is something that people had been asking for and there's been a lot of returning players as a result. It also goes...
  10. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    This patch is absolutely glorious. We are in Discord now for anyone who wants to join - we'll be doing a bunch of Clown/Brel/Kayangel's.
  11. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Today's downtime is 15 hours however the patch is available for download and it's massive: It goes to 40GB if you use Korean voice packs.
  12. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    A few things to unpack here and, obviously, this is my personal perspective on the MMO genre. I consider a certain amount of RNG to be healthy in a game. I am absolutely, perfectly, positively okay with some things requiring an absurd amount of luck. For an Everquest example, I spent an...
  13. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    This actually hits home for our group because between Q, Lumi, & I we put in an absolutely ridiculous amount of hours into the game, we're talking: ...and none of us have cut a 9/7 stone or gotten our wings from Kayangel yet but it seems every random pug we take has one or both.
  14. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Thanks for clarifying. Yes, keeping only 1 character would likely result in falling behind and not progressing (or having very little to do in the game). Their version of addressing this concern (reducing the time it takes to complete the chores, to about ~10 minutes every other day) is also a...
  15. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Not really sure I understand the question. You can have up to 6 gold earning characters, which means that running 6 characters is the maximum value efficiency you can have to earn gold per week. With that being said, the honing cost of these characters (to bring them up to 1580) makes it...
  16. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/august-2023-wield-the-storm-release-notes
  17. 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.
  18. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    and it's absolutely fucking amazing. Chaos Dungeon, Guardian raids, wandering merchants next week. Holy fuck.
  19. 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).
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    Lost Ark Online

  21. 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...
  22. 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...
  23. 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!
  24. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/news/articles/july-2023-release-notes
  25. 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...
  26. 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.
  27. 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...
  28. 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...
  29. 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.
  30. 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...
  31. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/game/releases/beat-the-heat
  32. 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...
  33. 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...
  34. 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.
  35. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

  36. 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...
  37. 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...
  38. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Regulus server. Ask for an invite in Discord.
  39. 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...
  40. 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.