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  1. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    US West & US East are separate regions, which is why rolling on East (with the abundance of servers) instantly becomes the correct decision.
  2. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Not going to lie, I was tempted to originally ask if that was going to be the official nail in the "you're joining us" coffin. See you on Tuesday.
  3. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    In additional 'unexpected good news' DX11 will be part of launch:
  4. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    This is really not accurate at all. The producer has already stated that they feel that the gear 'reset' that occurred at T3 was a mistake which caused frustration. Gold maintains the most value unless you're playing the long game for the plat skin and sale far, far down the road. Apart from...
  5. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Nope. Ability stone RNG isn't something that you can swipe to win in the traditional sense, beyond buying additional tries for the stones from the AH which would be such a stupid waste of your gold/peons. You'll legitimately be getting 5-10 ability stones a day just from doing your chaos...
  6. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    The differences between Gunlancer & Artillerist are pretty substanstial. Gunlancer isn't a tank in the traditional sense but brings a metric fuckton of utility. The downside is it honestly plays a lot different than basically every other class and their dodge is off-putting. Artillerist tends...
  7. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I got the plat & gold packs and have vacation for all of February (wasn't even planned - work just asked me to take some of the insane amount of carry over from last year ASAP) so will be going hard at launch. You'll solo all the way to 50 for the most part (really no reason to do any of the...
  8. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    The real game is going to be the AH on NA East and it's going to be a damn good time!
  9. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    The speculation is that this is Smilegate stepping in, which I buy 100%. The two decisions that seems to confirm this to me are; 1- The release of T3 at launch. There does not exist a shape, way or form that AGS would not have viewed a slower cadence of release as being incredibly more...
  10. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I figured this one might entice you. Seriously, you're already used to playing with ping. Come play on NA East with us. :)
  11. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Amazon recently confirmed that Knowledge Transfer will be available for launch. For those that don't know, this is basically using your in game gold to have a character level'd to 50. So for every character you manually level to 50, you get access to the ability to boost an additional one for a...
  12. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Welcome aboard as well then! As mentioned, there are two 'support' classes (being bard/paladin) which will traditionally be required more than the other classes as a result. With that being said, especially for the content that's released, there's strictly no requirement for them and playing...
  13. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    If you're playing on NA East and looking for a home, yes.
  14. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Welcome aboard.
  15. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Lots of upcoming PVP content coming:
  16. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Honestly you should just play based on having been stuck on RU (you know that the NA release is going to dramatically impact RU in a detrimental way). The AH game will be wild fun with whales and folks that won't be able to recognize value.
  17. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Wouldn't consider this to be an issue at all, come play.
  18. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    No (it was part of their January update though, so I suspect they had a lot of negative feedback about it): Will players be able to change the font in-game? The in-game font type and size cannot be changed, however the font size within text chat can be changed. Happy to hear you're going to...
  19. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Would certainly not consider it an official server choice but my plan is to play on Regulus (the logic being I want to avoid the Azena overcrowd while still having a healthy pop) and will make an FoH guild for those that want to have a place to go similar to last beta. MMO launches are almost...
  20. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Was between Azena & Regulus on my side but leaning towards Regulus as I get the sense Azena will be queue hell far more than any other server. Welcome to anyone who wants to join up!
  21. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    The mixed reception is well earned. I think most people anticipated that we'd be getting T2 only, which made the general strategy for making some alts and focusing on a myriad of other little things before T3 (when it becomes significantly more difficult to transition to a new main) as what most...
  22. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Artist class releasing shortly for KR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OLfMgB87d8&t=11s Class design remains fantastic, can't wait to see all the ways AGS manages to fuck things up in less than a month!
  23. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Not sure how Amazon is going to handle it but for KR all of the chat is basically integrated with Discord (it's built in the game and the system works really well). AGS seems to be going their own route with voice which is a shame.
  24. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Your mileage is going to vary tremendously however as a starting spot, I'd recommend https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oci4R6IkwiQoVhGH8IHwFIS33dVS7hQv2Z-sljRrmcE/edit With that being said, there is really no wrong choice in so far as classes are concerned and you really should just pick what...
  25. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Your issues with this particular subject matter aren't unique to LA and can pretty much be summarized as being the same tired arguments that people who don't like MMO raiding use. Some of them are valid (e.g., that the raid design has been, for the most part, rather lazy in terms of coming up...
  26. Voldeth

    Wheel of Time

    The issue here isn't whether or not you need to stick 100% to the source material but rather when deviations to fit a TV/movie adaptation are made that they serve an actual purpose and don't shit on the aforementioned source in an egregious way. Given the depth WoT has, most people don't...
  27. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    February 11th release date (thus early access is February 8th).
  28. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    It's a weird decision to be sure - Summoner was an original launch class and it's not like it's broken in T1/T2 in any way. Including Sorc makes a lot of sense as it's a more traditional spellcaster, which will attract the Western audience (plus it's a lot of shiny and will be insanely popular)...
  29. Voldeth

    Wheel of Time

    The scene was 100% intended at conveying that she is the DB which is based on the show's attempt at keeping who the DB actual is a secret (there's absolutely no way that it won't be Rand and the fact that they have some of you thinking it's possible they'll go with that shows just how retarded...
  30. Voldeth

    Wheel of Time

    Had to Google this but you're right on that count, my bad. The first episode is absolutely terrible and I can't say enough bad things about it -- thankfully #2 & #3 actually starts sticking to the source material and, while by no means 'good', at least becomes tolerable as a result. Moiraine's...
  31. Voldeth

    Wheel of Time

    Perrin being married, the dragon reborn potentially not being a male, and there being '4' Ta'Veren that leads Moiraine to the two rivers are not minor changes that don't affect the core pieces of the story or the lore. Thankfully I haven't seen Mat having kids yet, albeit that was replaced with...
  32. Voldeth

    Wheel of Time

    It took me exactly 58 seconds to cringe. "We don't know if he was reborn as a girl or a boy.", "men who were born with great power believed they could cage darkness itself. The arrogance." Starting to pour drinks now to make this more tolerable. Minute 5 is true to the source material at least...
  33. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Glad you enjoyed this the second time around! LA is NW in reverse: the start really blows and the world feels small and slow but the end game has an insane amount of depth / fun / things to do. It's certainly not for anyone seeking an ARPG experience though and is 100% MMO. A lot of those...
  34. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Short version? You're trying to use the level 2 version of the skill book when you first need to complete the level 1 version of the skill book. Each versions require 20x of the books to unlock before you'll be able to use them on your rings, so there's a natural progression and makes it so the...
  35. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Yes, you'll be upgrading that gear for the remainder of beta to increase your ilvl (can also use the shop to speed up quite a bit). Engravings come from jewelry slots as well as from your ability stone. The recipes drop / come from a myriad of places (as well as being tradeable on the AH)...
  36. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Kind of. Sywo absolutely loves Lost Ark and his energy for the game can't be denied. With that being said, he falls deftly into the weird category for me in that, he actually enjoys leveling up and watching the cutscenes for the 5000th time. Look at the character he's leveling to 50 again as...
  37. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Continue the MSQ in Vern since it won't take long to unlock your power pass to automatically be able to level a 50. At that point, on the class you're thinking of maining; 1- Unlock engravings, the tower, Abyssal dungeons, & your first ability stone via the guide quests that will be available...
  38. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    It's a wiped beta. No one is behind on anything and investing too much time into this is silly. The goal is to figure out if you're interested in playing another 'on the rails' MMO that has dailies. LA is incredibly polished with a metric fuckton of things to do and is very easily the best MMO...
  39. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    1- Skip all non MSQs until you reach Arthentine, at which point you start doing side quests with the exception of the one that sends you to an optional dungeon. 2- Spend points in whatever provides further dash distance and skip entirely all npc killing that isn't part of the MSQ or where you...
  40. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I really dislike the early game and find that it makes jumping into the game rather challenging. They've reworked the tutorials a bunch but really, there's only so much that you can do without access to a maxxed out tripod or two and the more core skills which unlock later on. With that being...