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  1. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    This is pretty accurate and the amount of misunderstanding relating to Lost Ark in the West is just sad. I've seen countless posts about The Crystalline Aura (which, as Raes said, is essentially worthless. The only really valuable part of that whole thing is the additional 2 Bifrosts and that's...
  2. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I think it's fair to say that it's impossible not to enjoy LA's class design. Scouter is literally like playing Iron Man in an MMO, Soul Fist is Goku, etc. KR just provided a new trailer for the upcoming Sorc class. You'd be hard pressed to find someone that doesn't think this look cool:
  3. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    There is really no pre level cap game in Lost Ark in the traditional MMO sense. You hit max level in about 9-12 hours (provided you skip quests prior to Arthetine) or 15-20 hours if you're going slow and enjoying cutscenes, etc. All of the level up dungeons can be solo'd (even on hard mode) with...
  4. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    This is where we fundamentally disagree (well, moreso that I'm not understanding how this is annoying for you). It's the exact same stuff that every other major MMO presently has and, to your point, LA actually has some other (albeit sometimes trivial) shit to do in abudance. Taking WoW as an...
  5. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Raes does a pretty good job of summarizing Lost Ark's 'p2w' -- I do think that the Western audience is certainly going to be a bit challenged by the concept and how it works, since it's not really a traditional P2W format. The term that makes more sense is pay to progress a bit faster. As an...
  6. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I play via VPN. It's incredibly easy to setup (search for any of the 10000 guides available) and will only cost you a few bucks for the VPN you use. In light of how quickly release is coming, I wouldn't recommend it though, unless you're just trying to figure out which classes you'll want to...
  7. Voldeth

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Has it been determined that the joke was in poor taste? It feels like we need to provide a full background check before talking about anything these days but, as a father of two girls, I've got absolutely no problem with 2015 Furor and company making a Cosby room group chat and talking about...
  8. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    They haven't announced a date as of yet for the next beta however it is indeed Fall for the release. While they've gone with the usual dev speak platitudes of 'soon' and 'shortly' it's rather clear that they won't impact their flagship title in New World (it just doesn't make business sense)...
  9. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I'm a little disappointed by the Striker choice to be honest albeit there was also a rumor that NA would get a 16th class for launch. It sounds that they're not comfortable releasing either the Destroyer or Arcana as they require further balance 'adjustments' which factors into my letdown. For a...
  10. Voldeth

    Swords of Legends Online

    You should actually be able to click on the 'collect reward' to get those rewards. I believe the dungeonr eward is under the Pve Hero Name tab (albeit it's been a bit and I could be off there). The little red mark indicates you still have stuff to collect though.
  11. Voldeth

    Swords of Legends Online

    This is just one of the terrible translations -- you'll need to do it under 'Drill' (which is the only mode you can select). When you beat it, it'll also seem confusing as to how to 'collect' the reward for the instance but it should be part of the progress menu. In addition, I'd suggest doing...
  12. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Smilegate gave a nice presentation for their upcoming patch, some of which is rumored to also come day 1 to the West, this included: - A new class (Sorceress) which is your standard stand and cast class (which is why it's rumored to be a release class for the West and why they didn't have it...
  13. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Yes right now. As for me, maybe my standards have fallen (I absolutely despise F2P MMOs usually; give me a sub and a purely cosmetic shop any day of the week) but I absolutely enjoy Lost Ark for what it is. I've level'd to 50 on KR on 4 classes and 3 on RU and I'm traditionally anti-alt. It...
  14. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    They 'westernized' the class releases to try to appeal to our demographic (it's completely out of order). The advantage is we got more male selection (and the assassin classes, which is always a plus) alongside the two supports (instead of just having bards). I had forgotten just how shitty the...
  15. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    This was confusing as fuck for me too (and they do a shit job of explaining it). There are two ways to get into the closed beta: 1. Signing up and receiving an e-mail, which allows you to add it to Steam and download the client. 2. Pre-ordering They posted the information afterwards but, I...
  16. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Nice to have some extra folks playing, lets 3v3 queue for PVP early. :)
  17. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Just a note that if you pre-ordered from Steam (any of the packs) the closed beta client can now be downloaded.
  18. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I know that the game is too late but I don't care. I enjoyed both the KR & RU versions and I suspect I'll enjoy this even more. The issue for me is going to be, as someone who rarely makes alts, exactly which class to go with. There are several that I really, really enjoyed plus it looks like...
  19. Voldeth

    NHL 2021 Irregular Season and Plagueoffs

    The difference is, the 2018 Caps was still stacked and minus their previous woes were favorites in every series (they had won the Metro if memory serves?). The Leafs would be facing much of the same (only with a far better roster) than the Habs presently are. While the Habs just finished off the...
  20. Voldeth

    NHL 2021 Irregular Season and Plagueoffs

    As a Habs fan who only saw the hit live, I take more exception to the fact that, he was a full 2 steps behind and was never going to prevent the goal. Thus taking any shot at him was always going to be a little late -- factor in that he took such a long stride and made contact with the head...
  21. Voldeth

    Wheel of Time

    I just don't understand why they would change much of anything, which is what makes me so uneasy about this. WOT lends itself to the medium of a TV series (much more so than something like GoT), wokeness included, as is. From an easy comparison standpoint, there is a clear protagonist that...
  22. Voldeth

    The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    Yeah, not sure where the whole idea of Hydra being completely gone makes any sense. Even within this very show Zemo & Bucky exchange that, the reason why Bucky is enlisting Zemo's help is because he suspects Hydra has something to do with it and Bucky knows that, in light of that, Zemo is their...
  23. Voldeth

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Yup - because that will make the game fun to play. Totally not just frustratingly annoying of preventing you from pulling multiple mobs, etc. The game is nowhere near what it was like in classic and trying to adjust it based on what works in Classic is a recipe for disaster. The solution was...
  24. Voldeth

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    My expectations were actually within the post you quoted. Like. The. Mage. Tower. You've somehow confused 'number of buttons' to press with complexity of an encounter. Hint: it's possible to make things incredibly complex, engaging, and fun with far less than 6 buttons.
  25. Voldeth

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Got the last boss on layer 8 down to 9% today, so almost done with the place. I can firmly say that, if the intended goal was to make this like the Mage Tower they really, really missed the mark. There is nothing fun or interesting about any of the bosses or mechanics. There's absolutely no...
  26. Voldeth

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Sounds to me like you want to become my dedicated healer. We'll be best friends if so. :)
  27. Voldeth

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    What class are you playing as? I ask as, if I had started kiting at 10s, I'm pretty confident my DPS would have kicked me. As is if I'm running with competent DPS on 12s (using your metric since I wouldn't pug below 12s) they're pretty frustrated if I'm not pulling multiple packs and standing...
  28. Voldeth

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Obviously the DPS life is quite different but I don't hesitate to bail keys and I feel zero bad about it nor do I wait longer than 5 seconds to find a group. I don't run M+ to teach mechanics, just like I don't expect my group to teach me paths as a tank. In the example you're using, if that add...
  29. Voldeth

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    I wanted to hate this post but... accurate summary is accurate.
  30. Voldeth

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    Honestly not sure if you're trolling here but just to make sure the position is clear: When people are saying that your use of a controller will limit you on high keys & difficult content, we are not talking about a M2. As an example, I just ran a +2 with my 10 year old daughter sitting on the...
  31. Voldeth

    World of Warcraft: Current Year

    As a Veng DH that pugs a lot of +10s - I really, really hate disc priests atm. I literally go snail pace with them whereas every other healer seems to mostly keep up. Tyrannical is also hilariously awesome at watching DPS fail to mechanics (or simply not understand them).
  32. Voldeth

    The Boys

    Her name was Lucy. Show some respect!
  33. Voldeth

    Legends of Runeterra - Card game by Riot Games

    Yes. I actually really enjoy the game / balance but I have to admit collecting every card came a bit too quickly.
  34. Voldeth

    Legends of Runeterra - Card game by Riot Games

    I absolutely love playing Yasou stun decks. Mine has some minor changes (more stuns rather than recalls) but it's a really satisfying deck.
  35. Voldeth

    Legends of Runeterra - Card game by Riot Games

    Managed to get my vault to 13 before the reset and ended up unlocking 2 champs in my boxes + the token for an additional one. Decent rewards all around. I've managed to get to 7 wins in each expeditions, although this week I lost several versus the previous weeks where I would steamroll through...
  36. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    Most NA players experience about 120-170 ping via VPN. It's definitely noticeable in PvP, especially depending on what class you're playing (Infighter would be almost impossible to play competitively). The RU Version doesn't have a verification at all, so no worries on the reverfication front.
  37. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    All of the dungeons can be cleared easily on hard mode as a solo/duo, including when you unlock additional paths at max level. They do require entry tokens howerver, which is capped at 3 per day (with the ability to store buy or get lucky for additional ones). There is virtually no reason to...
  38. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    I speak 0 of either languages and have used the English patch exclusively, playing with friends almost exclusively for the higher level content.
  39. Voldeth

    Lost Ark Online

    This is actually wrong. Lancer has been available in the Korean version for a few months, as well as the two assassin classes. They are not yet available in the Russian version however. I'm genuinely curious to see how this game will do in NA. I've put in a lot of time into it (I have 6...
  40. Voldeth

    NFL 2019 Season: It's Tricky!

    Pats aren’t going undefeated with that O-line.