this kind of explains my situation. I came back to the game after leaving at the end of Feb to play elden ring.
Tomorrow will be starting my 5th week back. I am 1375 (granted I fcked up and did Normal Oreha thinking I could do Normal and Hard mode bc I thought they had seperate lock outs, because other tiers had 2 abyss dungeon lockout… anyway).
When I came back i was like 1060. so 5 weeks and im only at 1375, which realistically could be like 1380-1385 maybe if I got the oreha hard mode set.
Its kind of annoying. What I find insane is the fact I cant even push my alts relatively fast, I used feiton pass on destroyer and its been 3-4 weeks and hes 1325. I had a deathblade at like 400 and shes 960 right now after 4 weeks. The amount of materials it requires to hone in T1 and T2 is insanity, tower is the only thing that somewhat helps, but even then I could be 3 pieces away from 1100 and then boom I fail a single piece and have to wait an entire day to try again. T1 and T2 should be completely skipped at this point in the game.
They are releasing new content for T3 why wouldnt you want to flood everyone and their alts into T3, where honing % is worse and can yield more swiping and revenue. It blows my mind.
I guess this is just Lost Ark, I like in other MMOs where I can generally pickup the game after a few month break and do like a questline that catches me up to current patch content and maybe 1-4 weeks I can farm for gear and look at that now im doing endgame content progression. Lost ark isnt like that. Im nearly 1.5 months into returning and havent even cracked 1400
In all honesty we most likely won’t see global honing buff until the player pop/spending drops off. I think thats pretty clear from the OG launch notes. After realizing just how popular the game was the decides to pull the accelerated progression. My bet is the second population drops off global honing buff will be implemented. It makes the most business sense. Not having it now because game is so popular means more people to spend more vs. not having a reason to spend since progression was so fast and easy. Not having when player pop drops off could lead to people not having enough reason to spend (no friends pressuring them, the amount needed to be spent to actually help etc.)
clearly you can get your chars to 1415 so it’s not the game that’s the problem. More like your friends didn’t want to put in the time or money. Maybe you should teach them how you do it. If you think it’s purely, because of RNG, then yes you giving them mats definitely helps.
What are you even talking about my man lol. How does a buff to mains to get to 1415 help rmters?
The best part of the game starts at 1415, if new players quit before they experience it, its because of the poor game management.
Also, ags has enough say to bring to global buffs to help new players. The buffs already exist. If they can remove the jar or bring the stronghold buff, then they can bring the global buff.
What good things are you talking about? Releasing content that already exists isnt them doing a particular good job. It depends how and when its released and they are failing at it.
Yes thank you, exactly what im saying. We need players like you to progress at a reasonable pace and enjoy the game for its longevity. Im not saying get u to 1460 for free, but at least get an easier time getting to fun content at 1415
Thats cool but what about everyone else? Why give me who can get an alt to 1415 easily anyway another buff but ignore the ppl that dont have a single 1415?
did you not read the roadmap or just blind? that’s a hyperexpress pass coming next month. This is why Amazon needs to tell SG to push out content faster. Faster content = more catchup mechanics, but whiny players just complain how everything 's too fast or they’re not ready for the permanent content.
Yea I think hoping for a power pass or hyper express for anything beyond even 1370 is smoking crack. The last one we has 960 so my guess is 1325 for the July pass.
Obviously players having trouble leveling up are what this game needs the most. I already feel stronger on tomorrow’s Vykas knowing there are 1410 collecting herbs.
I bet at least half the people at 1460+ got there with bot farm rmt and little effort. What’s the difference? Lol. Your hard work has been invalidated many times over and I can’t help but laugh when I see people make this argument.
There are and will be lots of catch up mechanics in this game, for newer players and alts. Catch up to latest content? Hopefully never; but only to content a few months behind almost instantly. On top of the many events, last catch up event is feiton pass and express mission to T3. Next one might be punika pass and express mission to 1370. Maybe when 1475 or 1490 content comes out, we will have catch up to 1415 or maybe even 1445. That’s where the game really starts, and they don’t really need catch up mechanic any further. At that stage, players will have access to many sources of honing materials and more coming in the future such as bridge and kakul saydon rehearsal.
