The problem is that accelerating the release schedule and injecting mats artificially ruined the balance of economy.
At every stage you have an abundance of one thing, but everything else is lacking. Like why even have damn honor shards if I can sell every single unbound pouch and still have 80k left at 1390?
What’s the point? Aren’t they supposed to be XP for honing currency?
Actually later on honor shards are a limiting currency. The price of honor shard bags is crazy cheap just because there aren’t a lot of people 1370+ right now. Well that and the economy is borked.
Yeah, LATER ON. But read the entire post before replying, please.
At 1340-1370 I had to buy leapstones from AH, normal ones. There was no other way. But I had 100+ greater leapstones, which is 500+ normal ones sitting in storage, doing nothing. I know I’m using them now, but the game should be balanced so you get rewards for your current level.
Sure, I’ll lack honor shards at 1490, but how am I going to get there?
We have nerfed gold version, which is supposed to be introduced after legion raid. Wise choice, AGS 
They removed gold generation with Rapport. Players are leaving. No one needs t1 mats anymore. People are broke and not spending gold in the market. Injecting mats are part of this problem, but not the sole cause. And I only ever feel like I have an abundance of honor shards on alts I don’t hone on, or when I get to the next tier and don’t need them anymore. But maybe that’s just me.
You will always generate both great honor and regular leapstones from current boss rush. Also even though we keep getting these “fun” material injection events, we’re still missing a few of the weekly material generators that other regions have. Also again, this is a game where the intended game model is to use alts to feed your main. If you don’t play alts/don’t want to play alts and yet want to keep up with other people, do the current raids, and play endgame, then this is probably not the game for you my friend.
Or you can swipe.
Why not make the rewards 5x normal leapstones instead of great leapstones then? Same thing for 1370+, but helps deadzone players. Not to mention it’s 1300 content and 1340+ parties complete it in like 5 minutes.
tHiS iS nOt A gAmE fOr YoU.
When will you understand that KR meta isn’t our meta because whe’re playing a distorted version of the game with all the mats and release schedule changes?
Yeah, the game is not for me because I’m not doing daily lopang, but have more collectibles than 99% of the playerbase.
Meta is different than game model. The game is modeled to funnel one character using multiple characters. What you want is not Lost Ark it’s a completely different game where you can play 1 character and do all the content and keep up with everybody else. This is not the game for you unless you don’t mind taking much longer to get to where everybody else is. But seeing as how you’re on the forums saying you don’t make enough of X currency with 1 character that isn’t your mindset. Sorry buddy.
I actually got to 1370 in only 400h, F2P, which is way faster than most people with alts because I can actually understand how games work and not just blindly follow brainless grinding guides everyone does.
But yeah, you’re one of those people who thinks this game isn’t about actual gampleay, but grinding useless, daily stuff like it’s a mobile game.
Might as well call the game Alt Ark. If people don’t like it I guess do what you gotta do. GL.
Since when is not liking one or two features of a game a sign that “the game isn’t for you?”
I can’t think of a single game, even my favorites, that didn’t have things that I took issues with. That doesn’t mean games aren’t for me. Just that I reflect on my experiences after they occur and form thoughts about it, instead of being like a fish and impressed with every new thing that pops in front of my face. I mean the point of an mmorpg is the ability to do many different things in game, some like fishing and logging, some like end game raid, some just like dungeons, some like exploration and discovery. Just because you don’t like life skills but do like raids doesn’t mean the game isn’t for you. You just gotta find the parts you like and do those.
Alts aren’t a feature, they’re a main component/driving mechanism for progression for the game. The game is very linear. Get mats hone to do more content repeat. If you don’t want to alt in Alt Ark I mean I don’t know what to tell you I guess.
You could probably recognize that people are allowed to take issues with certain parts of the game while still playing it for one.
6x legion raid rdy char cost sooo much ;p … what do u think when u get enought income to make it
Funniest thing is that at 500h I’ve got enough gold and mats to go straight up to 1400 from 1390 on the next reset if I had the silver. So it’s not like I need alts for other mats like most people. I’ll make alts later on when they release the schedule for upcoming classes, but that’s also going to be a character I play, not a lopang bot.
I’m a Paladin and I want something completely different, waiting to see info about scouter release date. If it’s not close, I’m going to make a gunslinger alt.
And idk if you’ve seen this, I made a complaint about PVP silver vendor. Why would I waste time on alt if I want to PVP?
Again I’m not using phrases like certain parts, I’m saying core mechanic. Later on during the Legion Commander raids the cost to hone is astronomically more than the cost to hone now. People in other regions hone with the mindset that they will hone until the pity rate for artisan energy, which when you get up there is less than 1% pity per hone. So on average getting 1 item hone increase is MILLIONS of GOLD, TENS of MILLIONS of silver, hundreds of thousands of the higher version crystals and hundreds/thousands of leapstones. Playing one character is semi doable now, but in the ever advancing future of the game it will not be. I wasn’t saying he should quit, I’m saying that the game is going in a direction where people who do not want to alt are going to be very very very frustrated.
But are we in legion raids? No. Stop talking about the future when KR has t3 powerpass. When that happens for us, I’ll definitely make alts.
Playing one character isn’t semi-doable, but easily doable.
If we had the entire roster available, I’d definitely make a couple of alts. But not as of now, especially not considering roster spots are limited. And I don’t need them for mats.
I stopped pushing at 1340, there was no need to push higher for me, I sold all my mats from 3 T3 chars. Im sitting now on a solid amount fo gold and silver and waiting for the roadmap and the destroyer to release.
In the future there will be more ways to get gol. prices in the auction house will still drop.
Just chill and sell mats.
Because you don’t need gold for anything at the moment. Gold gain weekly is enough for current content. That’s why people rushed so they can abuse the AH, other than that gold right now is very limited as it should be. You are not supposed to have too much gold otherwise you’d speed through content and will be bored waiting for new endgame raids.
Circle back to this thread once we have all legion raids and you’ll be making 100k+ a week if u got alts and that’s when you need gold for accessories / upgrades / engravings. Not now when we only have meaningless content (Argos & 2 abyss dungeons).
My guy, you want the game company to cater to your problem that HAS A SOLUTION currently. But you don’t like that solution so you want a different one. If it’s easily doable why are you on the forums saying you can’t speed up to 1400 fast enough for your liking?
Also I’m sure they will open up more roster slots later on just like they have in other regions so you don’t have to worry there. Unless you also refuse to pay for roster slots with real money in a F2P game I guess.