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I’m sorry but this happens when you only play one game. If you are stuck in a game and that’s affecting your life, you have issues and need to move on to another game and/or take a break. I play Lost Ark a lot but I also play 2 other games at the moment. I do my daily/weekly stuff and to the next game. I’m at ilvl 1361 at the moment (free-to-play and no alts). I hit the wall in Lost Ark now in tier 3, and realized that it is gonna take months to get to 1400 (which is kind of my goal with Lost Ark). So that’s that. As a GAMER, never get stuck in one game… playing 24/7 one game is dumb unless you’re streammer or some making real money playing.
All i learned from this thread > is that you’re frustrated with your honing > inserts bots for some reason > blah blah blah who asked unnecessary money flex. > who asked bye speech
Well, I get the anger tbh.
I like the game a lot, but the upgrading system is incredibly bad design.
Makes sense from a financial perspective, as it motivates players to swipe a lot and triggers the same neurological processes as gambling does (And we all know how well gambling worked out).
But from an actual player perspective, its incredible bad.
Increase that materials needed by like 500%, and it would be a loot better.
Hell, increase them by 1000% if thats more comparable to the time it takes with RNG, will steel feel better. To see everything you grinded for just vanish without any result, feels just so so so bad.
I am still having a lot o fun, but just reached Tier 3.
End of Tier 2 felt bad, I’ll see how I will feel when I reach like ~1350.
You guys can say what you want though, you can’t really think that this system is actually good and fun from a player perspective. The fact that it does not destroy your gear like in BDO does not mean that its a good system.
dunno man, a month and a half later im still having a blast running around and doing new stuff.
Well yeah ive been telling people there isnt much to do in T3 so rushing item level is something i strongly recommend against. Hopefully the upcoming missing content will help you want to come back when its added but the bottom line is:
If you arent having a fun with a game its not worth playing. Hopefully you find something else to enjoy in all your newly found free time 
This is as much a psa on why focusing on gear honing and item level is a bad for your own mentality while playing this game as much as it is a psa on why a lot of people will feel the way OP does
Bots are greatly reduced, evident by the fact that in EU currency exchange is now 400 gold (down from 1000).
Game is improving. As for honing, i’ve had pieces go up at 100% artisan energy at 1355 when my friends one-tapped several upgrades. Later it went backwards. Its just rng, a swing. If you dont enjoy it, well, cant do much more than quit.
Bye Have a wonderfull time weakling.
Your weakness disgust me. Casual player
Some of the comments in your thread are the exact reason this game is suffering;stockholm syndrome and the acceptance of awful systems xD.
Yep game has not much content at T3 atm. They should have just released everything available in korea.
The new event and mats got me from 1361 to 1364 i had to spend 40k gold to hit 1370. Luckily I play a lot so I have the gold. But the gane isnt really rewarding anymore and basically no content.
Amazon and smilegate made a big mistake making Hard mode orehas, some Area bosses like moake locked behind paywall or insane amounts of time to grind.
I dont understand why moake is same ilv as valtan…
nice projection. used by almost everyone everywhere, be original, low iq mutt
theres quite literally 0 reason to make a post announcing you quit besides for attention lol what are you on about clown ass mf
this is a feedback forum, he is giving his reason why hes quiting, why are you trying to enter debatge? learn how to read idiot
Scam like system? What are you even saying right now. I’m sorry you got bad luck in honing, if you feel that much frustrated then leave the game and go play farmville or something, no one is making you play Lost Ark. RNG is statistics, not from casino, maybe stay in college so you will understand? Frustration is what make people keep playing because it’s a challege for them to overcome, and next time if you wanna argue keep it relevent. I don’t care about Elden Ring so I won’t understand the comparison. I understand how it feels to fail 90% honing too, but I feel like the hapiest man alive when I got 2 legendary class engraving book that worth 20k gold each (when it still worths that much) on the same day. RNG goes both way and it’s the beauty of it. People like you only critisize the bad side but will never remember the time when RNG god “smiles” to you.
Excuse me? Force you? See this is the problem, you feel entitled to something after forcing yourself to do that for 2 weeks. Thats just addiction nothing else. If you take your time, chill, and enjoy all of the content you wont notice these things the same way.
2 weeks lol. Boohoo
most likely he has not 600 hours played like you
That’s how a cassino addict would react.
But no, thanks, I’d rather play an actually difficult game, not a zero difficulty cassino-like activity for the mentally ill who need treatment.
this is not an airport you don’t have to announce your departure
I mean to be fair, while I disagree with your statement.
You know the nature of this game from the very get go, if you prefer Elden Ring then why are you wasting your precious time here?
Like it may not be your cup of tea but you calling it a scam is excessive. The experience is subjective to the player, if you do not like it that much, the door is that way. XD
Its like hating pineapples on pizzas and still ordering a Hawaiian, who’s fault is that?
Honestly I think it all comes down to how efficient you are with the game. I have only put in 250+ hours into the game and am sitting at 1365 with a alt at 1325. Now this isnt to say that RNG may have been on my side but an extra 150-170 hours you put in should have put you way ahead of me. Now I realize there isnt much content to do unless you are doing islands and completing continents, but I would assume by then you would be at least 1370 with 400+ hours played.