Imo argos release could wait at least a few more weeks
and what do you suggest they release then. the game in t1/t2 is completely set in stone. you can either give the option to speed past it with catchup or you can see casuals drown in it because the honing sucks ass. “doing more for early game” - they wont add anything to early game period so instead just discard early game sooner rather than later.
casuals can farm mokoko seeds while being on t3 content too, you know. it doesnt get locked away
Honestly what they are doing is extremely smart. It might suck for the players but not for their revenue 
You know what pushes people to spend money on this game right? I mean it’s quite simple
Well for one the QOL changes from the future patches in KR would be nice.
I’m not saying don’t release late content, not saying that at all. Just saying a large part of your players are not gonna be there anytime soon, so cater stuff to them to get them to wallet out more money 
i see the patch notes as an absolute win tbh, no class news is actually good news as it means that is most likely the content they pulled from the march roadmap - meaning we’ll get a very detailed answer soon to how they decide to release the remaining 6 classes and when. If things go as SG usually does them anyway
but isnt that the thing. they decide how quick the playerbase is “there”.
i have no idea about the korean qol changes tho. gotta read up on those i guess…but im almost on the same boat as you are, except i dont see it as a given that “people wont be there anytime soon”, instead they are kinda being held down by not having catchup mechanics to boost into t3, because people wanted to experience t1 and t2 content (which is fair i guess, but tbh i think its boring and i think it shows, that its supposed to be farm content at this point)
Ah I see what’s going on here. Lol I was like where is he coming from?
T1/T2 is considered gear progression, story missions, etc. etc. Islands are horizontal activities not associated with Tiers. They will always be available to do. In fact if, as you say, so many people are loving this type of content then they should REALLY want the game to be updated into late T3 because A LOT more locations get added to the islands and continents. Trust when I say YOU WANT the later T3 content because of everything that comes with it aside from dungeons and raids.
Smilegate knows how to retain it’s players. They know tons quit in T1/T2 but lots stuck around when everyone started in T3. This is why they’re pushing to release the vertical content because it comes with more horizontal content. It just benefits everyone.
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Hitting 1370 is hard for sure. The big problem with the patch notes is, that there is no new content added beside PVP to obtain more honing materials. They should put all the availabe content meant for progression into this patch at once. I dont want get everything the “easy way” but atleast give us the same content other regions can use to farm up some more mats.
Or build up on the welcome challenge, giving players just the goal to hit 1370 for Argos P1 seem’s kinda missplaced right now.
And I’m not hating on the game, there are just some questionable decisions being made?
@Desostris that’s not true they added new T3 islands one of which gives a pretty substantial amount of mats but it is a bit sparse, yes
Yup I totally agree, as is my own personal experience. I want to see as much new content as possible because I actually enjoy the game, as do many others.
All I’m saying is as we’re still in the honeymoon phase here worrying about the 1% that hit end game now likely provides less value than making the 99% comfy for the next month or two with some nice QOL updates that KR has and such.
Honestly I just want to move the loot spam box, that’s all I ask for in life.
Reroll is so cheap in this game: just KT most of it for a few thousand gold.
Skill points are account wide, roster stats, crafting materials, etc etc… So much you can do right now on an alt that will fully transfer to your main.
Not that i disagree with what you said, but people who care about being “worlds/region/server/friends group’s first” are usually the type of person to be competitive enought as to already be on t3, so idk if any of those people would care.
Also, 1370 is not mega-whale territory, not by a long shot. i’m 99% f2p (except for the founders 3 day head start) and i’ll probably be able to try argos in the first or maybe second week of its release.
They need to release higher bosses and higher level content not only for the top 0,1%, cuz when they do that, the prices of everything prior gets lowered helping more people to get there. At least thats how i see it.
So you’re saying that, we, for the insanely long amount of time that the past month has been, got no catch up mechanics and events?
Have you tried opening the game? it is one big catch up mechanic ffs.
If there had been catch up to 1370, whales and tryhards would be at 1450+, then you would cry about not having catch up bs to 1450+…
People who put effort OR MONEY into the game are entitled to be ahead and experience things first, that is the nature of this game. If you want everyone to have equal access to every single piece of the game, go play league or some competitive game.
Lost ark is a marathon not a sprint, you shouldn’t feel rushed to t3, you shouldn’t discard t1 and t2. Even if T3 is better, those previous are just introductions. It’s a new game for most of the playerbase, you can’t expect to give everyone 1302 powerpasses and hope they’ll figure it all out.
Not releasing the catchup here was the one crushing mistake they could make.
Releasing it now would let everyone experience argos, be ready for valtan at what I assume is the same time next month and also have their alts ready and be excited to gear up the new class.
Just poor judgment imo
You need glasses kid.
thousands of players already tried the game in korea or russia with VPNs. Thousands of players watched videos of all classes on youtube.
They know what they want.
If amazon ignores the community then the game dies like NEW WORLD.
I remember a guy once said that when NEW WORLD came out. He defended amazon and the game religiously.
WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT TURNED OUT…Dead game
Lets see if amazon makes the same mistake and listens to people like you .
Yes, because this game is developed by Amazon, too, right?
Right?
AMAZON also has power to make decisions.
The lost ark korean director criticized amazon for their decision making,delays and lack of communication… He roasted them
like i said lets see how many mistake they will make with this game.
I’m sure there will be many mistakes made with this game, no doubt about it.
I highly doubt that.