This was the most important interview in the history of Lost Ark!

[@Kufojohn]

make trancendence progress roster wide like cards, make honing mats roster bound, make Tier 4 system accessible to 1640

[@ffhighwind]

2 biggest problems in the game imo are advanced honing in t4 and mokoko status needs to be fixed immediately.

[@clementguitard6653]

+1

[@DeViL11019]

It's great to see the korean and western audience's opinions and game culture compared directly like this. I think this was a very much needed step to make the game better, and this is not just a PR speech.

[@DiavolEVO]

a personal DPS meter that will only show your effectiveness This will suit everyone even SG will benefit from it (most will want to improve their efficiency and someone will even use a mastercard)

[@TheSevenFight]

About bussing, it's actually hard to take a stance, everything change if you change perspective (I am talking mainly about NA/EU). I am a type of player who is out of the rat race, i love to do things at my own pace and when i am ready to go imo. This brings me to a place where even if i want to go and experience some new raid i can't because raid is already 1 month old or older and people already demanding x5 or x10/title to join the group. Learnings are non existent at this point or people are proging further gates already. Busses saved me from not being able to join these raids a few times, i am a type of player that want to learn but most of the time people don't want to teach because if you didn't start doing that raid week 1 or 2 then it's a you problem and deal with it on your own. YES i can do my own group but finding a SUP for a learning right now is a miracle (for example: people are still struggling to find SUPs for normal hw runs and you expect to get one for learning? it's obvious that sup will go for a run that is not a jail) I am in a guild but there is not much people left now so we don''t have enough people to prog it as a guild. Most statics are already full so it's out of the question too so what is left? BUSSES. People are paying for busses and attempting them mostly because they can't join any lobby because they don't have a title... but hey... title don't matter right? This mad circle was created by players but constructed by developers and there is no simple solution to it, ground breaking changes are need to be done and it has to be in the core of the game which will never happen. Busses will disappear when solo content will be released as the same time as new raids (which will never happen) also this is a MMORPG so you suppose to interact with other people... the more fitting change would be a raid that is not require from you to have 8 people, just go solo or with 2 or 3 friends and do what you need to do. Raids should adjust to how many people are in the raid and based on that should apply a proper difficulty or adjust the mechanics to how many people you have. That would also prevent people from joining a bus to a minimum but this also never happens. This game is heading towards dead end for us in NA/EU and if nothing will change, it will die.

[@ForeverFireSNSD]

Excellent summary and write up!

[@emmusing]

Maplestory ost always a banger. Thanks for the wrap up.

[@dolaundrybeforegaming]

hey is your background music is from a japanese second hand store hard off. i lived there 6yrs

[@AbstractedCA]

elixier and trans nerf need to come up asap cuz im tired of doing that shit on my main fr

[@countyingula]

So the games for good for small groups with friends to do raids together with and screw everyone else and throw away all the potential the game has to be fun for 90-95% of people not in this small group that play with friends. So many people who quit start by saying their static fell apart. To have that be the only way to progress in the game ruins it. There's no reason there can't be more added to cater to a massive amount of people while leaving the things the current player base enjoys. Other than greed.

[@AlphaFrameOfficial]

MISO MODE GREAT VID

[@khongbiettuc7445]

While i think elixir/trans is annoying, i still think we shouldn't nerf it too much. I would say make it work normally for your main. After you completely elixir/trans once, your alts could have a better time doing it again, like just paying some gold and automatically finish it

[@SeanCat]

I think meter usage is around 70 tbh

[@jingsterling]

I really doubt its as high as people think. Sure with fairly high ilvl people it might be the case, but a huge part of the player base is more casual leaning and honestly they probably won't go out of their way to use a third party software. 70% to 50% is just such an insane number, but if streamers play with people that use it, it could seem like it's the case. You need to keep in mind that most streamers are the 1% in terms of ilvl and that's the people they often play with.

[@re5485]

@@jingsterling We know from the dev that it had roughly 21k users before it got encrypted, not sure how much now. I think Lost ark is averaging like 20k players and peaking at 30k on Steam. Also most of the meter users are the relevant hardcore players. So the numbers of 50%/little more seem pretty legit.

[@jingsterling]

@@re5485 If concurrent is 20k to 30k that would mean we would be having roughly 80k to 120k people playing through out the day. So I can maybe believe 20%, but 50% I heavily doubt. Even then 21k users could also be people who already quit the game etc, alt accounts which many make and so on.

[@kimiisana]

A competitive tool used in all the wrong ways and that is why this game is dying. Now its all about numbers and who got the biggest titles. When was the last time a competitive game does well in the gaming industry.

[@clementguitard6653]

people would play better if it was the case. its 100% for bussers but not enough popular in pug party clearly

[@ragnorak5095]

Where link to interview?

[@MisoxShiru]

It’s in the description but here it is. www.twitch.tv/videos/2301175593?t=03h26m10s

[@thisandthat7887]

Having MVP screen isn't as toxic as the meter. So, people who aren't good at the game but still enjoying it can't finish the raid because their dps is low? Meter will bring more toxicity to the game and I'm going to be the one who's going to quit the game if AGS allow it.

[@HeusthamFS]

People who are not doing the minimal dps required to clear a Raid wont be able to clear the Raid for lack of dmg Everyone Should be responsible for carrying their own weight, no One likes to free carry zdps andies in Raids

[@thisandthat7887]

@@HeusthamFS Like how much zdps are you talking though? I never had an issue clearing the raids with pugs. Most of the time group disband is because of people can't do the mech not because of zdps. If they can survive and do the mechs correctly, that's all I care anyway.

[@jingsterling]

@@HeusthamFS Ehh sure if you are talking about on ilvl clears. But honest to god would I give a shit if someone deals zdps when i'm just there to get my weekly gold. Probably not. Most raid clears just come down to staying alive anyway.

[@dominikb9202]

People with low dps shouldn't get a raid clear, yes. No other game gives you an auto clear. The single exception would be LFR in WoW. Even a monkey could clear that. Most people, like myself use it to improve the performance. Why did I just get fighter ? There can be quite a few reason for that. Like: You played the mechanics very badly/you don't play your class to its potential (doesn't mean perfection)/issues with gear,stats or other systems you aren't aware off uptime needs improvement which you cannot see otherwise/the support is just bad with uptime of buffs and debuffs or you have juiced people in the party that do 3x your dmg. Just having people with ark passive in your party will do that. There are idiots in every game who just need something to go on a rampage. Does Not need a dps meter for it. Also in a game with that many stats and power systems it is just weird to not have one. The game is plenty toxic already. Always happens with open lobbies and random people on the internet. Just find your own group.

[@beluvolk9387]

misoxshiru i want to tell you one thing why do you not say one thing you cant bring in general more chars up to later contents even if they are counted as old like i have some chars at 1600 but i cant neither want to invest into to them coz elixirs+ tracedance cost a lot and if you do anything outside the 6 chars i dont even talk adv honing you are gonna be so much behind coz imagine honing to get 1620 tracedance elixirs are must to have + gems you cant enjoy the game as you did before when you would just make one char push to to punika bit by bit honing and playing with it only build needed and some gems now if you do not finish a lot of things you cant play with your 6 roster for example soon people gonna ask for ark passive builds and they already started some so for me those systems are just black holes sucking the gold and the time. to do from lvl 1 to lvl 7 1 trance piece may take from 20 minutes to 1 hour for no reason

[@dolaundrybeforegaming]

stop nerfing gold rewards in lower raids but hence make it all gold bound

[@Balyente]

Lol 50% more like 90%

[@wratthis6922]

It like 90 percent

[@kaymanigeorge]

my guy amma be deadass stoopzz missed a lot of shit. adv hoing in t4/ honing and having to many gold sinks in the game, their are many things in the game that needs work/reword, I want to be able to have more ways to get gem/gold more ways to get mats outside of raid/choas+choas gate / venders I want less taping and more playing the fking game, my guy we spent more time playing with systems then playing the fking game. here's my thing, to know what its like to play the game as a f2p a real one u need to ask ppl who has spent $0 on the game because those ppl out here running 2 accounts just to keep up.

[@QUANTPAPA]

Elixers just need a system that let you slowly progress it to max out elixer. right new after you have desent elixer its like a endless money pit. where you just fail 20-30 elixers and gold with 0 inprovement add all bc the RNG is not there. in transandance atleast you get even if you have bad RNG in the end we all get max out trans. but elixer is just you hit it ore you dont. its just not fun add all. i still have 70 event elixers ore more and i dont even wanne do them. its so borring enoing. always the way it can fail and how many RNG gates you hoop true its just not fun add all. even if you use the fames tactics its still a bad experians. the just better add. elixers as a drop. you get 2 stats on it. you hope you get the right drop with right stats, then after that you just juice it up with new materials that slowly level them up. and then in the end you have 5-5 elixer 100% overtime ofc. not in 1 day XD just wish it was like a cutting stone drop. that it have 2 stats. and then you find lets say some crystal ore stone that get juice them up slowly. simulair like honning. advance honning. and trans. the nice part about honning trans and the other is that even if you RNG suck in the end you will get your max out. in the elixer thing is just a infinity pit and most likely you get it never. and worst part is gatekeeping based on elixers. you can by the best player if you have a ALT that have bad RNG you litterly stuck bc y ou dont get accepted bc elixer to weak.