Lost Ark Questline

[Ryeloc]

Is the quest to find the lost arks always linear? So far I'm at 2, and lvl 50... but seems I'm still following a linear quest line story. Does it break off into more exploration at some point, or what exactly happens I guess?

[TyresTyco]

Yes it's linear. The ocean however not. You can tackle the islands how you please.

[Jeris]

The current content in this version doesn't finish the ark story. So the linear quest line will end, until the update comes.

But, that is only the main story line. Plenty of non-linear things to do.

[Ryeloc]

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

Yes it's linear. The ocean however not. You can tackle the islands how you please.

This is probably a stupid question, but how do I know when I should stop following the main story and kind of just go explore? It seems like the story tells me I need to go here, then there, etc. I don't really see something that is saying, hey go explore this new feature?

[Jeris]

Originally posted by Ryeloc:

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

Yes it's linear. The ocean however not. You can tackle the islands how you please.

This is probably a stupid question, but how do I know when I should stop following the main story and kind of just go explore? It seems like the story tells me I need to go here, then there, etc. I don't really see something that is saying, hey go explore this new feature?

Once you complete "Ealyn's Gift" quest (and you are level 50) you can stop the main story for a bit. That is far enough to go do other stuff. As you gain iLvl, it will force you to go and do more of the main story quests to unlock additional tiers of iLvl.

At low level, if you want to do side quests, feel free to. But there isn't really much else to do until later. I believe the lowest island content is iLvl 250. Which is essentially level 50.

[Braunze]

Once you get your boat you can kinda do what you want, but yeah main quest is linear taking you to different continents at different points.

[Ryeloc]

Originally posted by Jeris:

Originally posted by Ryeloc:

This is probably a stupid question, but how do I know when I should stop following the main story and kind of just go explore? It seems like the story tells me I need to go here, then there, etc. I don't really see something that is saying, hey go explore this new feature?

Once you complete "Ealyn's Gift" quest (and you are level 50) you can stop the main story for a bit. That is far enough to go do other stuff. As you gain iLvl, it will force you to go and do more of the main story quests to unlock additional tiers of iLvl.

Got ya, so right now I am on "FInding the Arks" and it just says 2/7, but when I got to this it opened something of a side quest type thing and now I'm on "The Heart of Sceptrum" did I pass what you're saying?

Don't think I've seen anything that talks about ilvl yet. Mine is lvl 235.83

[Jeris]

Originally posted by Ryeloc:

Originally posted by Jeris:

Once you complete "Ealyn's Gift" quest (and you are level 50) you can stop the main story for a bit. That is far enough to go do other stuff. As you gain iLvl, it will force you to go and do more of the main story quests to unlock additional tiers of iLvl.

Got ya, so right now I am on "FInding the Arks" and it just says 2/7, but when I got to this it opened something of a side question type thing and now I'm on "The Heart of Sceptrum" did I pass what you're saying?

Don't think I've seen anything that talks about ilvl yet. Mine is lvl 235.83

You will have 3 arks when you reach the point I am referring to. Some people go 1 step farther and get the 4th ark (Shushire continent). But, you can delay that one for exploration.

[Ryeloc]

Originally posted by Jeris:

Originally posted by Ryeloc:

Got ya, so right now I am on "FInding the Arks" and it just says 2/7, but when I got to this it opened something of a side question type thing and now I'm on "The Heart of Sceptrum" did I pass what you're saying?

Don't think I've seen anything that talks about ilvl yet. Mine is lvl 235.83

You will have 3 arks when you reach the point I am referring to. Some people go 1 step farther and get the 4th ark (Shushire continent). But, you can delay that one for exploration.

Got ya, I think where I got confused was the main story kind of went static to an "Ark" count, then I got a side quest (blue) icon, so I was confused if I'm doing the main story or what exactly I was doing.

[Braunze]

Originally posted by Ryeloc:

Originally posted by Jeris:

You will have 3 arks when you reach the point I am referring to. Some people go 1 step farther and get the 4th ark (Shushire continent). But, you can delay that one for exploration.

Got ya, I think where I got confused was the main story kind of went static to an "Ark" count, then I got a side quest (blue) icon, so I was confused if I'm doing the main story or what exactly I was doing.

Yeah it's a little confusing, but you can hide that 2/7 quest, the main quest essentially switches to blue because that ark quest is static now.

[76561198104174688]

i just hit level 48 and i have 3 working on 3

[Jeris]

Originally posted by blueeyes75:

i just hit level 48 and i have 3 working on 3

That just means you didn't do a lot of side quests. So you didn't hit 50 as early as most.

[G4M5T3R]

Complete it through Shushire to get your T1 302 gear, at that point you will be hardlock until you can upgrade to iLvl460.

[Jeris]

Originally posted by G4M5T3R:

Complete it through Shushire to get your T1 302 gear, at that point you will be hardlock until you can upgrade to iLvl460.

they could get 302 gear a lot sooner from chaos dungeons at 250.

[G4M5T3R]

Originally posted by Jeris:

they could get 302 gear a lot sooner from chaos dungeons at 250.

Can? Yes. Should? Debatable.

[Braunze]

Originally posted by G4M5T3R:

Originally posted by Jeris:

they could get 302 gear a lot sooner from chaos dungeons at 250.

Can? Yes. Should? Debatable.

What is the debate exactly? No reason to not start getting your daily chaos dungeon mats asap.