For everyone who is thinking of returning - DO IT

[Conclusion]

Hello, I played lost ark from western release up to around may 2023 which was the time where Brel HM was just about to be released I think. After taking a break and playing some different games I recently got back into the game and I must say it feels like an entirely new experience. I had the luck of having a friend notify me about 2 ongoing super events that made it possible for me to reach item level 1580 within my first 3 days of playing the game, only using whatever the events gave me and whatever I had left on my account from back in the day. They have cut some annoying gates from raids that just made pugging an absolutely terrible experience (like vykas gate 1, brelshaza gate 2 Prokel, etc) and overall made the chores way easier and nicer to deal with. Youre only doing 1 guardian a day now and they are generally catching up to the korean content really fast while aiding you with catchup events to get to the desired ilvl. After playing for a couple of days now I really have to say, the game we played for the first 2 years of the release doesnt even come close to what is coming. Honestly - the raids and abyss dungeons they release like Akkan, Kayangel - they are just on a whole other level and it just keeps getting better. They also launched fresh start servers recently so if you dont want to feel like you gotta catch up to players with 6.000 hours - you dint have to.

TLDR - if you have an itch to try out this game again or havent tried it yet - DO IT. Grab some friends and get grinding, the raids become insanely fun, the combat gets better and better and the catchup and QoL updates really do make it feel smoother and not that demanding anymore - the current playernumbers really dont do the game justice and I hope that changes soon.

[Finn ™]

I did and it took me 2 days to quit again.

not in the mood to farm the same raids, over and over again, same rewards, same layout
same everything etc with 6 chars, not fun anymore.

[Bombikabir]

last time i played this game everyone playing endgame content and if i want to do abyss raid/dungeons must wait for 40+min to find party witch no one know the Tactics and faild or the other option is to pay a other players to do the content for you

so i have nobody that can carry me should i start playing again?

[-Dare Devil/x/]

Originally posted by Bombikabir:

last time i played this game everyone playing endgame content and if i want to do abyss raid/dungeons must wait for 40+min to find party witch no one know the Tactics and faild or the other option is to pay a other players to do the content for you

so i have nobody that can carry me should i start playing again?

-If you want a flawless matchmaking experience, then no, probably not. But if you want to put in the effort to find people to play with, then go for it. Unfortunately, you can't really rely 100% solely in-game to return as a new player.

[DontEatSmurfs]

Originally posted by Bombikabir:

last time i played this game everyone playing endgame content and if i want to do abyss raid/dungeons must wait for 40+min to find party witch no one know the Tactics and faild or the other option is to pay a other players to do the content for you

so i have nobody that can carry me should i start playing again?

people run groups all the time, your best bet to get out the gatekeeping is to join discord

https://www.lostark.nexus

go to the LFG community and find your group there

[Detergent]

Originally posted by Bombikabir:

so i have nobody that can carry me should i start playing again?

No. If you're just looking to be carried all the way, then whats the point of playing.
The early raids are just as fun as the latest raids. Wishing to get carried all the way just robs you from them.
Looks like OP started this game with a group of friends, maybe a full raid worth of friends? Not sure. Thats also how I got into the game. Majority of my friends had interest in the game so we decided we were playing it once it released.

I think this is the problem why we see a clear cut divide between people who hate the game and people who love it.
A game built around group play, majority of the population has formed groups/guilds.
The stragglers get left behind and are at the mercy of other random stragglers to invite them to raids. This causes people to play alts or pay money to become more desirable when getting into raids.

On the opposite end you got the group players who can't spend money on progress. You would just pass up your friends and become a solo player. Can't make alts because who would your alts play with?

My honest to god recommendation is to find a guild/group. Don't settle for just any random guild that accepts you. Spend some time finding the perfect group of people you want to play with.
Or quit and find a new game. Although some people seem to make the solo play work, I can't recommend it and feel you will always be at a disadvantage.

[FaiÏry Reálm ツ]

Originally posted by Detergent:

Originally posted by Bombikabir:

so i have nobody that can carry me should i start playing again?

No. If you're just looking to be carried all the way, then whats the point of playing.
The early raids are just as fun as the latest raids. Wishing to get carried all the way just robs you from them.
Looks like OP started this game with a group of friends, maybe a full raid worth of friends? Not sure. Thats also how I got into the game. Majority of my friends had interest in the game so we decided we were playing it once it released.

I think this is the problem why we see a clear cut divide between people who hate the game and people who love it.
A game built around group play, majority of the population has formed groups/guilds.
The stragglers get left behind and are at the mercy of other random stragglers to invite them to raids. This causes people to play alts or pay money to become more desirable when getting into raids.

On the opposite end you got the group players who can't spend money on progress. You would just pass up your friends and become a solo player. Can't make alts because who would your alts play with?

My honest to god recommendation is to find a guild/group. Don't settle for just any random guild that accepts you. Spend some time finding the perfect group of people you want to play with.
Or quit and find a new game. Although some people seem to make the solo play work, I can't recommend it and feel you will always be at a disadvantage.

yuukk main RaikonDD

[Colonel Sanders]

Great now you got 1 char up there and a bunch of event gems and content which requires bigger gems you need to grind them up from level 1 again, you also need way more gold to reach higher itemlevel than ever before, so you are basically stuck where you are

Stop acting on emotions and come back in 1 or 2 month. there is a reason all people quit the game again after a recent spike, only the same day 1 players and whales are left which will defend any decision the devs make
Dont write reviews after 3 days of playing when you are still in the honeymoon phase, kids

People wont be fooled forever, it will go down and has to go down

[Hi11Zone]

heres an idea give us all 6 rewards for one toon and f off

[Tariffs are a tax on your bill]

Nah, Don't

[SweetStarfieldFan]

Besides the obvious issues with its pay-to-win model, Lost Ark has shown a concerning trend of prioritizing monetization over genuine content updates.

Players are continually faced with the same repetitive tasks, with little to no innovation in gameplay. This stagnation is a clear indicator that the game's developers are more focused on extracting money from players rather than enriching their gaming experience.

Why invest time and resources in a game that rewards financial expenditure over skill and dedication?
In a market brimming with games that offer rich, evolving worlds and fair play environments, returning to Lost Ark feels like a step backward for any discerning gamer.

[Conclusion]

Originally posted by Bombikabir:

last time i played this game everyone playing endgame content and if i want to do abyss raid/dungeons must wait for 40+min to find party witch no one know the Tactics and faild or the other option is to pay a other players to do the content for you

so i have nobody that can carry me should i start playing again?

The thing is you get catapultet to end game instantly with recent events, no need to play in the dead zone where no players are anymore

[Conclusion]

Originally posted by Colonel Sanders:

Great now you got 1 char up there and a bunch of event gems and content which requires bigger gems you need to grind them up from level 1 again, you also need way more gold to reach higher itemlevel than ever before, so you are basically stuck where you are

Stop acting on emotions and come back in 1 or 2 month. there is a reason all people quit the game again after a recent spike, only the same day 1 players and whales are left which will defend any decision the devs make
Dont write reviews after 3 days of playing when you are still in the honeymoon phase, kids

People wont be fooled forever, it will go down and has to go down

never liked KFC anyways lol.

[Conclusion]

Originally posted by Hi11Zone:

heres an idea give us all 6 rewards for one toon and f off

so you then have 1 1/2 hours of possible playtime a week and nothing else to do, great MMO lol. If you dont want to grind then maybe dont play MMOs, ever thought about that?

[Christosius]

Grinding is boring and I don't enjoy it. I want to play through series of quests on my own that are gripping, preferably with voice acting, which Lost Ark doesn't have. With luck, the first sentence when I speak to someone is spoken, but not the rest.

I can't get friends excited about the game because it serves such a small niche that hardly anyone wants to play.

"The combat gets better" When? Guardian raids or other dungeons with pointless limits on how often you can use healing potions and other potions are not usable at all, limiting how much I can customize my action bar in a raid. All of this limits the player base unnecessarily and puts players off, including me.

I want to be able to fight freely in a raid and I can't do that right now.

Fighting alone against opponents is not made any easier. It remains so difficult, designed for groups, regardless of whether a group is available or not. You are terribly limited in your options in Lost Ark.

[DontEatSmurfs]

Originally posted by Christosius:

"The combat gets better" When? Guardian raids or other dungeons with pointless limits on how often you can use healing potions and other potions are not usable at all, limiting how much I can customize my action bar in a raid. All of this limits the player base unnecessarily and puts players off, including me.

from lvl 1, the combat in lost ark is amazing, rewards skill above everything else, if you need potions you are already wrong, you have all the tools to be able to dodge and get in to do more dmg, limiting what you can do while giving you a vast array of skills to choose how you will play is the game, you have 8 skills slots and you need to do your best with those 8 slots

dont trust your HP pots and to be honest, what im seeing is someone really new that dont understand what lost ark is