Japan servers shuting down

[Hattori]

Next EU/NA?

[Wolverine]

Well, who is running Lost Ark in Japan and who is running Lost Ark in EU and NA?

https://steamcharts.com/app/1599340
besides, even with losing a good amount of players over time, it seems that more then enough active players are still playing the game...

[SweetStarfieldFan]

game so good, they have to shut down servers! ;)

[PandaSav]

nah EU/NA has most of the giga/mega whales and Rmters. SA will be next though. Also another reason it flopped in JP, is because no better Controller support. JP are PS4/5 controller fanatics

[Hosenbund]

Originally posted by Wolverine:

Well, who is running Lost Ark in Japan and who is running Lost Ark in EU and NA?

https://steamcharts.com/app/1599340
besides, even with losing a good amount of players over time, it seems that more then enough active players are still playing the game...

game is already losing players though..and even with these low player numbers it is still full of bots, so it is even less real players
How long until there are not enough active players anymore?

First the beginners are being gatekept cause of a declining playerbase and too few beginners, next up the casuals are gatekept, then the midcore players are gatekept and leave, leaving only the hardcore players in the game.. until even those have problems getting into the parties of the p2w players and whales

And people cant even just casually play other content, because raiding is all LA is good for

I have been saying it from the start, this game is designed to kill itself, because its design doesnt work without a constant influx of new players, which it doesnt have in the west

[PandaSav]

Originally posted by Hosenbund:

Originally posted by Wolverine:

Well, who is running Lost Ark in Japan and who is running Lost Ark in EU and NA?

https://steamcharts.com/app/1599340
besides, even with losing a good amount of players over time, it seems that more then enough active players are still playing the game...

game is already losing players though..and even with these low player numbers it is still full of bots, so it is even less real players
How long until there are not enough active players anymore?

First the beginners are being gatekept cause of a declining playerbase and too few beginners, next up the casuals are gatekept, then the midcore players are gatekept and leave, leaving only the hardcore players in the game.. until even those have problems getting into the parties of the p2w players and whales

And people cant even just casually play other content, because raiding is all LA is good for

I have been saying it from the start, this game is designed to kill itself, because its design doesnt work without a constant influx of new players, which it doesnt have in the west

Yeah the crystal prices are increasing, and guess what...... BOTS. They are back in towns and islands fishing and farming mobs

[pete365]

This game can live for a while with only a few thousand whales.

[lizzo(overturned bans x 69)]

what i found surprising is the fact that japan had 4x the players than na without bots.

[Your Mom Loves Me]

Originally posted by lizzo:

what i found surprising is the fact that japan had 4x the players than na without bots.

Oh can you post a source or link of how you found the Japan playercount of Lost Ark?
I goggled but nothing on the playercount came up so im really curious. ^^
Thank you in advance

[MASTERNIKOFTW]

when the player base drops so low that the royal crystal exchange is not profitable.

its inevitable, they had plenty of chances to make jp successful, but the core problems of the game kept that from happening. they could have taken the route that amazon took and add more passes more vertical upgrade nerfs and other qualities of life. Then we would have a more accurate time line of when the servers will be on EOL.

Lost ark will become a maplestory. there will be people playing until the end whether its because they love the game or are too far into the sunk cost.

even if there is a reboot server with no auction house, no royal crystals, and all content available from the start of the server( no staggered release of content ) I still don't think that could bring back the millions that played at launch.

[lizzo(overturned bans x 69)]

Originally posted by Shaun the Sheep:

Originally posted by lizzo:

what i found surprising is the fact that japan had 4x the players than na without bots.

Oh can you post a source or link of how you found the Japan playercount of Lost Ark?
I goggled but nothing on the playercount came up so im really curious. ^^
Thank you in advance

irrelevant as the japan servers are now shutting down.

[Your Mom Loves Me]

Originally posted by lizzo:

Originally posted by Shaun the Sheep:

Oh can you post a source or link of how you found the Japan playercount of Lost Ark?
I goggled but nothing on the playercount came up so im really curious. ^^
Thank you in advance

irrelevant as the japan servers are now shutting down.

So whats the point of bringing up Japans player count was 4x that of NA?
Wouldn't that also be irrelevant?
If you find the link to your source just let me know ^^

[lizzo(overturned bans x 69)]

Originally posted by Shaun the Sheep:

Originally posted by lizzo:

irrelevant as the japan servers are now shutting down.

So whats the point of bringing up Japans player count was 4x that of NA?
Wouldn't that also be irrelevant?
If you find the link to your source just let me know ^^

hopefully you feel better soon about those servers shutting down.

[SweetStarfieldFan]

RIP Japan Servers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xrlf3taEo


reply with F to pay respect.

[Your Mom Loves Me]

Originally posted by lizzo:

Originally posted by Shaun the Sheep:

So whats the point of bringing up Japans player count was 4x that of NA?
Wouldn't that also be irrelevant?
If you find the link to your source just let me know ^^

hopefully you feel better soon about those servers shutting down.

Well Japan is shutting down and NA is still going so why worry? hehe

oh I also googled and finally found the player count and it wasn't 4x that of NA so I guess it was just misinformation. haha

[lizzo(overturned bans x 69)]

Originally posted by Simon: RicherThanYou😎:

RIP Japan Servers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-Xrlf3taEo
:wt_facepalm:

reply with F to pay respect.

it was a good run, hopefully la's bots don't go anywhere, it would look very dead without those bot numbers everyday. hehe