>What is Lost ArkA pay-to-win MMOARPG set in a grindy, gatekeeping world with poorly designed fights where a single mistake by a single player wipes the whole 8-player raid and wastes the 20 minutes of progress you had, that times 18 raids you must do every week to stay relevant.>FAQIs it dead?Yes, see https://steamcharts.com/app/1599340#All -- half of that are bots, and the remainder is spread across two regions (used to be five, what does that tell you?). The current publisher's license expires this year and the game will likely EoS.Who is left playing the game?Mazed sunk cost retards. They are in too deep, they are beyond saving.How much p2w is this game?Not a single player can progress in this game unless someone, whether it's you or someone else, pays real money for their accessories/build through a currency called pheons.Is the game censored?Yes, skins are censored, half the dictionary is blacklisted from chat, and they made multiple NPCs black that weren't originally.>Newshttps://www.playlostark.com/en-us/newshttps://lostark.game.onstove.com/Main>In-game chatMake an alt on the server of the chat owner and mail them a join request that includes the name of your main.NAE: Lerynsere on BalthorrEUC: Daddypump on Ratik>GuildsNAE: Touchfluffytail on Balthorr, password is fluffEUC: Handholding on Ratik, password is mods>Busing (paid carry) discordsEU: discord.gg/buseucNA: discord.gg/naebusIf you're a new/returning player, you're expected to buy carries, nobody will play with you, gatekeeping is through the roof, and most raids disband after a single wipe.Previous thread: >>2029160
https://www.reddit.com/r/lostarkgame/comments/1u1b577/why_are_we_losing_bis_support_orb/Even reddit is up in flames over the incompetence. EoS is near.
optimal random core selection boxes to craft using mats from the new abbysal raid that releases tomorrow (dps)
really wanna cum in and on that black haired whore of a specialist but idk if i wanna reinstall this for that.
>>2574576Why not do it
>>2574686i do but the game is ass.
>>2574712True, I've barely actually played since I reinstalled.
>>2574745nothing worth doing except erping you.
>>2574751
>>2574773this game needs microbikinis
>>2574798I'm surprised there isn't a decensor anywhere.
>>2574826yeah, it blows. these specialists are built for slutty outfits
>>2574745Hello? Wanna meet in game? If you are in NA we could take some screens
new raid just dropped, and literally actually unironically nobody even pretends to care
>>2574257It's not like AGS is afraid to abandon games, as long as Korea is producing content they just have to translate it poorly and sometimes leave in korean dialog and fuck everything up and people will still spend thousands on skins.,
>>2575209Sure we can.
They can't even censor their skins properly, there's gigantic holes all over the thing if you dye it...
>>2575512the new raid has not dropped yet
>>2576393Nice what s your game name?
>>2579023Well it's in all my screenshots, also on balthorr
>>2576746post discord
>>2582465Uhhh... no. You can meet me in game though and I might give it to you there?
Lost Ark would be in a better state right now if Amazon wasn't the publisher
>>2583248Yea I hope they give it to pearl abyss, or literally anyone else. AGS is a blight.
>>2581915Oh ok Will add you later, shame you are on balthor
>>2583294They should give it to me. I'd make sure specialists are at least 3/4 naked at all times (but preferably completely naked).
>>2583584
This game is the absolute worst piece of shit I've ever played. The only way to do anything is to buy an account or rmt like crazy. Fuck this shit game. Impossible to progress. Fuck this fucking game.
>>2574826Decensor is really easy to do all you need to do is swap data4.lpk in our version for the korean version. I just dont know any KR guy to ask for the file :c
>>2589706Ahh, yea I'd do it if I could.
>>2590216just vpn download it then copy/paste.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebJ17GZ8KdQ>the name of the track>beatrice's ominous words>the feel of the musicThis was it. The spiritual End of Service. The game is technically still running, but its spirit ended right then and there. The game was already devolved into a raidnigga game, but after that, it really started to go far into the deep end more sharply. The good memories of an MMO for everyone and not just tunnelvisioned raiding is gone... We will never get that sovl back...
>>2589706This is not how it works, if you just do that the game will crash instantly on start up. If you want to try you can use the RU data4 that is on the exact same version as ours, just uncensored, but it will crash.I felt like making the uncensor for the latest june patch earlier today though, but I can't guarantee it won't give you some invisible floating heads next week if they decide to add something else on the lpk for the western exclusive skins that are still not in the files, but it works for now and probably will still work fine next week, so here, have fun: https://www.mediafire.com/file/rf0e18m3curv5qv/data4_june.zip
>>2591805That seems like it worked, though sadly I only have one outfit that it did anything to.
>>2591967It only got stuff that I "added" which is mostly the skins I have.Try all the 2025 swimsuits, the surfwear shorts(look behind), swimsuit pants, onyx dragon night pants, both snowfield skins, alluring nightmares halloween skin, the white wildsoul launch skin, both flopsy bottoms, white scales of dawn pants and dimensional vagabond pants. There might be some more that I forgot about, but I didn't bother adding anything new for now. If you wanna talk on discord I think I am on a server you are in, or if someone else want drop me a server or something.
>>2592248Oh yea I noticed it had some other outfits I just don't have them. Feel free to add me and hit me up on balthorr sometime and we can talk.
>>2591805More closeup specialist pussy please
>>2592389
>>2591805Ty for the decensor pity you have to do them one by one cause there is a lot of them censored. How are you doing the uncensor, are you using lost ark explorer to patch the data pack ?
I would come back if they simply allowed me to get all the money from a single character
>>2591805Just out of curiosity, how do you uncensor the data4 file? (i know the uncensored skins are in the game files already and the censored ones have the US suffix next to them iirc) Is there a tool or script that makes it easier?
>>2575512I'm getting hard, the EOS message is on it's way.
>>2593381>>2596411I don't really wanna explain too much here, plus I am not the one who figured out how to do it, I just follow the instructions.
>>2604629Where can I find said instructions senpai?
>>2599888I know you guys are a bit retarded but publishers cant eos a game they cant even cancel the licence without repercussions . The worst outcome is ags not renewing the licence in 2027
Would you guys play a maplestory reboot type lost ark server?
>>2578405Now it has, and the peak was 11,748. It'll be the new historical monthly low unless we can somehow beat it in the next 2 weeks (not gonna happen), down from the previous historical low of 12154 that we established last month. The downward spiral slowed down slightly for a day, that's the most we can get out of a new raid release now. Grim af.
damn throne and liberty dumpstered even harder than this one
>>2610179we thinking aion 2 shares the same fate?
>>2610183I hope asmongold or shroud plays that, drops 50k day 1 and solos the fucking server
>>2610189don't think asmong would be soloing anyone with his skill issues
>>2610192aion 2 whalemaxxes to the point you don't even take damage from f2poors on pvp
>>2610199that sounds like redditor rhetoric which is likely completely untrue past day 1
>>2610203https://www.youtube.com/live/BRUmyQFOXdM?si=VSRnPoS9jOoYq0V4&t=18698famous clip, it was like a week in
>>2610370>still diesyep asmong wouldn't be able to do shit with thousands of people coming to pk him
>>2591805Thanks for the uncensor ... too bad there's not slutty ayaya anymore :(
>>2610183aion 2 is literally more popular in korea and TW than lost shart at this very moment btwaion 2, from ncsoft, that's how over it is
>>2614975today anon learned that asian people love to play shit game, especially NEW shit game
>>2614975aion 2 has actual graphicshttps://www.twitch.tv/kanonxo/clip/WildStormyVampireCorgiDerp-MAz24E8RVzxZcQLH
>>2621192Was curious about the disaster loaon how is Aion 2 holing in KR but they are not even in the top20 on PC Bang the game is eosing in KR. Unless they do some giga changes for global it may be grim
>>2624726pc bang hasn't been relevant for a decade, everyone is well off enough to play at home with their personal computer now
aion 2 is on phones too (it's excessively botted by phones)
>>2610189Shroud got duped by Lost Ark and has since bitterly complained about it, so he won't fall for that shit again. Shroud is still filthy rich, but he's past his peak of relevance, so spending 50k on an MMO for a week isn't really smart relative to his earning potential if he wants to stay retired this early.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Da1-PsiZ28&t=7306sWill jiggling titties save lost ark? In KR, maybe. In the west, it's already too late.
>>2627224I spent nearly 1k on Lost Ark in the first 2 years and I deeply regret it. I resent the raid game it became. I was lured in by sailing, adventure, endless islands, beautiful locales, dynamic events to visit places and people. Just messing around. The game has nothing of that now. It didn't after the first 6 months, even though I desperately convinced myself that they wouldn't give up on it so soon.
Game still fucking sucks!!!!
specialist ass doko?
>>2650031
You need to push 1790 with 8k cp for nightmare mode
>>2650700cute bum
I really wish this game didn't flop. We need more multiplayer games with ero lolis in them.
>>2656335Need closeup backside view
>>2656335If Smilegate develops what it promised (easy raids with infinite revives, islands/sailing, and open-world content), it could attract new players with some marketing
>>2657277They need to do something revolutionary at this point. Adding shit on top of shit just turns new players off when they have to wrestle with 100 different things to be competitive at the endgame (which they'll just get kicked from constantly). Even if they did another advertising push, I doubt anyone would stick around after a couple of months.
>>2657482>they have to wrestle with 100 different thingsStreamlining some system would be good>to be competitive at the endgame (which they'll just get kicked from constantly)Doesn't the new matchmaking fix that? Smilegate just needs to release it together with the update instead of 6 weeks after.>competitiveI think Smilegate mindset should change. MM raids for casuals. HM for nolife tryhards. Extreme for whales.Think of it as elo in competitive gaming. Not everyone can be the highest elo and the game development isn't focused on them.
>>2656335I would play a spinoff game that lets the raid autist retards have their game and have one that has more emphasis on the open world and islands and more fun events and evolution of the story through the islands. Not always just a one and done, but islands that can have a story that spills over into the world, or the next phase of its story. A world where there is always a reason to return to where you've been, and sail again. Instead of giving up and retreating on these features, doubling down and improving them so they're worth it.
Player numbers for June are out and to say that the situation is grim would be an understatement.Both concurrents and peak reached a new record low, "beating" the previous one (from May) and we're on track to sink even lower in July.Yet another round of cost-cutting server mergers is about to happen and let's face it, EoS will follow soon after.
>shota class confirmed.
I'm curious what this year's summer skins will look like. If they don't deliver value, the global version of LA is finished.
>>2669402I wonder how mamy players do the ru and cn version have?
>>2669402Also vindictus with 200 players on steam hasnt EOS. This game will never close
>>2686384Cope, Lost Ark already EoS'd in Japan and Amazon's LA publishing license expires this year (and they're NOT planning to renew, hence the layoffs)Also, is Vindictus Steam-exclusive? Because LA is.
>>2686554Smilegate MIGHT publish the game itself
>>2669402>4 digit highsThe 99.5% became the 99.9%
This game looks like it's dead with one avatarfag not finding his next digital asylum.What actually went wrong? Even if the avatarfag explains it.Leave out no parts. I am geniunely interested in all of it start to finish.
>>2689386Dripfeed content updateFights are made hard to fish for retarded paypigs with 1hko bullshits, raid wide wipe mechanics, no revivesGrind game is also made with numerous bullshit RNGs to fish for paypigs and to buy more time to dripfeed contentThats the formula thats been used since the beginningFor some reason the gook spun up a story of how the game was updating "too fast" and they couldnt progress past the RNG layers before the new raid with new RNG bullshit is dropped so they "obliged" and stretched new content update schedule even thinner
>>2689552So basically a wave of evil and a foul unwashed stench combined
>>2669402it surely is goin to get many more players after this summer LOA ON
>>2657277it's too late for this onethey need a sequel
>>2690147bro... loa on just happened...
>>2689552Turns out, your time was not respected
>>2690590Yea we will see the effects on july If any
>>2691495Like anyone cares about that. If it's not on videogames then it's on social media.
I almost decided to install this and play
>>2697208its unironically over
>>2697254New update will save this, trust the plan
>>2687946but why would they want to? if it's no longer making enough shekels in the west, it's only natural to let it die.
>>2669402G R I MRIMdaily peaks are consistently sub-8K now, the numbers, despite being bad (a new all time low every month), don't yet fully reflect just how grim the reality is
>>2698359I could be wrong, but RU isn't doing well too and it still lives. Maybe the publisher refuses to let it go. Tbh, I don't know why RU still lives.But, Smilegate could just 1:1 everything from Korea while using IA to translate the new stuff.As long as it brings more money than the server's and "development's" costs. I think it's worth for brand image.And if the new updates bring more players like in Korea, it's a small win. Maybe LOA can become as active as BDO
>>2689386This>>2689552>Fights are made hard to fish for retarded paypigs with 1hko bullshits, raid wide wipe mechanics, no revivesRegardless of grind, if Smilegate gave casuals easy content, and horizontal progression (islands, world boss, stuff like mokoko seeds) to keep them happy and busy, the casuals might have stayed because the combat is good and some stories are good too. Yet, like the anon said, they pandered only to the whales, made a quick buck and now the game is dying
>>2700706certainly, hard locking progression behind raiding is a shitty design too when it went to show everyone about various side contents at the beginning
https://steamcharts.com/app/1599340#1mWe're halfway through July and there's only been one day with a peak above 10K (the first)it's so fucking jover it's not even funny any more
>>2714766Wait for the new update before dooming. It won't do shit tho
specialist romance would've saved us
>>2716091Which pose would you choose?Doggystyle for me 100%
>>2716178missionary, I want the full view
>>2716354While her legs up in the air to the side, feet and face still visible. That's hot
I usually breed my gf's specialists by grabbing their hips and lifting them off the floor, i'll do it to any specialists really, post your ds and you'll be next
sorry, but not even hornyposting can save this game now
>>2716214show front
>>2719511it never could
>>2716537Keep going mhnn...i wanna nut all over this cute cake :3
>>2575512lmao the disparity between that peak and current state
I miss the combat of this game so much. To this day nothing has compared to Lost Ark, but I know it would be pointless to try it again. What have you guys been playing to cope? PoE is the only thing that has come close for me the last few years.
https://www.playlostark.com/en-us/game/releases/summer-of-extremesorb of the sacred nature, the best paradise orb in the game, is getting removed (even though they explictly said those won't be removed)
i require the latest uncensor data4.lpk!!1
Which class has the biggest boobs?
>>2723660female warrior (slayer/valkyrie)
>>2724443Thanks, bro. Is there a second place?Also, which one is more fun to play as DPS. I will only play solo raids and MM ones. So, I think I won't be gatekept by playing retarded builds
>>2724512>which one is more fun to play as DPSBetween valk and slaye?r*
lmk when they move away from exclusive raid autism and retardation and make it a real mmo again. or eos. ty <3
>>2725883game reached eos today
So when are they gonna release the casual stuff?
>>2725883What If I grab your hair, put you on your knees and fuck your dumb throat?
