No one logged in today because of Lost Ark

It's a Korean MMO, it'll be on life support in a few months.

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Originally Posted by Averax

It's a Korean MMO, it'll be on life support in a few months.

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It's a shame, honestly. People get all sorts of excited when a new MMO is announced and releases, hoping it'll have something that others do not. The demand is always there. It's just that no one really has the guts to innovate in any significant way. MMOs are expensive to make and maintain so I get it. It's a huge gamble that usually doesn't pay off.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

It's a shame, honestly. People get all sorts of excited when a new MMO is announced and releases, hoping it'll have something that others do not. The demand is always there. It's just that no one really has the guts to innovate in any significant way. MMOs are expensive to make and maintain so I get it. It's a huge gamble that usually doesn't pay off.

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I'm surprised people aren't more wary of eastern MMOs, for the most part they're just all flash, no substance, designed to make a quick buck. FFXIV is a rare exception because it was modeled after western MMOs, because Yoshi-P loves World of Warcraft.

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Originally Posted by Averax

It's a Korean MMO, it'll be on life support in a few months.

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Honestly that's kind of my impression too. It's really like the K MMOs I've seen my brother play but with a top down perspective - I don't think it'll be hugely popular for long.

But the devs also said they'd be happy with a few hundred thousand players, so, they do seem to be prepared for it to be niche. Which - if they'd rather make what they like instead of aiming for massively popular, all the more power to them as far as I'm concerned.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

It's a shame, honestly. People get all sorts of excited when a new MMO is announced and releases, hoping it'll have something that others do not. The demand is always there. It's just that no one really has the guts to innovate in any significant way. MMOs are expensive to make and maintain so I get it. It's a huge gamble that usually doesn't pay off.

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Yesterday was new world. Today is lost ark. Tomorrow is ashes of creation.

While I'd love to see more contenders for big titles, I can't see any of them ending up as anything but niche in the long term. Just like the previous two, however, I'm sure AoC will have a lot of launch hype a big launch day/week/month.

Lost Ark is the hype ATM.

It won't last. The game isn't shy about being massively p2w and requiring a ton of grinding. Most players will burn themselves out rather quickly as Lost Ark isn't a game you can just pick up whenever like ff14.

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Originally Posted by Averax

It's a Korean MMO, it'll be on life support in a few months.

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IIRC, it has been a successful game before being released in the NA market.
Korean mmos infamous for their typical rise and fall because of P2W, but based on what I've heard from the last few years, I'll give it a fair try.

When I first saw the game appear and looked up its business model, I already knew it wasn't for me. I'm surprised so many latch on to it, despite decrying "the state of the MMO" every chance they get. If people keep supporting such practices, nothing will ever change.

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Originally Posted by Shironeko_Narunyan

If people keep supporting such practices, nothing will ever change.

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You don't understand, you can't normally get this armor for your horse in game. You NEED to buy this!

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Originally Posted by Skiros

Can't even get a weekly reclear going smh

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Its a better competitive game.

I'm not exaggerating when I say...."every time I learn something new about Lost Ark I run further from it"

Today I learned it has loot boxes.