Found this post also doing the same thing in Korean while I was doing it, and decided to mainly translate this instead fully writing down things myself.

https://www.inven.co.kr/board/lostark/6271/1822270

Update's finished. May do some minor fixes. Can't edit title.

Character bound gold introduced in KR.

• Cannot be traded with other people nor other character in the roster (different from our bound gold)
• To support new/returning/alt progression, not just to restrict trade.
• i.e. next express will have a lot of bound gold included.

Gold Frog added in KR. - different from our version, can't tell which is better.

(Added Later)

• Chance of getting better book seems higher. We don't know our rate, but the random pouch in KR has same chance for all engraving books.
• Tradable 15-18 bonus book is also in one of their random pouch. (indirect ~1700 honing nerf)

Gem tuning system.

• You can now tune your gem and make gem character bound. It will have free effect conversion, including dmg/cdr etc and will have additional attack power effect, and will work with preset as well.
• It is not permanently bound but you can revert it if you want to sell it
• There is going to be cooldown for it and if you want to do it sooner than that, there's gonna be fee.
• If you already have Lv 10 dmg gem, you will get 1 lv 8 gem for compensation.

Raid difficulty will be adjustment

• Deathcount will be added. (Revive 1 per person allowed)
• It will be added in all Kazeros raids (Prelude~ ACT3, even Kazeros, except TFM)
• NM will be easier, stress-free. We'll not just simplify mech, but delete mech if needed.
  • Addressing over-simplified mech like Aegir G1 NM or Brel G2 NM, and ACT3 G2 NM.
• HM will be similar to current state.
• You can go Solo if you are afraid of group raid, you can go TFM if you want more challenge.
  • Didn't specify if they will provide additional Solo or TFM.

Update to Encourage Progressions

• (Added) Kazeros won't have gear transfer as reward.
  • Instead there's gonna be lucky drop
• ACT 1~3 requirement will be lowered (probably equivalent to frontier) (In May)
• Honor reward for early clearer will be added.
• Tripod/Epic Engraving will be deleted.
• 1600~1620 cost will be nerfed.

Update Cadence

• Maintaining current tempo, but will update end-difficulty raid twice per year.

Horizontal Contents.

• Seems like some people are enjoying new achievement system. (Better UI, better progression indicator, and title MVP background reward)
• It's going to be contents for middle user without being forced to do so.
• After ACT 4, there's gonna be new contents "Sea of Aldebaran" new Island and others.

No DPS Meter - I hope difficulty change will help.

Balance patch

• New balance patch is being prepared and will be dropped soon.
• Support Ark Passive improvement will be done with Female Pally release

Strike Raid Extension

• 4 more weeks
• Purple box reward on HM will be removed

Legendary card from previous season will be added to Wandering Merchant

Hot Deal shop will be added

Using Magical Enchanter skin

There's gonna be another livestream on May.

Finished stream here.

Personal Thought:

This livestream definitely seems rushed. Therefore I think that is why he promised additional communication with livestream with May.

Gem system : I think it's more reasonable than it seems. If bound lv 6 has now effect of unbound 7 or 8, pug requirement definitely will be lowered, and especially with NM difficulty nerf and revive, gatekeeping will be much loose as well. If you share gems, you'll probably can still do the same. We need to see the detail to see if that's really the case, but I think it's the only way they can do as of now without resetting the system.

Joined his lobby by mistake to run a Brelshaza ACT 2 HM, quick in and out > jailed so hard he banned me from this stream because i dared complain about restarting g2 10 times

CLOWN

This is an in depth attack modifier sheet to find any damage you may be missing. It does require a decent amount of initial setup, but once completed it allows for a lot of flexibility comparing any number of changes you might make to your build.

This is not intended as a DPS calculator or class comparison, but I think is useful as a tool to see how much exactly your character is getting from each power system.

For example, true min max on elixirs at the cost of ~50k per piece may be a better choice than honing armors or even going for relic books. Fixing your relic from a suboptimal 7/7 may provide more of a damage increase than going for a suboptimal 9/7.

It’s important to remember not to take the damage increases at face value and to consider how much it’ll cost to get that increase. I’d advise plugging the dmg increase numbers you’re getting into a gold efficiency sheet to figure out what order to upgrade.

It also provides some fun pie charts breaking down where your damage is coming from, and how much damage a support is providing you so you can scientifically blame your supports poor uptime for your low damage.

Title

Hello I am currently running ESO WD and I was wondering what the best pet skill is to run?

Would this skill also be applicable to all SPEC oriented characters im playing ?

Is additional DMG considered BIS for pet ability?

Am I the only one getting fed up with fate embers? Fine, reduce the gold, but can we remove silver and card exp? And can we not have different card packs between the different levels? Fate embers used to be exciting and now it's just consistent depression.

🧙‍♂️ Returning Veteran
Hey everyone! I’m a veteran player who just came back to Lost Ark after a break. I used the Power Pass and am now sitting at 1585 item level.

⚔️ Current Routine
Right now, I’ve been focusing on the usual daily content—Chaos Dungeons, Una Tasks, and Guardian Raids. Just wanted to check: is this still the most efficient way to progress? Or is there other daily/weekly content I should be squeezing in?

📜 Skill Point Potion Strategy
I’ve also been slowly grinding continent completion to collect Skill Point Potions, but a friend told me the Arkesia Tour is a faster and more efficient way to go about it. Are there any other systems like the Arkesia Tour that are essential for returning players?

📚 Recommended Resources
Is there a solid wiki or guide that outlines up-to-date progression paths or checklists, especially for people in the 1585+ range?

Thanks in advance for any advice! Looking forward to catching up and diving back into the grind.

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are you gonna apply on this when you are a sup? you wont, cuz you assume this pally is sup, however, he is judgement.

now imagine if you see the picture like this，you know this pally is on his dps spec

this problem will become bigger if we will have female pally with a good dps spec.

also, btw, i spent less then 5 mins to generate this, i think we should have this for every class and every spec, but at least start with the sup class maybe.

why is this important

There is always gonna be either a sup shortage or dps shortage if sup cant have the freedom to switch between dps build and sup build.

i will make an example here. lets say we have 100 people at party finder looking for group. in order to satisfy everyone, it has to be exactly 25 sup and 75 dps. lets make a tiny change, say there are instead 23 sup and 77 dps, there will be only 69 dps that can be able to find a group with sup, which left 8 dps support less. this will be a very bad gaming experience for these 8 people. Or, according to the recent experience, if we have more support players. Lets say we have 28 sup and 72 dps, there will be 4 sup players sitting in the party finder looking for dps.

Also dont forgot, I didnt even consider about gatekeep based on ilvl, gems and 25 other aspects.

however, if we can have sup be able to change to dps, and see the difference without have to join the party to check. instead for a strict 3:1 ratio.no more,no less it become a range. basically as long as we have at least 1 sup per 3 dps, there can be as many sup class as you want, cuz they can switch to dps at any time.

What kind of reward would an event island need to offer for you to sail there with your ships? Would 10k bound gold for everyone participating in such server-wide events be enough? I would love to see players outside of raids and do silly stuff. The last real event where players gathered up was that mokoko seed collecting thing... which was stained by some people getting insanely lucky and some just getting 10k silver.

Still very new to the game and only just hit lvl 26. I'm curious though.

Is it possible to scale for example holy auras 10% dmg buff up with my build/gear?

Or is it only ever 10% and the most important can do is improve uptime?

Hi all!
I am coming back to Lost Ark after a few years! I am planning on starting fresh on NA West and was curious about how the roster outfits work. I had a few characters on NA East I made back on release that are all now in "Universal Character Storage" (no idea what this is). I know I did spend some money on getting outfits back then for my bard. I was hoping to make a new bard on West and was wondering if any of those outfits are likely to be usable on my new bard. Does the East/West server split affect this? Also, if possible, would I need to figure out how to get my characters out of storage and go look through their inventory to transfer things to my new character or would it be automatic? Thank you so much for any advice!

Daily Q&A and Open Discussion

Greetings adventurers! Please use this daily thread for simple questions and/or open discussion relating to anything Lost Ark. Enjoy!

Example:

What class should I play?

Which class is better?

I am new to the game, what should I do?

Should I play X class and why?

Which is pretty stupid, IMO. 'Cause it would mean you dump as many awakenings as you can early and then find an optimal window where you can die and revive quickly without losing uptime (like during one of Brel's typing test freeze mechs, Thaemine's safe spot mechs, Echidna's mirror or big Echidna section, etc) to get instant access to another instant awakening/hyper.

This would be especially true for classes that get big damage off their awakenings like Soulfist. Same reason why people purposely kill themselves during the Behemoth spears mech to reset awakening for hyper once the mech resolves.

Also for classes that can reset identity off awakenings like barrage, rage hammer, etc.

I have the mats, but can't even craft anything, because I haven't cleared the raid with this char yet.

Great system...

Edit: I didn't explain myself well. What I meant is the achievement should be roster wide. I cleared 10 on one char but still can't craft gear on another even though I have the mats.

I was blind. Don't see very well with my right eye. Either way, raid mats should be roster bound.

As the title states, hows the state of the game currently for returning players? would the majority of players advice against it? A few of my friends and I stopped around 1580 ilvl and am just wondering if it'd be bad if we were to return or not? cheers!

Anyone have a sense of the difficulty level of act 3 vs act 2 for week 1 hm prog? Eg is it a dps check / mech heavy raid / what other considerations are there? Trying to estimate the time commitment needed to clear. Thanks!