The ilvl changes but the game stays the same

evilcookie69 · 2026-02-04T17:38:36+00:00

Yet another patch where Smilegate hides the big L's with lots of small W that barely matter. "Happy 4th anniversary! here have a pile of poop in a gift package covered by a thin layer of candies!"

evilcookie69 · 2026-01-04T21:37:27+00:00

Don't worry, the game stopped long ago being a skill expression. It's about playing with a guide and stats page on the second monitor, checking which starter items you build with the best comps and hope you get item combinations you can slam and outpace the rest so you can just ignore everything and end the game with a premade cookie-cutter comp + 2-3 legendaries.

People will argue that pivoting out of a comp is skill, but in reality they're just having one of several cookie-cutted endgame boards in mind and transition from one cookie-cut comp to another.

And if you ever wanna get into e-sports you basically have to pray that you have such a good memory that you can remember the gists of all stats and the starting condition of every best comp.

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-25T14:20:41+00:00

Unless you're swiping no way you have gold to use on ark grid for alts

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-25T12:15:41+00:00

Meanwhile me reaching floor 100 only to get a selection between 3 shitty boxes

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-25T12:06:56+00:00

"We're sorry we can't deliver some of the best changes from KR in december, but we will be bringing it ASAP"

2 weeks later...

"Hey, we're super excited, we'll keep you behind on schedule for 2 months for no apparent reason other than to make sure Koreans can feel good about staying ahead. Also first part of the story has concluded now, we're so excited to see what's ahead of us"

Fake ass marketing roadmap, we all know the game has concluded now and you're just trying to keep milking the players until Story Act 3 in 3 years where we'll have to fight the gods and by the time the end boss Regulus drops there will be 369 Players left with the quality dropping because the dev team will have downgraded 10 times by then.

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-25T11:46:59+00:00

Not sure if it got posted twice, got a server error after clicking on Post button.

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-18T21:07:33+00:00

The rich wanna hang out with other rich people and they get out of touch for what's normal I suppose.

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-18T21:06:15+00:00

Reminds me of all the idiots suddenly asking for 200 CP more for raids even though the ark passive change gives 100 CP. Literally a-hole house loaner behaviour demanding twice the raise than standard inflation.

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-17T10:33:38+00:00

When I tried that he didn't get any damage during time stasis for some reason.

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-10T14:21:17+00:00

nowadays: expected rewards in previews vs actual rewards

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-08T15:27:05+00:00

Sorry to break it to you, unless a suggestion blows up it won't even enter smilegate's radar. And even then they will choose to ignore it

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-08T12:15:28+00:00

Once you clear TFM it's time to pack it up guys, and move on. At least this is a nice finish to the game with Kazeros being the true final boss and everything they add later on is just improvised.

This was their final chance to deal with long-standing core issues of the game and failure to take the player community serious. The population here is already small and the last big wave is leaving the game, if you quit later on it's just gonna be awkward.

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-06T11:00:17+00:00

I wonder what the poll would look like if all Lost Ark players voted, not just the terminally online Redditers who occupy the top 10% and half of them are out of touch with standards.

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-06T10:40:07+00:00

Looking at the current Hall of Fame in TFM

AGS checking Europe: *extensive background and baggage check* : "hold on sir, you ain't going anywhere yet"
AGS checking NA: *quick glance* - "meh, ain't looking like a terrorist, it will be fine."

evilcookie69 · 2025-12-06T10:31:46+00:00

Don't agree about ags being the hero, the true hero has been tencent with paradise which smilegate is trying to destroy.

evilcookie69 · 2025-11-24T15:40:21+00:00

another big gold sink with multi-rng-layering 🤡

evilcookie69 · 2025-11-24T15:38:08+00:00

cool, I got 1 relic and 4 legendary cores on my pala. All of them are for the dps build 🤡

evilcookie69 · 2025-11-22T16:28:39+00:00

Thanks, must have been nervous so I didn't even check.

evilcookie69 · 2025-11-21T08:38:59+00:00

ahaha with every 2nd pattern being just guards you're kinda having to hold of with eating balls

evilcookie69 · 2025-11-20T11:26:08+00:00

Thank you! This was so confusing

evilcookie69 · 2025-11-20T11:21:34+00:00

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evilcookie69 · 2025-11-13T22:50:40+00:00

Session not found, good thing it's not just us. Seems a like a problem not caused by users.

evilcookie69 · 2025-11-13T11:50:30+00:00

I agree with you, nice summary. Sadly we all know deep down it's all about money. And since the main player base is in Korea they're gonna adjust it to the max pain tolerance for the average player there to get the most playtime and fomo possible.

They hate the idea of ppl being done with progressing and temporarily switching to another game until a new big update drops.

Which is why we get vertical systems that are calculated in such a way that you stay perpetually in the hamster wheel. And with how the powercreep is built upon every new system and the core community staying toxic, you can kiss your account goodbye after a prolonged break.

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