It's a lot.įor the most part, the MMO gets out of the way and lets me enjoy the combat. Further features include a sailing ship, a stronghold, island ownership, and PvP. At level 23 I've only just learned trade skills like mining and fishing. Right now I've got access to a rapport system for building relationships with certain NPCs by playing songs, giving gifts, performing emotes, and doing quests for them, and I've got my first pet, a white rabbit who picks up loot, has separate storage, and provides access to mail and repairs when I'm away from town. I don't mind since it gives me time to get used to each ability, but it does take a while to unlock all the features. While the quests are quick, leveling is slow. This may be faint praise, but when it comes to MMOs it could be worse.
Sidequests are conveniently placed so I can complete them on the way to mainline quests, then turn them in nearby. I get told to move some objects or put out fires or search containers and expect an activity I'll have to repeat, then after doing it once I'm suddenly finished. Though there's a bit much "go talk to this NPC, who will tell you to go somewhere else and talk to another NPC", the quests fly by. It's disorienting, but better than having to play for hours waiting for it to get good. Back in the day there were separate prologues for every class covering the early levels, but they've been scrapped in favor of a whirlwind slideshow that summarizes their events, and then off you go with a hotbar already jam-packed with abilities. (And Japanese players, Russian players, and players with VPNs.)įor starters, you begin at level 10. Fortunately it's streamlined, a rock that's been smoothed flat by seven years of Korean players flowing over it. The plot is generic-demons are returning, there's an ark that can stop them, first we have to find a bunch of seals-and so is the quest design. Since bashing rando monsters on the world map gives single-digit rewards, I diligently clear every quest I'm given. It's all the wrapping of a traditional fantasy MMO. That means enemies stand around rather than attacking on sight, the menus are ugly, and most of the XP and loot comes from quests. That's absolutely here, though to get to it I have to play an MMO as well. What attracted me to Lost Ark was the promise of a ludicrous action-RPG throwing huge blobs of enemies around to be pulped with your cool powers.
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