In Lost Ark the weekly update is scheduled for March 31. Although it is slightly smaller this week than last time, it again brings improvements in Quality-of-Life. We at MeinMMO will tell you everything you need to know.
Update 5:01 PM: Sooner than expected, the servers are back online after the hotfix restart at 4:30 PM and hopefully, they will remain online. We wish you good loot!
What’s in the update? This week, the weekly update of Lost Ark is a bit smaller than it was in recent weeks. Nevertheless, the patch brings some quality-of-life improvements and many bug fixes that bothered the players.
However, one of the currently most annoying bugs in the game will not be fixed with the update, namely the incorrect time. Since the time change on Sunday, most times and timers in the MMORPG have been completely messed up.
In the weekly update, Amazon states that they are aware of it and the team is working on it, but it cannot be fixed in the patch on March 31 yet. What has been fixed, however, is the following:
- A bug has been fixed where players started in the Bronze ranked PvP area instead of in the Silver area as intended. Players who have already started the season will receive a boost of 250 MMR as compensation.
- Also, a chat bug has been fixed that recently caused a lot of attention and little love.
- With the weekly combat item gifts, chance no longer counts. Here you now get to choose which chest you want and no longer have to rely on your luck.
With the update, Amazon is primarily responding quickly to the bug in the chat, where players discovered that they can execute some lines of HTML code through the in-game chat. This bug has only appeared in the game a few days ago.
How long was the maintenance? The servers were shut down today at 9:00 AM German time and were expected to be offline for 5 hours. Surprisingly, the servers were already back online and ready after about 2.5 hours.
Additionally, we can currently assume that a small patch will follow the update again. The download should not be too large this time.
Update on March 31 – The Patch Notes
- Fixes the bug where players could start in the Bronze rank rather than the Silver rank (1500 MMR) in the competitive arena. For players who have already started their season in the competitive arena, a positive adjustment to their MMR will be made. The increase of 250 points will close the gap for those who started their season with 1250 MMR instead of the updated 1500 MMR. Players who are just starting their season will automatically start at 1500.
- Fixes the bug where the OT timer does not show during PvP matches.
- Fixes the issue where chat text was inappropriately altered or displayed outside the chat box.
- Additionally, the [Weekly] combat item bundle will be improved so that players can now choose their desired combat item chests themselves instead of just receiving a random reward.
- Please note that the team is aware that the server time in European countries observing Daylight Saving Time is displayed incorrectly.
What do you think of the update? Do you find the improvements meaningful? Have you noticed the bug in the chat yet? Has it bothered you so far that you couldn’t choose your rewards? Feel free to let us know your opinion in the comments here at MeinMMO. We look forward to hearing from you.
