On April 14, the weekly update of Lost Ark will be released, but players are already disappointed. Although the developers are accommodating fans, many players feel the lack of content. We at MeinMMO summarize.
Update 12:20: Surprisingly early and already after about 3.5 hours, the servers are back online. Originally, an 8-hour maintenance was announced.
What’s in the update? This week, the weekly update of Lost Ark is once again a bit smaller than we are used to. Nevertheless, the patch brings new gifts for you in the MMORPG and extends the login rewards for this month.
With this, Amazon and Smilegate respond to a discussion that flared up this week in the forum and on reddit. Players felt punished by the fact that there are too few gifts for their taste.
Otherwise, the update leaves much to be desired. Neither the still incorrect in-game clock was fixed, nor do new contents find their way into the game.
You can find the full content of today’s update here:
- Some preparations are being made in the backend of the MMORPG to prepare the game for the contents of the coming weeks.
- The login event is being extended by one week and 6 new rewards, and now ends on April 21.
- The 6 rewards consist of a total of 500,000 silver, 3 combat item chests, 30 Phoenix feathers, 2x fusion material boxes, 3x jump essences, and 5 tickets to complete daily tasks immediately.
The update has received little support in the community so far. Because the bug that shows incorrect event times since the clock change in Lost Ark will not be fixed this week either. However, it was announced in the patch two weeks ago that work is being done on it. Furthermore, many players were expecting the new class and the new continent.
Last week’s patch was not well received by the fans either.
Update 11:30 AM: Last night, a GIF was posted on Lost Ark’s official Twitter account that almost confirms the Lance Bearer for next week:
How long will the maintenance last? The servers will be taken offline at 9:00 AM German time and are expected to be offline for 8 hours. So you can only start again at 5:00 PM at the earliest.
We will keep you updated on the maintenance work in this article.
Players are divided
What do the fans say? Under the tweet announcing the update, the very first reactions to the patch notes are not very positive. Many fans are upset that the clock bug has still not been fixed. However, most players are more annoyed that the big April update is also not coming this week.
However, some players have hope that the patch next week will finally introduce the new class, the Lance Bearer, into the game. Users had this hope for this week as well because many expected that with the end of the login event, the big update would come. Since this update has been postponed by a week, some players are now expecting the patch next week.
Others praise Amazon for improving the game, even if in small steps, every week. They argue that you can’t expect something super exciting every week.
We would like to share some of the comments here to capture the initial sentiment:
- Paru writes, and gets 90 likes, for: ‘No South Vern, no Lance Bearer, oh man. At least we have 5 PvP tournaments that nobody cares about.’
- SeibaX_ writes: ‘Finally! It looks like the April update, which I am so much looking forward to, will finally come in May.’
- MightyKaseroo writes: ‘Oh man, this post is getting so much hate, I should have gotten popcorn. But let’s be fair, none of us thought they would release the April update in the last week of April.’
- Eike sees it more positively: ‘Then at least I have more time to farm materials for my Lance Bearer, that’s nice too. I can hardly wait for the end of the month.’
What do you think about the update? Are you happy that you have another week to prepare for the big things? Or do you also think that the update comes way too late in April? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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