Actually, a new class should be released in Lost Ark (Steam) every 2 months. However, after the Summoner in December, the next one won’t arrive until April 2023. The supposed reason for this is rather peculiar, as they first need to get her some pants.
What is the next class? Since summer, the MMORPG Lost Ark has brought us a new class every 2 months. In November and December, our version even received 2 new classes, the Reaper and the Summoner.
But with this high frequency, it seems to be coming to an end for now. Because from the roadmap for 2023, it’s clear that the next class, the Artist, won’t arrive until April. Furthermore, the roadmap explains that she needs to be adapted to the western market first.
Artist has too revealing skins, needs more legwear
Why is her release delayed? Gameplay-wise, nothing should change for the desired new support class, but she will need to dress more modestly:
- Skins with too short skirts will get shorts underneath
- other skins will be complemented with tights
- yet other skins will simply get longer pants
These changes are not well received by the community, even though it’s not the first time this has happened in our version.
In January, the Witcher is coming to Arkesia:
Multiple problems come together, community is angry
Why is the April release frustrating? According to the roadmap, the next few months look empty in Arkesia. Besides the Witcher event in January and the new PvP continent for the 1st birthday in February, no new content is scheduled to come in the near future.
Then in April, the next class and the next raid will start simultaneously, which does not sit well with many fans. Many say they would have preferred a release of the Artist in February or March for several reasons.
What are those reasons? On one hand, the Artist has been one of the most wanted classes for the MMORPG since the release of Lost Ark. She even broke records in Korea. Many fans assumed she would arrive in Arkesia for the one-year anniversary and are now disappointed.
Furthermore, it is criticized that the new class is being released alongside the next raid. Many fans are waiting for the Artist to make her their new main character. If she had come to us before the next raid, there would be time to prepare the class for it.
As fans criticize, they would need to struggle with another class through the raid first, if they don’t want to fall behind. This bothers many future Artist mains.
“For some reason, they think moving the Artist makes sense”
What do the fans say? Of course, we want to give the community a voice here as well and share some quotes from fans dealing with the issue. They come from a large reddit thread that was able to gather over 650 comments in 3 days (via reddit).
- DaxSpa7 says: “I am so angry that the new class is once again coming with the next raid. Bringing the Artist earlier, in February for the anniversary or even in March, would have been SO good.”
- iHEARTeueyoug writes: “They are really delaying the class because they have to put pants on her, I’m laughing my ass off.”
- Firedown31 says: “It’s insane that the Artist isn’t coming in February. Then people would have had time to prepare their characters for the new raid. Now they have to wait even longer to join fixed groups. That’s just stupid.”
- MeatHook96 writes: “They better have some cool events ready for the 1st anniversary because for some reason they think moving the Artist makes sense. No idea where they got these dates from, but that’s going to annoy a lot of people.”
What do you think about the decision to move the Artist to April? Do you also think that she would otherwise be dressed too inappropriately for the western market? Feel free to let us know in the comments here at MeinMMO.
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