The Lost Ark update removes gold from more missions

missing coffin The devs Smilegate RPG took more action against bots this weekend to make some missions less attractive to bots. This was done by removing gold from some of the early missions in the world and the Resistance which seems like an effective solution but unfortunately makes it so that legitimate players don’t have the gold to look forward to when completing these missions. It is not specified in the game’s latest batch of patch notes that missions have been meticulously modified to achieve this goal. This is not…

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Missing roadmap warns of potential delays

missing coffin I got the roadmap for April and May this week with plans for new chapters and more inside, but the roadmap also included warnings of potential delays for other features. Content that may be delayed deals with various raids planned to be added to the game, but will only be made available if Smilegate RPG feels players are in a good place to receive and enjoy them in terms of progression and gear levels. This follows Smilegate’s comments before that they made a mistake releasing some content too…

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Ark Lost limits some features only to ‘trusted’ players

missing coffin The latest update is now available, however comes a new way for Smilegate RPG to fight against bots and fraudulent accounts. The developer has been grappling with this issue since the game went live, and this week, the latest effort includes which particular account is considered “trusted” or not. If it is not a trusted account, it will have limited access to various features in the hope that this will make it difficult for bot accounts to market their ill-gotten gains. Smilegate’s latest solution fulfills Steam’s requirement of…

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Lost Ark says they “made a mistake”, gives players a free gift

missing coffin The big March update was released earlier this month as Abyss Raids topped the patch, but some gamers were confused as to why this particular feature was coming so close to the game’s launch. Abyss Raids aims to be a definitive game activity that players in Korea have already been in for a while now as this version of the game progresses further, and while others were excited elsewhere to be able to try it out, some players simply didn’t Advance enough to be able to adequately tackle…

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