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On February 7th, a Lost Ark live broadcast was held, 3 weeks after the release of the Kazeros Raid Act 3 on January 22nd. Director Jeon Jae-hak, who hosted the broadcast, talked about various current issues in Lost Ark.

The broadcast discussed the current difficulty of the raid, rewards, and the upcoming balance update, and also included content about the new content coming out at the end of March. In particular, Director Jeon Jae-hak directly apologized regarding the difficulty.

■ Brief Summary of the February 7th Live Broadcast

 

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- Raid Difficulty Issues (Scheduled for Improvement on February 12th)

ㄴ 3rd Gate 425 Lines, Immunity Ignoring Status Ailments All Nerfed on February 12th

ㄴ It is true that the 3rd Gate was released with difficulty, but it was more difficult and unpleasant than intended.

ㄴ In addition to the 3rd Gate nerf, visibility of the Allied Forces, neutralizing agent, etc. will be modified in several parts.

 

- End Content Reward Issues

ㄴ The additional reward is indeed insufficient.

ㄴ Hard rewards will be increased in consideration of the current content status.

ㄴ The 3rd Gate reward will be 20,000 gold.

ㄴ Belga wings similar to Abrelshud's will be given as a honorary reward (number of hard clears).

 

- Balance Update (February 26th)

ㄴ In addition to numerical adjustments, new combat environments and growth factors are all considered.

ㄴ Scheduled for update on February 26th

ㄴ Balance update schedule considering the nerf of Act 3 and the adventurer's proficiency

ㄴ Shield damage font applied to all sections

ㄴ Adjusted so that you are not pulled in when using all skills in the black hole pattern

 

- New Hair (Released March 5th)

ㄴ Sorry. It's in production.

ㄴ There is still graphics finishing work left.

ㄴ Scheduled to be released on March 5th along with the transformation skin

 

- New Update Content

ㄴ New Island Urnuzan's Island released on February 26th

ㄴ Rimlake Rapport Yuz, Pahu added on March 12th

ㄴ March 26th Flash Raid Release

ㄴ Flash Raid 8-player entry item level is Normal 1,680/Hard 1,720

ㄴ Hard and Normal only have differences in quantity, and the rewards are the same.

ㄴ No additional growth, light difficulty

ㄴ 4-player dungeon is Normal 1,660/Hard 1,700

ㄴ The 4-player dungeon is a classic dungeon similar to the Ark Dungeon.

 

 

Director Jeon Jae-hak mentioned the raid difficulty first on the broadcast. He explained that the 1st and 2nd gates were released easily, but the 3rd gate was intentionally made difficult, in response to the statement that Act 3 was 'of moderate difficulty'. This was because time was needed until the end content. He said that he wanted to maintain the difficult level of one 3rd gate because the upcoming Flash Raid was a small event. However, the 3rd gate was more difficult than intended, and the unpleasantness was severe.

Even when looking at the statistics, the success rate of the 1st and 2nd gates was 93% and 78%, respectively, but the 3rd gate was 27%, which was more difficult than Abrelshud's 1st gate 36% and 2nd gate 38% in Act 2. In particular, Mordoom's 425 lines in Act 3 was a problem. The pattern was the number one cause of death in the entire raid, and it was 7 times higher than the second place. In response, Director Jeon Jae-hak apologized, saying, 'I am sorry for the inconvenience caused by the difficulty adjustment and inspection issues.'

The overall difficulty of Act 3 will be adjusted with the February 12th update. Many parts that can cause unpleasantness to adventurers, such as the electric shock pattern (lightning strike) that ignores status ailment immunity, 425 lines, neutralizing agent and allied visibility in the 2nd gate, will be improved.

The next topic was rewards. The rewards for Kazeros Act 3 were insufficient compared to the difficulty of the 3rd gate. The gold difference was not large, and it was possible to do 40-stage superior honing even by only doing Hard 1st and 2nd gates, so most adventurers avoided Hard 12 Normal 3. In response, Director Jeon Jae-hak promised to improve the rewards for Act 3.

He said that the current additional reward is "embarrassing" and expressed that it is "natural to wonder if this is the right amount for the current raid reward after clearing it with difficulty." The rewards for Hard will be increased through patches in consideration of the current status of the content. For example, the gold for Hard 3rd Gate will be increased to 20,000 gold. In addition, as a Hard 3rd Gate clear honorary reward, you can receive a special wing reward when you clear the boss Mordoom of the 3rd Gate a certain number of times or more. Think of the old Abrelshud's 'Abreling' reward. The honorary reward is also applied retroactively to those who have cleared Hard.

The balance update is scheduled for February 26th, at the end of February. This balance update is not just a simple numerical adjustment, but also considers all growth factors such as Leap and Karma, and will be updated on the 26th. The class advantage and disadvantage and unpleasantness of Act 3 are also subject to balance adjustment. The balance update needs to be done right away, but the difficulty of Act 3 itself can vary depending on the adventurer's proficiency, and there will be a nerf on February 12th, so the update will be done at the end of February after considering all the indicators.

The balance update also includes the application of shield damage fonts to all sections and the adjustment of the black hole pattern. The black hole pattern refers to uniformly standardizing the fact that characters are not pulled in depending on the skill in some patterns where characters are pulled in. Now, if you use a skill in the black hole pattern, you will not be pulled in.

The new hair still has graphics work left. It takes a long time, so it will take a little more time. The new hair revealed at Loaon will be updated on March 5th along with the transformation skin.

Next, there was an announcement about the remaining winter season update. First, Urnuzan's Island will be released on February 26th. On March 12th, 2 Rimlake Rapport NPCs will be added. Two characters who received attention in the story, Yuz and Pahu. On March 26th, a new Flash Raid will be released.

The Flash Raid takes place in the city of Shaw in Rimlake, which was attacked by an abyss being. It is a raid to protect Shaw from the monster Tarkal and will be released on an 8-player scale. There is one gate based on 8 people, and they share the end content gold acquisition. There is a gimmick where individual actions lead to beneficial buffs like Behemoth, but it does not affect the strategy and is included as a fun element.

The Flash Raid will be released as a light, event-like raid and is Normal 1,680/Hard 1,720 level. The level cut is high, but there are no growth element rewards or additional farming between Normal and Hard. The rewards are the same for Normal/Hard. There is only a difference in quantity.

In addition to the 8-player raid, a 4-player dungeon content will also be released. It is Normal 1,660/Hard 1,700. It is a general dungeon that is not included in the end content and will be a classic dungeon with a similar feel to the Ark Dungeon. Here too, Normal/Hard have the same reward types, and there is only a difference in quantity.

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2025-02-07