Lost Ark: Update March 4, details – Lost Ark

Lost Ark March 4 Update Patch Notes

BALANCE CHANGES

Before we dive into the nitty-gritty, we wanted to share our balance thinking for some of the Tier 1 and 2 Guardian Raids and Abyss Dungeons.

It’s been less than a month since hordes of heroes arrived on the western shores of Archesia. Many players are still discovering and learning to use the advanced systems that govern their adventures, whether it’s finding the perfect placement for their ability points in the tripod system or customizing their playstyle with engravings, runes skill or gems. We watched with enthusiasm and humility as more or less experienced players try to reach level 50 before being confronted with the various contents of tiers 1 and 2, progressing little by little and exploring the range of possibilities offered in Archesia.

In other regions, players had to spend some time in Tiers 1 and 2 since Tier 3 was not yet available there. Given the time they had spent at this stage of the game, they had been able to study the schematics and mechanics of the guardians and demons they had encountered there and only a few monsters were still a real challenge for them. As the game developed and more content was added, the time and progress required for Tiers 1 and 2 decreased. Tier 1, 2, and 3 content was already present on the western release of Lost Ark. Tiers 1 and 2 are designed as a prologue to the rich end-game content unveiled in Tier 3 that Smilegate RPG has been developing since the game’s initial release. We hope Tiers 1 and 2 will encourage players to explore the vast world of Archesia and will be used to understand the many systems of Lost Ark as well as the complex mechanics of battles.

Due to the difference in objectives for Tier 1 and 2 in our region, overly difficult Abyss Guardians and Dungeons have been left out. This balance change isn’t just about adjusting the overall difficulty. Rather, the idea is to improve certain difficulty schemes to better prepare players as they progress through tiers, all the way to Tier 3 endgame content.

Our goal is for players to progress through increasingly difficult and complex content throughout their adventure. There’s still a lot of tough Tier 3 content to be added to the western version of the game, so be sure to check out our roadmap article to find out what to expect in the coming months. These upcoming encounters will be as many obstacles to overcome, systems to master and complex mechanics to understand. Starting this month, Argos will be a ruthless adversary and a challenge for anyone who likes to describe themselves as heroes of Archesia.

ABYSS DUNGEONS

ELVERIA RUINS
Cradle of the Necromancer

• In the second stage of the Necromancer’s Cradle, during the phase with the orb, the fight against Sigmund is easier than before.
• Improved the visual effects of Sigmund’s Color Wave so that it appears more clearly to players.

GHOST PALACE
Hall of the Twisted Warlord

• Changed the attack pattern of the King of the Spectral Legion and the affliction stack for Spectral Size applied to the character.
• Changed the Spectral Legion King’s Illusion Sword summon attack pattern.
• When the swords follow the player, if the player receives two stacks, he takes damage, and after three stacks, he dies.

Hildebrandt Palace

• Decreased the amount of damage needed for the imbalance phase when Ephernis spawns in phase 3 of Hildebrandt’s Palace.
• Increased Spectral Energy area of ​​effect for the Meteor mechanic in Phase 3.
• Changed the attack form of the Meteor mechanism from a circle to a frontal attack in phase 3.

GATE OF PARADISE
Lazy Sea

• Increased the warning time for the omen attack in Lazy Sea Phase 2.
• Changed Sentinel Akam’s attack from a sweeping mechanic to a devastating attack in Lazy Sea Phase 2.

GUARDIAN RAIDS

Virtues

• Removed the stun debuff applied when a player was hit by a tail swing attack.
• Decreased the damage dealt by various attacks.
  • Jump off the ice
  • Catch the player and blow ice fire

Nacrasena

• Decreased the damage dealt by various attacks.
  • Tail attack after hitting the ground with the tail
  • Jump from the ground
  • Lightning Projectiles

Yoho, the fire fox

• Reduced the duration of Yoho the Fire Fox’s flame ground attack.
• Reduced HP of Yoho, the Fire Fox.
• Reduced the effects of Burning Soul ability.
• Decreased the damage dealt by various attacks.
  • Fox lights jet
  • Leap forward and attack with claws
  • Jump up and attack with claws

Tytalos

• Decreased the duration of Tytalos’ Circle of Scaled Rock attack.
• Changed Tytalos’ attack which gathers sand energy and explodes, from a sweeping mechanic to a devastating attack.
• Decreased the damage dealt by various attacks.

Purchases

• Changed the statue summon pattern of Guardian Achates to always summon four Guardian Statues.
• Decreased the damage required to apply Weak Point to Achates.
• To keep Achates interesting to fight in the Guardian Raid, these changes will not apply to this encounter. We’ll tell you more in an upcoming update!

Chromanium Lavos

• Decreased the damage dealt by the Lava Eruption attack used by Chromanium Lavos while in a rage state.

Levanos

• Decreased the damage required to apply Weak Point* to Levanos.

*Weak Point is a mechanic that requires damaging part of the enemy (their shield, shell, wings, etc.) or targeting a specific area with abilities and combat items that include the keyword ” Destroy”.

Alberhastic

• Reduced the Alberhastic buff granted when obtaining the Heat Orb.
• Changed from sweeping mechanic to devastating attack.

GENERAL CHANGES AND FIXES

• Fixed the “Combat Effects Display – Includes party member bonus effects” setting not showing certain ailments affecting party members.
• Fixed an issue where the in-game clock in the upper left was not showing the correct time zone due to Daylight Savings Time.
• Attempt to fix players being kicked from the server when logging in. We will continue to monitor data, feedback and reports to ensure this issue is resolved.
• Applied a fix to alleviate player search issues. We will continue to monitor data, feedback and reports to ensure this issue is resolved.
• Fixed not being able to interact with an item in the “Nineveh Chaos Aura” affinity quest chain.
• Fixed missing Abyss Trader in Rothun.
• Fixed the Weekly Battle Item Bundle showing being purchasable 10 times instead of once per week.

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