lost-ark-help

[maiden locust]

Ok, thanks for the info!

and where can I turn honor leapstone into great honor leapstone?

[pliant pivot]

one of the vendors in the honing district in every major city

[slim nacelle]

REALLY dumb question but for royal crystals like the USD $19.99 it says it is 2200 right? +10% is tht 2200 the total not including tht 10%?

[pliant pivot]

including

[slim nacelle]

kk ty

[rigid heron]

Could someone teach me how to search for certain engravings on accessories in the auction house

[pliant pivot]

beside the search button

[rigid heron]

damm they are expensive what

[solar knoll]

which ability stone engravings are worth trying to sell on the auction house?

[pliant pivot]

meta engravings

[solar knoll]

I dunno which ones are the meta ones tho

[rain meadow]

The most notable one is a rock with adrenaline + non grudge meta engraving

[pliant pivot]

just search up your stone in the market if ur not sure the engraving can sell

[solar knoll]

can someone run me a quick list? xd

[radiant flame]

Learn them? #info-dump has a guide on engravings

[solar knoll]

yeah that's what I've been doing but it's quite a lot of work to search up all the combinations only to realize 99% of them are worth 1 gold

I did find one I sold for 500g tho

[pliant pivot]

adrenaline keen blunt weapon

adrenaline/ambush adrenaline/hit master adrenaline/grudge

adrenaline/raid captain adrenaline/cursed doll

[solar knoll]

ooh

thanks a bunch @pliant pivot

[crisp turtle]

list of meta engravings
obviously some of them are support only, so they'd only be useful on stones with 2x support engravings

[solar knoll]

awesome, thanks!

[crisp turtle]

if it has 2x meta, search, look at recent prices
if has no recent sales, its trash

[solar knoll]

yeah I quickly noticed that only the ones with 2x good engravings are actually worth something

[pliant pivot]

keen blunt weapon/grudge keen blunt weapon/ambush keen blunt weapon/raid captain keen blunt weapon/hit master theres a lot you just have to search your stone in the market and see for yourself if u can sell them

[crisp turtle]

and even then, its more specific
even though stuff like barricade/stab status etc are meta for certain classes
the stones will be worthless, as people want those stats on accessories instead

[acoustic trail]

hello, potential returning player here who stopped playing all the way back when argus released. I'm 1385, what content should I be doing?

[solar knoll]

oh I see

[pliant pivot]

argos and oreha until u get to 1415

[solar knoll]

the only one I found that had a high value was ambush master/raid captain

[reef fog]

@craggy coyote Azena. I've not seen ONE real player except my friend. it's all bots with dfsj gbsibiusdfangidfosnghuida names. i've never seen it this bad in an mmorpg

[solar knoll]

it's mostly like that in the starting areas

once you get to punika you'll find all the players

[reef fog]

so can I skip to it?

[solar knoll]

yes you can, with a power pass

[reef fog]

is there any downside to using a power pass

[acoustic trail]

and then?

[crisp turtle]

it costs money

[maiden locust]

valtan

[reef fog]

aside from that? do u miss out on like things to gather around the map and stuff like that?

[solar knoll]

not really no

but depending on where you are in the main story line, you might wanna finish your current continent

[crisp turtle]

you'll miss out on some small quest rewards, but nothing significant or gamechanging
you'll also miss out on knowing what the storyline/lore is, if you care about that

[solar knoll]

the power pass costs 1100 royal crystals per continent, even if you're 99% finished with a specific continent it will still cost 1100 crystals to finish the last percent

[reef fog]

i dont give a fvk about it actually, that's the worse with the bots -- the constant G spamming with all the questing

[solar knoll]

what quest are you on currently?

[reef fog]

"La reconstruction du Lutéran"

[solar knoll]

wait what

[reef fog]

level 28

[solar knoll]

how can you be 1385 and still be on the first main questline?

[crisp turtle]

yeah, its like 2 or 3 days or something before you can accept guild quests or promote research, which leaves plenty of time to gain contribution afterwords
you can donate silver from day1 even if you're a "new guild member"

[solar knoll]

oh wait nvm I confused you with another person haah

[crisp turtle]

can't remember exactly how many days, but its definitely less than 7
fairly sure its like 2/3/4 days

[craggy coyote]

i mean other than the sense of paying to progress and not earning it yourself? no not really

[solar knoll]

@reef fog but yeah if you wanna skip the story, go for a power pass, if you buy a punika power pass you get another one for free from the event as soon as you finish one additional purple quest

[crisp turtle]

yeah, im sure you'll feel bad not earning that G spamming yourself

[solar knoll]

and from punika you can sign up to the hyper express event and get basically free honing mats to bring you up to the latest content

[craggy coyote]

i mean one of the main draws to an mmorpg is to level and grind yourself to the top, right? if you just pay to bypass all that then whats the point

[solar knoll]

speedrunning the entire thing doesn't actually take that long btw

I did level 1 to punika in about 10 days

[vast oriole]

its not about taking long, its just annoying XD

[solar knoll]

and I'm not a super active speedrunner by any measure, you can definitely do it in just a few days

but yeah it'll be mind-numbingly boring to spam G for that long

[crisp turtle]

because you're paying to bypass the mindless terrible content, which is essentially no more than a tutorial
to actually access the real game
rather than literally just pressing G and running around with bots

making a player spend 30-50hours doing a tutorial before they can actually play the game, is just terrible design

[solar knoll]

when the game was originally released in korea that was the actual content

[vast oriole]

the grind starts at lvl 50, not before anyway

[worn sundial]

Does anyone know where I can find groups for valtan normal?

[buoyant herald]

yeah party finder 🙂

[vast oriole]

gl on tuesday

[maiden locust]

ingame party finder

[worn sundial]

Im having lil luck with party finder, and the one time I tried making my own raid, I forgot I had lead and missed a thirain, so was wondering if there were any other sources out there for people looking for valtan nm, if not, I will try again later

understood

Nope, its for my alt, 1415

[wise magnet]

Any recommendations for farming honing materials ?

[ebon breach]

Is gear conversion roster? Or do I need to get the mats for every char

not epic

[buoyant herald]

would be too easy

[reef fog]

thank you for your help but you might as well be speaking mandarin to me

babe my wallet so full it won't close

could you tell me how raiding and pvp is in this game?

is it like final fantasy kinda raiding

so basically you don't recommend the game, correct?

[solar knoll]

other than the camera angle, yeah it's very similar

biggest difference is that the biggest raid here is 8 people

[reef fog]

is it as challenging as ff14?

[solar knoll]

yes

maybe even more so

[reef fog]

and what is your opinion on pvp? why did the other guy say it was lacking?

[solar knoll]

I've never tried pvp

but I'm sure it beats the basically non-existent pvp from ffxiv xD

[reef fog]

yeah youre right

[solar knoll]

pvp community here seems to be somewhat active, so at least there's pvp games played

[pliant pivot]

there were 16 man raids but they got removed

[solar knoll]

ooo

[reef fog]

@pliant pivot what do you think about the pvp in lost ark

[solar knoll]

I mean I can sort of imagine why

the raid wipe mechanics can be plenty confusing enough for 8 people

imagine 1/16 players wiping your raid constantly and you won't even be able to spot who it was

[pliant pivot]

not that good, pvp balancing is non existent

[solar knoll]

I've heard the opposite as well

[reef fog]

i mean the fun aspect

[solar knoll]

most common complaint about pvp that I've heard is that we don't have the pvp expansion from korea yet

[reef fog]

ive been dueling my friend since we started and we have such a bla

[solar knoll]

korea has more gamemodes/maps for pvp than we do

[pliant pivot]

it’s alright

[reef fog]

okay perhaps youve just seen too much ahah

[solar knoll]

but as usual I'm sure we'll get everything korea has, only with a 1-2 year delay ;x

[pliant pivot]

not a fan of it but i do it for the extra weekly mats

[slender stump]

Same, but now my friend left the game

[reef fog]

if youre on azena u can join us

[solar knoll]

@reef fog if you enjoy FFXIV I'm sure you'll enjoy Lost Ark too

[reef fog]

i enjoyed the difficulty aspect of pve in endgame

[solar knoll]

the only thing ffxiv has that is non-existent here is the erp

[reef fog]

i guess thats what we are all chaing with mmo

do u guys know why it will never let me send mes ages

[solar knoll]

you mean the slowmode?

[reef fog]

like here

[solar knoll]

you can only send a message every 10 seconds in this channel

[crisp turtle]

on discord?
slowmode, so you dont spam one sentence messages constantly

[reef fog]

oh wow i thought i was writing like a s s on my messages somewhere

[solar knoll]

other channels in the server have different slowmode or no slowmode

when there's a riot, all channels usually get longer slowmodes, with #general-chat sometimes having 30s slowmode

but #lost-ark-help having 10s seems to be a constant thing

[reef fog]

so using power pass makes me level X with all the bonuses and the right equips?

[solar knoll]

yes

well, not ALL the bonuses..

you won't get free gems, or cards

[reef fog]

what are cards for

[solar knoll]

but you will get some basic amount of engravings from some mokoko challenges that get auto-completed

[reef fog]

and are they important

[crisp turtle]

every powerpass will boost you to level 50
depending which powerpass you choose, it will come with a different gear of the relevant ilvl attached

[solar knoll]

just a choice of bonus stats really, you'll naturally grind card packs playing almost any of the ingame content

the cards you get from 1-50 are all from side quests, and those do not get completed so you can go do them on an alt later on for those rewards

[reef fog]

and is there a meta where i would be missing out on cards i need for optimal decks by using power pass?

[solar knoll]

yesn't

there is a meta set of cards, but you'd probably get 0 of them anyway doing the normal 1-50 grind

[crisp turtle]

you'll miss one guarantee'd card by using powerpass
but its obtainable elsewhere
not worth worrying about

[unkempt breach]

cards is a really end game thing, if ur just leveling don't worry about them

[reef fog]

about meta, i understand that we're completely free to change our skills as we please, so I understand that there is one "right build" for every circumstances (pvp, raids etc) and the rest is not good/not recommended?

[solar knoll]

varies from class to class

[pliant pivot]

yeah depends on class

[reef fog]

that's a shame though that a meta is enforced in this game

i remember times when mmorpg had 10 classes and each of them could be 14894 different things

[solar knoll]

it's not really enforced, people are only gonna cry about it if you play a support class with damage spec in high endgame content

[flat dagger]

There's always a meta, doesn't mean there's not other viable builds.

[crisp turtle]

i mean, noone can see what skills you're using, unless they jsut staring at your character
so its not really enforced in any way

other than how any meta is enforced, its just used because tis the best way of doing it

[solar knoll]

sorceress for example has a whole bunch of variant builds, and all of them do sufficient damage

[flat dagger]

But if one does 1m DPS and the other does 2m DPS, which one would you think people would want?

[reef fog]

yes precisely that's my point. "enforced" meta because the game mechanics encourage you to constantly change your build and adapt to environement

[solar knoll]

you'll find that it's only in the end-end-endgame that people actually start caring about meta builds

[reef fog]

instead of being able to make your own build that'd be as good as the other builds

[solar knoll]

it's not enforced per se

[reef fog]

is there dmg meter?

[solar knoll]

yesn't

[flat dagger]

MVP screen I guess.

[solar knoll]

the #1 MVP player in each raid will have their % of damage done shown for everyone

the rest just get slight indications of how much damage they did

[reef fog]

just the first one 😮

[radiant flame]

I mean there are always third party meters. But their use is bannable

[solar knoll]

yeah, only the first one gets their full statistics revealed

[reef fog]

omg why bannable

[solar knoll]

because unlike ffxiv, this game has an actual anticheat

[crisp turtle]

the meta is "meta" because its the best way to do something

does your janky-ass build work? maybe
is it better than the "meta"? No, otherwise your build would be the meta build

[radiant flame]

AGS does not like them, simple as that

[solar knoll]

(but it still works like shit, case in point: bots)

[pliant pivot]

there r, they r use at your own risk

[reef fog]

yeah as i said earlier, level 28 now and have not seen one human so far, kinda looks bad, idk why they wouldnt adress that

it's less bad that there would be no one running around rather than an entire army of bots

[solar knoll]

using third party addons in ffxiv is more of a don't ask don't tell situation since they've never banned anyone for it unless that person literally spammed about it ingame

[crisp turtle]

they are constantly addressing it

but its a f2p mmo, with an auction house. it was always going to be bot infested

[solar knoll]

but here you are risking your account for real with third party addons

[pliant pivot]

easy anticheat isnt an actual anticheat it’s just bloatware

[solar knoll]

yeah I know, it's questionable at best... if it was an actually functional anticheat all the bots would get instabanned before they even hit level 10

[reef fog]

i understand ur point and i dont mean to refute or argue but no, this is the worst bot problem ive seen in any mmo, in my lifetime

[pliant pivot]

shits useless it doesnt prevent anything just decreases performance

[crisp turtle]

goodjob you weren't here 6months ago

[solar knoll]

they are "working on it"

[reef fog]

was it worse? i dont think it could be lmaoo

[solar knoll]

and you will rarely see any bots past level 50

[crisp turtle]

much worse

[reef fog]

and so how is the economy?

[solar knoll]

I honestly don't even know where they all fuck off to past level 50

[reef fog]

is it fucked by it?

[solar knoll]

not really

[pliant pivot]

yes

[solar knoll]

all the bots really do is try to get to level 50 so they can farm gold so they can sell gold to players for real money

[pliant pivot]

naw bc prices were up to 4k, higher than kr

[reef fog]

so it does fuck it up

[solar knoll]

but I think the gold inflation would have been more or less the same even without the bots... some real players here making way beyond 1 million gold per month

[unkempt breach]

the economy is about as good as Venezuela's

[solar knoll]

I think we just got more nolifers than KR

[reef fog]

yall just make me wanna uninstall tbh ahah let's do a "nice things about lost ark" fest please guys

[pliant pivot]

nope naw got fucked over hard cuz of bots and rmters

[solar knoll]

nolifers grinding millions of gold are also a cause of inflation

[unkempt breach]

I gotchu

[solar knoll]

however the recent developments that AGS have been taking to actively combat inflation is having a huge effect

most engraving recipes are still down to 50% value since over a week

[pliant pivot]

bc price in naw is still stupidly high

[solar knoll]

EUC is pretty fine atm

[unkempt breach]

Good things about lost ark:

• Replaces ur irl job
• Raids are fun
• Stops you from going to the scary outdoors
• Playing with friends

[flat dagger]

Forgot FOMO.

[unkempt breach]

right.

[reef fog]

So raids are fun, thats the secret of the game's success?

im all for it tbh

[solar knoll]

@reef fog many of the endgame raids have a wow-style GDPK auction system for the final loot drops

[reef fog]

that's portuguese to me and i dont speak portuguese

[unkempt breach]

also mattt dont look at a SINGLE tier list

[solar knoll]

so when an item worth 20k gold drops, everyone in the raid can bid their gold for it, highest bidder gets the item, everyone else splits the gold

[unkempt breach]

because all thats going to happen is being sad with ur class

unless ur class is surge blade.

[reef fog]

im arcanist and i LOVE it

[unkempt breach]

well thats good

[solar knoll]

honestly from what I can tell, all tier lists for this game are kinda BS

[unkempt breach]

they are, ur hands are way more important

[reef fog]

is it a good class

[unkempt breach]

dont ask this question.

[solar knoll]

the only thing that's for certain is that you can play sorceress even if you have 0 IQ and just roll your face over the keyboard

[reef fog]

ok ahah

[unkempt breach]

ask urself is it fun

[reef fog]

it's fun as fuck

[unkempt breach]

if yes, then its a good class

[crisp turtle]

i mean, would you rather be lied to?
Issues that have been brought up:
Bots - every mmo has bots, they seem excessive to you because you're running around the area where bots are. The player/bot ratio where you are is heavily influenced by bots, so it looks worse than it really is.
Economy - its a struggle for a new player, sure. But any mmo is a struggle for a new player. Did the bots ruin it? maybe. Would it be like this anyway? Who knows. people try, but you can't compare the game state to korea. Its a totally different game in a different culture

Now, the good bits.
Raids - its what every content creator raves about. I personally can't compare them to any other game. But from my experience, the raids i've done have been some of my best gaming experiences from the last 20yrs
Characters - Every class just feels good to play. The animations, the noises, the visuals. Every class is just quality

[unkempt breach]

^

Basically just play the game to enjoy it, don't burn urself out

[reef fog]

thank you, thats so encouraging. who doesnt love good pve content

no mention of pvp though which is sad for me

[crisp turtle]

never tried it

[unkempt breach]

yea pvp is kinda smoge

[reef fog]

whats smoge

[unkempt breach]

every class can stun u for 10 years

[crisp turtle]

just dodge

[reef fog]

i mean if they combo u its ok no?

[fair mantle]

It's not popular but can be fun if you get into it and like it, I like doing some every week

[unkempt breach]

trueeeeeeeee

[unkempt breach]

auto attacks stun you.

[reef fog]

well thanks guys i know so much more about lost ark now

[fair mantle]

You evidently haven't pvped

[reef fog]

dont they like stagger u only?

[flat dagger]

I like the part where you collect 1238 mokoko seeds

[reef fog]

yeah im getting vibes that the guy is pve oriented xd

[unkempt breach]

they literally stagger u which is usually going to be comboed into a harder stun

eg freeze nade or something like head hunt

[reef fog]

then u dodge their other skills bc ure only staggered not stunned

[fair mantle]

That's so false in a real scenario, no one ever uses an auto attack to ever deal any sorts of powerful combos or damage

[flat dagger]

Can't dodge out of stagger.

[unkempt breach]

thats true, but it doesnt deny the fact that u can indeed be stagger by an auto

[fair mantle]

It's meaningless tho lmao

[reef fog]

so hamborgir are you a pvper?

[unkempt breach]

sad truth

[fair mantle]

I do some every week for the mats

[solar knoll]

you should go interview the nerds in the #pvp-general channel btw @reef fog

[fair mantle]

Not ranked, just casual

[solar knoll]

that's where they hang out

[reef fog]

no im just about done, yall giving good infos

[crisp turtle]

you're never going to get an unbiased opinion about pvp

the people who say its good, are going to be the people who play pvp
the people who say its bad, are going to be the people who don't play it

[unkempt breach]

and then theres the general playerbase that agrees on the fact that deathblade is op in pvp and pve

[fair mantle]

[reef fog]

yes but from experience ppl that like pve more and are more stressed/anxious about pvp don't try to learn and often just say "its not good" when in reality they dont quite understand mechanics

[fair mantle]

Yeah true, but all in all this game is pve focused

[reef fog]

speak for yourself 😉

[flat dagger]

Didn't koreans dislike the PvP continent?

[reef fog]

my bitchass b pvping al lday

[unkempt breach]

until u get sucked into destroyers earth eater one tme

and never touch pvp again 💀

[fair mantle]

The continents and shit are pretty rough yeah, it's way different than the usual

Lmao destroyer is the biggest noob crusher, but in reality he's one of the worst classes in PvP

[unkempt breach]

yes

I am bad at pvp

[fair mantle]

Same as sorc, noob crusher but actually trash

[unkempt breach]

yea no I have no problems with sorc

[maiden locust]

eh sorc is middling but not bad

[unkempt breach]

I just really hate db lmfao

[fair mantle]

[unkempt breach]

when I think he has no more super armors

he pulls out another one

[reef fog]

is arcanist good in pvp guys

[fair mantle]

It's higher skill ceiling, but average

Even the ceiling isn't high, but it's still harder to reach lol

[reef fog]

i destroy my friend who is gunner or whatever

[unkempt breach]

did u mean is arcanist fun in pvp

[fair mantle]

imo arti is the most broken rn

[reef fog]

babe yah, i totally did

[unkempt breach]

🙂

[unkempt breach]

dont get me started on medeia

arti sits on a point and all of a sudden no one can contest stairs

[fair mantle]

Medeia and all the islands and PvP continents are way different

[crisp turtle]

openworld/unequalised pvp just seems like such a troll concept

[fair mantle]

Most people don't even have a different build for it, so it's a pretty trash experience for most

[buoyant herald]

and the ones that do just fuck everyone up

[unkempt breach]

we go gvg there so we all have a build

but since we play on a server nobody has ever even heard of

its usually an alt guild that is there for free 80k gold

[reef fog]

wait there is gvg?????????????

🫣 😍 🍆 💦

[unkempt breach]

yea there is

[grim slate]

I just did Valtan G1 for the first time, is it normal that it's sooo hectic and a clusterfuck?

[maiden locust]

yes

[grim slate]

Good! Cause it was quite stressful and I wondered if I am just too much of a noob

[maiden locust]

its stressfull even for someone like me who has done it 100+ times

its a stressfull fight with all the bleed stacks and stuff

[buoyant herald]

just dont get bleed stacks

[maiden locust]

shut up

[buoyant herald]

i mean if you have100+ clears should be easy

[maiden locust]

i play pali i kinda have to

[buoyant herald]

if you play pali you just spam cleanse

[crisp turtle]

thats a strange take

i play pally i have to get hit?

[buoyant herald]

[maiden locust]

to shield teamate yes

what?

[fair mantle]

I don't remember the last time I had to melee my teammates to shield them lol

[unkempt breach]

wait ur telling me pally players have auto attack binded?

[crisp turtle]

luckily you have push immunity on your holy protection, so you can get hit whilst shiel... oh wait

[maiden locust]

what?

[maiden locust]

they really should change that

[crisp turtle]

yes, lets make the easiest class to play, even easier
god forbid paladins have to think about anything

[maiden locust]

yes

[glad zodiac]

Just use your awakening instead

[rough whale]

if i already did raids on my 6 gold earners, and i have a 7th alt. can it run argos + buy boxes even without getting the gold?

[maiden locust]

yes

[slim beacon]

does this give anything useful ?

[flat dagger]

More rooms.

[solar knoll]

"useful" depends on how much you value having a second floor to your mansion

[slim beacon]

what would i get from a second floor ? XD

if not to get a new slot then no need

[flat dagger]

.

[wicked juniper]

Away from my system atm but was curious
Would it be okay to use inferno instead of esoteric ?
Meaning final 8 skills would have both counter as well as inferno.

Wanted to ask about it in sorc channel but i think theyre using it for some lobby rn, so, didnt wanna disturb

[wicked juniper]

Sorceress* class

[maiden locust]

I think you replace something else not eso.

probably the counter (if ur doing igniter)

[wicked juniper]

Ye right now the guides say to either use squail or inferno
But like.... I dont.. see esoteric doing either good dmg or meter gain hmmmm

So in some raids like valtan where we kinda need both counter as well as destruction.. i thought itd be nice ..

[flat dagger]

The water wave, whatever it is called, is a decent replacement for Eso until LoS 18.

[wicked juniper]

Owhhh

[flat dagger]

Ultimately Esoteric Reaction is a really good skill.

[maiden locust]

might be eso later cause i know most sorcs i play with run eso

[wicked juniper]

Ye me too me too
Was just curious xD

[maiden locust]

Personally from what Ive seen its never the job of the sorc to counter which can seem kind of selfish but I understand why

Might change for some niche areas of gameplay

[flat dagger]

I run Lv. 1 Squall for Igniter, and Lv. 12 main damage skills and Lv. 10s elsewhere.

[maiden locust]

the 8th slot is definitely flex, some run inferno, squall lvl1 is also a really good choice if u still wanna counter

[wicked juniper]

Need to when most of the time only 2 people are alive in ghost phase
But ye for those situations, might use counter itself. Other times inferno.

[wicked juniper]

Ayayyy

[maiden locust]

I think its always a situation of run inferno unless u need/want the counter.

[wicked juniper]

does inferno gib meter gain ?

[maiden locust]

not much but its not the worst

[wicked juniper]

Aye

[flat dagger]

@wicked juniper 408 skill point requirement though. That's my setup.

[maiden locust]

And once we get the next set of skill points you can go all 12s with squall sticking at one if you wanna go for that anti.

[wicked juniper]

i use the same things as well !
Just that.. i dont have that many 12s :/
Probably need to grind horizontal content agen for skill point potions.
Stuck at 396 or something

[maiden locust]

Yeah sorc is one of the classes that can really take advantage of having all skill points maxed

[maiden locust]

Like you're not losing an insane amount of damage but its damage nonetheless

especially as you get higher gems

[wicked juniper]

Aye Aye

[flat dagger]

It's more important to learn when to use skills, and the explosion cancel And how to manipulate enhanced magick addiction vs boundless.

[dark pond]

how long does it take to get a character through t1 and t2 into t3, with the shards requirement?

[buoyant herald]

an alt not long just run tower and you are pretty much set

[cobalt wind]

what can i do with my old bound simple oreha fusion mats ?

[flat dagger]

Trash

[cobalt wind]

😦

[limpid obsidian]

How do you set settings to notify for any unlearned tripod?

[flat dagger]

Set Lv. to desired limit.

Yes, you just mentioned it

There's also the increased base chance for up to +15 for 1302 gear, which is now 30% I think it was.

[wicked juniper]

[flat dagger]

No, just straight +15s now.

[shy yarrow]

use books till 15 is the way to go now

[maiden locust]

based on the item itself

works up to a certain +lvl

[shy yarrow]

the purple and yellow ones only till 15, theres a select event book that works for 16-18

no

[limpid obsidian]

Okay, seems to work, but now the annoying thing is, I get notified for ALL tripods I don't have at lvl5, even if i have a higher level than the drop.
Do you know of any setting that would only notify of drops that are higher than my current levels?

[runic tundra]

i have 3200G on currency but only 191G on market why is that ?

[limpid obsidian]

Hover over your gold. Some of it may be on a 3day hold

[worn swallow]

Would like to ask how many bpass had been released?

[maiden locust]

2

[edgy escarp]

Simple guestion, is it worth something?

[worn swallow]

This is the 2nd?

[maiden locust]

yes

[runic tundra]

how ?

[worn swallow]

phew ty

[flat dagger]

Remove the favorited tripods.

[distant ember]

im looking for the Blue wealth rune from the stronghold vendor Tuleu but ive seen like 5 different spawns and none of them have wealth, is the in game codex wrong or is it just a rare item from him

for the past 3 days i have been lol

[flat dagger]

@limpid obsidian
Here's my full dismantle setup if it still doesn't work for you. Only gives me tripods with Lv. 4 or above which I don't have.

[thin token]

hunger wants swiftness stat so im pretty sure nop

[edgy escarp]

rip, ty

[thin token]

if it was lunar voice then yea easy 10k or so

[craggy coyote]

quick question, is life energy account wide or can i gather on all characters?

[edgy escarp]

yep

[flat dagger]

Roster wide and on any character.

[craggy coyote]

okay thanks c:

[high stone]

Hey guys, what do you have to do when you have the curse and you need to go clown and go in mario?

[thin token]

the person with the mark is never gonna be the same person that is doing mario if that is what u are asking

[shy yarrow]

the curse just means you will die if the person doesnt kill the orbs in the mario game you arent supposed to do anything but tell the mario player what colour

[flat dagger]

He means health curse most likely

[thin token]

oh true lol

[shy yarrow]

health curse just take damage and it will give back hp for the amount of hp you have missing

[glad zodiac]

Best bet is to use clown tower to transform and take damage. Maybe delay ur enter in gate as long as you dare so you can pot. Not sure if you have enough of a time window to pop a pot when u touch the portal and curse activates

[thin token]

the clown tower will also do dmg just take dmg from that during health curse and then if u can wait out the curse and pot before going into the portal after curse is gone

[flat dagger]

Basically, do as normal but don't die doing it while being clown.

[glad zodiac]

Some runs it’s too impossible to do and it is what it is. Reset and go again

[thin token]

if u are getting curse while mario transition then ur dmg prolly low too from group

[rugged lance]

where is the event gold spending thing?

[high stone]

Yeah health curse I mean sorry ;d

[flat dagger]

Bottom right corner in North Vern.

[glad zodiac]

Below honing at nia village

[high stone]

Thanks guys I will try to do like that appreciated

[rose jewel]

twinkle twinkle

[remote parrot]

is it worth rerolling these epic gems

[limpid obsidian]

Doesn't solve the issue. I still get notified of any tripod that I don't have lvl5 of yet, even if I have a higher level than the tripod drop.
For example: I have a lvl4 tripod. A gear drop has a lvl2 of that same tripod, it still notifies because it isn't level 5, even if lvl2 is lower than my current lvl4.
Image for proof:

[flat dagger]

They're free to roll.

[remote parrot]

oph rlly

[flat dagger]

#lost-ark-help message

[limpid obsidian]

Setting to lvl4 doesn't really solve the issue either. That just sidesteps it :/

[flat dagger]

What? You can set it to Lv. 2 and it would work too just the same.

[remote parrot]

i wasted 10k gold to push to 1445

[limpid obsidian]

That doesn't work
#lost-ark-help message

[past reef]

i need to clarify something regarding the world tree leaves. they can drop from any map right? so long as im doing the respective Life skill?

[flat dagger]

@limpid obsidian Show me your settings.

[flat dagger]

Untick bottom.

[limpid obsidian]

I want fully transferred on the effects I've favorited tho

[flat dagger]

You can't have BOTH.

[limpid obsidian]

I favorite a very few select tripods that are sellable

[flat dagger]

If you want your way, you have to favorite every single tripod you don't have your desired level for.

And make sure it's set to STN only.

With the current system, there is no both ways unfortunately.

[limpid obsidian]

Well, I was looking for both favorited at lvl5 even if transferred, and any tripod at a level I don't have

[flat dagger]

Then RIP.

Then favorite any you don't have Lv. 5 and want.

This should help a bit, they won't be notified but they won't be destroyed either. Tick this.

[limpid obsidian]

Actually, there is a way to get a bit closer
Only auto-dismantle Legendary and below, that means any relic amulet gets kept. I'll have to manually dismantle them, but that's the price I guess

[flat dagger]

Read above.

Might be the closest you'll get to what you want honestly.

[limpid obsidian]

This text is confusing. What exactly does this mean?

[flat dagger]

Favorites to sell will be marked like you want and not destroyed.
The above option excludes Lv. 2 or higher tripods in your case, from being dismantled. But they won't be marked.

The setting for Lv. threshold will choose which level you want to keep.

[dry plover]

anyone know how much gold hard mode vykas gives?

[flat dagger]

4,500.

[dry plover]

thank you!

[flat dagger]

@limpid obsidian Did you understand that now?

[limpid obsidian]

But then I'll keep any lvl2+, no?

[flat dagger]

Yes, since you've set it to Lv. 2 in your tripod settings.

[limpid obsidian]

That's useless :/

[flat dagger]

If you set it to Lv. 5 then you'll only get 5s.

[limpid obsidian]

But if I set it to 5, I lose out on all the lower level tripods I haven't learned yet

[flat dagger]

Then set it to Lv. 4 like I have.

[remote parrot]

Can u get inf exp by spamming reforging the event bonus gem? well the roster exp

[limpid obsidian]

Nah, setting dismantle to Legendary or below and only notifying of tripods I haven't fully transferred is better

[flat dagger]

Whatever works for you

[limpid obsidian]

It's about the closest I can get to what I want.
I get notified of anything I haven't learned, and I get to keep all relic amulets(which have a chance of lvl5), just gotta manually sort through them

[acoustic trail]

as a returning player, am I stuck with busses for learning old content?

[flat dagger]

I don't understand why you want to sell them though, the tripods are dirt cheap gold wise.

Magick Amplification for Doomsday is like 80 gold One of the most important tripods.

[rose jewel]

desperate times

[flat dagger]

Mine just get yeeted, can not be bothered selling them for a handful of gold.

[remote parrot]

for these is it only worht getting the giant one?

[flat dagger]

Yea

[remote parrot]

ok

[muted verge]

world boss respawn time? like the ones in adv tome not in procyon schedule

[grand shoal]

Depends some of them are every few hours

[limpid obsidian]

Most of them have a 30min respawn timer. Maneth(Shushire) and Casrick(North Vern) have 2h respawn timer.

[blazing badger]

by the way, respawn timers are different per channel - so if you're in a zone with multiple channels and need a spawn, you can hop between them

[muted verge]

yea i was just thinking about that, i guess NA is still asleep though only a couple channels are up

[limpid obsidian]

Any channels in such areas are bound to be entirely bot-populated. Cuz there's basically no stuff for proper humans to do there :P

[remote parrot]

is una quest amount you can do shared between slots?

[wispy ember]

between slots as in?

like among other characters in your roster?

[remote parrot]

mhm

like im trying to grind last moment una quest for a bit more una medal

[wispy ember]

no, you can do 3 dailies and 3 weeklies on every character

[radiant flame]

Yes that sounds fine. But you shouldn’t need to be carried on a paladin

Just…learn argos and oreha and do them normally

[remote parrot]

oh so they all counts as pt to the weekly medal as well right

[wispy ember]

yes :)

[remote parrot]

your pally your fine

[wispy ember]

oreha definitely not, argos if you weren't a paladin i'd say you might get gatekept a bit, but you are paladin :)

[radiant flame]

Maybe harder but, I would still recommend doing the content. And you’re a support so you’re generally in demand

[remote parrot]

1370 bard got carried for free lol

oreha everyone carrying during reset just dont bid the books

[radiant flame]

Hopefully you at least have some sort of useful build and the right stats

[glad zodiac]

You can matchmake oreha. Usually bump into a overgeared player for the content.

[radiant flame]

Also if you’re on hyper express you should be able to hone more to get to Valtan (1415 normal)

[wispy ember]

might be rough though, not going to lie, it's last day of the week and that's where all the stragglers are, trying to do things last minute

[radiant flame]

Yes that’s fine. You should just have the right engravings (blessed, awakening, expert) and you should have swiftness

[wispy ember]

sounds good to me, i try to make it my job to counter though because a lot of dps classes use their counter skills as part of their rotation except a couple

have you used your power pass yet?

[glad zodiac]

Did you do the Beaver quest yet

[wispy ember]

oh so not the punika powerpass right?

so i vaguely remember on reddit about punika power pass actually completing the 2nd awakening quest for you

[glad zodiac]

For the fwee pp. a pp passed rohendel I believe autocompletes the awakening quest

[wispy ember]

no, once you unlock it on one char

it unlocks on everyone

not exactly sure if that's the reason why but the quest is so goddam long, so i'm glad that i only had to do it once

[muted verge]

one of my friends used the free vern powerpass and it completed the first awakening questline for him, would have been nice to know before i did it manually lol

[wispy ember]

i think it was just sent to everyone with the patch

[idle needle]

You have to finish the purple quest “Berver’s Friend”

[wispy ember]

no, you have to do a purple quest at punika

[idle needle]

It’s after the Punika main story

[wispy ember]

then it should arrive in your mail i believe

[dapper geyser]

yo is there like a button for pet skills or do they randomly proc?

[wispy ember]

that part is up to you, depends on how much you enjoy playing a support

legendary pet skills right? it's random procs

it's one of the squishiest classes in the game

[glad zodiac]

I feel it doesn’t matter which you make. Make and play what you enjoy. There is lower barrier of entry for supports then dps.

[idle needle]

https://tenor.com/view/my-man-my-man-hd-my-man4k-gif-23532578

[wispy ember]

https://preview.redd.it/3rmrgkeraoa81.png?width=484&format=png&auto=webp&s=a61e038c397dd871afcdbd9df818927259bf2649

bard would be squishiest but they use heavy armor so it's one of the tankiest

[dapper geyser]

how do pet skills work?*

[glad zodiac]

Yes that’s why heavy armor is prio for engravings and you take off expert if you were to compare to paladin top 3 engraving

[idle needle]

I play both. With HA, bard doesn’t feel much different than Pala

[glad zodiac]

The legendary extra skills?

[dapper geyser]

yeah like how do they proc?

[glad zodiac]

Random 🙂

As far as I can tell when In combat

[dapper geyser]

I get it but like random as in every second or what?

[wispy ember]

when you're in combat (as in you have attacked an enemy or they attacked you in last 10 seconds) it has a chance to proc as the passive states, then it goes on cooldown for 120 seconds

[glad zodiac]

My 100% hp striker gets healed from my pet skill lol

[wispy ember]

every second you're in combat it can proc

but again, once it procs, goes on cd for 120 seconds

[dapper geyser]

what the absolute fuck that's so trash??????

[wispy ember]

thats why no one really cares about pet skills

[dapper geyser]

to think I spent ANY time on it smfh

[dapper geyser]

man if I knew xd

[faint sluice]

I'm looking to do Argos. What does p3 and gates mean? Which type of parties should I join?

[glad zodiac]

I just buy the hoodie 🙂

[wispy ember]

p3 means they're doing all 3 phases of the fight

[runic tundra]

is market region wide or game wide ?

[glad zodiac]

The boss has 3 different phases. And you get rewards after each. P3 is there intent to do all three back to back

[wispy ember]

region wide

yes, gold generation as you right now would be selling GHL

you can also do chaos gates for maps to get shard pouches, that should give you hefty gold as well

[muted verge]

what would be the best way of farming rapport gifts for npcs? wandering merchants?

[wispy ember]

yes, you can go to lost ark merchants website to track those

[faint sluice]

The fight has 3 gates. What are phases? Does every gate also have 3 phases?

[wispy ember]

gates and phases r interchangeable in this case, it used to be a phase, but they got changed to gate VERY cently

recently*

[glad zodiac]

Each gate is a phase

[faint sluice]

I see

[idle needle]

You can get gold a few ways. Orehas (abyssal dungeon), Argos (abyssal raid), chaos gates (selling the materials you get), doing horizontal content (masterpieces give a bunch of gold, but can be hard to get), gold Adventure Island (usually a calendar is posted on the subreddit towards the beginning of the month showing each day that has a gold island), etc

[glad zodiac]

Before if you stopped raid after gate 2 and took rewards, you could not do gate 3 for the week. If you stop at g2 or didn’t complete g3. You had to go back to do g1 if you wanted to do it later or the party was bad. Now each gate you can complete and join a whole new party. People generally do all 3 together all the way.

[wispy ember]

pretty much

[idle needle]

Yeah

[remote parrot]

i havent touch horizontal at all 💀

[wispy ember]

it's tougher to do it now, admittedly, there's less people doing islands and field bosses than ever before

mandatory is a pretty strong word, especially for a paladin

[faint sluice]

Well I'm kind of new so this is all news to me.
Wish I could join the parties thou, everyone demands high iLvl which I can only get by doing it

[glad zodiac]

Go as far as the reward you want. Skill points are great for non supp classes as supp classes shield and heal do not get bigger from leveling it

[wispy ember]

but yeah there are some things you have to collect if you want all the skill points

yeah maxroll is perfectly fine, but there's some nuances that it lacks, but that's why this channel exists!

[rose jewel]

that's where a guild comes into play, if you find yourself a nice welcoming guild, they can help you out with argos and legion raids once you reach there

[idle needle]

The Paladin guide on Maxroll is good, yeah

[rose jewel]

you can check yourself in this discord for one, dont join ones you find ingame at random, most of the time they are dead

[glad zodiac]

All good. Wish you luck on the parties, just wanted to make sure you understood and wasn’t confused about what I said. I won’t cope and say make your own party and all is good. It’s easier to make own party but not like easy easy to get everyone as people will look for the speed run time aka high ilvl.

[wispy ember]

if you wanna see like more endgame builds that KRs are doing you can drop by loawa

[faint sluice]

I'm also completely new on the runs so it's to be expected

[wispy ember]

that depends on the TYPE of survive floor, some you can tank some is just pretty much oneshot

[crisp turtle]

Big shields/Damage reduction/Timestop/l2dodge

[faint sluice]

Good point, I'll try joining one

[idle needle]

Yeah, the little bois maybe, usually the big bois are 💀

[idle needle]

Even if you’re overleveled, they still hit like a truck

[wispy ember]

gitgud + ratio + l2dodge + u fell off

[idle needle]

Just don’t get hit 4head

[glad zodiac]

Just dispatch

[wispy ember]

there's only so many patterns so once you learn them it's easy

[idle needle]

Once you figure out the patterns, it’s not bad

[crisp turtle]

the survive floors are random, sometimes you get none, sometimes you get 3

most of them have set patterns, which help with dodging

[pseudo atlas]

i'd say wiping on them is fairly uncommon

[idle needle]

I once had a cube with 5 trials

[crisp turtle]

cant wipe on a cube if you dont do cubes

[wispy ember]

yes :)

[glad zodiac]

Yea.

[flat dagger]

Just 3 weekly on both is enough.

[idle needle]

I’m pretty much done with unas reset day, unless I get lazy and don’t run a couple boss rushes or cubes

[flat dagger]

Cube, boss rush, chaos dungeon.

[idle needle]

Boss Rush/Cube just need one run for the weekly

[flat dagger]

No.

[wispy ember]

you can kind of rng it with the bloodstones and just get lucky 4head

[idle needle]

If you’re in a guild, you can spend some at the Sylmael Bloodstone exchange for a chance

Chaos dungeons are the best way to get them, tho

[crisp turtle]

fairly sure theres lifeskill weeklies, depending if you have the life essence
but you can technically buy that from mari's if you desperate

[idle needle]

Sometimes there might be a login bonus for a ticket select chest

If you stay in a guild for 30 days it resets

[wispy ember]

guild penalty in this game is wild

yes :(

[idle needle]

Yes, I’ve seen people talk about 30+ days. I think it doubles every time

[wispy ember]

so make sure you talk to the guild leader in discord or w/e before you join

[glad zodiac]

You either join a community or a high alt guild that has shops unlocked so you can buy more chests from which u just click guild and donate silver for your bloodstones. Only buy the t3 boss chance ticket chess.

[wispy ember]

yes

[thorn egret]

destroyer uses earht's antropy?

[wispy ember]

yes

[thorn egret]

ohh ok

[glad zodiac]

Depends on your chars and other stuff but I wanna say yes. I think I finished mine within 3 weeks or less when it came out. Granted I have a lot of chars.

Idk about weons but yes to the first 3

[wispy ember]

only buy aura with the level 50 region trick if you want max value, don't buy the 6 month one with real money

[glad zodiac]

Aura is region wise

[wispy ember]

you make a character in another region, then buy a vern power pass

[glad zodiac]

20$ for 6 months or so of aura

[wispy ember]

then buy the one-time lvl 50 pack and use blue crystals to buy aura

i mean not another region, another server in the same region*

[past reef]

surprised they havent cracked down on that

[wispy ember]

it works in kr too it's just half their servers are closed now and you can't make any chars now

[glad zodiac]

They still make some money from it. Now if they gave free pheons and could be region wide. We would have a stormy weathers ahead.

[past reef]

If only Pheons wasnt a thing. freaking hate that thing

[crisp turtle]

dont know why they would
makes players buy with $ instead of ingame gold

[wispy ember]

i have accepted their existence, no point shouting in the void at this point, it makes the money :(

[glad zodiac]

Just go Ironman mode

[past reef]

the thing is. Pheons just create attrition for a game that is supposed to be all about making alts. iu always get turned off from gearing my alts when i think i have to waste pheons to get equipment for them if i feel like doing the legion raids without going for buses

[runic tundra]

yeah i just spend my 250 rc to 3500 gold without knowing it will be delayed for 3 days
and now i cant pay my valtan busses when we are already inside
jesus

[wispy ember]

yeah they had to add that delay because of chinese credit card scammers :(

and right, i heard pretty much every single pheon argument already but it makes them money, i am pessimistic and doubt it'll change; it's probably their biggest money maker

[past reef]

yes. no point continuing that argument. xD

[wispy ember]

doesn't mean i like it but i have accepted it at this point :(

[muted verge]

so they let u in without paying? just dont give them gold buses are a stupid concept anyway

[crisp turtle]

waaahh
i have to pay to make my characters better

[glad zodiac]

I slapped a gold value to it and accept it. As you can tell I am the type of person to bend over with a smile.

[past reef]

giggity giggity

[wispy ember]

well not liking bus is one thing but entering a bus room and not paying the driver is something else; won't recommend

[glad zodiac]

Gun lancer

[muted verge]

arent you supposed to pay for the bus before you get on

[glad zodiac]

Depends on the busser.

Usually Atleast it before the whole run is completed.

[muted verge]

just seems silly on the bussers part then, should ask for gold upfront or carry for free

[crisp turtle]

have you ever wanted to play a dps, that isn't really a dps
but more like a tank, but also not a tank
but that is also like a support, but not actually a support
but is considered a support by those desperate for a support

[glad zodiac]

Paladin. I had two of those. I actually almost pass out while playing that char

[rare iris]

I just leveled up to lvl 50 (whoop whoop) and don't know what engravings to focus on. I have no idea which class to main yet, so what are the general engravings I can use the bags for?

[glad zodiac]

Uh. Depends on character.

[crisp turtle]

blue GL (combat readiness) is very very easy to play, up to 1415
all content that you come across has mechanics that you can just ignore, because you're super tanky with shields
its very easy to play early on

later on its not so simple, because stuff does more than just damage when it hits you

but early content, GL is super chill

[crisp turtle]

wouldnt open any bags of engravings until you need them
opening for the sake of opening will just leave you short of stuff later when you need it

[glad zodiac]

Only time I get blue crystals is for pheons.

[past reef]

never got that skin. im content with my lv11 Astray. xD

[runic tundra]

its not that i didnt pay the busses , i shamely asked them to remake after the gold that i exchange from rc is delayed 3D without me knowing the rules

[wispy ember]

yeah, i'm aware, i wasn't saying that to you :)

[crisp turtle]

depends where you're at in terms of progression whether that ship skin is worth or not
you do little to no sailing at end game, so the ship skin loses like all value

if you're still doing island content, then the skin is probably worth for the hassle it saves you

[wispy ember]

but you're NAW right? if you need gold for a bus today before reset i can help you with that

[rare iris]

@glad zodiac @crisp turtle I see, so just put them in the vault and play other character till I decide on a main?

[crisp turtle]

yup

[glad zodiac]

Yea. I would search up chaos dungeon builds. For non raid content you should do preemptive strike, contender, raid captain and lightning fury.

[crisp turtle]

@rare iris please do not open the above engravings first

[glad zodiac]

Green books and blue books are wayyy more expensive then purple so pick carefully.

[muted verge]

green and blue are really that rare now?

[wispy ember]

i mean you don't need to THAT careful about it, there's several island content just hands them out like candy

and in worst case scenario you can get some pouches from infinite chaos

[past reef]

am i the only one that was keeping all green and blue books to eventually upgrade all engravings?

[glad zodiac]

Purple you get from doing raids while you don’t see green or blue drop from it. So supply is higher for purple

[crisp turtle]

i mean, yeah spend time doing infinite chaos

seems a much better idea than just not opening bags until you need them
/s

[rare iris]

I will play other calsses then, thanks for the advice. What about the battle items? I chose some campfires and dark grenades, but are those the best options?

[wispy ember]

that's not what i said, no need to twist my words like that

[crisp turtle]

again, dont select til you need them

[muted verge]

does trial guardian grant rewards for participation or do you have to be one of the first/fastest in the server?

[crisp turtle]

all it rewards is a title for completion

[muted verge]

so theres nothing special for being on the leaderbaord

[crisp turtle]

bragging rights?

didnt even know there was a leaderboard tbh

[wispy ember]

this game is all about vanity after certain point

[rare iris]

[wispy ember]

that's why there's inferno raids in the first place

[crisp turtle]

the true end game

[past reef]

guys i got a blank, when was the weekly reset? tomorrow or thursday?

[wispy ember]

tomorrow :)

[runic tundra]

someone voluntered to help earlier , thanks for offering tho

[past reef]

yay. tomorrow i get to give HM vykas a try

[wispy ember]

awesome :)

[rare iris]

Anything I can get rid of here? Gonna start a new class.

[wispy ember]

um just put everything that can go in roster storage, into roster storage

[past reef]

you can start by putting all those bags and chests with honing resources on the roster bag so your new character can access them

[wispy ember]

and put the skins into skin storage

rest you can get back to it later, it's not really a big deal either way, when you have a bit more understanding of the game, you'll log onto that char in the future and know what to do with them :)

[crisp turtle]

it'll be like going through the pockets of some old jeans and finding $20

[wispy ember]

until then don't touch things you need to because you might regret it, especially if there's like a legendary selection pack

don't touch things you dont need*

[crisp turtle]

like 260 purple potions

[full quiver]

how long does it take for world boss to respawn?

[wispy ember]

which world boss are you talking about? it depends :)

that sure is a lot of dark grenades though, i never had that many in my inventory in my life

[rare iris]

That's a good thing? xD

[wispy ember]

it's not a good thing unfortunately because it means you can't diversify

that chest has a lot of good stuff in it

[full quiver]

Chuo

[wispy ember]

like regular chuo right, not chaotic?

[crisp turtle]

bound to that one character, not really

its why i said you want to wait on opening those chests until you know what you need
456 dark bombs and 305 campfires locked to one character is gonna bite you in the ass later on when you need timestops or ww grenades and you have no boxes left to open

[full quiver]

regular

[past reef]

EUC people, what life skill is the most worth leveling up to farm gold on the side?

[wispy ember]

30 minutes, note that the cd is PER channel

[crisp turtle]

foraging for platinum field tickets

but open world life skills, probably hunter/excavating/fishing

[wispy ember]

EUC or not, priority is gathering to level 30 so you can start doing platinum fields solo

[past reef]

should i save all my tickets till then?

[glad zodiac]

Mushrooms are pretty expensive in NAW

[crisp turtle]

the ones you open from boxes are bound

[wispy ember]

it depends on how you acquired them, and yes Vanist, you should not use them until then

[glad zodiac]

The one from chest yes. Crafting shouldn’t

[rare iris]

Yeah I opened them all along the way honestly.. my bad

[muted verge]

is awakening skill cooldown reduced by swiftness or something? it says 5 minutes on the tooltip but sometimes its up faster

[crisp turtle]

ya live and learn

[past reef]

good thing i only used 1 out of curiosity my whole life xD. thanks.

[vast oriole]

yes

[crisp turtle]

yes, its affected by cooldown reduction, which you gain from swiftness

[terse fulcrum]

whats the difference between orange and blue gems

[wispy ember]

no real difference

oh wait no blue, thats t2

[terse fulcrum]

well yeah tier 2 vs 3

[wispy ember]

if you're t3 and use t2 gems you get half the effectiveness

[glad zodiac]

When u get t3 ilvl the effiencey of t2 is half

[terse fulcrum]

oh what the fuck

[glad zodiac]

So 20% of a t2 gem is 10% now

[terse fulcrum]

how do i get more orange ones

[glad zodiac]

It’s similar when u hover over previous accessories from a lower tier

[crisp turtle]

chaos dungeons/boss rush

[wispy ember]

boss rush is the most common method, followed by weekly pvp islands!

[glad zodiac]

T3 boss rush and chaos dungeons

[wispy ember]

participation is all that's required, you don't have to win to gain 10 lvl 3 gem boxes

[sleek vale]

for brel gates 5-6, you have to be 1510 ilvl to clear right?

[wispy ember]

1520 for g5-6

[crisp turtle]

bard

[buoyant herald]

bard for sure

[wispy ember]

swift bard is pretty easy :)

[buoyant herald]

sh and scrapper not far behind

[crisp turtle]

easiest female dps?
scrapper/sh/sorc

[full quiver]

So normal chuo respawns every 30 min?

[past reef]

so 1520 is the current goal to be fully ready for brel when she drops?

[wispy ember]

correct, and per channel basis as explained before

[buoyant herald]

reflux sorc
igniter you gonna do zdps untill you know the fights llike reaaaaly well

[signal hazel]

is there only a bug with freezing when loading raids? does anyone know the solution?

[buoyant herald]

shouldnt aim for 1520 XD pretty much no one is gonn clear g5 6 week 1
just get 1500 do g1 - 4 on a few chars better then think about 6 in t he later weeks

[wispy ember]

well, whales will be :)

[rare iris]

Something like this? Do I buy more roster storage? I can buy 1 row

[crisp turtle]

you can be lower than 1520 pre-brel
and upgrade then hone one piece after clearing g1-2

[buoyant herald]

its not about ilvl they are hard as fuuuck

[crisp turtle]

you have a 2nd page of roster storage, that unlocks from your stronghold

[wispy ember]

i mean that's what kr said about literally every single raid that came out so far and nothing with some prog and guide can't fix

[void salmon]

my buddy started recently and got to tier 3 and used powerpass on an alt, doing so put a lock on his account to where he cant use the market on his main, is there any way for him to earn gold atm ( without doing abyss)? he is on a different server so i cant send him any gold

[wispy ember]

different server? he could post up a gem for you to buy

[past reef]

1500 on more than my main doesnt seem realistic for me rn xD.

[wispy ember]

or a t1 accessory

[tranquil ginkgo]

He can't use market

[wispy ember]

oh :(

[rare iris]

Need to do stronghold quest then 😛

[tranquil ginkgo]

Gold island

[buoyant herald]

exactly why you shouldnt bother with 1520 😄

[crisp turtle]

1490 should be your goal

[past reef]

shouldnt it be 1505? i remember reading people say that +21 was the ideal honing level to go to before upgrading to upper relic/ancient?

[rare iris]

All these items I have now I got from the main campaign, If I start a new character will I get them again?

[past reef]

(losing my +20 glow is gonna hurt like a bitch when the soft reset hits)

[wispy ember]

wel from what i can see, most of what you got is from ark pass right?

[crisp turtle]

honestly, if you want to hit 1505+ from where you are now, you need some kind of miracle luck
if i had your roster, my goal would just be getting main to 1490 for new chaos dungeons, brel g1-2 and the breakpoints for unas and stuff you unlock
then concentrate of rest of roster

[wispy ember]

dam now that you bring it up like that brelshaza is really close

[past reef]

its gonna be next month right?

[timber mauve]

Can’t wait to see people mald on twitch

[glad zodiac]

We still have a whole month right? Right???

[past reef]

i wonder if theyll divide the whole abyss raid into 2 releases to people can get through confortably

[wispy ember]

wel if it's same day as this month's major patch it'll be middle of the week again

middle of the month*

[crisp turtle]

rumours/assumptions are for the 14th
so 3 weeks

[rare iris]

me?

[wispy ember]

yes :)

[glad zodiac]

I’m not ready… I have 3 chars two tap away from 1490

[rare iris]

No it's my first character, didnt even have the pass until I hit 50. I get them from login rewards I think then

[crisp turtle]

my supports somehow smashed 1490 easily
my other alts are super struggling with leapstones

[wispy ember]

wel either way, it's not coming from your story quest or whatever so when you swap your char you won't get them :(

[rare iris]

I blasted through the campaign and only equiped highest level gear and opened up the battle items only ( which i shouldn't i realise now).

[glad zodiac]

I’m mainswap too many times…

[rare iris]

I got them from those battle item chests.

[wispy ember]

yeah you'll get some of those when you do quest again, but i never did campaign after the first time...you can if you want to though

[glad zodiac]

Any t3 mats you have, definitely not going to be from story again

[rare iris]

I dont need to do campaign on alts?

[wispy ember]

yeah you should have vern powerpass when you get to vern at lvl 50

[glad zodiac]

You unlock something in ur stronghold called knowledge transfer, pay gold wait 8hrs boom lvl 50

[crisp turtle]

once you finish vern, the game will give you 2 free powerpasses to skip storyline

after that you use your stronghold to knowledge transfer characters through the main story

you should never have to do the main storyline ever again

[wispy ember]

then when you get to t3 punika and do the purple quest, you'll get a punika powerpass to jump a char to 1302

[past reef]

one thing worth mentioning. youll lose all the roster EXP if you had done the quests yourself.

[glad zodiac]

Unless you have 17 characters

[rare iris]

EYO! That is incredibly handy!

[glad zodiac]

Knowledge transfer does have a cap I found out the hard way

[wispy ember]

yeah you have to do like 1 regular story for every 1 KT? or something i forgot the ratio

[glad zodiac]

There is a ratio but Vern wise, you will meet it Everytime. Because what I transfer to Vern counts to it

[dreamy bluff]

buff/offensive/utility/healing chest. always keep those in your roster and only open them if you need them. if you doing a raid that need some of them then open the chest and take a few then throw it back in your roster. otherwise you gonna have to spend alot of gold buying/crafting them cause alot of content requires different types of items

[crisp turtle]

not for vern, but they all have an actual cap of how many times you can do them

[wispy ember]

right

[rare iris]

So my goal now is: Get to Vern, do stronghold stuff, then I can make 2 alts and decide on my main, use honing stuff on alts and open only chests I need from now on?

[wispy ember]

sounds good to me :)

then you'll get started on guardians and chaos dungeons and stuff

[dreamy bluff]

honestly if your in Vern, you most likely wont need to open any chest until you reach Punikka other then maybe pots if your dying alot

[rare iris]

Sweet!

[past reef]

im jelly that youll have 100% honing rates till you reach punika xD

[crisp turtle]

too late for that advice

[glad zodiac]

Just to clarify the pots. Use instant % pots in raid content only. The duration over time heal is for outside raid

[tranquil ginkgo]

Don't use those for the main story

[dreamy bluff]

danm. those 60% hp pots. pain

[tranquil ginkgo]

Save for later raiding

[wispy ember]

use the heal over time pots for literally EVERY CONTENT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO, use the instant pots if it won't let you (guardians, legion raids, tower, etc)

[dreamy bluff]

yea but he is still deciding on what to main

[crisp turtle]

seeing this was more pain

[wispy ember]

campfire was godtier in tera but in this game campfire is just another name for paladin

[dreamy bluff]

oh yeah that too. the dark bombs is maybe not that bad since alot of people like to use them but campfire is probably one of the least used item in the game

[rare iris]

😂 Glad you guys can share the pain and enjoy my mistake

[crisp turtle]

gotta learn to laugh, otherwise you'll just cry

[wispy ember]

well it hasn't really hit him yet, he might be sad later when he realizes he has no chests :(

[crisp turtle]

dw, we've all done dumb shit
as long as you learn from it, none of it is game ending

[rare iris]

I don't even know what that is, but heh nice

[wispy ember]

you'll figure it out when you get there, they teach you!

[dreamy bluff]

basically the main thing to remember is if you arent gonna use all of the things(as in all 600 health pots or whatever else) you take out in the next 1-3days, dont take them out and just keep them in your storage.

alot of people are still sufering now from having no more pots to use in learning raids cause they used them all way too fast and are nor forced to fork over the little gold they have just to progress

[past reef]

thank god i still have 80 chests of pots. make sure to pop by during weekends for the hot time rewards.

was it hot time that it was called?

[dreamy bluff]

also if you new, dont ever take out elemental pots from those healing chests. just take out the blue pots or green ones and use those. most of the content in the game dont need those elemental pots unless its extremly hard content. also dont use those healing pots inside chaos dungeon. just use the basic pots thats drops of mobs you kill in the open world

[glad zodiac]

Fever but it doesn’t matter too much on the name.

I rarely use my pots thanks to playing tanky classes like pally, striker and artillerist.

[dreamy bluff]

i have all of this and im still worried i might burn through them way too fast with all the alts i have

[past reef]

btw, are we gonna need 5x3 for brel?

[sick thunder]

for party finder yea for clearning probably no

[buoyant herald]

100%

i mean if you are 1490 and not 5x3 just man up and get the gold for it

[dreamy bluff]

elemental pots are like 33gold for just one of them right now in NAeast. each learning run probably run through a few dozens and maybe 100+ per run. so save them when you can

[sick thunder]

easy to say hard to do engraving books are 200k each

[buoyant herald]

they arent anymore

[rare iris]

Thanks for all the help and replies, Gonna finish the Arthetine continent and get to Vern now.

[glad zodiac]

I am ocd about my jewelry. I don’t wanna man up and pay for the 666k deathblow ring I see in the market.

[sick thunder]

no less then 100k which is still a lot

[glad zodiac]

But I have statics so I think I’ll be okay

[crisp turtle]

no more than the cost of honing
dont hone for a week or so
and buy accessories

[past reef]

im honestly thinking about finding a chill group to do HMs with. PF is way too much stress and toxic people.

[faint sluice]

As someone creating a new account should they go for more populated servers or quieter ones?

[dreamy bluff]

what class are you?

[brazen leaf]

How do I cheese to G3 and G4 Brel?

[glad zodiac]

Fpe arti, db striker, fi wd, transform scouter. For dps.

[dreamy bluff]

popular. more fun adn you can talk to people and ask for help while prograssing

[brazen leaf]

I am confused

[wispy ember]

uhh

you got everything to +20 so just convert any armor piece to brel after g1-2 and hone until you get to 1500 (should be about 4 hones)

[simple igloo]

Leave your hones as the 2nd picture and upgrade the transferred piece after gate 2

[glad zodiac]

Looks like it saying to have all that and when u do g1 g2 you will have mats to convert glove to new glove and you hone that glove

[faint sluice]

I see! Which servers on EuC are the most populated?

[past reef]

probably zinnervale?

[crisp turtle]

thirain/zinnervale/kadan

[pseudo atlas]

uh don't do glove though since you're support, you want to do chest i think? as it says in the image

[wispy ember]

technically yeah but honestly it doesn't really matter :)

[brazen leaf]

Thanks thanks

So I don't need to get my pants to 21 yeah?

[wispy ember]

you don't have to yeah

[glad zodiac]

Does pally attack power buff scale off attack as well?

[dreamy bluff]

i honestly dont know if 5x3 is an absolute requirement to do brel. your actual stats is way more important i would say

[wispy ember]

base attack, but yeah

[crisp turtle]

you either need to push one piece to +21
or hone the piece you transfer to +16 instead of +15

[pseudo atlas]

20-all is going to take a different approach to ilvl though, +20x5 + a brel piece to +15 is not enough ^

[cobalt wind]

if i switch to central eu from west will i lose my euw account ?

[pseudo atlas]

you will never lose any characters on any region

[severe vapor]

how do i use mountain crush?

[brazen leaf]

Would +16 be better then @crisp turtle or I should try to bruteforce now?

[pseudo atlas]

unless they go nuts and delete an entire region

[wispy ember]

no one can really say until market prices are figured out at brelshaza patch!

[past reef]

theyre gonna have to figure out what to do with EUW eventually. that region was a bad idea from the start

[wispy ember]

i'd ask that question again when brelshaza hits and we have general idea of what the prices look like

[brazen leaf]

I am assuming 1 Greater Honor Leapstone would be around the 400~500g ea

[strong perch]

Hello everyone, can anyone help me broke the wood barricade in Zagoras Mountain ? I am on the Central Europe server on Nia server.

[brazen leaf]

Since ratio is 1:5

[crisp turtle]

pushing +21 much cheaper for mats
if you go off of average honing chance

[strong perch]

the wood barricade for the mokoko seeds

[wispy ember]

if you think it'll be a direct 5:1 price conversion it's cheaper to hone before transfer because mats are cheaper

and +16 rates aren't that great

[crisp turtle]

20-21 average
6k gold
60k shards
13k guardian
385 leaps

15-16 average
9k gold
91k shards
7k new guardians = 35k guardian
179 new leaps = 895 leaps

[cobalt wind]

whats the most popular euc server ?

[brazen leaf]

Wow

Wouldn't it make sense for me to just push all to 21 then lmao

Oh nvm

[wispy ember]

well it doesn't make too much sense because the longe ryou take to get there, the cheaper leaps and guardians become

[crisp turtle]

no

[dreamy bluff]

danm that is quite alot to do +11 -> 15 Brel Gear lol
2250 GHL, and 75650 guardians (average cost) (this is before you convert them to brel mats)

[wispy ember]

since the new guardians chaos and una's will drop the new mats

then the 5:1 conversion starts to make less and less sense over time

[brazen leaf]

yea https://loawa.com/shop/trade-shop

[dreamy bluff]

its basically so u can convert you left over mats to the new mats since people usually always have excess stuff. just like leapstones and greater leaps

[wispy ember]

additionally people might not say it but they're banking a lot on the special hones to work because rates are better

salt will be pretty funny on that week when they have to shell out bunch of gold for it if they fail on most of them :(

[crisp turtle]

ive got like 1500 of them
i should atleast get one tap, right?
RIGHT?!

[dreamy bluff]

they are banking on the 10% over the 3% chance

but at the end of the day, rng is still in control and will decide our fate

[severe vapor]

can someone explain to me how do i use the skills without keybind below them?

like mountain crush or diving slash

[wispy ember]

you don't have a...keybind on a skill?

have you tried going to settings > hotkeys > skill

[severe vapor]

do i need to set a keybind for that?

[brazen leaf]

yes

[wispy ember]

well i'm not really sure what you're looking at, but you're thinking backwards; you put the skill on the slot, not the other way around

[dreamy bluff]

take the skill and drag it into you keybind bar at the bottom

[wispy ember]

as in, the Q button can be any skill you drag into

[upbeat magnet]

hey how can i designate which character i want to make gold ? ty

[crisp turtle]

i mean, your 8 skills should all have a keybind
QWER and ASDF
if one of those is missing, you've bound it elsewhere

[severe vapor]

oh

[crisp turtle]

ESC, and theres an option at the bottom

[wispy ember]

press esc then on the bottom theres gold-earning characters

[severe vapor]

you just change the skills

[wispy ember]

yes :)

[severe vapor]

so 8 is the max?

[upbeat magnet]

ty i'm just blind

[wispy ember]

8 + ult + identity (if you have it!)

[severe vapor]

thanks

[dreamy bluff]

8 is max + your V(ult) + your Z/X identity skills

[merry reef]

Is it possible for the game to mark all the tripods I dont have that are lvl 4 and above

so regardlesss of tracking, as long as I dont have it and its lvl4 or above, mark it

[wispy ember]

yes, but it's actually surprisingly complicated to do

[crisp turtle]

you'd need to go through and mark them all

[upbeat magnet]

oh yes another question :
i have a character 1375 who has the hyperexpress enabled. he did not take the 1370 reward. if i switch the express to another character, can he gets the 1370 reward as well as the other later ?

[dreamy bluff]

is that what this is?

[wispy ember]

the reason is you have to set item rank to relic and below (so it tracks relics as well), but if you do that, then accessories might get dismantled

at least for auto dismantles anyway

[crisp turtle]

regardless of dismantle settings or tripod settings
the game can only mark amulets if you've manually marked the skill yourself

[merry reef]

idc about auto distmantle ill dismantle myself, I just want it all to be marked

[wispy ember]

and no, only one character can get hyperexpress chest rewards

[dreamy bluff]

yes

[wispy ember]

if mark is all you care about then yeah you can open up your skill page, then press setting, then press setting again

[upbeat magnet]

uh ? i got a no and a yes

[dreamy bluff]

if you havent taken the rewards yet you can switch and get the rewards on your other character

[crisp turtle]

only one character can claim the reward

[wispy ember]

you can only get one chest, two chars can benefit off of honing buffs, but the chests you can only claim on one character

[echo owl]

honing buffs no

[upbeat magnet]

oh yes so i can switch and claim the rewards then

[glad zodiac]

Wait what. I thought it locks in

[pseudo atlas]

two characters cannot benefit off the honing buffs, it tells you rather specifically you cannot

[wispy ember]

it only says you can't after 1415 though no?

[pseudo atlas]

because there isn't a honing buff until 1415

[glad zodiac]

That’s the honing buff activating

[dreamy bluff]

he said he didnt take the 1370 rewards. so if he switch, he will be able and still get the 1370 rewards because he hasnt taken it yet

[coarse mist]

Has there been a release of the mathematical break down on whether or not buying the frog is worth?

[wispy ember]

i see, i guess that's what that means

[dreamy bluff]

the honing buffs activates when you try to hone past 1415 (+15 gear). after that you cant switch

[wispy ember]

frog value is dependent on region market so it's hard to say

[glad zodiac]

10000% worth. Plz buy so the books I need are cheap.

[upbeat magnet]

okay so i do not lose the rewards and i do not lose the honing buff too ?

[pseudo atlas]

frog?

[echo owl]

toad

[wispy ember]

twinkle twinkle thing

[crisp turtle]

tl;dr
you can swap characters on the express once
you can claim the rewards, only once
once a character hones past 1415, the pass is locked to the character, and can no longer be swapped

[pseudo atlas]

oh the gold sink shop

[coarse mist]

I mean should i really be spending 190k gold aa week on it?

[upbeat magnet]

oooo that's crystal clear. thank you a lot

[coarse mist]

Is there a value breakdown on when im gaining gold value or when im losing gold value

[glad zodiac]

How many chars are buying it on. The engraving chance is roster limit weekly not character

[dreamy bluff]

this is the math something i know did. not sure if the cost stayed the same though

---

Upgrade Mat Chest (L)
x16 solar graces = 66 x 16 = 1056
x60 Great Honour Leaps = 67 x 60 = 4020
x16 Honor Shard Pouch (L) = 465 x 16 = 7440
x8 Solar Protection 220 x 8 = 1760
x2000 Destruction stones 7 x 200 = 1400

Cost 6k

Price: 12860 without including Graces/Protection.

Upgrade Mat Chest (S)
x8 solar graces = 66 x 8 = 528
x15 Great Honour Leaps = 67 x 15 = 1005
x2 Honor Shard Pouch (L) = 465 x 2 = 930
x5000 Destruction stones 7 x 200 = 3500
x2000 Guardian Stones 1 x 200 = 200
1 Hope Amulet

Cost 3k

Price:5635 + 1 Hope Amulet (without Graces/Protection)

---

[coarse mist]

18

[crisp turtle]

you gain gold when you get lucky
you lose gold when you get unlucky

[dreamy bluff]

the rewards are rng and you wont get the same thing as him obviously

[past reef]

the latter being the most common

[glad zodiac]

Are you honing all 18, if not then no. Prices will drop as time goes by

[echo owl]

every mat beside the gstones are worth more than the chest itself

[coarse mist]

yes all 18 are getting honed

[dreamy bluff]

price is how much it would cost if you buy it on market. and cost is cost from frog

[thick ermine]

To be honest the gamba on the leg book are well worth it ....

[glad zodiac]

At same time though. As time goes by people stop honing as much and supply starts to outpace demand.

[coarse mist]

I love 11k on those leg books

It wasnt good

[thick ermine]

insta gamba

[glad zodiac]

I would say books yes, honing mats depends on rng on destruction stones. But they are also dropping it price since not much honing

[pseudo atlas]

if it were well worth it then someone would be able to provide proof that it's well worth it, via a spreadsheet or something automated that pulls book prices and compares odds of profit vs odds of loss

[coarse mist]

tbh not as bad compared to my 75k on that 5k random thingy for selectors

[wispy ember]

so leg book chest is gonna vary really wildly, but honing mat box, check the rates here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fh8c8hrXkAQz_eH.png

[blazing badger]

https://www.invenglobal.com/lostark/sailors you can filter by estoque here, and then click on a crew member to see acquisition method

[wispy ember]

this is kr, and books have been replaced with the lvl 4 tripod amulet but it's the same else

[coarse mist]

Wait has it been confirmed we have the same odds as kr?

[wispy ember]

not confirmed, but people have tested these and with limited sample size it seems similar if not same

[thick ermine]

currently spending 50k+ on the frog shop, I found it worth it just for mats and leggo, but clearly it is a gold sinker

[wispy ember]

also similar to what i got as well

[coarse mist]

idk i just dont wnna be gambling 200k gold a week just to get 210k worth of maats

[crisp turtle]

"worth" is such a crazy term to add on it
do you normally spent 50k gold a week on the marketplace for mats?

[glad zodiac]

Is there a similar for the selection pack for card

[dreamy bluff]

i mean you probably dont need it if you dont plan on honing your characters

[crisp turtle]

if you do normally spend 50k+ a week on mats on the market, then yes. the toad is "worth" doing
if you don't. then its not.
good value compared to market value does not make it good to buy

[glad zodiac]

They said they honing all 18

[coarse mist]

I normally dont spend 50k but at the same time I have a goal of reaching 1500s but unsure of.

cause I'm still pushing all my alts to 1500

[crisp turtle]

thats irrelevant
unless they're spending that gold on the marketplace normally

[thick ermine]

Yeap no point buying if you are not honing / stacking, or if you have better use for the money.

[pseudo atlas]

honing all 18 doesn't mean you buy mats to hone except possibly fusion mats

[glad zodiac]

I asked if same time and they said yes so I’m led to believe that they are

[coarse mist]

Like at the current moment, im not buying destruction shards cause im done honing weapaon so like me getting the destruction crystals from frog on those characters are useless