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The Art of War update for Lost Ark brought the first Specialist advanced class. Kanishka found most of the update fun and refreshing, but the Tulubik Battlefield needs some real work. Find out more.

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Dattelis

That's kind of been my whole hangup with this entire game. Stuff will be fun for a while and then getting into the 'routine' of it just makes me end up uninstalling soon after.

ashiru_1978

I don't understand how this game is still #11 most played game on Steam. I tried playing it and I've been playing cheap Asian F2P MMOs since around 2007. This one I could not like, I hated the top-down camera, the walled off world that feels like a series of pipes, the way controls are, the gender-locked classes, it just feels so cheap and boring to me. I have no idea why still so many people play it.

The only explanation I have is sheeple and groupthink - a lot of people play it so a lot more play it only because a lot more are playing it and it's a snowballing effect with some people not even knowing why are they playing it. I know someone like this who plays games based on their popularity, not because he likes them. Very weird.

Sovrath

ashiru_1978 said:

 I have no idea why still so many people play it.

Because they DON'T hate the things that you dislike. Pretty easy to understand.

I'm sure some think you're a "sheeple" for liking things they don't like.

Mendel

As far as Arts of Wars go, Sun Tzu isn't really concerned.

Quizzical

ashiru_1978 said:

I don't understand how this game is still #11 most played game on Steam.

Bots.

ashiru_1978

Sovrath said:

ashiru_1978 said:

 I have no idea why still so many people play it.

Because they DON'T hate the things that you dislike. Pretty easy to understand.

I'm sure some think you're a "sheeple" for liking things they don't like.

I guess I'm sheeple for liking old trash like:

- LOTRO
- Turtle WoW
- Age of Empires 2
- Worms Armageddon
- Heroes of Might and Magic 3
- TES 3 Morrowind
- Neverwinter Nights 1

I only like very popular things.

Phoenix_Hawk

ashiru_1978 said:

I hated the top-down camera, the walled off world that feels like a series of pipes, the way controls are, the gender-locked classes, it just feels so cheap and boring to me.

You just come off as one of "those" people with comments like that. The type that just can't wrap their heads around the idea some people like things, that they don't, which is what Sovrath would have surely meant.

There is nothing objectively wrong with an isometric game, and the controls were pretty good, you just didn't like either.

Some games have classes, some have characters, and some combine the two. Lost Ark is the third one, as while each aren't outright named characters, they have set back stories, and some will have family members you can encounter, which is something characters would have, not classes.




There's a lot wrong with the game, which is why I, and most others quit, but the issues you brought up are subjective, pretty shallow, show your lack of understanding, and how you seem to think everyone should have the same views you do. There's lots of types of games, as not everyone likes the same things.

The fact you don't like isometric games, but still apparently downloaded, and played Lost Ark, which looking at any image, or video of game play would have shown you is an isometric game, would seem to show you're the one that is a "sheeple." I like such games, so I tried Lost Ark, I just didn't end up liking this one.

FrodoFragins

Quizzical said:

ashiru_1978 said:

I don't understand how this game is still #11 most played game on Steam.

Bots.

This is the correct answer.  Up to 75% of the active accounts are bots now.  D4 is going to hit that game hard in the West imo.

IceAge

ashiru_1978 said:

I don't understand how this game is still #11 most played game on Steam. I tried playing it and I've been playing cheap Asian F2P MMOs since around 2007. This one I could not like, I hated the top-down camera, the walled off world that feels like a series of pipes, the way controls are, the gender-locked classes, it just feels so cheap and boring to me. I have no idea why still so many people play it.



The only explanation I have is sheeple and groupthink - a lot of people play it so a lot more play it only because a lot more are playing it and it's a snowballing effect with some people not even knowing why are they playing it. I know someone like this who plays games based on their popularity, not because he likes them. Very weird.

I played it. Game is pretty decent. The combat is actually pretty good and the Raids have been one of the best I've played. I mean its not just tank and hit. There is strategy needed to be done at the right moment , else its a wipe.

...but, it is too repetitive. You need alts to "survive". And by alts, I mean at least 3. I have some friends where they have like 20+ alts. And the updates are literally the same dungeons/instances as before, but with a different "paint", except Raids.

Its not..consistent. Its more of a HUB game than a MMO. You barely go into the "world" and, when I played, the very big Sea was literally for nothing, except several Islands where you needed to do them for mats ( 1 time ), and that's it. Never to step foot again.

But yea! I understand why people like it and dislike it. Seems you need to also understand people who like it and not only the ones who dislike it.

ashiru_1978 said:

Sovrath said:

ashiru_1978 said:

 I have no idea why still so many people play it.

Because they DON'T hate the things that you dislike. Pretty easy to understand.

I'm sure some think you're a "sheeple" for liking things they don't like.

I guess I'm sheeple for liking old trash like:

- LOTRO
- Turtle WoW
- Age of Empires 2
- Worms Armageddon
- Heroes of Might and Magic 3
- TES 3 Morrowind
- Neverwinter Nights 1

I only like very popular things.

..I don't like LOTRO. And I don't call that popular, like Heroes 3. But hey, I understand why people like it!

Sovrath

ashiru_1978 said:

Sovrath said:

ashiru_1978 said:

 I have no idea why still so many people play it.

Because they DON'T hate the things that you dislike. Pretty easy to understand.

I'm sure some think you're a "sheeple" for liking things they don't like.

I guess I'm sheeple for liking old trash like:

- LOTRO
- Turtle WoW
- Age of Empires 2
- Worms Armageddon
- Heroes of Might and Magic 3
- TES 3 Morrowind
- Neverwinter Nights 1

I only like very popular things.

You would have to ask the people who would call you sheeple!

Thanks for the recommendation though, I'll check out Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

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Sovrath

Robokapp said:

Sovrath said:

 I'll check out Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

you never played HOMM3? ... oh my. What a wonderful world awaits you.

Thanks! just downloaded it late last night so haven't had a chance to really give it a go. Looks like "retro" fun!

Iselin

Sovrath said:

I'm sure some think you're a "sheeple" for liking things they don't like.

Nah, worse than "sheeple." Just another self-deluded goober who believes its taste in gaming is far superior to everyone else's.

They're kind of a dime a dozen around here.

ashiru_1978

Sovrath said:

ashiru_1978 said:

Sovrath said:

ashiru_1978 said:

 I have no idea why still so many people play it.

Because they DON'T hate the things that you dislike. Pretty easy to understand.

I'm sure some think you're a "sheeple" for liking things they don't like.

I guess I'm sheeple for liking old trash like:



- LOTRO

- Turtle WoW

- Age of Empires 2

- Worms Armageddon

- Heroes of Might and Magic 3

- TES 3 Morrowind

- Neverwinter Nights 1



I only like very popular things.

You would have to ask the people who would call you sheeple!

Thanks for the recommendation though, I'll check out Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

Get the game from GOG.com. Get the free HD mod for proper resolution support. Don't buy the version on Steam, because it's neutered and lacks content.

Sovrath

ashiru_1978 said:

Sovrath said:

ashiru_1978 said:

Sovrath said:

ashiru_1978 said:

 I have no idea why still so many people play it.

Because they DON'T hate the things that you dislike. Pretty easy to understand.

I'm sure some think you're a "sheeple" for liking things they don't like.

I guess I'm sheeple for liking old trash like:



- LOTRO

- Turtle WoW

- Age of Empires 2

- Worms Armageddon

- Heroes of Might and Magic 3

- TES 3 Morrowind

- Neverwinter Nights 1



I only like very popular things.

You would have to ask the people who would call you sheeple!

Thanks for the recommendation though, I'll check out Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

Get the game from GOG.com. Get the free HD mod for proper resolution support. Don't buy the version on Steam, because it's neutered and lacks content.

YES! I saw that so purchased from GoG. Not only does it  have the dlc but it was MUCH cheaper.

thanks!