A new - surprisingly transparent - post addressing Lost Ark progression, future updates, and botting has been posted on the official Lost Ark news page. Providing a fairly clear and concise roundup of what’s coming on the horizon for the popular free-to-play MMORPG and its players, certain key changes that’ll affect both the casual player, and the hardcore portion of the base.
The vast majority of the post focuses on those first two points - progression and future updates. It’s been revealed that a vast majority of players have been progressing through the games’ Tier one and two content at their own pace - exploring islands, levelling alts, farming the adventure journal, picking up makoko seeds, etc… Context provided in the post establishes that plenty of early tier content in addition to challenging tier three content was added to appeal to both casual and hardcore players alike.
However, this approach has apparently led to an unfortunate side effect. In the March update, the Abyss Raid Argos was released, requiring a lofty item level that only those with a lot of time, or money, could reach upon release. This has led to a belief among some players that Lost Ark players, which according to the post is a thought the devs would like to remove.