Shroud posted a video saying some interesting things when he played Lost Ark 2 years ago. I am reacting to this video and giving my honest thoughts. Edit: Seems like he went somewhere so he was unable to try out ignite servers at that time apparently.
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Shroud’s Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QMQhIIKM6w&t=0s
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Nah, he is just a moron. Everyone knows whats gonna happen in lost ark since the game in Korea and other region was already there, everyone knows those curves and systems that is or gonna applied to the game and the tier 4 is inevitably gonna arrive, it is super late ofcourse but everyone see that in a mile plus its a MMO + Korean game what do you expect? lmao
Being around at that launch/Argos debacle, he ignores the fact that he was able to bypass first two months of grind and the subsequent half year.
The gear he got had his honing/gems ready for Brel which came out 9 months after launch.
Right now with T4, if you swipe $300 (and have some base level of gold) you will be good until Q1 in NA/EU. That is half a year.
oh I feel so bad for the whale that spent 25 grand on a video game. Shroud has terrible takes, hes good at one thing and thats first person shooter he should stick with that.
if you are having fun then go with it , if not then dont do it
A whale complaining of a P2W game while playing another P2W game where he already spend a lot of money, gotta love the first world problems xdddddd
noway he spend 215k
no singing intro? D:
He spent 25k to do argos…
Why is Zeals living rent free in Stoopz head and why is stoopz acting like he barely knows who he is?
This video was a little while ago. My comment on that video was 2 weeks ago when I clicked on the link. He's not wrong but I don't like it when people tell others how to spend their income especially if it's reponsibility allocated disposable income for fun. I think I spent close if not more from launch to now through in game shop and RMT. It's still cheaper than our benders to Vegas that we used to go on 2-3 times a year. We haven't gone since Lost Ark release. We meet up at Outback nowadays and talk Lost Ark lol. No regrets. It's disposable income I budgeted. Lost Ark has also kept me out of trouble since retiring late last year.
What I don't understand is why does Shroud seem so bitter? I spent my money on Lost Ark expecting no return or a return on my "investment." Shroud on the other hand probably made back the $25,000 easily. And wasn't he sponsored to stream the Jump Start? He definitely made back if not profited from his $25,000 "investment." Plus he can write off a portion of the $25,000 as a streamer can't he? I think AGS picked Max who also used to play Lost Ark up to I think Vykas with other Limit now Liquid guildies over Shroud. We used to play WoW on his server. That server Illidan was sweaty as hell. Lost Ark riding that RWF win and trying to pull in WoW Andys. You really love MANGO don't you?
Well he aint wrong, Lost ark is a great game that has been ruined by management/monetization
look at mr money bags here, what do u mean that if u spend 25k on a game you don't get to be op forever? yes you do get to be op forever it's 25k not 25$. how rich are you no edit? listen man, you need to wake up. Lost ark is not worth $2500 let alone 25k so lets not get it twisted. The game is not worth the ask of grind or money.
My opinion is the game is great, it's the monetization and rng in the progression systems that suck. If they could increase the success rate and lower the cost like they did for Ignite in the regular servers, they'd probably be able to pull more people. I don't think the game has been a waste of my time though, I've actually really enjoyed it. Literally had a few mango friends in our discord interested in the game, until they saw me hop back in normal server and see the progression difference, however they said if it gets better they'd give it a go again. Like me they started at launch and then dropped it. I did convince a few to try ignite which they might do, and then transfer a character to my same server so I can have people to run with. Time will tell if they do though, otherwise solo is still fun, just need thaemine solo so I can unlock trans which will be it's own beast to tackle.
If i spent 25.000$ in any game i would regret it. Imagine spending money on a game instead of the stock market.
He lured people into Lost Ark then, pumping money from viewers into the game and now ranting as a rich arrogant dude because he was stupid enough to spend 25k in Lost Ark. He can criticize the game but at least he should use his little head. Especially because people who pump a lot of money into a game tell investors that this is how games have to be made in order to make more profit. I can understand why someone want to invest a lot of money in a game but he have to acknowledge that this behavior is part of a problem how games made in the future. He just tries to lure people into TL with this and in 2 weeks he stops playing and after another few years he will rant also about TL.
Spending $25k on Argos? Might as well have spent it on a mango. What a waste. Could have RMT'd a fraction of that at the time and had full 10 gems.
He's in no position to complain, but it doesn't mean lost ark ISN'T pos. The rift between f2p and low spender even medium spender vs whales is MASSIVE, the playerbase is extremely divided, and it's impossible to enjoy or even progress through the game without a static.
That guy is just weird. You chose to spend the $25,000. Nobody forced you. Get over it. What is even weirder to me is Stoops and/or his roommate (it's that Saintone guy right?) are whales in Lost Ark? I just find it weird that grown ass men whaling in video game share a place to live unless…which makes more sense and there's nothing wrong with it. What is even weirder is that whale Asmongold interviewed when Lost Ark first launched globally – I forgot his name. I caught one of his streams way back and he was streaming in his bedroom living with his parents as working adult. I guess building equity in Lost Ark stronghold > building equity in a real life stronghold. Then apparently he got banned for RMT on stream there's a clip of it on YT and never came back
Keep watching, he said some good stuff about Lost Ark afterwards aswell…still what he negativly said before is really stupid.
nah bro, you should watch it till the end
Somewhere in this sitting, he also says "nothing can touch Lost Ark's PVE"
I love shroudy but his comments about money are kind of ridiculous, i just laugh at this point i cant take him srsly. BTW if i m not mistaken he was sponsored at least 2 times.
P2L
I distinctly recall Shroud calling lost ark a massive scam in a random stream before. That was before he was sponsored to do jumpstart servers on his slayer which was so surprising to me after he said that. Don't care if no one believes me but I distinctly remember that moment, but I would never be able to tell you which stream that was unfortunately.
Seems like hes blaming everything but himself for…FOMO??? Lmfao like dont get me wrong ive spent waaaaaay more then what I should and regret it. But blaming the game and not myself is dumb asf lol. Cause realistically he could've waited, spend a quarter of that money and wouldve been fine. I legit remember the economy going down after like week 2 of the raid lmfao but again game bad grrr!
I mean… Lost Ark was always Pay to Lose. Most stuff in the cash shop is extremely expensive and its not worth buying except the skins and other vanity items and aura really (and even those can be traded among players for free ingame currency). So spending 25 000$ on it seems like "play stupid games win stupid prizes". Reminds me of people that RMTd Diablo Immortal only to end up with half dead PvP where they can only play against other whales that spent as much as them…
yes when lost ark release it was awful, they made it so hard to get into t3 where people payed to win to get into tier 3. Then once they got into tier 3 there was nothing to do. Literally the reason why they lost players so quick.
It’s no reason for 25,000 on lost ark 😂 it ain’t that deep
I loved this video because you reacted in a humble and calm manner. Keep going! Maybe AGS should send him some mangoes.
It’s so damaging for someone like Shroud to talk about lost ark in such a negative light just because he whaled hard early game and everyone caught up to him. It’s such a shame because both him and Asmongold destroyed the reputation of Lost Ark. the game now is in a better state than ever before but we will never get that player count back
Already caught him Lying like 2mins into it " U HAVE TO WHALE TO ENTER CONTENT ELSE U CANT PROGRESS"
how about u ACTUALLY Play the game and dont act like u know sht.