Amazon Responds To Lost Ark’s Controversial Gender-Locked Classes

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Lost Ark was released in Korea back in 2018 and finally came to the West, with the help of Amazon Games, earlier this year. Even though the MMORPG garnered success with solid review scores and popularity, controversy has arisen, urging Amazon to respond to the outcry surrounding Lost Ark's puzzling gender-locked classes and poor female representation.

According to Eurogamer, «players have expressed disappointment in both the gender locked classes and the prevalence of revealing female outfits.» Concerning the first point, men have warrior-centric classes, and women are mages. Developer Smilegate released a blog post last year mentioning that it's aware of the issue: 

More recently, Amazon Games' franchise lead Soomin Park told Eurogamerthat changes are incoming:

Park would go on to talk about the revealing female armor sets, saying:

Hopefully, these changes and the promise of more appropriate, respectful content make Lost Ark a more enjoyable experience for its player base. 

[Source: Eurogamer]