Lost Ark Offering 3 Days Crystalline Aura to Apologize for Launch
After a very long wait, Lost Ark is now available to play in the west. The MMO-ARPG initially launched in Korea in 2019, but its taken three years and a partnership with Amazon for publishing to bring it to the United States and Europe. Despite the extra time for preparation, however, Lost Ark's launch has not gone smoothly. Amazon even publicly acknowledged Lost Ark's launch issues, not quite apologizing but offering a reward of Crystalline Aura to all players.
The reward that Amazon is offering to players is three days of Crystalline Aura. This reward can be claimed by allLost Ark players, but will only be available for a limited time. Players who log into Lost Ark between now and February 13 at 9:00 AM PT will receive the gift on login. That's the only reward currently confirmed, but Amazon does ask players to watch for more updates should they be necessary.
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As for what Crystalline Aura is and whether it's even valuable to Lost Ark players, it depends.Lost Arkis free to play, and as MMO players know, many free-to-play MMOs from Korea are notorious for their egregious monetization. Crystalline Aura is one such way that Lost Ark monetizes the game. It's effectively a subscription fee, only instead of being required to play the MMO like with World of Warcraft or Final Fantasy 14, it eases some of the barriers put in place to encourage Lost Ark players to partake in various monetized systems.
More specifically, Crystalline Aura grants 7,000 free experience a minute, it gives players a pet that can repair and hold storage, it makes the Triport fast-travel system free, gives two free Bifrost slots for custom fast-travel points, recovers Life Energy (required for gathering) 10%
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