![]() It was simply spam what was off cooldown and would do the most damage or hit the most enemies. There were hardly any utility abilities or skills worth saving for particularly difficult fights. During my playthrough as a Mage, all of my skills were about some type of AOE (area-of-effect) damage. While this does provide more attack options at any given time than a typical ARPG, it makes each skill feel less impactful and less important. There is only one primary attack and no resource spending secondary abilities, besides the class abilities which charge relatively slowly. ![]() This leads to a focus on ability rotation, similar to that of other MMORPGs. With all these skills on-hand, players are typically able to spam their cooldown abilities without running out of skills and having to rely on basic attacks. Each skill can also be leveled up, which increases damage and unlocks powerful passive abilities or sometimes morphs it into something completely different. Each class has a basic attack and can equip 8 skills, an ultimate, and has a class ability that can be activated by filling up a charge meter. That being said, the combat is solid and very action-packed compared to traditional MMORPGs. While this is not an inherently bad thing, it’s easy to take a look at Lost Ark and find something completely different than expected. Instead, Lost Ark feels much closer to TERA, without the BAMs, from a top-down perspective. Players looking for intense, dungeon-crawling action and finding troves of shiny, randomized loot are probably going to be disappointed. ![]() Aside from the isometric camera style, Lost Ark doesn’t really play as closely to Diablo or Path of Exile as it might seem at first glance. One key thing to note is that Lost Ark does not play like a typical Action RPG. For those not familiar with Lost Ark, despite the tremendous amount of hype it’s received over the past couple of years, it’s an isometric MMOARPG where the focus is initially on killing massive hordes of weaker enemies and then gradually escalates into a gear treadmill with variety of daily and weekly tasks to complete. ![]()
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