Lost Ark: Amazon's latest decision makes the community react strongly

Game News Lost Ark: Amazon’s latest decision makes the community react strongly

Published on 02/05/2022 at 13:31

Launched in February in the West, Lost Ark has been a huge success that continues with several hundred thousand players on the servers. However, actual attendance may be lower and affected by a recent decision by Amazon.

In South Korea, players cannot throw Lost Ark without registering with an ID, which greatly limits the presence of bots, even if Smilegate develop what to fight against.

Lost Ark and VPNs, it’s over

In the West, the situation is not the same because the use of an identity document is not necessary and, even if anti-cheat software is present, many bots navigate the environments. A few tens of minutes of play are enough to flush them out, a sign that they are very numerous. It is difficult to count them with precision, but it allows a little bit relativize the numbers displayed. The latter have also fallen in recent days, in particular due to (or due to) a decision made by Amazon Games.

The Western publisher of the game has indeed strengthened its fight against bot users by completely blocking access to Lost Ark when going through a VPN. Players who use it now receive an error message, and can no longer access their account. Where the shoe pinches is that Lost Ark not officially released in various Asian countries as well as on African continentwhere many players are located.

A legitimate decision that has serious consequences

Lost Ark: Amazon's latest decision makes the community react strongly

By fighting against bots, Amazon constrains players living in countries where Lost Ark is theoretically unavailable to let go until things change. On Reddit, below the relay of the community post which announces the blocking of VPNs, many players have indicated “it was time to move on”that was “shame” and that blocking these VPNs does not “would not reduce” the number of bots. Still, Amazon and Smilegate are in their right, the use of VPN goes against the general conditions of use. However, accounts that used a VPN will not necessarily be banned. Players can therefore, through a legal means, find their characters and their progress.