At the beginning of June, Amazon Games and Smilegate had announced the introduction of a new consumable object within Lost Ark, called Yoz’s Jar, but after the controversy over the pay-to-win trends connected to the object in question, the developers have decided to delete it.
Yoz’s Jar was to be a consumable added to the Lost Ark internal store, able to guarantee the acquisition of an epic or legendary skin, through a system similar to the classic loot box.
The problem is that these skins carry changes to the character’s stat, so in fact, they represent elements that have active effects on the gameplay. The skins obtained through the Yoz’s Jar could be broken down, possibly, into new resources that could allow the acquisition of an additional skin if applied to another Jar, although obviously always randomly, which looks a bit like the system of “reroll” typical of gacha games.
The legendary skin obtained through the Yoz’s Jar could still be “hidden” by another skin in case the latter was more aesthetically appreciated, but the bonuses in the statistics would still have remained from the application of the legendary skin obtained through the system.
The epic and legendary skins guarantee an increase in Strength / Dexterity/intelligence and should have also gone within the Lost Ark player-to-player internal market, presumably sold for considerable quantities of gold.
The effects of such a system immediately caused fear of a pay-to-win trend, as well as negative influences within the gaming economy. Lost Ark users have protested in a lively way against this introduction, so much so as to push Amazon Games and Smilegate to retrace their steps and remove the Yoz’s Jar, at least in its initial form, and the connected skins. You can learn more about the game through our Lost Ark review and April update special.
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