Lost Ark Explains June Patch Delay, Pulls Pay-To-Win Skins From The Update

As promised, Amazon Game Studios is back with more detailed information on why they decided to delay the release of the Lost Ark June patch to the end of the month. Basically, it’s because they’ve got their hands full working on additional content and ridding the game of those pesky bots.

“While we originally hoped to release the June update earlier in the month, a few factors played into the update moving to the end of the month,” said Amazon. “Working with Smilegate RPG to add in the player-requested Stronghold Research, our teams focusing on ridding Arkesia of bots (and corresponding queue times), evaluating other content set to arrive, and adding in a few player gifts.”

One good thing about the delay is the hopefully permanent removal of the Yoz’s Jar bundle from the June update. The bundle would have contained skins that granted small stat bonuses which technically is still pay-to-win no matter how small the stat increase is.

“We didn’t want players to feel that the skins found in Yoz’s Jar were necessary for gameplay, especially if gated by a significant monetary or in-game currency barrier, which is why we’ve decided to remove Yoz’s Jar and the skins from the Wrath of the Covetous Legion Update,” said the studio.

More information can be found on the Lost Ark official site.