It’s like a fly behind your ear, a nuisance that doesn’t want to go away. The Lost Ark queues to start playing are practically endless, or at least they seem so when you have to spend several hours waiting for your turn to come. The Amazon Games MMORPG it has already managed to alleviate some of this congestion with the opening of the Europe West region.
Because yes, there may be more or less problems throughout the world, but the bottleneck occurs mainly for those who decide to play in the territory of the Old Continent. Therefore, we are going to make sure to give you the best advice, tips and proposals to ease the wait or be able to skip them, hopefully. We do not have any magic formula, but we hope that everything that follows helps with your patience.
Check the status of the servers
There are a series of servers that are ideal for Spanish-speaking players and where the largest Hispanic communities. It will be where you are probably most comfortable, but whether that is the case or if you prefer other regions, it is best to take a look at the status of the servers.
We have North America divided, on the other hand South America and it is in Europe where the traffic jam occurs. Western Europe is a patch which will not be a definitive remedy, but for now it is one of the best options to start playing Lost Ark. Central Europe is usually a complete chaos, but you are still lucky and see a server with more oxygen.
Avoid rush hours
A classic that is difficult to fulfill. Obviously we all want to play at the same times, which produces a terrible traffic jam. If we take a look at SteamDB, we can see that the busiest stretch of Lost Ark It is the one that goes from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in Spain (11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. in CDMX). Player traffic is much lower in all the earlier and later slots.
If your work, family or any other responsibilities allow it, try to play in these sections and yes, always enter the lost ark before the real time which you plan to play. Don’t wait for 12:00 noon, for example, but have everything ready an hour before if you can.
Extend AFK time
There is a long time in which we will be waiting and it is possible that the game will end up kicking us out if we do not take any action. Lost Ark has its own AFK timer, which is set by default to 15 minutes, a real minutiae for the waiting time that we are going to have to endure. There’s a way expand the limit and consists of following these steps:
- Go to the main menu and access the Settings section, next to the Terms of Use.
- Look for the Gameplay category and within it, select Controls and Display.
- Once at this point, click on the AFK settings and increase the time to 60 minutes.
Yes, it’s still very little that you’re presumably going to have to wait for, but any other method of increasing AFK time is likely to violate Amazon Games’ Terms of Use. We do not recommend taking advantage of external programs, as it can lead to permanent expulsion from the game.
Stay active with remote desktop
A hopeful option that does not go against any regulation of Lost Ark. It is possible to use applications that give us remote access to our desktop, allowing us operate on the computer from the mobile that we always carry. It has a drawback and that is that it means keeping the PC always on so as not to lose the connection, obviously.
Among the options that we recommend you have Google Remote Desktop, Team Viewer or Any Desk. Any one of them works for you. will allow you to focus on other tasks knowing that you won’t lose your place in the queue or stare at the screen for hours.