Lost Ark’s early launch has finally began, and boy, the wild ride has started. Many players are able to get in and have started playing. But hundreds of thousands are left waiting for Steam to properly download the Game Key.
Players assumed that having the pre-download completed on February 7th would mean there is no need for a download today. However, this download was supposed to be a very quick one to verify and validate the purchase of the founders pack on the account.
Now, players all over the NA and EU are stuck attempting to connect to download this file, then start the game.
Reddit Goes Wild About Lost Ark Connection Timeout
Redditors have began with the memes, of course, as you can see:
While others are already having their meme threads locked by moderators on the subreddit:
Download Connection Time Out Solution Unknown
By the looks of things, this is just a situation of the Steam servers being too busy. This is not a Lost Ark specific problem, although the Lost Ark playerbase is certainly the one putting stress on the Steam Servers.
Currently the only solution is to keep trying and hope you are able to connect in time without pinging out.
We will keep this thread updated as new solutions are brought up.