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  • Community Crunch 119 & Raptor TLC!

     Hey Survivors! Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch, now on Mondays! :Jerbhi:

    The Community Crunch is where we share important things going on with ARK, as well as host contests and showcase creations made by the community!

    TLC Phase 2 Preview - Raptor!

    Last week we showed you a preview of the updated Sarcosuchus coming in TLC 2 next month. Today we have another special treat to share: the Raptor!

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    The Raptor is one of the most iconic creatures in ARK. Our goal with the Raptor is to keep it an essential early game tame and retain its usefulness to low level or new Survivors for traversing and battling on the ARK. The Raptor will continue to be an excellent scouting dino with its quick speed and high mobility, however it will now also receive a small pack bonus! The Pack Leader will be able to do a special vocalization that increases the packs damage resistance, movement speed, and attack speed for 15 seconds with a 45 second cooldown. This will allow a group of Raptors to stalk and pursue quick targets and quickly take them down.

    The Raptor will also have a pounce ability that allows it to jump and pin down players and smaller creatures. Once pounced upon, the Raptor can use its bite attack to quickly kill its prey. Survivors on foot better be on the lookout for Raptors that may be stalking them through the trees!

    The Great Migration #2!

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    In case you missed it among our action-packed announcement post last week, we will be off-lining some additional Legacy servers on March 9th. If you are a player on the Official Legacy Server Network please read the full post at the link below for more information as well as a list of which Legacy servers are being taken down permanently.

    Midweek Madness Sale!

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    Community Contests!

    NVidia Ansel Photography Contest

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    Super Resolution Version: http://images.nvidia.com/ansel/SuperResolution/ARK-SuperResolution1/ARK__Survival_Evolved_HighRes_2016_09_01_-_14_38_36_55.html

    ARK: Survival Evolved and the Scorched Earth Expansion Pack now include support for NVIDIA Ansel -- a revolutionary new way to capture in-game shots.  Compose shots from any position, adjust with post-process filters, capture HDR images in high-fidelity formats, and share the screenshots in 360 via a smartphone, PC or VR headset. 

    Learn more about these features from the NVIDIA blog.

    Now let’s get to the contest!

    There were 3 potential categories for survivors to enter their shots into and they were the following:

    Four Categories

    *NEW* Freestyle: These can be images or videos taken using NVIDIA's new Freestyle filters! If videos are submitted, they must have a maximum duration of one minute. 

    Super Resolution: These should be taken at 8x Super Resolution. Players can optionally use Depth of Field effects accessible in Spectator mode by pressing the [Delete] key.

    Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D: These should be taken at 4x Super Resolution, in 360 Stereoscopic 3D mode. We will crop them to 2D for web display, while also providing the 3D version for viewing within VR display.

    Freeform: Any settings, whacky and creative use of Ansel filters are encouraged. Adding humorous titles/captions in Photoshop is also acceptable for this category!

    And now without further ado, here are your entries!

    Freestyle!

    Winner!

    Blue Dragon - The next generation

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    Runners-up!

    Wolf Amaterasu - ARK Chaos Evolved

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    StateofMynd42 - WolfLove

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    Honourable Mentions!

    Valoule - Grilled sheep

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    Ego - Well, now we're talking

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    Blue Dragon - Nom nom nom

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    Blue Dragon - Hello Aberrent World

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    Ego - The strength of the wolf is the pack

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    Supertoto - Last Hope

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    StateofMynd42 - Smiling Wolf

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    roguewolf91 - Morning Pursuit

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    GP - The Wilderness

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    F1r3fly - Love is Blind (but the neighbors ain't)(Love Filter)

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    Ego - Scary night

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    Ego - Need more monkeys!

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    Ego - Little brothers

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    Ego - It's need to swim faster!

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    Blue Dragon - Valentine's Day

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    Blue Dragon - Sliding to a new world

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    Blue Dragon - Protective mother

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    Wolf Amaterasu - Burning Crusade

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    Super Resolution!

    Winner!

    roguewolf91 - A Couple that Hunts Together Stays Together

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    Runners-up!

    Blue Dragon - Forbidden Love

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    Honourable Mentions!

    Valoule - Find the egg

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    GP - Hail The Pack Leader

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    Blue Dragon - Mothers love

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    Blue Dragon - The assist

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    Blue Dragon - Jackpot!

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    Blue Dragon - Fire vs Rock

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    Wolf Amaterasu - Cute Direwolves

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    GP - Trapped

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    F1r3fly - Love is Blind (but the neighbors ain't)

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    Blue Dragon - Rex Battle

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    Blue Dragon - Fearless wolf

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    AsH - Roar in the Storm

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    AsH - Pack Hunting

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    AsH - Protecting the Baby

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    AsH - Ape Riders

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    Wolf Amaterasu - Lone Wolf

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    Wolf Amaterasu - Going Fishing with Mommy

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    Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D!

    Winner!

    Wolf Amaterasu - Rocky Formations

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    Runners up!

    Blue Dragon - In the Center

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    roguewolf91 - Downpour

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    Honourable Mentions!

    Blue Dragon - Lighthouse overlook

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    Wolf Amaterasu - Divided Land

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    Valoule - Surrounded

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    Blue Dragon - Overflow

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    Wolf Amaterasu - Stream

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    GP - Aberrant Stream

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    Freeform!

    Winner!

    Ego - Valentine's Day

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    Runner-up!

    Valoule - Valentine's day

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    Honourable Mentions!

    GP - The Dodo That Stole The Pouch

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    Morgengrau - New friends

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    Morgengrau - The Lonely Wolf

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    Morgengrau - Valentine Ark

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    Wolf Amaterasu - Winnie the Pooh

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    F1r3fly - Rusty Stafford, Emilia's Valentine

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    ARKVideo!

    This contest is open to all types of video be they funny, epic, scenic, stories, whatever inspires you. Just a general reminder that they should remain safe for work, think of the children!

    And without further ado, the ARKVideo for Community Crunch 119 is...

    HACK TO THE FUTURE! by Lame Wolf!

    ARKitect!

    This is an award given to Survivors to celebrate the amazing structures you build. These bases are judged based upon a number of different factors such as their creativity, uniqueness, how fun of a base it is, the difficulty of building it, the functionality it provides and much more!

    The ARKitect for Community Crunch 119 is… a tie!

    Desert Trader Titanosaur base by ThePilgrim!

    and...

    Desert Villa Refurb by AaronLongstaff!

    We would also like to announce a runner up this week...

    Gift for Valentine's Day by Valoule!

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    If you'd like to check out the submissions from the rest of the entrants, you can do so here:

    Fan Feature!

    ARK Valentine's Build - Heart Island & Tunnel of Love Ride by Wolf Angelus

    Ark—Double Ship Build. No Mods by Tlc138

    GP - Creative Mode: Everything You Need To Know

    GLOWTAIL GIVES SUPERPOWERS! by Lame Wolf!

    Ark Server Configuration Tutorial: Ep. 2 Engrams by ArkPS4

    ARK: Planet of The Apes PVP Server Trailer by ShipWrekt

    HAVE YOUR OWN FLOATING ISLAND!! THIS MOD IS AWESOME! Ark: [Cinematic Experience] NEW!! by SmileB4DEATH_YouTuber_71K

    Sleeping gOOgly - GeeKy gAMer no.1 & gOOgly Owl

    WORSE DATE EVER IN ARK! HOW TO TREAT A LADY!! by SmileB4DEATH_YouTuber_71K

    Tree House How To Build by AaronLongstaff

    PC Official PVP: Hydra Mainbase Tour - Pre 100 Turret Patch by AFDR

    Sleeping Giganotosaurus by Albina Diamond
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    Dragon by 드찌/어찌
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    Manti core by 드찌/어찌
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    Ptera TLC ideas. by Nemo
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    DragonArk by RedDragon23
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    Fanmade Dossier:Deilos by Soviet DodoRupter666
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    Yet another Terror Bird..;} by milokamilo
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    ALPHA 06 by milokamilo
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    Valentine Dire Bear by Sharkcat
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    Forest Camo Dire Bear by Sharkcat
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    Teddy Dire Bear by Sharkcat
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    Jungle Mantis by Sharkcat
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    Farmer Mantis by Sharkcat
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    http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1297642067

    Dossier: Sperm Whale by Scanova the Carnotaurus
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    Dossier: Giant Jaguar by Scanova the Carnotaurus
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    Dossier: Acrocanthosaurus by Scanova the Carnotaurus
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    That's it for this post guys! As always if you’ve got anything to share please get in touch and be sure to follow us on:

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    All the best,
    Studio Wildcard

    :Jerblove:

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    6 hours ago, spiritpaw said:

    Eh? Did you mean to quote me? Not sure what you are saying sorry emoji4.png
    I don't mind at all that the brontosaurus is not accurate. I love it's size and name.... We could just call it a long neck, Harken from the days of my childhood when brontosaurus was considered real. Geesh I think I'm getting old emoji23.png
    I do think it needs some TLC though. Or a lot. Model and abilities.

    Meant to quote someone else lol.

     

    Also good news: Brontosaurus is considered to be its own genus related to Apatasaurus.

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    Guys, you know the raptor is based on the velociraptor, right? It’s based on the Utahraptor. If you are comparing it to the velociraptor, you’re wrong. I heard that the devs are adding a velociraptor though.

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    The raptor.  Is it reeeeally going to stalk us.  Or just jump and say hay, fooood.  And them just run at us.  And please ad an ability of line of sight to all dinos as to if they don't see or sense us they do just automatically know we are ther.  That would give us a fair advantage to all the new abilities coming out for the predators.   And be 100 percent realistic. 

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    2 hours ago, ZackTownsend said:

    Guys, you know the raptor is based on the velociraptor, right? It’s based on the Utahraptor. If you are comparing it to the velociraptor, you’re wrong. I heard that the devs are adding a velociraptor though.

    I think you meant isn't based on velociraptor right?

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    On 2/19/2018 at 11:07 PM, Wolf Angelus said:

    I am curious if my stuff isn't being looked at because I have to do slideshows now as my CPU is worn out. I don't find any logical explanation why else a pixel art heart would get runner up rather than a fully functional design considering the shaping and theme were identical.

    Aww, how cute, someone is salty that someone got a runner up over them.

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    9 hours ago, GeneralTalon said:

    I think you meant isn't based on velociraptor right?

    Yeah, that. It ISN’T based on the velociraptor. My bad

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    I really hope you guys don't just focus on carnivores for TLC 2. I think some of the herbivores need a revamp as well like the Trike and Parasaur. If nothing else just a nice visual update to bring them up to par with TLC 1 and the newer dinos. All you guys have done so far in terms of TLC has been pretty good so far imo

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    The new Raptor still looks stupid IMO. It's unnatural, they should either give it realistic full body feathers or they should go full Jurassic Park lizard, this in between thing looks like it's had most of its feathers plucked off and is only slightly better than the original (eyes aren't as derpy but mouth still goofy looking).

    They're putting in a huge amount of effort with this TLC stuff and the other redesigns have been amazing but to me this one still feels like it's caught up in peer pressure and is torn between two different designs. I know all species in ARK are their own thing but this isn't a blend of genes, this is just deforming something.

    This is 1000x better and the direction they should have went: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1146018267

    Or even this is a bit better as at least it fully embraces the inaccurate lizard design: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=944224365

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    Oh my! Loving the argy update. It looks cool! My only issue is that I love MY argy. Will he be getting a make over too or will he be left feeling super insecure about his dated looks? Poor Birdman.

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    21 minutes ago, Melicurus said:

    Oh my! Loving the argy update. It looks cool! My only issue is that I love MY argy. Will he be getting a make over too or will he be left feeling super insecure about his dated looks? Poor Birdman.

    The changes will affect all existing Argies too.

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    Please add Velociraptors into ark and maybe the ultimate dino Indominus Rex "Archaeornithomimus" from Jurassic World :)

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    On 2/21/2018 at 11:00 AM, Ihmislehma said:

    It's not "highly speculative theorizing", we have scientific proof of feathered dinosaurs, especially in the raptor lineages. Heck, at one point some sceintists thought raptors to be secondarily flightless birds, though they were in minority. We have a fossil record of feathered dinosaurs, and even a feathered dinosaur tail in amber. We have such detailed feather fossils, that we actually know what color Microraptors, and a few other dinos, were.

    I call BS.  Show the ‘scientific’ proof that isn’t just using imagination.  By the way, might be good to look up ‘science’ first.

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    Personally I like the old raptor model better than the new one based on these previews. 

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    8 minutes ago, dirius said:

    Personally I like the old raptor model better than the new one based on these previews. 

    Chris tweeted a screenshot couple days ago and I think it looks awesome. :)

     

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    With the raptor's improved feathers and overall usefulness, a great addition to the Raptors would be the ability of "Wing-Assisted Incline Running". Basically, this would allow the raptor to run up steep mountainsides by flapping its wings. It's wildly accepted by scientist that Utahraptors and other feathered dromaeosaurids were able to do this, plus it would make the Raptor much more useful and realistic in-game. 

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    On 3/10/2018 at 7:26 AM, PneumaPilot said:

    I call BS.  Show the ‘scientific’ proof that isn’t just using imagination.  By the way, might be good to look up ‘science’ first.

    Sorry for the late reply.

    I worry for your argumentation skills if you have to resort to bad language and offhanded comments. However, as you asked, here are some links to proof of feathered dinosaurs (that, we all know, gave birth to birds. That have feathers). All were easily found with Google, and these include the amber I was talking about.

    https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-scientific-evidence-of-dinosaurs-having-feathers

    https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaur-feathers-colors-nature/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_coloration

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yutyrannus

    https://observationdeck.kinja.com/a-comprehensive-guide-to-dinosaur-feathers-and-scales-1603368757

    http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/the-swimming-raptor-of-mongolia/

    https://www.seeker.com/new-giant-raptor-the-largest-ever-with-wing-feathers-1770432223.html

    http://www.icr.org/article/do-quill-knobs-show-dino-bird-evolution/

    We also have feathers, or feather-like filaments, showing up in non-Theropod lineages, such as Ceratopsians, though this is more circumstancial. There is so far no evidense of feathers in lineages like Hadrosaurs or Sauropods.

    I hope that is enough information to satisfy you, and you read through it all. Please feel free to provide me evidence of Raptors lacking feathers.

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    On 3/18/2018 at 9:13 PM, SC0RPI0 said:

    With the raptor's improved feathers and overall usefulness, a great addition to the Raptors would be the ability of "Wing-Assisted Incline Running". Basically, this would allow the raptor to run up steep mountainsides by flapping its wings. It's wildly accepted by scientist that Utahraptors and other feathered dromaeosaurids were able to do this, plus it would make the Raptor much more useful and realistic in-game. 

    I agree on the incline running. It would make early game metal and crystal gathering safer, and help run away from surprise predators (I'm looking at you, Giganoto-out-of-nowhere-while-I'm-gathering-metal)

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    Just a friendly reminder that this thread is not here for an argument about real life dino lineage.

    So let's not.

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