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    Post-Launch Extinction Updates!

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    Hello Survivors! We don't have much new information to share with you all in this weeks crunch, but we did still want to keep you in the loop of what we've been working on and what things look like going forward for us in the near future.

    It's been a whirlwind as we released Extinction on Xbox, PS4, Windows 10, and Max & Linux all last week. We had our highest number of peak players ever on PC last Sunday which we were thrilled to see. Extinction was the cumulative effort of many people and many hours, and to see the response from players about their experience on the map and with the creatures has been very rewarding for us.

    There have been some concerns from the community regarding bug-related issues and balance issues. We want to let everyone know that we are absorbing as much feedback from our players as possible through our many social channels, as well as videos and streams from survivors as well. 

    Here are some key issues we are currently tackling:

    • Primitive Plus not working on PS4 and Xbox.
    • The Center map missing terrain on PS4.
    • Supply drops missing on other maps.
    • Meteors doing damage where they should not.
    • Wyvern and Rock Drake eggs missing/not being visible.
    • Tek Rock Drake Saddle missing on PC.
    • Mek's and Enforcers being re-added to PS4/crash fix.
    • And many others.

    We are looking to get our console players up-to-date with the PC version in the near future, and will keep you posted as we make our way through the certification process on those. It is worth taking a look at what changes have been made to the PC version of ARK to be aware of changes coming to console in the near future. As always, we appreciate all of your feedback and your patience with us during this time as we address all platforms simultaneously.

    Next week we will have a Dev Diary with our lead programmer Chris, who will be chattting about some of the balance decisions that have been made on Extinction thus far and changes going forward. In the mean time, we hope you continue to enjoy the expansion! Keep on surviving!

    ARK on Sale!

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    Xbox:
    ARK: Survival Evolved
    ARK: Explorer's Edition
    ARK: Season Pass
    ARK: Scorched Earth
    ARK: Aberration

    Steam:
    ARK: Survival Evolved
    ARK: Season Pass
    ARK: Scorched Earth
    ARK: Aberration

    Fanart of the Week!

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    Managarmr by Shockal!

    Evolution Event!

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    Survivors on all platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Friday the 23rd of November at 1 PM EST until Monday the 26th of November at 3 PM EST. All Official Servers across each platform will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

    2x Harvesting Rates
    2x Taming Rates
    2x EXP Rates

    That's it for this post guys! As always if you’ve got anything to share you can find us at:

    Twitter: twitter.com/survivetheark
    Facebook: facebook.com/survivetheark
    Reddit: reddit.com/r/playark
    Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark
    Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark
    Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110
    Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark

    All the best,
    Studio Wildcard

    Edited by Jen


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    On 11/23/2018 at 12:06 AM, Scuff3d said:

    I agree. We got wiped by 3 wyverns yesterday and our whole tribe quit. People will bring up  “the explorer notes says corrupted dinos can enter the city” but who cares about a storyline. There’s no balance and you can’t even start up again when you have a 300+ wyvern in every corner 

    Im sorry to hear that this is why WC need to implement the kill volume (Kill Barrier) to destroy Corrupted dinos or shield that prevents them if i was a WC Dev i would of implemented it and also i would balance the game but sadly i have little knowledge about coding,modeling,Texturing and all that.

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    When are you fixing dodo eggs allowing titans to stay fed and permanent? 

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    Is nobody attending to the game anymore?

     

    Where is update on all the server issues?????

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    Prim plus is crashing because of the Argentavis again... If you attack one instant server crash... This has happened before.

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    Next crunch is late and there are game breaking bugs that should of been fixed on release, but nothing has been done, so assume since it was ARKs last DLC and the devs arent going to make much future money (at this stage), they don't really care anymore.

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    I cannot transfer off my rag server back to the island.  Why has Ark Data Downloads been disabled?? Xbox PVE servers 632 and 872.  Please help!!  

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    I know this has been in the game for a long but will they ever get rid of host leash thing. (host barrier) that's all i have to complain about good work on extinction.

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    I have been told that the crashes I am facing on ragnarock are in my end, this was support from nitrado! I run a non dedicated prim plus server on ps4 and have nothing but server crash after server crash, I lost all my players because of this! For a solid week now nothing but a headache, I was wondering if this is a problem we prim plus players and owners are now facing or is it my server as suggested from nitrado..... No mods running, 1 simple command in the ini file to give all engrams per lvl and that is it. I used this command before when prim was stable before extinction, so I don't see it a problem now, I reinstalled my server several times as also suggested from nitrado due to a corrupt save game. But yet this save game was fine once again before extinction. I don't know what else to do, but restart after restart, fresh start after fresh start, yea I lost my members and community.... So if this is a serious problem then why not fix it? I am paying a 90 day service for your servers and yet only played about 3 days once you remove the crashes and restarts and roll backs. Please, love the game, love prim plus, and ragnarock is my favorite map.... Please just give us a update on what is happening so at least I can msg my members and let them know it's not our server it's something on your end at least in hopes they will stay until it gets fixed, news please!

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    Am i the only one who realized that the ark graphics where rendering and derendering on Xbox and then it stays like that any word on if this will get fixed kinda annoying playing with play-do graphics

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    Wyverns in PS4 not having their textures rendered correctly like pc .for example eyes not being rendered correctly in the face of wyverns. The face is not even rendered correctly.

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    My ark game keeps crashing! Please fix this. It crashes every 30-40 min, please help.

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    17 hours ago, Skales said:

    Is nobody attending to the game anymore?

     

    Where is update on all the server issues?????

    I think everyone went on vacation.

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    No news for next weekend events? There was always new article in tuesdays, just after x2 evolution event... We have thursday, and no news...

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    On 11/28/2018 at 4:48 AM, Skales said:

    Is nobody attending to the game anymore?

     

    Where is update on all the server issues?????

    If you look at Twitter accounts, they're talking about the game coming out on the Switch soon.. which likely means they're worrying about that.

    Still none of them saying anything about the mass of growing issues, though.

    Moneymoneymoney.

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    So, I was able to get back on my server lastnight... yay.. or so I thought.. the lag and connectivity issues have been SO prevalent that I’ve lost almost all of my high level Pteranodons. I can’t stay connected the server long enough to do anything. I disconnect and every time I reconnect I’m dead. I take another bird out to collect my last one and same story. Please fix this. Even though the servers are up, I can’t play. I’m so depressed right now. So much work gone. Please right these wrongs.

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    21 hours ago, Z0mbie said:

    I think everyone went on vacation.

    it is between holidays after all lol..

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    On 11/28/2018 at 4:36 PM, Smokingunnz said:

    I have been told that the crashes I am facing on ragnarock are in my end, this was support from nitrado! I run a non dedicated prim plus server on ps4 and have nothing but server crash after server crash, I lost all my players because of this! For a solid week now nothing but a headache, I was wondering if this is a problem we prim plus players and owners are now facing or is it my server as suggested from nitrado..... No mods running, 1 simple command in the ini file to give all engrams per lvl and that is it. I used this command before when prim was stable before extinction, so I don't see it a problem now, I reinstalled my server several times as also suggested from nitrado due to a corrupt save game. But yet this save game was fine once again before extinction. I don't know what else to do, but restart after restart, fresh start after fresh start, yea I lost my members and community.... So if this is a serious problem then why not fix it? I am paying a 90 day service for your servers and yet only played about 3 days once you remove the crashes and restarts and roll backs. Please, love the game, love prim plus, and ragnarock is my favorite map.... Please just give us a update on what is happening so at least I can msg my members and let them know it's not our server it's something on your end at least in hopes they will stay until it gets fixed, news please!

    it was listed that primplus isnt currently working on ps4 and xbox somewhere, or so i thought haha

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    Dinos are falling or spawning under the map in the sunken forest. Is WC aware of these?  These are a few forum posts.  After a roll back it was fixed but since the dinos have been few at best.  Players have ghosted through the map on their own servers and have see them well below the textures of the map.

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    22 hours ago, slejo said:

    No news for next weekend events? There was always new article in tuesdays, just after x2 evolution event... We have thursday, and no news...

    I was thinking the same also...

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