Community Crunch 194: Genesis, Public Beta, and On The Horizon
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Hey Survivors! Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch!
Genesis Season Pass
Last week we introduced a new chapter in the ARK saga: Genesis. By purchasing the season pass, you obtain a brand new H.L.N.A companion. Are you enjoying H.L.N.A.'s company on your adventures? Genesis will be a brand new experience for old and new players alike. Check out our live stream if you're looking for more details on what to expect!
ARK Developer Live-stream
ARK: Genesis Press Articles
In addition to the live-stream, there have been several articles about Genesis in the press. Here's a few:
PC Gamer: Everything we know about Ark: Genesis
Games Radar: Ark: Survival Evolved Genesis expansion adding new dinos and a talking robot starting this December
Public Beta
It's that time again! With our last public beta changes live on the Official network, we've decided to propose another batch of changes for your testing. When this beta patch goes live, we'll post a thread to collect your feedback. The feedback you provide is valuable, as last time it resulted in us increasing armor penetration with the fabricated sniper and longneck above their original beta values.
We'll be making some changes to caves that will impact areas where you are ONLY able to crouch. We'll be sure to share visual details noting the changes before they go live.
- Mek shield debuff set to not be given on shield deactivation
- Outside of Mek shield debuff reduced to 30 seconds (from 60)
- Snow Owl freeze buff set to not dismount riders
- Players and Dino’s are immune to the snow owl freeze for 10 seconds after being frozen
- Snow Owl Encapsulate/freeze wind up changed from 1.3 seconds to 2.6
- Reduced Tek Tapejara Saddle projectile damage by 30%
- Reduced Tek Tapejara Saddle projectile damage to structures by 75%
- Dropped Plant Species Z Fruit weight to 10
On The Horizon
Dedicated Valguero Saves & Single Player Valguero Saves
The engineering team is working diligently to solve these critical issues with Valguero servers. We've been making progress and hope to have more information to share this week.
XBOX Transfers and Duping Exploits
Solving the exploits that have led to the recent XBOX transfer limitations are still a urgent issue that the engineering team is working on. Transfers have been limited because It's important to try and minimize the impact of duping. We also hope to have more information on transfers this week.
Misc Valguero Issues
There are some misc. issues related to Valguero (missing wyverns, etc) that will be patched once the more critical issues have been addressed.
Primitive+ Missing Content
The engineering team is close to a patch for a recent update that caused Primitive+ content to go missing. We'll have more information on this soon!
EVO Event
Survivors on all platforms (including Valguero) will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It will be active from Friday the 16th of Aug at 1 PM EST until Monday the 19th of Aug 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
Until next time!
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Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark
All the best,
Studio Wildcard
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