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  • Community Crunch 216: Love Evolved, On The Horizon, and EVO Event

    Love Evolved

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    Love Evolved (formerly known as Valentines Day) is returning next week!  Love Evolved will be active on Tuesday, February 11 18:00 UTC and will run through Tuesday, February 18 18:00 UTC.

    While ARK is under Cupid's spell, you can expect to find past event items and  brand new skins!  See the full event details below:

    Dates

    • 2/11 - 2/18 18:00 UTC

    Activities

    • For the duration of the event, Coelacanth will be fishing for some love.  Reel in these amorous fish and be showered in candies, some chocolates and even chibi pets!

    Rates

    • Increased breeding rates to 3x (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation)
    • Increased player XP rates to 2x
    • Increased harvesting rates to 2x

    New Emotes

    • Flirt Emote

    New Items

    • "Cupid Couture Bottom" (Pants Skin)
    • "Cupid Couture Top" (Shirt Skin)
    • "Halo Headband" (Hat Skin)
    • "Teddy Bear Grenades" (Grenade Skin)
    • "Bow & Eros" (Bow skin)
    • "Love Shackles"  (Handcuffs Skin)
    • 6 New Chibi Pets

    Wild Event Creature Colors

    • Red
    • Magenta
    • Light Red
    • White

    Past Event Items

    • Valentine Chocolates - Chocolates can be used to heal your tames or provide a big boost in acquiring new tames!
    • Valentine Candies - Candies can be used to give a tamed dinosaur a random coloring!

     

     


    On The Horizon

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    Anti-Mesh System

    The results from the implementation of the anti-mesh system has had a positive effect on the overall health of the game.  We ask for your patience as we continue to improve the false positives you are seeing.  Every report you submit brings us closer to an exploit-free environment. Thank you for your patience! We realize this is a inconvenience for those who encounter these problematic areas.  We are working diligently to correct any false positives that currently remain.  When making your reports, please list the map you had the encounter on.  

     

    Mod Sponsorship Applications

    A friendly reminder that the mod sponsorship application process closes on the 2/5.

    Apply for Sponsorship


     

    EVO 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 7th of Feb at 1 PM EST until Monday the 10th of Feb 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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    Instagram: instagram.com/survivetheark
    Twitch: twitch.tv/survivetheark
    Steam: steamcommunity.com/app/346110
    Youtube: youtube.com/survivetheark

     

    Edited by Cedric


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    Any1 know what are rates on smalltribe server ? Its normaly 2x maturation so we only get a 3x boost just like official ?

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    Would be nice to at least get 2 weekends of it for those who work during the week. 

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    Maybe instead of this you should be fixing bugs like the no session found glitch for xbox on unofficial pc servers

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    On 2/4/2020 at 1:25 PM, GloBruce said:

    They will - that is why people have been looking all over facebook for the last week.  Clearly, the information was out to certain players before others. 

    lol its been known for a while that its gonna be fishing. They teased it in a past community crunch about a week or 2 ago. Go back and read and u will find it

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    Is there a way to disable the added mating boost for private servers? 3x breeding on top of the boosted settings already running cause server crashes. 

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    @Cedric Any chance we could also get wild dinos spawning with purple and pink for this event? You've added dye colours to events in the past and the vday candies are the only way to get them on a dino.

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    On 2/5/2020 at 10:40 PM, Neptane said:

    I'm not sure why you're implying I want everything boosted. I just lost my character from a server crash and had to wait 2 1/2 weeks to get my tribe/base back. I was lucky enough to have alliance members keep my dinos fed. Please understand that there are a lot of people who have to play catch up because of circumstances like this or who might have lost everything; including event dinos. These events are more of a catch up at this point. They have been going on for many years and they are no longer unique. For more seasoned players events like this is used for breeding and obtaining seasoned holiday items. Want any colored dino you want? No problem buy one of the cloned event dinos that are on every server and add it to your line. Think of the newer players rather than the seasoned players. Some like to get their own dinos and these events are great for self-sustaining players.

    Losing all your stuff is just normal for Ark. You shouldn't think of events as catchup time. Play however you want. It just doesn't sound enjoyable with that attitude.

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    7 hours ago, salvador5266 said:

    Is there a way to disable the added mating boost for private servers? 3x breeding on top of the boosted settings already running cause server crashes. 

    It depends on if the 3x breeding is baked into the event or just part of the official servers dynamic config.

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    1 hour ago, Aylana314159 said:

    Losing all your stuff is just normal for Ark. You shouldn't think of events as catchup time. Play however you want. It just doesn't sound enjoyable with that attitude.

    This isn't even an argument or reasoning against 2x taming. This is just empty words. "You shouldn't touch a hot stove." Not because it will cause a massive burn > which will cause lots of pain/agony > which will create a very unpleasant experience for you > which is a bad experience; because you shouldn't. No reasoning backed up in this statement.

    You're also gaslighting anyone who has lost everything in Ark. By saying it is normal, you are saying it is nothing to be alarmed about and feelings are not justified. Anything that tries to be categorized as "normalcy" leads to ammo for deterring complaints by way of reasoning that it happens to everyone and people "should just get over it". This is also unempathetical; aside from gaslighting. Any good, decent human should look down on this comment.

    This is also a strawman fallacy because you ignored my argument that any seasoned player can buy any cloned event dinosaur. These event dinos are widely and, might I say grossly, available everywhere. There are bases littered with them reaching the dinosaur cap (as is their right set by the developers). We already have 2x taming for getting high base stat dinos; which people just give out huge mutated boss rexes already and shower newcomers with high level dinos. There is no "real" reason to not have 2x taming event for ark users. Most of the arguments stem from "well we just can't get everything"; which isn't justification for why 2x taming is bad. At this point people are arguing against 2x taming simply for the sake of it. I have yet to hear of a real reason against it that has convinced me otherwise.

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    14 minutes ago, Neptane said:

    By saying it is normal, you are saying it is nothing to be alarmed about and feelings are not justified.

    It is normal on official servers for characters to be lost in transfer and to pretend it's not is just naive. Should it be the norm? Should it be a risk everytime you transfer? Probably not, but it is.

    Events and evolution weekends are perks, not required. Everytime the details of one of these gets posted, at least one person complains about it. Why not this or that?

     

    The valentine's event has a method to get taming boosted built-in. Its always been a breeding event. 

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    @Cedric Why not start the Valentines event today and conclude it on the 17th or 18th to allow those who work during the week to have a few days to play during the event? Would make two weekends of the event.

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    37 minutes ago, Aylana314159 said:

    It is normal on official servers for characters to be lost in transfer and to pretend it's not is just naive. Should it be the norm? Should it be a risk everytime you transfer? Probably not, but it is.

    Events and evolution weekends are perks, not required. Everytime the details of one of these gets posted, at least one person complains about it. Why not this or that?

     

    The valentine's event has a method to get taming boosted built-in. Its always been a breeding event. 

    "It is normal on official servers for characters to be lost in transfer and to pretend it's not is just naive."

    The fact that it happens often is not a statement I am arguing against. I am arguing against using it as a reason to negate it as an argument towards 2x taming. Normalizing awful circumstances doesn't change its affect on people nor should it deter any aid towards solving that problem. Again, gaslighting 101.

    "Its always been a breeding event. "

    History never has to repeat itself and it is never a good argument for deterring change or suggestions. We can see this throughout history with any change happening. Some change can be bad, but like I said: I have still yet to hear of an argument for why 2x taming is a bad change. Again, just empty words spoken for the sake of your post count.

    "The valentine's event has a method to get taming boosted built-in. Its always been a breeding event. "

    Again, this doesn't affect any hand-fed dino. Which was my previous argument to which someone's "response" was: "We can't get everything" (lol). Not a reason why it is bad but simple annoyance at "entitled" requests (correct me if your view on his argument is different from mine).

    "Everytime the details of one of these gets posted, at least one person complains about it."

    There is nothing wrong with people wanting more or voicing change; its how we grow, its how we shape our view of "good" for any aspect, its how we shape our worlds.

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    I would sure like my save file from legacy!  Server has been purchased, I want to play!  I want my files and my dinos, where are they? @CedricThanks for all you are doing to make this game great!

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    Small tribes breeding is 2x..will this event apply to official small tribes too? 

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    Hopefully the single player glitches will be fixed for event. No drops, wyvern eggs, beaver dams or even fish for over a month now ! How can we get chibis when the ongoing glitch they haven't fixed is stopping fish from spawning !?  Fingers crossed its fixed by then ?  really losing interest in the game over this. ?

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    On 2/3/2020 at 10:21 PM, Diseris said:

    Looks fantastic wonder if the different rods, will make a difference.

    A bigger rod always makes a difference.

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    On 2/7/2020 at 10:58 AM, Neptane said:

    "It is normal on official servers for characters to be lost in transfer and to pretend it's not is just naive."

    The fact that it happens often is not a statement I am arguing against. I am arguing against using it as a reason to negate it as an argument towards 2x taming. Normalizing awful circumstances doesn't change its affect on people nor should it deter any aid towards solving that problem. Again, gaslighting 101.

    "Its always been a breeding event. "

    History never has to repeat itself and it is never a good argument for deterring change or suggestions. We can see this throughout history with any change happening. Some change can be bad, but like I said: I have still yet to hear of an argument for why 2x taming is a bad change. Again, just empty words spoken for the sake of your post count.

    "The valentine's event has a method to get taming boosted built-in. Its always been a breeding event. "

    Again, this doesn't affect any hand-fed dino. Which was my previous argument to which someone's "response" was: "We can't get everything" (lol). Not a reason why it is bad but simple annoyance at "entitled" requests (correct me if your view on his argument is different from mine).

    "Everytime the details of one of these gets posted, at least one person complains about it."

    There is nothing wrong with people wanting more or voicing change; its how we grow, its how we shape our view of "good" for any aspect, its how we shape our worlds.

    You used the term gaslighting incorrectly. Nice try tho.

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