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No Ark 2 news?

Another half a year for Genesis Part 1 and then another year for Part 2. Why.

I haven’t been playing Ark in a while. Why are there no maps on the roadmap? When is Crystal Isles coming?

14 minutes ago, Crysis3108 said:

No Ark 2 news?

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The glorious return of ATLAS 👌

my question is the following: will it be possible to download a map made with worldcreator into the devkit and then make more in-depth modifications to it?
If so that would be totally awesome!

Please, please, PLEASE give us the Mining Drill (this should release with Gen 1, but w/e), Loadout Mannequins, Tek Canteen and Tek Bow in Gen 1's ASA release, alongside some of the other Gen 2 items. Waiting until next year is just... pain... Also, I really hope the Tek Claws aren't useless like they were in ASE, their parry didn't even work properly either.

Also, this is a step in the right direction for Ossidon taming, but the taming effectiveness being lost on each remount is just brutal. I couldn't imagine trying to hunt for traits on Ossidons on reaally slow taming speeds, you'd be better off using your time trying to win the lottery!

Edited January 10 by RKGS

My only concern is there is no announcement for fjurdr, lost island, crystal isles, nothin, love whats to come but definitely need to know when we get the rest of the maps 

 

38 minutes ago, VelocityVectorSV said:

I haven’t been playing Ark in a while. Why are there no maps on the roadmap? When is Crystal Isles coming?

This content is premium content, free content is not showed

2 minutes ago, Ambrose12912 said:

My only concern is there is no announcement for fjurdr, lost island, crystal isles, nothin, love whats to come but definitely need to know when we get the rest of the maps 

 

This is a roadmap for mostly premium content from the investors call, need another roadmap for the free stuff

So we get to be hyped for 2028. Lost island map first half and crystal isles last half. Then 2028 for Fjordur?

As long as that Atlantis map is not just Ark Aquatica Ascended. We DO NOT WANT THAT GARBAGE.

First what is with Genesis 1?
And i hope we will get some day a dino or a structure wich can imprint all baby dinos in one  pls!

Guys love the work but when are we going to be able to really join the bad side and become red element sucking vampires with wings. 

That Tribal malwyn looks awesome!!!

41 minutes ago, Greatchawhee said:

So we get to be hyped for 2028. Lost island map first half and crystal isles last half. Then 2028 for Fjordur?

As long as that Atlantis map is not just Ark Aquatica Ascended. We DO NOT WANT THAT GARBAGE.

Heard Atlantis will be made by Nekatus, same guy who has done Fjordur, Svartalfheim, Valguero, and Astraeos. I think we can expect good things from it

Edited January 10 by azkalimas

That is so much DLC (and I assume there's also some some Fantastical Tames and Where You Can Pay For Them coming too) for a game still in Early Access. I know the feedback for Lost Colony's gameplay has been overall positive, but it really feels like a lot of paid content is pushed when a lot is still unfinished. Fjordur is not out, but Nekatus is working on Astraeos and reportedly Atlantis, for instance. People paid in 2023 for ASA, a game that's supposed to include all the ASE maps, and it's still not going to be feature complete by 2027 ? What are we doing here ?

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ASA World Creator: Want to make maps but don't want to learn the ARK Dev Kit, or don't have a high-powered PC? With the ASA World Creator, you'll be able to do basic editing of existing maps or even create whole new ones, entirely from within the game itself, on any ASA platform, and share them with other players via the Mod Browser, using a new “World Creator” mode. While you won't be able to generate new art assets in “World Creator”, or do the deep construction associated with the full Dev Kit, you will be able to place and modify actors (and create reusable templates), edit their properties, edit overall world settings, add & configure volumes & spawners, apply mods and skin packs, and add simple functional text scripting. In other words, the “World Creator” will be the easiest and fastest way for novice and beginning creators to build a custom environment for their server or their friends, or for builders to assemble their ultimate visual showcase that other players can download & play in!

Honestly ? That's great. Hopefully it will keep being supported after release (contrarily to procedurally generated maps in ASE) so that new maps, creatures and assets can keep being used.
...The only thing that bothers me is : if only the future paid content is listed in this roadmap (as seems to indicate the absence of Crystal Isles, Fjordur or Lost Island, or the remaining Garuga dinos), does this mean that the World Creator is going to be paid content ? You're going to ask people to pay in order to create user-generated content for the game, is that where we're at ?

WildCard used to be a shining example of encouraging free user content, with tools like the free devkit, with programs like sponsored mods, and sometimes promoting talented people in the community who had created things for free by making them basegame for free. That was in ASE however.
In ASA, you promote monetization at every corner : premium/freemium mods, a partner DLC, and now potentially this World Creator... while at the same time ignoring the community's talent. When was the last time you elevated a talent who emerged during ASA's lifetime ? I am so, so happy for Nekatus, CodigoAlex and Garuga, who are immensely talented people (and at least Garuga's creatures have come mostly for free). Their appeal was first demonstrated thanks to free mods, and were turned into free content for everyone to appreciate and their names to be deservedly respected.
But what are you doing for the people who have been showing just as much talent after 2023 ? Where is their ascension ? There is no longer an avenue for people to get the kind of opportunity Nekatus, CodigoAlex and Garuga have gotten in the past, and this culture of monetized UGC worsens it.

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Being developed by the Studio Sirens team!

You sound much more excited than what this name currently evokes.

How do we know that Studio Sirens is going to be working in better conditions this time, instead of a remake of the horrible situation of ASE Aquatica ? Will they have enough people (there were layoffs DURING the development of Aquatica, weren't there ?), resources, time, everything ?

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a rollicking maritime adventure over a map-wide Ocean biome with real water physics, customizable pirate ships, randomized semi-procedural islands & fortresses, and big naval battles across the high-seas

a new giant map-sized outerspace biome takes the battle outside the Seed Ship as starfighers, bombers, capital ships, and colonizable planetoids

ASA does not need to be ARK + Atlas + EVE Online/No Man's Sky + whatever else. It does not need to try and mimic every game out there. It does not need to be an everything game.
Make ASA run well, and then we'll talk.

1 hour ago, Arkentia said:

my question is the following: will it be possible to download a map made with worldcreator into the devkit and then make more in-depth modifications to it?
If so that would be totally awesome!

That's actually a really good question. I hope wildcard can provide an answer.

1 hour ago, Theismarius said:

This is a roadmap for mostly premium content from the investors call, need another roadmap for the free stuff

Its not "free stuff" its purchased stuff we pre-paid for.

2 hours ago, arkark said:

Lost Colony performance in multiplayer is horrible. Close to 150 fps in single player but in official it looks like its capped to 35 fps plus stuttering. So hard to see that you are flexing about +50% performance gain cause its far from being true.

Also, you need to do that LC outposts break all structures around because in official almost all posible outpost spawns are taken. Maybe you should do like you did with Redwood Forest back in ASE times. Put some visible areas during two or three days or so, so people inside spawn points realize they must move and then after a grace time period let the outpost destroy structures in their spawn area. Not that hard, WC.

IT should be hard coded and forbidden to build in those areas. Period.

Nowe what could be done is to put a marker visible only when placing structures on mission areas so the owner of the spot knows he/she is blocking the spot. 

This would be a delicate signal that they should move a little.

Map is vast, there is plenty of space everywhere 

Why is once again nothing being said about the status TAS P2? Can you at least confirm its indeed coming summer of this year? Per this article Source: Interview: Ark Series Dev Explains How Lost Colony is a 'Love Letter' to the series, and how it leads into Ark 2 | MMORPG.com

YESSSS!!! Let's go SOTF is back BABY please make it like the 2016 version tho the new battle royal one wasn't it.

The absence of any updated info on Crystal Isles and Lost Island makes me wonder if they plan on skipping these completely?

Die Zukunft ist strahlend! - ARK2 & ASA News | Deutsche ARK2 Community - ARK2 | Deutsches Community Forum

 

https://ark2.de/news/die-zukunft-ist-strahlend-r220/

 

 

i just hope Map Creator can be used on consoles

and i never got to enjoy crystal isles back on ASE (i was like 8-10 or something)

"We heard you, you won't get ARK II with ASA and you don't have to pay for everything that was in ASE." - WC 2023

"Now we screw you over with new extra paid content and new DLC without a single word on the missing ASE content."
Also WC but 3 years later...