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  • Community Crunch 82 and ARK Digest 46!

    Hey Survivors! Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch and ARK Digest! :Jerbhi:

    New Record 140 Player No Tame Servers!

    That's right, as of today we have officially launched an Official ARK PC server which supports up to 140 Players concurrently. We were able to achieve this as a result of some server-side optimisation, and have been running the change on our Experimental No Tame servers. Over the weekend, we'll be rolling out the improvements network wide to our Official PC servers and shortly thereafter they will arrive on console alongside the major update with the latest content.

    For those interested in our latest experiment, here's the low down: We've just launched some new experimental Official Servers on PC! These are a bit different to our standard servers as they do not allow players to tame, ride, or breed creatures. ARK has a lot of core survival elements to it, and we wanted to see how players would find playing the game without the help of their trusty tames. Of course, this doesn't mean we're moving to a non-dino focused environment, it's just another customisation we've introduced for everyone  So give it a go, let us know what you think!

    Features

    • 140 Players
    • No Taming
    • Boosted Harvesting and EXP Rates! (2x rates of normal -- so with the current event, it's pretty much 6x OLD-ARK!)
    • Titanosaur has been removed
    • Auto Turrets have been removed
    • Difficulty Level is currently set to 2.0
    • Tribes are limited to 10 players
    • Isolated Cluster
    • 50% Higher Base Weight and 50% increase per level too
    • No Alliances
    • Decreased Movement Speed Stat
    • Increased Server Side Optimisation to support more players!

    If you'd like to try out the server for yourself and give us some feedback, just search for "Experiment" in your server filter. You'll see 5 140 Player Servers; two The Islands, two The Centers and one Scorched Earth on their own isolated cluster. Keep in mind these servers are experimental and will have some iteration done to them over the course of their existence. If it goes well, we'll keep em permanent and we'll bring them to console too! 

    ARK: Evolution Event Weekend!

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    Survivors across ALL Platforms will be receiving a special Evolution Event perk this weekend! It's already live now and will remain active until Monday the 6th at 12PM EST. All Official Servers will be undergoing this evolutionary change which includes:

    1.5x Harvesting Rate
    1.5x Taming Rate
    1.5x EXP Rate

    Reminder: this 1.5x bonus is on top of the 2x rates that are now standard on our official servers!

    ARK Digest!

    Here is our question and answer session with Lead Designer, Lead Programmer, Co-Creative Director of ARK: Survival Evolved, and Co-Founder of Studio Wildcard: Jeremy "Drake" Stieglitz!

    Survivor, GamerPefection asks, “Will we get Bionic Dodos?”

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    Can neither confirm, nor deny ;)

    Survivor, Mendoza asks, “Could we get very rare resource drops that are worth say 10x more than the normal resources... Example -- Rare Metal Ore - That can be smelted down to make Fine Grade Metal Ingots...  This kind of rare resources and others like Fine Wood, Rare Pearls, Quality Stone ect, would open up a new economy for trade and also allow for the building of High End Mastercraft Gear which can't fit in the slots provided in crafting stations.(being 10x more valuable, interchangeable with normal resources and stacks the same as the average like resources) -- Rare resources could also open up the possibility of being able to craft slightly better quality gear the more "quality resources" used to make said item.”

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    That’s an interesting concept; I’ll meditate on it. I’ve been wary of doing such a system for concern that having super-rare resources might lead to players being shut-out of them, but perhaps if they’re optional it would not be too much of an imposition.

    Survivor Mendoza also asks, “Will you be considering fully random locations for above ground beacon drops each time they drop and change the collision detection so they don't go through building structures?”

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    Yeah, that’s a worthwhile change I will likely do in the near future, possibly for the next Major Version update.

    Survivor, Deaner asks, “According to the explorer notes, the characters in the story could understand each other through the use of the arm implant. So why is it that we cannot understand their notes through the use of the arm implant?”

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    The implant only affects spoken language, not written words.

    Survivor, JNS asks, “Would you guys ever consider making the Achatina shoulder mates? Like the Mesopithecus?”

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    Achatina are too big for that! Maybe the Troodon though ;)

    Survivor, jazzop asks, “Since we can hold down the attack buttons for melee weapons could we hold down the attack buttons whilst mounted as it has no difference apart from preference and does not allow any advantages in PvP{ it would be much appreciated as long play sessions farming for breeding can be arduous”

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    Yes, I’ll try to get this change in there soon.

    Survivor, HighFlyer15 asks, “In a recent digest you said you weren't going to add a hunger meter to the Carnivores, does this mean you'll be leaving other AI immersion implementations out as well or will we still see herds, packs of raptors hunting and less of the hundreds of lonely animals stomping about like they're lost?”

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    We do plan to an AI refinement pass in the coming weeks for their core idle behaviour tree.

    Survivor, guitar2117 asks, “I was wondering about difficulty settings on player dedicated servers. PC has been able to alter the difficulty to above 4.0 for awhile, and just wondering when console will be able too? At least making it 5.0 would be nice. Thank you for your time!“

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    That’ll be in the upcoming console update!

    Survivor, NordheimTheMad asks, “Is the piranha still planned to be tamable or has the idea been scrapped? If so will there be a way to transport tamed fish to another body of water without killing them, something like an aquarium or bucket?”

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    We plan to add a way to transport fish (wild or otherwise). After we have that, we’ll see about whether the Piranha should be tame-able, or whether it’s more interesting to just have them always eat anything they can get their jaws-on!

    Survivor, Dinoslayer84 asks, “Could you add the dimetrodon to Scorched Earth? It's one of those creatures that I feel belong in the desert. It will also by pretty cool to have a creature from a real-life desert in the ARK's desert.”

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    Yeah, I’ll do that.

    Survivor, Skuf also asks, “The Radio item is severely underused because of third party applications, and could use some buffing to give players an incentive to use it. Perhaps showing the talking player's general direction, similar to transponder nodes?”

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    Sure, I’ll make it ping the talker location on the screen to give it extra usefulness.

    Survivor, Skuf also asks, “The possibility to pin lock storage boxes or vaults while Structures Ownership is set to Tribe would be amazing. This way we can finally have personal lockers without everyone being able to access them, or without setting Structure Ownership to Personal.”

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    Sure, I’ll get FORCE-on-Tribe PIN locking added to the next Major Version update.

    Survivor, Scuf also asks, “The Silencer weapon attachment could use some buffing, perhaps hiding the name of the player that killed you from the kill message or the tribe log?”

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    Indeed I will have it hide the kill message entirely from the screen (for the victims), but not from their Tribe Log. Thus making Stealth Assaults more viable in real-time, but ultimately, you still need to know who took you out in the long-run.

    Survivor, Fluqsi asks, “Will there ever be support for c++ programming?”

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    Alas not, but we are currently investigating use of Mono C# as an alternative to Blueprint scripting, so we’ll see how that goes.

    Survivor, JokersFinest asks, “Will the titanaboa ever be tameable?”

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    Yep, it will!

    Survivor, BlackWolfVillage asks, “Can we get special admin commands to summon supply drops/spawn dinos at exact coordinates, rather than at the admin using the command? Personally I feel this will make it so admins can host events and map out coordinates ahead of time like a dungeon master and setup events surrounding them. Or even automate summoning of more supply crates in caves than is currently default.”

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    Yes I’ll add that, but note those coordinates will be XYZ world coordinates, not “ARK” Coordinates -- so get your conversion calculator handy.

    Survivor, Brybry asks, “Will unofficial servers ever get an option to disallow steam” family share accounts in the same way that officials do?"

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    Err sure, I suppose we can add that if you want!

    Survivor, Wolf Angelus asks, “What happened to the option to completely remove collision checks?”

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    I’ll get it into v255, thanks for hanging in there!

    Survivor, Wolf Angelus also asks, “Can we get an option (Again for singleplayer at the very least) to remove the "Maximum Custom Paintable Structures Nearby" limits? Limitations on creativity is a killjoy, especially when playing alone where stability should be our own judgement call.”

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    Sure, I’ll make that a server-configurable option in v255.

    Survivor, CyanicEmber asks, “Can we get a "Stay Grounded" option for fliers that can attack while landed such as the Wyvern, Pelagornis, etc...? Also perhaps an option to leave them grounded to follow us”

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    Yeah, I’ll add a “Stay Grounded” option.

    Survivor, plantmanzetsu asks, “Just curious when we will see an option to wipe a single player map on Xbox One?”

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    I’ll try to get that into February's console version update!

    Survivor, Neizan asks, “Can you add an option to avoid buildings on spawn points of the map? Please.”

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    Presuming you’re referring to PLAYER spawn points, yeah I’ll go ahead and add a radial-check server configurable value to prevent building structures within a distance of all player spawnpoints.

    Survivor, Neizan also asks, “Currently, when people starts farming with Bronto/Titano the servers have a lot of lag, some chance to reduce this server lag when people farm with Brontos or similar?”

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    Yes, I’ll be further reducing the stalls associated with that.

    Survivor, iSpeZz asks, “Would it be possible to give us modders the ability to take rafts out of the water by adding a bool if in water or not in water??”

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    Sure, I’ll look into that, shouldn’t be too difficult.

    Survivor, PapaRoro asks, “ gotta talk about poop for a minuet. This is just the best survival/sandbox game I've ever played. So much work has gone into making it a completely immersive experience. For this reason I have to ask, "Why are you guys not tapping into your poop potential?". It's very clear to the hard-core ark fanatics such as myself that poop has always been fundamental to the infrastructure of this game. So why does your poop depth end at: Human, Small, Medium, Large, Massive and eventually Fertilizer? Why is it that carnivores have hard vegetarian rabbit-shaped balls of disappointment instead of a massive sloppy pile of chunky mud? Or maybe a glorious omnivorous brown log of Majesty? Wouldn't it make sense to have carnivore, herbivore and omnivore diets make different poops with different properties? What if in the raising of a crop from seedling to fruiting, it goes through phases where it can get boosts by using "Carnivore Fertilizer" like a plant's equivalent to imprinting bonuses?”

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    ‘Cause there’s only so much time we can spend thinking about poop before we feel ill :-P

    Survivor, PapaRoro also asks, “Can we have the various berry plants have a greater aesthetic variety? When I go in my greenhouse, I'd love to see a forest of different plants. That is all for now.”

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    Yes, I plan to do a plant/farming pass shortly.

    Survivor, StationOG asks, “Love the whistle groups & ignore group whistles but the problem at the moment is that if u have a tame set to ignore group whistle and its on neutral and gets attacked it will not heed any of your calls. Can we get a key for passive so we can aim at the tame? Much like the "Y" and "T" keys to issue an order to an individual dino.”

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    Yep, I’ll add a whistle key to Toggle Passive or Aggressive on a Dino.

    Survivor, Mendoza asks, “Could we get a turret option for spiders so they can act as base defences? -- They could shoot a web bola rather than a slow debuff in turret mode...(Idea from TimeSpiral)”

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    Yes I’ll ultimately be adding a turret mode to all the projectile-throwing creatures.

    Survivor, GuiterRocket1 asks, “Are there any plans for new farming/cooking mechanics or new plants/seeds to be implemented before the full release?”

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    Yes, I have a plant-specialization pass planned for next month.

    Survivor, Dustiest-Ninja asks, “Are you a relative of the famous Alfred Stieglitz of the Stieglitz and Stiegen photographic art museum?”

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    Indeed I am, he’s a cousin of my grandfather. His photos of American immigrants in the early 20th century are wonderful!

    Survivor, Jamagh asks, “Will we ever get the option to ignore other players, either through their steam profile or character name? I have encountered some really noxious people and seeing them talking in chat, insulting everyone really affects my game play. Especially when other people are trying to get info about things.”

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    Yeah, I’ll add an Ignore-communication system to the PC version (as console has).

    Survivor, Shrekasaurus asks, “Will you put ARK on the Switch?”

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    We don’t have any current plans for the Nintendo Switch, though I will be closely watching how that console does in its launch.

    Survivor, SapphiraTigress asks, “Will we ever get an option to stop dinos from looking at us? Getting a tad tired of me getting stuck on a gigas(insert dino here) head because it keeps looking at me lol. Also, will we ever get a "take half" option from inventories? Most times I'm able to carry a lot, but to take half is perfect for most of my over encumbrence problems!!”

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    I’ll make it so that Dinos will automatically not try to look at someone who is standing on them, and we’ll see how that goes as a start. Yeah, a “take-half from remote inventory” should be easily do-able too.

    Survivor, JohnHinde also asks, “My final question. In one of my previous suggestions for the game I was wondering about the prospect of using fire as a weapon as it has been since the dawn of time. (Sun Tzu's Art of War even has a whole section dedicated to it). So my question is will fire play a bigger role in the future? It would be interesting if:
            A. Dinos feared it.
            B. It was able to spread to some nearby plants. (Similar to Far Cry 4. Not burn down the entire forest, but capable of burning a small area and destroying the bushes and trees in said area. Would make war a lot more interesting.)”

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    I’ll certainly go ahead make Fire lower a Dino’s threshold to Flee. As for it demolishing nearby plants, the issue with that right now is the performance cost associated with calculating that in such a dense multiplayer game. But I’ll give that a further analysis as well.

    ARK: TEK Tier Sale!

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    To celebrate the release of TEK Tier Phase 1 and reaching a new milestone in ARK's development, the core game and Scorched Earth are both available at their largest discounts ever! Survivors can pick up ARK: Survival Evolved for 67% off and Scorched Earth for 51% off. If you pick it up as a bundle, you get a further 15% discount!

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    Xbox Survivors can also pick up ARK Survival Evolved plus the expansion Scorched Earth on sale from Microsoft's Xbox Preview Program. From now until February 6th, the game and its expansion pack will be on a special sale for Xbox Live Members, check out the details below!

    Primitive+ Update from Cedric!

    Hey fellow survivors!

    Just wanted to keep you up to date with a few things I’ve been working on in the lab.  I’ll be sharing a bit more in the future, but I wanted to give you a preview of what’s to come and what’s been going on behind the scenes!

    Bug Submission

    I’ve recently adopted a new bug submission process in addition to the standard ways bugs are collected (forums).  This allows anyone to submit a quick form that gets routed directly to me.  It’s been going extremely well, and in the first week I received a ton of feedback that I was able to iterate on the same day.  It seems this new process has some benefits over the old way of doing things.

    Submit a bug

    Weekly QA Builds

    Rather than waiting before the patch is going to be release to do QA, I am now doing weekly QA builds.  If you’d like to be a part of the process, please reach out to me on the forums or on twitter (@complexminded).  The beta builds are distributed through the workshop.  You also need to be friends with me on Steam to see them (WC_Ced)

    New Content

    Ancient Flamethrower

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    This work-in-progress hasn’t been textured yet but it’s a fact that flamethrowers were used in ancient times too!  Check out this cool video for more info!

    Gokstad

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    This ship is an iconic Viking ship that should fit well with other Primitive+ Items

    Beyond Primitive+

    While my work for Primitive+ is far from finished, I’ve always wanted to contribute something I thought was missing from the main game.  I’ve been working on a “market” system that will allow you to submit and “bid” on trades with other ARK players on the same server.  You will be able to create a trade selecting from the items that are in the trading structures inventory and then select items that you want in return.  There will be a listing of all the trades on the server and if you have the items to fulfill the trade, you can bid and receive the items in your inbox.  More details to come!!

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    * I know you're going to ask, UI is functional for now, will be revisited after! ;)

    That's all for this week!

    Ced :Jerblove:

    Community Contests!

    Player Procedurally Generated Maps!

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    The Procedurally Generated Map system allows players to make their own ARK maps by determining a myriad of landscape options from the heights of mountains, depths of valleys, and the number of lakes, rivers or oceans, to the kinds of each biome they want, and more! Let's check out the entries for this weeks contest! This week's contest winner is...

    Heart of the Land by Wolf Angelus!

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    PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=166;LandscapeRadius=1.0;Water Frequency=4.7;Mountains Frequency=7.0;Mountains Slope=2.04;MountainsHeight=1.92;Turbulence Power=0.0125;Shore Slope=1.0;WaterLevel=-0.72;GrassDensity=1.0;JungleGrassDensity=0.05;ErosionSteps=4;TreesGroundSlopeAccuracy=0.5;DepositionStrength=0.5;ErosionStrength=0.75;OceanFloorLevel=-1.0;SnowBiomeSize=0.15;RWBiomeSize=0.12;MountainBiomeStart=-0.35;MountainsTreeDensity=0.06;JungleBiomeStart=-0.65;IslandBorderCurveExp=4.0;MaxSawnPointHeight=0.2;SnowGrassDensity=0.25;MountainGrassDensity=0.007;SnowMountainGrassDensity=0.15;UnderwaterObjectsDensity=0.5;SnowMountainsTreeDensity=0.03;TreeDensity=0.005;JungleTreeDensity=0.55;RedWoodTreeDensity=0.031;SnowTreeDensity=1.2;RedwoodGrassDensity=0.07;ShoreTreeDensity=0.32;SnowShoreTreeDensity=0.04;DeepWaterBiomesDepth=-0.24;InlandWaterObjectsDensity=0.5;ShorelineStartOffset=0.01;ShorelineThickness=0.015;MountainGeneralTreesPercent=0.15;TerrainScaleMultiplier=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f,Z=1.0f);SnowBiomeLocation=(X=0.7f,Y=0.7f);RWForestBiomeLocation=(X=0.35f,Y=0.35f);NorthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);SouthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=1.0f);EastRegion1Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);EastRegion1End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3End=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f);WestRegion1Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.0f);WestRegion1End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3End=(X=0.25f,Y=1.0f)

    If you'd like to learn more about PGMs, please check out our quick start guide:

    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 82 is...

    THE GOOD GUYS by Lame Wolf Productions!

    and...

    CRAGG'S ISLAND BARBER SHOPPE by Myndmelt Gaming!

    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 82 is… 

    ARK EMPIRE STATE BUILDING! by RYANT1UM!

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

    Fan Feature!

    WATER BASE EXPANSION | ARK Survival Evolved [S3 Ep10] by The Axe Man

    Ragnarok - A Second Look - Map Tour - Ark Survival Evolved by MeeMaw

    Library of Alexandria - Base Design - Comic Coloring (ARKitect) by Wolf Angelus

    Oscar's Birthday Cake!

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    Lady and her Mount by Violet
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    Shitty artWORK by DeltaLEDminer
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    Copperratops :D by Okim
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    Pulmino by Okim
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    Copper Drake by Okim
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    In ya face! by Morgengrau
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    Allo VS Ptera by WIM
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    Purlovia VS Chalicotherium by WIM
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    Kapro by WIM
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    Dilo's by Nameless BE
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    ARK by GR15
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    FerrifervensTroglodytes(Nova) by kazmanian45
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    Dossier Preview 3 by kazmanian45
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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:

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/survivetheark
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    Much love,
    Wildcard Jen, Jat, & the ARK: Survival Evolved Team

    :Jerblove:

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    12 hours ago, xmrmeow said:

    When I saw the question about shoulder mount snails I thought of having a mini-snail, and now I just want mini versions of all the dinos. Tek shrink ray anyone? Who wouldn't want a shoulder mount t-rex?

    That would be awesome but I'm not sure how well that fits in. I know there's a mod for mini animals but it only has a few

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    8 hours ago, BrownbeardMSTK said:

    Yeah he doesnt answered my questions too -_- So long time no Digest and so low questions got answered

    Welp, I guess we have to wait, and wait, and wait…

    I will destroy them if its not answered by 2018!

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    Amazing stuff :D

    Must be really interesting without all the tames and stuff, will definitely try it someday. Also love the stuff that you are planning to implement. Marketing system would be really good idea. But I also don't like that game still has a lot of bugs and crashes, and instead of fixing that you are just adding more stuff. Maybe make a month without new stuff or just little bit and put all your man power to fixing problems on hand and are well known.

     

    Keep the good work!

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    15 hours ago, casperpretbek said:

    can we get security camera's on Ark that should be really nice!:D

     

    Yeah...not bad idea...We had an ally tribe that was raiding allies at night. Ofcourse turrets and xplants doesn't shoot...so they just throw few grades and steal everything.

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    15 hours ago, spiritpaw said:

    You guys are doing great! I love this game! Can't wait for the horse!

    I personally like my Dino's looking at me. Can't we fix that problem a different way? I love that when I walk up to my creatures they check me out l poking for goodies or attention. Makes it feel more real. 

    So how about that hot bar whistle for consoles? Please? 

     

       

    I have been saying for sometime now it would be nice to have a Stop Looking At Me whistle. As for whistles on the hotbar for console, I agree. Please.

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    First Queston

    Can we get a DinoCountMultiplier added it's needed badly the spawn ratio is out of control or can we have a DinoCountMultipler added so we can choose what Dinos we want to spawn to help limit the ones that spawn more types than others.

    Second Question
    Dino wipes are great but can we get a new wipe feature that doesn't affect TAMING while its nice to wipe the server perodictly it's not fun hearing players get upset a wipe was processed and their current tame was wiped along with it.

    Third Question 
    Any ETA or news about 3rd party hosting using real servers rather than using a console as a server.

    Fourth Question
    Can we have a Spear Gun or a Harpoon added to the weapon list for underwater use.

    Fifth Question

    Will you add player count multiplier added to private server to limit the amount of players that connect.

    Sixth Question 
    Hosting a server in the USA is their away to add an option of a country filter to deny connections to the server and or by ping rates that we can set that if the ping is not within an excepted range they'll be auto denied if not this is something we can do as a user using a firewall.

    Seventh Question
    When adding new NPC items to the game and the website can we go back to using Item ID rather than having to type out the long blueprint path to obtain the item or at least have a function in the system to remember the history of whats been typed in to the console on PLAYSTATION

    Eigth Question
    The most asked thing on a server can we get a scroll feature added to the chat box to look at past typed chat history if possible


    Just an off the wall question what do these all mean when SetPlayerCheat is set to true you get this values

    NPC
    ACTIVE
    DEAD
    HIBERNATED
    STASISED
    PLAYER ACTOR

    Thank you for allowing us to have this section to talk with you developers this game is the best game to ever hit console.


     

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    Love the Q and A part. I have a question/suggestion as well. When transferring servers on PS4, would you consider making it so Saddles and costumes do not have to be removed from the dino before uploading? I transfer a lot from the island to SE and back and most of the time my inventory is quite packed as it is. Having to lug a 20weight saddle just to reequip it again on the other side is quite annoying. To be clear, I'm just talking about the items that go in the top right corner of the dino inventory pane, not the actually inventory itself. To add to this, it would be nice if there was an extra slot up there for the tracking device to go. I've lost so many tracking devices on dinos because I'm always doing something that requires a quick march and only grab the saddle. Or make tracking devices permanent like the implant. Just a few ideas :) keep up the great work.

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    14 hours ago, GamerPerfection said:

     

    No ANSEL this week? I'll re-submit next week, I suspect there was not enough people submitting this week.

    I am thinking this wasn't the case as at least three of us entered who commented here entered, then there are at least three more who typically do, in addition to some newer entrants. I get the feeling they just didn't want to download, upload, and post all the images. I personally feel it to be somewhat inconsiderate to those of us who spent the time to take/upload/email that they couldn't spend two seconds to write a sentence as to what happened and just sweep it under the rug and ignore those who asked what happened, especially when many of us are regular contributors. Definitely a bit disappointed that they also choose to ignore those who asked what happened to it and that they don't feel guilty with ignoring or just sweeping it under the rug.  If it was me, I would include a sentence just to not leave things out in the dark. I am sure those who were waiting on the Digest would feel the same way as a single sentence as to the situation from their last comment three weeks ago would go a long way rather than making them appear like they ignore their player base and not care. It's just a bad business practice and I can't say they exactly get a passing grade on many aspects of their business management practices on the public relations components. I do hope they re-evaluate their PR and communications some day as in the long run, this is one of the most critical elements for long term business success and what separates those who have a short run, and those who last long. That is especially true in a market with many survival games that all feel the same, where individual qualities will be the stand-out point.

    Just something interesting for thought. False advertisement of a contest is against legal business practices, regardless of the purpose as the wording currently makes it a legally binding invitation and promotion. As contests are considered under marketing laws, they would be in trouble for having falsely advertised said contest and not honoring it. The problem comes from having honored three of the advertised contest and leaving the fourth out as it would be seen as sort of a "package" in simple terms. Just something interesting to think upon, some courses in business law really shed some light as to legal issues for even simple things that are innocent at face value but can have consequences. Even simple things that may seem innocent can have legal complications.

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    16 hours ago, TR-8R said:

    They avoided question about the fate of grabbing attack in PvE.......

    I understand the problems with people grabbing dinos as others are trying to tame it, but completely removing it removes one of argys most liked thing about them..... oh well, I guess we will wait and see what they will do.

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    To be honest , i have complicated feeling for the dev , they did awesome jobs but on the other hand i dislike how they treat PvE badly as well as some of the worst customer service i have ever seen .

    Like my question about grabbing attack in PvE , dev too scare to give a clear answer cus someone gonna make a fuss about it ( don't look at me , i gonna accept theirs judgement ) . However , better let the player know the reason as well as theirs final verdict , rather than making player hope that they will change ( which likely not happen ) .

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    8 hours ago, Wolf Angelus said:

    I am thinking this wasn't the case as at least three of us entered who commented here entered, then there are at least three more who typically do, in addition to some newer entrants. I get the feeling they just didn't want to download, upload, and post all the images. I personally feel it to be somewhat inconsiderate to those of us who spent the time to take/upload/email that they couldn't spend two seconds to write a sentence as to what happened and just sweep it under the rug and ignore those who asked what happened, especially when many of us are regular contributors. Definitely a bit disappointed that they also choose to ignore those who asked what happened to it and that they don't feel guilty with ignoring or just sweeping it under the rug.  If it was me, I would include a sentence just to not leave things out in the dark. I am sure those who were waiting on the Digest would feel the same way as a single sentence as to the situation from their last comment three weeks ago would go a long way rather than making them appear like they ignore their player base and not care. It's just a bad business practice and I can't say they exactly get a passing grade on many aspects of their business management practices on the public relations components. I do hope they re-evaluate their PR and communications some day as in the long run, this is one of the most critical elements for long term business success and what separates those who have a short run, and those who last long. That is especially true in a market with many survival games that all feel the same, where individual qualities will be the stand-out point.

    Just something interesting for thought. False advertisement of a contest is against legal business practices, regardless of the purpose as the wording currently makes it a legally binding invitation and promotion. As contests are considered under marketing laws, they would be in trouble for having falsely advertised said contest and not honoring it. The problem comes from having honored three of the advertised contest and leaving the fourth out as it would be seen as sort of a "package" in simple terms. Just something interesting to think upon, some courses in business law really shed some light as to legal issues for even simple things that are innocent at face value but can have consequences. Even simple things that may seem innocent can have legal complications.

    It was just a question, I don't really care about the answer to be honest because I'll just enter the work I did next week, no big deal!

    You act as if people wasted time taking their ANSEL shots.... no time has been wasted, just submit next week.

    Jeez, when people miss the opportunity to win a bit of money y'all go crazy with false advertisement and such.

    I prefer the days when people submitted for fun.

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    13 hours ago, casperpretbek said:

    can we get security camera's on Ark that should be really nice!:D

     

     

    12 hours ago, sklemen said:

    Yeah...not bad idea...We had an ally tribe that was raiding allies at night. Ofcourse turrets and xplants doesn't shut...so they just throw few grades and steal everything.

    yeaah even on pve its usefull to see what's around your base and if someone is knocking on your door you can see who it is

    I only don't think it possible to watch it back 

    but I think to just see it straight on a screen is possible 

    hope I get answer soon haha:D

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    11 hours ago, Murkingamers said:

    First Queston

    Can we get a DinoCountMultiplier added it's needed badly the spawn ratio is out of control or can we have a DinoCountMultipler added so we can choose what Dinos we want to spawn to help limit the ones that spawn more types than others.

    Second Question
    Dino wipes are great but can we get a new wipe feature that doesn't affect TAMING while its nice to wipe the server perodictly it's not fun hearing players get upset a wipe was processed and their current tame was wiped along with it.

    Third Question 
    Any ETA or news about 3rd party hosting using real servers rather than using a console as a server.

    Fourth Question
    Can we have a Spear Gun or a Harpoon added to the weapon list for underwater use.

    Fifth Question

    Will you add player count multiplier added to private server to limit the amount of players that connect.

    Sixth Question 
    Hosting a server in the USA is their away to add an option of a country filter to deny connections to the server and or by ping rates that we can set that if the ping is not within an excepted range they'll be auto denied if not this is something we can do as a user using a firewall.

    Seventh Question
    When adding new NPC items to the game and the website can we go back to using Item ID rather than having to type out the long blueprint path to obtain the item or at least have a function in the system to remember the history of whats been typed in to the console on PLAYSTATION

    Eigth Question
    The most asked thing on a server can we get a scroll feature added to the chat box to look at past typed chat history if possible


    Just an off the wall question what do these all mean when SetPlayerCheat is set to true you get this values

    NPC
    ACTIVE
    DEAD
    HIBERNATED
    STASISED
    PLAYER ACTOR

    Thank you for allowing us to have this section to talk with you developers this game is the best game to ever hit console.


     

    There is a thread for you to post questions for the digest.

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    @Jen Will you guys ever revamp the building mechanics. Like allowing us less restrictions. And if you are when an we expect it?

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    4 minutes ago, Filofo said:

    @Jen Will you guys ever revamp the building mechanics. Like allowing us less restrictions. And if you are when an we expect it?

    Please read the post above you as to where to post questions.

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    16 minutes ago, GamerPerfection said:

    Please read the post above you as to where to post questions.

    Ya sorry, I read it after I posted mine. SOrry to waste your time.

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    We plan to add a way to transport fish (wild or otherwise). 

    Does this means aquariums? Would be awesome to have aquariums :x.

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    35 minutes ago, Pharoa said:

    What are those servers for? 

    They explained what the servers are for in the first 2 paragraphs of the OP.

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    So even more of the map is gonna become no build zones jesus christ like there isnt enough already the drop zone build block ruined half of the map as it is 

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    Is it me or is this Ark Digest just a cake to keep us looking away from a certain game that just ''released'' ???

    Seems like elements (Dynamic-Length Briges) have been in the work for about a year, a year and half...but there is like 20 items the developers just said yes to like it was really no big deal...once again, just to keep players hoping, believing and staying on Ark while more and more competition is out there. 

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    I do hope the Piranhas get tamed. I've been hyped about it ever since it was announced. I love the little ankle biters. ;w;

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