LilNastyGurl Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Basically, if you had to manually bring an Ankylo to the metal mountains and the volcano without using a Quetzal. You can't mine on the back of a Bronto or Paracer efficiently, and I'm not sure if Pick Mining is faster than Anky mining. Would you be having fun doing it? Would it get your dopamine flowing when you completed it, or would you go "god damn that took way too long?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akamurk Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Wouldn't even try it. lol You can def use a paracer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilNastyGurl Posted March 28, 2017 Author Share Posted March 28, 2017 1 hour ago, akamurk said: Wouldn't even try it. lol You can def use a paracer I'm not sure how, I've experimented on the back of my Paracer's platform and can't seem to get the Anky close enough to the Nodes without falling off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akamurk Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 lower some foundations on it and then ceilings on the sides, put a wall down the side and a ceiling on that to form an L off the side of the paracer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSmollet Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 9 minutes ago, akamurk said: lower some foundations on it and then ceilings on the sides, put a wall down the side and a ceiling on that to form an L off the side of the paracer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAmE Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I don't find Quetzal Metal runs fun, why would I find a process that is, literally, 10x longer, fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usrevenge Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I could put an industrial forge smack Dab in the center of the volcano and I'd still rather quetzal mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacejam Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 my partner in crime hasn't been able to log in a week due to moving houses, we haven't mined for over a week and I ran out of resources a week ago. I've filled my time in by hunt loot drops, alphas, and the elusive high level Rex ( they are the most rare thing in game atm in 2 weeks not one Rex over level 125 has been spotted) I think my server might need a restart as the all the spawns in game seems to be a little off. All 3 titans as stuck in the same spot in the ice they cant go anywhere. Allo's are running around in pack or 6-9 and mammoths are like theris in the snow just everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DinoDash Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I've done it and it's quite an adventure, very fun. Feels like the way your supposed to play the game. The only thing that isn't fun about it is all the bugs and glitches with the terrain and such, if it wasn't for those I'd do it that way all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanyelxp5 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I have my weight bronto (10,400 current weight) follow my Anky and mine the cliffs by my base. Takes a bit of time, but I enjoy it. Wouldn't be fun if I had to travel across the entire map to get to a good spot, but since I can make it to the spot in 2 minutes even at bronto speed.... It's not bad. Thinking about bringing a second bronto so I can clear the whole place instead of just most of it... and that would also make it faster on the return trip since the brontos wouldn't be encumbered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamagh Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 As someone said, why would you find something that takes 10X longer fun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator ciabattaroll Posted March 29, 2017 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted March 29, 2017 4 hours ago, LilNastyGurl said: Basically, if you had to manually bring an Ankylo to the metal mountains and the volcano without using a Quetzal. You can't mine on the back of a Bronto or Paracer efficiently, and I'm not sure if Pick Mining is faster than Anky mining. Would you be having fun doing it? Would it get your dopamine flowing when you completed it, or would you go "god damn that took way too long?" It's very much the only way I've ever mined for metal. Never to the volcano, but to a hill just north of my base. Then again, I've had the benefit of being on my server since the very beginning, so back then when I thought to upgrade the materials of my base, I instead opted to relocate closer to the metal instead of having to do extended trips to and from the node. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilNastyGurl Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 5 hours ago, iAmE said: I don't find Quetzal Metal runs fun, why would I find a process that is, literally, 10x longer, fun? Maybe if you're sadistic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAmE Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 11 minutes ago, LilNastyGurl said: Maybe if you're sadistic? If I'm feeling sadistic I'll go get on a level 300 mosa and swim ( And inevitably die to physics defying eels) around the ocean. Or lose another batch of level 300 Rexes to Medium Dragon in 5 minutes. Plenty of content to cut myself on. I wouldn't call manual Anky farming sadistic, that kind of stuff is a version of non-violent torture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mleii Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 5 hours ago, LilNastyGurl said: Basically, if you had to manually bring an Ankylo to the metal mountains and the volcano without using a Quetzal. You can't mine on the back of a Bronto or Paracer efficiently, and I'm not sure if Pick Mining is faster than Anky mining. Would you be having fun doing it? Would it get your dopamine flowing when you completed it, or would you go "god damn that took way too long?" "Fun" is a subjective term for sure. Up until very recently all the metal runs I did were with an anky and I had forges near metal nodes so it was just as "fun" as my quetz runs doing the same thing. Also one reason I like the Center map more is that the metal resources are more more throughout the map rather than concentrated in specific areas like how they are on the island map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewo Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 In our tribe we don't like quetz much, so we're playing without one since the beginning (on PVE server). About the metal farm, one of our tribe members specialize in melee damage and do all the farm by itself with a whooly rhino to carry the weight. And he has a lot of fun this way ! So we didn't use an ankylo either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayne1973 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 More often then not i used a caravan of paras and a pick axe when i did metal runs and one of them i would put a couple of standard forges on. Idk i just enjoyed the walk perhaps a bit of sight seeing lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dam Son Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 back when scorched earth didn't allow server transfers, our tribe (just 2 guys) had to go back to the traditional way of metal farming. it wasn't fun. for a tribe of 2, our time is kinda limited and the last thing we needed is to waste more time since we had to quickly build up to metal to keep golems away. to make it worse, 90% of the critters in SE wanted a piece of you. since you don't have air superiority, you will have to employ rexes as protection. rexes also aren't really well known to traverse rocky terrain, so they're a constant pain since you had to lead 2 rexes with your mantis (ankys take forever to get there). god help you if you come across a rock elemental and the rexes following you got stuck to one of those little rocks. if I am lucky, my tribemate will drop by with an argy to help unload the rexes, if not so lucky, I have to go back and forth. to sum up my experience in regards of non quetz anky combo metal mining, no, it wasn't really enjoyable. it didn't really enrich my experience in ARK. it didn't build character. what it did was that it slowed everyone down. I am not sure about the rest of the players here, but I ain't got the patience to WALK up and down to get metal for hours with the risk of losing tames. yeah sure, you may say it's a survival game, I have done my fair share of dying at the beginning and I have certainly wisened up and adapted to avoid dying. I have survived enough to avoid the same mistakes I made, and I will be damned if I made the same mistake again. i'd prefer to pwned by other methods, like getting stunlocked to infinity by eels. not walking straight up to a giga thank you. the way the game is developed recently makes me wonder if ARK is even worth the time anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[EG] Comdriver W31 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 10 hours ago, iAmE said: I don't find Quetzal Metal runs fun, why would I find a process that is, literally, 10x longer, fun? same thoughts here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrist14 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 When I first started and got an ankylo I didn't have a quetzal so I walked my ankylo from the east coast swamp all the way up the volcano. Just that walk alone, not to mention the argentavis trips back and forth were enough for me to tame a quetzal lol. It's not even just the extra effort that bothers me, just that it's very inefficient. So much time spent just traveling and not actually gathering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irk Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 It's fun at first. Then after a while you just begin asking, "why am I torturing myself?!" Before the platform nerf, I had a paracer with some Plant X on its platform along with a couple of forges. I'd have it follow me on an anky, farm metal and manually put it in the paracer's inventory, then in to the forges. It was fun for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendoza Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (private server)I recently did a run to the volcano . 2 guys, 2 raptors each (the spare raptors were the decoys if we were attacked by anything super dangerous... We sprinted up the volcano sneaking around threats. We then setup a few forges, smithy and a bed and hand mined to fill up the forges... Then we left for home, coming back to the volcano via fast travel bed to do a little mining here and there... The forges now are stacked full of massive amounts of metal ingots ready for transportation... Next task will be to get a bronto up the mountain with heavy armed escort to retrieve all the metal... I am really enjoying the challenge and danger element to mining this way...rather than fly in fly out instant gratification. There is a greater sense of worth and achievement doing things a more difficult way and coming out on top... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critter Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I'm hoping the platform saddle remains as a setting option for unnoficials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1ngj036 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 mantis quetzal combo? or anky quetzal combo? whicih is better? assuming dual asc pick axes and high melee on both mantis and ankys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diaz1485 Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Yes, I did find it fun. When my tribe was a just 3 members and beginner dinos, we didn't want to risk losing we trekked on foot. We set up on the lake by the red obelisk, so we really had to travel. Our only safest vein on metal was on the south side of the island and had to walk across the marsh and swim on two rivers just to get to it. It was exciting not to know what dangers might be ahead. Also I was known to fall off cliffs and die because I would not see the drop beforehand, so that didn't help lol. Once we crafted a raft it became slightly easier, the down time to travel gave us an opportunity to plan out a method on how to bring back as much metal as we could. Good Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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