Paradise Lost

[TheShadowHand00]

*If you are looking into the admin position, please referto the 4th post on this thread.*

Paradise is accepting new Survivors to join us. Currently the server has an active player base around 30 steady survivors spread across multiple time zones.  Since we have changed the server map to The Center, there is space for another 10 to 20 players to join us witbout raising the ping.

As an admin team it is our aim to create a community of gamers that play Ark to it’s full extent.  Survival Evolved has boundless opportunities, extensive details, and vicious tactics.  So come and join us in our effort to fabricate a server that allows players to survive and thrive how they wish.  Depict your genius by building an epic fortress that’s impenetrable. Join to prove your mettle as you create a tribe worthy of war.  Rule your territory with an iron fist. Or use intricate tactics to claim the resources of others leaving them baffled and robbed.  Band together to reach artifacts and defeat legendary creatures, or stand alone as a sole survivor capable of thriving by your own hand. Whatever the cast you take or role you play, you are welcome here.  So come and escape to a Paradise Lost.
 

Events:
We want to be sure that our server is player driven.  We have in the past, produced servers with elaborate neutral zones or massive arenas.  However  we find that these structures often limit players in base creation and placement.
So instead, what we will be doing is keeping events very simple, but still extremely enjoyable.

-Big Game Hunts:
Players will be able to track down vicious admin generated creatures holding loot and treasures. Slay them and keep the rewards.
-Tribe Battles:
Meet enemy tribes on the field of battle to fight to the death. Strike down the others and keep what you kill.  As well as earn bonus loot for being the winning tribe.
-Experience Boosted Event Dates:
Periods of time will be posted, during which you can leap ahead in levels.

Admin Team:
We have too often played on servers where the admins are nothing more than Alpha Tribes with console commands. We refuse to be like this ourselves. To ensure that we work for the benefit of the server and not ourselves, admin members are not permitted to raid, claim territory, or interfere with the daily lives of the survivors.  We are a supportive role of moderators that will assist players only in matters of events or extreme cases of trolling or harassment.  If you ever have questions on rules or wish to report something, the team operates on only the following game tags.

ParadiseLost00 – As the server game tag.
ShadowHand00 – As the admin control.

Please contact us, and we will work to assist you. Please do understand that we have families and obligations in real life, so though we will respond as quickly as we are capable, we are occasionally unavailable for short periods of time.
 

Server Population:
We aim to keep a fun but challenging culture of gamers. This is a PVPVE server, so yes you will have conflict with other survivors.  However we do not condone harassment, base wipes, or griefing. 
Since the admin team does not directly interfere with players it is our suggestion to reach out to your fellow survivors for assistance in game based challenges.  Such as fighting back assaults or kicking down doors to take back what was stolen from you.  Ark is a game of diplomacy as much as it is of war and crafting. Choose your allies well and your enemies better.

The Settings:
We have geared the game to promote building and taming.  A full breakdown is below, but here is a quick description.  We have moderately increased gathering and taming, while decreasing crop growth time, crop decay speed, and resource respawn time; as well as decreased timers for egg laying and hatching/mature speed.  Experience has a limited boost.  These settings are to promote a faster paced game in regards to building and crafting.  However keeping the experience boost lower helps to ensure that hard work and effort pays off, as we believe it should be in Ark.

Breakdown:
Difficulty 1.0
XP 3.0
Tame Speed 7.0
Harvest Amount 2.5
Resource Respawn Radius 0.5
Resource Respawn Time 0.5
Dino Harvest 4.0
Crop Growth 2.0
Crop Decay 0.5
Egg Lay Interval 0.5
Egg Hatch Speed 6.5
Mature Speed 6.5
Player and tamed Dino weight per level is increased as well as player stamina and health per level.
There are minor changes additional to this that we felt unnecessary to list.

Contact us:
If you wish to join please contact us through Xbox.  Just send us a message, and if possible please include your tribe name.  Or if you need any additional information please do not hesitate to reach out to us.

Our main line of communication is:
ParadiseLost00

This account is managed by Xbox Smart glass.
Also you can request to join the Xbox Club for the server. This is a great way to keep updated with events since we are only allowed to post on the forums once every 24 hours.  Use the feed to see what’s going on in game, and use the chat for general communication, trade, or threatening promises.
 
The club name is.... yep you guessed it:
Paradise Lost Server
 

[TheShadowHand00]

Alright Survivors! The store will be functioning soon!
Here is a breakdown of how the Specimen Implant Currency works. 

Implant       Tribe registered/Tribe unregistered 
Standard Implant                 2/1
Registered Survivors           6/3
Alpha Tribe                         10/5

The declared Alpha Tribe will receive a 15% in store. Tribe must agree to Alpha status.

For those that are more PVE than PVP, we are working on a currency involving APEX items as well. Thanks for your patience. 

 

 

               Registered Tribe List:

Alpha Tribe - NWA 

TRIBE                         MEMBERS

The Royal Gaurd       (2) Lu / Khal Drago

Saviors                       (5) Negan/FarmerJoe/Hillary Clinton/Dark Revenence/Vortex

Death Watch             (2) Dred Vizsla / Jaro Vizsla

 

               Store pricing is as follows.

Items:              Single Unit/Blueprint
Primitive                          2/4
Ramshackle                    3/6
Apprentice                      5/10
Journeyman                   8/16
Master Craft                 12/24
Ascendant                    15/30

Kibble: 
Units per Implant by Dino Egg size used in recipe.
Small: 4
Medium: 3
Large: 2
Massive: 1

Max Tame Dino: 
By size of tame
Small: 25
Medium: 50
Large: 75
Massive: 100

*Explosives of any kind will not be sold in the store. We promote war, not base wipes*

 

[TheShadowHand00]

Server Rules 

1.) No handouts.

-It's a survival game, and though you are capable of earning rewards, we do not swaddle our players.

2.) The Server is PVPVE

-We do not want to eliminate how players survive in the game. However we do not condone base wipes or constant harassment.  Raiding is encouraged, needlessly killing tames in excess is frowned upon. Blowing an entire structure to bits takes no skill, it only shows a lack of hostile creativity. We hope you are better than that.

3.) "The Green Light"

-Admins do not take direct actions in the server, therefore we do not punish rule breakers ourselves. Instead if a player or tribe has broken the first two rules, they will have a "Green Light" put on them. Durring this time all respectful rules of engagement against them are suspended.  Do with them what you like.

[TheShadowHand00]

Active Tribe List:

The Saviors(3):

   -Negan/Cloxxx/Hillary Clinton

Death Watch (2):

   -Dred Vizsla/Jaro Vizsla

Only A Little Bitchin(3):

   -Evil Incarnate/Slanger/Fawndler

The Royal Guard(3):

   -Lu/Kyhal Drogo

Sun Bros(6):

   -Tevlok, Shadow, Angel, Skut, Xeno, Bloody.

NWA(6):

   -Zack, Mothra, Tree, Ditch, Kbp, Turt.

[Tevlok]

Could you add SunBros to the list? Members are Tevlok, Shadow, Angel, Skut, Xeno, Bloody. Thanks!

 

[TheShadowHand00]

Congratulations NWA! You have over taken the Title of Alpha Tribe!