GerbilRex Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 (If you're on steam it's easy to be find, in Library under your play button) I am just honestly interested about this. Don't think you're gonna get judged since we all got the game at different times. I've been on 110 hours, got the game in late earlyA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerbilRex Posted October 8, 2017 Author Share Posted October 8, 2017 for some reason this posted twice I have no idea why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YseraTheDreamer Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 3106 hours in total... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfSlabBacon Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Hours total, I'd have to add up 3 different accounts, SOTF hours for 2 accounts, then guess how many hours I've spent using my son's account... About 3500 I'd assume. Years, probably around 2 years to the day right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rmmc1203 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I've had the game since the Steam Summer Sale in July 2017. I think I bought on the 2nd. Anyways, I have 259 hours on record. I played a tonne for a few weeks, got bored, and I'm sinking my teeth into it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoPeck Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 2409 I've played mostly single player, but I did join an official server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthaNyan Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Steam tracking of hours "played" can be (and in most cases is) vastly incorrect. Many players left their client open for days AFKing during water float breeding exploit times, many players just left game open at title screen and Steam still counted that as time "played". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowgirl Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Almost 3,600 hrs, but I have been playing since July 10th 2015 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoPeck Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, DarthaNyan said: Steam tracking of hours "played" can be (and in most cases is) vastly incorrect. Many players left their client open for days AFKing during water float breeding exploit times, many players just left game open at title screen and Steam still counted that as time "played". That's quite right. I know I've been AFK for some of those hours of mine, or just waiting on a tame or baby to grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfSlabBacon Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 31 minutes ago, DarthaNyan said: Steam tracking of hours "played" can be (and in most cases is) vastly incorrect. Many players left their client open for days AFKing during water float breeding exploit times, many players just left game open at title screen and Steam still counted that as time "played". 26 minutes ago, GregoPeck said: That's quite right. I know I've been AFK for some of those hours of mine, or just waiting on a tame or baby to grow up. Steam doesn't always even log hours. One of my clusters is local only and doesn't show up on the Steam or Ark lists. I've noticed Steam don't always count the hours the account I use on that cluster is active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keogh Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Almost 100 days since xbox release ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodwing1976 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Around 800 hours on pc and about 1 1/2 years on xbox. Could be off on xbox...have 4 accounts on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrescent Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Between Xbox, PC, and PS4 I've managed to rack up 4,300+ hours. 2,900+ go to Xbox, where I've played since release. I've always played single player / non-dedicated, though I put in a short stint on a friend's dedicated. I have active games on all four maps on both consoles, and a slew of private games and recorded map saves on PC... And, the vast majority of those hours are dedicated to breeding and raising my babies. I mention that as a nod to the "time played" discussion above...a lot of my hours are me sitting stationary in my homes, glued to my babies to do their imprinting and keep an eye on the troughs, leaving only to restock because two+ years of breeding experience has done nothing to alleviate my terrible fear that something could go wrong if I leave. Experience and basic math be damned, I'm much, much more comfortable being right by their side, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthaNyan Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 4 hours ago, HalfSlabBacon said: I've noticed Steam don't always count the hours the account I use on that cluster is active. Steam always counts as long as you have connection to the internet and game client is running. It doesnt matter what server you are playing at all. Thats true for all Steam games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkPug Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 2646 hours at the time of posting this, then again a lot of my time was also spent afk breeding, and have had a total of 4 overbreeding disasters so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfSlabBacon Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 1 hour ago, DarthaNyan said: Steam always counts as long as you have connection to the internet and game client is running. It doesnt matter what server you are playing at all. Thats true for all Steam games. Pretty sure it counts hours in game, not hours the program is running. Otherwise you could just have the login screen open and rake up the hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fealthion Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Most days it feels like too long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfiire Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 3305 hours total lol xD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthaNyan Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 8 minutes ago, HalfSlabBacon said: Pretty sure it counts hours in game, not hours the program is running. Otherwise you could just have the login screen open and rake up the hours. Thats how many players lost their right to refund with Steam's "not more than 2 hours to try before refund" policy. And that again applies to all games. As long as you see "<Gamename> - Running" in Steam, then it logs time. Instead of arguing try to launch ark, do not go further than title screen and let it sit in background without connecting anywhere for an hour or two. Steam will log those as "played". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracerBee Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 3631 hours on record. Started playing like 3 years ago (Approx) and took a break in middle. And yeah DarthaNyan is right, that's how steam logs hours, i lost refunds to alot of games like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouSpowells Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 3742 as of right now, much of it prone in a breeding house watching movies on the other monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfSlabBacon Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 8 minutes ago, DarthaNyan said: Thats how many players lost their right to refund with Steam's "not more than 2 hours to try before refund" policy. And that again applies to all games. As long as you see "<Gamename> - Running" in Steam, then it logs time. Instead of arguing try to launch ark, do not go further than title screen and let it sit in background without connecting anywhere for an hour or two. Steam will log those as "played". 5 minutes ago, TracerBee said: 3631 hours on record. Started playing like 3 years ago (Approx) and took a break in middle. And yeah DarthaNyan is right, that's how steam logs hours, i lost refunds to alot of games like that. That is simply rediculous, and also definitely doesn't add up with my experience. I'd have 10x the hours logged in many games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avaraxius Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 i got i since june 25 2016 and got 2901h play time/ in game time in it (not afk), i started playing it accidenly i bought it at sale if i remember it correctly.think i started after a month or so after purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator GP Posted October 9, 2017 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted October 9, 2017 1 hour ago, HalfSlabBacon said: Pretty sure it counts hours in game, not hours the program is running. Otherwise you could just have the login screen open and rake up the hours. If you are at the starting screen of ARK then Steam considers that as "in-game" because you have launched the game. So it will always add to your hours count. Steam doesn't care whether you are playing or not, just that you have the game running. I know quite a few people that have 8k+ hours because they leave it running for hours upon hours quite often at the start screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deaner Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 3527 hours. I've played since june 9th 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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