SmokeyB Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Everyone is playing a building game but hardly anyone can build good. Tired of seeing uncreative square boxes everywhere , can you all please try build some nicer things , its better for you to live in and its more fun for people to raid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShrekosaurusRex Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 I agree, but keep in mind a lot of people play PvP, and it’s quite time consuming, and difficult, to build a base that’s good looking and hard to raid. PS: Ark is not, has never been, and will never be a ‘building game’. Sure, it has building in it, but the main focus is survival and dinosaurs. It’s not Minecraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sissyl Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 for me it's an Building with dinosaurs game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brayn Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Give me a way with the current build system to make a structure that is easier to protect against blind spots and can fit wyvs, rexes and tons of war tames so that they cannot be hover sniped and I'll build it. Big boxes are just the most efficient and safest way to build a pvp base. We usually have a smallish PvE house nearby for posterity, but big boxes are the only guaranteed viable build option currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AName Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 honestly dont care if ppl dislike the look of my buildings, prefer to put my time into taming/breeding. the only reason i didnt life in a box is that besides building there isnt mutch to do while dinocap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivar Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 21 minutes ago, SmokeyB said: Everyone is playing a building game but hardly anyone can build good. Tired of seeing uncreative square boxes everywhere , can you all please try build some nicer things , its better for you to live in and its more fun for people to raid We have an Octagon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowgirl Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 For me personally, functionality overshadows beauty. on the outside my base looks like a horrific mess, but inside it is made for my ease of use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFox91 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 I hardly see this as a "main" problem with Ark. Click bait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyB Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 34 minutes ago, Brayn said: Give me a way with the current build system to make a structure that is easier to protect against blind spots and can fit wyvs, rexes and tons of war tames so that they cannot be hover sniped and I'll build it. Big boxes are just the most efficient and safest way to build a pvp base. We usually have a smallish PvE house nearby for posterity, but big boxes are the only guaranteed viable build option currently. Yeah I get what you are saying but you can still make the big box look different. Put turret towers on the top , sniper positions , have some hidden rooms and maybe a sloped roof section somewhere. It is possible to have a well defended good looking base (well maybe before this turret nerf lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivar Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 It's definitely possible to deviate from the standard box and still be protect-able. But it's also not obvious to do, and more often than not you are fighting the build system and snap-points to get the pieces where you want them to be. Not to mention, when you're going for these....special forms, placing pipes and cables becomes a lot harder, and sometimes impossible because the game doesn't allow you to snap where you want to. This is a distance view of our base. We've basically created 3 hexagons against each other. The small right one is our kitchen and food storage, the center one houses the Tek Replicate and vaults, and the back one is the furnace for smelting metal etc. It's spatious, has everything but it took quite a lot of effort to build. And I'm pretty sure the base is riddled with blind spots from the turrets on the roof and the plants, but at least it's keeping us safe at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStrip Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 tbf, ark's building system is so rudimentary and unsophisticated that it discourages people from building creative yet functional builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaProiettile Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 A square box is the way to go for PVP. Roleplayer castles tend to die fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagicBean Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 It would be better if we were provided with more building pieces. It's very limited. Also, building is so time consuming and exhausting that sometimes you just want to finish the damn base, not spend extra time and effort on making it look fancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLARGHH Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 In the future they'll add more from mods. you could always try some mods, they have a lot of different structures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brayn Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 20 hours ago, Olivar said: It's definitely possible to deviate from the standard box and still be protect-able. But it's also not obvious to do, and more often than not you are fighting the build system and snap-points to get the pieces where you want them to be. Not to mention, when you're going for these....special forms, placing pipes and cables becomes a lot harder, and sometimes impossible because the game doesn't allow you to snap where you want to. This is a distance view of our base. We've basically created 3 hexagons against each other. The small right one is our kitchen and food storage, the center one houses the Tek Replicate and vaults, and the back one is the furnace for smelting metal etc. It's spatious, has everything but it took quite a lot of effort to build. And I'm pretty sure the base is riddled with blind spots from the turrets on the roof and the plants, but at least it's keeping us safe at the moment. My big box base holds 35 rexes, 3 wyverns, 2 quetzals, a spino, paracer, 15 megatheriums and 12 theris plus other random small dinos... I'd have to build 300-500 additional structures to make it look pretty... on top of the 500 walls, 300 ceilings foundations etc. it already has... Your base looks nice and seems defendable, as a workshop, not a dino pen. Sick titano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger1 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Time is usually a constraint on most PVP builds, and boxes are easy to wrap one's head around quickly. Historically though, a star or plus shape was considered to be far superior to a box shape for fortifications with static defenses. Just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rororoxor Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I would devote more effort into building if it would take less engram points to learn a new base building structure. Some items, such as sloped walls, shouldn't cost any engram points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshi Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, Ranger1 said: Time is usually a constraint on most PVP builds, and boxes are easy to wrap one's head around quickly. Historically though, a star or plus shape was considered to be far superior to a box shape for fortifications with static defenses. Just sayin' Star shape requires active defence. if you have ppl/players actively protecting star it will give them bigger advantage over attackers. Problem with Ark is that bases are raided offline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brayn Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 22 minutes ago, Ranger1 said: Time is usually a constraint on most PVP builds, and boxes are easy to wrap one's head around quickly. Historically though, a star or plus shape was considered to be far superior to a box shape for fortifications with static defenses. Just sayin' I like what you're sellin mister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger1 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 14 minutes ago, Meshi said: Star shape requires active defence. if you have ppl/players actively protecting star it will give them bigger advantage over attackers. Problem with Ark is that bases are raided offline. Very true, although the overlapping fields of fire benefit turrets greatly as well. More firepower coming in from more angles, but as you say there are other considerations as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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