hollander Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I find it very plausible to read actually. For myself im used to play official, its more the unexpecting part of official that i really like. and for harvesting rates its a pretty hard grind. Even with x2, but numbers of people in your tribe can compesate that ofcourse. i would like to play unofficial, more because of orb. Which i find an attractive way of playing, but then yet again your bound to an admin. it has its benefits though compared to official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edskelly Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 I played official till they made legacy saves available, now we have the save file hosted. We have wiped the map of all other tribes and set all the rates to match weekend evolution events. After playing on a clean map with just our bases and no lag or trolls I will never go back to official pve btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRaa Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I personally play official because well, it's official and that means the game is at original mode or function and Everything that is implemented or changed in terms of gameplay is thoroughly analysed by the Devs to better our experience, that's what i used to think at least, Latest news are making me think otherwise. Edit: Truth is Unofficial is way better because if you know the admin and he can be trusted you're in for a blast without 255 ping and many other problems with official with few mods to better the experience, nothing too overpoweredExactly why I play official. Ark is a very time consuming game and I don't put that trust into an administrator who at any time could decide ark isn't for them anymore and shut the server down. Also admins can and will cheat. It's human nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friesian Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I like playing official (pve) servers because, for the most part, I like gaming with other people. I liked that other people could see my original builds and I liked seeing what other people built. I also liked giving away eggs and helping other people out. However, that’s about where my like for official ends. My small tribe finally threw in the towel and rented our own server for various reasons. Which having nothing to do with official being “too hard.” Quality of life is so much better. Although I do miss trading with other people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DJRone89 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 2 hours ago, CaptainRaa said: On 22/11/2017 at 12:53 PM, Soulgure said: I personally play official because well, it's official and that means the game is at original mode or function and Everything that is implemented or changed in terms of gameplay is thoroughly analysed by the Devs to better our experience, that's what i used to think at least, Latest news are making me think otherwise. Edit: Truth is Unofficial is way better because if you know the admin and he can be trusted you're in for a blast without 255 ping and many other problems with official with few mods to better the experience, nothing too overpowered Exactly why I play official. Ark is a very time consuming game and I don't put that trust into an administrator who at any time could decide ark isn't for them anymore and shut the server down. Also admins can and will cheat. It's human nature. So you’re saying 100% of unofficials have admin abuse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator invincibleqc Posted December 4, 2017 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just now, DJRone89 said: So you’re saying 100% of unofficials have admin abuse? There is no such as "abuse" because they are on their own servers and are free to do whatever they wants. But I do see where CaptainRaa is coming from, there is less risks of admins spawning items/dinos to dominate that PvP game on officials than there is on an unofficial server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthemikx Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 me personally for our team, we stop playing on the official servers because they have no respect. Especially being Alpha on the map they were always after us. We all give up and we have computers waiting for the Crossplay to play privately. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
botterle Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Got my own server cluster with rag as home map and the second one to switch maps. Rates on officials are scaring me off. I dont have it set high but a bit higher like 2/3x only thing thats rly high is the maturationspeed (like 4 hours to raise a giga, 1h for a wyvern....) also i enjoy some mods like classic flyer, s+,...., nothing OP. Also got my edited beacons to make it more suitable for single players/small tribes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivar Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I used to play official when the the game was still in Early Access, but the constant rubber-banding, lag, disconnects and overall toxic behavior of people on these servers quickly drove me to unofficial where I hopped around some servers before eventually running my own server. The rates are too slow for me as well on official. I'm totally fine with the difficulty, but I simply do not have the time available to spend days waiting on a tame, egg or the raising of dinosaurs. Which is why I've tweaked my own server to still provide all challenges and difficulties the game offers you, just at a faster pace. And it's not a decision I regret. I can understand there's people that want to deal with all of this and enjoy the game, I don't. And I'm happy we have the choice in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maze Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Fortunately, the two servers we used to play on, survived the first batch of legacy-treatment. So we kept in doing what we did. Three month later, we decided to leave legacy behind. We were only three ppl in our tribe all the way along. We initially didn't intend on giving our stuff away, yet someone must've been at our base to not have anything despawn. Though, nothing got claimed. I made a post in these forums to give everything away for free. Surprisingly, no real interest has been in all of that. Another two weeks later, I logged in again just to see that only the metal foundations and our Tek Replicator and Transmitter were left. I asked in global if someone wants the remaining element for free and not even that had any interest. Long story short, we since play on an unofficial highly boosted PVP Server as the merchant (PVE) tribe, trading dinos and gear for everyone else fight with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AName Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 i played officials until 2 months after release. the new shiny servers made it pretty mutch impossible to play to me, rest of my tribe allready gave up and i didnt feel like keeping the ashes. had a nice time on legacy, didnt mind the grind, the toxidity and everything else around officials - do mind 255+ and tamecap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpintern Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I play on my dedicated server. I have the rates up slightly and the carry weight up significantly because my tribemate and I prefer building stuff rather than "surviving". We both work and I have kids so I don't play enough to stay on official servers. I also don't have any issues at all with lag or disconnects on a dedicated server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrySaltire Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Used to play official for some reason. Liked the fact that you could meet anyone from anywhere in the world about on the server. Also I didnt really like the idea of finding a good unofficial server and chose an official for longevity. I did enjoy my time there even with various lag problems occasionally. Then legacy happened and so I quit, wasnt putting that much investment into official again. Floundered around single player for a bit then bought a server or two when it became a thing for xbox for me and a group of close friends. Ment I had full control of the server and could have much more civilised rates lol. Now having a blast on Ragnarok and Aberation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave192 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I play Officla PvE mainly because i play solo and solo PvP is just asking for punishment (and probably my lack of social skills). Spent a good 800h trying PvP but being offline raided or just decimated by Alphas just got tiresome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esquire1980 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Have my own PVE/PVP cluster with The Island, The Center, Scorched Earth, and Rag. Soon to have Ab this coming weekend (waited until the bug fixes got in). We move from server to server just like going from Naboo to Dath back on SWG. I play unofficial so I can install my own server settings (have this cluster set up more like a MMORPG and not so much survival). I can semi-reverse nerfs to keep the game consistent and have 29 mods currently installed. A lot of building mods, auto-run, Stark Wars, Stargates, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcreif Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Player Dedicated PVP. I like the aspects of PVP that you don't get in PVE but on official it's just too brutal where on Dedicated it's much more civilized. Closer to real life IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm81 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 6 hours ago, CrackerJackx13 said: Sound off! Do you Play Official Servers (pvp pve) or Player Dedicated Servers? Why? I used to play both but found unofficial servers to be either always dead or riddled with admin abuse. So now I play it safe and play just on official servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edskelly Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Unofficial, hosting the legacy save of the official server I played on. For a few reasons.I didn't want to start again after having tek tier, imprinted gigas and very high end bps etc. I got sick of the lag and pillared maps. And most of all the poor customer support, from taking weeks to fix servers that are crashing and rolling back, replacing lost dinos and toons and even the simple things like taking 2 hours+ for a server to go down for a patch when they put up a message saying 10 minutes. The old release a patch an hour after a evolution breeding event starts always had me thinking the devs are just trolling us too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadnaught Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Play on official pve right now, I have dabbled in unofficial pvp a few times and encountered the main complaints others have posted: admin abuse and servers disapearing or just going dead for player count. The officials have many aspects i dislike such as the lag and the amount of toxic people but the consistency of having a large player count to trade and interact with has not been replicated on any of the unofficial servers i have played on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrackerJackx13 Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Why Did you Stop Playing Official Servers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zederia Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 they wiped both of mine... terrible support, griefing is common-place... (I could go on) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milsurp Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 The people suck. PvP patrols the newbie beaches on wyverns ffs. PvE builds megabases all over the best-looking spots and resource areas. Last server someone claimed Viking Bay. The whole effing bay. Which is a recommended starting spawn ffs. You can't argue with crazy. All you can do is take yourself elsewhere, even if it's to another game entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregoPeck Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 PVP/Tribal warfare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisispreston Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Because human beings are generally just kinda garbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaskur Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Pvp has changed since the cross server transfer was enabled. I´m sick of tribes from certain nations that are not allowed to be mentioned, just to wait for you to be offline an then wiping everything pvp mentality sucks. It´s just about wiping. Everything is far too time consuming. as soon as you´re offline somebody will try to raid you. so you allways have to have sombody online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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