ARK Digest Question Submissions!

[Mendoza]

What I'd like to see is a new Tech Tier engram... " Remote Control Implant "

Essentially we will get the ability to become the dino - All you need to do is place a Remote Control Implant on one of your tames (loses half its health upon initial planting of the device, unable to remove without killing it)  The catch is you can only use one device per Dino(hard wired so to speak) and when you activate it (a small button device in your inventory which interacts with your own implant), your real body goes to sleep and you instantly see from the Dino's perspective, able to move it and fight with it.

(Like in Avatar) Of course the downside is your real body is vulnerable.

Now if your thinking this is overpowered with visions of rampaging Giga's - just know that the sleeping vulnerable body is able to be searched with no knowledge of what's going on and the "Button Device" is able to be stolen and essentially the dino with the implant can be hijacked for giggles   of course you will never be able to claim the dino as your own if you then use the device for yourself. If used - the original connection is lost and the sleeping guy will awake to a rude surprise!

If the controlled dino is killed you lose half of your health to sudden shock to the system!  - You can safely stop being the dino at anytime by simply pressing E - Just make sure your dino is somewhere safe (original aggression settings untouched)

[SumNubX]

For the xbox gamers out there, will we be hearing any news about rent able servers anytime soon? 

[KooshieBooshie]

We know that the Titanosaur will be really large, bigger than the Dragon in some ways, so will it need a special extra large gate larger than the behemoth gate, and any size information on it if there will be?

[OnePotatoChip]

Any plans on making hunting more intensive? Herds of skittish herbivores fleeing when you stomp in on your Rex? Defensive herbivores squaring up? I think we should have to track prey, and go about getting food more intelligently. Like crippling a lower level with well placed arrows before sending in your scary carnivore to finish the job. Or shadow other large carnivores until they make a kill and steal it from them! Or, of course, placing traps and snares.

So we've got boomerangs and bolas coming. How about caltrops for discouraging chase? Would be really nice to see in the base game as well as SotF. How about a Plant Turret that targets airborne creatures and launches spores or seeds that sap the flyer's stamina? Ya'know... like a Leech Seed...

 

 

 

[KingOfBronzodia]

are we going to have animations for when we drink water or meds ?

[Leonhardt]

How do you feel about mech suits? With the Tek tier and wide range of sci-fi technologies being introduced, I feel mecha suits would fit in quite well as a sort of "ultimate Anti-Dino weapon" at the end of the long list of Engrams.

I just really really wanna punch a T-Rex with one of these

 

[Mendoza]

Can all flying creatures use up more stamina the heavier their weight load becomes?  This also includes things and creatures placed on top of said flying creatures...Creatures should be able to be picked up judging by their weight plus what they carry not just by their creature type!

[JuicedMachine]

Didn't see anything as I skimmed through here but has there been consideration for shooting while mounted?  My thought on this is the single arm weapons like the pistols could be used and fired while on birds and other mounts while you use the other hand to hold the reigns.  I for one have only used a pistol or other single hand weapons when I first came across them prior to having the ability to craft the AR and other stronger/ranged weapons.  Having the ability to ride around with a low clip, lower damage pistol may encourage the usage of them in game while riding mounts.  Another thing would be to consider letting you use the pike and spears as a way to run buy and either throw single handed or jousting.  You could also add in making the dino handling harder if you are equipped with a single hand weapon as you don't have "both hands on the wheel".

[ThePotatoKing]

Is there going to be more specialized melee weapons in the future?  Like a throwable affected by melee damage, a bleed effect weapon like an obsidian macuahuitl, or a weapon that afflicts a stun or slow.

[Klaahn]

Will the Titanosaur platform saddle have a built in ramp down the side of it or something like that?

It would be cool if we didn't have to build our own way down the massive Dino and take out of the total build limit.

[Shocksamurai]

could wen perhaps have a wild dino spawn rate slider to control population. so over hunting an area could present a new resource management challenge

 

[Shocksamurai]

with the addition of the "off hand" slot for shields could we? should we? dare we? ask for duel wielding? at least for pistols and swords. i feel longer reload time and double stamina drain might make it even.

[Shocksamurai]

a lot of survivors keep asking for  a fish mechanic so i thought why not just use the grappling hook? it has a reel in and reel out function so perhaps altering it so if you shoot  small dinos and fish and press reel in it pulls them to you

 

[Neizan]

Can you add the dynamic sizes for all dinos? (like the dynamic size of the coel fish)

and Can you add wild babies for all dinos? (like the penguins)

 

Please add dynamic sizes and wild babies/adolescents for all creatures with the - Breeding Mechanics Phase 2. Can you do it?

or confirm this to the future?

[FaneBlackwing]

I read somewhere that you guys planned on creating a way to host Xbox servers via PC, do you guys plan on incorporating that sometime soon? I'd love to play on my own Dedicated world with friends, but I don't have an Xbox I can use 24/7 for this, while I have a few PCs sitting around that could do it!

[Hydrexeden]

In the tek tier would it be possible to make wing suits? This would be handy as it would replace parachutes and you could glide off of mountains as a terror bird does. 

 

Also a version of a dragon, i.e fire drake, that could act as a portable refining forge. It could make smelting iron and making oil more fun and easier

[Jaywall]

6 minutes ago, Hydrexeden said:

In the tek tier would it be possible to make wing suits? This would be handy as it would replace parachutes and you could glide off of mountains as a terror bird does. 

 

Also a version of a dragon, i.e fire drake, that could act as a portable refining forge. It could make smelting iron and making oil more fun and easier

I like the hell out of these ideas +1 

[DahDerpasaur]

Can we have it so that some dinos have litters?

Like, most mammals have a litter of 2-8.

Maybe smaller animals have the bigger litters, and bigger mammals have smaller litters.

Like a mesopithicus will have 6-8 babies, and a saber cat will have 2-3 babies, will mammoths only have one.

[DahDerpasaur]

Can we have resting animations for dinos (Tamed and Wild), I think they shouldn't be standing up all the time.

[Hope]

Will Survival of the Fittest ever have warpaint and dyeing armor? It would be great for warpaint and having camo painted on to better blend in.

[AngelicScars]

Could we get a canvas (preferably portrait) that snaps to fridges and storage boxes so we can make signs to designate which box/fridge has what in it (colour coding only takes you so far).

[Neizan]

Can we have bridges officially?

[SkillfulKnave52]

Can you somehow conjure one Dino bigger then titanosaur more curious if you could think of a solid other giga Dino 

[killermaniac09]

I see that moded is coming to consoles via xbox , how exactly are they going to run official servers or will we have to host private ones? 

[Orcsist]

With the addition of the ark official mods system. Will there be modpacks/able to use multiple mods at once?