DrChicken24 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Hello wonderful survivors! I am thinking about starting singleplayer, as I have always done PVP servers. What are the advantages and disadvantages, along with how fun is singleplayer? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChicken24 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 (I already know that you can't farm as well because of the game going offline instead of running like a server, along with material spawns. I am playing on Xbox, so please don't bring up any mods!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokifeyson Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I guess the best thing is just knowing that your things are safe while your not on, I still prefer to play with others even if they aren't in my tribe so I stick to PDS and play with my friends, half the excitement is showing people what you did and general strategy sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChicken24 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, lokifeyson said: I guess the best thing is just knowing that your things are safe while your not on, I still prefer to play with others even if they aren't in my tribe so I stick to PDS and play with my friends, half the excitement is showing people what you did and general strategy sharing Ok... I can't ever find any good PvE or ORP servers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokifeyson Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Yeah why me and my friends went in on a ps4 for hosting our server on, was a refurbished one from GameStop, and still working good after 2 years now I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChicken24 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, lokifeyson said: Yeah why me and my friends went in on a ps4 for hosting our server on, was a refurbished one from GameStop, and still working good after 2 years now I believe Mm... So anything else I should know about singleplayer? Or should I try to find an ORP server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrescent Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I play almost exclusively single player, and I love it. Just among the things I am so glad to never have contended with from the horror stories are things like tame cap, no building space, lag, jacka** neighbors, trolls or griefers. The appeal for me (aside from being an unsocial recluse, lol) is that I can be the master of my own universe. With all the server settings at your disposal you’re free to customize your experience to your tastes, and choose your challenges. I enjoy being able to build massive sanctuaries - which don’t DC me like a public server, I hear...wherever I choose. I enjoy spending long, uninterrupted days seeking out high level pets, and one of my favorite parts of Ark is breeding. And breeding in single player, I’m not chained to my house and an alarm clock to stop whatever I’m doing and report for imprinting. And I enjoy the peace of mind I get knowing everything stops when I log off for the day, knowing I can pick right back up where I left off next time without fear of chaos cropping up while I’m not there. Those are probably the main advantages for me...hope it gives you some insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wikus Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 6 hours ago, LadyCrescent said: I play almost exclusively single player, and I love it. Just among the things I am so glad to never have contended with from the horror stories are things like tame cap, no building space, lag, jacka** neighbors, trolls or griefers. The appeal for me (aside from being an unsocial recluse, lol) is that I can be the master of my own universe. With all the server settings at your disposal you’re free to customize your experience to your tastes, and choose your challenges. I enjoy being able to build massive sanctuaries - which don’t DC me like a public server, I hear...wherever I choose. I enjoy spending long, uninterrupted days seeking out high level pets, and one of my favorite parts of Ark is breeding. And breeding in single player, I’m not chained to my house and an alarm clock to stop whatever I’m doing and report for imprinting. And I enjoy the peace of mind I get knowing everything stops when I log off for the day, knowing I can pick right back up where I left off next time without fear of chaos cropping up while I’m not there. Those are probably the main advantages for me...hope it gives you some insight. I exclusively play single player for these exact same reasons this poster has. Been doing it for more than a year and still ain't bored. I occasionally join my friend's unofficial server , but the constant lag and disconnects gets to me very quickly and then I go back and rather enjoy SP. SP is freedom of choice with peace and quiet added in , mixed together with smoothness in gameplay. In the end it will depend on a person self. I know some people that simply can't play alone and have to have someone else around and never touches single player. Nothing wrong with that , that's just how some are. I would say try it , and see if you like it. I would suggest though to do some homework on the settings first and decide how you want to balance things. Default settings on SP is a much bigger grind than on servers in a tribe. Remember there is nobody else helping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArianaGaming Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Hello, I use single player as a testing ground. But also stables and such. Try to find your own goal. If you do not you quickly find yourself playing PvP again Regards, Ariana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FraggleRock Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I play single player because I enjoy the idea of building mobile bases on Brontos and Paracers. Plus its good for practicing the art of trapping large dinos and taming them. Definitely need to learn to max settings for dino spawns and lvls. When Im not on single player I play around with idea of doing pvp, but way too many people much better at it than I am. Pvp is still fun though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrySaltire Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 For me single player is great because when you need to log off you can log of and everything stops, doesnt matter if you have have just hatched some thing or not. You can revolve the game around your life not your life around the game, which coming from an ex official player is absolute bliss. I can do what I want and at my own pace without other players interfering. Only problem is it get so darn lonely lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FraggleRock Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 11 minutes ago, AngrySaltire said: Only problem is it get so darn lonely lol Yea that's the biggest issue. Right now I know my mobile base has 3 forges full of metal cooking, on my Bronto, with my Allos gathered around as an escort while metal gathering........ ........but it gets boring after a while without the ridiculous global chat and questions always popping up. So I guess I will need to find a populated unofficial to join, at least 30 people active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrySaltire Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 8 minutes ago, FraggleRock said: Yea that's the biggest issue. Right now I know my mobile base has 3 forges full of metal cooking, on my Bronto, with my Allos gathered around as an escort while metal gathering........ ........but it gets boring after a while without the ridiculous global chat and questions always popping up. So I guess I will need to find a populated unofficial to join, at least 30 people active. I miss the community feel of the PvE server I was on. Chat always being active and people interacting. Loved dropping everything to go and help new spawn ins or going to help others who needed assistance or the server get togethers to take down titans and gigas. "Help theres a titan in my base !" Oh the drama lol. Going to give online play a rest for just now and maybe even give Ark a rest before jumping back online if I ever do. Hate the constant upkeep online play requires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrySaltire Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Also pro tip: Dont get comfy and sucked in to using admin commands. Starts to become an unhealthy habit and takes away alot of gameplay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChicken24 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 8 hours ago, LadyCrescent said: I play almost exclusively single player, and I love it. Just among the things I am so glad to never have contended with from the horror stories are things like tame cap, no building space, lag, jacka** neighbors, trolls or griefers. The appeal for me (aside from being an unsocial recluse, lol) is that I can be the master of my own universe. With all the server settings at your disposal you’re free to customize your experience to your tastes, and choose your challenges. I enjoy being able to build massive sanctuaries - which don’t DC me like a public server, I hear...wherever I choose. I enjoy spending long, uninterrupted days seeking out high level pets, and one of my favorite parts of Ark is breeding. And breeding in single player, I’m not chained to my house and an alarm clock to stop whatever I’m doing and report for imprinting. And I enjoy the peace of mind I get knowing everything stops when I log off for the day, knowing I can pick right back up where I left off next time without fear of chaos cropping up while I’m not there. Those are probably the main advantages for me...hope it gives you some insight. 2 hours ago, Wikus said: I exclusively play single player for these exact same reasons this poster has. Been doing it for more than a year and still ain't bored. I occasionally join my friend's unofficial server , but the constant lag and disconnects gets to me very quickly and then I go back and rather enjoy SP. SP is freedom of choice with peace and quiet added in , mixed together with smoothness in gameplay. In the end it will depend on a person self. I know some people that simply can't play alone and have to have someone else around and never touches single player. Nothing wrong with that , that's just how some are. I would say try it , and see if you like it. I would suggest though to do some homework on the settings first and decide how you want to balance things. Default settings on SP is a much bigger grind than on servers in a tribe. Remember there is nobody else helping. 2 hours ago, ArianaGaming said: Hello, I use single player as a testing ground. But also stables and such. Try to find your own goal. If you do not you quickly find yourself playing PvP again Regards, Ariana 47 minutes ago, FraggleRock said: I play single player because I enjoy the idea of building mobile bases on Brontos and Paracers. Plus its good for practicing the art of trapping large dinos and taming them. Definitely need to learn to max settings for dino spawns and lvls. When Im not on single player I play around with idea of doing pvp, but way too many people much better at it than I am. Pvp is still fun though. 41 minutes ago, AngrySaltire said: For me single player is great because when you need to log off you can log of and everything stops, doesnt matter if you have have just hatched some thing or not. You can revolve the game around your life not your life around the game, which coming from an ex official player is absolute bliss. I can do what I want and at my own pace without other players interfering. Only problem is it get so darn lonely lol Thanks so much! You have all given me a lot to consider, and I guess I will give it a try. If it gets too lonely or something, I will find a new PvE or ORP server, I guess Thank you all again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChicken24 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 10 minutes ago, AngrySaltire said: Also pro tip: Dont get comfy and sucked in to using admin commands. Starts to become an unhealthy habit and takes away alot of gameplay... Ok... Do you ever use them? Is it fine if you use them once or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrySaltire Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 21 minutes ago, DrChicken24 said: Ok... Do you ever use them? Is it fine if you use them once or what? Yes....... I used admin commands to reconstruct an almost exact replica of my base I had on official, plus one or two artistic liscenses I took, just to get myself back to roughly where I was on official. Didnt spawn in any dinos and spawn commands cant replace bred creatures so theres no point. Now I just use them for general server stuff as it were. Like reseting the wild dinos or what not. Essentially its up to you what you want to do with them. There are some admin commands you will need to use however. Mainly commands to maintain the health of the server (or single player world i should say). Particularity the 'DestroyWildDinos' command for reseting all the creature spawns, I do this one regularly as the spawns seem to exhaust them selves after a while especially if your hunting for a particular species. Other useful ones would be the ghost commands for if you or a dino gets stuck in places they really shouldnt for example. Again its really up to you what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChicken24 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 26 minutes ago, AngrySaltire said: Yes....... I used admin commands to reconstruct an almost exact replica of my base I had on official, plus one or two artistic liscenses I took, just to get myself back to roughly where I was on official. Didnt spawn in any dinos and spawn commands cant replace bred creatures so theres no point. Now I just use them for general server stuff as it were. Like reseting the wild dinos or what not. Essentially its up to you what you want to do with them. There are some admin commands you will need to use however. Mainly commands to maintain the health of the server (or single player world i should say). Particularity the 'DestroyWildDinos' command for reseting all the creature spawns, I do this one regularly as the spawns seem to exhaust them selves after a while especially if your hunting for a particular species. Other useful ones would be the ghost commands for if you or a dino gets stuck in places they really shouldnt for example. Again its really up to you what you want. Ok, cool. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrySaltire Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 On an unrelated note, I really wish there was an option to have multiple save of the same map. Is annoying that we cant have two different saves of say the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobgobblin247 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I've never played Single Player but after being on a PVP server, found the ORP servers to be a nice healthy balance.. can't get offline wiped and has the PVP aspect when I am on.. on PS4 btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChicken24 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 43 minutes ago, AngrySaltire said: On an unrelated note, I really wish there was an option to have multiple save of the same map. Is annoying that we cant have two different saves of say the island. Same here, it's annoying when I want to test things on the island, and find that I have 2 gigas tamed that I was testing with when I first got the game years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChicken24 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 20 minutes ago, Hobgobblin247 said: I've never played Single Player but after being on a PVP server, found the ORP servers to be a nice healthy balance.. can't get offline wiped and has the PVP aspect when I am on.. on PS4 btw What type of server is it? PC? Unofficial? I can't ever find good servers of ORP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobgobblin247 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 I'm on an official clustered ORP PVP EU server for PS4.. Have been in it since the official release.. played normal PVP servers on legacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinigirl Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 2 hours ago, AngrySaltire said: On an unrelated note, I really wish there was an option to have multiple save of the same map. Is annoying that we cant have two different saves of say the island. That's another advantage of single player, it's easy to make a back up and keep multiple saves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChicken24 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 1 hour ago, Martinigirl said: That's another advantage of single player, it's easy to make a back up and keep multiple saves But you can't... can you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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