Recon801 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 We were an Alpha Tribe. A single player showed up around 2am PST with a mek from Extinction. He used the exploit of firing rockets from out of render range to completely destroy ALL of our defenses. Every Heavy Turret, Turret, Species X, etc. Once all defenses were destroyed he killed ALL of our tames with the exception of a few dung beetles. A single player with 1 mek was able to destroy an entire base, kill hundreds of tames, rexs, gigas, everything in a matter of a couple in-game days. I have been playing Ark since its launch. My friends and I have poured thousands upon thousands of hours into this game. Now, because of this exploit our tribe of 25 has lost everything to a single player. Over the years we have had to deal with plenty of glitches, exploits, hacks, dupes, etc but at this point we're all about to just walk away. I've been in numerous Alpha/Mega Tribes and even the tribes who haven't been hit yet don't feel like playing. There isn't a way to defend against this exploit. It's not only alphas being hit, I've seen players walking around with meks on island and center servers just griefing everything and everyone, from RP stone bases to alpha tribes. Bite the bullet, role back all the servers, and remove the mek from the game completely unless you can find a way to resolve the exploit. Players are just making alt accounts, porting to servers and wiping hundreds/thousands of hours of work. I hate to say it but I think this is the end of Ark. I had a great time while it lasted..... For those who are unaware, example of the exploit below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcab Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Nah...we r gonna remove bodybags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcab Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Game extinct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycan187u Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Bro if u can see it than it can be destroyed it looked legit man ya arks changeing it's new era the era of the mek !!! Wait till u see the Titan spawn on ur obbys what the hahaha ya sucked bro but ya it's ark megamek could possible walk over ur base one sword swipe destroy most bases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcab Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Megamek ahahaha ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paroxyde Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 9 minutes ago, Lycan187u said: Bro if u can see it than it can be destroyed it looked legit man ya arks changeing it's new era the era of the mek !!! Wait till u see the Titan spawn on ur obbys what the hahaha ya sucked bro but ya it's ark megamek could possible walk over ur base one sword swipe destroy most bases Mega mek doesn't work without the presence of Alpha King Titan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycan187u Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Ya who's to say I wasn't referring to extinction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paroxyde Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 13 minutes ago, Lycan187u said: Ya who's to say I wasn't referring to extinction I doubt anyone would build its base near the king titan summoning area... Megamek can only live like 15s once you go too far from Alpha King Titan that is tethered to the center of the summoning place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycan187u Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Lol box tribes have built on ice Titan spawn so u never know lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertNoobians Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 meks should only exist on extintion and should not be allowed to be used on other maps. nothing is safe from these things right now anywhere and your defences can be destroid faster then your computer can boot up ark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paroxyde Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 48 minutes ago, Lycan187u said: Lol box tribes have built on ice Titan spawn so u never know lolz Then spawn an ice titan and watch it slam them... You can spawn one every 10min if there are none alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAmE Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 52 minutes ago, BertNoobians said: meks should only exist on extintion and should not be allowed to be used on other maps. nothing is safe from these things right now anywhere and your defences can be destroid faster then your computer can boot up ark. It's perfectly reasonable to let mek's exist on other maps. They just need to do what they, for some reason, have done to every other tek saddle in the game, and reduce the range to within turrets (Or just make them not damage structures). The range issue is something that, for some reason, Wildcard has repeated literally everytime they release a tek item that shoots projectiles. Every single saddle. Every tek gun. They have always, at release, been able to shoot things from out of render. Wildcard doesn't learn from it's mistakes and follows a very predictable cycle of repeating them ad naseum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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iAmE Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, atokadreaper said: Exactly. This guys knows. Have to stay positive guys. It can be fixed and balanced. just needs the time put into making that happen On the other side of things. Why does Wildcard not learn from their mistakes? How many tek guns and saddles do we have now? How many times have we gone down this exact same rabbit hole? Frankly it's just embarrassing and makes the look like idiots. So the flame/frustration is also totally justified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyMonkey Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 The Mek is an intended mechanic unlike other actual exploits. It can be destroyed by 2 people but that would mean having to be online at the time, so no more bases across multiple servers unless you can ensure a couple people are online 24/7 in each base. People want balance because they can’t work out things for themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAmE Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 12 minutes ago, SaltyMonkey said: The Mek is an intended mechanic unlike other actual exploits. It can be destroyed by 2 people but that would mean having to be online at the time, so no more bases across multiple servers unless you can ensure a couple people are online 24/7 in each base. People want balance because they can’t work out things for themselves. Or because having a mek kill 30 turrets in about 15 seconds is probably broken and makes bases outside of specific caves impossible to maintain in a competitive environment? Everything in Ark is a numbers game. I can farm enough mats to pop a Mek in about an hour. With that hour, even with people chasing me, I can destroy dozens, if not hundreds of hours of work. People want balance because without some semblance of balance, Ark ceases to be a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyMonkey Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, iAmE said: Or because having a mek kill 30 turrets in about 15 seconds is probably broken and makes bases outside of specific caves impossible to maintain in a competitive environment? Everything in Ark is a numbers game. I can farm enough mats to pop a Mek in about an hour. With that hour, even with people chasing me, I can destroy dozens, if not hundreds of hours of work. People want balance because without some semblance of balance, Ark ceases to be a game. So tribes can continuously wipe anyone without any dramas, but as soon as another tribe slips through the net, pops a mek and serves them, the tribe is now trying to play the victim? My empire is about to crumble, better scream for balancing so I can continue squashing those peasants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAmE Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, SaltyMonkey said: So tribes can continuously wipe anyone without any dramas, but as soon as another tribe slips through the net, pops a mek and serves them, the tribe is now trying to play the victim? My empire is about to crumble, better scream for balancing so I can continue squashing those peasants. Someone just transfers to your server, gets to a drop, pops a mek. No/low risk, high to absolute reward. In reality, this change does more to squash the peasants then it does to help them, because the alpha tribes will simply build in the two or three caves capable of being defended, and everyone else is then fubar by default. Wildcard does this *every time* they release a tek projectile weapon or saddle. Literally every time. It will be nerfed, and has already been confirmed to be getting a nerf when they do the patch next week to address problems like the Element Veins not being in yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atokadreaper Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 2:55 AM, SaltyMonkey said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaeru Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 You can now attack the base from outside the range. People who quit the game are continuing... Does WildCard think that it is good as it is? The base which has spent thousands of hours now is being steadily destroyed. I want to hear your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcab Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I don t know i lost the will to play this game since this dlc is out. I think its the final cut for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 The Extinction of all PvE servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miju01 Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 More Movis .... the mek is so bad pls rollback the server and remove the mek or fix that turrets can shoot the missels or rockets https://youtu.be/CWayha6_Lpk https://gyazo.com/d5fe2a1cc4a32139593ff68feaea58ca https://gyazo.com/bf49da2e38e055567f4df5f239c2f08e all out frome turrets range .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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