New player only starting location "953 isle"

[Morgul8lade]

New player balance by adding a new isle "953 isle"

Ark “953 Dome” or “953 isle”

 

Summary:

In an effort to provide balance to players that are new to online play or just starting on a server.  The suggestion is to provide an area on each map for new players to get familiar with Ark online play and be able to survive with more experienced players.

Any future adjustments for new players can be made to this isle (giving longer or short time on the isle or increased resource gathering) and be a one time only buff.

This area should have one mountain called “Mithril Hill” that has a high concentration of metal.

 

Since the player can only have one noob platform or 4x4 structure they can not “pillar” the land.  Also, players can not build on spawns (resource or player).

 

Implementation Details:

This area or Dome or isle (from here out will be called isle) will be a lot like herb island in the fact that it is populated by low aggressive animals including Pteranodon and trikes.  This is not to means that no predators should be present, dilos and such beginning dinos should be present.  This isle will be enclosed in a dome like in extinction, but the dome is one way (exit only).  This isle should have a good range of environments, including shallow water.

 

The isle differs from herb island and other parts of the map in that the player can only live in this dome while they are lvl 50 or less.  The player is also limited in how much they can build, they can only build one 4x4 by 2 high structure or while on the isle the player has one “noob” platform/foundation that is a 4x4 and they can only build so many structures on it (similar to how a raft works).

At lvl 35 the player gets a new blue print for a “Pack Bot”.  The Pack Bot is basically a mobile container that the player can put items in so they can take with them when they leave the isle.  The player normally leaves the isle via a flyer or raft.

 

Once a player leaves the isle all of their structures and dinos are destroyed except what they carry with them.  For example, when leaving by raft the player can have one or two trikes and any structures they have on the raft (think noob raft house).  When leaving by air they can have the flyer but no other dinos.

 

This isle is small enough that there are only one or two player spawns.

 

The group chat from players on the isle can only be seen by other players on the isle

 

New items:

Pack Bot: 

·       This is a mechanical dino that is made using a blue print at the smithy. 

·       A survivor can only have one of these dinos. 

·       This dino is always player owned (can not be owned by the tribe only exception to tribe rules)

·       This dino is a “pet” dino like a dimorphodon, bulbdog and others.  This dino is worn like a “back pack”

·       This dino looks like an extinction enforcer but is small like other pet dinos

·       This dino is basically a container like a vault and can hold 400 items or enough to build a starter base on the map.  The weight on the dino does not transfer to the player

·       In the later stages of the game this dino is used to move items around a base, to other bases and to start a new base

·       This dino acts a lot like a doedicurus in that when it loses 30% health it goes into a defensive position and only takes 30% of any damage (example a dino’s normal attack does 100 damage but Pack Bot only takes 30 damage)

·       While in defensive position the dino can role

·       This dino is hard to destroy because a player can only have one at a time but it is not indestructible.  Once it is destroyed all items in the inventory are lost and a player can build a new one.

·       This dino’s food source is power is replenished by being close to an outlet or element generator.  This dino’s food will only last about 3 weeks unless it is replenished by power.

·       Since this dino is made using a blue print, supply drops or bosses can drop master craft and other quality versions of this dino.  The player can destroy the dino and build a new one with updated blue print.  When this dino is destroyed it can be remade as many times as needed.

·       This dino has a built in transponder so the player can always find it.

 

 

Notes:

 

953 is the pve server I play one and many of its players contributed to this write up.  So, any reference to 953 is a tribute to their effort on this write up.

 

Mithril Blades is my tribe name and any references to Mithril or Blades is a tribute to my effort on this write up.

 

I provide this write up to give back to the community and only ask that proper credit is give if any part of this concept is used.

[Cromewing]

A message similar to when a player join should also be a thing, except it says when a player has left that dome