Fes Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Genesis Store Description Idk since when, but the steam store updated it's description of the Genesis season pass and it contains a lot of new information: The massive “ARK: Genesis Part 1” expansion includes:Waking up within a virtual simulation, you must survive in a world unlike anything you’ve seen before! ARK: Genesis represents a new, story-oriented beginning in ARK’s epic saga of survival. With a strangely familiar companion, you must overcome the simulation’s rigorous tests. Only by fighting, building, taming, and exploring will you uncover the secrets behind this forbidding place.CONQUER EVERY MISSIONA holographic guide to the simulation, HLN-A, offers a wide array of missions at varying difficulty levels, for you to tackle at your own pace — everything from gunning down waves of enemies with the aid of power-ups, escorting vulnerable baby creatures to their parents, tracking and hunting down powerful bosses, competing in Dino Races, even playing a round of Dodo-Basketball, and much more. The simulation itself isn’t perfect, so you can earn extra credit (and experience) by fixing the glitches scattered all throughout the world. Completing missions earns you Hexagons, which you can spend for extra resources, TEK items, travel between environments, and more.EXPLORE LETHAL LANDSCAPESARK: Genesis features beautiful biomes ripe for exploration — but they all want you dead. The simulator tests your mettle across fetid alien bogs, deep undersea trenches, frigid mountain peaks, dangerous volcanic hellscapes… and even the wild low-gravity surface of an alien moon. Conquering each area requires preparation, smarts, and the ability to improvise so that when a volcano rains fire from the sky, an avalanche buries you, or a whirlpool pulls you into the briny deep, you’re ready to meet the challenge!HUNT AND TAME NEW CREATURESThe environments may be dangerous, but they’re nothing compared to the new creatures who call ARK: Genesis home: web-spinning spiderlike beasts, cute-but-deadly shapeshifters, sea turtles the size of islands, and lava lizards that act as living forges. Plus, who doesn’t want to fly around on an immense hyperspace-capable space whale? Master the simulation, and you can test yourself against a mysterious new boss… the likes of which ARK has never seen before.GEAR UP AND BUILD UPAs you brave the many dangers of ARK: Genesis, take some time to craft new gear. Wield weapons like combo-capable plasma claws and remote-guided cruise missiles. Make tools from fishing nets to mining drills, or new vehicles such as hover-skiffs. Build interactive structural elements such as pressure plates, alarm systems, jump pads, ocean platforms and more. Whether you’re a go-it-alone survivalist, a weapon-making warmonger, or a base-building architect, this expansion has a crafting project suited for you.WILL YOU PASS THE TEST?ARK: Genesis takes your story in an all-new direction — and your skill determines your success. Everything is turned up to the highest setting: the challenges, the dangers...and the vast rewards. Only the toughest and smartest survivors will pass all of the simulation’s many tests. Will you be one of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator GP Posted February 22, 2020 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted February 22, 2020 Thanks, I hadn't noticed this, I was very interested to find more about the missions aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyHippo Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Yea, the insight on the missions is nice. I gotta say though, it's not what I expected. In a good way, but still not what I expected. The Hexagon 'point' system seems interesting, but I don't think much more can be said about that exactly until we see it. What really caught my attention here was: >"Completing missions earns you Hexagons, which you can spend for... travel between environments, I wonder if this means teleportation from where you are to another place or if Hexagons are required as payment at certain "gates" between biomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fes Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 hour ago, TinyHippo said: I wonder if this means teleportation from where you are to another place or if Hexagons are required as payment at certain "gates" between biomes. i would say for traveling between biomes, i like the idea of having some points in the biomes serve as "gates", where you can use the HLN-A to break through into another biome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator GP Posted February 22, 2020 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted February 22, 2020 30 minutes ago, Fes said: i would say for traveling between biomes, i like the idea of having some points in the biomes serve as "gates", where you can use the HLN-A to break through into another biome As long as biome borders can't be pillared off! This whole thing generates many questions and worries, but we'll find out soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fes Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 39 minutes ago, GP said: As long as biome borders can't be pillared off! This whole thing generates many questions and worries, but we'll find out soon enough. they kinda have to make these points no-build zones if the borders actually exist, would kinda suck to warp into the snow biome and ending uo stuck in somebodys base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1ckyBandit Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 On 2/22/2020 at 7:56 AM, GP said: As long as biome borders can't be pillared off! This whole thing generates many questions and worries, but we'll find out soon enough. This is exactly what I thought when I read that part too except people spamming turret towers not pillars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomatt08543 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 On 2/22/2020 at 2:49 AM, TinyHippo said: Yea, the insight on the missions is nice. I gotta say though, it's not what I expected. In a good way, but still not what I expected. The Hexagon 'point' system seems interesting, but I don't think much more can be said about that exactly until we see it. What really caught my attention here was: >"Completing missions earns you Hexagons, which you can spend for... travel between environments, I wonder if this means teleportation from where you are to another place or if Hexagons are required as payment at certain "gates" between biomes. i bet there gonna say screw you and make tek teliporters require hexagons to teliport just like you need 9000 shards to clone something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyDave Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Have a feeling it’s going to be similar to Extinction with its dome biomes system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eviga Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Dodo Basketball guys. I guess now everyone who needed a Killer News to buy Genesis is now silent!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fes Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 51 minutes ago, OnlyDave said: Have a feeling it’s going to be similar to Extinction with its dome biomes system. Yeah that would make sense, only that there will be more animation once you travel to another biome ( Also, the description makes me feel like you will have to spend hexagons for it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyDave Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 6 hours ago, Fes said: Yeah that would make sense, only that there will be more animation once you travel to another biome ( Also, the description makes me feel like you will have to spend hexagons for it) Yeah 100%. I have a bit of a theory, that the whole map is just water. And then the Islands Pog/Snow/Volcano were their separate parts. I mean even looking at the ARK banner at the top of the page makes it look like this could be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fes Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, OnlyDave said: Yeah 100%. I have a bit of a theory, that the whole map is just water. And then the Islands Pog/Snow/Volcano were their separate parts. I mean even looking at the ARK banner at the top of the page makes it look like this could be true. you mean the ocean would be the "inbetween" for the bubbles, like the wasteland in extinction ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyDave Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Yes, exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udam Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 im kinda sad that they didn't elaborate on the "blade wasp" or "Turtle" oh well ill just have to wait and study the animals again like a always do. National geographic style! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleNyx Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I'm still oddly excited to see this dodo basketball. The description overall is a bit vague but I'm intrigued so we'll see where this goes tomorrow afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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