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Is ARK Coming to EpicGames for Free ? What will happen ?


And if yes, then what will happen ? will EpicGames platform get separate Cluster of official servers, or is WC adding new servers to the main Official cluster ?

 

Source: https://www.vg247.com/2020/05/28/borderlands-handsome-collection-free-epic-games-store/

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IDK if it is happening. We have had free weekends before where anyone can download and try the game for the weekend, there is always a big influx of newbies (and sometimes trolls) and a lot of them are the ones that are constantly asking for help with EVERYTHING (like the ones that practically have you play the game for them) but I think its probably because a lot of them are kids that could not otherwise get the game. Most of them do not buy the game and stay though.

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I think there isnt official announcement about that but I can guess two different routes:

- Epic customer will have their own servers. I think this is probably what will happen.

- There will be crossplay, which will make WC do severe changes in how the game recognices users (and how users report other platform users), as currently in steam pc the user files are saved as steamid numbers. I think this can open a new vector of problems related to character loss and I really hope it is not the way they decided to do.

All of that having in mind that ARK in Epic is just an information leak that is not confirmed.

 

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Interesting opinions :)

One more thing that's scary is that Ark's Birthday Event, New Map, New Dino and Going Free on Epic is all on the same day.   Which might create even more problems.

Would be cool to get a notice of what's happening in advance.

But yeah.. the Epic Mystergy Game is just a rumour still.

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oh yeah for everyone who didn't know there was a few days ago in the beta branch for the Crystle Isle Patch Corssplay Server, probably crossplay between Steam and Epic.

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark/6912312

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark/6730992

Incidentally, a new timer for another Mytsery Game is running in the Epic Store, and surprise it is the day for the new date of Crystle Isles and the Annivarsy Event.

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@vittelkiller

That may be it, since a few months ago epic announced a set of services for multiplatform games, and it was officially launched a few weeks ago. If that is true it would be phenomenal to be able to play with friends on different platforms.

The link for Epic CrossPlatform services:

https://dev.epicgames.com/en-US/services

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Epic went to the "Free Mystery Game" timer weeks ago. There is always a "Free Mystery Game" every week now. The format changed from a known scheduled game (or two) every two weeks, to one week, and now its "mysterious". Has zero to do with ARK being in it's line-up. 

As for those complaining about the game possibly being free- My entire family bought ARK on a week-long Steam Sale for $10 a pop. Why is that considered better than it being free for a week? Because we traded a latte for a game, but this is just a few clicks? 

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2 hours ago, vittelkiller said:

oh yeah for everyone who didn't know there was a few days ago in the beta branch for the Crystle Isle Patch Corssplay Server, probably crossplay between Steam and Epic.

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark/6912312

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark/6730992

Incidentally, a new timer for another Mytsery Game is running in the Epic Store, and surprise it is the day for the new date of Crystle Isles and the Annivarsy Event.

There is also another server on that same IP called QASteamOnly1, so, yes, much likely that crossplay is between Steam and Epic

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/ark/6995098

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