ARK Digest Q&A!

[Mendoza]

Will Platform based creatures ever get encumbered by other dinos that are carrying too much weight? (either carried or on it's back)

Will there be a speed and stamina drain associated with the platform creature moving? (the heavier the load the quicker the stamina drain and slower it gets)

Will Dinosaurs receive a base weight so that the weight needs to be determined, not the dinosaur type when picked up by a flyer?

 

New weapon --- Mortar for siege warfare?

Can we get an animal that essentially makes re-fertiliser, but only for plants and trees, not other resource nodes? (suggestion, the Diprotodon - The Thylacoleo could have hunted it in real life which is already to be in the game.)

The ability to hold a torch and a weapon / tool at the same time?

 

 

[Twin]

Are you going to fix the difficulty level lock?

Will Ced ever get his trap working

When do we get to see EvilMrFranks new caves?

When do you plan on adding new maps?  There are a few promising ones out there.

 

[Oldirongod]

Back in ark digest 28 this question was asked. Will this ever happen?

Survivor, tomb asks, “Will it ever be possible to get a .ini server setting for allowing or not allowing offline raiding? Something like "if player / tribe is online their buildings can be destroyed"

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Yes, that seems reasonable and is simple to do. We’ll add that in the next patch!

[BlueHood]

Will NPC humans be added?  It would be neat to see barbarian tribes or little villages of humans spawn in game. Maybe even be able to trade with them for resources, armor, weapons.

[Baliztek]

Do you have any entry level opportunities for a college student with quasi C++ experience? As I was typing in some admin codes I noticed it seemed that the coding was written using C++.

[Gelantious]

Wanted to ask about Vulcan, if there's any plans to add support for this?

Also going with the same question as BlueHood, human NPC's would be neat.

 

[Seeigel]

6 hours ago, Rulin said:

#2 The tranq and regular arrow are hard to distinguish when equipped on the xbow. How about adding a stronger green gloo on the tranq arrow and a darker arrowhead on the regular one?

What if you also add red feathers at the end just like with the tranq darts?

[SleazyPickle]

Can we get a quick toggle switch button for switching between 3rd & 1st person views while mounted on a dinosaur?

[jazzop]

Any update on the follow my target whistle and could there possably be a tribe governance for whistle commands so my buddy doesn't whistle all and move everything also any update on the flyer doors?

[Envoien]

would we ever gets blimps or Zepplins?

 

[SkillfulKnave52]

Is a small simple motorcycle out of reach at this time or will I have to wait because I can't stop thinking of cruising the ark in a motor vehicle 

[TURTLENATION01]

Is there going to be anymore turtle based creatures in ark I would love to see some 

[MrTraa]

Will you be able to build on the sea bed? An underwater pump to bring air to your house so you can breath? 

[Riptide42]

With making Primitive Plus a permanent addition to Ark, has there been any thought into adopting its resources so that everyone can use them in the vanilla version of Ark as well? 

Also, could you please consider creating a Road Flare-like chemistry item that we can use as temporary light underwater, or attach to our backpack so that in the inevitable chance of our death, our backpacks put off a smoke signal for easier recovery?

[Mixit]

Hey guys (great job on the game so far btw). I was wondering if you'll add a queue system to the server browser, it'll make groups of people wanting to get on the same server much easier and we can make some tea or something while we wait  . Also, is there a chance destruction physics could come to Xbox, maybe not on single player but official dedicated servers perhaps since it could he handled server side? It'll make raids much more satasfying.

Cheers guys!

[Shocksamurai]

hey guys i love this game more than a Thylacoleo love to eat a tender ark survivor baby,

could we please have a hover "D" key drop item function similar to the hover "T" key transfer item. it would make clearing berries and rotten meat from inventory much easier.

 

[Seeigel]

Can you give those multi-person saddles a purpose for single players?

Maybe you could strip the wooden cage to it to use it as transport for little dinos or wooden chests as extra carry capacity.

[Luminin]

Chum was mentioned during the last Q&A and during the discussion on Rated Ark a lot of good ideas were brought up, leaving me with questions! Please feel free to cut certain questions. I'd gladly have an answer to one than to none! 

1)  Can we PLEASE get a preview (similar to the green preview when placing structures) for Re-fertilizer? This could also be applied to a chum mechanic.

2) Can we please toss Re-fertilizer a short distance, that way we don't get stuck under boulders/trees all the time? 

3) Chum could be similar to kibble recipes for specific animals, utilizing the blood extraction syringe and blood from various animals (this could also go a long way with the upcoming diseases/cures) cooked with either, spoiled/raw/cooked/jerky fish/meat/Prime fish/meat, certain berries, etc. Maybe require eggs/organic polymer to thicken them? You could use this both at sea and on land. (Compies would be attracted to all land chums and megapiranha/anglers to all water chums?)

4) Do diseases have to be a thing? *hugs himself and shivers in disgust and terror*

[rhombiod123]

13 hours ago, Jat said:

Hey Survivors,

If you've got a question, suggestion or just a general statement you'd like us to check out for the next ARK Digest - this'll be the place to do so! Each Digest, we'll select some from here and discuss or answer what has been asked/said. Keep in mind we won't be doing anything on ETAs, so avoid them if you can .

Thanks,

Jat

 

Is there any expected date for the titanosaur to be released?

[rubio9]

Is there any possibility in the future for non-dedicated servers on the Xbox to function akin to how minecraft works, whereas there are no tether distances, the world renders individualy for each player, etc.?

[GGSDubSt3pz]

1.Will there ever be an option to dismantle items to get around 25% of the materials back? lower quality guns are useless when you have higher ones. It would be cool to destroy the hundreds of longnecks, crossbows and tools you found in drops or alphas, instead of throw them away or store them in the useless stuff box

2.It would be very usefull to have a quick option to switch between Ego- and 3rd Person on Xbox. Maybe via dialmenu when you hold down the back button on the controller.

3.Will special Boss gear added anytime? Bosses are not really worth the effort just to get a trophy/flag. Some badass looking gear would be cooler. every boss drops its own type of armor or even guns. Flamethrower from Dragon for example.

[devindvs1]

The only question i have is are there going to be any center extinction servers for xbox. You guys said you were putting the servers up during the 735 patch. 

[Likenootha]

Are the past mod winners mods going to make it to xbox eventually?

Is there any chance with the redwood forest we can get a huge dino update and maybe add like 6 or more to slim the growing list of unreleased dinos. I would love to see the megalania and purlovia this time around.

[Oks]

Hello.
1. The market or auction? I want more opportunities for trade.
2.Avto-demolition of buildings on the official servers? Please do.
3. I'm sorry for my English :-)

[Xtryonline]

Could you add a sound to the chemistry table when its on? Just so we can hear if its left on or not. Like the Fabricator.