Tom77795 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Definitely got my vote again as first slot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aci Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Lol why do all the comments here have so many downvotes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delran Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 18 minutes ago, Aci said: Lol why do all the comments here have so many downvotes It would depend on which comments you're specifically referring to. On one end of the spectrum you have the usual broken record take of, "it doesn't fit on this map" which I've seen mindlessly droned on and on by countless people, which is also factually incorrect, or those who just needlessly hate on the submission without adding anything of value merely because they dislike it. Or the delusional people who think because it's placed high a few times without winning it should then not continue to be submitted in other votes merely because they personally dislike it. On the other end you have the anti-Maevia mob downvoting anything remotely positive about it because that's what they've done since the very beginning of these votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speikobrarote Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Thats sad to read its going to be the last time. I actually thought Valguero might be another option in the future but even if you guys step back, that doesnt remove the option for others suggesting it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icry Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Baby bloodstalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen07 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Ça serait bien si on pouvait activer le mode tourelle comme la wivern le vélonasaure etc et rendre le transfert possible sur abberation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitheringSoul113001 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 to those saying "oh my gawd it doesnt fit and my mommy says im special" spiders can be found literally everywhere except polar regions there are even some species that walk on water lmao, to say a jumping spider doesnt fit is like saying lizards dont fit in tropical or dry areas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastmaster23 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 The saddle seem interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomedblood Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadzflame Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 It could work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binarymonk Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 @Delran, I'm absolutely gutted to hear that this will be the last submission for our beautiful Maevia. 🥺 I wanted to thank you and @Sovi both for the wonderful work and dedication you've put into this gorgeous creature. 🥰 We never know where life may take us and I'm hopeful that this time she will WIN! But.... and this is a monumental BUT, if she doesn't, perhaps things might transpire that in the future, she may yet be given the spot light she so deserves. 😁 Either way, I am grateful to have been able to be a small part in the journey, following your progress from map to map and now (finally realising why I could never vote before) actually making my voice heard. 👍 Take my vote... And run little floofy spider. 🥰 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnickerdoodleMcFox Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 On 9/3/2023 at 6:02 PM, Kaiarra said: Glad to see you back for this round; wishing you guys good luck! This is adorable! love it! ❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyGnome241 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 wow insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthEkaitz Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 While for most votes i was pretty indiferent towards maevia i quite like this itteration, on scorched to me It was kidna there, for aberration koolasuchus, yi-qi and chasmosaurus were higher but in this one it's actually my third pick, just bellow darwinopterus and dreadnogthus, im not sure if maevia Will win (dread is going extremely hard rn) but if It doesn't i wouldn't be mad if they gave her the charch treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheIronMiner Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 If this were to be added to extinction it should roam the oil fields and the high city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTechFire Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBManos Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 44 minutes ago, TheIronMiner said: If this were to be added to extinction it should roam the oil fields and the high city I think the Sunken Forest would be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elynes Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 We need more spiders in ark, would love to have this mobile fluffball in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterCopAdamTR Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 my fav submission ever hope it wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvcastra0507 Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 On 9/1/2023 at 7:04 PM, Delran said: IMPORTANT: The current roadmap for Maevia is being discontinued. Due to outside circumstances that have suddenly transpired, Extinction will be the Maevia's last submission within these creature votes for ASA. To all of the loyal Maevia fans that have been behind Sovi and now myself, your support has meant the world to both of us! Thanks again for rallying behind this awesome creature we've all come to love over these last several votes! [Idea/suggestion by Shadlos, but we agree entirely with the concept.] (Below is a way for the different turrets to have their own clear strengths and weaknesses.) [Smaller/Lighter tier turrets] Highest rate of fire that also allows you to keep all movement abilities with no restrictions. However, all damage inflicted by these turrets are reduced by a certain % to compensate for the higher rate of fire while maintaining full movement capability. [Larger/Heavier tier turrets] Highest damage output of all turrets available. Something of a slower, moveable siege attacker with this tier of turret attached. The drawback to this is at the expense of drastically slowing your movement speed, disabling your ability to climb, jump, etc, and a severely reduced rate of fire. 🕯️Dossier!🕯️ "If there's one thing I can say about Maevia eureka, you do not want to be caught in its sights! I once witnessed a jumper locking onto its prey with the most incredible accuracy, lunging at it with lightning speed and within the blink of an eye, its prey was being saved as a snack for later. They seem to have the genes of a few other spiders like that of the ogre spider, as it can cast a gathering of its webbing along with a little dab of the venom droplet it keeps stored on its head, working that into its web to create paralytic bolas that seem to render its prey unconscious. I have reason to believe the hairs that grow on its back legs came from the peacock spider, but due to its need for protection, it also uses these 'feathers' as a menacing face that can scare off large predators, I've seen some tribes set up posts that they can hang from around the fronts of their bases. I will say one thing is for certain. Though they are nearly the size of a dire bear, they are quite the cuties, especially for being a spider. There is a certain intelligence you can see when you look into their eyes. I just can't place it, but they make truly remarkable companions with the ability to rapidly scale walls, caves, cliffsides, and the like. By no means are they a beast of burden, however they make up for this with their abilities to constrict or assassinate their targets. Maevia Eureka can take down much larger prey with its torpor inducing bola, the net cast, and this makes them remarkable allies for taming other creatures. Here on Extinction in particular I’ve witnessed the Maevia variant present actively protecting survivors from other creature threats. Whether this surprising, but welcome, protective behavior is due to a potential coexistence with humans from the past, or stems from their species’ understanding that allying with survivors, rather than attacking on sight, gives both the best chance at survival, I do not know. But who am I to question this heroic creature that has saved the lives of other survivors, as well as my own, on numerous occasions? Their intervention during confrontations in the wild has been a complete lifesaver." Hello there! I've been a huge supporter of the Maevia ever since I first saw its initial entry several creature votes ago. I'm not the original author/creator, which 100% belongs to Sovira and their awesome design/art/etc. I'm working collaboratively with them and posting in their stead to the forums so that they don't have to deal with things on that end due to outside factors in their personal life. However, there is no need to worry! Sovira will still be aiding Maevia from behind the scenes with new designs and the like for future map variants. - Delraz “Maevia Eureka is the jumping spider which is said to have lived once between 23 and 15 million years ago, and it’s now back for Extinction! Once more giving us the opportunity to possibly ride around on jumping spiders in the game we all know and love, Ark! I want to point out how much I appreciate those of you who've stood by and supported our jumper, yes ours! We stand together with this! It has been an uphill battle fighting against those who automatically drop Maevia to last place due to phobia reasons, which I do receive a lot of dislike for outside of here 💔 This has also been the case with our other dear spider friend, Yingi, and the snake Gigantophis from another vote. Spiders and snakes are generally the most hated creatures on Earth, after all. The jumping spider is quite fortunate that they are viewed as so cute to many who normally fear spiders! These are my thoughts on how Maevia eureka could fit into the world we play in, in a way that reflects real life jumping spiders combined with genetic modifications from other spiders, and how they might fit into Ark in a fun and meaningful way that reflects other creatures of Ark and how important each and every one of these creatures is. I felt that, as Maevia is more of a taming companion, this gives us a different way to tame creatures using a non-harmful method! As we all know, Ark is anything but hospitable in the slightest, there are many risks you take while engaging with your targets due to the fact that everywhere in Ark can be quite chaotic at any moment so having to be weary of your surroundings at all times is one thing, but the larger the creature, the weaker the bola... You may find yourself having to maneuver around an area and keep your targets attention while allowing for your jumper to gather enough venom to ensnare it once again.” [New Ability] 🕷️Architect The Maevia can shoot out a heavier form of non-sticky webbing to create a temporary bridge for smaller medium creatures and below (Para and below) to traverse to the other side of chasms, webbed ladders to climb up to higher terrain, or crude stairs to descend from higher ledges to lower ones. 🛡️ Saddle With the map's extremely harsh environment that has constant threats, corrupted, and OSD's, comes a high need for survivability! The Maevia's advanced saddle offers enforcer-like body armor (metal armor, -not- Tek) to protect its weaker leg joints. This armor also entirely encases their squishy, vulnerable abdomen. On the metal plating protecting the abdomen is a flat spot which allows an unmanned turret to be placed on it. Supply the correct ammunition for whichever specific turret that you placed onto the Maevia's armored backside to allow it to automatically target your foes in combat, both in PVE and PVP situations. 🏞️Habitat This is a creature that is capable of being added to any map in the game due to its likeliness of living in caves, but also as jumping spiders can be found in so many different environments, there particularly are no limits to where they could be found! 🕷️Ability - Tranq Bola The thought is that jumpers could take the droplets they store and work them into their webbing to create venom-coated webs that could be thrown like a bola. The webs would have a tranquilizing effect whenever touched, thus causing their target to build up torpor and eventually go unconscious. 🕷️Ability - Latching As a jumping spider, they have outstanding agility and the ability to crawl on walls, but at a more rapid pace, maybe even with the cost of stamina drain for balance! An optional thing I had given thought to was the ability to fully latch onto its target in order to accurately cover them with their readied net. 🕷️Ability - Prey Lure You're out roaming around on your two equus when one of them begins to pick up an irresistible scent coming from a nearby cave wall. Your equus is nibbling on a suspended droplet when you notice the faint glinting coming off the web it's attached to, within an instant a jumper has lunged at your equus covering it with its bola and is quickly wrapping it up in its webbing, but in order to free your companion you need to tear at the webbing, as a few good hits will send that jumper scurrying up the wall to hide! 🕷️Ability - Locking On / Jumping This is the single feature that would make this creature so invaluable, and even possibly make it require a very difficult feat for taming it due to that power, as with the spiders extreme accuracy, it has the ability to lock its attention onto its prey, much like our real world jumping spiders who wait for the right moment to pounce, and this could also be useful for when using its projectile web net, or if grappling with a single web possibly! This is a pretty big part of what makes them 'jumping' spiders after all! In contrast to its normal and Aberrant cousins, the Extinction Maevia can easily navigate the vast wastelands found across Extinction due to its vastly enhanced jumping capability which allows it to traverse greater chunks of terrain in a single leap, similar to that of a Procoptodon. 🕷️Trait - Scary Face This spider was designed in thought with evolving to be able to terrify larger than normal predators, making it an incredibly useful tame for bases, keeping your creatures better protected when having to move them around the map, I imagined it could come with an extra ability to raise its back legs with its abdomen to stay in this stance on the ground, or you could enable an option within the radial menu allowing it to find and hang down from a nearby pole, perhaps even a new item for the spiders and flyers alike, akin to a perch? 🕷️Trait/Ability - Dance! Jumping spiders in the real world have very little differentiation on sizes between male and female. When you have befriended a male jumper through an emote game and some bonding, he has the ability to dance for a female with your guidance. When you do the dance, the taming meter will begin to fill up, if you succeed with 50% of the meter, the bar lights up and gives you the option to continue enchanting her or to stop. If you choose to stop, she deems you worthy of carrying her offspring and she will allow your boy to breed with her, gifting you an egg if you protect her while she gestates! However, if you continue to 100% on the meter, you can outright impress her enough that she will bond with you and conclude the taming process! From both Sovira and myself, thanks as always for all the love you possess for the Maevia! 1 Vote = 1 Maevia who is forever grateful for your support! Potential alterations/changes suggested by others Maevia fans: The Maevia could also have corruption-like looks/effects similar to other Extinction creatures on its abdomen and it could shoot a strong corrupted climbable webbing. Instead of a tranq bomb what if the Maevia can use corrupted nodes as a special type of venom to inject into other creatures, thus inflicting a 'berserk' effect similar to corrupted creatures making them attack anything and everything in sight including humans even when tamed. This won't be instant though and will slowly come into affect similar to Rhynio sap attacks that can be cured with cryopod narcotic (because it makes it sleepier), or the creature being imprinted (the affect will take longer to activate the larger the creature). Instead of a latching ability, it could also potentially be a hit-and-run type of attack where it jumps on its prey/enemy, bites, and instantly springs away (the bite can inflict either bleed tranq or the berserk status effect.) The maevia can have 3 types of bite: venom bite- the maevias basic bite dealing little damage on impact but high damage over time. tranq bite- torpor inflicting bite little damage (needs narcotic to function). berserk bite- same damage as venom bite but inflicts the corruption berserk affect (uses corrupt nodes) Gacha coccoons, small creatures could be snatched and turned into coccoons, hung up and could produce goodies or other useful materials. Radial menu where the production, torpor, and other things could be enhanced, as well as weight of creatures depending on torpor percentage, for how small/medium/large the taming capability could be for jumpers. Torpor resistance due to thick fur/hairs. Pretty cool looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiboTheCookie Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 Not my favorite, but the design is cute enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellix Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 No!!! Please don't let this be the last attempt 😭😭😭😭😭. Maevia should've won the ab vote and I'll never consider yinqi a true ab creature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustCallMeAL Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 I love this creature, I love arachnids and jumping spiders are the best, I’m always here for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebelweasel Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 I love this guy. I don't care how many times you submit him, I want to see him on any map! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xackbelle Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 On 9/2/2023 at 2:55 AM, RebelKevin94 said: Been saying this for awhile now buddy, but it’s ultimately up to the devs They won't and I hope they don't. Carchar almost won 2 votes back to back within an insanely small margin both times. Spider hasn't even been top 2 more than once, and the only time it was top 2 was when there were like 3 other bug suggestions and it still lost. It should not get the carchar treatment because then any sort of dino that develops a large enough fanbase can essentially bully the devs into making it a thing by demanding carchar treatment because the idea is popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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