Shizolator Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 So I seen boxes on water, water pens on the edge of a beach, beach bases that extend over water... but nothing this in depth. Mainly I wanted to see what I could create, but now I'm questioning it's feasibility as a base of operations. Yeah, yeah... it's made of glass, but since I took these photos, I've placed auto and plant turrets on the metal blocks on the ceiling and at each of the 8 corners. I've also placed auto turrets (which can be powered underwater if the generator is above ground) around the base underwater. 40 turrets above water on the structure... another 40 underwater around it. I've also designed a pillar defense tower with a generator and up to 12-18 turrets (mix of auto and plant) above water and all the way down the pillar to the ocean floor. I can replicate these in a clock pattern around the base. The idea being... overload the FPS and have plenty of ammo to take out turtles and other meat shields with plenty of ammo left to knock out tamed water and aerial dinos... before anyone can even make it to the glass structure. Another bonus having it (far) out in the sea is the thing is hard to spot unless you're right on top it... and by then you're dead. The reflection off the ocean makes it near invisible unless you are close to it. Otherwise it makes fun PVE base. The underwater support "tower" is essentially an aquarium housing Coelacanth, Mantas (tamed/wandering), and Icthy (tamed/wandering). All the windows below water have overlapping metal gates that can be closed/locked down via keypad in the event of an attack. One sets of gates allows riding the smaller mounts in and out of the pen. The pen is accessible from the exterior gate or via 2 pools (with ladders out) on inside of the base. From the exterior, it has a Legion of Doom feel to it. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabs Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Dude.. I can't give you enough credit for how awesome this is. This, or something very similar will be my next project now. I LOVE the idea of having a building above the water (have yet to make one) ESPECIALLY with a moon pool... So cool. Any chance you could get some more pictures of it? Cheers~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shizolator Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 Thanks for the kudos. I found a structural weakness in it that I'm trying to correct in v2.0, but I'm not rebuilding the whole thing until Primitive+ comes out. Going to be more metal in the next version as well to stand up to PvP/PvE raids. I'll take some more pics/vids then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabs Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Looking forward to it! Also, if you intend on running a primitive+ could you keep me in mind? I most definitely want to play through that mode, as vanilla ARK is starting to lose its flavor.. Cheers~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grognak Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 That is badass man... I love building in this game, you've done a great job here with this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KappatainJackSparrow Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Nice Seabase ! ^^ How long did you build this? I also made a seabase, not like yours but more like a little town ^^ Still in work though but there are already some houses x) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttswirl Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 That is AWESOME! Thinking of adding this to my *long* list of future projects... do you know if the water can be emptied out of the structure underwater if it's completely closed in? Love the reference to Legion of Doom. This thing would be badass in the swamp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealine Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 pretty damn cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigheadJoshy Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Awesome work, I've done bits and pieces of your different applications here, but never rolled it all into one. That took some serious patience to put together, kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalflower Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Just looks amazing I love the look of the glass on the water and it sounds like you went to great lengths to keep it defensible as well! Awesome design! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamerTime Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I like the idea of making a gigantic aquarium by hand, I may have to steal that idea until they add real aquariums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirectorGunner Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Yep done some bases like that, BUT.. your take on it as a glass aquarium is pretty damn cool! props! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauzer Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Wow that is amazing, grate job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtterlyRidiculous Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 probably going to do something like this in my next build pvp build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernSamurai Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 one of the coolest sea bases I have ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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