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[AlphaLightningWyvern]

In think ASA should be on ps4 also besides the more platforms there on the more people you will have playing ASA. I also think you guys should make the maps 50x bigger for bigger servers and more rat holes and get rid of metal and add different types of metal where some are stronger then others (tungsten, steel, titanium, gold, mythril, all the ores from terraria .etc) more different wood types would also be cool for some awesome buildings. When you kill a dino you should get the usual meat, hide, chitin, and keratin but also there bones, scales, feathers, carapace's etc. that you can use to make weapons and amour there should also be more different types of weapons like hammers, battle axes, long swords, glaives, elemental variants etc. (basically all the monster parts and weapons from Monster Hunter World) Also add an underworld and space both of them having buildings, dangerous monsters, and treasure to get to the under world there will be secret caves that lead down there to get to space you have to make a space suit and a space saddle for your flyer and fly up there. Argentavis saddles and saddles for bigger dinos should have multi-person variants for more people to ride a single dino. All maps should have an area for wyverns.  you should also add a life size middle earth map from Lord Of The Rings and orks with little ork outposts would be cool. also another thing from terraria you could add is merchants that sell different things if you make house for them with has to be atleast 2x2 with foundations, walls, a roof, bed, table, and chair and only one merchant can live in a house at a time.

[MalarOpossum867]

I think that the element for the metal in ARK is iron. There should also be different types of meat, like:

• Bird Meat (dropped by Argentavis, Pelagornis, Ichthyornis, Dodo, etc.)
• Small Dinosaur Meat (dropped by Compy, Pegomastax, Troodon, Dilo, etc.)
• Medium Dinosaur Meat (dropped by Ankylo, Trike, Stego, Raptor, etc.)
• Large Dinosaur Meat (dropped by Allosaurus, Carno, Therizino, Diplodocus, etc.)
• Massive Dinosaur Meat (dropped by Rex, Spino, and Yuty)
• Colossal Dinosaur Meat (dropped by Bronto, Carchar, and Giga)
• Mega-Colossal Dinosaur Meat (only dropped by Titanosaur)
• Small Reptile Meat (dropped by Dimorphodon and Titanoboa)
• Medium Reptile Meat (dropped by Turtle, Ichthyosaurus, Ptero, Kapro, etc.)
• Large Reptile Meat (dropped by Tapejara, Sarco, and Plesiosaur)
• Massive Reptile Meat (dropped by Quetzal and Mosasaur)
• Special Reptile Meat (only dropped by Liopleurodon)
• Small Mammal Meat (dropped by Onyc, and Otter)
• Medium Mammal Meat (dropped by Beaver, Gigantopithecus, Phiomia, Chalicotherium, etc.)
• Large Mammal Meat (dropped by Paracer, Mammoth, Rhino, Ovis, etc.)
• Synapsid Meat (dropped by Lystrosaurus, Moschops, Dimetrodon, and Purlovia)
• Amphibian Meat (dropped by Toad and Diplocaulus)
• Small Fish Meat (dropped by Coel, Piranha, and Salmon)
• Medium Fish Meat (dropped by Angler, Eel, and Manta)
• Large Fish Meat (dropped by Megalodon, Dunkleosteus, and Leedsichthys)
• Squid Meat (dropped by Ammonite and Tusoteuthis)
• Small Arthropod Meat (dropped by Ant, Dragonfly, Trilobite, Dung Beetle, etc.)
• Medium Arthropod Meat (dropped by Spider, Scorpion, Arthropluera, Achatina, etc.)
• Large Arthropod Meat (only dropped by Rhyniognatha)

Also, each different kind of meat has different taming values for different carnivores. For example, dinosaur meat is better for taming warm-climate creatures than mammal meat, while mammal meat tames snow-dwellers and mountain-dwellers faster. Piscivores (Baryonyx, Spino, Pelagornis, etc.) and water-dwellers will ALWAYS prefer squid meat over large fish meat, while squid meat provides zero taming affinity for land carnivores such as Rexes and Raptors. Amphibian meat is used for taming Sarcos and Kaprosuchus. Mega-colossal dinosaur meat and special reptile meat pretty much replace the kibble system. Arthropod meat tames up insectivores, such as Archaeopteryx and Megatherium. The meats also have different spoil times. Small meat spoils in 10 minutes, medium spoils in 20, large spoils in 30, massive spoils in 40, colossal spoils in 50, and mega-colossal/special spoils in 60 minutes. All kinds of meat that don't have a size (except for squid meat, which spoils in 40 minutes) are treated as small meat and spoil in 10 minutes. Meat with a size above large can only be cooked in an industrial grill. Special meat can't be cooked, but CAN be eaten raw. It also gives you the Liopleurodon loot buff for 15 minutes. This spoils into large reptile meat in 60 minutes. To prevent this from being too overpowered, the meat can only be eaten once every 20 minutes. All kinds of meat except for special reptile meat also have a cooked variant and a spoiled variant.

Edited February 4 by MalarOpossum867

[Qwertymine]

On 2/4/2024 at 3:07 PM, MalarOpossum867 said:

I think that the element for the metal in ARK is iron. There should also be different types of meat, like:

• Bird Meat (dropped by Argentavis, Pelagornis, Ichthyornis, Dodo, etc.)
• Small Dinosaur Meat (dropped by Compy, Pegomastax, Troodon, Dilo, etc.)
• Medium Dinosaur Meat (dropped by Ankylo, Trike, Stego, Raptor, etc.)
• Large Dinosaur Meat (dropped by Allosaurus, Carno, Therizino, Diplodocus, etc.)
• Massive Dinosaur Meat (dropped by Rex, Spino, and Yuty)
• Colossal Dinosaur Meat (dropped by Bronto, Carchar, and Giga)
• Mega-Colossal Dinosaur Meat (only dropped by Titanosaur)
• Small Reptile Meat (dropped by Dimorphodon and Titanoboa)
• Medium Reptile Meat (dropped by Turtle, Ichthyosaurus, Ptero, Kapro, etc.)
• Large Reptile Meat (dropped by Tapejara, Sarco, and Plesiosaur)
• Massive Reptile Meat (dropped by Quetzal and Mosasaur)
• Special Reptile Meat (only dropped by Liopleurodon)
• Small Mammal Meat (dropped by Onyc, and Otter)
• Medium Mammal Meat (dropped by Beaver, Gigantopithecus, Phiomia, Chalicotherium, etc.)
• Large Mammal Meat (dropped by Paracer, Mammoth, Rhino, Ovis, etc.)
• Synapsid Meat (dropped by Lystrosaurus, Moschops, Dimetrodon, and Purlovia)
• Amphibian Meat (dropped by Toad and Diplocaulus)
• Small Fish Meat (dropped by Coel, Piranha, and Salmon)
• Medium Fish Meat (dropped by Angler, Eel, and Manta)
• Large Fish Meat (dropped by Megalodon, Dunkleosteus, and Leedsichthys)
• Squid Meat (dropped by Ammonite and Tusoteuthis)
• Small Arthropod Meat (dropped by Ant, Dragonfly, Trilobite, Dung Beetle, etc.)
• Medium Arthropod Meat (dropped by Spider, Scorpion, Arthropluera, Achatina, etc.)
• Large Arthropod Meat (only dropped by Rhyniognatha)

Unfortunately, this is counterproductive to the not so distant Kibble Rework, where specialized wants were put aside in favor of a more generalized and easy to understand system. 

Having whole meat types only be dropped by one or two creatures just muddies the waters of gameplay and makes it all less cohesive. 

[MalarOpossum867]

17 hours ago, Qwertymine said:

Unfortunately, this is counterproductive to the not so distant Kibble Rework, where specialized wants were put aside in favor of a more generalized and easy to understand system. 

Having whole meat types only be dropped by one or two creatures just muddies the waters of gameplay and makes it all less cohesive. 

There are only 2 amphibians in ARK! Also, doesn't it make zero sense for Raptors or Mammoths to drop the same type of meat as Scorpions or Toads?

[Qwertymine]

On 2/8/2024 at 5:48 PM, MalarOpossum867 said:

There are only 2 amphibians in ARK! Also, doesn't it make zero sense for Raptors or Mammoths to drop the same type of meat as Scorpions or Toads?

Not the issue. Yeah, it probably doesn't make sense, but neither does every creature dropping the same kind of Hide, or even different insects dropping the same kind of Chitin because it'll be different thicknesses and compositions. 

Lore-wise they obviously don't, but gameplay-wise its better that they do. Like you said, there's only two amphibians in the game, do they really need a unique meat type?

[MalarOpossum867]

47 minutes ago, Qwertymine said:

Not the issue. Yeah, it probably doesn't make sense, but neither does every creature dropping the same kind of Hide, or even different insects dropping the same kind of Chitin because it'll be different thicknesses and compositions. 

Lore-wise they obviously don't, but gameplay-wise its better that they do. Like you said, there's only two amphibians in the game, do they really need a unique meat type?

Yes, something to tame Sarcos with!

[Qwertymine]

14 minutes ago, MalarOpossum867 said:

Yes, something to tame Sarcos with!

Sarcosuchus was much more suited to eating fish, changing its preference to simply fish meat works better, and that's already an existing food type. 

 

Again, this is why the kibble system was simplified. It's not an approachable system to have thirty different kinds of meats, especially when they only come from two or three creatures. 

[MalarOpossum867]

14 hours ago, Qwertymine said:

Sarcosuchus was much more suited to eating fish, changing its preference to simply fish meat works better, and that's already an existing food type. 

 

Again, this is why the kibble system was simplified. It's not an approachable system to have thirty different kinds of meats, especially when they only come from two or three creatures. 

Did you know that before v240.0, there were only two types of meat, Raw Meat and Raw Prime Meat. Fish meat didn't exist until that patch. Also, I really want Squid Meat to be added to ARK, as a better version of Raw Prime Fish Meat. It gives 2x the taming affinity as Raw Prime Fish Meat while filling up the same 50 food points.

[Qwertymine]

On 2/13/2024 at 11:50 AM, MalarOpossum867 said:

Did you know that before v240.0, there were only two types of meat, Raw Meat and Raw Prime Meat. Fish meat didn't exist until that patch.

Yes, I fail to see how that justifies meat types specific to one or two creatures. 

Fish Meat is dropped by 10 species, four of which are some of the must abundant species in the game. Raw Meat is dropped by everything else aside from the Ovis. 

[MalarOpossum867]

8 minutes ago, Qwertymine said:

Yes, I fail to see how that justifies meat types specific to one or two creatures. 

Fish Meat is dropped by 10 species, four of which are some of the must abundant species in the game. Raw Meat is dropped by everything else aside from the Ovis. 

There should at least be Squid Meat, which is the water equivalent of Mutton.