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I hate to be "that guy" and honestly appreciate everything the ark devs have done, but since they are going with 1 ark digest a month, I really wish they would add a couple more questions into it. Honestly, I've seen so many good questions go unanswered so that some of the dumb questions could be addressed in one or two words over and over. The ark digest is a wonderful idea I feel because it gives the devs a chance to interact with the fan base and answer some of the questions that everyone has but lately it has seemed a little lackluster. Again, don't get me wrong, I very much enjoy everything the devs have done with this game and can understand some secrecy with the games release coming. I just wish they would put a little more into it as well. That being said, whether they do or not, I have enjoyed countless hours on this game and look forward to many more.

True, but at least the constantly hungry carnivores help with spawns. I at least hope they'll stick to their word about territories, herds and migrations actually being things.

If you're not doing hunger... I sincerely hope we'll at least be getting some kind of A.I/Creature Life-Cycle Improvements. That is just bitterly dissapointing...

You guys confirmed "Advanced Dinosaur AI", such as Dino senses, Weaponize fire making dinosaurs scared of it and Respect System! But not a simple Carnivore Hunger System or even a Herbivore Hunger System!? C'mon that is really disappointing guys! And having to download a mod just to get that feature is ridiculous! And you even said how easy it was to add that feature, why not do it?! But anyways I'm getting ARK for PS4 so if you guys could make a Hunger System DLC so we could get it in the game that would be nice...

Survivor, Avios asks, “Will carnivores ever get a "hunger" sort of system to them, instead of them being a bottomless pit and eating everything in sight?” I thought you were creating an immersive world with a living and breathing ecosystem. Carnivores always being in "consume everything" mode isn't very immersive A Rex passing by a herd of Brontos, deciding it isn't hungry enough to engage or the Brontos all making warning cries to ward him off and it therefore ending in no one fighting in the end would've been so amazing and it was something I was looking forward to. At the very least, carnivores not attacking everything due to their hunger not being low Oh well, much else to look forward. Here's to hoping you aren't skipping herds and their behaviors entirely, like going for water together(no hunger = no thirst either? FeelsBadMan) or moving to better, more fresh fields for grassing. I guess those are also out of the picture

First off, congrats to the PS4 community, it's great to have some fellow console survivors joining us in our struggle on ARK. I'm happy they got the game, but I like others am not happy that they're getting exclusives that we helped to provide feedback for & help make the game better from both PC & Xbox One. Let's face it, without help from the Xbox Crowd, ARK wouldn't have done half as well as it has. I'm hoping these are just timed exclusives & Wildcard will do right by the Xbox crowd and send both those items our way.

Wasn't that giga skin meant for the people who played SOTF? 200 wins and you would get it. Seems unfair for devs to insult the community like this.

Hey Survivors! Welcome to the latest edition of the Community Crunch! ARK is coming to PS4 December 6th! If you haven't already heard the news, PS4 is finally going to be joining the ARK Tribe! You can read the full announcement here which has all the details: ARK Digest 43! Here is our question and answer session with Lead Designer, Lead Programmer, Co-Creative Director of ARK: Survival Evolved, and Co-Founder of Studio Wildcard: Jeremy "Drake" Stieglitz! Survivor, WatcherCCG asks, “Could we perhaps get an admin command to bypass the need to have materials on hand for crafting. When I do creative base building in single player, it's always a massive hassle juggling all the giveitem commands for the various items I need to build, and this would probably be super helpful with that.” Survivor, Avios asks, “Will carnivores ever get a "hunger" sort of system to them, instead of them being a bottomless pit and eating everything in sight?” Survivor, BIRVM asks, “How will the Tek Cave work? Will you find the materials to make Tek tier objects, or will you find the objects itself in the cave? And will it have guardians to defend the cave? I'm so excited for the Tek cave” Survivor, HilmZech asks, “I was wondering if we could have something to store our dinos in probably digital format. they will require expensive things to maintain probably, and maybe a build limit? a person/tribe cannot build more than 3 of these, and if the device is destroyed the dinos are gone too” Survivor, ImpureFrost asks, “With the Lycanthropy and Vampirism being a halloween disease, Will we eventually see more Holiday themed diseases?“ Survivor, ImpureFrost also asks, “The Arthropleura was given a turret mode AI attack, will we see more types of Dinos that have this AI?” Survivor, OnePotatoChip asks, “Smoke grenades. Would it be difficult for them to also work on animals? ie. a properly timed smoke grenade to a Giga's face could offer a few precious seconds needed to escape or confuse a pack of Raptors that're hounding you. Also, any chance for cherry grenades for distraction purposes? More ways to interact with AI in general other than 'kill' or 'go around' would be nice. “ Survivor, DomiDarko asks, “With tek tier upcoming will there be anything we have a better/clear underwater vision?” Survivor, Codebreaker asks, “Would you consider, adding a personally owned, personally snap, admin demolish - governance setting. Same with dinos as well. This way if a tribe member up and leaves it can be demolished by an admin without having to wait out the timer. Also protects the tribe against a bad/troll recruits” Survivor, Codebreaker also asks, “Could you add Chitin to the Feeding Trough to feed the Archies” Survivor, Valentine asks, “Can we also have improvements to the players ability to fight? Like sprinting, dodge rolling, blocking, heavy attacks, charging attacks and other such things as well as better animations and character customization? =D I feel like the dinosaurs and new maps have really overshadowed the survivor part of the game!” Survivor, ShiningAmaterasu asks, “Will the ankylo have something like a cripple effect when he its large creatures with its tail maybe not permanent but if an ankylo hits for example a rex it could move slower for a short period of time i dont know maybe 60 seconds or less?” Survivor, Driska asks, “Will it be possible to fish on the pelagornis?” Survivor, JonSwagSnow asks, “Do you plan on adding a Titanosaur trophy head so we can display it as a notorious hunter?” Survivor, Shrekasaurus suggests a huge weapon list: Thoughts? Survivor, GuiterRocker1 asks, “With the addition of the megalosaurus sleep mechanic will we see sleep functions for any other dinos? Maybe a nap feature that could heal dinos faster with a "groggy" feature after that is similar to the "hangover" feature when you consume a beer jar? Would be awesome for herbivores as an alternative to the tasty cakes since they take so long to heal up.” Primal Survival Questions: We’re running through them with that project’s development team (Instinct Games) and will have an info drop on it next week! ARK: Evolution Event Weekend! To celebrate this festive period, and with the weekend coming early - as does the Evolution Event! From Friday the 2nd of December at 3PM ET until Monday the 5th of December at 12PM ET the Official ARK Network will be affected by an Evolution Event! Survivors playing this weekend will get to experience the following bonuses: 2x Harvesting Rate 2x Taming Rate 2x EXP Rate So be sure to log in and enjoy the increased rates whilst you can! Sandboxr 20% Off! Sandboxr is offering ARK figures at 20% off until December 24th (with the code LOOTCRATE) and free global shipping until December 12th! Make sure to pick one up during this great sale period! Community Contests! Player Procedurally Generated Maps! The Procedurally Generated Map system allows players to make their own ARK maps by determining a myriad of landscape options from the heights of mountains, depths of valleys, and the number of lakes, rivers or oceans, to the kinds of each biome they want, and more! Let's check out the entries for this weeks contest! The winner for this weeks contest is... Lake Islands by KishK0! If you'd like to run this map yourself, here are the necessary PGM settings! PGMapName=ProceduralARK20161201162758 PGTerrainPropertiesString=MapSeed=943;LandscapeRadius=1.0;Water Frequency=3.898665;Mountains Frequency=4.617451;Mountains Slope=2.195431;MountainsHeight=0.915787;Turbulence Power=0.0125;Shore Slope=1.0;WaterLevel=-0.72;GrassDensity=1.0;JungleGrassDensity=0.02;ErosionSteps=4;TreesGroundSlopeAccuracy=0.5;DepositionStrength=0.5;ErosionStrength=0.75;OceanFloorLevel=-1.0;SnowBiomeSize=0.122782;RWBiomeSize=0.222367;MountainBiomeStart=-0.552533;MountainsTreeDensity=0.01;JungleBiomeStart=-0.727392;IslandBorderCurveExp=4.0;MaxSawnPointHeight=0.1;SnowGrassDensity=0.25;MountainGrassDensity=0.05;SnowMountainGrassDensity=0.15;UnderwaterObjectsDensity=0.5;SnowMountainsTreeDensity=0.01;TreeDensity=0.003;JungleTreeDensity=0.66;RedWoodTreeDensity=0.35;SnowTreeDensity=1.0;RedwoodGrassDensity=0.1;ShoreTreeDensity=0.05;SnowShoreTreeDensity=0.025;DeepWaterBiomesDepth=-0.24;InlandWaterObjectsDensity=0.5;ShorelineStartOffset=0.01;ShorelineThickness=0.0015;MountainGeneralTreesPercent=0.1;TerrainScaleMultiplier=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f,Z=1.0f);SnowBiomeLocation=(X=0.2f,Y=0.2f);RWForestBiomeLocation=(X=0.5f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);NorthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.0f);NorthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);SouthRegion1Start=(X=0.25f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion1End=(X=0.416f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion2Start=(X=0.416f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion2End=(X=0.582f,Y=1.0f);SouthRegion3Start=(X=0.582f,Y=0.5f);SouthRegion3End=(X=0.75f,Y=1.0f);EastRegion1Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.0f);EastRegion1End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.333f);EastRegion2End=(X=1.0f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3Start=(X=0.75f,Y=0.666f);EastRegion3End=(X=1.0f,Y=1.0f);WestRegion1Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.0f);WestRegion1End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.333f);WestRegion2End=(X=0.25f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3Start=(X=0.0f,Y=0.666f);WestRegion3End=(X=0.25f,Y=1.0f) PGLastPreset=0 Congratulations to our winner! Looking forward to the next set! We'll be creating a new thread for the next contest which will be running immediately - so get generating! And to learn more about PGMs and on how to get started, check out this guide here: NVidia Ansel Photography Contest Super Resolution Version: http://images.nvidia.com/ansel/SuperResolution/ARK-SuperResolution1/ARK__Survival_Evolved_HighRes_2016_09_01_-_14_38_36_55.html ARK: Survival Evolved and the Scorched Earth Expansion Pack now include support for NVIDIA Ansel -- a revolutionary new way to capture in-game shots. Compose shots from any position, adjust with post-process filters, capture HDR images in high-fidelity formats, and share the screenshots in 360 via a smartphone, PC or VR headset. Learn more about these features from the NVIDIA blog. Now let’s get to the contest! There were 3 potential categories for survivors to enter their shots into and they were the following: Three Categories Super Resolution: These should be taken at 8x Super Resolution. Players can optionally use Depth of Field effects accessible in Spectator mode by pressing the [Delete] key. Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D: These should be taken at 4x Super Resolution, in 360 Stereoscopic 3D mode. We will crop them to 2D for web display, while also providing the 3D version for viewing within VR display. Freeform: Any settings, whacky and creative use of Ansel filters are encouraged. Adding humorous titles/captions in Photoshop is also acceptable for this category! And now without further ado, here are your entries! You’ll want to click on the image title to be able to download the maximum size image, we’ve resized them for display purposes Super Resolution! Winners! GravesAJ - Didn't See It Coming Wolf Angelus - Ancient Times Runner Ups! Kovko - Homewrecker Wolf Angelus - Taming 101 GravesAJ - Water Gliding Honourable Mentions! GravesAJ - Are we there yet EXFIB0 - Looks good from up here EXFIB0 - First Ride EXFIB0 - Night Rider GravesAJ - Can You See Me Now GravesAJ - Escape GravesAJ - Freedom KISHK0 - Close Call KISHK0 - Fighting off the Onycs KISHK0 - Flames KISHK0 - Triple Team Kovko - Hunter Kovko - Old Fiends Kovko - One Last Hug Kovko - Stonescape NakedZombo - Crystal Mysteries Wolf Angelus - Enchanted Wolf Angelus - Hot Wolf Angelus - Icy Wonderland Wolf Angelus - Unexplainable Life Panoramic 360 Stereoscopic 3D! Winners! KISHK0 - Cave Lake NakedZombo - Hidden Treasures Runner Ups! KISHK0 - Redwood Bliss KISHK0 - The Center KISHK0 - The Prize Room Wolf Angelus - Another World Honourable Mentions! EXFIB0 - Adventure is my second name EXFIB0 - Crystals KISHK0 - A Paradise KISHK0 - An Oasis KISHK0 - Cave Landscape KISHK0 - Redwood KISHK0 - River Wolf Angelus - Lava Cavern Wolf Angelus - Pride Rock Freeform! Winners! Kovko - Just wyvern jokes... Wolf Angelus - Land Before Time [All Kid Dino's] Wolf Angelus - Land Before Time [Family Photo] Honourable Mentions! GravesAJ - Welcome to Poop Towers! Congratulations everyone! Great entries ARKitect! This is an award given to Survivors to celebrate the amazing structures you build. These bases are judged based upon a number of different factors such as their creativity, uniqueness, how fun of a base it is, the difficulty of building it, the functionality it provides and much more! The ARKitect for Community Crunch 74 is… Jurassic Ark by Valoule! ARKVideo! This contest is open to all types of video be they funny, epic, scenic, stories, whatever inspires you. Just a general reminder that they should remain safe for work, think of the children! And without further ado, the ARKVideo for Community Crunch 74 is... ARK WTF? NEW CAVES ARE OVERPOWERED! (Ark: Survival Evolved) 252 by ThickFreedom Thanks everyone who entered again, awesome submissions as always. You can check out the rest of the entries here: Fan Feature! ALL NEW AND UPDATED CAVES IN 4K, EPIC GRAPHICS [Showcase / Cinematic] - ARK: Survival Evolved by KISHKO MANIC MEGALOSAURUS - ARK Bites by Lame Wolf Productions ALL ARK: Level Up / Cuddle Animations! Survival Evolved | The Island & Scorched Earth v252.4 by ShipWrekt KLEPTOMANIA - ARK Skits by Lame Wolf Productions ARK - Mythbusters ep.10 - Doedicurus roll; Ballistas Underwater; Etc. by EXFIB0 ARK MYTHBUSTERS Ep.11 - Rock Elementals vs Turrets, Focal Chilli + Battle Tartare Stacking and more! by KISHKO PACHYRHINOSAURUS MAGIC DINO!!! How to tame/Everything you need to know! Ark: Survival Evolved 252 by ThickFreedom Ark Building Tutorial :: The Log Cabin :: How To Build A Canadian Cabin In Ark by UniteTheClans Building the Rambler Hut :: Scorched Earth :: Molten Iron Ep 33 by Arahli The Geek HIDDEN LOOT BUNKER BASE (HOW NOT TO BE A NOOB!)- ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED by H.O.D GAMING Ark Glowing Lighthouse!- Ark Building Montage Monday EP 4 by RYANT1UM MEGALOSAURUS | ARK Survival Evolved by GamerPerfection MOSCHOPS DEADLIEST KILLER? How to tame/Everything you need to know! Ark: Survival Evolved 252 by ThickFreedom Anyone want some grilled sausages? by Cela Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=806821660 Tapejara Imperator Doodles by Violet Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=808091280 Sea Camo Diplocaulus by Sharkcat Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=810149783 Fire Salamander Diplocaulus by Sharkcat Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=810193049 Pokemon Quagsire Diplocaulus by Sharkcat Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=810149783 Ceratosaurus WIP by milokamilo Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=808769132 I'm so fashionable! by Morgengrau Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=810249511 That's it for this week's Crunch, we're hoping to post a Digest a little later this weekend, so stay tuned for that! Thanks guys! As always if you’ve got anything to share please get in touch and be sure to follow us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/survivetheark Facebook: www.facebook.com/survivetheark Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/playark Imzy: https://www.imzy.com/ark Much love, Wildcard Jen, Jat & the ARK: Survival Evolved Team View full article

Awesome job everyone, nice to see my skins here. I loved those land before time shots, brings back childhood . And those wyvern and tapejara art works, just beautiful.

I'm quite disappointed despite of the fact you want to have immersive game, you don't feel like to add such simple thing like hunger for dinosaurs, so they wouldn't be running around and chase prey even though they're full. If you don't want to add such small thing, I don't have any exctitment for TLC and AI pass for dinosaurs in the future, because the case of denined hunger mechanic shows you don't care to make dinosaurs something more than cars with dino skins.

Be nice if you would answer more questions!

Hey devs first off thanks for the great game...can we please make titanoboa taming a relatively high priority? They've been wanted and anticipated for over a year now since the original Fear Evolved...their saddle can involve the survivor laying down on it, and the snake model be scaled up slightly...this would be an amazing and relatively useful tame that I know both myself and other players would love...thank you!

it should be digest 43

It will be on all platforms at official release in the Spring. For now it is a nice timed exclusive.

But this game is not online ?! Thanks for the exclusive (invisible) items for Xbox and PC. Every day Wildcard manages to overcome its mistakes.

Will xbox/pc be getting the skins eventually? They look awesome

why unique cosmetics for them?