Man you guys are really batting a thousand. By reading what people have said on Twitter regarding the supposed “QOL” balance update that you unleashed on pc lol. Sure you say it’s aimed at pvp but you blockheads are gonna make pve TAKE THE SHAFT FOR IT AGAIN! Just like the flyer nerf, the mana nerf, the umpteen million giga nerfs over the years, the gacha nerf, the inability to put turrets on platform saddles anymore (that was 5 years ago and that’s what started this rabbit hole we keep going down). You DO NOT listen to the community, you DO NOT understand the difference of game play between the 2 modes, I have to question whether or not you even care. If ya did there would be separate balances right from the start instead of this long list of bs that has come down the pipe over the years. It seems like lately your only sight is on Ark 2, when EVERYONE knows that ark 2 is gonna be just as much of a disaster as Ark 1, and why is that? BECAUSE OF YOU AT WILDCARD BEING YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY! Especially when you have players telling you about issues with the game for months, and what do you do? Ignore it, push it aside and throw up some vague and useless community crunch to distract and redirect, hoping the problem just gets forgotten about.
In regards to the extra life event taking place during the fear evolved event, THEY DO THIS EVERY YEAR! And then in the meantime while rates are hitting 5x, 6x, 7x we’re all stuck with full servers, rubber banding, high pings disconnects and whatever else can go wrong. Einstein said “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result”. I’d like to say the Einstein was being too nice, that’s the definition of STUPIDITY! They know what these events do to the servers, they know what the aftermath is, and they know how bad it ticks off the community. Not to mention WC has not EVER put out a clean near seamless update or patch IN 5 AND A HALF YEARS!! So fear is gonna go live, it’s gonna take 4 days to fix it because they broke SOMETHING! Then it’s at least a dozen server resets to get it so it’s right or fairly stable to play. Who wants to bet me on that? Anyone?
My last little vent is as much as this game, WC, cheaters/dupers and just the natural order of the universe seem to screw everyone over, yeah evo events could be enacted more often, but only with stable servers. It’s just that little piece of justice that us Ark players need to keep some skin in the game, literally. Sorry WC, you should have known the can of worms you opened 5 years ago when ya started doing the evo events, if ya didn’t I dunno what to tell ya.
After all that, WC you guys have an awesome game and it has the potential to kick the big game developers right in the knees. We don’t gripe to annoy and be thorns in your sides, we gripe because we care and love the game! You guys have done an amazing job creating a game with this much depth and involvement, but the bad decisions at the company level are holding it back.