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I really don't expect much from the concept artists... But that thing does not remotely look like a scansoriopterygid. It is a dodo with bat wings. 💀

I mean... For what it's meant to be. A gliding animal. Idk it looks off. Like it's tail is too short it's wings are too short it's legs are too long. Idk to me this doesn't seem like the design people voted for

This design feels very rushed and looks like a Dodo re-skin. Personally, I think Wildcard should have gone more for the concept design given to them, the longer tail with feathers suited way better then the short feathers we are shown. Kinda funny how they copied the head and colors but then just slapped a Dodo body for the rest. (As I said earlier, way too rushed with the design.) (Quick edit: unless the tail grows longer the more feathers it has to use like how the submission-concept showed the creatures feathers increasing, which would be really cool not gonna lie)

Can anyone actually in full detail explain to me what is happening with Ark Ascended because I cannot find anything detailed or in depth about how it will work. Do we get to transfer everything from Ark to Ark Ascended or is it a new fresh start? Are the old servers being shut down as we speak or will they be shut down after the release of Ark Ascended? Why bring out Ark Ascended when Ark 2 is on the way? Are all the original dinos from Ark going to Ark Ascended and if so can we get a few changes with certain dinosaurs such as for example the Spinosaurus? Are the same maps going to be on Ark Ascended as they are on Ark? Are we getting any new maps? When is the official release date for Ark Ascended?

thats the thing though i believe it was DLC extinction when cryopods and fridges got introduced and if WC keep it as that for re-releasing it then omg arrgggghhhhh, similar to maewings ..... all are a massive QOL adjustment. So far i cannot recall anything saying these will be released on the island so it could be a LONG wait till we get them and that will hurt all these 'newer' players who thought they where part of the base game .... either way time will or wont tell at this point.

Yeah until the time say extinction gets released and we finally get cryopods back, we’re looking at a lot, if not most, servers at tame cap due to the massive amount of breeding that a player has to do just to face alpha broodmother and megapithicus on the island. Not talking about dragon or the tek cave. Going into the alpha brood fight with even mediocre tames = getting your butt handed to you. That is if you plan on doing the old school way and not cheesing it. The point I’m trying to get at is, even if say 4-5 tribes out of the entire server start doing serious breeding for bosses, just the breed the stats that are needed to win those fights and the different strategies (Rex=monkey, megatherium=brood and their= dragon), we’re talking about hundreds of tames by the time the teams are finished, servers would be at tame cap inside 4 months guaranteed, not talking about the regular tribe cap. We’ve experienced that before, and I personally don’t want to go through it again.

Seems alot of people are going for a water theme of some sort. Im happy either way. Its just nice to have some new stuff to look forward too

do not deny me the spider

I think you’re spot on cosmic, they’ve done it before. Perfect example is the tapejara and the tropeo. The tropeo is just a reskinned tape with a a jet powered saddle. I have never really been a big fan of aberration so it doesn’t affect me that much, I’m actually more concerned about other things than creature votes, who’s submission has won more than once, yata yata yata. Don’t get me wrong, the creature additions are cool and all, but they’re kinda like hanging curtains in the living room of the house while the kitchen is on fire. With the lack of actual news and information in the last few crunches, my feeling is they’re going to delay ASA until December at least and go back to releasing scorched and the island at the same time, which is probably going change their price point….again. I’m also really concerned about how primitive they have mentioned on going with ASA. I don’t know how many old school Ark players are still around, but for those of you who started playing after 2017, the game was a different game pre-2017. Some aspects were down right awesome other parts of the game were far far from awesome. Breeding was a complete nightmare without cryopods, and even that is a mild understatement. Let put this way, if you wanted to breed in old school ark, YOU HAD NO LIFE!!! It took forever to raise tames for boss fights, especially if you were in a small tribe or solo. If you were in that type of scenario, you were basically forced to buy your boss tames. Not to mention when you finally did get a boss team, trying to get them to the obelisk to do the boss fight was another migraine in the works. Walking 18 rexes, a yuti and deadon to the obelisk is probably one of the worst pains in the rump you could think of. Then just to get there and realize some jack*ss left their boss team ON THE PLATFORM AND LOGGED OFF! Not to mention the shacks, buildings and fences that were quite literally PACKED around every ob with boss teams. THAT is the kind of experience that is waiting for those who never experienced that debacle. Back to breeding, the other annoying issue waiting for us is, tribes breeding for bosses or just breeding tames because they want to bogs down servers BADLY! I don’t care how advanced UR5 is or gonna be, THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN! Even the most advanced systems have their limitations. The point I’m getting to is that cryopods not only were a godsend to the breeding and taming of creatures, but they were more important to the running health of the servers. Not having cryopods at launch of ASA in my opinion is a such an insanely stupid idea that even the words “stupid idea” can’t express how stupid of a decision it would be. Now I would love to see the other QOL additions, that I believe should be, available at launch, just because I remember how daunting breeding and raising really was. Incubators, maewings and tek troughs really helped make the small and solo tribes have a level playing field with the big tribes in regards to breeding, it allowed people to actually have a life and not be, quite literally, tied to the game. Other things that I believe should be a part of ASA is flyer speed leveling. If WC is gonna try to have lightning strike twice that needs to be available. Allow flyers like quetzs worth something again. Allow us to build turrets on the platform saddles (in PvE), keep netguns on launch and actual real separate balancing for PvE and PvP. Remove some of the pointless nerfs that PvE had to take because of PvP balancing. Lastly, with the creature vote for The Center, I hope you guys are able to update that map. IMO it’s probably one of the best mod maps and deserves to have the best work. It has some of recognition being the first map to be added and deserves the love. With all that being said I look forward to Asa and I hope that it is everything we hope for and that WC/SG doesn’t try to pull any stupid shenanigans, but that’s probably just wishful hoping on my part.

To be fair you aren't far off with the whole second paragraph, none of these are what ark needs, I will give credit to Ashley, the gigantoraptor was the only creature that won that I actually care about, I like the creature, but ark doesn't need it, no offense ashgcy, sorry about the whole one and done bs. But truly these creatures are all apex predators with a fuged up way of taming. Appreciate that the gigantoraptor is a basic egg steal also. A sand shark basically, a new giga, a flying Rex carrier that is like a million times the size of the big found in amber, a new rock drake that looks like a retarded dodorex, does anyone else see the comparison, I've given up on voting at this point. I do have to disagree with you on the molded 20x force tame bs though, I enjoyed this game on the official servers, I left when the servers died, and I wish I still had the amazing friends and community I had before. I loved this game, and to now see what it is becoming is quite sad... well there's my whole opinion, hope everyone here has a great day, and realizes what to vote fore on the next vote (possibly a herbivore)?

Honestly that looks bad in comparison to the original idea, I wanted this to win but I'm dissapointed at how it looks.

Actually upon revisiting the design it really is more or less aberration’s answer to the terror bird. More specifically it is to the terror bird what the ravager is to the dire wolf. Look at its legs and wings; its design suggests that it’s built to run and temporarily glide via flapping. It’s almost ironic, in the end people basically got the running owl with a different coat of paint and name. Makes one wonder why they’d bother completely changing its design this drastically. It’s like they tweaked it’s concept art so they could tweak and reuse an existing rig rather than making a new one from the ground up and call it a done deal.

As a friend of the person you just mocked, I suggest you get in their shoes and be respectful. Just because you win once doesn't mean you should be stripped away from the fun the contest entails. Sure it could be slightly frustrating if someone won over and over, but it that got to happen then it's likely because they put effort and thought into their creation. And if you don't like it, don't vote for it. That simple

As the guy who submitted Gigantoraptor, personally I'm not too much of a fan of the new "no winning multiple times" rule. I understand why it was put in place, but it feels like a bit of a "punish the whole class" vs a "punish the actual problem people" situation. 90% of us in the creature design community are just people who really enjoy making cool ideas or flexing our creative muscles. Outside of posting to various social media and hoping our idea gains traction, we don't have any unfair advantage for getting our stuff into the top 10, apart from the effort we put into our submissions. However there's at least one individual that comes to mind who's consistently used their audience to sway the votes for only their own benefit. It feels really unfair to "put down" the creativity of people who are willing to put in the time to sit down and have some fun designing a unique creature that might gain traction. If the community likes the design of a creature, regardless of who made it, I say let it be how it is! There's still a huge portion of the community who just doesn't bother to read further than the title, I don't think the creators of the concepts are of their concern. Critter creators are already punished enough by people who won't give their really unique ideas the time of day due to their pre-concieved notions of what the animal would be, I think it's wholly biased to punish the "good" and "skilled" creature creators even further. It really removes the fun of creature design knowing that your idea won't even be considered, even if it wins fair and square.

@WILDCARD Please, please, please, PLEASE!!! Don't make your Community believe that you are completely ignoring us because of the marketing line you have chosen to follow, it makes us feel frustrated / deceived and makes our trust (and hope of regaining it) fall more and more into the abyss.. What I personally think: WILD-CARD a few years ago was born from "nothing" creating a game with a concept and mechanisms that proved to be engaging and suitable for many types of audience (builders, hunters, farmvillers, PvPers, explorers , etc.), conceived with the StarWars mentality of elaborating the entire Plot but released little by little to give longevity over time and to increase the interest of the Survivors from time to time who developed an ever greater Evolutionary sensation with each subsequent map. this has allowed ARK to gain its share of the market and to keep sales high over the course of almost 10 years both with new players (many of whom are involved with already Survivor friends) and with those who had fallen in love with ARK and continued to play it for all these years buying all its DLC to enjoy it to the fullest [and, either with the contractual % of third parties such as Nitrado or even GamePass itself] ; I mentioned that almost 10 years have passed, a "whole generation in gaming terms", but..... IF TODAY ARK:SE IT NEVER EXISTED YET?? If you started from scratch in vision of the next "video game generation" as well as 8 years ago, you can get the same results (taking into account that today they also have already tested data, more experience in the field, better technology, ideas/suggestions/criticisms/defects already known)? PROBABLY YES... If ARK came out as a new game today instead of 8 years ago, what reason would prevent it from achieving the same success?? We are sincere and aware that today we don't have a valid alternative similar to ARK as a whole...we also know that the next Generation of Consoles won't take too many years to arrive, and we know that the arrival of UnrealEngine5 is giving resulting in a leap in quality to current products .... in anticipation of acquiring the "new public" this is therefore the time to "anticipate any competition" by seeking one's own exclusive. Yes, in reality there are also other factors to weigh the risk: Ark is not out today for the first time, all existing players are excluded from the sales count if we assume that WC expects to get the same results as if starting from scratch? ...Yes and no.. + A slice of the Community will not buy ASA for various reasons (disappointed in treatment expectations or in the management of problems and bugs; economic question of purchasing a new Console/PC; does not want to play this game over again or had already changed game for some time *; some prefer to continue their own ARK:SE Servers) + Another slice of the Community will buy it in the hope of getting improvements (graphics, technical, new implementations, future new maps, so a further enlargement of the game, even *those who changed their game might want to buy the revamped and expanded Ark) = Well, if we put ourselves in view of opening a new market from "zero", then we are already starting with +1 slice earned by those who already know Ark and want to buy its new version (also bringing along some old/new friend, then buyer) Ok, the above is what I want to take into account in this message excluding judgment on right or wrong WC's handling the situation and especially the information, but I started this message asking you to LISTEN TO YOUR SURVIVORS [ [your audience...your Lenders!!]] TRUST is the most important point of all: -- there was/is the question i of the ASA price for THOSE WHO ALREADY OWN ARK:SE (<--- I highlight for the avoidance of doubt, those who had already paid ARK and will have to pay the full price again) and there are a thousand ways to incentivize us to compare it more honestly in our regards (e.g.: you have Byronic Skin Dinosaurs in the Store, create in the Store a "Paid Set" of Dino Variants among the existing ones useful to speed up the new ""Restart"" (Anky-Decu-Stego-Argy _ Magma-Maewing -Gacha _ etc.) that have some better specs/stats than the original Dinos and make these Sets free to ARK:SE owners while still having an extra cash left for you in the Store; it's just one example out of a thousand that could be suggested) ) paying homage to the loyalty of those who have already supported you and would not hesitate to continue if only they kept TRUST in you... -- you're forcing the hand of that slice of us who structured their game in the Official Servers by categorically closing them, when there would probably be a way to group and keep at least a small part of them for those who won't have the chance to get ASA regardless; taking the perspective of "starting from scratch" in NextGen, it may be that you will be right in strict terms of Marketing, but on the scales you are putting another slap on Trust! ..even the future one. -- Save Data: DID YOU SCHEDULE A MARCH-31ST RESCUE??! Are you already doing some intermediate savepoints? But above all: given that many of us demotivated Ark:se has been keeping their bases active for 4 months so as not to ruin YEARS of their game and will certainly continue for other months by now (more and more demotivated by further delays but having to refresh the Decay Timers and Dino), is it possible to receive some updates on the possibility of playing them without having to pay to rent them? And which "dates" will we have access to? ((if we had news that today our worlds have already been saved, you would immediately see a sudden release of Servers/Resources, as well as doing a big favor to those who have already organized their own Servers and have waited with confidence for these Save Data)) -- there are also other pending issues: Mod.io had been announced for Ark2 and it would seem a Sponsor accepted by many, for ASA instead Overwolf received heavy criticisms (even when one of its operators tried to intervene once here in the Forum, then vanished into thin air since then, school "we too learn how NOT to know how to win Trust"), here complete silence and another punch in the stomach for many. -- Cross-Platform AntiCheat? It is assumed that you will also open "NON Multiplatform Servers" for those who use Consoles to not meet with PC Cheaters, any info about it? what is it and what does it do? Which Cheats will it be able to block? Surely I'm leaving out other points [the Animated Series? Does it exist or is it just a sort of publicity gimmick?] but it is already evident that the major "DEFECT" is the lack of communication, which turns into a lack of involvement and trust .... If you have not been able to respect a date or solve a specific problem or anything else: tell us about it, explain it to us, let us know and also participate, Trust is also won BY FACING TOGETHER the ongoing issues, certainly not with "silence and we hope you forget"....... I won't go any further and end here [[...still Confident..]] my appeal to @WildCard

Kinda disappointing tbh. The yi qi, or yi ling doesn't exactly fit into aberration, more like it's made for valguero or crystal isles. Aberration is a map that feels more scarier and creepier than any of the other maps, the Reapers and nameless makes it so. Having a creature like the spider scorpion or jumping spider would've made aberration feel more scarier since the map is nothing but giant caves. The Rock Drake is literally the best glider for aberration, outperforming the yi qi if it's made a glider creature. Love the design though.

Look it should not have been the pick they only picked it cus it was a ez dino to make . It's a dang deinonychus with a dodo head has nothing to do with ab and ppl will still stick to that they know works

Looks kinda like a 90’s Saturday morning action cartoon depiction of a terror bird.

Only the creature concept. I hoped for a creature more suited to aberration . I hope we get some fantasy creatures. super hyped for ASA.

Still kinda does

Hoped for more Aberration style looking creature. I mean.. Yi Ling is good concept, but in proposed official style doesnt fit into Aberration mood. Looks more like Crystal Isles or The Center raptor.

No. Yes. Yes No one knows exactly what's going to happen exactly when. They said they would happen around the same time. They haven't commented on that. Yes. They haven't announced any new TLCs. Yes. Yes. The date keeps moving. Last stated date is October 23. All of this has been covered or announced in the crunches.

still stunned to see yi qi win, honestly never thought it would win, super bummed that the spiders and koolasuchus didnt win, hopefully they have another chance in the future, disappointing

Wildcard devs, late friday afternoon -' Damn we haven't got anything new to show or tell the community. Wait, ive got it, quick, upload a picture of a bulbdog. Yeah that'll do, who cares' Seriously pathetic

a really bad joke😭 i cant believe it

through fake elections and fraud. nobody wanted the rock drake-velona-sinomacrops.

I thought about doing that but I thought it was dirty... ;( Wish they would switch to Approval voting.

MORE GIANT INSECTS!!!!

Third week in a row of a smooth as butter community crunch! Disappointed. 2 months out and still no gameplay? What are you working on?

This is some bull crap!! The spider was in the lead the entire time until the end. Anyone smell more corruption here? Cuz I certainly do

How does one creature come in first in 7 rounds and still lose? Lol what a joke 😑

Maevia Eureka should be added just like they did for Carcha as an extra, it has been in the top votes so many times and fits PERFECTLY for Aberration. Congrats to Yi Qi and if they make it similar to the submission it will be a dope creature.

Sad the Owl didn't win, but again. One of my top 5 did make it, congrats Yi Qi, I hope it's massively oversized so you can ride it!!!!!!!

Congratz to Yi Qi But I'm pretty bummed, oh well, it's a shame the Jumping Spider not win, I really wanted it... To be honest the reason it didn't win is most likely similar to some other community vote... the way this voting system work, usually the majority first vote won't win. Like the Number of People who wanted The Jumping Spider most of all as their #1 is more than others. (6760) but since Jumping Spider was Top voted in the forums submission, many people who don't like it but like other things, put the spider at their very last Vote under everything else so the other creatures have more chance. this make the #1 most popular creature to not win when all the other votes are summed up together, the most popular is always the unluckiest one. I mean I can't blame people who do this, I also did this before for other creatures that were #1 in submission vote but i didn't like them, i put them in the very last even tho they were not the most disliked creature by me i just want them to have less chance and my preferred one to have more chance.

Too sad that none of the spiders made it in. I think that what would fit really well in aberration would be a spider. Hope there is another chance to get it into the map.

Hope one of the spooders is added to Aberration later down the ladder, we already have a dragon on the map. Edit: After some observation, it isn't out of the question that one or a few disgruntled trollolos bought bots to rig the vote since the voting site doesn't require you to create an account. I was literally able to vote again after my previous vote but I didn't do it, I found that kind of fishy. I could be wrong. I don't understand why the vote can't just be left at that on this site where you need an account. Hope the developers change the creature to something more fitting then, at least, if the community doesn't get a fair re-roll. The majority is unhappy about the result on all announcement sites.

omg is this a joke??? omg cant believe this...

how did Yi Qi win

Disappointing.

Nobody has cared about your spider that is essentially gonna be eaten by the Megalosaurus easily. I convinced my 200 friends to vote for Yi Qi first, spider for the last and they changed their vote before posting for me.

Maevia fated to always be the runner up it would seem. Sad times. :')