Why was my original post deleted?
On official servers the 1x rate is incredibly slow, to the point that the game has most players minimally logging in until the next event or micro-managing their time and it's difficult to enjoy hatching and rearing.
Wildcard has also continually had to address this issue, and "eventually" increases rates as players leave, or complain.
On ASA official, our issues are performance based, predominantly, with horrific rubber banding, frame drop, crashes, lag, etc - and ethical with players exploiting pve for pvp like tactics, like theft, turning off generators, kiting dinos to other players bases, pillaring, and blocking entrances.
Adding 1x causes all of this to be a bit overwhelming, and it feels like Ark has become a "full time job" and not a game. Even in huge 8 hour stints on the game, I find myself with having to cryo juvenilles and babies over the course of days, and having very annoyed friends and family and co-workers at my constant worrying about "feeding the dinos".
It's embarrassing. But also humiliating.
As I've paid money and unwittingly joined during a turkey and Christmas event phase to start my ark experience, I feel duped.
For perspective I'm a design lead and am examining my experince from UX and data perspectives. The time requirements as a single player who lost two tribemates post holiday events, are a bit overwhelming. It currently takes over a week to raise a single dinosaur.
Is ark planning on supplementing my income or hiring me to play their game? Or should I log off permanently and keep my job and social relationships?
I am confused as a responsible adult why a game thats supposed to be fun, is so punishing to mine and others time?
Is there anyone at Wildcard that can explain the logic behind 1x as official rates? That why a single person should spend two to three hours just gathering metal to make a 4th of what we were previously? Thay why a single saddle blueprint being made once requires 20 to 40 hours of real world time to gather for?
Im unable to attract new tribe mates under these conditions or have the prior tribemates return.
I have a considerable friend base in gaming, and not a single one what's to play this game on official in its present state.
I look forward to your response, insights and explanations about 1x rates.
In short the 1x rate is not that enjoyable. Of the 70 people on server NA official 5258, no one is enjoying it and I was repeatedly told "wildcard doesn't care. They always do this and then eventually raise rates. Just cryo everything and log in once a week and log back out until events like us".
Thanks for listening.