SnowboundGem

Joined @SaltyMonkey server last night got myself a basic raft together to set sail got a 150 and 130 mated pair of bulb dogs. I don't even like them. Hubbys choice.

A jerboa who I accidently threw in a fire.. don't want to talk about it. ?

A 145 and a level 50 ptera to help me in my gathering until I have enough resources to get my argies. 

Flew around the map checking out spawns and rested right next to a rock elemental who I swear wasn't even there. He came out of the ground. Scared the day lights out of me.

I always feel jumpy in game when my husband isn't online with me. Hadn't realised I was co dependant lol

Time to load up the Xbox and jump on a server for the first time. Wish me luck finding my ideal base location.

Total side note.. I just got promoted. My hard work paid off. I'm going to sleep now.. back in a couple of days.

6 minutes ago, Cymas said:

So basically it still isn't very stable lol. It's a running joke that Microsoft only produces a decent OS every other version. XP was great, 7 is very nice, Vista only worked on beefy machines, 8/Metro was utter trash, and 10 is still unstable? Sounds about right. 

AHH normally I would agree but my oh bought this laptop and basically doesn't understand them.should never be allowed near them.

My brother is the techy guy my other half is the shiney new kinda guy.

Normally my brother intervienes with Tec stuff but he was away so my new laptop is more dinosaur than ark.. my old laptop can be repaired less Dino. 

1 minute ago, Cymas said:

@SnowboundGem It was an option yes but at the time the OS was not particularly stable, especially in regards to games. So I basically just ignored the upgrade. This computer was built about 5 years ago and runs Ark surprisingly well, but definitely needs an overhaul. I'm actually using Win7 Ultimate so I can run on 32 GB of ram, for some reason the home version throttles you to only 16...so dumb.

In any case I wouldn't be able to use Crossplay because I bought Ark through Steam, not the Windows Store, and I'm not about to buy this again when I have all of the expansions and whatnot already...so basically I don't currently see a reason to upgrade to Win10.

No I understand not wanting to spend again was wondering what put you off sorry if it seemed monetary it really wasn't it was the upgrade to Windows 10 not the game as to why I asked. My last laptop glitches over any update since the upgrade, graphics card burnt out over nothing. My current one is a bitch to try to maintain I preferred version 7/8 to this windows hiccup every week. Auto update no control and half the roll backs are due to half installed glitches updates. I spend more time updating than using it.

I agree a break is in order I will spend some time these next 2 weeks just relaxing at home. The game won't go anywhere. 

Definitely will join a server soon though.

And you said something @Cymas about windows 7 how come you didn't upgrade to win 10 or was that not an option for you? I am not even sure where that came up but I've been thinking about it 

40 minutes ago, Cymas said:

@SnowboundGem Sounds like your time would be better spent relaxing doing other things instead of getting frustrated in game. That's fine, it happens to everyone. Luckily it will all still be here when you get back.  I would advise against wiping anything just yet, once you come back you'll find everything you're having an issue with right now is fixable and would have regretted wiping that map. It's fine for me because I've never been fully established on SP, only on servers so I've never deleted more than a few weeks worth of progress.

When it comes to mutations, personally I always name those to avoid confusion. So if I have a mutation it's something like "Stamina 1M" or "Melee 3F", denoting the stat, how many muts are stacking, and the gender so I can easily see what I need to do next to progress in the line. I name them as babies but never move out the old adults until the babies have grown up, just in case of accidents.

I never normally get frustrated I'm just having a bad few weeks. Since anniversary of my mum's passing. I've been super annoyed in game.

Hate that that seems to be a thing for me. Fyi from June 11 death to july 7 cremation = permanent bad mood. 

I did name them but I think because they were next to each other or I'm blind or stupid I made a mistake. I checked them, I do separate my keepers and cull the rest I sincerely made a daft mistake but I know all my current stock of eggs is wrong so more kibble.

Just have to breed last line again for the melee still have the parents in cryo. I always keep my work when breeding.

Mapwise I can just start a fresh map to change thing up challenge wise. I intend to keep my breeders lines I was so gutted because I thought I had culled them too. Bad day. ?

19 hours ago, Cymas said:

That's a tough one. Maybe you just straight need a break from Ark itself for awhile.

I've always thought about doing a no Engram run that would require supply drops/blueprints only for everything. If you really want to challenge yourself, do it without using your stat points either lol...

Or maybe taking some inspiration from Pokemon, a "monotype" challenge where you use only one type of creature, in your case "flying types" since you love argents so much. It does mean no bosses, but you could do a primitive challenge at the same time...maybe on hardcore mode if it seems too easy as is. And/or do it on SE so you can get wyverns and still do the manticore.

A break maybe a good thing I'm snowed under with work. Have tonsillitis and just got over my summer cold.

I've been trying to cram in everything this past 2 weeks and keep making a mess in game.

I noticed this morning I have been breeding rexes for a week on and off collected about 30 eggs.

Having cryoed the mut for health I've been breeding the wrong stats, how the f didn't I see that I've been breeding stam mut? I am pretty sure I remembered it being a melee mut which was why I kept it.

Think I killed the melee. FML I'm going stupid.. 

2 hours ago, Kodking194 said:

to those who reacted confused to my post @d1nk. plz explain how u r confused. that way i can explain to it to you more simply. no offense or anything

Probably because it's a block of text, very hard to read. I am really not trying to be rude.. it's just very hard to read.. 

Separate with paragraphs makes it easier for people to follow. Also full stops at end of sentences makes it much easier to know you moved onto next statement. And spell check. 

Just my opinion.

I saw you quoted me in an earlier comment but I have a headache it was too much to read. 

I still do try to read it but it's very difficult. We all enjoy reading but sometimes a block of text bad spelling and grammar makes it difficult to follow.

1 minute ago, d1nk said:

No fliers really spices the game up. I did mammals only too. 

Try out no fliers on the server, will be a fresh wipe and we have all those maps

I'm yet to jump on I am just trying to figure out what I need to challenge me. I have to fly it's a must I just can't live without my argies haha

I have a character on each map just need a fresh start it seems I have already built in my preferred base locations on every map. ?

Hence the clean map requirement.

I'm so not feeling up to playing at the moment. Don't really know why, just no enthusiasm and the grind is wearing me down.

I'm at the tek stage have everything I need, I just got fed up. I'm sick of seeing my base lol, sick of hearing the Dino's cluttering my base, sick of the same thing everyday. 

Considering a fresh wipe and different map.

Will be doing a tree base on next play through but need some inspiration for a play style not pve/pvp.

I mean something different example: no tames or only to tame at saddle unlock not straight away.

Also  thinking of turning down some rates to keep me busy longer.

Something to challenge me and keep me interested. I don't want to jump from map to map I'm not a fan of ab or extinction maps. So have the island, rag, scorched, center to choose from.

Also I absolutely will not go in water in the game I hate it. 

Does anyone mind sharing some ideas with me? 

On 6/19/2019 at 5:13 AM, Kodking194 said:

helped some dudes do a dragon fight. they were using bred rexes with full muts. as we entered one of them was called to go have dinner. as we fough this dudes afk body is standing their. so i rush over to cover him. i am on my red and cyan thyla. i saved him and threw some ghillie on him to reduce aggro range. did not really work. he arrived to see the dragon kicking their a**. i am riley were sitting in the back. we were like the back up. if thye fail then we go in their and finish it off. just as they were to die the afk dude throws out a freakin giga, the others also use cryo pods aswell. i did not even know that was possible. all of a sudden their is a giga, mana, velano and  two bronts fighting the dragon, i decided to grab some food. i just sit there on my thyla watching as they kick a**. as they seem like they win the dragon glithes into the tames, stopping them from attacks while it is breathing on them. the minnions killed the dudes leaving their tames on passive. i said srew this. i threw out rexy and went and finished it off. while my friend whistles the dinos out. in the end it went well. i am doin cave runs right now collecting artifacts with my otters, winston and buzel (pokemon). i am holding a gun game event tomorrow. i am building a giant cube like structure. inside r artifacts. depending on the artifacts affects your scores. but there is a twist. u start off with a bow. you gotta weapons to kill the others with. if you get a kill you are allowed to recieve the next tier of weapons, a cross bow and so on. you get a stack of ammo and acs cloth armour for lols. we got the entire server joining us. i will be holding multiple rounds. the reward for the winning team is a hand full of artifacts and a mating pair of either rexes, megatheriums, theriz or rhinos. all for boss battle. 

Love the gun game you described. Great idea.

1 hour ago, BusyEXE said:

Crystal Isles

Found a hole in the terrain near the rock drake nests, led to a large flat area, built a hatching area and hatched out like 15 rock drakes. Soon, I may have to expand my little base

A hole? Like a cave?

I attempted to load up today for my first server experience and got called into work. Dammit!

Just got home been up since 4 am it's now 9.30pm. I'm not to sure if I should attempt to play or just sleep. 

Conclusion - Need a clone!

I learnt how to pronounce managarmr after months of calling it managamar. ?

I loaded the game looked at everything then logged off I'm not feeling it today..

9 hours ago, boi3 said:

sorry for going off at you now wild card has stopped meshing

No problem. Have a great day.

@Cymas I 100% see where your coming from, I was trying to understand if what I mentioned was their pov. It's a shame they don't just trial your suggestion.

I am confused about the timer issue you mentioned for breeding same females to same males.

This sounds odd I wonder where that started.. maybe your admin needs to actually listen more to the players.

I have always done this while breeding, my sp timers are about 30 mins. Never seemed any different. That's enough for me when I have argents, rexes, thylas, etc. All breeding at once.

I want to get set up on a server but I haven't stopped in a week. I have tonsillitis and a cold so I've also been asleep super early every day too. Hoping I will feel better this week. I'm feeling tired just writing this.

Syntac posted a vid last night in regards to mut stacking. It's good. 

I'm not sure if there maybe a better server out there for you. I personally wouldn't want to move after investing all that time but i would if this was happening to me and I wanted better results. 

In regards to instant gratification does the admin actually play ark? It's not a thing! Not unless in creative all the time.

Even boosted sp I have spent nearly 3 years on the same game character. 2 full lines of boss rexes, and many others just for convinience. This year is the first time I have done it for colour.

I keep 3 chambers full of cryoed Dino's as my base gets cluttered and it becomes a massive challenge feeding everyone.

I think I'm going back to sleep now. Have a good day.. ?

23 hours ago, d1nk said:

Do you use a chat pad? If so the bottom 2 buttons beside space bar are Picture / Video capture... i have hundreds of pics because of it lol

Otherwise maybe when using glow button to check time irl or messages etc and hitting start or select

Yes I do. 

I usually have a cat trying to sit on my lap when I play he also has a habit of leaning on buttons. So he might require some credit here. ?

I haven't been on my game for about a week. Life's really hectic ATM with work still enjoying reading about everyone's eventful days.

@Cymas I hear what your saying in regards to only having a few birds. Dino's etc and wanting to breed but being restricted by server admin. 

I'm not sure how many play on your server but maybe if everyone had no restrictions or strict settings, it could be laggy due to multiple people over breeding.

Not that I'm assuming you would go mad without restrictions, just saying that some people pay no attention to others.

Some people go nuts or people forget to turn off mating and leave for a weekend away etc, coming back to a base full of dire wolf babies. Server lag, unable to move due to low fps.. 

Maybe not I dunno...  It's just an assumption. Based off what I have read or seen from other people who have experienced this. 

Resulting in a very cautious admin.

I do hope one day it lets up a bit for you though. 

Oh and your colour mut is lovely. I never get cyan, I always get magenta for some reason on my argents.

So since I have woken up at 6.30 on a Sunday and don't have work today. I may get time to play later. 

On 6/14/2019 at 6:36 PM, d1nk said:

 

I believe theres an xbox dvr website you can upload your clips to like imgurl

 

edit: I believe he was asking how to share the clips not actually taking the video we all know how to do that

Umm I didnt know how to take vids on Xbox but I have done it successfully 8 times this past 3 months.. and multiple screenshots. Not really sure how I manage it. ?

6 minutes ago, Kodking194 said:

well, riley first of all tried trapping it in stone, and made the trap right next to base. he said it had been a long time since he had used let alone tame a giga

Still makes me laugh of all the places to put the trap... Haha

That giga incident made me laugh reminds me of 3 years ago my other halfs first giga attempt ended in disaster too.

He lost 4 tames just trying to recover his stuff. Then as he was running away led it back to his base. Had me laughing for ages. I did help him restart elsewhere.

@Kodking194 I get that you like PvP etc but why are you always yelling at team mates? Every other post you say you lost it. 

Chill out! 

On a side note it read like a success so congrats. Hope your server recovers soon.

7 minutes ago, caleb68 said:

boulders, no cannon balls, but they are just as much of a pain to tame as a rock elemental, but die quicker due to misses.

Oh I so need to check that out. Thanks for answer. ?

Did you mean boulders? Or cannon balls? as you do with a rock golem? Only asking to clarify so I can be sure.