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5 hours ago, MMaas said:

That is the issue: MTX will not end that market. Black markets will always find a way to benefit someone for cash, sellers wil always find something that someone "needs".

And lets be fair, how much different is the grinder that sells a dedi full of dust from a tips&tricks YouTuber earning ad revenue? Basicly they both use the game to make a few bucks. One by selling resources, the other by teaching tricks.
(For the record: I'm involved in neither)

I didn't say end, I said decimate. Basically if WC utterly lowballs them all, they'd be pretty upset, and I'd laugh hysterically.

WC should be the ones getting all of that money anyway.

I support the micro-transaction idea just for the sole reason of decimating the disgusting multi-million dollar RWT/RMT black market. If they sold a bunch of resources in-game, that really hurts no one. People who play 24/7 wouldn't need to buy it regardless, and people that don't play 24/7 would have the option (that's right, option, you don't have to buy anything) to "keep up" if they can't play that much. Really shows how deep the RMT rabbit hole has gone with those that are against it. Even if it was a system like Gen2 it still *helps* to get rid of RMT.

On 4/30/2024 at 4:52 PM, Brettskii said:

I like the edgy comment. Im all for a little derpy humor but you don't provide much support in your post??? WHY shouldn't games have micro transactions? Why is it a bad thing? Only reason i can come up with is you sell on the black market or need mom and dads debit card and you don't have much access to it. I love buying stuff on WoW, Diablo, Overwatch. Its not a game breaking thing lol. It helps everyone and keeps black market sales at a minimum. Working adults and parents don't have all the time in the world to sit and grind things out. Games have to appeal to everyone not just the neckbeards. This creates a great balance and also in this games case will help ensure a small bit of fairness. Its common now to see people build on resources, over farm rare resources, or lose the items and time spent to anti mesh or other random events.

To be fair, I wouldn't see it much worse than it is now. Real World Trading took over this game long ago, and people seem to (stupidly) offer more money than things could hypothetically even be worth (if simply sold by the company itself). I'm actually surprised they never tried to dip their hands into the astronomical amounts of profits. But no one wants to have that conversation.

On 4/30/2024 at 12:49 PM, CptYarrr said:

You're in for a few surprises then 😉

Not I, I won't pay for that one either lmao

On 4/26/2024 at 9:45 PM, Amile said:

Certification?! That's been the holdup this last month?! If you can't make cross platform work then maybe it's time to scrap it.

That's not how it works, all patches on every game that is multi-platform has to get permission/certification from the corporations if they want that patch on those systems. It's like passing an inspection that makes sure it's "safe" for their platforms (has no chance to compromise it and/or basic stability testing).

Every game out there that wants each platform to have the same version (and not different) goes through this. This is why most games take extra days/weeks/months after PC to release the same patch on consoles. So in this case, the holdup is directly on Sony/Microsoft taking forever to approve the game changes.

On 4/27/2024 at 3:15 AM, CptYarrr said:

And pay another 50 bucks?? 😂😂😂

I know you're being facetious, but naturally that's not how it works either 😛

Ever since UE4, the game can be directly upgraded to newer Unreal Engine versions henceforth. They just decided to monetize it, but I totally get the joke (at least I hope it was a joke) or any worries some might have from this lol.

On 4/5/2024 at 8:09 PM, Collprince said:

no one cares about center, do not focus on center over abb. abb is way too important for grinding and just a way better map in general. its just island 2.0

See above. They have a completely different team working on The Center. And trust me, there is a LOT of people looking forward to the map.

On 4/6/2024 at 5:07 AM, TheTrueSpider said:

yeah no.
They're not releasing the maps in order of "importance" or "grinding"
It's about drip feeding content/making it in the same order as on ASE.

There's also the many people, who, myself included, do care about the center and want it to come out with a proper tlc as it never got any love on ASE.

Also also, ab has barely been started, meanwhile center is basically ready, they just need to do the final touches and make the shasta. why would they completely stop that and delay it behind every other so called "important" dlc. it would make no sense, just like you.

Exactly. Also, they have a completely different team working on The Center.

On 4/2/2024 at 4:14 PM, smitty659 said:

This release was terrible enough to make me not want to play anymore. Ive been dealing with capped servers from the beginning. They are gunna lose a lot of players over this. Paying for a season pass and not even being able to play. Im done and thoroughly irritated. Phking crooks

You're just realizing this now? Many of us figured that out before it even released.. Heck even when it was even announced, and they screwed over a large portion of the playerbase...

15 hours ago, Joebl0w13 said:

They added two new ones. 

13 hours ago, FlorianWind9 said:

The Raptor yes, and I think also the Parasaur, when they did the promo for it back when they first announced that the series was being worked on. But now they've added an animated Dodo skin, Bob skin, and Helena skin and will probably add even more as time goes on and more episodes are released. 

You didn't notice the couple MB update for your A.S.E. game files?

What I'm concerned about is that any update they do to A.S.E. might break something important and then they won't bother to even pretend to try to fix it. 

Naw, I didn't notice. I barely play anymore, I just run the cluster.

However, it doesn't seem like that major of an "update" to really count or be worried about. For all we know, the skins were already coded into the game (same time as the others), and ready to be unlocked/implemented upon release of the animated series. That seems more of a plausible theory.

15 hours ago, FlorianWind9 said:

They added the new Animated Series skins to A.S.E. instead of keeping it exclusive to their new baby A.S.A.?!

I thought they were supposed to not mess with my A.S.E. anymore and add updates that might cause something to break. 😭

If they were to update A.S.E. more the only thing I'd want them to do is fix the official holiday events.

The Animated Series skins have been in A.S.E. for years.

10 hours ago, Zeldei said:

The complaints about woke are mind-blowing 

Heck, "woke" isn't even supposed to be an insult or used as such. It's very sad to see that it is nowadays, as it's simply supposed to refer to those who have opened their eyes to reality and can see the truth.

Edit: I guess those opposed just prefer to live in the "ignorance is bliss" era. ( ͡º ͜ʖ ͡º)

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On 3/12/2024 at 12:18 AM, Joebl0w13 said:

I take it you don't own or run a business. 

Don't condone predatory practices lol, you know they screwed a lot of ppl over and ransomed their progress in what was supposed to be merely a "free upgrade" to the current version 😜

On 2/13/2024 at 6:10 PM, DevJMD said:

Honestly, if the community manager is reading this, you need to go to W/C and ask why they decided 2x rates on PvE would be fine, was 4.5 hours late, and said nothing - however, you were quick to announce paid mods and launch official servers for them!

Never had you had 2x for Love Evolved, and because of your own mistakes, you bumped it to 3x at the weekend. Makes complete sense. Never in my life have I seen a business so out of touch with a community. 

I'm calling it now, this game is a sinking ship, along with Ark 2. It's a slap in the face to people who sink so much time into it, including modders making content that won't get the recognition they deserve because you're pushing your community into a corner. 

The community was pushed into a corner 9 months ago where you been?

Edit: Actually, pushed off of a cliff. My bad.

21 hours ago, Thalana said:

No indication for unofficials until now is low, even for you WC. I'm fine with extra time for less bugs but I have noticed a trend where we're just not in the loop at all and if we're the ones to be buying the premium mods and supporting you in other ways then it would be nice if we were given a bit more prio, at least in the communication department.

When were they ever good in the communication department? This is nothing new...

Definitely not the lowest, either.

I would be afraid of people seeing me in a default skin. Hate mods.

17 hours ago, aikkam said:

I'd like to know what WC thinks about this, its own players are hoping that someone will create a similar but better game although apparently someone is already trying pokemon with weapons mmmm maybe ark with pokemon  

Yeah that's the game I was referring to in my original message when I mentioned "FriendLand"

1 hour ago, aikkam said:

I wanted to contradict you on the part where you say that everyone is capable of designing an excellent game in theory. WC is clearly incapable of doing this, I am referring to those who make the decisions, for those who worked to program the game for them I have only respect.

We players might have a great imagination but WC doesn't seem to have a shred of it 

I wasn't referring to everyone, just saying many of us gamers. Our imagination can create the "perfect game" in our heads, but none of them (not even Ark) come close to what we really want. We can dream it, but are not capable of making it a reality.

Obviously WC doesn't, that's why we were talking about making a whole new game with better vision lol

Not sure if this is a lost in language translation thing or not, since you are clearly using some kind of translator to read my message and quote it.

21 minutes ago, aikkam said:

it's certainly true, but ark goes too far, it's a game that could be really great but it's practically a game destroyed by its own owners. the single player is left alone to his fate, the pve suffers from the exaggerated use of pillars that preclude people from building their base, the pvp is completely distorted by the megatribes that block access to the game for new players by occupying the caves exploiting the mutations to have dinosaurs that are exaggeratedly stronger than those that can be obtained without the mutations a system that can only be used by the megatribes for the time and resources needed (there had to be a limit, but no they decided to leave the bug that allows you to overcome it for what ?), because already being 50 players in a single tribe isn't already an overwhelming advantage over all the others. Pvp on small makes no sense because without a function like ORP the tribes are forced to create alliances, effectively recreating the megatribes to be able to defend themselves while they are offline. the pvp orp and hardcore modes, although minor, were appreciated by their players but were not proposed again, malfunctioning servers, hackers and the various bugs are the perfect setting for this series of terrible decisions, but WC is focusing on mods to keep the game alive. if anyone wants to add more to the list.

Not sure what that has to do with my post about being able to create a better game in our minds 😛

But yeah, I already know all about the poo-show Ark has become. I run a cluster of 10 ASE Official Save servers. Quite many of us refuse to take part in the blatant money grabs and horrific nightmare fiasco that comprises "ASA".

We also can't forget how most of the "new features" are just things they literally promised to add to ASE down the road, but didn't. Instead decided to screw us all over and hold our progress for ransom. All for "new", where nothing is really new at all, that we never even asked for. ASA was (at first) supposed to be just a free direct upgrade from UE4 to UE5 for ASE, after all.

9 hours ago, Oreochema said:

I'll be honest, mine would probably lean more toward fantasy creatures. (I've always wanted to build a sanctuary for griffons, drakes, phoenixes, etc.) And while I would certainly like to nod to Ark with some things, I'd definitely want to put my own spin on it. Something like a half-and-half critter-care and survival. I've got a bunch of notes on mechanics I'd like to include. The part I'm missing is the most important: The actual coding and game-making. lol

Hey I know a game like that, that just came out recently, and uses UE5 (it's name being similar to "FriendLand")! Jokes aside, a version of that same mentioned game would be so much cooler with realistic graphics like Ark.

The biggest issue with most of us gamers is the huge imagination, we know what kind of game we want, but no way to create it like other types of art.

For example, I still feel like (this was an idea I had many many years ago) if GTA V turned every citizen into zombies and made it about survival, that would be a dang near perfect game. Sadly, none of the directions any game (even Ark), has ever been close to my "vision" of the potential games have or could have.

We can all write a script, but getting it produced is the hardest part.

I'd say write down your entire idea somewhere, let the ideas flow, and then perhaps try and find some people with developing skills and work with them to create something beautiful. Don't forget to patent it (or w.e you gotta do) first lol.

Oh, and when it's successful- Don't let these dumdum companies win when they get jealous, and try to reach for handouts claiming you "plagiarized" them, because they didn't think of (or create) the idea first. Like one major gaming company tried to do with "FriendLand". Heh.

17 hours ago, aikkam said:

their obsession with mods is their way of telling us that they don't know how to develop their game and that we have to do it ourselves  

I know, I kinda hinted that without saying lol

It's very sad, and one reason I still don't play ASA

What's with this major obsession for mods?

I get it, people love them and they perhaps give you less work to do on the game yourself... But the direction of the game and marketing seems to be relying on them A LOT.

I've personally never been a fan of mods, that's why I choose to play on console in the first place. Having to rely on them for everything is bogus and largely time/space consuming.

Plus to me it always feels like cheating when I use them (unless they are Officially released or are considered Official by the devs themselves, much like Fallout 4 did).

Are you still gonna make Official additions for the game itself that don't rely on mods? Like in the last Community Crunch for example, I asked if you are going to release Tek Greenhouse Walls that can function the same way (as the mod you previewed with transparency on/off and one-way usage option) for the folks who still like to play and enjoy the game vanilla-only?

Please consider this, thank you!

Are you gonna make some Tek Greenhouse Walls that can function the same way (transparency on/off and one-way) for the folks who still like to play vanilla-only?

I've personally never been a fan of mods, that's why I choose to play on console in the first place. Having to rely on them for everything is bogus and largely time/space consuming.

1 hour ago, Nyrmac202 said:

Yeah, I was unaware of all of the issues that it still had. I didn't bother checking out of impatience. Now I regret it. It's really sad how we're getting utterly screwed over by something that ought to be fixable and a huge priority. But I guess people were right.

And some people questioned me (even on this very forum) when I have previously stated: That was exactly what they hoped for. And it worked (marketing off of impatience especially from taking ASE away), very sad to say.

Edit: as for your follow-up saying it's a cash grab- yup, exactly. Thus while I still choose to remain on ASE (even though ASA was gifted to me for free!)

18 minutes ago, Nyrmac202 said:

THIS, THIS, THIS! Real quick, hello! First time being here and posting!

Second of all, this is completely true! I have the PS5 version of the game and I've been waiting for something about them finally fixing the issues that it has. I don't care about anything else right now. I just want to play the game! Screw Scorched Earth and all of the fancy, schmancy crap to go with it! Which I (AND MANY OTHERS) can't do on console due to the save issues. It just looks like console players are getting the shaft like with Evolved. What is the point of buying a game that you can't even play? I want to stop crapping on the game and WC but at this point? I'm very tempted to get a refund. We haven't gotten so much as a peep about any fixes to console Ascended!

Third of all, what the heck is the point of showing us this if a not insignificant portion of the fanbase can't even play on the normal game!? PLEASE WILDCARD! Fix the game and please don't force us to pay for this new stuff! I can understand cool looking cosmetics, but please don't hide Scorched Earth behind another paywall! PLEASE FIX THE GAME!

First of all, why and how are you actually acting surprised?

Second of all, you wrote: "What is the point of buying a game that you can't even play?". Well, why did you even buy it in the first place, after months and months of blatant warnings from majority of the community?

Third of all, "I want to stop crapping on the game and WC but at this point? I'm very tempted to get a refund." 

Welcome to the party, a bit late though lol. Tons and tons of players beat you to the punch long ago, and even since have never stopped crapping on it either (did you think they did it for their health?). Soo many of the ones who were indeed "suckered" (sorry to say) have actually in fact did indeed get a refund. Quite easily, actually.

Lastly, you are here begging for the same things to happen, that people have been begging from them for literal YEARS. Smh. Especially "fix the game please". Lol. All they did was try to "bury" the old brokenness by releasing a shiny "new" version with the same bugs (plus a lot more) to "replace" it.  Not trying to be a Negative Nancy, but you got a lot of waiting ahead of you my friend. Don't hold your breath.

11 hours ago, FlorianWind9 said:

They still haven't completely fixed A.S.E. How do you expect them to ever "fix" A.S.A. ?

Anyone who followed the A.S.A. news from their announcement of it last year till its "release" knew that wc was advertising 1/10 of a completed game stuffed, basted, and cooked in a mountain of both old and new bugs because all A.S.A. is; is A.S.E. wrapped in a shiny rainbow colored foil so that anyone looking at it on the shelves won't notice that it's just the same old moldy turkey that no-one bought for Thanksgiving the previous year. 

wc has a long history of not acknowledging problems, and also not fixing them; while hoping that people will either forget about them or someone else will fix it for them.

Anyone who has boughten A.S.A. up till this point has unfortunately gotten exactly what wc advertised. 

I do feel very sad for those who have boughten into this mess; especially for those new ones who didn't know wc's A.S.E. first. But, it's not like there weren't many of us sounding the alarms and giving warnings throughout this entire process all over the internet. We have not bought A.S.A. yet; and that's because we don't want the moldy turkey with rainbow colored foil that wc advertised. 

Exactly, well said.

Also I still refuse to play it, even though someone literally gifted it to me for free trying to persuade me!

I'm sticking to running an ASE cluster that mimics Official.

If I do go to ASA, it won't be for a long long time and all maps are out and perhaps bugs/kinks are sorted out (unless I decide to pop in and get all notes and that's it, before more map releases. Haven't decided).