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for example says 53 of 70 but try to get in and it says the server is full. i tried five servers showing room available and got same message.

those who had tek transmitters on their bases were the only ones through the doors of scorched earth. less than 2 minutes after servers came online the servers were at capacity. those of us who had to go to obelisks found no access to any server. the goal of many of those who flooded the servers is to pillar the entire server. how do i know? it is exactly what was done to every server on the island. in addition people openly brag about pillaring the servers and believe it is their right to control who can build on the server. you have to beg or pay real money for a spot. there are ways to prevent pillar abuse. conan exiles does it. pal world does it. but ark insists on an out-dated pillaring system to mark one’s “territory”. pillaring the server, by the way goes far beyond the use of just pillars and ladders. these days ceilings as well as foundation combos are widely and purposely placed to prevent building, access to water, resoures and spawning of dino’s. so well done snail games. those who already had widely pillared the island are extremely happy for the edge they were given in getting a complete foothold on scorched earth. at 1126 12 more na pve servers were added yet were slammed to capacity within minutes. i am wondering why the island has 122 na pve servers but only 46 na scorched pve servers?

na-pve the island has 170 servers yet you only put out 46 na-pve-scorched servers. meanwhile na-pvp-scorched were given 60. neither matches the total number of active island servers. i couldn’t help but notice pvp servers on both counts have less population per server than pve. also should be noted i encounter people coming in droves from pvp to pve. yet servers do not reflect that migration. which is not to say those people claiming to come from pvp are not still also on pvp as well as pve. after all we have a lot of players who sell in game assets for real dollars who have harnessed many more than one or two servers.

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THank you Joe. I see what the problem is (for me). See where the screen shot says "Drawn" that is where on Fandom it says "creature". and I did not realize the layout of the menu was different. and before anyone makes fun of me, yes I am sight impaired. and also I swear to all the dead gods that used to say "creature" as well when the wiki first came out. so YES I was crazy. lol but you just saved my sanity. thank you JOE!

dodo dex uses the old fandom maps. ark.wiki.gg is the newer and only official maps. just frustrating that whenever there is an update some of these data maps, including the creature spawn maps get broken. I thought it was me because Id refused cookies. was hoping anyone here was actually seeing the data, in which case Ive got some setting wrong still in my browser or the firewall. IDK. for me its been two months and Ive reported it 4 times. its done it before and miraculously will suddenly be fixed. I think what happens is these maps are maintained by NON employees and it only takes one mistaken buit of code for things to blow up. used to happen a lot with fandom as well. this I know, well having worked with, and coded my own stuff back in the day. literally can be just one little bitty thing out of whack.

actually literally says spawn map and literally was clicked on from a page where the header says CREATURE spawn maps. choose the island. or any other from the list. no data on resulting page. data meaning the menu for selecting dino locations on the map is missing. not sure how a creature spawn map isnt a creature spawn map.

you literally just directed me to the exact same place I started and results in the exact same page I screen shot. nothing to do with where players are on a map. it IS A CREATURE spawn map for THE ISLAND. and as the photo shows the MENU is broken

I appreciate the update. have just one question. which is why you are giving switch a month long summer bash while those of us who have been playing for YEARS are only getting a meager 2x for less than a week. thats not cool guys. especially as people are hanging with you waiting for our game to be erased. AND the new "update" delayed. Im oky with the delay man. but Im not feeling the love. if Im honest I feel like WC being kinda stingy toward PVE console players. BUT you know what...Ima just go right back to my single player which is set to 5x. no incentive to be on official whatsoever. how that plays out the way you are hoping WC. also please clear up what happens to ASE when the servers get shut down. Some folks interpetting you as saying saved games have to go to a dedicated server while others are saying no no, just have to save it to your computer, or xbox or PS5 and it will over write your single player maps. according to same folks that save to single player will also include every other players builds and tames saved in one massive instance. for which they will merely have to use admin to force the tribes into their own. this doesnt bother me. but I dont believe it. and I dont believe it because some folks complain when someone builds anything even remotely like their boxes. I can imagine the screaming going on when anyone on a particular map gets access to the whole thing to scrutinize to their hearts content. Like I said its all good. but I really really like to know the facts directly from WC. not just what is being rumored third party all over facebook, discord and beyond. again thanks for the update on the roadmap. appreciated.

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I didnt vote this time but have to say Im pretty excited about the one that won. I personally feel maewings should debut with the island. but Im loving that the mae and this critter could work in tandem to help raise babies. been there done that for the 4am imprinting and never ever gonna go back to doing it!!! I love the fishing pole. AND can we infer the outfit and hair on the dude with the pole means we will get some ADDITIONAL clothing options? THE most exciting thing however, is the little bitty line indicating there will be news regarding ASA roadmap next week. Im on pins and needles. I cant wait to see what ya'll have to tell us. yippy! 😻😻😻

I smell a delay on ascended

dont need more dinos. need more furnishings, food options and building textures. more bugs to be fixed. love to have better ways to build. said it before ... think about pulling in the things we loved in Cedrics Primitive+, as well as Ecos great things and so many other mod items the PC people have had access to for YEARS. give some of that love over to the consoles. none of these dinos is an addition to the current managerie. Love the buffalo though. still waiting for the cheetah.

I get why you do not want to or cant port everything we have over due to the way you are updating the game in U5. its not how other companies did it but thats another story. I DO believe you can copy our characters IF they are in data and upload them to DATA in ascendant. I for one do not want to lose all my stats. I do not and never have liked that the levels Ive earned are based on boss fights that I never wanted to do in the first place. I would not have minded if the boss fights could be solo'd on official servers but its not been my experience. Ive always had to go along with someone elses group. its not always easy to find folks to go with as MANY people want REAL dollars for doing boss fights. I want what Ive already done to be passed along so I do not have to do it again in addition to starting over with taming and building a base. I do not have you wild card. I love ark. just asking you to meet me in the middle as it were. btw I love WC. I do not love snails of any kind whatsoever.

I have been testing builds on single player in preparation for the August release of Ascendant. Its been years since I touched that map but I recall what you build with can mean all the difference between being a bacon sandwich and living to eat a bacon sandwich tomorrow. Sandstone. okay so I built two bases. one with a very small building which has OPEN sandstone windows and an open front area. the sand storm NEVER gets too bad in there and I love that. however, because scorched is a dangerous map and I wanna make babies I am having to build a LARGE base box with behemoth doors so that my big tames will be able to get in and out. remember this is a test for reality. and its based on my past experience with other maps. for my tames to be safe I need to have them get in and out if they are carrying resources. and I cant have it open on scorched due to sand storms and other flying critters that might attack my tames n babies. wheras the small base, which is really maybe 12 by 12? is OPEN the bigger box is 20 x 20ish and completely enclosed with sandstone walls, sandstone windows and some greehouse walls because WHO WANTS a big box and not be able to see the outdoors. there is exactly one foundation in the bigger base where I can stand and not be affected by sandstorm. ONE FOundation. So please please please do not remove my ability to be safe in my little base with the open end but please fix it do a sand storm can not magically bypass walls, windows and behemoth gates. Ill add some pics as demonstration. you can see in the big base that the scorched earth helmet is active. i.e you can tell that you are not protected when your desert helmet outlines the view in black. it looks just as dusty in both but I am protected in the smaller open base.

not sure why my post was moved here as a comment to a wide open landscape where none of what we are all saying is related or correlated. that should be changed. how can I see at a glance something I might agree with that someone else has already noted. also Im still gonna say after 5 years I should not still be naked in this forum. I have logged 6600 hours in the game and come here to show support and ask questions. its kind of off putting to keep being labeled like a babe in the woods.

yes agree steam search does not work properly. I have not tried any maps due to them not showing up in steam. honestly they need to make a new category for custom maps if "maps" is to be used for everything. I will look for "hope" thank you for the tip. Im gonna try what another person suggested which is to use google to search for custom maps on steam. so bad that we have to do that. as for mods on xbox. I know we dont have them now, but I had heard we would get them in future. just looking for someone who knows if future means with Ascendant or only applies to Ark2. seems to me with crossplay it would be a yes. however, maybe its only to be allowed for single player. IDK

ark.wiki.gg is demanding to allow collection of personal information. do not use it.

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what happened to our rebooted giant kitty?

appreciate the new images. but would like the option to use either the old thatch style for roofs and floors as well as the proposed new. I like the fluffier style because it reminds me of ancient rooftops like you might find in jolly old england. the flatter texture might be great for floors as well. but I know my chickens, er my dodos really love the current thatch floor. I would like my thatch and wood NOT to decay any faster than stone or metal. I dont build in metal because its pretty. but only because I have no choice with current decay rates. defo like new doors. STILL WANT MY goodies FROM Primitive plus. my juicer, bread oven, small black vault, in short ALL of the primitive furnishings. we do NOT play ark just for the dinos. we build and we love to decorate. we need some of ECOs love with plants etc. seen so many cool things possible when I check out mods on my pC. but I do not like to play on my PC I like to play on my xbox or ps5. you want me to pay for the game again...AND wait a year to regain my fav maps...okay...but give me ALL my primitive plus goodies as well. and my characters complete with stats. gonna keep saying that because its a real sticking issue for some folks who have left the game. No body wants to have to do those boss fights over again. Im holding out hope, for my character to get transferred, cuz ima a dreamer. again, thank you for the update images. looking forward to seeing more of ASA to come in the weeks ahead as we move toward ASA deployment in AUGUST 2023.

happy anniversary! thank you for a great and encouraging update. looking forward to ASA. Please carry over our characters from ase to asa. I dont mind to lose my 42 cryo fridges of dinos or my hard won land and much loved fjorder base...last week gave everything away. could no longer bear to play on a dead map. most days I was the only one there. Put my characters in data. now clinging on to single player. testing base builds. looking for that new bug... mosquito? Sent link of that fantastic video to my bro. got him excited again for new days and ASA. hoping august delivers. would love to keep my characters and their stats. please n thank you.