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On 6/16/2023 at 9:32 PM, CosmicSkeleton said:

To be fair, even if they aren't beat for beat the same there's several creatures in game that are at least reasonably similar to their real world counterparts. Utahs (if you ignore the broken wrists), dire wolves, thylas, rhinos, bears, megalodons, sarcs, the list goes on. They'd do about what you'd expect the real things to do. Then they go balls to the wall and make things like araneos who spit silk (yes I know there's a species of spider that does this but at araneo's size they'd realistically just over power their prey and like modern bird spiders the sheer force of the bite and fang size would kill it before the venom had a chance to), deinonychus scaling sheer cliffs, and tropeos with the jaw power to grind hard objects to their base components. Wildcard's jumping the shark so hard it's kissing the stratosphere with some of their creatures.

True, a few creatures are paleo accurate (mostly the island)

But utahraptor and megalodons are far from accurate lmao, I guess you could argue that all megs are juveniles in ARK.

The allosaurus hatchet bite still gives me a headache.

Literally just a beefier concavenator with extra steps lol.

Still a big fan. I was hoping for more paleo accuracy, but that's wishful thinking when it comes to ARK.

I adore the anniversary art!! 

It's been a wild ride but this game will always have a special place in my heart.

45 minutes ago, Billjaywarr said:

Why are the Rhyniognatha only on two maps. I’m not starting over again just to use it.

You do know you can transfer characters right? 😟

On 5/26/2023 at 8:27 PM, BruisingPikmin said:

No, *the Switch platform is an exception*, because they aren't getting ASA, obviously. You can't honestly tell me you expect Switch to get ASA, right?

Are Ark players really this daft?

Good point, didn't really think of that. Don't you think that's a bit rude, though? Thanks for the clarification either way.

I'm glad at least some people get to keep their years of progress, I know a couple people I used to play with on switch official PVE who worked their asses off building up their base.

Just now noticing that WC are releasing more official servers for switch when they're about to be shut down? 

Are smalls an exception?

1 minute ago, SteveTheOtherSurvivor said:

wdym, they are saving them. We get save files and everything. Mission accomplished.

From what I've heard, the process for saving a copy of a server is really complicated, and even then, people have built up communities in official servers. 

That looks so COOL...

I'm really happy that they kept the idea of it being able to pick rexes, this is gonna be game breaking and I love it.

On 5/19/2023 at 9:37 PM, Diabolos said:

I like how they also mention said person's "Ascension". Subtle advertising there! Then again, One concept of Immortality is in keeping people in our minds, so kudos on that front.

Oh poop I didn't notice that. That's kinda iffy.

I really like how wildcard acknowledge the death of people in their community, other companies wouldn't bat and eye.

That's honestly really respectable.

Patiently awaits rhyniognatha 

1 minute ago, TyranntX said:

Documentaries hyping up successful hunts of predators don't help much either. Especially when in all reality only 30% of hunts have a favorable turnout for carnivores. All this vote di was give as a triassic animal, which is cool and all but do we really need another big carnivore?

Instead of focusing on what diet the animal had, I suggest focusing on how we got a new crocodiloid. Or even how we got new content in general, at the end of the day wildcard don't really ever make herbivores very useful, with a few exceptions like the maewing, therizinosaurus, etcetera. Either way it's cool having a new creatures in the game.

7 minutes ago, TyranntX said:

Can we please BAR carnivores from all future votes? We've had like eight in a row at this point.

Whilst I do agree with this to some degree, I feel like most ark players are gravitated twords carnivores due to mass media like Jurassic Park making them out to be bloodthirsty awesome bro monsters. People forget that herbivores can be equally as amazing. Need I mention hippos, elephants, and rhinos? Banning them completely is a bit irrational though.

Nice tree bro

9 hours ago, Cyberra said:

You're still paywalling ASA behind a $500-$700 console. All these 'sneak peeks' are worthless to those of us who can't afford a brand-freaking-new console

If you wanna see how ASA would hold up on old gen consoles,,,, well uh you do you I guess.

It's not a paywall, it's just that the old gen consoles can barely run ark1. Hell, my PS4 can barely run JWE2, and from what we're seeing, ASA is gonna be adding a massive amount of new content.

I understand it's a bummer that old gen people can't play it unless they get a new console. But honestly I doubt the game would be playable on PS4 or Xbox1.

Let me know if I'm wrong btw, I'm not very tech-savvy lol.

I'm glad WC saw that packaging ARK2 and the new ue5 into the same thing was a mistake, still a bit upset that it isn't free, but I guess you could say it's another DLC, with the new dinos coming. Kinda hope they come to ARK1, as I can't afford that new version right now. The rhyniognatha looks absolutely amazing though, can't wait for the dossier.

I completely understand how ARK II was delayed, but do I really have to buy the whole game again for good graphics? Usually I'm not too nitpicky, but that's kind of stupid. I am super excited for the ARK animated series though, love how everyone is heavily armored and Helena is just there.

5 minutes ago, TheTrueVocalHero said:

Aw bless you. A comment telling the devs about the bluescreen issues and telling them they’re crooks is hurting your feelings it seems. So, I apologise that your nose is so far in their crack that you’d rather ignore the issue, again.. you being one of the players that is the problem. Go for it, “enjoy the game” as it is, but you’re a mug for not having an issue with it. Salt? You mean the truth which you don’t like so it’s easier to call it salt? Please. 

Y'all gotta chill, if you don't like the game then don't play it damn. You don't gotta be rude to some random person on the internet.
And yes, I'd rather ignore all the problems about the game instead of being all pissy over my game crashing.

I do think that WC should fix the problems, but just be grateful for what you have and stop acting like a bratty child.
I know damn well that the game is unfinished. 💀

On 3/22/2023 at 11:52 PM, TheTrueVocalHero said:

Hardly, “bud”. Ask anyone playing on console how many times they crash during transfer or generally playing or doing bosses. Players like YOU acting like the game is perfect and runs as it should, is the problem. 

I play on console myself.
And when did I say the game is perfect? I know that there are plenty of bugs and things that Wildcard have neglected, what I'm saying is that you don't need to constantly bombard them with comments like "fix your game". Don't you think they get it by now? I'm not the problem, I'm just enjoying the game how it is man.
Take your salt elsewhere lol.

49 minutes ago, GP said:

Nah it's roughly 2-3 times the size of Araneo. No more than that though.

I just spawned one in and they're a lot smaller than I remember damn, hope this one has more interesting abilities though. I'm all for a bit of bug love

On 3/18/2023 at 4:03 AM, GP said:

They are all Araneos, with the bigger one being the brood (mother) and its offspring.

You can also see a human skeleton next to it, so it is the normal araneo size.

On 3/18/2023 at 1:41 AM, TheTrueVocalHero said:

New spider… but yet the scariest thing in ARK is the fear of losing all your hard work, dinos and gear after blue screening when entering a boss fight, teleporting or transferring maps. This is the only way I tend to die now. Sick of having to restart and booting up the game, sick of seeing that same error message and sick of wasting my time. The fact you’re still allowed to sell this game, and don’t feel any sort of guilt selling the game in the broken state it is, is beyond words. And you think it’ll run on URE5. It can’t run now. But you’re still adding content and awful game modes to it… Absolutely disgraceful. 

Sounds like a you problem bud.

Arachnophobia: The Movie

36 minutes ago, CosmicSkeleton said:

Not going to lie; that diplo pic activated my fight or flight response. Years of being in the tek era and diplodocus still manage to trigger my "get the hell away from me" mode.

I always feel bad after killing diplos, they just wanna be friends.

6 minutes ago, CosmicSkeleton said:

Ves, my buddy, my pal, my amigo...we both knew that no matter the outcome there'd be people complaining. Best to just pour a drink and enjoy the ride. With all the salt I'll be able to rim a bars worth of margarita glasses

Sounds like a grand time.