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Certain elements of the S+ mod were implemented into the base Ark game on all platforms. However, the actual full mod is not available for consoles as Mods are not supported on console for Ark.

This is just the same method as no tames at all. The only difference here is you have a light pet and sword. Doing it with no light pet and shotgun results in the same. Pink balls only spawn a few at the start of rounds. It's the no tames and cactus broth that causes that.

ARK is pretty much 6 years old, it's time for a new experience with ARK 2. I myself am ready to move on to ARK 2.

Then stop picking stones up by hand to test rates. Rates are now 4x 2015 rates, fact.

I doubt they are picky-buying parents. When you are an adult yourself with kids you'll understand why I say that.

It helps to link to those pictures rather than just say look at some random pictures and expect people to know which pictures you refer to.

What pictures?

Valhalla was never coming. It was a mod map, there was nothing about it officially coming to Ark.

Because as per the Community Crunch this week (https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/articles.html/community-crunch-256-introducing-voidwyrm-update-on-genesis-ii-r1715/) The EVO event is only XP and Harvesting.

I don't know where you are getting this "everyone who plays ark is thinking something else" from but the changes they are making based on community feedback, as per this Crunch regarding an open map and buildable map instead of what Gen I was, a walled off map with too much build restrictions, a lot of the community requested this. I for one am pleased they took on the community feedback from Gen I and made these changes.

I think people need to chill, getting agitated over one another serves nothing but generates more hostile atmosphere. If people want to vent they can vent as long as they abide the rules of the forum.

Missions are included but they are going to be in their own instance instead of on the main world. Kinda like the boss arenas.

EVO event is active yes, but it is only 2x XP.

Cacti does not exist on The Island. It exists on Scorched Earth and Extinction. I'm not sure you can make the broth on the Island only without mods or access to other maps.