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  1. I suspect private server owners will still be able to launch their own in-game holiday events using proper code. That's the prerogative of server owners in the first place. You can allow default updates to launch them on their own, but you always have the option of having Christmas in July by adding proper launch codes to your server. That's what the code is there for in the first place. Ark Official might die out as they abandon servers officially, Ark Unofficial is likely to continue.
  2. If they won't wipe with some kind of regularity (3-6 month) WC/Snail has to accept the servers will become more or less stagnant. If they want to keep this game relevant, they have to keep people playing, and like it or not new blood is usually better than old.
  3. This is normally the result of a delay loading game assets after the player has loaded into the world. I see it all the time both in solo play and on a private server I ran. You just have to wait a bit for it to finish loading. Unfortunately the delay can be rather large (up to 5 min).
  4. WC rarely says a peep about hacks, other than to announce a patch and fix for something, IF they feel necessary to state the reason. In some cases the guilty party won't even be punished per se, just have their ill gotten gains nuked. If you happened to have been victimized during this process you will remain so. WC are like cops in the real world, reactionary but rarely restorative. Do you think it might be better for them to simply wipe the server completely forcing everyone to start over when someone hacks? Do you think that might reduce the prevalence of hacking? Is it fair to put the whole server on a square one basis rather than leaving guilty parties mostly whole while the victims remain victimized?
  5. Twitter has a character limit to each post. Clearly WC/Snail isn't interested in any meaningful communication, preferring instead to simply post when they wish to post. All the players could flood their twitter feed with posts complaining about server instability, but they can lock down twitter and prevent any posts at all. It's just about the last place then can hide before just cutting all ties with their customer.
  6. I don't think the problem is the programmers, per se, it's the top down management that is at issue.
  7. Putting up adverts for programmers does not mean they are hiring, some places just like to keep resumes on file in case they need to hire, or they want to keep the current crop on edge worrying about job security - it's a sick demented game some employers play to control the workforce - if you are worried about your job, you are less likely to ask for more money, promotion, time off, etc. Human psychology 101. Most employers these days have no respect for employees feeling they are a dime a dozen, and zero loyalty, though they do expect that from employees no matter how shyte the treatment. Keeping want ads up just fuels that fire.
  8. Can't see anyone DDOSing a PvE server, there is no purpose to it, because no one can play while it's down and there is no PvP to speak of unless it's the consensual kind. If that server is down most likely it's a power outage (we have been getting more thunderstorms of late this time of year), but it could also be HD failure (no server farm uses SSD except maybe for the OS, and likely not then either due to the expense), or simply the usual failure of a server after it's been running for too long. They do need to be brought down and systems updated like any other PC, and this can cause the underlying software for ARK to fail to restart and require manual intervention. If official servers don't seem to be getting much love, maybe WC/Snail Games aren't getting the money they expected from sales of the current DLC, so that would mean they need to cut costs. If they lay off programmers that starts a spiral you can't recover from since less and less people would mean longer downtime or coding solutions eventually leading to a systems logjam of work and burnout. Until they can get machines to accurately code, people simply can't be pushed that hard so they break down more often when someone attempts to treat them like a machine. Turning off a machine permanently though is money directly in your pocket that is no longer being spent supporting a server. And WC will never be fully honest about the state of the game, their main goal is to make money so honesty would be counterproductive to that goal. They'll spin the facts as hard as they have to, or remain silent. But honestly, those official servers won't remain active forever, there is no money in that for them. At some point they will stop coding this game, the money will dry up and they'll pull the plug on all official servers. So really if you want to play this game long term you should be looking for an unofficial server, either one you own or rent, or one you can rely on or share expenses with friends.
  9. Congratulations. I honestly thought it would never happen because of all the speed bumps along the way. That said, how about posting up some roadmaps regarding finalization of the DLCs and fixes for those, and start providing more timely patch notes. It can't possibly be so difficult to post the reason for a patch/update push at the same time you push it out.
  10. No doubt a lot of nice work on the page. About the CF mod, an increase from 20k subs to over 60k subs in the span of a week is rather spectacular.
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