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@Wildcard Will this week's crunch have a trailer or more in game screenshots? You gotta give us something! Come on......

ok. Im game. vote +1

Usually, I don't comment on community crunches. But this time, even I can't hold my tongue. In January, we were told that ASE upgrade to UE5 would be FREE. Then, last week in CC355, you drop this bombshell that you're going to make the UE5 version of ASE the equivalent of a whole new game done in UE5, AND that you're bundling it with Ark II. We have seen NOTHING of Ark II. Not gameplay, screenshots, nothing. For all we know, it doesn't even exist. But you tried to tell us we were essentially getting one of the two for free; either Ark II or ASA. For $50, PLUS we had to pay $20 each for the two DLC packs WE ALREADY BOUGHT. Of COURSE the Ark community is outraged! And you apparently got a bit of the message, although I think you've doubled down, at this point, and don't think we don't see it! NOW.... Now you say that ASA will be a standalone for $60 and will include all DLC content, even though most of us have already bought this game AND all of the DLCs. And whats worse, NOW you're going to sell Ark II for the same price when it releases (IF it ever does). So you've made sure that the original $90 we would have paid according to your post last week, will now cost us up to $120 for ASA and Ark II. You're not smooth..... We see what you did here. This is a cash grab as much as the idea you had last week, only this one will cost us MORE if we also choose to buy Ark II (assuming its a real thing and you actually release it before 2025). Oh, but there is more. And I don't think you thought this through, or you did and you just don't care. Not sure which one and frankly I don't care. You've 'partnered' with Overwolf, and are giving mod creators the option to charge for their mods. Do you even realize how many of us can't afford that? Do you even realize that for any Unofficial server for ASA (I'm assuming we will still be able to have unofficials with ASA) not only will the server owner have to buy whatever mod(s), but then anyone who wants to play on that server will also have to buy them, too. Do you think we are all made of money? I'm not saying that mod creators don't deserve some compensation for their hard work. But this is what Patreon is for. So what all this looks like is this, essentially: "Ok. so we're going to essentially make ASE obselete, give you an updated version that we're going to charge you full price for AGAIN while we bundle it with Ark II to make sure the game actually sells without any proof that this is a real game, AND you have to re-buy the DLC packs too. Oh, AND we're going to give mod creators the chance to charge for their mods, too." "Oh, you don't like that? Ok. So then you can buy ASA for $60, all DLC included, and then if we actually have an Ark II and release it, you can pay full price for that too at $60. We'll make more money that way anyway, even though we know that charging you for ASA, the revamped version of ASE, is just a cash-grab. We will just patronize you with apologies while we do it, because you won't see what we're actually doing anyway." Yeah....... Wildcard, we're none of us, that damn dumb. If you wanted to charge a nominal fee for ASA, say, $30, and you were showing us what we'd be getting, I'm sure the backlash from the ark community wouldn't be so fierce. Afterall, I can understand that there might be a whole lot more work in upgrading ASE into ASA. But you MUST be joking if you think charging us full price twice for the same game is, in ANY way, okay. And you're doing all of this during a time when our economy is crap, inflation is sky-high, and people are struggling. Because you're being greedy, and you seem to think we just have all the money in the world to buy all this, and that we're too stupid to realize what you're doing. You've alienated so many of us with this crap. Soooo many have already quit Ark because they just can't afford what you're going to do, they are p***ed off you are taking all official servers down, and/or they simply know they can't afford to re-buy the game, new engine or no. Shame on you, Wildcard. This shame is all on YOU. You want to succeed as a company in the gaming industry? Start actually CARING about your player base. Afterall, WE are the reason you even HAVE a company, and any games at all on the market. So stop being so greedy.

HELL no... How boring! Sorry, not sorry. Seriously

Is this out NOW? I didn't see a release date....

OMG I'm so glad I haven't updated my cluster yet

So I have a cluster with the mod version of Crystal Isles. Is there a way to KEEP the mod version? How do I keep the DLC version from overwriting the mod when I update?

Ok will this event work on a mod map as well? Cause I'm not seeing anything on Amissa yet for sure.

But you're missing the whole point of hod's video!!!! It was to let wildcard know that the problem STILL exists, show you how its being done and call you out for knowing about it for a year and not fixing it!!! Oh wait.. that is the real reason you banned him isn't it? He not only called you out for not fixing a serious problem but showed everyone just how big the problem is, and now you're embarrassed. Shame on you wildcard. You people really need to pull your heads out of your asses and fix your poop. Then you wouldn't have to worry about it. Everyone knows already how under meshing is done. He didn't show anyone anything new. Banning him over TRUTH makes you look like big babies who can't handle reality. Jesus!

Ok so.... tamed aberrant dire bears, uploaded them, and now they are stuck in the cloud. can't download them on any map. (Unofficial cluster). And I'm not the only one on the cluster having this issue... HELP.

So is it true that only official servers get the halloween event? that unofficials won't get it?