Scorpio

1 hour ago, spiritpaw said:

I vote disagree with a full feathered Raptor...... Unless some were fully feathered and some weren't. I really like the reptilian look of the raptors. And I am a big Bird fan so this is not like me.
So she with your suggestions for the next creatures to TLC! Please DO update the dilo, onyc, and araneo.
I would love to be able to ride the onyc..... Perhaps it only can fly at night? You know like it gets sleepy in the day like the megalo?
And the araneo really needs to be able to use in like a more modern spider. Biological Zipline, and grappling hook, and climb walls. I am sure this could be done with a way to balance it out for fairness. I mean they are pretty squishy and don't breed as far as I know, so is would give them a lot more value ( yes I know it is not realistically like an ancient spider ancestor, but so what?)
And I love the Dilo. Love it's finned head and cute ferocity..... But even I just sigh and pass them over. Perhaps it should have a fear roar You know like a bluff buff? A yuty wanna be. And a camouflage, Soo it pops out at you suddenly from where it was hiding scares the heck out of you, then blinds you. Instead of it's silly walking out in the open thing.
Just my greatly wanted ideas......

I really like the araneo ideas, on top of that it should be able to climb ziplines and get a jump/mobility and weight boost in general. Perhaps it could also make Web traps? As for the other two the onyc could function as a hanglider when tamed, currently they are really hard to tame and the reward isn't worth the effort. For the dilo maybe a size and speed boost so that it's more reminescent of its real life variation, in fact even the one shown in the jp movie was supposedly a baby. And maybe tamed ones can alert you with their frill if something dangerous is nearby or maybe even corpses since they are typically seen as a "guard dog". 

1 hour ago, Sycon said:

I was  really hoping for more feathers on the raptor in the tlc pass

57 minutes ago, Royalstar said:

I’m kinda disappointed with the raptor tlc. 1. I don’t like the head, it looks too much like a Jurassic Park raptor. I’d prefer you left its head as it as, or or give a more unique looking head. 2. I was kinda hoping for a full coat of feathers. 

I completely agree with these two post, the feathers are definitely an improvement but the Mohawk looks rather odd on the new head, and somehow it comes off as adorable. Im not saying it has to be fully coated in feathers(although it would be greatly appreciated, perhaps an option?) but perhaps a design similar to the megalosaurus could work? It's just that now that it has realistic feathers it meshes oddly with the scales. 

As for other animals I would like to see get a tlc it would be nice to see the araneo, onyc, and dilo get a model update and more useful abilities especially for the spider and bat. 

The pachycephalosaurus is rather useless, I would love to see it be actually viable and a dilophosaur model update would be nice, the quills on its back are rather ugly imo and I would like for them to be more viable later ingame aswell

The mystery creature looks like a flying gecko mixed with a draco volan

50 minutes ago, UDGxKnight said:

Listen I see what your doing and its sweet, but you shouldn't have to defend someone who A( I wasn't being hostile towards and B( sounded smart enough to defend themselves. I could care less what knowledge you claim to know @Scorpio claims to know or bla bla bla. This is the internet, unless you give me physical proof in person that you have this knowledge then all it becomes is hot air. That is why I specifically say to look things up or speak in technicalities and I don't claim to know the things I say off the top of my head cuz imo that just makes you seem like a braggart and then kinda just leads to seeming childish. If you actually know the information off the top of your head then hey kudos to you, you know some things but I don't care pretty much is what I am saying.

What you seem to fail to recognize is that the reality of this game is normal real world situations don't at all matter really. The Arks are space stations being monitored and regulated by some higher power. Meaning that wether or not the creatures can survive is moot because the creators can just reconstitute their population with cloning. If the creators deem the creature necessary or that it would help/himder their chosen subjects in some way then it gets added. An easily recognizable creature is just one way to do that, if you saw some giant hairy creature you would probably think hey its fur would keep me warm but would I be able to essentially farm the creature for this warm pelt. Enter the sheep, which thanks to human interaction with its ancestors we know its purpose already, whose wool humans know for a fact can be used to keep them warm and that the sheep regrow their wool relatively quickly(I don't have and exact estimate of how long its supposed to take before you can shave them). Sure a Mammoth or other larger mammal would give more, but do you or any other humans around know how quickly an extinct creature, which we have no in depth biological record of, can regrow its pelt? There is your sheets purpose wether or not it is exotic or any other irrelevant reason. I already explained the horse so Im not doing it again, its basically the same thing. 

I understand wanting exotic creatures, but that is just not thinking about the reasoning behind it. If you were in the place of the higher power testing these survivors it would make a lot of sense.

If you didn't care you shouldn't have brought it up in the first place, you were also clearly trying to insult my intellect which is why kapro probably intervened however I do agree his intervention wasn't necessary. I also could care less about proving anything to a stranger on the Internet I don't know, nor care for. And honestly was your passive aggressiveness with the use of the word "sweet" really necessary because out of anything that was childish.

"Normal real world situations don't matter" I hope you know that even though ark is very fictional the devs clearly still try to add some reality hence why they tried to explain the dodo, kairuku, and goats survival tactic of reproduction 

Your reason for the sheep is yet again null and void, first off the sheep's traits yet again could have been given to any greatly furred creature with the devs creative license so honestly i believe they only picked it for the award

The sheep is probably the most out of place animal in ark it is literally an extant sheep but you can't seem to fathom that, this is where the arguement first originated. I really didn't think me correcting you was a cause for your defense, I was merely trying to enlighten you so you didn't spread any further lies with the ignorance you clearly have. As I my self would like to know if I was correct before spreading info. So please don't jump into a debate about something you don't have at least some prior knowledge on. 

57 minutes ago, Kaprodonychus said:

You ask why you two are continuing this argument yet you're the one still rambling on and 'defending' your original post. 

youre also just making accusations and saying that he did all of this research to prove you wrong. I speak to him all of the time and I know that it's all prior knowledge to him as well as basic biology. 

You are correct that the creators of the ark can add in whatever they please. But you also gotta remember that this is a game that adds awesome prehistoric and non prehistoric creatures with these amazing abilities for people's entertainment. the Ovis Aries is just the modern sheep we see today. The only difference is that it's bigger and has different horns due to the devs creative license. You can go on with it being around for more than 10000 years but in the end, it's just a sheep. When you go to an exotic zoo, why is it that you don't see any sheep? Because it's a sheep. And sheep are boring and not exotic.  There could be special goats. But we're talking about the normal sheep. Which is what Scorpio has been trying to say. It's not an exotic animal. It's a plain modern animal you see everyday alongside humans. All he asked was for some more exotic animals. Then people will say 'you might as well remove the mammoths, dodoes and the other ice age animals cause they were alongside humans briefly'. You are right. But the difference between a mammoth and the sheep is that the mammoth is a fan favourite. The sheep was introduced cause they were nominated for an award. Not a fan favourite. The equss howerver was a fan favourite to a large group of people who wanted a horse. 

In the ark, every smart person can understand that this is a game with not only prehistoric creatures, but with mythical ones too. If you took this into a realistic standpoint, any creature that should be added should have to be able to survive on the island that is filled with all of these dangerous animals. I can let the equss slide cause it's fast and can possibly kill raptor sized preds by kicking them. The sheep? Not so much. Kairuki and dodos can survive cause there's a large quantity of them. Lots of eggs and babies. The only other animal I can think at the top of my head right now that cannot survive is the lystro. But the lystro probably got added in cause it was a fan favourite. 

@Scorpio  A more exotic version of the sheep IMO would be the andrewsarchus. The largest mammalian predator that can passively shed its fur as a harvesting ability. Not to mention it being a Great War mount. Yes it is a very early ancestor of the sheep and goats. But it's still an exotic animal and a fan favourite for some people. 

Yea, thanks for the input, that's basically what I've been telling him but even though I understand his reasoning no matter what I say, it seems he can't understand mine.

Also andrewsarchus would have been a great sheep, but I feel like the devs felt rushed by the award at hand and so decided to add the sheep on a whim

First: if it wasn't directed at me, it deserved no place in your argument.

Second: thanks for the compliment on my prior knowledge  also I have no idea why you brought up people's inability to know for certain how prehistoric creatures acted because I said nothing about this but now that you have brought this up, I'll list a few ways. (I'm hoing to give a hypothetical situation someone who may find an animal fossil, can find there self in) First let's say a fossil had extremely sharp or serrated teeth, after seeing such a thing you could only accurately assume it is a carnivore, but let's say the creature had mostly molars, then you could only assume it is a herbivore and vice versa. Now for the cat and dog argument, calling a smilodon and dire wolf a cat and dog is simplified logic because it's a simpler way of saying they are apart of the canid and felid group but if you literally call them a cat and dog, that is inaccurate bease it refers to the domesticated species. Let me give you an example of why it is incorrect. For example let's say you have a rabbit and a rat and you called the rabbit a big rat, technically you are incorrect but they are both apart of the rodent family

Third: if you are referring to me saying "extant" I hope you know that means, species of animals that are currently alive and extinct means a whole animal species is dead. And I honestly don't know what you are rambling on about, ark clearly isn't just about prehistory as you have pointed out many times before but even so the mammoth is iconic and a extinct creature which instantly granted it access to ark. also Keep in mind I'm not saying this makes it have a bigger right then other animal candidates. Now for the goat it is literally an extant creature which makes its addition random and unecessary compared to other possibilities.

Fourth: If you wanted to end it you simply needed not to reply but as of yet, you have. Also I am mainly excited for the confirmed griffin and pheonix but if I had to choose other candidates it would be a leviathan and a kraken  (the one from clash of titans) and for prehistoric creatures the gorgonospid (I know it's confirmed, I just want to see its dossier) and maybe ambulocetus, andrewsarchus, and maybe koolasuchus

On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 0:46 PM, UDGxKnight said:

I didnt attack you. You claimed there was a problem with my post and I defendy my post. The fact of the matter is that it isnt an excuse that it is getting added just because it evolved along side us. If you want to be that technical about about it without thinking then dogs and cats are already in the game (Direwolves and Sabers and the soon to be added Hyenadon that is more doglike) so I dont understand your logic of why it was necceary to bring that up. The point is that if you want to say something cant be added cuz its "too modern" then tell the devs to take out mammoths, wolves, sabers, and basically anything from the Ice Age era because they are too similar to modern day animals.

That techinal? I simply used your logic. Also saying a dire wolf and sabertooth are cats and dogs is simplified logic not technical because technically dire wolves and dogs are apart of the canid family and smilodon and cats are apart of the felid family. And your hyaenodon argument is mute, hyaenodons aren't related to canids and they look like a combination of a weasel and a dog with a cat tail. I also said nothing about the devs not being able to add something, I simply stated according to your loose ruling any extant animal is prehistoric. So please tell me where I stated "the devs can't add something because it's too modern" because ultimately the devs can add anything they want, I just wish they added a few more prehistoric animals that are unique before adding actual extant animals. However beyond that I honestly don't care what else is added may it be a chicken or an earth worm because honestly the devs have covered a wide variety of prehistoric creatures already, so please stop assuming things and putting meager words in my mouth

On Friday, January 13, 2017 at 2:40 PM, UDGxKnight said:

Now that we have this here horse we really need another type of Giant Spider that runs around on the Surface of the Island just like the Pulminoscorpius and is big enough to take on large creatures. Get to work Devs! Lol

I would quote your last post but it was far too long, anyways you had a ton of speculation in your post, the point is you are very hypocritical in the fact that you first said as long as they are prehistoric they are fine, but now you say it doesn't matter while you also hypothesize about prehistoric goats and say I have no idea how they could have been

Also I feel like you attacked me for no reason, all I said was the dossier made no mention of it being prehistoric in fact I didn't even Complain and yet you jumped to its defense like a knight in shiny armour, so please don't accuse me of complaining when I didn't 

Now I have a question for you so your excuse for it being added is that it evolved along humans for thousands of years, am I correct? So in that case dogs and cats are also viable candidates because they fit the Critea of evolving along people? Infact cows and chickens would work too, would they not? Actually we could probably just add every animal that is currently extant based on your assumption of what modern means.....

On Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7:53 AM, UDGxKnight said:

The problem is that most people who play this game still think it is a dinosaur survival game when in reality it is a prehistoric survival game. Meaning that as long as a creature was a part of pre-recorded history and is now extinct it qualifies to be in the game. I think everyone who is mad about it being a regular horse just aren't realizing how long ago this guy walked the earth and the fact that it takes millions of years for drastic change in how they look. Its not the horses fault that their ancestors probably look extremely similar to them. What dinosaur would even qualify to be a horse? The Parasaur? A different Hadrosaur? A horse fits the job perfectly and the unique saddle also fits it perfectly. 

If Aliens did create the Ark, which I would say is pretty obvious, and they are testing our survival skills or something along those lines. Wouldn't they want to give us access to the things we need to survive? After studying our history and seeing how pivotal horses are to it they would most definitely find a way to supply us with them or at least something similar, but if it wasn't obvious to us what it is supposed to be, how would we know what the intended purpose of it to be for. Easy answer is to use the extinct ancestor of modern day horses.

The only thing wrong with your statement is, the goat ingame is literally a regular old modern goat slightly modified by ark creative freedom

In the dossier it also states nothing about prehistoric traits, unlike the horses dossier

The horses art is good, although we could have gotten something more exotic 

This update looks amazing especially the cave overhaul, I just wish megalosaurus had its feather designs on its sides like the dossier showed

"However we did manage to make sure that all PC Content through Version 248 would make it through the update"

First off, this is a complete and utter lie, as megalosaurus and the dynamic length bridges we're certainly never added unless they both happen to be invisible, so please don't blatantly lie to our face...... it's bad enough as is.

Ok, devs i know you guys had it rough and I understand that two of the lead developers/founder's we're absent, however you not only shunned xbox by not even adding the Halloween event but you also barely even added anything new to the event and most of the new stuff happens to be scorched earth based.... Now don't get me wrong I love scorched, However there are many people who don't have it, won't get some of the new content. but what's even more dissapointing is that the titanoboas weren't even made tameable, which was personally the thing I looked forward too the most besides vampires/werewolves. I just hope for future reference you won't hype something you ultimately can't deliver or at least don't give an eta until you know for certain it will enter the game on time.

Anyways I still think you guys are good devs I just think you over promised in the end.

Devs please add annunaki genesis to the main game as a total conversion 

3 hours ago, GamerPerfection said:

Yes, as it says on the OP you'll be able to tame them. It may only be for the event though.

Titanoboas will most likely be permanently tameable for two reasons. First off the devs have confirmed in multiple digest that they would make the titanoboa tameable and lastly in the last fear evolved event the araneo(spider) and the onyc(bat) we're made tameable even after the event.

8 minutes ago, OnePotatoChip said:

Hoo boy, then did they ever slip up when Assassin's Creed Unity was released for PS4. And Witcher 3. And a lot of games, really. Sony's just weird, especially recently with Skyrim: Remastered for the PS4 not getting mods. Not to mention Fallout 4. 

I was so crushed when I found out Sony wouldn't support mods

Yes, yes, yes!!!!! 

I hear the hype train rolling in 

*choo choo* 

But in all seriousness this is one of my biggest creature wants and it's finally here thanks devs

On Saturday, September 10, 2016 at 9:29 PM, DaEndGame said:

I didn't look at the answer for very long so I couldnt really tell you if there was any underlying messages. I'll a look though.

But I also hope they are confirmed. My dreams of being a Griffin Knight can finally be fulfilled.

I looked at the devs answer to my question and I didn't realize that after the link the devs linked it said "how could we not"

So I do believe they are confirmed  (or at least I hope lol)

15 hours ago, DaEndGame said:

I am surprised that my question was answered, i'll admit that I wasn't of sound mind( aka fatigue) when i was writing it.

Great job everyone, great work as per usual.

 

I feel the same way, I hope this means griffin's confirmed

I love the new dlc and the kentro reveal, I just wish it was rideable 

The mantis is smaller than I thought

Omg the hype is back!!!!!! This is amazing, devs you out did yourselves this time

And finally wyverns

To bad I can't play until it comes to ps4 

Finally 

Everybody cross your fingers and hope for the best

(Hopes observations on previous mysteries we're correct)

5 hours ago, DaEndGame said:

 

Alright, here is my meager excuse for an analysis, as well as @Scorpio's. Me, him and a couple of others that I can't remember the name of atm, usually debate these MM's in great length. The quote from him is meant to be in my analysis but i find it a pain in the rear to insert a quote inside a quote. Quote-ception doesn't agree with me.

Yeah, it seems we all have a pretty similar grasp and idea of the creature

12 hours ago, DaEndGame said:

@Scorpio and @lordvargar good on ya's both for making up and apologising to each other for the unnecessary argument. 

I told myself this morning that if ya's hadn't done so by the time i got home from school, then I'd tell ya's to either shut and make up like civilised men or take it to else where ie personal messages. Again good on you both, I haven't liked seeing ya's arguing, as I'm personally feeling for you @LordVargar with the floods, and I always enjoy debating each mysterious mystery with you @Scorpio. You both seem like great and civilised guys.

Now onto my name suggestions.

Scientific Names:

- Terribilisvermis suus'alaqueo

The first part means "Terrible worm" and the second means "it's a trap"  Personally I think it fits. Both are latin

Common Names:

- Terror Worm

- Mongolian Terror Worm (this was suggested by @demonhero100)

- Great Carkoon (star wars inspired name)

- Alaqueo (Latin for "a trap")

 

More names may come, if I can think of some.

If this is the larval form of that moth, ohh dear Lord we're all screwed.

But.... but.... I'm a girl 

Jk lol

Also I think alaqueo is the best one