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Why no news about the third TLC? Why no news about anything else that never came during the Crystal Isles summer update? Does anyone even know what's going on at Wildcard anymore these days?

You know, the Corrupted armor skins have got me wondering about something. Is it possible we might be fighting Corrupted humanoids on Extinction or something similar? I know it's probably a longshot since there are no human NPCs in the game outside mods, but I think it would add an element (no pun intended) of fear and uneasiness to the expansion, as well as enemies that might work with the Corrupted creatures against you. Just a thought on my part. Also, is anyone else wondering how the Element raids are going to work? I'm curious if you just have to get lucky and stumble upon one or if you'll get alerts for when one is happening if it's reasonably close to you.

Tek Parasaurolophus is a little questionable, but it's okay I guess. If I could go out and tame a green Yutyrannus or other creature that doesn't have green as a natural color outside mutations, that would be nice. In my opinion, Yutyrannus should have had a more vibrant and diverse color palette than it does. As it stands, it's no more colorful than most mammals in the game. I mean, it's a feathered dinosaur. There are tons of colorfully-feathered birds today, so why should a dinosaur be any different? Even other feathered dinosaurs in the game like Troodon are way more colorful.

16 hours ago, TinyHippo said:

Didn't you post this already?

I posted that.

I don't mean to be overly critical, but when these crunches are supposed to be giving us current news with the game, recapping livestreams and announcing modding contests is not my idea, or many other people's idea for that matter, of news. Extinction is still 2 months away and there's still barely any news on that. The last Digest Q&A didn't really answer any real questions that couldn't be answered by literally anyone. And what is the deal with this Atlas? Is it some new game or a DLC for Ark or a total conversion? There have been no details regarding that and no one has any real details on it. Why isn't anyone answering any serious questions? Why can't we get real answers to real questions? Not all the incessant questions about S+ and all that stuff, but details on the final DLC we've been waiting for literally months and other things that actually matter.

18 hours ago, Shooter307 said:

I have been waiting for information about these things, but Wildcard has gone quite on what they are working on. I wish we could hear something about what is coming for Ark.

I know S+ can't be fully integrated, but they said most of it would be. We've heard absolutely nothing about Extinction. Some have been speculating that maybe they'll roll out information on it closer to the release of Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, but I don't know. People thought that the event in Paris would reveal something, but it was a total joke and nothing new was spoken of. It's getting frustrating. Things have slowed down to a snail's pace, no word on promised features, and frankly, new TLC passes need to be done in addition to bug fixes, etc. in that manner. I mean, don't get me wrong, Ark is fun, but it becomes tedious and repetitive after a while.

Anyone else wondering what the deal is with Extinction and Structures Plus? Know that gets asked a lot probably, but things are slowing down way too much.

10 minutes ago, Ranger1 said:

I believe the Argent, Spino, Sarco, Raptor and Trike have been shown as slated for the 2nd TLC pass, and the patch notes mention it is planned for 6 creatures to be in that pass so that leaves one unaccounted for (unless I missed one somewhere).  I haven't noticed a date announced yet, but that leads me to believe that it may happen in the relatively near future.

March 19th is what it says on the Steam and Ark Wiki patch notes for upcoming. Also, you didn't miscount. There are only five creatures counting the Utahraptor, Spinosaurus, Sarcosuchus, Argentavis, and Triceratops. If there are supposed to be 6 creatures in the next TLC pass, that means one more is probably going to be showcased on Monday the 12th before the patch goes out one week later hopefully.

Love the new Triceratops. I just hope the walking and running animations get an update too so it doesn't look like the dire bear's animation when it's running. As my second favorite dinosaur, I'm glad it's going to be able to really tackle large carnivores now, meaning it will have more use throughout the entire game as an anti-large carnivore mount. Can you imagine how powerful that rivalry buff is going to be? Look out, Tyrannosaurus. There's a new sheriff in town and he's calling you out.

45 minutes ago, TEM187 said:

Need... confirmation... of... dossier... being... Rockwell... 0_0

If it is Rockwell mutated into some hideous beast, I am so going to enjoy blasting him into oblivion. That guy is a cowardly backstabber as evidenced by his Explorer Notes from the Island and Scorched Earth. Ever since I found out he had Helena locked in a cage and sided with Nerva in his whole conquest of the Island, I've wanted to pummel his hide and Nerva's into the dirt and let the theropod predators finish them both off. I will use his own Nameless and Reaper Queens against him and let them destroy him in the most ironic twist of fate in history. And I'm telling you, if Nerva is the boss of the third DLC, I will show him no mercy either.

Now that I look at this, the Nameless queen looks rather dinosaur-like in this picture, far more so than it did in the trailer. It could just be me, but it makes me wonder if the Nameless are perhaps tied to the theropod dinosaurs of Ark somehow. Again, may just be me, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

23 hours ago, Ghost90 said:

How does one get a question answered?

Post on the Ark Digest Q&A page. It shouldn't be too hard to find if you search for it. Your questions are not guaranteed to be answered in the very next digest, but chances are they will get around to it or someone might ask a similar question that answers yours. It just depends. Mine was answered in the last digest, so maybe you'll get lucky like I did.

On ‎9‎/‎18‎/‎2017 at 4:03 PM, GeneralTalon said:

Isn't she the leader of an entire settlement pretty much? Wouldn't be surprised if she had some riders besides herself. She is not Daenerys.

She was the leader of the settlement of Nosti, but that was before one of the obelisks supposedly obliterated it and prompting her and John Dahkeya to escape. Then, they were attacked by wyverns and John was killed, which tore Raia apart and prompted her to train some of her own wyverns, take on the name Wali al Aswad, and help people in a revenge-driven quest to defy the so-called false gods (the Creators I guess?) that presided over Scorched Earth. I always assumed she did this all by herself. She never mentioned having allies and none of the other SE Explorer Notes, especially Helena's, mention any such thing.

16 hours ago, GeneralTalon said:

Nah, I think Sabretooth guy is Helena's friend and Wyvern rider looks to be male, one of Raia's riders perhaps?

I always thought Raia worked alone.

1 hour ago, Echotheshadow said:

Ok I'm at a loss for scorched Earth, what's it's importance to arks story? When does it take place? Will here be some sort of tek cave? Please ark give me Closure on scorched Earth!

I think that Scorched Earth takes place partly before the events described on the Island and partly after those events. Then that's where the story continues with Aberration. Just my guess. It may actually be like a side story type of thing. Sort of like a spinoff, but not if that makes any sense. Something I noticed was that there are several arks that aren't unique (e.g. there is more than one Island it seems). I wonder why that is? And which Island are we on in the game?

3 hours ago, GeneralTalon said:

They should have had the dinos queen herself riding that T-Rex in the background, even if you can't tell it is her.

So then, if Helena is on the Utahraptor, is that Nerva on the Smilodon (sabertooth cat)? Also, is that Raia on the fire wyvern for the Scorched Earth cover art? Also, on the final cover art for the game when it was fully released, it now looks like Helena is on a Baryonyx with a bunch of random characters on other creatures in a huge battle? What could all that mean?

15 hours ago, TheSlayerNL said:

O hey, my first attempt at making an Ansel shot made it in as Honourable Mention.

The creature reminds me of this from Primeval

I know right? Wouldn't it be cool if this mystery lizard actually was Coelurosauravus (the creature depicted in the photo), but mutated slightly because of Aberration's radiation? Rex takes flight once again!

When I first saw that new Aberration creature at the top, it looked like a bat cross with a leopard, jaguar, or some other big climbing cat. Suffice it to say that thing is freaky-looking.

Interesting concept, a live trailer. If it ever gets turned into a web series, TV series, or a film, it should probably focus on the backstory of the game as detailed by the Explorer Notes and told mainly through the perspective of those characters (Helena, Mei-Yin, Rockwell, Raia, etc.).