Logan96

What's good dudes. Playing on the island currently and got the basics set up, a few flyers, some scattered stashes/crafting areas and all of the basic gathering dinos. (Doed, anky, beaver, argies) Currently working on building up a main base location and getting it fortified, but I'm going to need a few hands to help defend it once all is said and done. Ideally looking for mature players who also have a life outside of this game and who don't expect daily activity, because I sure as hell know that I can't on busy work weeks. That being said I am fairly experienced on PvP (especially on the island) and know the ins and outs up to aberration. I know how to make the best out of my time when logged in and I know how to keep us scattered enough to prevent us from getting fully wiped. Given that I generally play with people who also have working/family lives, the more players we can bring in the better. So, whether you are a new player looking for an introduction into the PvP world, or an experienced player looking to kickstart their next character hit me up with a pm, or simply reply to this thread. Off for the night but hoping to hear from a few of you soon. Still out on sick leave with a few more days left and really think we can make a shot at this even with how toxic official is. Just need a few defenders to help hold the fort down once I go back to work... Edit: Forgot to add, while I am experienced and know the tricks on officials, there are some meta strategy's which I will NOT do period (This stance got me into a clash with my last tribe). I enjoy the somewhat oddly chill moments of this game more than the senseless brutality of wiping every bob on the map. An active community server under attack and frequently wiped is so much more fun than one that is locked down and controlled, trust me on this. Just wanted to clarify this is not a sweaty try hard tribe. I play officials because I believe I have a different playstyle and approach than the standard pvp mentality and I want to spread those good vibes out. If you want optimal grinding for resources to wipe every stone starter on the map then go join a mega tribe. In my territory we like to help those players and eventually build them into allies. Allright that's my additional rant to the recruitment thread. Goodnight lol.

Agreed.

The Rant (Gotta let it out): Very surprised that there has still been no official implementation on ORP. Took a big break around the time the new game came out, due to a lack of faith in both the company this community. Now I know this game is a remaster, but I honestly expected ORP to be in it, even though it has it's flaws. At this point anything is better than nothing. The old system may have been plagued with exploiters who had nothing better to do than to troll you, but for the most part you had the opportunity to actually build up some defenses and have a proper battle, before your base fell. We aren't looking for a streamlined ORP anymore. We just want to be enjoy a bit of PvP while still working a full time job and spend time with our family. People always respond to this and say that you just need to join a decent tribe, but this is not true. Decent tribes require daily activity which is just not possible for most people. I even tried to build up a large competitive tribe on official PvP servers specifically for people like us and the majority of the old tribe members I've become friends with had already left the community due to burnout...games aren't supposed to be a chore! The Point: I got some people at work interested in the game, but once they learned that you can be attacked without even playing it became a joke and they refused to buy into it. I would love for Ark to become the next game that we all hit up after a day of work and unwind. Think of potential customers that could get into the game. In a time where other competitive PvP games demand total focus and concentration from the player, Ark was my retreat. I see modern games with all of these daily log ins and other trash to keep you coming on each day and I hate it. Ark is demanding more time from their players and removing our only PvP option is a slap in the face to all the players who have a life. It was at the very least a clear message to me. They do not want players like us in their game. Message received...guess I won't be seeing you guys in either of the new games. What a bummer.

So back when HOD was banned for exposing mesh locations this community was in an uproar as well. As I recall the overall sentiment was negative as well, however the more frequent forum users and moderators came off as being fairly annoyed at the outrage, especially after HOD was unbanned. Statements such as "He is unbanned now, get over it" were made. So if we put that into the context of our current situation it would mean that the "Get over it" mentality should occur if they were to price the DLC to your value and maybe apologize. The negativity I am most upset about has been going on longer than this current outcry, and it will continue to grow even if your demands are met. I think this is because the company's reputation has been ruined for quite a while. You are right, the negativity is warranted, but what's ironic is that it's not companys failings that have pushed me away from the community, but rather this overarching negativity. I am still upset about what is happening to the game, but at the end of the day I really want to get off work and be able to come here to chat with some cool people about a game we all enjoy. I think your sentiment and points are valid and make sense as well as the rest of the communities take, however it has also turned this community into a negative part of my life, which I no longer have a desire to be a part of. Hopefully at some point that will change and I can chip in again with fun tips and stories about the game, but I doubt it. Negativity is as I've said-contagious and this forum has transformed into endless posts of rants. With all of that said it has been a pleasure, but it's time to check out.

You can single me out if you want, without the passive aggressive-"not you specifically thing". I was referring to select individuals and also trying my best to avoid focusing on one person, not because I want to protect their feelings, but because there are too many to quote. Clearly you are focusing me with the quote, which is absolutely fine. We can have a chat without the nonsense. 1. I absolutely should complain about overall negativity, It's contagious and beaten by awareness, which is why I brought it up. Every bit of negativity is NOT warranted. You of all people should know how damn good this game is. To undermine past victories due to current failures sends us into a stone age. I do not dispute it is not happening for good reason, but look at the end result here. The community will end up with no servers, no ark asa and no ark 2. Is that what you want? 2. I too would like everything you listed. 3. Yeah again...doubling down on number 2 lol. Only thing different here is that you added one extra demand-stepping up. Out of curiosity what does an acceptable form of stepping up look like to you in the corporate world? 4. You either really didn't like me trying to avoid singling people and are taking an extremely passive aggressive approach, or you are genuinely concerned about my feelings. If it is the latter have no fear, I have braved the life's labyrinth on Ragnorak...no more feelings to be hurt after such a dungeon. (AKA-Lets disagree, but still be chill yeah?)

Trying hard to add some voice of positivity in a life is rough sort of way. Definitely have my own share of negative feelings to what's happened, but for months now negativity has dominated these forums. The feelings aren't unwarranted, but they also aren't inconsequential. My biggest gripe is the company's failure to say anything about the server shutdown on steam. To this very day I still see new players jumping into the online scene who are completely clueless that their hard work will disappear in a matter of month. That is absolutely unacceptable...borderline marketing fraud. Am I upset about paying for Ark Ascended? I guess so, but if the remaster can bring some life back into the community for the next 1-2 years then put me down. I've donated to kickstarters and patreons for games that I've had faith in, which never even came to fruition and the community outcry was much less than what we see here. As far as ark 2 being delayed I am actually happy. Take the time to make a good game and in the meantime do what you can to keep the first game active. The community outcry here is what bothers me the most. Everyone is so damn negative now, I want to come on here to see some fun discussions about the game and maybe some healthy criticism to influence the marketing team, but really it's just a flow of little baby gamer tears on here. If you are that broke up over the situation, then seriously just go. Your lingering negativity is killing the forums and game faster than the company's shady business practices. I would like to see these forums get back to a healthy fun state of people posting their experiences and questions again. (Not referring to anyone specific in this post. A general rant on the community as a whole right now.)

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Yep Yep. I will say though that before I cared about the bosses and such ORP was my jam. That feeling of being vulnerable and needing to build defenses is totally there still, but being able to actually get some fortification going before the first raid as always nice. In my experience the turrets never helped much against the max level stego riders, but with ASA being a fresh wipe...who knows what a small tribe may accomplish on a level playing field.

I would join offline raid protection again in a heartbeat if they changed just one thing. It needs to implement the same mechanic in PvE, that makes artifact caves and other crucial resource locations unbuildable locations. Whether the person is cheating with an alt or not should not matter. It's extremely frustrating to have your progress in the game halted because some random who only plays 30 minutes a day decides to block one the artifact locations, or even one of the obelisk terminals. I guarantee you that if ORP is left in its current state the majority of the artifact caves will be inaccessible by the end of day 1. They absolutely must make these locations non build zones.