Gelantious

You have to set the console key in the settings, and possibly enable it as well in the settings. Are you sure about the public IP? Your ISP doesn't use CGNAT or something stupid like that? Tried a port checker to see if they are actually open?

We're still mostly testing on our own server, the game isn't stable for a lot of people with frequent CTD's. Plus a lot of server settings aren't working, that and the fair amount of bugs means people don't wanna spend a lot of time in this game right now. Also waiting on some QoL mods that we're so accustomed to from ARK SE that it's annoying to play right now. And of course there are still lots of other games to play, Phantom Liberty expansion for Cyberpunk 2077, Baldurs Gate 3, Starfield, are all games I'm still running. And then there's the next seasons of World of Warcraft coming next week. ARK ASA had it's 15 minutes of fame....

Before in old ARK the server files were delayed an hour on steam, but now it seems to be around 10+ hours. Gonna suck when the client and server versions aren't compatible...

If you can't orb/cryo dinos then you'll reach that limit very quickly when taming & breeding to get high stats for raid dinos. Or just for breeding to get mutated colours for players that like that.

Well, I guess I shouldn't be too surprised that you guys just ignored us and not mention anything about hosting our own unofficial servers. Taking 5 minutes to clarify if it's something that will come or not is too much to ask it would seem...

Running a full cluster of all the maps on nitrado for 1 year costs more than buying your own server that's capable of hosting it yourself. This is insane.... Gonna suck having to find a new game if they really kill ark with this.

We're all waiting with buying this to see how it plays out with the server part. It's a deal breaker if we can't host our own servers on our own hardware.

As long as we can change it on our own servers then go nuts. I do understand the reason behind it, but that is only relevant for pvp and low level pve. Once you're high enough and gotten some gear that you can literally knock a raptor out with your hands then it's just annoying to run slow. Even more so when doing the daily stuff around the base, don't want to waste any more time that needed. And with the daily chores in mind I really hope S+ will be converted to ASA, gonna miss the QoL stuff otherwise...

Not like Wildcard hasn't gone back on their "word" before, as other devs have. If they are short on money then I can see them doing further stupid things like making it an exclusive epic store game or such... The whole overwolf for mods is borderline deal breaker for us. Won't be buying it until we have more information, and hopefully we can still load mods on pc outside of overwolf for our own servers. We don't need more bloated spyware crap on our systems.

It's a fun dino to mess around with for sure, but the more practical use is sadly limited. Like so many other dinos... Most dinos I only tamed when they just came, was part of the gameplay back then when a new patch dropped with a new dino. Watch the video they'd release with it and then you'd go hunt for it! New and exciting! Fast forward today and most of them just don't have any use. Some were useful when first released, but then another took its place. Either being better and/or easier to get. Hoping they'll go over and update all dinos with the remake so they'll have some use, even for when you're high level.

Seems a bit better, even though you just shifted the expansions for ark 2 so the price will be the same... But get rid of overwolf. We don't want anything to do with that spyware infested buggy software. Go back to steam workshop. If crossplay has to go because of it then so be it, that will be turned off anyways for my unofficial servers.

I'm curious what the creators intent for the hawk is regarding starter, middle or high player level tame? Because given the utility of the hawk I'd say it should be a starting pet, since that's when it'll suck if you die as it'll most likely be hard to get back to your body. But once you're at middle or high level then you'll have multiple flyers and other high level dinos so getting back your stuff is cake. And also by then you'll be using an otter for insulation since you'll either have flak/riot or tek armour which sucks at the warm and cold places. Since right now it's definitely not a starter tame, or even middle tame if you want a high level one. And you'd pretty much need two players since it's pretty scarce with big wild dinos in the areas. 3 brontos barely did anything for a level 150 hawk, and since the hawk will drop it's taming if they get hit by a wild dinos attack. Which is a big chance it will when trying to kill a bronto then yeah. Annoying tame. The player the hawk follows just have to stay put and another player brings in barely alive dinos. And then there's the fun of other hawks that you're not trying to tame that lands faster and eats first....

Seems very wonky right now. Tried several but the taming progress seems to reset at random. Closest I've gotten is 94%.

I'm more worried about building and actually using things indoors. Always wonky with the camera indoors on third person games. And this is a bigger part of the game for a lot of players than player combat. I do hope they don't make the game slower than ark is today in regards to opening storage and such. Comparing to Conan Exiles for example, always a slog going back to that game after having played ark. Will see how it is in the first gameplay videos, but history of third person games don't leave me with a lot of hope.

Is the minigun manual so a player has to control it or is it like a turret? Or both? Would be nice with an easy mobile turret to take out the thieving birds n what not when traveling around. A paracer with a platform saddle and turrets works but not something you can get early on.