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1 minute ago, JustAnotherBeachNoob said:

It is also the most accurate answer.

The arks would also have a limit of how many humans it could support at once. By having multiple arks it would speed up the process. There is still enough variety of arks. That would be like saying that each individual wildcard server should be a different ark. 

I didn't know you were an expert at ark engineering.

1 hour ago, ishootpaint said:

 Lol. It is always cheaper to build two of the same exact things than two different things. Its pretty much manufacturing 101.

 And yes, there are multiple island arks as you see others upon ascension. And you kinda disproved your own point when you said they were probably just placeholders so WC wouldn't have to spend more to make a different one.... Since its cheaper to make two things the same and all.

 Your basically telling people your right and not to believe our own lying eyes.

 And no, "Humans" are extinct. Our players are homo deus clones. Why would we have to grow and evolve when we could just be genetically altered from the start to be better. If the overseers can make wyvs etc. Im sure a badass homo species would be simple.

I said those Arks were PLACEHOLDER Images you moron. They may be the same/similar image but they're not supposed to actually be the Island Ark. Why would WC go the trouble of making an image for a new Ark that the player doesn't visit? We see Aberration and Scorched because we visit them, so they were showing the player the other levels

And no the survivors are not homo deus clones. Did you even read the explorer notes? Helena is from 2008. Rockwell and Me Yin are much older than that. They are clones of humans from the past.

13 minutes ago, JustAnotherBeachNoob said:

 

+1

On that same note, why would the creators of the arks bother designing even more versions than they need. It less expensive to create 2 “the island arks” than two unique arks. 

Suddenly you know how much it costs to create Arks?

The Arks were made for the humans to grow, survive and evolve in strength. Once they had finished with one Ark they would Ascend to the next Ark where they would be tested anew.

So, what would be the point of having them learn and grow on the Island then send off to another copy of the place they just were. Each of the Arks were supposed to be a unique and different Ark. 

So, you saying 'Oh, it's cheaper to build two of the same Arks." Is the STUPIDEST of answers you could have come up with.

40 minutes ago, JasonTheCTM said:

We're on an Island ark for the overseer boss fight, you look out the main overseer window slightly to the left, there's another Island ark. That makes at least two of them. Nevermind the uncountable amount of island ark's you fly thru on your way to scorched earth in the ending cinematic.

Pretty sure those are just placeholder images. Wildcard probably just used the image of the Island Ark instead of designing a new Ark that we'll never actually get to see.

19 hours ago, ArkTheorist123 said:

https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/cjzrkc/weve_found_something_more_in_the_mysterious_post/

Another theory I've seen being tossed around on the net is that this doesn't take place after Extinction, but BEFORE the Arks themselves were launched.

The term decoded is "Genesis" which means "Beginnings" so what if the map we get is like the 'first ark' or a prototype ark. Or perhaps the facility where the Arks were constructed. We could get answers on how it all started!

21 hours ago, JustAnotherBeachNoob said:

The one issue with this is there are multiple “the island” arks. 

Prove that. I've seen nothing in the established lore that there are multiple Island Arks.

1 hour ago, Utlagi said:

I would think that a new dls with no repsawn would likely fail to sell. I doubt there are that many people playing hardcore. wonder if they are trying some sort of battle royal hybrid?

 

Unless, of course, this doesn't take place AFTER events of Extinction. It could take place counter to it. So at the end if the game, we could see the Arks returning to Earth, signifying that elsewhere, someone had just beaten the King Titan.

It could be one of those things where we find out that while one thing was happening in one place (The survivor fighting the king Titan) another related series of events (this new map) was happening elsewhere.

1 hour ago, ArkTheorist123 said:

 

At 2:53 that recharging station is basically 100% proof now that Aberration impacted the planet.

Honestly I would love it if - in whatever new content this timer is meant to reference - they added a cutscene where you actually got to SEE Aberration impact the planet. If they did that I would honestly call it the best cutscene in the game's history.

If the Arks descended down directly from where they were orbiting, then the Aberration ark would be close to where the Island Ark was at. If you remember, when you entered the Island's Overseer arena and looked out through the glass, you could clearly see Aberration floating close to the Island Ark. And in the Extinction cut-scene the Island Ark touched down close to where the survivor was after beating the King Titan.

20 hours ago, Leebum said:

My Theory:  This could be a communication to other Home Deus or physical humans who survived off world maybe. I know it is similar to the idea of living on a station but I wonder. The end of Ark could be a complete return of Humans who survived.

Since the only surviving humans are the Homo deus it would be more... FAR more likely to be thme as opposed to Physical Humans since the overseer chamber clearly states humans are extinct.

 

Technically humans aren't extinct. They're living on the Arks. The survivors on the stations aren't homo deus, but cloned versions of regular humans. The Arks returning to Earth at the end was basically humanity returning to Earth

20 hours ago, Silverflower1 said:

@JasonTheCTM that’s really cool! Something I’d like to say about that is, I don’t know if y’all know this, but Uplink is basically a communications link to a satellite. So if Arat Prime is initializing or establishing an uplink, what is it too? The arks? Another satellite? This is something minor I saw with that message, but interesting.

What if it isn't an Ark, but a space-station where the surviving Ark builders have been living?

I think there was more in orbit of Earth than just the Arks. On Extinction, survivors received the Orbital Supply Drops. Where did they come from? Who sent them?

I think this will be a new map, but not an Ark, a giant space station. 

Yesssss! Olympus won! Hopefully it'll be made official soon!

It would be cool if the Olympus map became official. Maybe even give it its own exclusive creature, like a Minotaur or a Pegasus.

36 minutes ago, SaltyMonkey said:

You clearly don’t understand how teams work do you? You think a development team can only do one thing at time?

Considering the game is still broken that's clearly all they're capable of doing.  And it took a MODDER to find a worthy fix for the meshing problem. So this development team is so focused on new content they can't be bothered to work out the stuff they've already got out.

16 hours ago, SaltyMonkey said:

If they don’t release new content, what reason would we have to remain playing? What reason would they have to fix the issues if people stop playing?

They need a reason to fix their game? How about SALES. Yeah, Ark had been out for a while, so does that mean they can just sit back and coast on it? No word of mouth is big in the video game industry. If people were on the fence about buying Ark and came to this site or others like it and read about all the bugs and glitches that hamper the game. 

But no, forget optimizing the game and making sure it works. New stuff. Let's give new skins and Dino colors. Let the game crash, lose characters, progress and all that, people won't care as long as they get that rad new Dino color. 

2 hours ago, Nitrozeus2289 said:

Stop criticizing ark for being too buggy, look at Minecraft it's been out forever and yet it still has it's bugs and glitches that come with each update, and now that I think about it so does call of duty, Halo, pubg, mortal Kombat, and literally every game I have ever played

Most of those games don't continue to release new content. They don't ignore the problems with their game and try to distract us with fancy new stuff.

3 hours ago, SaltyMonkey said:

It never seizes to amaze me how entitled people can be over free content.

It never ceases to amaze me that this game which we PAID for has so many bugs and glitches the devs choose to ignore. Oh, but no, give us crappy free stuff instead of fixing the game. 

Read the room Wildcard. We don't want new stuff that's only temporary. We want you give permanent fixes for the current problems plaguing the game.

21 hours ago, SapphireSam7 said:

I would have to agree. I am all for new things, and sometimes skins are nice, however it would be nice to get something that is entirely new. A new creature as opposed to a costume. A new tool, weapon, or clothing set as opposed to a skin. The game works with what it has, but it would be nice to have something new. 

And if this image is a teaser leading up to that, I am all for it. 

Some YouTube channels are sweating up and down that at E3 Wildcard will unveil Crystal Isles as an official map to kick off a new Season Pass. Apparently this Dino will be exclusive to that map like the Griffin is to Ragnarok.

I don't get my hopes up too much for that blessing though.

I hope it's not just a "raptor skin" like they gave us during the Arkaeology event.

Instead of trying to 'Thanos Snap' the mesh problem, you should 'John Wick' the mesh problem.

Every time Wildcard updates Ark to fix something, another part of the game glitches out.

Let's put our guesses here, what part of the game will this update mess up.

19 hours ago, Onimusha759 said:

That bugged was fixed months ago, actually i think its been a year.  I got hit by that bug twice but it was patched a year ago and iv killed overseer since that patch safely.

No it hasn't been patched. Not for console anyway. Just scroll through the Bug and Error reports section on here and you see players still reporting losing characters after fighting either Overseer, Rockwell and King Titan.

You guys plan on ever fixing the console glitch that deletes characters when a player beats Overseer, Rockwell and King Titan?

11 hours ago, Syrilian said:

So I noticed on Dododex that exceptional kibble requires element dust. Isn't that only available on Extinction?

You can now get Element dust by killing Tek Dinos and harvesting their bodies.

People on console are getting stuck on Foundations also!!!!