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Taking the hypothetical air sacs from Prehistoric Planet and turning them into biological rocket silos/ports in reference to how the original submission called it a "terrestrial battleship". I am beyond impressed with this creative liberty, and it's around Bronto in size? Keep it up.

Am I the only one who's noted the only mods they've bothered to "review" on these biweekly streams so far are sponsored mods? Like, if you already enjoy them enough and think that they are good enough to become sponsored, Why "review" them?

Thank you so much. I really love this game.

ARK devs, I'm normally a huge supporter, but I've been ticked off with this reveal. Yes, Tek teir is AWESOME, but did you see some of the comments? like this one: "I am in an alpha tribe on PvP official and we already are trying to wipe out every tribe and make the server only for us. With this new armor we're going to be able to kill everyone and they can't do anything to stop us. The sensor vision is going to be so useful against anyone trying to hide or avoid being killed. It's sort of annoying when you go to raid a noob and they get away because in reality they shouldn't have a chance anyway because that isn't what I find fun. This armor looks godly and when i get my hands on it all you butthurt cry babies are going to cry some more as I destroy every single thing you own. People seem to forget this is a shooter not hide and seek simulator. I am fed up of the survival aspect of the game anyway and would like to see better ways for the alpha tribes to be rewarded. Although i think this armor is amazing, i still want more power and know the game is going to deliver me that. You people seem to forget this game is for the people who actually are good at it and matter such as alpha tribes. That's why ark devs give us amazing armor like this and all you get is pointy sticks. Anyone who's butthurt should just kill themselves because at the end of the day you're bad and the weak don't deserve to have as much fun as people like me. We worked hard and deserve to be top tier and that's why we are going to use this tek tier armor to ruin the game for you scrubs because you're poop and don't deserve to be playing the game in the first place. Get good or gtfo losers" I understand you strive to make ark "Fair and competitive", but look at what you're doing in the reveal trailer. Do you not realize this is what dumb-minded, egotistical alpha tribes are going to be doing on public PvP servers? Wiping everybody else off the map? I love the idea, Ark Devs, but PLEASE, for the sake of your fanbase and for balancing: make this gear and weapons RIDICULOUSLY AND PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLY HARD TO GET AND UPKEEP. I mean, come on ark devs. Please, think of your fanbase. I don't want this game ending up like The Isle.

Check patch notes here on the site. 12 AM EST deployment.

They cited 12 EST. It's 12 in EST, and I would know: I'm in EST! Regardless, who knows what will happen. I'm confident If I go to bed tonight, i'll wake up to an ark update

Another great crunch, love seeing the creative side of this community. Sadly these are the last of my friend Mega's dossiers. He's quitting the dossier-making community actually, due to me. He has a habit of either making his animals incredibly overpowered, sound like the best thing since sliced bread, or have some insane or outrageous gimmick. That's not how you make a dossier at all, and whenever he asked me for input on his dossiers, and they weren't the best, I told him as such, and why they didn't really stack up or make logical sense. In example, for those who don't know the Jaggi species in his dossier, they're from the same game as Monoblos, Diablos, and Sand Barioth. the Jaggi species are actually not "apex predators" at all, and are actually at the bottom of the carnivorous food chain in Monster Hunter. In fact Great Jaggi is one of the many punching bags of monster hunter. He also did make a Monoblos and Diablos dossier, but there was literally no difference between the two (in game they also have similar attack patterns, but Monoblos has more above-ground based charge attacks, compared to Diablos who digs and ambushes from all over the damn place, reflected in my dossiers), so I made Monoblos and Diablos to show him how to differentiate between two similar animals. Finally getting tired of "Everybody stoops to the king of dossiers (me)", and "Mine are never any good to yours!", he ragequit this community, rather than keep trying, due to the fact he made outrages dossiers again and again and refused my friendly advice, which he kept asking for. Regardless, i'm still game for taking up any other "apprentices" and teaching them how to make dossiers. I've been trying to make an ark dossier tutorial video for a while now, and I think I might have something worked out....

I've been defending ark. I don't feel betrayed at all. I haven't throughout any and all of this. So, there goes another argument. Although, indeed, I feel a majority of Salt is unnecessary...then again, it appears this community is far more toxic than i'd expect.

so my pal on skype discovered something [4:21:38 AM] Straw Hat Luffy: So I just found out something [4:22:02 AM] Straw Hat Luffy: Theres a reason why Scorched Earth was released when it was [4:22:15 AM] Straw Hat Luffy: And it has nothing to do with the Lawsuit [4:22:48 AM] Straw Hat Luffy: IT WAS ANNOUNCED TO BE RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER MONTHS AGO [4:23:18 AM] Straw Hat Luffy: It was pushed into the EA timeline because the main game got pished back [4:23:41 AM] Straw Hat Luffy: Arks full release was supposed to be back in June [4:24:06 AM] Straw Hat Luffy: It got pushed back to November due to additional connent being added double checked my friend's (Frost's) findings. He's absolutely right. We were TOLD about Scorched Earth a long while ago.

I'm going to clarify a few things from my ARK experiences on Scorched Earth. Ok, to the dumbfarse who said Scorched Earth will cut your server playerbase if added: well surprise surprise, technically, EVERY server has Scorched Earth. I have an ark server with SurvivalServers, I didn't even DO anything, and it's compatable with scorched earth. For those that want an explanation, I can best describe the experience the people on my server need to go through is strange. Being a dedicated server through Nintrado, take into mind Scorched Earth is it's own map. It's not a map within the map like the broodmother arena: it's an entirely new map, like the Center. So if I wanted to have people go from my ark to Scorched Earth, I'd have to buy my own Scorched Earth server: not really something i'm game on. Having Scorched Earth myself, I can spawn in SE animals into the Island, but I made the server rules that you have to import the animals from Singleplayer via the obelisk (with admin permission). Buying Scorched Earth does not effect dedicated-server gameplay at all. It simply allows people to bring in powerful, unique animals from singleplayer or other server worlds. It doesn't affect server or standard gameplay at all. To be frank, I see nothing wrong with Scorched Earth being paid-for. The game itself is NOWHERE near truly early access games like The Isle: ARK is MUCH more fleshed out, and is a game in and of itself already. So what if it's for release date? Pretty sure release date only means a little more update and a jack in price. I don't think people understand how FRIGGIN POWERFUL these animals are. The mantis I have completely obliterates many adversaries, and it's ability to dual-wield melee weapons makes it incredibly adaptable; the Rock Golems are absolute tanks immune to most damage, save for certain attacks and explosives; and the Wyverns are incredibly powerful: the 153 when-wild lightning wyvern I have, Maleficent, is a freaking beast. A single well-placed lightning beam, and she's got most creatures like brontos or paracers, at either half health or completely dead. These animals are incredibly powerful, and to me, it makes sense Scorched Earth is paid DLC because of the items within, and the animals themselves are so damn powerful. To be frank, I feel this isn't really a case of "we're getting paid DLC before the game releases!" gripe. I feel like this gripe is more of "We have to pay to get our cool and overpowered animals!!". That's absolutely infantile, and I didn't think the community was that toxic. This isn't The Isle, guys. Come on. Regardless, Jat, Wildcard Team, this expansion is amazing, very nice job working on it in secret, it's totally worth the $20 dollars, especially since I think you'll be updating that one too as you go along, right? I don't think you're quite done with scorched earth, knowing you guys. Thanks for the great work on a great game. Again, taking Game Dev classes in college, I know the process is frustrating. I completely understand how much work you had to do to make this happen, and i'm in awe of it. Nicely done. 10/10 would get chased down on my mantis by a deathworm again (we got away :D). Thanks a lot you guys, and keep it up!

RIP you did it again, Jat. My Psuedalerus and Bramatherium were in the last crunch. Still, nice entries from everybody once again!

*Ahem* A slight beef with this. CiTyS's dossiers have been featured before in an earlier crunch. In other words, you've only shown one new fanmade dossier, excluding the Mysterious Mysteries, props to him for figuring that out. Also I could go off on a certain rant about CiTyS's dossiers, but I wont.

Well again, ARK is a science fiction game. It's not meant to be accurate, and I actually like Castoroides as it is now more than the dossier. It's much more useful. Titanosaur, I also completely understand. That thing would be overpowered, and I think the devs realized that. People need to stop griping on ark for a lot of things, but it probably won't happen.

I think you've hit the nail on the head there, partner. Interesting concept, anyway. Loving these mysterious mysteries, but i'd like a good ol fashioned normal dossier reveal, ya know?

Anybody else note the scars on the vulture-creature's body? Reminds me of the scars on Megapithecus...

Alright, let's see if my theory holds out. We've known we're going to be getting a desert sometime soon. Let's contemplate for a second. Whether this is ARK 2 or not, probably. Next up, Devs confirmed a desert, but also said there aren't going to be many, if not, any more map extensions (like when snow biome hit and extended the map). That being said, it might be an entirely different map or Ark, like The Center. Next, let's contemplate about the first strange creature, that spined lizard. When it first showed up, almost everybody flipped their lid talking about the "New Desert Boss".... .... ...There's absolutely no evidence that it's a boss, and that was a theory made by sketchy youtubers like riot and Mau5craft. It's not a boss, and the main evidence is Megapithecus. Before we even knew what it was, we had Megapithecus's dossier, which had the tech-background. Our little spined reptile had no such dossier, but was on a standard dossier page. The Devs only confirmed 1-2 more bosses, a possible fourth aquatic boss, and a final boss after the Dragon. There's no way our "Spinedillo" friend is that final boss. Now this second strange creature, could possibly be Lotosaurus, but I also see some inconsistancies. That's not exactly a sail on it's back, more along the lines of an "armored sail" or "armored hump". For those that think it's a hybrid mutation, that's not what ark devs mean at all, so you might want to do your research on the game and it's lore. Mutations as in slightly bigger or smaller creatures, or creatures that have an unnaturally good/bad stat for their species, that's what they mean by mutations. I think this second species proves a major theory of ARK I have, the purpose behind it. I've always viewed the ARK as a sort of ecological preserve, where certain "favored" species are kept, and where humans are tested for their aptitude and "intelligence", basically, putting mankind to the test. All of this done at the whim of an extraterrestrial race. Now, if there is indeed an extraterrestrial race, then that must mean there's more than just our planet with life that isn't sentient on it, correct? Other planets have to have their own kinds of animals, and it appears Araneo proves that. On the topic of new alien species, this may indeed be such a case, with our new friend here and "spinedillo". Yet, then comes another possibility for these three species. We know that the species on ARK have been genetically tampered with. Ankylosaurus, Mammoth, Stegosaurus, T-dominum, and several others are evidence of this, but probably none more than Triceratops styrax, which is confirmed to be a genetic hybrid of Triceratops and Styracosaurus. The Manta, Manta mobula, is also estimated to be another one of these hybrids. Thus and therefore, there are two explanations I believe are the case for these creatures: A. Like Araneo may appear to be, these creatures are inhabitants of another world, brought to the ARK for the same reason as all of earth's creatures. B. The aliens might have just pulled Indominus Rex, by combining the genes of favored species together to make new animals, as it appears they have done with Araneo, Triceratops, and Manta. I believe that this might be the reason why our armored friend and spinedillo look so similar: maybe we see their predecessors within, the animals whose genomes were used to make them?... It's anybody's guess, and that's why I freaking love the ARK devs for such fascinating lore.

I DID make around 20 dossiers in two days, not surprised they all didn't get featured, due to fairness and space. Guess they'll be in next crunch!

FYI to all ATM titanosaurus will not eat when tamed, so you'll only have your brute for about 24 hours.

Titanosaurus makes thing go smoosh. End of story.

Yes, I was actually watching river monsters on 5/27/2016 and he was referring to the Piraiba as a "Lao-Lao", so I decided to go ahead and make one. Also, as for cold-weather "duck bills", I could add Hadrosaurus, but there's also the possibility that they're including Iguanodonts in this family as we all did when we were kids, which makes me think Muttaburrasaurus.

Heh, sure! Brachytrachelopan: http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/263835861934951091/D6A0EA89B5F9B321CF7B9B5EB156C807DD050C48/ Sinoceratops: http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/263835861932590388/522F8063EE2C442B1DCA346F0A1CAA5A25D5F590/

ACK! None of my dossiers made it! I'm WOUNDED, WOUNDED I TELL YOU! heh, JK. Although...the Sinclair boss dossier has been up for MONTHS now, last I checked. that thing I last remember seeing in the fan art...like...four months ago? I think? Anyways, nice crunch. I'm liking that Great Peak is changing. Nice you let us know now, i'm about to have RWBY go to the Great Peak anyway. Also, I guess it makes sense that the mountains known as "The Frozen Tooth" and "Far's Peak" would be in the snow biome. Props on that. Overall, great crunch!

Kinda sad the Megapithecus has minions...makes the broodmother not special. Regardless, this update looks dope. Can't wait!!