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Lost character - HOW IT HAPPEN I was travelling from Aberration (from 223) to Extinction (NA 500). When you travel between servers your data is saved into destination server (NA 500) and deleted in source server (Abe 223). AND I have been thrown into NA 500.. after one ot two minutes there was server crash and rollback so.. data of NA 500 was loaded from last backup save... from the time when my character wasnt there yet... Finally after restart server from backup, there wasn't my character at NA 500 and Abe 223... no character, no gears, no equipped 2 rock drakes.. And the question is..... Why traveled character data is not written in another file independent from server backup copy? So that character that will arrive into time between server backup and server crash will not be erased?

The Edge 1 sap trees is where my tribe and I do sap runs do veggie cakes. However the last few times I have done a sap run I've fallen through the tree trunks under the map. I use climbing picks to climb around the tree trunks from tap to tap. Any one else had this issue?

Making Multiplayer a 'Progression' and more fun So I got this idea while reading and responding to this reddit post from a new player looking for where to start and someone suggested I submit it. This relates to Offical PVP only, and on xbox in my case although that's less relevant. I love playing on official servers, as toxic and broken as they may be. I like to 'win' on the legitimate game. This game is infinitely better in multiplayer than single-player. The sandbox model is too nebulous and undirected for single-player. So then it comes to the official server network: The problem with the open-transfer model is that 1) there's no incentive to play the 'story' of ARK and 2) it's basically mega-alliance or die. Even without duping and meshing, large established tribes can easily wipe away the beginners. There's simple too many advantages that knowledge of all the maps, all the resources etc gives. You might even say that because of the advantages of the different DLCs, there is even an element of pay-to-win. So here's the suggestion: -Tier the official servers by map based on the storyline. A. Island -> B. Scorched/Rag/(Center?) -> C. Abb/(Valg?) -> D. Extinction. -Restrict item/tame transfers to 'up' tiers only. (example, you can bring items from island to rag, or abb, but not back. From rag to abb, but not extinction to rag, etc.) -Character transfer is 2-way always. Why? -Right off the bat, if you want people to play through the game to be immersed in the story, you need them to follow the maps in order. -Late-game DLC gives huge resource and creature advantages (ex, Abb=metal, Ext = element) (scorch = wyverns, abb = drakes/reapers, ext = manas, etc) that just break the balance when you include what's only available on other maps. -Island becomes your 'beginner' map, rag/scorched is 'mid',etc, and large tribes can't come troll with end-game equipment, which legitimately causes early-game people to stop playing. -In any competitive scenario, even sports, the most enjoyment is had by challenging opponents at or slightly above your own level. Too hard? Discouraging. Too easy? No fun. This mega on mega meta we have now is boring and a time-suck. With this suggested model, If I go to an island server to pvp, it's my raw experience vs their resources and tames that they've had time to build, rather than just a managarmr slaughtering a pteranadon. If I'm on abb/valg and I want to punch 'up' to a tribe on extinction, I'll not have had access to the same amount of element, ods drops, titans, etc so it will be a challenge on that side as well but I'll have the metal, reapers, drakes, from the previous map to ride up with. -Lastly, with the tiered approach, no base is still truly 'safe.' As a large tribe I would still never "main" Island in this case because the resources just aren't there relative to the other maps. So, just a thought for the official or alternative network that might be worth trying.

After almost 2 years of constant breeding, every larger group now has incredibly mutated dinos that are nowhere close to what the game was originally balanced around. This means that dinos like Rhinos or Therizinosaurs deal much more damage and are much harder to kill than they were 1.5 years ago when the game released. Politically, the game is currently very stale, with alliances constant, no big conflicts and many people leaving the main cluster for others clusters or other games for a fresher and more exciting experience. A wipe would easily reset breeding back to its original state and bring these dinos back down to what they were originally, and bring back many players that have left over the last year. edit: im talking (mostly) about the Official PvP network, non-legacy, main cluster)

When you die only you can see the green light of your dead body. Sometimes if you crash when get back to the game you are dead and can’t find that green light of your body. Would be awesome if a tribemate could see it too to find it faster (even a different color so they know it ain’t their dead body incase both players died).

Many of us have requested this many times. We would like to be able to turn off Bloom and Light Shafts from within the main options.

Small tribe boss fight, solo? Would it even be possible in small tribes pvp to do a boss fight solo?

Dino Level Cap So something that does not seem to be mentioned very much is the dino level cap. Obviously this was put in place due to the glitch on the centre where when the server was capped dinos would pop wild then you would knock them out to tame gaining some insane levels. As far as I was aware, this had been patched but the 450 level cap on officials is still there which is hindering breeders trying to get great stats. Can anyone from WildCard comment on this as it is very frustrating the amount of time people put into breeding to then have to sacrifice stats for the betterment of others. e.g. spino with 1113 melee and 650 oxy..... Surely this limitation can be removed now or at least substantially raised?

Bring back Conquest servers Ark Conquest servers in my opinion were a great balance between the mega tribes of official and the small tribes , and also the time invested in the game! Ppl could actualy do more pvp and have more fun with the 2x times increased rates and still keep the feeling of the great raids without the massive latency problems . Conquest Breakdown: Experience gain, taming, gathering, breeding, hatching, and raising rates have been doubled compared to our standard Official Servers (2x). Tribes are set to 25 players max. Tribe alliances are disabled, though informal alliances are allowed. Servers have a maximum player count of 100. Conquest servers are unaffected by Evolution Events. If WC would make new conquest servers i bet that would bring a lot of the old players back , and could be a fresh start for new players . Following the idea that Wc doesnt want to wipe officials , this could be the fresh air the game is needing atm.

Any HUD mods for PvP Official? I've recently purchased the PC version and all maps for Ark over the summer. And if there is only one thing I absolutely hate about this game is the HUD and how useless it is in hairy situations. I write now to ask if anyone has a way to Mod the HUD to have bigger symbols and be more centered in the screen. It would be nice to have something like how the X-Pearl mod works for WoW. I'm not asking for an edge, or a cheat code, or anything more than just a more visible "Heads Up Display" (HUD) for Health, Stamina, Oxygen...etc etc. I play on PvP Official so I know straight out of the gate this is probably a no. But honestly the HUD is really that useless, even on its largest setting in the options I am still squinting and trying to read those colors that seemingly blend in with everything in the game. If I could just get some contrast I'd be happy, but hoping for more. Thank you for reading my rant, and if anyone knows how to tag the devs, please be a bro or bro-ette and do that for me thanks. o7

I keep trying to log into my main Aberration server, however every time I do it gives me a "Connection Timeout" error, with the screen constantly stuck in the loading screen with "PrimalGameData_bp" stuck loading. I've tried to reset my router, deleted and re-downloaded the application, downloaded my saved data from last night onto the ps4 to see if that was the issue, but the result is still the same. I've tried to join in on a tribemate from the Playstation party join option. I've tried to play on my alternate accounts, with still the same error. However, this is only applying to THAT server, I can join any other server just fine.  If I can get some response to this or how to fix it, that'd be appreciated. I already submitted a response form to it, since I assumed it was a server issue. However, it seems that some of my tribemates and other tribes on the server are able to log in just fine. EDIT:This is on PS4 Official servers, and not Prim+.

OC small tribes Me and my friends have recently started playing again and we really want to play on small tribes but there are non for OC, it would be nice to have small tribes for OC and not just EU and NA because internet is really bad in Australia, sometimes official servers can be laggy on our end in OC, so anywhere else is unbearably laggy and difficult to do almost everything.

Official PvP Are you (dev team) seriously not going to shut down 188 or roll it back or do anything besides sending us the same copy paste message you've sent 1000 times "thank you for making us aware" or "we're looking into it". I'm aware an actual fix to the underlying issue might take time but how hard is it to turn the server off? I mean it already crashes every 25 minutes. I hope you realize the impact this is having on the player base causing more and more to quit each day. I'm not even asking you to fix the wizard issue, just turn the server off.... half of our problems with the dev team is the literal 0 response we get as players. When this surfaced why wasnt the server shut down until a fix could happen. I await eagerly for your copy paste response, or just deleting thread because it makes way to much sense.

Spino buff The spino has always struggle in the pvp meta even on aberration, so I think what could help the spino is give a little hp buff because they are squish for a big target, be able to cut grapple hooks because they are huge targets which means they can be weight down then not move at all, and maybe a armor penetration on bipedal stance to give a bit more damage as meglos and gigs do a lot more damage

Ark Build Servers Honestly there is one solution I feel is always overlooked when considering new players and people who were wiped in ark. We know that servers are very hard to build on unless you have a fresh start or you know how to hide and you are lucky enough to hide in a spot that youtubers don't know about. I think we can all agree that new servers are merely a temporary solution to the problem that the big tribes have insane power over small tribes. WIth the cryopods, we can all agree that the power creep between tribes with turrets and tribes with stone bases is shortened but the thing is that tribes can continue breeding while you have to keep uploaded pts or trikes and your best bps to survive. I like ark but the solution is one that we often overlook when we see these issues rising. We need pve build servers. In atlas there are literal hub severs where pvp is not allowed. They are technically zones but atlas runs a series of interconnected servers. Wildcard should really consider creating these builds servers under limitations that prevent people from exploiting the servers. The first idea is that we make the map necessary for this the center and no other map is a part of this build cluster. If we do this limitation, it means that people cannot get wyverns or reapers or golems during the time they are on server and are using the servers as intended, to rebuild. Another change is that no tek at all will come from this server. I guess you can fight the boss but it is pointless since they won't give tekgrams . This is still exploitable for people to go off server and come back to a server they can't hit. Well if I told you there is a transfer lock on characters coming in. if you use these servers, you must make a new charatcer. Furthermoore there is always a server wipe after every two weeks meaning you should use these servers efficiently. The day before the serevr opens, the cluster will open for characters that come from that server only to be able to go back and forth to ensure that people don't lose their loot from server wipe. I think this is the perfect middle ground for people as they have the opportuity to play without fear they must stay up all night to ensure the alphas don't wipe them due to power creep.

Xbox Official Server Wipe Inbound The Xbox Official servers have been running for 2 years. Duping has plagued the servers and despite wildcards effort to remove duped items, It cannot be done. Obviously, The only solution to this Gamebreaking issue is to wipe the servers. Petitions were made, Thousands signed in favour. Before Duping, a Wipe was not necessary but now, All bases have duped items so there is no legit bases left. This means “ you will not be loosing your work.” 8 thousand players have left the game in the last week. This says a lot. At Arks prime time, There is 7 Official servers with more than 20 Population. This used to be more than 90 servers. Every legit player wants a wipe. People who don’t at this point are the duper’s ‘ and their opinions don’t matter. Debate your thoughts below.

Official PVE Apocalypse Servers I was thinking we should have a Official PVE Apocalypse Server with some characteristics of PVP, like 3X xp and new PVE things such as Bonus Damage from Wild Dino’s on Structures. The possibility of this and more improved settings would be great and fun for people that like to build and make defenses and improve until the Meteor comes to wipe and start over bigger and better than ever. Without the pvp aspect it still would be a challenge and a great game mode. Chime in and give your feedback on this Idea.

Lost my dinos in the ark data I lost my dinos in my ark data when u guys first did the update on long necks and fab snipers I lost 6+ gigas and a mek I would appreciate if you guys help fix this issue as this is the second time I submit

Looking for tribe. Pc PvP Official Just started playing on pc, had been on Xbox previously. Looking for a decent tribe to work with. I have played this game since 2015, and am happy to work and grind away. I don't expect handouts, I will use my own tames and gear if recruited.

"Complete the Ark." I have only been playing Ark for 2 months, but I have an idea to help with the imbalance of Official servers "bobs" vs. mega tribes. I would like to suggest a prestige system. Obviously In Ark those who are new like me wish there could be some sort of server wipe to give us the feel of a competitive chance with the big wigs. Looking from the mega tribes point of view, if Ark wiped me, id be frustrated! Ark can't do this. To many dedicated players would quit. BUT, from a new player perspective, I will never play official dedicated servers because I do not have a chance. I joined the game too late, and other people have c4 to spare so they are server wiping just for fun. Its not going to happen. A ranked system wouldn't need to be a huge change. Heck, it wouldn't even need to delete the current servers. I am suggesting Ark transitions the currently MANY empty servers to a ranked system. Here is how it would work. 1. Official servers still exist. They are separate from ranked, and mega tribes can keep playing and that whole environment can exist the same as it is today. Current players won't lose a thing. 2. After ranked servers were dedicated as "ranked", these server will have a "Rank" assigned. All players start on "Fiber" servers. These servers only allow a player to progress as far as the stone age probably level 19. In order to move to a "Metal age" or "Wood Tier" server, you must finish the stone age, and craft an object that allows you to "prestige". This object could be a small statue, a smoke signal, etc. etc. etc that allow them to leave the server. (THERE WOULD BE NO SERVER HOPPING.) 3. When you leave the server from completing the objective, you start over. Level one. No engrams, none of your old dinos, just the potential to get further than you did last time, with a promise of rewards (i will explain later) in the future if you continue. Tiers could look like this. "Fiber (level cap 19), Wood (Level cap 39), Stone (Level cap 59), Metal (level cap 79), Fabricated (Level Cap 89), Tek (Level cap 100). Maybe 6 tiers is too many, but I would let the devs figure out their numbers to avoid overpopulation and under population etc. 4. At the end of the ranked "season" rewards would be given. These would be permanent access to SKINS for yourself and your dinos. These could not be traded or given to others. You cannot drop them, you can only destroy them. They can only be placed on YOUR tames. Depending on how far you got during the season will change which skins you get. If you only stay in fiber, maybe you can make your dodos all pink. If you end in tek tier, perhaps you get a wyvern skin that will knock the girls socks off if you know what i mean ;D SKINS ARE ALREADY IN THE GAME!! TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT YOU HAVE!!! 5. These skins would be accessible from a bench you can make at level 1 for 5 wood. Each skin only costs 5 fiber to make. This enables you to bring these skins into single player, dedicated, non dedicated etc. They are account bound. You could also add skin micro transactions like fortnite. 6. Rates would need to be slightly boosted from current official servers, because you would have to start over a few multiple times. The games rates are currently set up to make you take a LONG time because that is the current endgame. If you have to start over repeatedly, and every "season" in this mode, rates would absolutely need to be somewhat boosted to give players a true chance. Thats my idea! I'm probably missing things here and there, but what do you guys think? It brings the "Fortnite", "start over fresh upon prestige" feeling. It encourages max level tribes and players to continue to higher servers so as to get greater rewards It discourages people from camping servers because they have to start over when they prestige, so there is no reason to delay your progression It gives people a chance to join, or rejoin at any time without getting severely punished. We get to look dope flying around with our skins in all future game sessions The devs only have to separate the servers, create the item bench, and the prestige items. It wouldn't be THAT much work, and it should greatly increase income Let me know what you guys think!

Hello all fellow survivors, We are an established tribe currently seeking to increase our numbers further and expand to other servers. On the current agenda we are aiming to drop a large recruitment tribe the moment transfers open! If you’d be interested and have any questions please contact myself on discord at your earliest convenience! Discord: Ground Zero59#0140

Official Xbox PvP Help!!! Good day Survivors, Me and 2 or 3 of my friends are looking for a Official PvP server to play where we are allowed to build and not get raided after 1 day... It's a big headache not be able to build up before getting raided... Please any suggestions or a Alpha tribe that would help us or allow us ? Would really be appreciated... (Xbox)

Should taming large wilds be harder? It seems like every tom sausage and henry has at least 20 Wyverns, Quetzals (say that ten times fast), and Giganotosaurus. Should there be more restrictions on official like no trading allowed of the larger animals? An increase in difficulty to get these?

searching for pvp official tribe Hello! My name is Sueni and i have played ark for a long time (still am) and i am currently searching for a pvp official tribe because i am planning on leaving the current tribe i am in. I still have all my stuff (cryopodded dino's, gear, etc.). so if any tribe is willing to take me in just message me on discord or here so we can talk it out. discord: TheOneAndOnlyBork#5503 Sueni.

Dino Tek The Wild Dinosaur Spawn tek should be disabled on official servers except on extinction. this makes useless paying skins, and makes it less exceptional to cross a dino with a tek skins