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A New Voting System The voting system right now is not good. It is dare say bad. It is unpolished and needs to be worked on. Here are a few suggestions. The Front Page I propose we start off with the front page. I've noticed that all or most of the suggestions on the front page right now have been there since the beginning of the voting systems implementation. The same suggestions have just stuck up there at the top. This is why I request that a moderator (ehh possibly a bot) wipe the votes for all of the suggestions every few months (maybe 2 months?). By the way, not the suggestions, the votes. The reason I suggested this be done is because right now suggestions with the most votes appear on the front page, unlike before the voting system when the most recently updated posts appeared on the front page. I arguably like the old system better with the front page, as the new one basically doesn't let anyone get there pages to the front as of now, and I can see these pages right now probably staying up there for months to come. Users also barely switch from most votes over to recently updated in the suggestion forum, and this makes the new posts harder to get to the front. Thus the votes be wiped every few months. Upvote and Downvoting I believe the current voting system is far from accurate. Users are not able to downvote a suggestion, being only able to upvote. This simply means players who dont agree with the suggestion have to deal with it. With the inclusion of downvoting, the votes for suggestions could become far more accurate as users who do not agree with the suggestion are able to simply downvote it. On the counter-argument that downvoting allows users to create tons of throwaway accounts to downvote with, users can, and have, been doing that with the upvoting system as well. Early Birds Can't Vote I believe users with the rank "Early Bird" should not be allowed to vote on suggestions, up or down. This would stop users from creating throwaway accounts to mess up voting. Putting a simple addition like this in place would help a ton to stop votes from being messed with. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I believe simple features like this would make the voting more accurate, more user friendly and make posts more easily accessible. If a moderator of the forums sees this post, I hope you take this into consideration if you ever decide to change the voting. Sincerely, jamescoolcrafter15

Add more dinos into ARK I personally believe that ARK is a wonderfull game of endless possibilities and a bright future if Wildcard keeps going as they have done since release. All DLC's are great ( with SE as an exception ) and the graphics are amazing, BUT... I do not like how the Genesis DLC is looking so far, from what I've seen it's more about mythical creatures and fantasy than actuall history accurate dinosaurs. I really like ARK and want it to stay the way it is with slight changes such as bug fixes and updates. I don't know if Genesis it the ending for ARK and that ARK 2 is going to contain more of the Dinosaur content as a whole but I don't want ark to change into Monster Hunter. Anyways awesome game Wildcard, keep it up.

Altas Creatures in ARK If you only add the parrot and the rabbit that’d suffice me! If there is a mod for these creatures already, maybe add some mods to the console version since we can’t download mods like our computer friends! (In addition Eco’s Mods would be dope to have too) Please don’t rip off my head in comment suggestion, just someone who loves the game and loves the studio’s work, I just thought of something I’d like to see and suggested it! I don’t mean offense to anyone. My last comment is that I love ARK and I love my creatures 🦦 and the friends I have made on it so thank you for a great experience!

Creature Request Hello all, I was looking at some awesome mods on steam and I was thinking about possible Dino’s to add to the game officially for future updates... Personally, my favorite creature idea to add to the game and an animal I’m very fond of is a rabbit/hare. An easy addition could probably piggyback off of the jerboa model or reduce the model size for Kangaroo Easter bunny (not sure how easy that is for developers), it could be an easy first tame if you use a cliche item to tame (carrot), could be a unique game meat, and could possibly be beneficial and burrow for resources or detect things with its ears? I hope one of the people from Wild Card see this, would make me so happy to see come to the game. Maybe add an arctic hare to the Antarctica map! Thoughts? Is there another animal/Dino you guys would want to see? (This was a great idea added from a suggestion on discord) Perhaps a hare/rabbit can create warrens that can store and hide a player’s resources. These warrens would be small and will be hidden from enemies, much like Purlovias burrows. Perhaps can even be a temporary hidey hole. So instead of constructing storage boxes for raids that can easily be destroyed, these would function as hidden storage boxes. I’m sorta thinking of the isles burrows that certain dinosaurs can make. To counter this ability, the warrens will decay away like normal structures if not utilised for a long time. Also rabbits can stomp on the floor to sense and discover enemy warrens which they can destroy. Irl rabbits are rather hard to catch so many in a chase, they can have really sharp turns or side steps to evade pursers.

Could not retrieve address error - Xbox one Hey Peeps, Ive started to get this error message since after the thanks giving event finished, i can't get on to my server. Ive tried to log on other server s and get the same error. or i have to start a new character. Does anyone know how to fix this. " could not retrieve address " error, I've watched so many youtube vids and nothing works. Master rest, Uninstalled and reinstalled 4 times. Tried to join someones game, updated, nothing works. Please help. Thanks for your time.

Tek Teleporter - Alliance Mode can we have option to select tek teleporter only for alliance?

DisableStructurePlacementCollision and the Exploits problem Hello all, this is a chunk of the official documentation bDisableStructurePlacementCollision=<value> Value = boolean (true/false) Default = false If 'true' allows for structures to clip into the terrain. But the real behavior is that then you can place, overlap, glitch every item in the category of Structure between NOT ONLY the terrain, but themselves. And this create infinite exploits on a server, Shouldn't this allow the clip option just with the terrain ? and only for the structural items ( foundations, walls, pillars, ceilings, ...etc) I just read this awesome post about collision feedback by @Mitfrey ( idk why its archived...) while i was looking for a solution to this. I think this should be taking in a higher priorit. Most of players just one a fancy base in a mountain corner, with a cool side of the base being the mountain wall and the base fitting perfecly in the Terrain mesh. the ability to create the base structure ( foundations, walls, pillars, ceilings, ...etc) with collisions with the terrain, but leaving the other item strucures (smithy, storage, fabricator, generator... etc. ) as it is now ( or maybe improve some Hitbox). But at least to update the command to do just what it says it does.

3x Winter Wonderland Suggestion Hello, I will be great if we get 3x during this winter wonderland. Its been a while since we got 3x boost.

Many Improvements needed for ark small tribes The current state of the game is very hard to play and makes it not as enjoyable as it could be. I see a lot of potential in the game and it can have a lot more players than it currently has just with a few simple but game changing adjustments. These 3 suggestions would change the game and make it a lot more playable and would encourage people that don't have as much time to play the game as well. I really hope you decide to make these changes. Thanks, Your fellow survivor - Syx Increase turret cap to 150 or 200 The current turret cap is very hard to work with and spots that would be very nice to build in are basically impossible to defend because of the current 100 turret cap, increasing it by 100 or even 50 more would make a massive difference and would enable tribes to build in places that would be initially near impossible to defend with the 100 turret cap. It would make raiding and defending way more fun and would enable way bigger battles and raids which would mean it would be a little more challenging for both the raider and the defender. Decrease transfer timer One of the many time consuming tasks on small tribes is transferring servers, many people have outposts on different server for farming resources that would normally be hard in their main base spot/main map meaning they have to transfer a lot and having the timer as 15 minutes makes it so much longer that it should be. Decreasing the timer to 5 minutes or even 10 minutes would make such a difference and would make the game way more enjoyable to play meaning the player base will grow due to the fact that not many people have the time for such a time consuming game which can be fixes with the current suggestions. Enable no collisions for structures Enabling no collisions for structure would enable tribes to build way better looking bases and let them utilize all the space efficiently, I understand it wouldn't be as realistic but it would majorly improve how people build and where people build too meaning that more spaces will be way easier to build in which would encourage people to build in the spots that are currently too hard to build in. This is also a problem since many spaces are already taken by big tribes and many big tribes raid lots of starters and enabling no collisions on structures would also allow starters to hide way better meaning they can survive for longer which would also make it more enjoyable to play the game.

F key should open inventory when not on dinosaur We can all get behind this one! (those of us on the PC version or those on console that use a keyboard) The F-Key should open the Inventory (I key menu) when the player is off of the Dino and not facing it... seems like a logical thing to do when I find myself instinctively reaching for and pressing the f key to open the inventory to have it do nothing! Don't know about you but I find it quite frustrating especially when being attacked and you need to make a quick change! Vote this up if you agree and lets make a lasting change that will help to make this game that much more playable Have a great day all

Hi I've seen videos on YouTube about the castles keeps and forts mod is this a PC sponsored mod and if it is would this mod make it's way to PS4 and Xbox one because I've been building Hyrule Castle from breath of the wild out of wooden stone walls ceilings floors pillars and whatnot and it doesn't look like it much but the castles keeps and forts would what does anyone think of the Hyrule Castle idea?

Valgueros Pros and Cons First of i like to say that i do not hate Valguero,i actually like it,but i noticed some problems or shortcomings i would like to point out. Im going to go over the pros first though. Pros Good Water to Land ratio (alot of people dislike the ocean due to it being sort of a resource depot instead a full fleshed out biome) Heaps of metal,this map has alot of metal nodes,not as much as Ragnarok,but alot. Sap Stumps provide early game sap Heaps of pearls,this map has alot of silica pearls,the underground ocean also provides easy black pearls Oil veins,Oil pumps are always great Beavers,Beavers,Beavers,theres alot of beaver nest Cool ruins Plenty of small water sources,anywhere you build on this map you will have a water source nearby Underground Ocean,this provides a cool take on the ocean (some people where hoping for something like this in Extinction) Boreal Forest is a great biome providing redwood resources with jungle threats Flat areas,this provides alot of great building areas Small caves (not refering to actual caves) these provide base areas and cool environments! New Dino Cons Allosaurus Apocalypse,there are way too many allo spawns not enough crystal spreads,there is alot of crystal on this map,however it is only in a few areas on the surface making crystal one of the more annoying resources on this map Bugs? Bug creatures are harder to farm due to them only spawning in higher threat areas BroodMother,dont bother with her,she doesnt give tek engrams and only gives low tier to no loot. Caves? There are very little caves in this map and the ones that are really underwhelming,only 2 of the caves have enemies in them. Ice golem and Chalk golems being reskins,they could have made these alternate versions of the rock golems example making ice golems rock throw freeze or slow enemies but they are weak to fire,chalk golems rock throw being several small rocks for more aoe but less damage. No Chargenodes,batteries are impossible to charge on this map NOW FOR THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM The Abberation area is extremely lacking content,no vines,no rockdrakes,nameless,reapers,baslisk,shinehorns,featherlights,no liquid element,only contains 2 of the abberation biomes making it very boring(surface obviously cant be added) and not really worth,Wildcard has stated that this is for that way abberation doesn't become useless and not generate sales for abberation (abberation has probably sold 99% percent of what its going to sell ever),HOWEVER Abberation has been out for 18 months.To put this in perspective,Ragnarok came out only 10 months after Scorched earth released with all of its content being added to Ragnarok (phoenix came after ragnaroks release),this has caused scorched earth to become very pointless to ragnarok. This is most likely why abberation creatures are missing from valguero. Wildcard most likely doesn't want Valguero to become a replacement to abberation. However wildcard has to realize that hype and interest are two different things. Hype can create interest (Valguero Announcement trailer for example),However hype cannot sustain interest unless the content is interesting itself. Hopefully wildcard will stop being stubborn and give the players what we want,but this is how they responded to the whole Valguero Abberation thing.

Reorganize Suggestion Forums The suggestion forums as a fantastic idea, but it's becoming apparent that there needs to be some structural changes to people can actually find suggestions they are interested in. My suggestion would be to split the forum into the following categories and subcategories: Settings and Mechanics (general game settings and mechanics) Creatures Additions Changes Maps Additions Changes Unofficial Hosting (most useful for console, given the tools PC players have access to, but I believe this warrants its own category) Incorporated Tools (admin listing, player listing, stat tracking, and so on) Configuration Options (stats, overrides, and so on) People have short attention spans and aren't likely to sort through more than 60 pages of suggestions to find what they are interested in. Additionally, there are a number of repeat suggestions that are crowding out original suggestions. I believe if the suggestion forum is broken down in a similar fashion to the above, it will make things much easier to find. Additionally, it will break things down into more specific suggestions which will allow a more accurate read on community desires. I get that this makes the suggestion forum more complex, but I think that complexity is going to give you folks a better overall read and ultimately simplify the data collection process on your end. Additionally, it would be useful if you folks would sort the forums according to what you will and what you won't consider. We're all aware there are some things that aren't technically possible or even worth the effort, and some things that defeat your vision of the game. Creating something like a public rejection bin to host the suggestions that aren't going to happen will help people navigate this forum section.

Orangutan in ARK So far in the game theres only the megapithecus, gigantopithecus and mesopithecus, how about a new creature that you can ride and can climb and swing through trees rocks and mountains, i suggest an orangutan for ARK.

Specific dinos in the dungeons Alright, so how could it possibly be fair to us single players to not get specific dinos from the dungeons? I mean, it’s be nice if we could be included in those too, you know? It’s especially not fair due to the fact that you kinda have to pay for buffs in the dungeons to even get past the bosses and traps, so if you don’t have any money, then you’re kinda out of luck. I don’t mind not having eerie creatures, because those are just cool mutations I could try to get myself if I really wanted to, but now that they’re adding creatures that you can only get from the dungeons, and no where else, is bogus. Not to mention that you’ve got a time limit to even do it in the first place. I’d love to have a daeodon in my little colony, but I guess not. If they add wyverns like this, then I’d honestly stop playing. Not that that means a whole lot, but it really would take the fun out of it. If they could have it for after the dungeon events are over, and they add the dinos you didn’t get to the actual world, I’d be fine with that. But, it’s probably not going to happen .

Custom Mutations! Add a new TEK structure that allows you to change a mutation for example from Oxygen to Melee at the expense of element and time, similar to the cloning chamber. Edit: BUT LIKE A LOT OF ELEMENT! (To keep it balanced...)

Just a list of things i'd like to see in Ark If you dont mind reading, here's some things that i'd like to see in ark. Some of these I'm sure might be almost impossible with the current game's coding and how janky the mechanics would be, but I just think these are some things i'd like to see and my opinions on certain changes and whatnot. To start off, i personally like the old rex model before the TLC better. I don't know why but I guess the face looks more appealing to me. I don't know if anyone else has the same opinion. There are also some things i' d like to see that might add some more realism into the game. For example, -Being very close to some types of ally dinos would provide warmth, even in hot places. -taking off with a flyer may need a small run up animation, to catch air instead of just taking off (though this may not be all that helpful for situations like trapping or pvp) -wild dinos make more ambient noises as you come closer, especially herbivores as they would become more anxious/on guard -STARVING OR DYING OF DEHYDRATION DOES NOT CAUSE YOUR LEG TO BREAK -more dino calls, like threatening or forecalling and dino crouching, or laying down to regain stamina faster (though this may be hard to implement on console, but it could have some button shortcuts, or use d-pad) one i'd especially like to see is a sarco hiss -like I've stated before, the egg gender ratios with certain frogs and crocodilian dinos -more realistic behavior in the AI, which would include the different calls and pack hunting -higher horse jumping! Because horses jump higher than they do in ark. Do be honest the height of an equus jump is just depressing. Atleast have like deinonychus jump height -wyvern gliding and please give some flyers at least a nerfed Griffin ability -a scent ability on some carnivores that could track wild creatures (shown by a line on the ground or footprints), and footprints in general -some dino resistance if you're about to jump or walk off a cliff, such as a split second slow in walking. This could save alot of lives -feathered dinos that use feathers for flying or gliding would have to wait for their feathers to dry after being in rain or water (this could be just a few seconds or could be changed in settings) or a shaking animation could come in to dry off faster. I really like this idea, and since birds can't go into the water (like argies) in rain they would get wet and couldn't fly as well. You might see alot of players not flying in the rain or just standing around waiting for their birds to dry after a rainstorm -wet feathers and fur - your dino automatically swims to the surface if it is in deep water, because real animals aren't just going to sit there until they drown because you didn't tell them to swim -small blood trails if a dino is injured badly -.....why can you ride a phoenix..... -in constant extreme conditions your fortitude slowly raises due to becoming used to those temperatures, and when exposed to the opposite it immediately starts to go down -all dino eyes reflect light in the dark, while troodons and other dinos who's eyes glow in the dark just glow, somehow there could be a difference you could see -being able to pet all of your dinos! I'm sure there's more that I just haven't thought about at the moment. Now don't get me started on S+. I honestly just really want S+ features to be in vanilla ark, especially for us console players who don't have access to it. Ark building can be really frustrating and really hard. There are also some building materials that aren't available on regular ark that would work so much better. I hope you agree with me on some of these and feel free to add on or argue with them.

Add a roar button for reaper kings on console please. It's a classic thing in ark that when two people meet on dinos that can roar will do so to greet and to show dominance, but for reaper kings thats only possible on pc, as I'm guessing it wasn't added to console due to limited buttons on the controller. But now is the time to fix that, just simply code it to where the king roars if you hold down the right thumbstick button instead of just pressing it once which does the spin attack. I mean it's not unheard of the giganotopithicus does something similar where if you press the thumbstick once it picks up fiber but holding makes it pick up a shoulder pet if there is one in front of it. But yeah doing this will make a lot of reaper lovers happy. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Dino Suggestion Hey there I would like to offer a suggestion of a glowy fox to be added for abberation/valagro similar in nature to the shinehorn and to the otter I think having a small wearable creature that could emit light and protect against radiation would be a great idea and I would love if it spawned in (naturally it's normal color) pink and white

Increased harvesting/breeding rates on CROSSARK Hello, It has been mentiond multiple times before, but let's go through this topic again. Crossark's are fun, but for crossark to be x1 harvesting is kinda toxic. A lot more people would play crossarks if there would be atleast x2 harvesting, non the less make them like smalltribes and remove the evolution event on weekends. Servers are losing players due the amount of time spend on farming, and they are going on unofficial or smalltribes where are rates actually decent. Let's see how much people would like to see this happen. http://chng.it/249WCLdK Best regards.

Command to issue an engram to another player Sorry for my English, I write with the help of an interpreter... In our favorite game already has such a GiveTekEngramTo So, here is my request to enter the command GiveEngramTo to be able to give an engram to a person.

Jug Bug usefulness Okay so I'm here to talk about something that's not to important but I wanted to say something. The "Jug Bugs" in Ark are absolutely useless even the dossier says so but I'm her to pitch an idea that would make The Jug Bug one the most fun and useful tames in Ark. So right now they have no use other than Exp, water, and oil but here is an idea, The Oil Jug Bug will be a raiding weapon. Now I know that sounds like a joke but seriously, have it be the more combative of the variants and be a living oil jar. My idea is to make to where you can whistle attack target on an animal or a base's walls and it will empty its sack of oil on to it creating the same thing the oil jar does which is a slick of oil that decrease movement speed and can be lit on fire so basically if you don't feel like learning the oil jar engram or just want to see a bug crap oil on someone then this variant would be for you. Now the Water Jug Bug. The Water Jug bug would be useful as a tame for irrigating plants. Basically a dung beetle's assistant. Just set on wander via the behavior tab and it will irrigate crops and also be able to put out fire. Now don't say this would be unfair and pointless because its a DLC creature because it not exclusive to Scorched Earth it spawns on Ragnarok and can be transferred over via the obelisk. So that was my suggestion thanks for taking your time to read it.

New wyvern Types We have a frost wyvern and that’s amazing. But what about a swamp wyvern, a desert wyvern, a forest wyvern and a sea/water wyvern??? the Desert Wyvern- looks like the thorny lizard short and stocky could spit sand storm that would steal stamina and damage enemies. Like a normal sandstorm and have the same effects. the swamp wyvern- zombie like decaying with Spanish moss it would breathes purple fog that would Poison and blind some one like the Dilophosaurs the forest wyvern- have antlers and look like Leafs for scales it’s breath would like like tornado of branches from it’s mouth like debris from a tornado. The effect would slow movement also. The sea water wyvern- would look fishlike may or may not be able to fly. Would shoot water out in jets that would damage and drown some one. Having a frost wyvern being the only wyvern that spawns out side a dragon trench is not fair. I love the mechanic and just feel there should be a few more environmental Wyverns based on their respective biomes

Wyvern Ideas? So, as a person who has played ARK for a while, it's bugs are of course very noticeable and should be treated before any updates in Dinos, or before any new additions (as some think). But, let's forget about the bug issues for a second. Personally, I would love to have new dinosaurs like the Gorgonopsid, or a Majungasaurus added to the game, but above all...I feel Wyverns need a new look. I have loved how theyve looked for a while, but recently, I feel they could look more intimidating instead of some fairytale "save the princess" look. The Fire Wyvern for example, of course it is a big, scary, FIRE BREATHING flying fantasy Lizard, so its intimidating anyway. However, when you see them up close... they dont look the part to scare enemies from their nests...I feel the Wyverns should be a bit bigger, and have more color variations out of events first before any new model looks, but again... I just felt they never looked up to their name "Wyvern" if their face looks adorable to ages 6 below... That's not all though, I would LOVE to see size mutations or differences amongst the dragons. Logically, I feel the Lightning should be slimmer, faster, and smaller than the others, with Fire being the biggest, Ice the 2nd biggest, and Poison the 3rd. But if that'd ever happen, I'd love to see more tricks on the Wyverns end. Like the Pteranadon for example, if you hit the right joystick it does a spin attack or fast maneuver whilst taking up a chunk of stamina. I would appreciate seeing a Wyvern glide maneuver, so while facing walls you could glide down and attach to them, MUCH like the Tapejara and Rock Drake in Aberration. I just would like to think Wyverns had a new trick up their sleeves instead of landing in lava all the time... they could now spawn attached to walls and etc, or climbing down from them... Lastly, new Wyverns. It's a bit late to say this, but I havent heard any news about anything about the update so IDK if stuff like this would come for Wyverns so early or at all, but I just wanted to make this post/discussion. Anyway, new wyverns. It would be amazing to see a Leviathan Wyvern (or Sea/Ocean/Water Wyvern) to accompany on Ragnarok, and maybe The Center. Imagine, swimming through the Oceans of Ragnarok with your high level Sarco or preferred Ocean mount, and you see ruins under the water... intimidated yet curious, you launch yourself into the depths at the mouth of a tiny ruined castle, and you see floating eggs on little shelves and etc. You take one, not knowing if this is a joke, when suddenly a Momma Wyverns head is in the entrance, trapping you and your Sarco in the ruins. You've made grave mistake! A Sea Wyverns head (or whatever youd like to call it) would be slim and sharp, like a mix between Lightning and Poison, their bodies would be incredibly slim and snake like, and their wings would resemble more of giant fins, but they could still launch out of the water to attack you on the shore (As well as sitting on the shore like a Walrus, lol). I dont have any attack ideas at the moment, but if I do I'd edit the post. Now maybe Rock/Earth Wyverns? Much like the "Forest Wyvern" in Extinction, the Earthy Wyverns would be dull/bright colors (depending on their territory), small, but built like a beast. Traveling through Redwoods when suddenly, a Maroonish Wyvern unhooks its wicked wings from one of the trees only to tangle you in vines or etc eit its breath. I feel like such a thing would be a slim little quick dragon for the brighter environments, and for the dull, more of a rock shape much like the Rock Elemental in Ragnarok and so on. Actually coming alive from rocky areas as it attaches armor to itself from the rocks around it. Anywho, this was just a fun little post. Comment your ideas?

I think that ARK needs more useful shoulder pets and small unrideable dinos or at least TLCs to existing ones, some examples of ones I would like to see added are; Dwarf Elephant (it can gather wood when on wander), Iberomesornis (shoulder pet similar to Icthyornis, but smaller and specializes at killing bugs instead of fish), Bernissartia (shoulder day starts that packs a punch and specializes in fish killing) ,Nemicolopterus(shoulder pet like dimorph, but not as strong, specializes in meat gathering), Gasparinisaura (Gathers berries when on wander), Minmi(gathers flint and metal when on wander), Archicebus(shoulder pet that gathers berries when you walk by or when it is on wander), Leptocyon( smaller than hyaenadon, has backpack as saddle refrigerates meat and allows it to carry a lot of your items), and finally Hadrocodium ( it is a very small shoulder pet which is used to pick locks at a 54% success rate).