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ARK: Survival Evolved; A fairly promising survival game! :D
Topic Started: May 14 2015, 08:02 PM (15,547 Views)
DinoFlame
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@DG: I never said you were "excited". :P


I've been looking around the forums a bit the last few days for the heck of it (very fun thing to do if you want to laugh at the stupidity of our own species, or alternatively mourn it) and I hate to say I'm rather doubting we'll see an Arthropleura. Apparently, the Titanoboa, because of its shape, gave the Devs a LOT of troubles moving on rough terrain, hence partly why they've been "exiled" to the caves. Arthropleura would likely suffer all those same problems, though I do still hope for it as well.


Pretty much my creature wish-list in a nutshell (in no particular order):
-Athropleura (oc)
-Kelenken (or other Terror Bird, but c'mon, Kelenken)
-Sea bird, Hesperornis or maybe Great Auks to act as snowy Dodos
-At least one kind of Dillo sized herbivore, such as a Hypsilophodon
-Megaloceras
-Woolly Rhino
-Maybe some mid-sized theropod to fit in between the Raptors and Carnos, something like a Ceratosaurus for example.
Chris Perkins
 

Today, I'm going to be takin' these four fine folks into the biggest, meanest dungeon in the Forgotten Realms, and I don't know if they're gonna survive.
...But I'm cool with that.


ToD Level-Up Status: 7/8
3DS FC: 4356-0410-5185

Credits:
89,500

Monsters:
Pachysailosaurus, Sadaptoren, Raptagian, Carnosaurus, Gastoxic, Paladonstrum, Molick, Floraptor, Politisk, Goragon, Balalisto, Autoris, Wintarcus, Aquavenus, Torvofelis, Chelonosuchus, Dazzlewurm, Drakhaos, Insequs, Dracoceras, Mercury, Terra, Chess Spider, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Stonewrecker, Jupiter,
EEC:
Pterohynus, Vulakat,

Creature Concepts:
The Planets/Roman Gods (Mercury*, Venus*, Terra*, Mars*, Jupiter*, Saturn*, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
The Norse Gods(Thor, Loki, Odin)
Ultimate Leviathan, Mammalian Dragon, Black Hunter Whale(Venatorcetus), Summanus,
Remakes (Klog, Komodoking)
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DinoFlame
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Just felt like posting this here; my thoughts on balancing PvOP and offline raiding.

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I've said this before so I'm just going to post my tl:dr version.

-If someone attacks you at your weakest it sucks, but you can't hardly blame them for just using common sense and tactics. Mind you, the same sort of common sense and basic tactics says that the defending party in a battle almost always has the advantage, which almost never seems to be the case.

-The AI needs to be improved to have half a chance of matching players. If you've ever fought wild dinos on a tamed dino, you know just how bad the AI is by comparison. Better AI = Pets that can actually defend your base. For example, I recently read of one guy who slept next to his computer with alarms set so he could quickly get on to defend his base; any time he got on to fight back against the raiders he won handily, but any time he wasn't around to help fight back/babysit his pets he would wake up to all his dinos dead. That is, quite frankly, a ridiculous difference.

-There needs to be some type of "tiers" and/or separate servers for different kinds of players. A casual player who only has a few hours to play will always be the underdog against people who play near enough to 24/7. So the simple solution (in concept if perhaps not so simple in execution) is to give options for casual players to play against other casual players that are in the same league as them. Kind-of like the different leagues in spots.
Chris Perkins
 

Today, I'm going to be takin' these four fine folks into the biggest, meanest dungeon in the Forgotten Realms, and I don't know if they're gonna survive.
...But I'm cool with that.


ToD Level-Up Status: 7/8
3DS FC: 4356-0410-5185

Credits:
89,500

Monsters:
Pachysailosaurus, Sadaptoren, Raptagian, Carnosaurus, Gastoxic, Paladonstrum, Molick, Floraptor, Politisk, Goragon, Balalisto, Autoris, Wintarcus, Aquavenus, Torvofelis, Chelonosuchus, Dazzlewurm, Drakhaos, Insequs, Dracoceras, Mercury, Terra, Chess Spider, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Stonewrecker, Jupiter,
EEC:
Pterohynus, Vulakat,

Creature Concepts:
The Planets/Roman Gods (Mercury*, Venus*, Terra*, Mars*, Jupiter*, Saturn*, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
The Norse Gods(Thor, Loki, Odin)
Ultimate Leviathan, Mammalian Dragon, Black Hunter Whale(Venatorcetus), Summanus,
Remakes (Klog, Komodoking)
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DinoFlame
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Giant, rideable, cement-paste-making, narcotic-secreting Beelzebufo. 0_0

The Scorpion Kings have been toppled from their throne in more ways than one.
Chris Perkins
 

Today, I'm going to be takin' these four fine folks into the biggest, meanest dungeon in the Forgotten Realms, and I don't know if they're gonna survive.
...But I'm cool with that.


ToD Level-Up Status: 7/8
3DS FC: 4356-0410-5185

Credits:
89,500

Monsters:
Pachysailosaurus, Sadaptoren, Raptagian, Carnosaurus, Gastoxic, Paladonstrum, Molick, Floraptor, Politisk, Goragon, Balalisto, Autoris, Wintarcus, Aquavenus, Torvofelis, Chelonosuchus, Dazzlewurm, Drakhaos, Insequs, Dracoceras, Mercury, Terra, Chess Spider, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Stonewrecker, Jupiter,
EEC:
Pterohynus, Vulakat,

Creature Concepts:
The Planets/Roman Gods (Mercury*, Venus*, Terra*, Mars*, Jupiter*, Saturn*, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
The Norse Gods(Thor, Loki, Odin)
Ultimate Leviathan, Mammalian Dragon, Black Hunter Whale(Venatorcetus), Summanus,
Remakes (Klog, Komodoking)
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Dinomaster
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It seems weird that they would completely invalidate the scorpion's only use like that. I can see the narcotic effect being much weaker than the scorpions, but with added mobility and a ranged attack, near nonexistent unless you count the brontos tail swipe.
Creatures:

Splicer ,Chomper, Therivine, Necog, Diflamma, Kadaver, Unagi, Deinocetus, Phobos & Deimos, Snake, Shedillo, Necros

Points:
82850


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DinoFlame
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Yeah, I do expect it will be more like an "entry level" alternative to the scorpions as far as tranqing goes, so Scorpions would still be better as a specialist. Otherwise though, producing cementing paste on the side makes it a more versatile option. Speaking of which, we haven't considered how the snail compares. If I'm reading and recalling correctly, the snail produces paste automatically, while Kermit here needs Chitin. Not that Chitin should really be a problem, mind you.

Regardless though, it is kind of nice to see some role-sharing between creatures so there's a bit more option as to which you want to get.
Chris Perkins
 

Today, I'm going to be takin' these four fine folks into the biggest, meanest dungeon in the Forgotten Realms, and I don't know if they're gonna survive.
...But I'm cool with that.


ToD Level-Up Status: 7/8
3DS FC: 4356-0410-5185

Credits:
89,500

Monsters:
Pachysailosaurus, Sadaptoren, Raptagian, Carnosaurus, Gastoxic, Paladonstrum, Molick, Floraptor, Politisk, Goragon, Balalisto, Autoris, Wintarcus, Aquavenus, Torvofelis, Chelonosuchus, Dazzlewurm, Drakhaos, Insequs, Dracoceras, Mercury, Terra, Chess Spider, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Stonewrecker, Jupiter,
EEC:
Pterohynus, Vulakat,

Creature Concepts:
The Planets/Roman Gods (Mercury*, Venus*, Terra*, Mars*, Jupiter*, Saturn*, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
The Norse Gods(Thor, Loki, Odin)
Ultimate Leviathan, Mammalian Dragon, Black Hunter Whale(Venatorcetus), Summanus,
Remakes (Klog, Komodoking)
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Dinomaster
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I forgot about the snail tbh haha This frog usurps two creatures! I wonder if it's just insects that IT itself kills or if you can just put it in it's inventory and watch the cementing paste go. Because that and a saber would equal infinite paste lol
Creatures:

Splicer ,Chomper, Therivine, Necog, Diflamma, Kadaver, Unagi, Deinocetus, Phobos & Deimos, Snake, Shedillo, Necros

Points:
82850


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FC: 1349-5339-5769
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DinoFlame
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I was thinking the same, but paired up with the Megatherium. Assuming it is based on chitin and not something stupid like it specifically killing bugs itself, I see no reason why you couldn't load it with chitin to convert. I guess that's the other question though; how fast does it produce paste, and how fast compared to the snail? (lol, silly question :rolleyes: )
Chris Perkins
 

Today, I'm going to be takin' these four fine folks into the biggest, meanest dungeon in the Forgotten Realms, and I don't know if they're gonna survive.
...But I'm cool with that.


ToD Level-Up Status: 7/8
3DS FC: 4356-0410-5185

Credits:
89,500

Monsters:
Pachysailosaurus, Sadaptoren, Raptagian, Carnosaurus, Gastoxic, Paladonstrum, Molick, Floraptor, Politisk, Goragon, Balalisto, Autoris, Wintarcus, Aquavenus, Torvofelis, Chelonosuchus, Dazzlewurm, Drakhaos, Insequs, Dracoceras, Mercury, Terra, Chess Spider, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Stonewrecker, Jupiter,
EEC:
Pterohynus, Vulakat,

Creature Concepts:
The Planets/Roman Gods (Mercury*, Venus*, Terra*, Mars*, Jupiter*, Saturn*, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
The Norse Gods(Thor, Loki, Odin)
Ultimate Leviathan, Mammalian Dragon, Black Hunter Whale(Venatorcetus), Summanus,
Remakes (Klog, Komodoking)
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Dinomaster
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Hey DF, I think you may enjoy this:

"* Server INI's option to switch from PvE to PvP mode at pre-specified in-game times OR a pre-specified real-world (server-side) times!



if you don't usesystemtime, it'll use the in-game world time
otherwise it'll use the computer's time.
you can make start time > or < than stop time, dpeending n what you want to do
for example, pve starttime of 2:00 and stoptime 23:00 (convereted into seconds of course)
would have pve exist from 2am to 11pm
whereas pve starttime of 23:00 and stoptime of 2:00 would have pve exist only from 11pm to 2am (and thusly, pvp from 2am to 11pm)
also if you have bAutoPveTimer set to true, you can see the current
in the Player hud with H it'll say it next to the current time."

Straight from the patch notes.
Creatures:

Splicer ,Chomper, Therivine, Necog, Diflamma, Kadaver, Unagi, Deinocetus, Phobos & Deimos, Snake, Shedillo, Necros

Points:
82850


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DinoFlame
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Yeah, I'd seen that. It's something, though I'm still not sure what to think of it exactly. My one problem is, it does only apply to official servers, and right now there's nadda for information on a servers settings until you log into it. Makes it rather hard to look for and find a suitable server.

Actually though, it does sound like the patches since we last PvP'd have gone towards bringing things at least a little more balance. At least, earlier today I came upon a topic where a raider was whining that it was too hard to raid now. XD

Not to say PvP IS balanced yet, just that it does appear to be getting better. In theory, everything should hopefully be balanced eventually as long as the Devs keep at it.


Besides, what I am interested in trying, though, as I already told you, is SOTF. I mean, the very nature of it IS a hunger games-esque death match, but that's somewhat in its benefit. The only thing you SHOULD be trying to do is kill the competition, not anything else, and it only lasts a few hours anyway. FYI, I rather do expect to fail spectacularly the first (few) times I try it. :P

...Actually, it just occurred to me, I bet a modified SOTF would work all but perfectly as an ARK Grail War. O.O
Chris Perkins
 

Today, I'm going to be takin' these four fine folks into the biggest, meanest dungeon in the Forgotten Realms, and I don't know if they're gonna survive.
...But I'm cool with that.


ToD Level-Up Status: 7/8
3DS FC: 4356-0410-5185

Credits:
89,500

Monsters:
Pachysailosaurus, Sadaptoren, Raptagian, Carnosaurus, Gastoxic, Paladonstrum, Molick, Floraptor, Politisk, Goragon, Balalisto, Autoris, Wintarcus, Aquavenus, Torvofelis, Chelonosuchus, Dazzlewurm, Drakhaos, Insequs, Dracoceras, Mercury, Terra, Chess Spider, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Stonewrecker, Jupiter,
EEC:
Pterohynus, Vulakat,

Creature Concepts:
The Planets/Roman Gods (Mercury*, Venus*, Terra*, Mars*, Jupiter*, Saturn*, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
The Norse Gods(Thor, Loki, Odin)
Ultimate Leviathan, Mammalian Dragon, Black Hunter Whale(Venatorcetus), Summanus,
Remakes (Klog, Komodoking)
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DinoFlame
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So there we go. SOTF is out. Go figure, at the time it is now I might not be able to try it until later tonight at the earliest, or more likely tomorrow. I am VERY eager to die countless times.
Chris Perkins
 

Today, I'm going to be takin' these four fine folks into the biggest, meanest dungeon in the Forgotten Realms, and I don't know if they're gonna survive.
...But I'm cool with that.


ToD Level-Up Status: 7/8
3DS FC: 4356-0410-5185

Credits:
89,500

Monsters:
Pachysailosaurus, Sadaptoren, Raptagian, Carnosaurus, Gastoxic, Paladonstrum, Molick, Floraptor, Politisk, Goragon, Balalisto, Autoris, Wintarcus, Aquavenus, Torvofelis, Chelonosuchus, Dazzlewurm, Drakhaos, Insequs, Dracoceras, Mercury, Terra, Chess Spider, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Stonewrecker, Jupiter,
EEC:
Pterohynus, Vulakat,

Creature Concepts:
The Planets/Roman Gods (Mercury*, Venus*, Terra*, Mars*, Jupiter*, Saturn*, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
The Norse Gods(Thor, Loki, Odin)
Ultimate Leviathan, Mammalian Dragon, Black Hunter Whale(Venatorcetus), Summanus,
Remakes (Klog, Komodoking)
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Sigma Tech72
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From what I've read, I doubt you'll even be able to play then. The servers are constantly full and there's no way of knowing when a game will be finished/is finished. Plus there's no queue to join, so it's a luck of the draw thing just to get on a server.
Creatures
Leoraptor
Nodistrap
Emperor Komodo
RhinoAnteater
Armoredillo
Baryfronyx
Tankeetle
Quillbird

Credits: 4,900

The Mage must MIND the shaking earth
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DinoFlame
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Yeah, I saw that looking around the forums after I posted. Rather sucks, but hopefully things will cool down a bit once the initial rush starts slowing and more servers are added.

Any idea if the Skilled Soldiers server is back up/done its wipe? I'm probably not going to play until tomorrow either way, I'm just curious if anyone has looked recently.
Chris Perkins
 

Today, I'm going to be takin' these four fine folks into the biggest, meanest dungeon in the Forgotten Realms, and I don't know if they're gonna survive.
...But I'm cool with that.


ToD Level-Up Status: 7/8
3DS FC: 4356-0410-5185

Credits:
89,500

Monsters:
Pachysailosaurus, Sadaptoren, Raptagian, Carnosaurus, Gastoxic, Paladonstrum, Molick, Floraptor, Politisk, Goragon, Balalisto, Autoris, Wintarcus, Aquavenus, Torvofelis, Chelonosuchus, Dazzlewurm, Drakhaos, Insequs, Dracoceras, Mercury, Terra, Chess Spider, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Stonewrecker, Jupiter,
EEC:
Pterohynus, Vulakat,

Creature Concepts:
The Planets/Roman Gods (Mercury*, Venus*, Terra*, Mars*, Jupiter*, Saturn*, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
The Norse Gods(Thor, Loki, Odin)
Ultimate Leviathan, Mammalian Dragon, Black Hunter Whale(Venatorcetus), Summanus,
Remakes (Klog, Komodoking)
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Sigma Tech72
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It actually wiped earlier this week, was very disappointed I didn't get to transfer any of my creatures.
Creatures
Leoraptor
Nodistrap
Emperor Komodo
RhinoAnteater
Armoredillo
Baryfronyx
Tankeetle
Quillbird

Credits: 4,900

The Mage must MIND the shaking earth
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DinoFlame
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Wait, so it wiped ahead of schedule? Well dang.

Assuming you guys are planning to go back into it, if you haven't already, I guess I'll head back in tomorrow too. Provided I don't get lucky enough to find a SOTF server in prep first. There actually was an NA server in prep just a few minutes ago when I was looking, but considering no one else had joined it yet and the time it is I decided to wait.
Chris Perkins
 

Today, I'm going to be takin' these four fine folks into the biggest, meanest dungeon in the Forgotten Realms, and I don't know if they're gonna survive.
...But I'm cool with that.


ToD Level-Up Status: 7/8
3DS FC: 4356-0410-5185

Credits:
89,500

Monsters:
Pachysailosaurus, Sadaptoren, Raptagian, Carnosaurus, Gastoxic, Paladonstrum, Molick, Floraptor, Politisk, Goragon, Balalisto, Autoris, Wintarcus, Aquavenus, Torvofelis, Chelonosuchus, Dazzlewurm, Drakhaos, Insequs, Dracoceras, Mercury, Terra, Chess Spider, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Stonewrecker, Jupiter,
EEC:
Pterohynus, Vulakat,

Creature Concepts:
The Planets/Roman Gods (Mercury*, Venus*, Terra*, Mars*, Jupiter*, Saturn*, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto)
The Norse Gods(Thor, Loki, Odin)
Ultimate Leviathan, Mammalian Dragon, Black Hunter Whale(Venatorcetus), Summanus,
Remakes (Klog, Komodoking)
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Baryonyx dossier has been released. Basically, it seems to e a cross between a Spinosaurus, and Wolverine.
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Dashing through the snow~
On a broken ski~
Over the hills I go~
Smashing into trees!
Now the snow is red~
And I'm almost dead~
Now I'm in the hospital~
With stitches in my head! :rolleyes:  :P
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