SolidSnakesMyStepDad
Member
What have you guys found that's the best way of gaining xp quick. I found making lots of sparkpowder and then turning that into gunpowder gives me a ton but I was wondering if you guys knew of any other strategies.
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ARK: Survival Evolved |OT| Early Access to the Land Before Time
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Tribe shared XP works best for me. Hunters, gatherers, builders all sharing XP
What's everyone's opinion on building resource requirement? I feel like I cut down half a rain forest to build one hut. Is a real shame when you want to build inside a wood only to use the entire wood to build.
Karak
Member
Well night isn't even close to pitch black anyway so no worries. NO matter what you would be seeing at the very least 1-2 obelisk light patterns even with the worst weather.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
I'm crying laughing right now. Chief is hilarious.
AwesomeMeat
PossumMeat
If you want to tame a dino (especially something that takes a long time) as you are constantly picking narcoberries you will get a ton of fiber. Make cloth hats. I did this over the 3 hour span it took to tame my carno and jumped several levels just as a bonus.
what in the fuck
ReDelicious
Member
A friend convinced me to buy this but my sucky card (6870) makes it unplayable. Even with every setting on low/off (making it look worse than a PS2 game) and turning my res down to 720 I still only get maybe 1-4 FPS inbetween it freezing for seconds at a time. Took forever just to open the menu to close to the game lol.
Even with every setting on low/off (making it look worse than a PS2 game) and turning my res down to 720 I still only get maybe 1-4 FPS inbetween it freezing for seconds at a time. Took forever just to open the menu to close to the game lol.A friend convinced me to buy this but my sucky card (6870) makes it unplayable.
Devs seem insanely lucky they are getting a lot of free passes for the abysmal performance. Probably why its labeled early access.
If the actual game play wasn't as much fun as it is then they wouldn't be getting the good wrod of mouth that they are about it. You wouldn't see it at the top of twitch for this long either. They've been pretty open about how awful the performance is and that they are working on it. If they don't fix it then they'll stop selling copies and the game will die.
CountAntonius
Member
Yeah, according to the early access page they just grinded out content to provide people with hundreds of hours of gameplay and have not touched optimization till now.
From what I've heard I believe it I've played Rust, H1Z1, RoK and this game seems to have way more content than both combined already. I've also read they are updating the game daily and performance is getting better so that's a positive outlook.
I tried to find info but who are these devs and where did they come from? I follow these game and this one just came out of nowhere. Waiting for my RoK refund to go through so I can buy this game and jump in. Looks like it has a ton of promise.
It's really frustrating when you've spent a ton of time on a server and then it's constantly full. The game really needs a queue feature so you can get in without having to spam Refresh and hope for a chance to even see it at 69/70 people.
And for the record, I know Steam has a queue feature for servers, but it constantly says there's 72/70 people on the server and so it won't join... even though I can see new people joining. So frustrating.
And for the record, I know Steam has a queue feature for servers, but it constantly says there's 72/70 people on the server and so it won't join... even though I can see new people joining. So frustrating.
CountAntonius
Member
Question you can move your characters to other servers right but obviously not your inventories?
IMACOMPUTA
Member
This game is the worst while playing alone.
They update it daily and provide constant updates in the steam forums about what's going on. They could have put it out and then just left it to die but they haven't. I know that the devs all came from other places with good backgrounds but I can't remember the exact details about it.
CountAntonius
Member
Yeah there seems like an actual end game and progression here. In Rust once you've built your base all there is to do is raid and hoard materials, In H1Z1 there is even less to do because of how minimal the basebuilding is and how non threatening npc's are.
Why is that? Thinking about picking this up but with a busy schedule I won't have time to play with others much.
CountAntonius
Member
Pretty much the nature of the genre. You have less people gathering, building, defending and unless you build well and don't get found out you can lose a days work in an instant.
Well that's disappointing. I really wish they would make one of these games without pvp or with non pvp servers.
CountAntonius
Member
I think there is PVE servers? I know there is in H1Z1 but there really is'nt enough content or much threat to make PvE servers much fun in H1Z1 this game seems to have enough content for it.
There are non-PVP servers. It can be disabled in the server settings when hosting.
Solo mode mostly works, although I think there wouldn't be enough points to unlock all the recipes. There's a single-player-only console cheat which gives them all though.
Karak
Member
Not sure. Have over 60 hours alone and absolutely love it and most of my subscribers are going alone and love it. Limitless stuff to do. Probably a person to person thing as it can be difficult alone and if you can't hack that I could see getting upset. If you want it easier its more for groups. But its very outlandish to pretend its not single player playable and enjoyable and you can easily, without much of a problem, keep alive and even dying your items remain there anyway so you don't lose anything at all.
Yep, worked it out. Turns out only the GAF server does that. I have been playing on an EU PVE server no problem...
You don't really need all of the recipes though. Mostly just the ones that build into the other more important stuff later and whatever saddles you want. Having multiple is nice because you can gather resources and split tasks easier, but it's not necessary like it is in other games thankfully.
CountAntonius
Member
I've seen people taming and riding Pterodactyls, Megolodon sharks, and T Rexs...this game is insane.
Thank you. This sounds promising. During my playtime I definitely want to join up with groups and play together. Is it easy to join up with people you see along the way?
Yes it is quite easy. Invite to a tribe and just use voice chat!
Also, we need more people on the GAF server! come play!
Bruce Wayne1
Member
GAF I love dinosaurs! And this game looks really good from what I'm seeing, but is it worth the money at this state? People have said it is unplayable atm and that buyers should save there money until it performs better. What do you guys think.
It's not unplayable. If it was those of us who play it wouldn't be enjoying it so much. It just depends on whether or not you can accept not so perfect performance or not. If you can handle that then you should have lots of fun, if not then don't purchase it now and wait.
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
I'm on official 50. Steam id same as here if you want to join. Found a base today that puts ours to shame though. Always need more blood as it's a fully persistent game
Obliterator
Member
Man I hope this goes on sale even a bit cheaper during Summer Sale. This thing looks fucking amazing from the gameplay trailers I've seen. No idea if it plays as fun as it looks though
deadcelledo
Member
Once you reach a certain level in the game, it clicks on you (at least it did for me). I finally tame a Dilo and a Parasaur, build them a nice fence and stopped for the night, It is a lot harder playing solo, but it's very rewarding.
While I'm playing solo, I have encountered plenty of friendly people at the Gaf server, I hope it stays that way for a while, although it would be awesome to maybe make some jurassic arena and have people fighting with their tamed dino's against each other
Btw, thanks the warrior for the pike(not sure if he's from Gaf) is an awesome weapon! Can't wait till I reach a level where I can make all that awesome weaponry.
While I'm playing solo, I have encountered plenty of friendly people at the Gaf server, I hope it stays that way for a while, although it would be awesome to maybe make some jurassic arena and have people fighting with their tamed dino's against each other
Btw, thanks the warrior for the pike(not sure if he's from Gaf) is an awesome weapon! Can't wait till I reach a level where I can make all that awesome weaponry.
It's already 17% off. It's not going to get cheaper than that because most of the time EA games don't go on sale during steam sales unless they are near completion and this one isn't. It is definitely as fun as it looks in the trailers though.
Hold the phone. Added LAN support? 😃 can't test this for 8 hours but hope it's what I expect and nice and easy
Sevenfold
Member
The game's had a load of patches since the start of this thread.
Apparently there was some crazy battle on the main twitch streamers server where someone killed another tribe's dodos and so a huge battle broke out where both tribes lost a lot of stuff including 3 tamed Rexes and some other claimed dinos. I missed out on the actual battle but I'm watching a stream that's discussing the aftermath of it. Sounds pretty crazy and if I can find a vod of it later I'll link it.
Exploding8
Member
Once they optimize it I'm totally gonna jump in, but as it stands I just don't have the hardware
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
This is something quite interesting. I think I might pick it up.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
No link to the page in the OP?!
Fixed
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
Need your opinion. I'm out on my raptor exploring the ARK looking for other tribes, seeing if anyone needs help or is under attack by another tribe because my tribe is trying to be the good guys defense tribe and whatnot. Locked up all my doors and gates, all animals set to neutral. All of a sudden I get the notification that a level 45 character has killed one of my raptors. I come back to find her dead on inside the walled of area on the front door of our house. All the doors and gates still closed.
Guy claims he was minding his own business, dino attacked him because gate was open and he was defending himself. No other damage done but he did loot the saddle. Now I don't really minds is just a raptor, but we have much more valuable pets and items inside. His story doesn't line up because the gates were all still closed when I came back and again dino dead at front door which looks like he was going to break in. Called him out as a liar which I suppose was a bad move because now a good chunk of people in the global chat are annoyed with me.
Guy claims he was minding his own business, dino attacked him because gate was open and he was defending himself. No other damage done but he did loot the saddle. Now I don't really minds is just a raptor, but we have much more valuable pets and items inside. His story doesn't line up because the gates were all still closed when I came back and again dino dead at front door which looks like he was going to break in. Called him out as a liar which I suppose was a bad move because now a good chunk of people in the global chat are annoyed with me.
There's the possibility that the raptor was clipping through the gate, saw him trying to break the gate down, attacked him and he just killed it through the gate since it was clipping through. Always set your dinos to neutral when you leave, that way they will only attack if they are attacked first. Also make sure that things aren't clipping through walls so you don't even run the chance of something like that happening.
Game is ok, but i see alot of problems once everyone is Max Level. They are going to just completely decimate new players trying to level up. Right now everyone is just leveling minding their own business so the fun is to be had, but soon when everyone has ntohing really do do but KOS, the people that just bought the game are going to be in for a rude ass awakening.
There is absolutely no way for a new player to defend themselves against anyone that could make decent weapons and has a dino tamed. One thing i learned in this genre is people are assholes and its going to be a real struggle. lol I never played rust, but in games like DayZ and H1Z1 its possible to find a gun and ammo fairly fast and at least have a fighting chance. Then again H1 and DayZ are NOTHING like Ark (no idea on Rust never played like i said). I cant play these kind of games on PVE servers though,t hey are meant to be PVP.
There is absolutely no way for a new player to defend themselves against anyone that could make decent weapons and has a dino tamed. One thing i learned in this genre is people are assholes and its going to be a real struggle. lol I never played rust, but in games like DayZ and H1Z1 its possible to find a gun and ammo fairly fast and at least have a fighting chance. Then again H1 and DayZ are NOTHING like Ark (no idea on Rust never played like i said). I cant play these kind of games on PVE servers though,t hey are meant to be PVP.
Once they optimize it I'm totally gonna jump in, but as it stands I just don't have the hardware
If you wait to long you are just going to get killed over and over again by players! from my experience it started happening the last day and a half or so. Do NOT make Wooden houses thinking they are safe. We have had our base broke into 4 times today and to even get to our storage units you have to go through 4 doors.
Fists can knock someone out pretty quickly and its pretty easy to find friendly players along with hostile ones. If you don't to deal with other players then you can just play on a PvE server or single player. Also if your base keeps getting broken into then it is probably time to relocate or set up better defenses with dinos.
Also just learned that you can build things on the back of Brontos. Time to tame one and build mobile homes.
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
I don't think any amount of dinos or metal walls will protect you once people start getting proper rifles, RPGs, and grenades. The only hope to keep things in check is people knowing is a double edge sword and making enemies may be a bad idea.
We are slowly getting to the point where we can make the rifles and have found some grenades and they are so expensive to make that people shouldn't be worried about a group roaming around with a full arsenal like that. Unless it's something like a tribe of 10+ people that can farm the resources needed from caves, small groups just have a hard time gathering the needed resources. I'm sure it will happen at some point but it's not as easy to create weapons as some people think.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
Was watching some gameplay yesterday. Game looks pretty cool, but man, that character creation is ridiculous and in my opinion takes away from the game. It's funny as hell at first, but the comedic aspect wears off pretty quick and it starts to look stupid. Maybe that's just me.
Seventy_X_Seven
Member
They come on the alien care packages too.
I hate it too. I hope its one thing they fix soon. This game has been a blast though. Nothing like getting jumped by a pack of raptors in the middle of the night or flying over 2 trex taking on a heard of trikes!