RIPPIIN 0 Posted January 16, 2020 A few buddies and old Ark tribe mates and i are just getting back into the game. Were debating on staying on a lawless island, establishing on an owned island or searching for a new island we can potentially own. We know the pro's and cons of lawless, very risky as anyone can spawn and no peace time. Living on someone else's island always runs the possibility of them building up our trust and screwing us later down the road if we get big enough. Or the best option imo is to own an island, but how does one find an unclaimed island? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildbill 142 Posted January 16, 2020 Plenty of islands on private servers, although most of them use the older method where you just can claim a circle of land around the flag and not the whole island. Interesting how this new "improved" method has almost no adoption when the players get to chose which method of claim they want to use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RIPPIIN 0 Posted January 16, 2020 We are on official PvP so it doesn’t apply to us. Seems by now every island is taken, either by a mega or other decent sized companies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildbill 142 Posted January 16, 2020 30 minutes ago, RIPPIIN said: We are on official PvP so it doesn’t apply to us. Seems by now every island is taken, either by a mega or other decent sized companies. Good luck with that. I wouldn't play on the official servers unless someone paid me. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yellowbeard 5 Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, RIPPIIN said: We are on official PvP so it doesn’t apply to us. Seems by now every island is taken, either by a mega or other decent sized companies. While I can't speak to official pvp, on the official pve servers, islands are contested after 10 days of non-occupation by the current owner. Trick seems to be, to find an island with 2-3 days left til that's possible, put down a bed, and a small chest with gold, and check back. Edited January 16, 2020 by Yellowbeard Typo 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildbill 142 Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) If you play Official PvP, the bigger question is even if you do find some island that some mega company somehow forgot to claim, and you do claim it, how would you keep that claim? Once the mega company realizes its mistake, it is bound to come in wipe you out and claim the island and maybe thank you for pointing out the error of their ways Edited January 17, 2020 by wildbill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eeeceee 116 Posted January 18, 2020 You use the map to find an island. It's very straight forward. The problem is that even though plenty of islands become available every day, they aren't worth owning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scruffles 1 Posted January 22, 2020 I don't believe that is the problem. I believe the problem is hunters going around looking for people trying to establish a base then whipping that base and then moving on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PeglegTheAngry 99 Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) You're a pirate: just take one. Find an island you want that is owned by a small, inactive company. Activate the declaim process while they are at war. Alternatively, find unoccupied island by looking on the map for own-able islands without rings around them. Edited January 22, 2020 by PeglegTheAngry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chucksteak 278 Posted February 24, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 2:25 PM, wildbill said: Good luck with that. I wouldn't play on the official servers unless someone paid me. ok, cool story bro. On 1/16/2020 at 6:09 PM, wildbill said: If you play Official PvP, the bigger question is even if you do find some island that some mega company somehow forgot to claim, and you do claim it, how would you keep that claim? Once the mega company realizes its mistake, it is bound to come in wipe you out and claim the island and maybe thank you for pointing out the error of their ways Wait, what? I thought you were a self professed unofficial only player? How do you account for your presumable knowledge of what goes on in a place that you wouldn't venture to without monetary compensation? Hold the phone! Are you getting paid?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildbill 142 Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Chucksteak said: ok, cool story bro. Wait, what? I thought you were a self professed unofficial only player? How do you account for your presumable knowledge of what goes on in a place that you wouldn't venture to without monetary compensation? Hold the phone! Are you getting paid?! LOL, good point, although I'm not sure why it took you over a month to respond to my stupid post. I wish I was paid. I might be missing some fun, but can't even stand the thought of spending even a few hours to find out what they are like. I've tried playing on some official servers in ARK, even put in like 500 hours or so on a PvE. Maybe 50 hours on a few PvP servers. Closest I came to the official Atlas servers was trying to login to an official PvP server when the game was first released and never really getting logged in anywhere that wasn't super laggy. I then tried an official PvE server and played there about a week. That was enough for me. Edited February 24, 2020 by wildbill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites