Korin 5 Posted December 29, 2018 So as the title suggests - everyone trying to breed most things get this mysterious "condom" icon. This is in fact not a condom icon, it is a Pacifier. This pacifier comes in different variations. The most common that most of us see its the condom looking one which means its too cold. Afaik campfires are the best heat source.... Thus you have to surround them in campfires until they are nice and cozy to get it on. This is the very easy part. So now you have a gestating little baby in your whateveryoubred. Well this little baby is gonna pop out when the timers up and its gonna be pretty temperature sensitive. By that I mean youll see that oh so familiar "condom" icon again meaning your baby is quite literally dying. Don't worry it seems kind of slow but its all good because its percentage based !!! Again by that I mean as it grows up it will lose MORE hp when its cold. So finally you get them nice and cozy as you're furiously farming wood to keep the fires going, only to come back to your babies mid day and what do you know your lovely "condom" icon is back but this time it looks like a little fire in the middle of the condom! This means your baby is too hot and yet again, its dying ….. So you have to manage this the entire time, hell in Ark feeding babies and imprinting them was the hard work. Let me tell you this temperature management is exponentially more involved than just feeding. That's like the nothing compared to managing their environmental needs. It is C O M P L E T E cancer. So I thought ok, this has to stop at Juvie (10%) right ? Nupe !!! How in the actual hell are we expected to literally turn fires off and on every 20 mins for 2.5days..... Did Anyone test this???? I understand early access, and I think the mechanic is neat, but it needs to stop at Juvenile. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Korin 5 Posted December 29, 2018 Why is this a thing ... 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John 4 Posted December 29, 2018 Lol damn that’s crazy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lashtastic 11 Posted December 30, 2018 Wow I thought breeding was terrible in ARK seems to continues to be worse in ATLAS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rakwuerm 4 Posted January 2, 2019 How do you handel the temperatures we have massive problems with it we are in an temperatured zone @ day its to hot @ night its to cold but you have to control the campfires so long and often we've done it @ an horse and tried it to 30% and give it up, 1% round about 1h so we spent 30h and give up it took so mutch wood and handling time for the fire please help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Korin 5 Posted January 5, 2019 Yeah turning fires off and on every in game day is just dumb, either change it or take breeding out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gadefence 148 Posted January 5, 2019 In ark, kairukus (penguins) gave a fairly good insulation bonus around them. As did dimetrodons and ACs but I haven't found anything semi-similar to them yet. Maybe we'll get weather control gems later, or can swam a herd of penguins at pregnant shit so they and their babies stay comfy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goldfish The Builder 105 Posted January 5, 2019 Its pretty rough atm, might just be better to just tame more until patch fixes it up a bit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSlayerNL 9 Posted January 6, 2019 I also would like to know, why do we even have the ability to tame creatures in a biome where it is too hot to breed them? Wouldn't make sense for them to even live there either then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crys 0 Posted January 30, 2019 what does the condom/fountain that looks like poop mean? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warspectre 141 Posted January 30, 2019 On 12/29/2018 at 12:00 PM, Korin said: So as the title suggests - everyone trying to breed most things get this mysterious "condom" icon. This is in fact not a condom icon, it is a Pacifier. This pacifier comes in different variations. The most common that most of us see its the condom looking one which means its too cold. Afaik campfires are the best heat source.... Thus you have to surround them in campfires until they are nice and cozy to get it on. This is the very easy part. So now you have a gestating little baby in your whateveryoubred. Well this little baby is gonna pop out when the timers up and its gonna be pretty temperature sensitive. By that I mean youll see that oh so familiar "condom" icon again meaning your baby is quite literally dying. Don't worry it seems kind of slow but its all good because its percentage based !!! Again by that I mean as it grows up it will lose MORE hp when its cold. So finally you get them nice and cozy as you're furiously farming wood to keep the fires going, only to come back to your babies mid day and what do you know your lovely "condom" icon is back but this time it looks like a little fire in the middle of the condom! This means your baby is too hot and yet again, its dying ….. So you have to manage this the entire time, hell in Ark feeding babies and imprinting them was the hard work. Let me tell you this temperature management is exponentially more involved than just feeding. That's like the nothing compared to managing their environmental needs. It is C O M P L E T E cancer. So I thought ok, this has to stop at Juvie (10%) right ? Nupe !!! How in the actual hell are we expected to literally turn fires off and on every 20 mins for 2.5days..... Did Anyone test this???? I understand early access, and I think the mechanic is neat, but it needs to stop at Juvenile. Yeah, breeding is just a big ole ball of stupid in this game. Apparently, it's designed exclusively for large companies or people with way more time on their hands than me. And the best part is, even though they could probably fix it with a few database entries, I seriously doubt it's even on their radar nor will it be for some time to come unless a whole lot of people made a big deal about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites