Steal Someone's Progress / Lose Yours - in 10 Minutes
So I’ve been a fan of this company going back to ARK early access. They had a lot of issues then as well, but I stayed with them, and enjoyed ARK a great deal. Even ran my own server for awhile for my guild.
The game right now has a some very serious flaws regarding land claim and ownership. Currently, atleast on PVE anyway, there is no limit on how many flag claims you can place. One person can claim most of an island themselves if not all of it, just as long as they can place claim
I think they could borrow a few philosophies from Rust to help alleviate some of the issues with territory claim. Obviously PvP and PvE need to be handled a little differently, as in PvE there isn't supposed to be player conflict- so how do you settle land claims?
In Rust, they use a TC (Tool-chest)- an item you fill with resources that decay over time based on the size/quality of your structure. Basically your "rent" on the land (and resource sink).
In Atlas, perhaps a physical fla
