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Honestly it's probably both

Care to share your speculation with us?

I was just reading the patch note for 11/20 ally crew patch, Im wondering if that means your allies can sink your ships now? If NPC and tames count towards your crew and they bring there crew onboard which exceeds your crew limit then logically it would sink your ship? Im about to kick my allies!!

Is it just me or does Atlas need to step up there communication to players. Server outages, patching notifications etc. Im wondering if Im just not plugged into the right place for updates? It seems like I never know about anything until its happening?

So I've been a 5k + hour player in most of all the ARK genre games and honestly without a doubt this is the most deaf and mute studio I've ever seen. I typically stay off forums as these days most posts are just troll but since there's time due to network outages with no explanation I figured fuck it why not make a post. I love their games but their community involvement is absolute shit. All the way back to the Early Ark days when we as testers in Beta were on a single Skype call, they've had problems being in touch with their community. So FFS can you please take one minute to update your community when shit hits the fan on your networks / games. How long does it take for an "EMPLOYEE" to type we are investigating the issue and then to get back to the community when there is updates. We rarely have a clue what is going on with the game and most information is well after the fact. I can't imagine how much more profitable your games would be if you took a minute to just engage the community that obviously loves your games but hate the way you treat them. Wake up Wildcard / Grapeshot / Snail / whatever the hell you are calling yourselves this week. Your community is trying to speak to you! So feel free to vent your frustration here as well or throw your praises because it's highly doubtful the Dev's are listening so don't expect any type of response either way, but if it makes you feel better to rant or rave about the game, might as well do it because right now NA network is down...

Current situation

I'm pretty deadened to it but still doesn't stop the fact it pisses me off. So many other studios are in touch with their community. I'm only playing this garbage until Last Oasis comes out and being in the closed beta I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt they are by far the best game development team I've seen as far as community outreach and for the fact that they listen closely to their community and are in their discord constantly with players etc... So when that game comes out trust me I'll buy any IP they release if it's in the survival genre, we need a good studio doing survival the right way and they can use their IP of their base game to build worlds much like this ARK DLC Rubish brand has done but the reason I think many play is because their really isn't much other options out there....so stay tuned and do some googling up on "Last Oasis" because it will be the one to beat early next year for Survival PvP gaming.

They probably have no idea the servers are down. As for being angry, to be honest any realistic person with experience in Wildcard games, be it Ark or Atlas should be deadened to this. They do it all the time and have zero sense of shame towards it. They are a company comprised of 99% Art related employees, and 1% coding/network employees. They have no idea how to make a game work in a cohesive and functional way. THey are simply one out of the millions of indie companies with no idea of what they're doing that inevitably stumbled onto a treasure through sheer blind luck then proceeded to just try to milk as much money from the existing success as they could.

You think it's intentional? It's Wildcard. They mostly have no idea what they're doing, how to do it or why. It's what happens when you make a game studio of 45 people devoted to Art assets, and 3 devoted to every other thing in the game combined. They probably don't even know the NA PvP grid is offline yet.

Just xbox. Most of my tribe is PC and they are in game atm

Go lawless if you do pve, d7 used to be good.

I’m in Gorgons Gaze rn, but not leaving the region. So long as you stay where you are, you’re good hopefully.

I just use my pet dragon, can do multiple maps at the same time, Dragon is also good for taking out SODs, just takes along time to burn them down though, at least some of them. Have to sit hovering for long periods of time to rebuild stamina sometimes, but still doable. Don't even need a ship if you have a dragon..haha, but I have a brig outfitted with a platform on top for the dragon to sit on while I am sailing around. I thought of just using a Schooner or Sloop and just have the dragon follow me everywhere I go, but it only works if you stay in the same grid, dragon won't follow if you port, it has to be on the ship to port with you. So the Brig has plenty of space to cart around the dragon......

No

Anything that can be done to prevent offline raiding is a plus. That's not Player versus Player, that's Player versus Player's schedule. A game should not require you to dump irresponsible amounts of time into in order to prevent the loss of what you accomplished during the time you willingly spent in it. That's basically saying that if you don't have people at your island for your entire combat phase, you might as well give up. So you need allies. And night-shifters. And NPC turrets. That makes the disparity between having the skills and resources to build a base and the ability to actually defend that base HUGE. Diminishing returns kill RPGs.

The creator of the S+ mod for ARK added this so it's already available. You could go to your smithy and select an item to build, for instance a rifle or a gate, then go through and pull the mats you needed out of your storage containers or from other crafting stations without leaving the smithy interface. Later he added a button that when selected, would just automatically go and pull ALL the resources you needed from the largest quantity. HOLY SHIT THAT WAS SO AWESOME.

A. Offloading improvements. The increased efficiency leads to greater resource storage, which could actually lead to an actual economy emerging. 1. A cargo crane that can transfer storage boxes from a special platform on the ship to a cargo cart 2. Being able to "team" horses to increase speed and carry weight (allowing for them to take an entire ship's cargo in one trip). 3. A cargo elevator (like the one from ARK). 4. A wheelbarrow that works as a "saddle" for NPC crew members 5. Having and actual "pier" object that is anchor point specific. Basically each island has a selection of piers that can be placed (maybe like 12 or so anchor points per island). This pier could host a lot of options that assist with unloading ships, including some of those listed above. B. Ability to reduce graphics on Xbox to increase performance C. More ship types. A catamaran (like a dinghy but with a handling sail and an outrigger), a Man-o-War, a barge (basically a floating storage platform), and an Ark (just a big ol' ship that you can build an alpha base on) D. Functional jib and spanker sails. Jibs could be specialized to help with handling, speed bursts, tacking, etc. Spankers could be specialized for handling, braking, and reverse. E. A tame that DIGS! F. A wheelbarrow that functions as a "saddle" for NPC crew, allowing them to carry more, transport players (rickshaw style), and farm resources (yeah, let them gather on wander). G. Color the HUD icons to indicate when they are satisfactory (green), low (yellow) and critical (red). H. Factions. In addition to player alliances (which are not known to the rest of the populace), allow us to join NPC hosted factions like every other MMORPG. There could be faction objectives, various hardpoints that could be captured and change hands, and a greater sense of community on PVP servers. I. Add ship construction pieces called "Medium/Large Sweep Plank". These would allow the bottom decks to run out NPC and/or player manned oars that could be used to increase speed in any direction, aid in braking and hairpin turns, and help break ships off of sandbars and escaped be becalmed. J. Visible detection cones for NPC crew, or at least the ability to view them temporarily.

Well i'm quite happy for pve to stay that way so some friendly npc villages would make a nice change.

imho Raid timers should vary by company size somewhat

WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1747450385 Aft-castle and wheel deck on highest deck (full), railings and triangle ceilings just because I like the look. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1747450631 Mid deck and for-castle, loading ramps need to be placed before planks (1/2 wall, ½ stair & ceiling.) I always put a for-castle so passengers can stand and look forward, also houses the beds. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1747450745 Main lower deck, ample room for multiple large animals can fit 2 of each, elephant, rhino and giraffe who’s head is lower than wheel deck. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1747450831 Under loading ramp is forge and also space for 8-10 medium animals, bears, bulls, horses etc. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1747450518 Aft-castle / workroom.

It would be nice if it started vibrant and then over time, maybe a few weeks (if your ship even lasts that long hahaha) it could fade to be like this and then you have to repaint it.

Is anyone else having trouble getting in the game? The NA servers are not showing up for me.

This issue happening for PC and Xbox? I am Xbox, but didn't know if PC players were having the same issue not seeing the servers.

Well there goes my FoY run in krakens grasp

Same here no NA server on Xbox showing PvE or PvP The Gorgons Gaze is frozen in time -.-

One crew member is in and playing. I can’t get back in myself though.

Hope nothing happens to my base if it's a wipe put alot of time into it

It was my company that Thanos snaps the entire server we wiped our island omfg this is awesome.

Yeah no NA pve

Only EU showing for me as well..

Yes. I’m in the game, but not leaving region. I have friends that cannot. Only EU servers are showing.