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I got something  to say the game was doing well but looking deeper into these "updates" these game killer updates. 

The necessary  things to play the game like normal have been taken away.

1  if they want more ocean time.. why the heck would  you make ships cost gold?  Especially  schooners doesn't make sense when you have these huge ass companies who monopolize half the server and prevent any players from trying to get gold, or going to the ocean and you get a max 150 gold  or there are barely any sunken treasure, and when there is  its guarded by the SOTD

2 why decrease  the height of  of defensive structures, oh sorry SDC you can't defend your vault from a high table top even tho we made the Maps and designed the island instead of just making islands flat

There are plenty of examples but to me this seems like a cash grab you paid for the game like I did. I am hoping no one starts a petition  to Microsoft  or steam to allow refunds

Go back to the old map this map sucks 

On 8/25/2020 at 12:40 PM, ATLAS said:

Ahoy Pathfinders.

Right now, the crew is working diligently on Ship of the Damned issues where they are not moving as they should. We will also be addressing the ship skeletons that are not despawning, amongst other issues as well.

 Shifting the Meta 

Since season 1, many hours have gone into creating PVP centric mechanics in ATLAS. Seasons 2 and 3 saw many changes that restricted the use of these mechanics. We’re interested in highlighting these unique mechanics, and are looking at different ways to bring them back into the mix and balance them further. As the current state of the game develops, so will the meta.

Starting with the next patch, we’ll be unveiling a quick survey on the latest changes that all players can take, so that we can get a better understanding of the community’s sentiments.

We also have more Q&A from the crew below:

 Ask a Pirate! 

Question: When will we get a feature complete small group map where all the content is included? If I missed it, don't hesitate to point me in the right direction. Blackwood is broken/doesn't have all resources. We had a 4x4 private server and our group tried Blackwood when it launched, but the resources are reversed, and there are only a few types of rare metals/woods etc.

Answer: There's no clear roadmap for that right now. We are putting everything behind cleaning up the main game and adding new features to it. 

Question: When ATLAS first released, it was mentioned that humans would be able to create offspring, is that tabled forever? Reference: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/12/19/atlas-pirate-mmo-developer-interview/

Answer: We totally want this, but we think it's fair to say that this is a long way off. Atlas has many bugs and systems that need to be optimized / improved. Once we get that down, we can expand into this kind of territory.

 

Question: Are you considering more PvE ocean jobs like strictly whaling, lobstering, shrimping or fishing for rare aquatic stuff? 

Answer: Yes! You get it! We really want to put way more things for players to do on the ocean and that is one line of our two prong strategy. We are halftime working on cleaning up the code, which means removing bugs and readdressing broken systems, and the other half of the time we are focused on more ocean-centric features. 

 

Question: Will there ever be more underwater ships (in addition to submarine) for a new level of combat? 

Answer: There are lots to fix and improve in the main game before we expand to this. Right now the team is focusing on getting a solid base of fun coming from the existing game with a larger number of players playing.

 

Question: What about the problem where we sail into a lot of SoTD after crossing another server? I sunk 2 times because of it... 1 time with a brig and 1 with a schooner. They are so often way too close to the server edge. I don't mind fighting them, but sailing into 2-4 SoTD will kill any small ship, especially without any canons. How can we react that fast? When we reach another server, they already shoot before we even see that they are attacking.

Answer: Having Ships of the Damned crossing into other servers can make this dynamic encounter more in-depth. We hear you about loading into a grid just to get attacked.  The right balance is more complicated than you might think and this team is committed to doing things the right way. 
 

 

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So real questions

1# are you planning  on making a server with the last map  instead of the for bioms separated i really liked that one longer sailing is fun

2# what are you planning to do with the big companies  that constantly harrass  smaller or one man or woman companies 

3# what are your plans to deal with the bigger companies  owning like 20 islands and 2 companies. There is no room to own an island on krakens grasp and even if we did it makes i difficult  for xbox players to even enter.

4# are you making an Xbox only server.?

5# and this is an honest opinion if the boat wasn't made or bought  at the Freeport it should be sunk in less then 2 hours and tames animals should become claimable  after 20 min

FIX .....THE ...... DAMN ......FREE PORTS!!! 

On 5/26/2020 at 12:20 PM, SeroJ said:

no you don't... d&t has been gone for months, sdc has been gone for weeks or a month..

Honestly though? Jojo has an island in B7, i have a base there and have never had issues so I'm wondering how much of all this is nonsense.

Are you complaining because they have taxes? I think they are at 15%..

If you want deva to notice we need a bigger player base 

To add on this freeports should have 20 min unclaim animals and destroy ships if their are no active players.. companies  use it as a port to protect their ships and tames from pvp 

https://ibb.co/NFhkFJj

The game concept  is great. But the start off the pvp could use a lot of work.. question  when does  pvp eventually  stop and it turns in to bullying. When does it become pay to play. 

When  other companies  pvp they take the game way to far for newer players to play. Being on pc and xbox I can see both ways.. pc will always have the advantage over xbox.

You have tribes such as d&t, Sdc, jojo, multiple  Chinese  and bigger companies bully players like this to stop playing. For instance jojo is a chinese mega company  that owns A8 players cant settle in that tiles  or surrounding  tiles unless they pay tribute. Which is all fun for a game mechanic.

Now a company  who was settled their refused because they found out they were paying actual  money to steal boats from other crews (insiding) for weeks on end jojo tormented this company  insulting them in their native  language raiding them hanging them, capturing them to make a new character over and over again. Mind you these are xbox players who cant get any where near their super mega base of lag. To fight back..

Now we here its pvp. Pvp is person v person. U want to pvp cool but it's really bullying if all you do is harass  players who have no power to run a already built structures that over load the xbox.

The big consensus  is optimize  the game and make an xbox only official server so players can truly experience  the game. In all fairness  people (or xbox players in general)  are already saying the game is dying because of it. Even alot of D&t members are discouraging players on reddit  by posting fake pictures of developers and players are eating it....you want a bigger player base make an xbox official  pvp/pve server and optimize  the game.

Our company  has studied the wind . The wind changes with variable weather. When its foggy the wind tends to change directions slowly. When it rains or storms wind is all over the place..little key features such as  temperature  will tell you what's the come next. Knowing your weather  you will know the wind.