Dev Crusher

The low player base is because it makes no sense to play Atlas after the wipe. Everything you build, ships, bases, installations will be auti-lost to naked noobs with a claim tower coming in the night to offline-raid you.

Ahh thats not true, „offline steal everything“ it means. As alternative they can send a Muhahaha LOLstomping cannon crab. But for fully professional death squad trolls below age of 14 i would recommend the claim tower.

Instant death to solos/small groups.

Last Oasis was mentioned as example. They introduced solo servers and super strong base walkers, super difficult to raid. Servers are very crowded, the PVP is fair and funny, as you risk some stuff and „ships“ but never everything like in Atlas now.

Find the failure Grapeshot !

Let them build up a little, then come with a claim tower and, as Negan said, „Yours is now mine“.

As long as they do not change the claim tower trash it is impossible to play solo.

Every base you build and every ship you own and construct in months will be gone to the next muhahaha troll passing along with a claim tower in a few minutes.

Only a braindead developer can develop such a complete nonsense.

I am out till they remove the claim tower crash.

Everything you build will be lost to any naked random beach bob passing by with a claim tower.

Only an insane player can play Atlas in its current state.

All ships, docks and bases are auto-lost to every random exploiter troll with a claim tower coming along.

I am out as 90% of the other players. 
 

Atlas was on a good path, the player base really went up due to very good new additions like the armored docks which granted lone wolves and small groups minimum defence. But all this was destroyed by these ridiculous claim towers.

They promised to buff solos and small groups but instead completely destroyed them with the last patch.

23 hours ago, Ninja of Bedlam said:

What’s the point of having armored docks with 20 mill-30 mill health when all you have to do is destroy a 400k claim tower and place your own to steal the docks plus the ships in them?

Exactly this is the one and only important issue as it completely destroys the game for solos and small groups.

 Does not seem to bother the devs in any way.
 

Mix of PVP and PVE : Works very well in Eve Online.

As veteran player i explain the difference :

Old claim system :

You could place a claim flag to steal a base (NOT a ship !). This was only possible with no player, sleeper or tame or NPC in the base. If someone was inside the base you had still to FIGHT !

New system :

Any noob with a claim flag can offline raid you everytime in the middle of the night and steal everything in 45 minutes.

Well as an official PVP solo player this means for me RIP Atlas.
 

If you read between the lines they plan to implement the trash exploiter claim tower system to everywhere, not just lawless.

I will certainly not build something up for months again, just to lose it to some LOL troll naked noob with a claim tower in 45 minutes again.

No, i as a lone wolf do NOT want to be just „a wheel“ in some mega companys machine as you discribe it.

What you are planning is just a slavery systems to benefit the megatribes.

Good luck, if you think that over i may come back.

But certainly not while your offline raid system : „take anything from anybody in 45 minutes“ trash stays implemented

Funny, now players start to realise how bad the claim tower patch is.

It is the one and only interesting topic at the moment. If the devs dont take it back no one will play Atlas any longer, thats absolutely clear.

Its a pitty, Atlas was on the road to get players back, in my grid i had 15-20 players in the evening, last season it was 2-4.

Now some madman lead designer just killed the game.

On 3/15/2021 at 12:04 AM, George Catcher said:

Players are divided into two types.

First - who claimed land, bases, some territory, even someone's stuff. They like new system.

Second - who lost all stuff, base, ships, who wasn't able to claim a land piece. Those are don't like new system.

Lol.

I suspect the thread author lives in south Burma or any other time zone where the patch droped at prime time. For me and many others is was 3:50 a.m.

The wipe will change nothing about auto-loss of everything in 45 minutes.

There is no reason to build ships, docks or bases as they are gone to noob with a claim tower anyway.

Especially funny is the 12 hour timer to structures without a claim tower.

I can not understand how a dev with a working brain can deploy such a patch. Its a contradiction to their statement for buffing solos and small groups as they have driven them 100% out of the game now.

Exactly ! Who needs to skill in faster ship stealing for double speed ? Want a galleon in 45 minutes ? Place a claim tower... and you have your galleon ! 
plus several armored docks and more gold than in fort Knox

Claim Towers are just as toxic in PVP, large clans took everything, no way to build something up in lawless as it is auto-gone 45 minutes later.

Just like in ARK : 

- devs start with balanced offence vs defence

- whiner troll kids start crying „raiding takes too long !“

- devs nerf walls

- whiner troll kids are not pleased

- devs implement an auto-raid-success tool (claim tower)
 

I see it from the positive side :

No need to feed my pets and pay my crew any longer.

No need to rebuild my warehouse every day. No need to farm gold.

No need to farm blueprints.

Playing ATLAS is pointless with that claim tower trash. Why should i build anything that is auto-lost to troll exploiters 45 minutes later ?

19 minutes ago, Ranger1k said:

@Dev Crusher

     Actually they can theoretically steal it in 4 minutes with 9k on hand if my math is correct.

     Sorry bud

No problem, i am off to Rust

LOL, i lost everything that i have farmed and built within months just in 45 minutes to your claim towers.

Enjoy ATLAS with your beloved mega companies but without me in the future.

I have no problems with PVP, but with patches in the middle of the night destroying everything for me.

Dear devs,

what exactly is the point in buying a small armored dock for 10.000 gold when just everybody can come along with a claim tower, taking your armored dock, your ship and all gold inside in just 45 minutes ?

Well, as i told you all of my ships, bases and tames are gone to a noob with a claim tower. 
 

Playing the game in its current state is pointless.

Everyone has „game over“ exactly in the moment when a naked noob with a claim tower passes by, taking everything that you have build up in month. He just needs 45 minutes to do so.

A joke !

Any news when they drop the ULTIMATE SOLO DOOM patch ?

At the moment i just feed the pets, npcs and armored docks. 
 

I feed them for the noob with the claim tower who will take all of my stuff 45 minutes after patch drop....

I can already hear the laughter of all these exploiter kiddies just waiting for the moment.

When ATLAS started it was a PVP game, where you had to take bases  from other players by fight, siege and cannons.

Now you just need 1 naked noob,  1 claim tower, 45 minutes plus an offline enemy.

@Sheepshooter

You are completely wrong ! By now my ships are „quite“ safe in the armored docks... as long as i do not tease a really strong clan.

But small teenage death squads dont touch the docks, it is by far too much work for these pew pew kids.

For my bases.. hmm lets say, i found a way to handle the teenage boys

My warehouse is raided every 2-3 days, yes, but who cares. 

BUT, if someone places a claim tower on tuesday i can do absolutely nothing when i come home from work. Nothing but watching my former fleet and base.

This simply destroys the game for casuals/solos/small groups.

Not only that everything you worked hard for several months will be gone exactly 45 minutes after drop of the patch.

Furthermore it makes all settling in lawless pointless.

Yes i play PVP official, but exactly this will happen on tuesdays (obvious to everyone above gorilla IQ) :

a) naked jobless 24/7 noob is passing by

b) naked noob sees a bunch of armored docks, galleons and a huge superfortress

c) naked noobs builds a claim tower

d) Tatatata... 45 minutes later noob owns a fleet of galleons, several armored docks, a huge superfortess and close to a million gold

9 hours ago, Rossco said:

I like the idea of a new claiming system but 45 minutes to claim everything I own? I fear that will destroy small companies like mine while we sleep.. There’s got to be a catch 22 in there somewhere right?? 

Same for me, i can not compete with 24/7 homeschooling Corona kiddies. All solos/small companies who do not receive Bidens helicopter money but work in a regular job will automatically lose all structures, docks, ships and gold through this.

RIP Atlas, very bad idea.

Dear Devs,

i work in a normal job the whole day. How can i compete in placing a claim tower with homeschooling 24/7 Corona kiddies ?

So what you tell me is that i automatically have lost absolutely everything 45 minutes after your patch jumps in just because i am one of the stupid people who work for the taxes ?