boomervoncannon

Hatchet between it and pick. Can’t remember the tame that specializes in it but haven’t tried yet.

I don’t know for a fact but would bet dollars to donuts that you can’t for any number of reasons, not least of which is that if you could it would be exploitable af.

That has nothing to do with who I am. That is the law and the way it has always been in the United States. If you think it is otherwise, you should probably investigate things like non-disclosure agreements. Don't mistake statements I make about facts for my opinions.

Free speech never applied since this is a privately owned forum, as is Ark's. Free speech applies to public spheres, not private property, which this is. Wildshot can't tell you what to say or not say in the park, but they can on their forums.

I hate to say this, but I think you're making his point for him. Enjoyment. check. Despite lots of maintenance. Check. Large amounts of money....eh subjective, but probably the weakest part.

Shhhh. Don't tell him. Let him go. *grins* How can we miss you if you won't go away?

Lies. Wildshot clearly has never hired a PR person in their lives or they wouldn't have botched launch communication so badly and then have to have a developer step in and be lead CM because no one would do it.

Psychologists have a term to describe him. I believe it's masochist.

So....you're saying your friends *don't* enjoy a good solid kick in the balls?

I got 99 problems but a seed ain't one just doesn't roll off the tongue the way you might hope.

Btw dude, I saw your pics of your trading post you posted in another thread (forget where). Place looks tight. Nicely done.

Score one for the guy who actually paid attention in biology class while the rest of us were trying to Google octopus pr0n. I mean the rest of you. I don't do stuff like that. Obviously. Don't look at me in that tone of voice.

Right now the aging mechanic is purely cosmetic. The actual functionality will be in put in down the line.

Have never gotten seeds from shoveling. Yet.

If your stress test stresses a large percentage of the players to the point they leave (also risking making them non customers for your cash shop down the line, where the real money is), was it really an effective stress test all things considered?

I think you have to do some specific things to have them repair. Someone posted about this just yesterday iirc, so you might wanna search because I'm old and lazy and therefore can't give you a link right away. I think part of it was give them repair hammers as tools, but anyway someone just recently posted how to.

I'd agree with you except one thing. I can't write the first line of code but what I've learned over the years from playing games and trying to educate myself as a layman is that things we often think are simple and easy and no brainers aren't from a coding or design perspective. Jat specifically said that the obvious solution was problematic for back end reasons, and while I tend to take developer statements with a grain of salt, there's no obvious reason to lie about something like this. You'd expect they'd jump on an easy fix if one was available, so for the moment I take him at his word.

I'm naming my next raft Ninja Jerryn

Can't really fault you. We lost our schooner when we went to Emerald Refuge to get silver nodes and rubies and smelt until our hold was full. We anchored overnight and came back to sunk ship due to exploit. This was on PVE. If you're having fun with base building for the moment, then by all means, carry on.

QFT. When that loudmouth that contributes nothing but bile mysteriously vanishes for several days and comes back much less overtly hostile, it's likely not because he took a weekend vacation to his place in the Caymans and came back much more relaxed, but rather Jerryn was doing Jerryn things like a ninja in the background.

fair counterpoint. Hard to argue both weren't designed with pvp first in mind.

Thanks for the info! But again, they really need a PR person because words matter. There is a difference between saying griefing is not encouraged and saying griefing will not be tolerated. Saying only not encouraged implies you don't like it, but you'll tolerate it. I don't think that's what he was trying to communicate, but this is what happens when you don't hire professional communicators.

Eh... personally I'd say sloops aren't much of an investment wise. I'd consider it worthwhile to build one even if you lose it because of the value of exploring. But that's up to you.

I can't count how many times I've seen Pvpers in various games act like, claim, imply, and make demands based on the idea that pvp is the majority of the players when all available evidence says otherwise.

okay maybe I read too much into that bit. But even if I did, that just underscores that someone more versed in communication skills ought to be handling this and not a poor developer who's got plenty to do otherwise.