DocHolliday

I agree with all comments above me.

I guess I should answer the original question. MY company will be sailing its ships out to suicide at the toughest bases around or the biggest ship battles. If its delayed we will just get more ships. Rinse and repeat until server is down and characters are wiped. Should be fun. None of it will be there tomorrow so make use of all of it. Maybe I'll sail a company Galleon into battle with 40 tames on it set to aggressive. Sail into someones port and fire away. See what the tames do when the ship does down.

I achieved fun and relaxation. If I achieved anything greater than this then I need to take a serious look at my life.

I honestly do not know how this will truly affect game play so I am waiting to see it for myself.

My group has Ark vets in it so they are used to it. I've been in IT for 20+ years. They handle it how I like to work. I hate schedules, deadlines, policy. I am a managers worst nightmare and best friend all in one because I get shit done.

There is published research that agrees with you, Boomer.

I'm new to how this dev team runs things and I found very early on that they are pretty loose with updates and time lines. I actually like it. They just get things done and do it when they are ready. They play it loose and fast. I think its neat being apart of this phase of development due to this. Most of my company is in the twisted sort of amusement stage. We joke about it. Make bets on when that update that is due in 15 minutes will actually happen. Generally just laugh about it.

I have no clue how many hours I have......I just know I play every day. I am looking forward to the wipe as well. Can redo things a bit and if it helps them clean the databases up and codebase I am all for it. When this game is "released" I hope they do it again so new players/companies have a better shot at being successful early on.

I did not see the specific details in regards to the new system. Anyone have a link? Are people saying that outside the 9 hour window the entire grid is like a freeport? Or is it structures and anchored boats are invulnerable and anyone active whether on land or sailing are vulnerable? I am seeing different people saying different things in this thread and others. Makes me feel people do not have all the info and are spouting their interpretations of the new ruleset.

In other words he's experienced it the hammer.

I am flabbergasted by all the people who expected no wipes in this game. I thought that was common sense it would happen multiple times. Everyone I know playing this game expected it. I look forward to the wipe and I have a job, family, dogs, house, etc. Those responsibilities are not exclusive to you and those mad about the wipe. What you all do have in common is ignorance.

I get that part, just seems people are mixing Anarchy update stuff with post wipe stuff into one big mess of misinformation. Part of the reason I am posting less on the forums. Lot of garbage info and people acting like cry babies instead of having intelligent conversations about perceived issues, bugs, etc and possible remediation steps. That is not directed at you. Your response was rational and appreciated. I should have been clearer in my post. Not feeling well today and groggy.

Why are there people who feel its their mission in life to call games dead?

Has a statement been released explaining every single detail for the new rule sets? I have not seen it yet. Just wondering how so many people can talk about specifics.

I support a complete player wipe and since this thread is open to everyone I am posting my support in it.

I expect there to be and would be surprised if there wasn't. It seems that many ARK players are bringing their experiences into this game expecting the same things. I dunno. Odd dynamic between a player base that says it hates the devs and the company.

I just expected this to happen. I am not surprised by it and it does not bother me one bit. I've tested many games over the years so I am used to it. I just don't understand the angst.

Not wiping before release would be a huge issue for new players. I do not see how they cannot do it. Was ARK a massive persistent world like Atlas in terms of size and players? I never played it so no clue and I will not assume just because they did it for one game that means they will do it for the next. If they did not wipe for release and I was new I would not want to play the game.

I am starting to think people should have to answer a questionnaire before participating in EA. There will probably be multiple wipes before full release and once the game is "released" it will be wiped again. Did you guys think they would release the game and force all the new players to compete against companies that have 2 years of infrastructure in place?

Different rule sets and features will affect a launch for this game differently. How do they know how that will work without wiping the server and acting like this is a new launch? There are a lot of other reason for it as well. I expect wipes to be a common thing during EA as the game evolves. Get used to it.

Reasonable and mature discussion? Never going to happen. Seriously though what Winter said.

If the market allows purchase orders that can be partially fulfilled we should be good. I'd love an Eve like market in this game. Its like real life. Sure you need 100,000 wood, but the market only has 50,000 to offer. The system allows them to sell you that 50k and now your order is only requesting another 50k. The market has what it has at any particular price point. Now if we have to travel to the market NPC to get a status on these orders that would suck.

If we're going with real life then everyone in the game needs to die at some point. No respawns and you cannot purchase another copy of the game. This line of argument is dumb. Stop it.

That stinks I was looking forward to this. If they have to delay to take care of higher priorities and/or get the market setup right I am all for it.

What if flags could be integrated into the buildings and required upkeep? This flag would need to be built and aggressors would need to attack and destroy this structure to take that territory? The claim area would be increased in size, but more difficult to hold? I dunno just tossing ideas out that are similar to what we already have, but change the way it currently is.