SpeedInc

my notes say 5.2 update coming yet i have 5.3 patch.... oh and the problem before was we couldn't log in to our free ports 0/150 players.... HELL D7 isn't even on the map anymore.... ITS GONE! FML

Let me help you out since you seem to me be missing the point..... I never seen any hype for this game... i did see a trailer that was leaked for the last DLC for ARK that was quickly removed... Planned or not it was done..... I thought to my self, "self i seen what they just did there and im on board with what they are cooking up if they continue with the life lessons learned". That was not the case... This is like buying a bicycle. Early Access to me is having a NEW bike and trying to get from point A to point B, how ever there is a flat tire... DAMN that sucks.... BUT we were given a bike with no damn tires or rims for that matter. My screen says verson 5.2 to be released in the notes yet my patch says 5.3 and I can not log in.. not because the server is still stuck at 0 of 150... its because the server is no longer listed. its a blank square like the other 60% or so of the map... so miss optimist show me the light... tell me how to enjoy early access to a server based game that i can not log into.... shoe me the good time that will come when its a polished *gulp, game and single player will be added (as it is now) and we can enjoy sending people off the plank....

I watched Nooblets and his team die off at dusk and not spawn back in till morning to get passed this... LOL.

I agree.... but as I stated maybe they should have hired one of the CGI guys to get this down... Welp, i just stopped reading right there. LOL I almost would have too... As i dont even attempt to up date the game any more. One day, some day it will come out..

For us PS4 users it was listed Early Access..... I know its hard for PC players to think that there are others out there....

True, well the single player mode is in the game.... Its been masked off at the moment, there are videos out there showing that, i just dont know if it will start ATLAS or ARK.... guess both. LOL. I thought the server files were released... there are about 30 to 45 unofficial servers already... all PVP and one PVE last time i looked.

Social media isn't where i should be getting my info... I start the game and low and behold there is a section with the state of the game.... Update it... if it requires a patch to change that note well then that's just piss poor programming... I would even be willing to look on this website... but it too inst updated... as we have moderators here correct.. When you hire a PR person or a Social Media team they should be in the ear of the lead programmers and the higher ups to put info out there to calm the seas so to speak....

Steam does not dictate what Early Access is... I have ARK for PS4 early access and it was by far better... Yes it had errors and problems but it was a better polished turd.... The mix up in the industry now a days has been Alpha and Beta have been put to the way side for a term called Early Access where there is no level of expectation except the one we give and then we could re-neg even on that. That is what gets purchasers blood boiling.

Since when is Early Access the same as Alpha or Beta release? Using common sense Early Access sounds like "here is our game, come play and see if you can find what me missed". Not what we were given. To add insult to injury this IS a reskin ( the proof is out there, fact ) and this is NOT the first time they have launched a game server based (ARK). We are having trouble logging for crying out loud not transferring between servers. For #### sake call Chris over at Star Citizen and CGI ask how his game does it. ITS RUNNING!!!! AAAAAnd he has made $500 million doing damn near nothing, well at least more than what is here..... Do I blame them for making this reskin/ARK DLC a new stand alone game, no. It is a smart business move and a sound move. HOWEVER, they did it with incompetent programing personnel. Leaving the tell tail signs of ARK all over the place like the menu was just sad. As stated above I don't mind the reskin job, every company does it even bigger company's like GM. However they fix their mistakes before moving forward. They cover their trails better at least. MOST OF ALL, COMMUNICATION!!!!!! errr the lack of it... How about take a good look at who does your ARK mobile and see what they do.. They have turned ARK into an amazing game with long overdue fixes in a very very short time, but to top it of they communicate with users. Not hand picking streamers in a PR stunt to save off bad reviews... You should learn that users will sink you even sink streamers if they bandwagon with the studio. See any Fallout 76 review... Didn't go well for them and they were up front about almost 90% of the time. When they lied or hid stuff the community found out and put them on a spit and roasted them. The game is almost freeware. We all here love ARK and I'm sure one day in the near months will love ATLAS. Even with the down right toxic community that Wildcard has created. For Gods sake please, please, stop jerking us around. If you need to take the servers offline for hours on end or think you should then do so but come out and tell us... "we messed up and are going to fix this, the next update from us will be in 5 hours (or what ever) and we will tell you when we think the service will be online again...... The point is treat us like we are people who pay for a service, a utility so to speak. Power goes out a lot of people are looking at you..... even in the dark....... Steps off soap box... That is all