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If they didn't completely ruin the bola mechanics from ark in this game it would be bareable but without real bolas to protect ourselves against fast animals its completely impossible to kill wolves sometimes even when in full plate armor.

The most annoying thing is that these boats can take hours to make for conflicts that can last for only minutes. I just want more combat up time not to be constantly building and more incentive to fight. A global HP buff or global cost reduction would be great to make the boats worth the time it takes to make them. At the very least lower the cost of the most basic combat vessel like a schooner. One idea here is to separate the brig and schooners planks so their costs can be balanced separately.

How is it my character has aged 5 years when they have been created in no less than "100 in game days" at most? It makes absolutely no sense. At least make this age system actually align with the in game days that have passed.

I've been playing Ark survival evolved since it's early access release so sorry tell you this but I know all too well where my expectations should be set in comparison. There is no specific nature in which people are supposed to act and if the developers release a early access game they should be aware of those risks and how their community will respond to an unpleasant experience. To put it simply I don't care if it's early access because it's still a purchased product and you can be certain that I like many others are going to have an opinion about it. If a game isn't going to be playable by a large % of their playerbase then perhaps they should have tried a free open beta instead of charging people for their unplayable game.

I don't really believe that. Assume for a moment their launch wasn't a disaster and running perfectly smooth for everyone. I guarantee a lot more developers would be on out for the holiday. However, look at this from the perspective of the company. Their launch was horrible and many people can't even log in and many people that bought the game are refunding and review bombing on steam so grapeshot's credibility is going down the drain every day that passes till this game is in more working condition. These are time sensitive issues that can't be ignored for the sake of a holiday. Obviously, grapeshot development has no choice but to keep working over the holiday because they can't simply ignore their broken game.

I like many others get timed out on the loading screen of this game even though far above the minimum pc requirements. I'm now sitting at 1.9 hours playtime from the menu screen and failed loading attempts. I haven't seen any communication from the development about an issue many people are having which is perhaps even more frustrating than not being able to play the game. I just want one worthwhile reason for why I shouldn't refund now. Why should I keep this game at this point?

It was the same when Ark was early access. Eventually they did start doing short 5 min count downs.

Well lets be honest. With this amount fuck up it would a shame if they didnt offer some holiday pay to get people working tomarrow.

System Requirements Minimum: OS: Windows 7/8.1/10 (64-bit versions) Processor: Intel Core i5-2400/AMD FX-8320 or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 770 2GB/AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB or better Storage: 100 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires broadband internet connection for multiplayer Directly from their steam store page. https://store.steampowered.com/app/834910/ATLAS/

https://portforward.com/atlas/ Here are the ports. Maybe windows firewall can make rules for these ports as well. No idea if this will help but it might be a good idea to set this up anyway. Basically, make a rule for the ports in addition to the program rules that were there already.

Great question.

There might also be a built in firewall on your router too but I'm not 100% sure how that would work. Might be worth looking into ways to make exceptions for the ip and ports atlas use? I mean I only vaguely know what I'm talking about here. I need to mess around with this stuff myself too. Looking at my firewall right now and I see 8 exceptions for Ark and only 2 for Atlas. I really need to figure out what these extra rules are for. Maybe it will help.

Im looking right now if there is information on it. There might be additional exceptions needed.

I used to have this problem with ark survival evolved aka the game that Atlas was modeled off of. You have to make exceptions for you firewall. When you click refresh on the server list something happens at that moment and your firewall will flip the fuck out and blocks the list for some reason.

I've been playing ark since early access 2015 release and enjoyed the DLC thus far however this Atlas launch is intolerable. Currently, I have 1.5 hours of being unable to login and get "host pending time out" every time I attempt to log into any server so I decided that if I am unable to log in within the next 3 days I will be refunding this game and joining the review bomb bandwagon on steam. Don't worry I will not be passing my 2 hour playtime limit for refund eligibility and will save the last of my time for the 3rd day from now. Good luck.