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I am a little confused how PVE is supposed to work after the update. I was hoping there would be clarification with the PTR notes but since there was nothing new posted, I hope someone else might understand and be able to explain so that I can understand better. So is any of this correct? 1. A Company can claim an island - A Company is anyone? There is no size requirement for a Company to be a Company? 2. How does someone claim the island since we longer have claim flags. Is it the first person who actually sets foot on any part of that island? No matter how large or small the island is, that person claims all of it? Does any of the ocean around the island count as part of the island? 3. Anyone is able to land on that island and build a settlement? (building anything counts as a settlement?) (What exactly is considered a settlement) 4. A person can place pillars and foundations anywhere on that island but the island owner is able to demolish anything the person builds within a certain amount of time but maybe longer? 5. The owner of the island can set down a bank and collect tax from anyone who builds anything on the island. How does the taxation work? Do structure get taxed? Do any ships out in the ocean get taxed? Do people get taxed? Maybe as people try out the PTR, more info will be available, but right now, I am very confused as how it all is supposed to work.

You have entered my brain, taken my thoughts and put them into words so much better then I could. I sure hope they will listen.

I am really amazed at how pve has continued to be so high in the polling. I always thought pve was more popular but this has surprised me.

My biggest fear, after seeing the new creatures, is that the same thing that happened to Ark is happening to Atlas. The devs kept adding creatures to Ark that no one really asked for. We ended up with way too many creatures and not enough bug fixes. There are still bugs in Ark that have not been fixed for years. They are now creating a new Ark play style that removes some of the creatures in Ark to make it more like it was in the beginning. I love the idea of new creatures but please do not add a lot of new content until you, at least, have figured out how we are supposed to play the game. There is a ton of content in Atlas right now that does not work correctly. Please fix that before adding new things!

I am so interested in this poll. I wonder what the devs think? I have always wondered exactly what the numbers would reflect of PVP vs PVE in Ark. With as many private servers there are out there, I have always thought that many more players play pve than pvp. The pvp people always assure me that is not the case but if you search for servers, it would reflect that pve is more popular. Do devs embrace pvp more because it brings more money? I have been curious about this for a very long time. I know this poll is not a clear showing of how many people play each type but it sure is interesting.

I feel so bad for all those EU PVE people who lost their homes today. Maybe they can try out Thor's Hammer. The community is super friendly!

One thing I am very confused about. We had a person who only put points in Intelligence so that she could craft a mastercraft large speed sail from a blueprint. We gathered everything we needed but then found out that she also had to learn large sails to craft them. We all thought anyone could craft anything from a blueprint. Are we confused at how it works? You have to learn how to craft an item before you can use the blueprint? Only people who have learned a certain skill can use the blueprints for that skill? That doesn't make any sense to me at all. But this does reaffirm my point. The game is much more frustrating than fun. We can only hope that the devs are truly listening to us and hopefully changing the game so that we can have more fun with this game. The frustration is real.

Most of us in our company are level 60 to 65. We are focusing on being able to build battle ships and getting ready to do the power stone islands but we are having trouble. I know we will be able to do it, in the long run but I really do think we should be able to do it and have fun at the same time. The frustration of it all is what makes the game not as fun as it could be.

I love hearing stories where if someone needs something, you just ask in chat and that something appears but that does not help for the skills that someone cannot give you. Right now I am not able to put any points in the music or dancing skills because I don't have the points to spare. I don't think that is fair to take away those fun attributes so that I can be the only one in my company that needs to be able to craft certain things. We all need to skill up our health and food attributes. We need to be able to defend ourselves. There are just too many things that we have to put points in and it limits us for any of the fun things. Well, I guess if we decide to have a celebration party after destroying the Ghost Ship, we can all take a few moments, respec so that we all have dancing and music skills and party on! Hahaha! It will be interesting to see the changes that are going to be made, that is for sure. I hope we will hear about the changes before they implement them but I guess we will just have to see them for ourselves when they drop the ptr.

I am not saying to delete the respec button. I am saying that things need to be so that we don't feel the need to respec every single time you need to do something different in the game. I know the devs want us to have certain people be best at certain jobs but that is not fun for most. All of us in our company want to be able to be amazing Captains of our Ships. We also want to be able to tame and breed the high end creatures and be able to grow the better foods and be able to dance and play music. I know it sounds like a great game that you have to rely on your fellow company members to help out with all the things but that does not mean it is the most fun game that I can play. In fact, it is becoming a game that is more frustrating than fun.

So the way the game is set up, we just respec to get our character to do what we want at the time, and then respec again. I really do not like this type of game play. How can we become vested in our character if it is just a temporary type thing we can change on a whim. In our company, we are constantly respecing. We have six fairly active members but there is always someone who can't do something because they have to put more points in this in order to do that. I think I know what the developers are trying to do but it is simply not working. Well, it may be working but it sure isn't fun. It almost feels like we are cheating in order to play the game but I don't think it can be called cheating if it is how the devs want us to play. Another problem is the vitamin/food thing. Everyone in our company doesn't care anything about all the food stuff because they have all figured out that it is just easier to die and not mess with it. What kind of game play is that? I use my precious skill points to fill up the food and vitamin category but I still find it easier to just die than mess with trying to keep my vitamins up without over eating. Every time I go out and die on purpose, I lose what little bit of role play or immersion into the game that I have. I think I read that the vitamins are going to be changing a bit with the new mega update so hopefully they will work better but why do devs want to create games that cause so much frustration? After playing Ark for years and now Atlas, I really do think that some devs just really like having a god like control, all the while, laughing through out their day, knowing how miserable they make people feel. Is that really a thing?

Well, they were able to fix it in Ark, so hopefully they will fix it in Atlas. I guess we just need to keep reminding them. The more people who report, the more likely things will get fixed.

I was trying to get my crew member to move over to the other side of the boat and all of a sudden he started flying straight up into the sky. I watched for a long time until he was finally out of sight. I had just clicked him to Follow at Lowest Range. I wonder if that is what happened to my crew member after my ship sunk a few weeks ago. My ship sank but I immediately started whistling so Alex, Jr. would follow me to shore but he was no where to be seen. I searched and searched but could not find him. The next day I logged in to the message that Alex, Jr. had died. I have a feeling he shot up into the sky, too. GOSH!!!!

I have spawned in several different beds over the past few days and get stuck every time. On some of the beds I will fall through from a second story and have to demolish anything that is under the bed. On some I get stuck in a wall or under a foundation. It doesn't seem to matter if the bed is on the first floor or the second. I am getting stuck now matter what bed I choose. These are things that we had trouble in Ark from a very long time ago so it seems like they should know how to fix this. It is super annoying to have to replace so many things over and over. I have now moved my beds out of doors, away from things so that I won't need to destroy so much. Please fix this problem.

I love this server. The admins are amazing. I am so glad we found this community.

If this thread does not show the devs very clearly how we want to play this game, I don't know what will.

I don't think lawless is the answer. We just need a nice little area to claim that no one else can build on and no one can build anywhere that they are not able to place a claim flag. Each person is allowed one claim flag. You can cap a Company at 15 to 20 flags. No one can build ANYWHERE else. This is what I wish they could implement in Ark. Gosh, it sure would solve all that pillaring that is going on over there.

What did you mean by the fun police? Are these songs not allowed?

You are also speaking for me and my whole crew, UncleMike. I didn't think to write on discord but I did write here on this forum. I am wondering if they read this forum since they have so much to read on discord. Maybe they don't have time to read everything that was written here. I really did think they would listen to what we were saying. When you have a majority of people who are stating a like or dislike of something, you would think they would take notice. Of what I saw here, the majority of the people do not like what they are planning for pve. The pve building system is broken in Ark and they are going to be doing pretty much the same with the Atlas building system. When you keep doing the same thing over and over and keep getting the same bad result, doesn't that signify insanity? I guess we will wait and see but I am having a hard time figuring out how any of this is going to work out for the best.

I paint my ships with the watercourse green and brick. It looks pretty nice. I also like cerulian and gold trim. I just wish we could use more of the paints since we have so many. Those buildings are so pretty, George. It inspires me to keep trying to find good combos. I really like the red roofs you showed. Very nice. Thanks so much for sharing!

After all the important stuff if figured out, I really hope they will fix the paints so we can paint our houses so they look nice. I tried every color we have on our wooden walls and it looks like someone tried to draw all over them with chalk. None of them look nice at all. In ark, we could really change up the way our buildings looked so they all didn't look identical. We could make our bases our own. I know this is not the most important thing to worry about but I do hope they will think about this while they are thinking about the game.

PVE discussion So if we put down one little claim flag, we own the entire island? That makes no sense at all! PVE people want a small piece of land to call their own. They just want to build in peace. PVE is player vs environment. Let us battle against hurricanes and dangerous creatures but don't keep trying to pit us against each other and don't create a game that allows people to be the worst bullies they can be. We need one claim flag per person. As you add another person to your company, add another claim flag. Put a limit cap for each company to 15 to 20 flags. You could make several settlements with 20 flags. Each claim flag should have a nice size radius. The only people who can build in that radius are Company Members. No one can build anywhere outside their flag radius. People are going to be very selective how they use their flags so there will not be pillar/foundation spam everywhere. I would give anything if they would implement this in Ark. It might finally stop the pillaring bullies there.

Several of us are having problems with the Climbing Picks. Some are getting black screen but today, just as I used my climbing pick, I heard a weird noise and got the words "You Died" in red letters. I spawned to my bed but my screen was black so I had to relog. When I went to get my stuff back, I didn't see a light, a body, a bag or anything there. We have had problems almost every time we have used the picks. It has happened on different islands and different unofficial servers so not sure what is causing it.