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ark was one island suitable for single player experience ,what are solo single players going to do with 255 grids ? let me tell u they are going to sit on one island and teleport around to others if they need resources , or spawn it in NO SINGLE SOLO PLAYER IS GOING TO SAIL MORE THAN 1 OR 2 GRIDS,   until they get bored , so they are going to play mini ark  with less tames and less to do ....

9 hours ago, Realist said:

Yes that is very unfortunate. I wouldn’t even care if they would just release it on console and then stop supporting it and stopped adding content and walked away but just let the servers stay running. 

 

hence the single player all grids mode , is this what they are thinking at this stage ? if the game doesnt gain traction they wont be able to keep 4 x servers of this size running for long , 

if it has changed then this a good change why should pvp players be able to store items safely out of harms way ,hope this is a change and not just a bug 

no reason for this ridulous thread so they get a bigger island because they bought more accounts , then they remove alt from company and get a measly 20% more resources , how does that affect u in anyway on PVE ? answer it doesnt  <------------- im taking a guess this is what u are gettting worked up about .

20 hours ago, Coggage said:

Ark had single-player from the outset and as I type this it has 57k players online.  Single player has never held Ark back and there's no reason it will hold Atlas back.  It hasn't stopped Ark's development in any way, shape or form, either.

ark was a single island , this game isnt , ark had a lot more content even at release , ark also had the advantage as there wasnt really many other survival games around to compete , 

imo they really shouldnt be adding single player , the already low population on the serves will get worse , are they developing an mmo ? or are they finally going to admit that the game has failed pump out a single player version and call it a day and leave the rest to modders ? as this sounds very much like that is what is happening , 

either develop and mmo or single player make your minds up devs you are killing your own game patch by patch , what are the players going to do in single player ? sit on their islands alone with nothing to do but build and dont tell me you single player mode players are going to sail around you will just use admin commands to teleport about , and how many of the grids are the single players going to use ? 

10 hours ago, Martyn said:

It's cheating and exploiting mate.  Simple as that. 

If I'm playing on an Official Server.. and people are doing this, they are giving themselves an advantage that normally, other players cannot have.  There's a reason it's 1 character per account.

It is also bypassing the rules of settlement ownership, by simply falsely inflating your own companies, which exist purely of one person with multiple accounts. Not 50 or 100.. but for the most part 5-10 with 5 accounts each. Opens up the ability to take multiple islands that normally people cannot get access to.  Why even bother having island point systems, if it's okay..

But thanks for admitting that you do this Udo.  That's all I'm really interested in, not your way of twisting the game mechanics and rules to your own advantage.

Family and Friends is completely seperate, so long as they are actually playing the game.  So a Man, his Wife and 5 children, all on 7 computers, playing on a server is totally fine. 

Otherwise, not so much.

not cheating at all they bought and paid for a second account who are you to say how they use it or what they buy as long as they have bought and paid for a second account they are free to play the game with it , join any company with it , 

10 hours ago, Martyn said:

It's cheating and exploiting mate.  Simple as that. 

If I'm playing on an Official Server.. and people are doing this, they are giving themselves an advantage that normally, other players cannot have.  There's a reason it's 1 character per account.

It is also bypassing the rules of settlement ownership, by simply falsely inflating your own companies, which exist purely of one person with multiple accounts. Not 50 or 100.. but for the most part 5-10 with 5 accounts each. Opens up the ability to take multiple islands that normally people cannot get access to.  Why even bother having island point systems, if it's okay..

But thanks for admitting that you do this Udo.  That's all I'm really interested in, not your way of twisting the game mechanics and rules to your own advantage.

Family and Friends is completely seperate, so long as they are actually playing the game.  So a Man, his Wife and 5 children, all on 7 computers, playing on a server is totally fine. 

Otherwise, not so much.

in no way did i say i do this or even have a second account , throwing around accusations to suit your flawed view of this in no way makes it true , as u can see from the replies to this thread noone agrees with u ....

its will prob be a mod on the workshop , someone will jump on this no doubt 

On 6/19/2019 at 4:24 AM, Realist said:

There shouldn’t be auto decay to begin with. Another bad idea. If the timer runs out someone else can demolish something. That simple. If they want the area they can go clean it up. It is called ownership. Smh.

 

yes there should , players dont use it why should it stay there , good system and needed for the game especially with the amount of foundation spam that goes on , nice to see that forgotten or abandoned structures will be gone as soon as timers expire , heres hoping this is the start of the system they mentioned where resource upkeep comes into play for all structures players build , 

and ? how does it affect you in anyway ? answer it doesnt , if players want to buy more copies of the game to make alts or use family and friends then its their choice , 

5 minutes ago, Willard said:

Who wins if the base speed is the same for everyone? 

this ...

4 hours ago, Jack Shandy said:

Maybe not skill, but a good dose of common sense.

If the wind is light and blowing in the wrong direction, don't sail. spend some time doing other stuff, looking for tames, gathering some light (Fibre) resources.

sail when you have fair winds, not crap.

sounds exactly what i do when low winds , plan trip if inds low go do somthing else ,

13 minutes ago, Nutcutt3r said:

I know you get to pick where you need to go, and then take the wind into account as well. Not to mention what you are carrying, how you built and stocked your boat. There is timing as well, along with what you may encounter along the way. Having someone else along to trade off that knows how to sail as well because yes it takes skill, and you dont want a noob sinking your boat.

there is zero skill involved when sailing in this game , drop sails ,turn sails for best wind and go ,turn to avoid sotd if u meet any on your journey , thats the extent of sailing in this game ,  

Just now, [GP] Guybrush Threepwood said:

Guys, i did a test with someone in game and it turns out it's a ship based issue not land. If you tames are on land then timers refresh on render. I've provided detailed steps over to Dollie so hopefully that helps in pin-pointing the issue.

this is good to hear 

4 hours ago, [GP] Guybrush Threepwood said:

It's 7-8 days claim timer for animals yes. But rendering them in on ships or land is not enough to reset the timer unlike structures.

this strikes me as an attempt by devs to limit tames players have , as u have too many u wont be riding them all all the time if at all, so they become claimable , silly mechanic and needs changing fast as at the moment a lot of player will need to fully enclose there animals so players cant climb over pens and claim what they can , 

also how do we stop cows being claimable ? 

On 6/13/2019 at 8:33 PM, Winter Thorne said:

Doesn't work if the boat is anchored, so anchor your boats.  Also, remember to lock up your boat containers if you haven't been doing that.

what happens if u manage to hide on a ship while over weighted then owners lifts anchor boat sinks he cant or doesnt find u in time ? 

22 hours ago, Salty Jack said:

Ivan.... this is not your concern.... you are dismissed.....

William.... i was not sure of the flag spam that is why I “asked” instead of accusing....

so.... plan on going through with your original unprovoked threat or not ?.... 

looking at the screenshots u think what u have done is acceptable adult behavior ?, i have to agree with william on this one i hope the devs do take action for this one and do a complete wipe which as we all know will probably happen as what u have done is against the code of conduct , , there is no reason for that amount of foundation spam and to block others from being able to build / expand their already established base , 

i had to place the larder near top deck in middle of ship for al the crew to be affected by just the one larder , it is possible just need to find the sweet spot 

On 5/6/2019 at 11:48 AM, Willard said:

Tenants farming for you you sir, are a lost case. You clearly have no experience with owning an island. I do  its the last message from me, no point of discussing with someone so blind as you. 

u are too blind to the game mechanics , the more settlers u have the more resources u gain , or are u one of those island owners that dont allow settlers , u gain 20%(or whatever u set your tax rate too ) of everything famed on your island , so the more settlers u have farming the more u gain in resources , dont try to make out u dont , the system at the moment wasnt designed for pve so unlike pvp where u get protection from the island owners there are no benefits at all tenants in pve .. u get 20% of all treasure maps farmed on your island u get 20 % of all resources farmed on your island, and all u have to do it farm an additonal bit of gold over what a normal pve player does ,  

9 minutes ago, Meerkat said:

New 6 shot hydra revolver gated behind the snowman (ice cave boss)? How funny would that be? 

How many would rage quit? 

Please don’t do that devs. 

u know they are going too  

shameless bumping , please dev increase the reversing speed to at least 3-4 times the speed it is now , 

on another note is it actually working as my new brig doesnt seem able to go backwards ? 

49 minutes ago, Nutcutt3r said:

Kind of ridiculous when you need storage space more than spoil time really. Now my 30 preserving bags will last 80 days woopdy doo. Once you are farming it really isnt an issue on spoil time.

and the ability to cool the area and u can drink it as well , the ice box is useful for breeding if u need to cool the area down , not all just for the preserving qualitys 

4 hours ago, Wichtelman said:

ice + salt = insane spoil time

doesnt work if u have salt in the bags , cant have 2 effects , ice is 80 plus days spil timer on cooked foods 

6 minutes ago, KarmaComa said:

Really nice idea and would be fun to have but in reality, can you imagine how many calculations per second the servers would have to do for each ship, the servers are struggling enough as it is with more than 20 people in one grid.

true , maybe something they could add nearer release when hopefully they have everything optimised and working great , on the other side of the coin if they keep going the way they are and losing so many players it wont be an issue as there wont be many ships sailing about  

 more tames? i guess the small player base that remains is asking for more tames , if they are can someone point me to the correct thread please ,

46 minutes ago, DocOlds said:

But it won't know what line you take around islands, ships of the damned, storms, navigation prowess, ect.  Most people don't even know to sail into the waning wind 1st, captain skill can play a huge role in your timing.

omg do u not read and understand ,as u slow down , or speed up or the wind changes or u take a detour , or even stop ,so will the eta , same as car sat navs , u stop or take detours the eta adjusts , 

and eta is ESTIMATED time of arrival , 

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