Coggage

I'm having a great time. I have a nice spot on a Lawless - no point in Claiming on other islands until the serious bugs are ironed out - and I am stockpiling resources ready to set out next week for a Claim. People are getting on well, there aren't insane hordes of homicidal spawns (indeed last night I think I saw maybe 2 wolves and a small snake) and all resources are plentiful apart from Salt. I am sailing on a Salt run today and will have a first attempt at taming something other than a few chickens. Very handy for poop for fertilizer, chickens are... Nope, 109 hours into the game and loving it.

Yes, that was pointed out blindingly obviously in my initial post. The big clue was Effectiveness left(more) to right(less).

Yes, "Mejoberry" struck me, too.

This is great news in the patch notes, being able to have foods that aren't restricted to one type from Monday. The original foods are the most effective, and there are additional ones that get less effective as you go along the list. This is great for Islands that don't seem to have, for example, Maize anywhere inside a zone or two of travel. Updated taming foods to allow a variety of items to be used in taming creatures. Effectiveness left(more) to right(less): Tier 1:- Chicken - Berries Monkey - Berries; Parrot - Hardtack, or Berries; Rabbit - Carrots, or Berries; Sheep - Flowers, or Berries Tier 2:- Bear - Honey, Vegetables, Fruits or Berries; Cow/Bull - Rushes, Fronds, Vegetables, Fruits, or Berries; Crow - Worms, Fruits, or Berries; Horse - Sugarcane, Vegetables, Fruits, or Berries.... ...and so on and so forth. I was going to start Taming today but I think I'll hang on until the patch drops.

Ship decay in Freeport is a topic that constantly crops up on here and it's surprising people still don't know about it. For a Raft, decay in Freeport is about 1,000hp per hour since they sink after 10 hours. Other boats, no idea, but the -1,000hp/hour might serve as an indicator.

No way to do it.

I like the taming system in Dark and Light (another Ark 'spin-off')even better. Rope Arrows that you shoot at the animal and click to tie your end to the ground. The animal gets more and more exhausted the more arrows you hit it with until it collapses, at which point you feed/tame it.

Please note these updates may not necessarily be in the next patch but will make into an upcoming one. Upcoming v10 (ETA: Monday Noon EST :P) - 50 more player levels added, and Skill Points per level increased.

There are some scenic wells in the game but they don't function. You need to dig for water in a green area with lots of ground cover: by hand (press X to lie down, LMB for minigame) or by Hovel (dig with shovel, LMB for minigame). Additionally, Barrels and Stone Reservoirs will fill with rain (even if you don't see the rain) and with a barrel you can fill waterskins and if you fit a pipe and a tap to a reservoir you can drink from it and fill waterskins.

Stick some of everything in the feeding trough.

One respec per level, up to 51, although they are adding 50 more levels I think.

Someone earlier this week says he ignores the reload mini-game because when he tested it, it made no difference to damage caused or anything. Whethere true or not I couldn't say, but might be worth a try.

What do you mean "good PC (1GB)"? You might think it's good, and it may well be, but the 1GB is puzzling. Some specifications may be of assistance. Anyhoo, I would open Steam, then Library, right click the game and go to Properties and Verify Local Files. If that doesn't fix it I would take a guess Steam is the root of the problem, and it might be worth a re-install over the top of your existing installation to see if that sorts it out.

Nine people in 3 claims sounds perfectly fine to me, whereas one person with 14 is most definitely not. I've already lost things out from under me, so I know the feeling and you have my sympathies, but I'm not about to shed any tears over Darcek "only" having 3 claims left out of 14.

Who would have thought the Chinese would teach someone a lesson in Karma and ethics in gaming! Justice served by the CHINESE. I never thought I'd see the day when I cheered on the Chinese.

So funny. Mate, you are PRICELESS!

I'm glad you lost them, to be honest. As mentioned above, greedy, selfish people like YOU caused so many new players problems. If "share" your land meant joining your company, and it must have done because other people couldn't have built there because it was your claim, screw that. I never thought I'd say this but, in this instance... GO, CLAIM-JUMPERS, GO!!!!

Yes, you can have more that two firearms equipped. One guy has the bow (essential) and 4 pistols on the toolbar. Pistol is great for when you get ambushed, and headshots are great. My very first shot with one killed a lvl 26 Croc instantly.

If you mean that stupid bloody grunt every time I use a hand tool I quite agree.. It's so repetitive, happening on every swing of an axe, etc. and I'd love to turn THAT off.

Mods for private servers. Why would anyone who doesn't want to use them care? If they want Steampunk pirates, fine. Classical Greek pirates, Space pirates, Hyborean pirates, anything goes on a private server

Bollocks. They pay for the server, players are guests there and nobody makes people play on it or stay on it. Ark does nothing about it because THEY aren't running the private servers and it's none of their affair. Personally I think a PRIVATE Admin can do what they like, when they like, how they like, and people can vote with their feet.

Specced pistols because I got a lot of points from a couple of Alphas and they are awesome. Still have the bow though, so slot 3 is bow, slot 4 and 5 are pistols.

"Luckily" I lost my claim a few days ago and I didn't rebuild because it was pointless. Time to go get some now... IF they actually HAVE fixed it. We shall see.

Not before damn time. Since I lost my claim to whatever the hell the claim bug is, it hasn't been worth heading out and claiming anything! Luckily I found a fantastic Lawless Isle to build on and stock up on new resources to start again.

That's all I'm there for. I was going to get supplies and sail on, but I'm happy settling there for a week or so, because the timer resets when you log in again. I'm the only player on two or three hundred yards of peninsula, though I can see shipyards further out. If my raft goes poof I'll build another raft if need be with a Tiny Shipyard. When I have enough basic supplies, fire arrows and a couple of pistols I'll head out. In the meantime, I'm treating it as a holiday.