Bowtie

Not surprising that a critic doesn't comprehend what they failed to read. Get a clue and go reread what I wrote about ship parts having a new value placed on them that the sum of which can increase a ships level cap. And if you lose a piece, you don't lose ship xp either. The current level cap for ships is too low, so that's why I've written about an idea that takes care of that, and also incentivizes the use of ship blue prints. Especially neglected ones like wooden ceilings, staircases, doors, ship resource box, larder, etc. Too many people are sailing in junky common ships, and they need a carrot on a stick to build finer ships.

I always thought this was a major pain point as well. If the hole is above the water line, then you aren't sinking.

O14 needs a reset, please. The fountain of youth is here, which is bringing players into a server that is stuck at a ping far beyond 255ms. The server has been stuck for hours, and the only thing working is chat, albeit very slowly.

I build a schooner out of legendary planks and decks with mythical sails and cannons. Because this ship is not some ordinary common ship, it should be capable of higher levels. A fine ship should be able to get a few more levels than a common, then journeyman higher than fine, etc. Maybe give point scores to ship pieces, and as the score goes up, so does the level cap. Kinda like discovery points.

That is a major bummer cuz I just hit 90 and got to the powerstones pedastal without trouble. Would have been such a nice rejuvenation.

Oh, well then! The fountain probably won't even be here when that happens. Thank you.

How long is a year? I've been hiding on this island for two hours as age 89... C'mon birthday! Hurry up!

By using land ownership as the criteria for Top Companies in Atlas, you have given good reason for companies to hog as much land as possible, which is in direct opposition to helping new companies and new players find a place to have fun. You should reward players being beneficent and generous to others. It doesn't matter that this is a "pirate" game; pirates are bad people and the entire premise is harmful to people by encouraging them to treat each other poorly or to become victims of evil actions. That is, if you, Grapeshot want more players in your game, you're gonna have to balance Good and Evil to maximize population, or face the fact that your game will be super-niche. The larger a participating population becomes, the more important it becomes to promote and enforce good morals, ethics, and civilization in order to support the longevity of said population. Right now, the Top Companies are those whom are the most evil, and their behavior is harmful to a the concept of a larger variety of players playing this game for extended periods of time and enjoying it, and spreading the word of the fun they are having.

How am I going to get 200% stats by the time Early Access ends? That's one of the major reasons I kept playing; to have that when the game launches completely.

For trips I know are a straight shot, I use the triple MasterCraft speed sail brig. Shoot out there with the wind, park for an hour, shoot back. If I'm going on extended trips, that will include all kinds of wind, I will use the mythical handling sail brig. The sails are so good that the wind is always full green at any Angle and I can sail anywhere at an above average rate. It would lose a drag race, but overall it's the fastest and most manueverable, which is key for avoiding SODs and tricky parking.

OP posted in the PvE forum; raiding isn't an issue here.

I am using a mythical large handling sail as my main drive on a schooner and love it; the wind Angle is never anything but green now, so my average speed for a non-stop ship is higher than anyone with standard speed sails. I basically never have to worry about wind direction ever again.

Adding the rare resources (looking at you, bamboo) to the trader is huge, to me, so thank you. Now how about the missing keratinoid category?

As long as it doesn't affect damage to SODs

I think the club blueprint is supposed to be hatchet, but Devs haven't noticed or decided to fix yet. It doesn't make sense to have a club blueprint in Atlas when it's strictly an ARK item.

Cruise at the same speed as the whale, so you kite it effectively, then get off the helm and fire the harpoons yourself.

I will keep getting that FOY buff every month because two years from now it will be Rejuvenated Level 24, so 240% better stats. Yes, I will be playing this two years from now.

Is anyone even sailing? This isn't ARK, people; get out of your base. How are you going to get to level 70+ and build ships out of legendary and mythic parts if you sit in your base...

To reiterate what was said; discovery points raise your eligible level to Max of 101 if you get all of them. Ship level cap is 41, unfortunately.

Aaannnddd back down again.

It's up! I'm in as usual. It appears steam did figure out what was wrong and fixed it.

I'm rolling around L12 freeport on PvP as a level 1, so I'm connecting and playing there just fine. @Dollie you sure it's steam and not something with Atlas servers being unable to process certain characters under specific behavior? Some were disconnected mid-play on land, on ship, transferring servers, teleporting to beds, or just logging in for the first time today.

There was an issue with boats disappearing... did the patch just delete our characters so the server doesn't even who to "invite" to the server??

I got the patch, but have not been able to log in since prior to the patch; sometime last night around 11pm PST is when I last logged in. I didn't change bed, maps, or get on or off a ship. I didn't even play yet. But, I can make a brand new level 1 on NA PvP and play just fine.

That's distressing.