Leenaya

The patch notes say they fixed an issue with the lighthouse thinking there was no one around to maintain it. I will assume that was the issue and build a new one.

Yes I am. I didnt see anything in patch notes. Pve server.

I had a lighthouse yesterday, I know I did because I had put oil into it so it was shining like a beacon of hope. Today I log in and the lighthouse is missing. This is bad. I knew that some of the trees in my area were not the same as the others, but I didnt know they were Ents. No other reason why the entire lighthouse would walk off. No log messages in my company either. Oil is cheap and so is a lighthouse, but I dont want to put one down only to have it walk off again. Though I also dont seem to be able to find the lighthouse engram anymore either. Maybe they made a mistake with the last patch and removed them from the game by accident.

I built my fort with trees growing up into the walls and silk plants in the courtyard. Dont have to leave the fort to get basic building materials. It looks funny, but the alternative would be allowing foundations to block resources spawning. The last time they did that entire islands went barren. Dont want to see that again. Plus with no way to police lawless pve for metal blocking, one group could grief the entire island by stopping all the spawns on purpose. Its best to let the grass grow and just plop down your buildings in a clear area if you want it tidy.

Today started the eggcellent event in Ark, but Atlas didnt get any such thing. I find that sad. The chickens should be laying colored eggs as they walk around. The rabbits should have little bags on their backs that have prize eggs with gold coins in them. The cows should get the same easter colors as the ARK dinos. Also would like to see the SOTD attack you with giant eggs instead of cannon balls. Why cant i cut down rushes and make easter baskets that I can fill with fun pirate gifts like glass eyes, peg legs, and hook hands? I also have not seen the special easter Kraken with giant bunny ears that stick out of the water to lure you in expecting a giant gift giving bunny. Now that I think about it, all those ideas are ridiculous which is probably why we got no event. Still, it would be interesting to see what the future holds for Atlas in terms of events. I am sure it will be fun. Zombie animals at Halloween perhaps? Every pirate needs an undead crew that works for brains after all. We already have undead treasure guardians so the models exist.

I always like building things in Atlas even though its mostly pointless, but now that I have finished the first part of my lawless fort and looked at it from a distance I am not happy. There should be more parts for building so you dont have to use doorframes on the top of the walls to fake having crenelations. Also would like bigger flags, and banners that can be custom painted. About 2-3 foundations wide and 4 long on banners would be good. One could argue that they have better things to do then make frufru decorations for a pve minority in a pvp game, but on the other hand in terms of pvp, nothing ruins a persons day better than having their beautiful defense network and perfectly laid out villages in burning ruins after a failed defense. Failure drives innovation. Here is my fort with the doorframes that I dont like. At some point I would like useless cannons on top because... cannons?

The population on my pve lawless grid is up to 45 or so. Highest I have seen since relaunch and its not even the weekend. The foundations are showing up, but its not a complete island cover yet. Pvp lawless, which he was asking about, does seem to be a death sentence. But then again the idea of lawless was to make a temporary place there. That idea just didn't translate to pve well since no one can shoot you anyway. All the good stuff about living for yourself and no drawbacks yet on pve lawless. Its a great place to build useless buildings. My fort is coming along well i think. Few more days to finish. Edit: Forgot to mention. There is no repair bill to maintain a base yet. If and when there is I am up the creek without a dingy. My forts outer walls alone is over 500 single walls. Add the 150+ outer wall foundations and the entire central keep tower... All of it in stone which takes metal to build as well... I dont even want to think about paying maintenance.

I wouldnt put it past the designers to look at the numbers and come to the wrong conclusion. I would think "Make claimed islands better" They will think "Nerf lawless!" Best not to spread around the tales of the golden lands of love, peace, harmony and friendship that is lawless.

Well lets see... Its pve, so I cant be raided for one. For another I build big because... I want too? Sounds good to me. Started a dock area between my two shipyards that will have small shanty town houses like in skyrim. Who will use them? No one, its just because.. I want too? Sounds like a good reason to me. If you have a better idea of what to do in pve other than build big impressive and useless structures please let me know. I stopped playing last time because I got my base done and couldnt think of anything else to do on pve. Edit: I see why you assumed I would be raided. He said on pvp server. My mistake. Still, lawless is the same on pve as on pvp i think. Never saw any difference.

I have been building a harbor fort with 9 towers, connecting walls, and a large central tower in lawless. As it stands right now I have found nothing I cant do in lawless. In fact its even better than before as now I have 10 days to log in rather then 4 before anyone can blow up my stuff. The only caution I would give is that its called lawless for a reason. You cant stop someone from building all around you and boxing you in. Cant stop people from dropping ugly buildings all over making the place look like Detroit or San Francisco. Not had this problem "yet" but its still early days. On a claimed island if you have a good overlord they can clean up that sort of mess.

Unless they change something major I probably wont bother starting over. I only play pve so its partly my fault for being bored I suppose. I built all the ships solo, got my little farm going and even had a small group of animals on standard rates. Then I logged in one day, looked around, and thought "Now what?" As far as I can tell the ptr pve server is exactly like the old server. Been there done that, ate the sandwich. Ark 2600 hours or so invested. Atlas 162 hours and ran out of things to do. But, to be fair as the brits say, most of my other steam games dont break 50 hours. So got my fun out of my purchase with no regrets.

Lost both my schooner and galleon hulls. Wasn't planning on building them thankfully. Still, annoying. I live in lawless if that makes a difference. Edit: Just as i was tabbed out typing this reply looking to see if anyone else on the forums lost hulls, the server seems to be down for me. I have no luck

I dont recall seeing a repair building as a choice to make. Also over the 2 hours at least there was no decay. The lion chewing on my door doesn't count

I have built my 9x3 house that has room for all crafting places, forge, loom, etc. I also built my small and large dockyard and laid the keels for a schooner and a galleon. Enough trees to build an entire galleon even on regular rates within render. Pure copper nodes i can walk to and silk enough for a hundred sails. This is all on a lawless island. I have seen no drawbacks for being on lawless yet. Its still early though. Always a chance something will go badly wrong with lawless when the big patch hits.

I have to say that even with it pooping out on me, I had fun. Got killed on the very first beach I went to while looking at a chicken. Then found a different place and built a schooner. Its very smooth when its up and running. Edit: While your waiting you can design a sail for your ship. Something that just screams "Your about to die" or some such. Or skull and crossbones if you lack imagination i guess. This was my old sail design.