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Range of anchor is super limited on sloop. So much so that I have to "almost" beach my sloop to use the anchor. I don't have to have the longest anchor in the world... just a useful one

Man, I found myself thinking that this morning. But I hate the idea of becoming that type of player.. /sigh

Am I in the wrong forum place for posts by devs??!

It's sad that it takes griefing for someone to come and make a post on the forums. Maybe this is what it takes to get changes made! Sorry that you too have had ships sunk, sucks!

Do changes made to PVE servers impact PVP servers? I wonder if the PINless lock systems are not applied to PVE servers b/c of concerns of bleed over; or vise versa.

I guess I don't understand the pleasure derived from sinking (non blocking) ships. We don't have land. We are in a lawless zone, and just trying to keep things going. To just come by and sink ships seems strange to me. I don't have an Ark background, so I don't know why some kind of system that was used in Ark was not applied to this game. However, I'm guessing they must have a reason for not including it in the game; knowing the same prior issues were in Ark to some degree.

Good find! Hopefully they are going to do something very soon about it!

Lost a ship this morning. It was parked by our shipyard. Someone decided they didn't like it for whatever reason.. and poof, all that work gone. I agree, please do something to stop the sinking of ships on pve, and something to help those that get blocked in. It's getting old, quickly!

I think this is what they are trying to prevent with the change... but this seems to be more of a hacking issue, which battleye might detect and ban if actually used.

lol totally agree. I think they have so many fires to put out, that they opt for the quick fix, not the optimal fix.

I believe this "fix" is due to some person(s) mowing down people repeatedly (rapid fire) with fire arrows; and from a distance. Thus the changes to stop these player(s) from griefing.

Holy Merde!!

Interesting! Thanks for the info. Totally clueless, and that was a few years back that it was purchased.

Add in the VPN route, and while not everyone will get in, enough still will. This company is owned by a Chinese company? I thought they were based out of WA, just a few miles from where I live... /shrug who knew!

I was thinking about this when I first started playing... I told my friend, why wouldn't someone just wait at the zone line and attack ships when they zone in? Not sure how WoW works, but I think like a 5 to 10 second count down timer to become attackable would be a start toward this surprise of 3 SotD waiting for you. I do admit I like the idea of not knowing what's on the other side. But yeah, it's hard to progress if you're sunk upon arrival in the new zone!

Because I have limited time to poke around in the game, I think that's what keeps me coming back (the break or away time to not be pissed off lol). Over the holidays, I took a few days off, played most days, and felt like I was wasting my time with the cycle of: gather, build, die, die by predator, gather, sail, ship sunk (by griefer)... start over. And because I don't come with an Ark background or history, I'm hoping that with all the potential, this game will become something better.

Interesting... I may sail over to see what the hell is going on!

How, or what method are they using to "block" the tile?

Help me understand how he was stealing resources? Are players only to travel to, and harvest in non-claimed areas? And how can he get his ship out now, beg? Just seems like damned if you do, damned if you don't.

If it is indeed this mentioned above, maybe have one of you on EU server and the other on NA server? This would work if sharing a PC.

I believe he was just stating an observation that rightly or wrongly is his experience. I'm going to go out on limb, because I don't know for sure, but I think he's not agreeing with it per se.

Never played Ark, or anything made by this company... but I am curious and want to understand the player base and those who come from an Ark background. If you dislike the company and they have a past history of (fill in the blank), why purchase Atlas on early access? Was it just hoping it would change or be a different thing? I guess ultimately I am wondering what I'm in for, as I struggle with the gather, build, lose it all, start over game play and don't know if my hopes are misplaced.

Hi! I didn't read your post... and decided I would just type whatever, made up, nonsense that came in my mind at the moment. "players that I know" seems to have lost its meaning... sigh