travis843

Ok i know new skills are being added. But is a characyer wipe really necessary? Is this a wipe of xp or a reset? Devs i think this is one of the biggest issues and reasons people are leaving. Everyone who reads this and replys give reasons you left if you no longer play. I played today and in lawless regions everything is demolishable and tames are claimable because people have left over a week ago. While i like the idea of new skills, i just hate to have to start fresh. Devs if its a character wipe, and there is no way to save progress, maybe you can implement an xp or discovery point boost token that can be bought in freeports and maybe looted in shipwrecks. I personally have discovered half of the pve map and did so because of the incentive, but if a wipe is going to wipe all that away, theres just no reason to do it knowing there will be future wipes. if you are lifting the fog of war just do away with discovery points and make the max level 100 to start. Just make another system or give a permanent stat buff in place of discovery points. Kind of like the fountain of youth buffs. Since they are stackable, just use discovery points to allow more stacks of rejuvination buffs. Just some ideas i had and maybe you thought of this already, but you seem to encourage ideas so i share them. Devs really need to find out what about the wipe is making people leave or is it new exploits? This game was booming before and now its like Chernobyl with only plants,animal and very few humans. Only way i can describe it. There is only negative reviews and as a buyer, if i wasnt already a player and was looking for a game, the bad reviews alone is enough to keep me from even looking at the game page.

Ok devs may have officially killed the game, atleast in PVE. I counted a total of 24 players online across 16 servers, just wow. It used to be jumping on weekends. No need for server improvements if the servers arent used. In PVP i counted about a 160 total across all 178 servers. Yes some servers had 0 players. I would submit a pic but there is not enough upload space. I think the threat of character wipe kaybe even the loss of tames and ships may have driven them off. I know other games have released but man is it dead in pve. I feel so lonely with no one to chat with lol. I play half as much now as i used to mainly because i know my almost 500 hrs of struggle and progress will be gone in seconds.....still makes me sad and it hasn't even happened yet. This doesnt need to be just another version of ARK.

Love that you are implementing a secure trading system for the shops in Freeport. It would be so great to have a vending table that will have a inventory menu and price of each item for purchase and a small like resources box that the gold can go into. I'm sure this is probably the idea the dams have anyways LOL. I agree that alliances shouldn't be done away with and possibly increase the number of alliances so the whole island can watch out for one another and it promotes cooperation and communication. And maybe even have a way for those alliances to eject a problematic company from an island. You guys seem to be getting back to the right path and back on track with the game just keep up the good work. And again please find a way to save character progress unless the character wipe was misunderstood.

I like the fact they listen to the players at times. But so the devs know, i think most of us care more about out character progress, maybe a little more than land. I mean if its a reset to where i have to redistribute skill points then ok i can live with that. But if i start out at lvl 1 again this game is over for me. If you find a way we can upload our character progress or anything like that I think it will bring a lot of people back to the game especially in PVE. I believe the loss of character progress is making most of the PVE and maybe other servers quit the game. I still play hoping I won't lose my progress but I am the only one on the server where my claim is most of the time and the neighboring grids. When I have to choose a new server I see no more than 5 people on One server and the rest have one person on them. I can almost guarantee as a player if you can find a way to save character progress it will bring players back. I really have lost the motivation to play or really do anything but I enjoy the game and the graphics slash beauty of each island. So if the character reset is a misunderstanding please specify. But if progress is being reset and we're going to lose all discovery points and everything please try to find a way to save it and maybe even save the game from dying out. I'm in a small company but no one in my company but me plays anymore since the announcement. I will be happy to provide any feedback or input that is needed from a player standpoint.

Well there you have it. From what i read 90% are against this wipe. I am with the pve crowd bc i enjoyed the game through all its bugs and exploits the where i lost a ship bc someone decided to overweight and sink it. I was ready to quit with each stupid loss of a ship. But losing all my character progress will make me quit and never and i mean never will i buy any game affiliated or products affiliated with this company and sister companies. A wipe is a step in the wrong direction and while they may please the whiney pvp or land babies. I mean no offense bc i got the game on day 2 of the release and it took 4 days of sailing before i found the nicest island with all good neighbors. It was there i learned more about the game than i ever would have being solo. But since the update i have seen foundation spamming on multiple islands in lawless regions. I will take screenshots the next time i explore and find them. One of the spammers was preventing a really nice and large fort from being completed. So im just one player but weapon damage needs to be fixed or maybe the biggest thing i see is pvp and pve should be seperate then you can appeal to both player types. Give me new content and leave things as is pre v20 update in pve. Open player designed mods and use them as Bethesda did in Fallout 4 and Skyrim. This is the only player input the game needs. Just design player and weapon damage as you see fit. Just make it more realistic guns vs arrows.

Well there you have it. From what i read 90% are against this wipe. I am with the pve crowd bc i enjoyed the game through all its bugs and exploits the where i lost a ship bc someone decided to overweight and sink it. I was ready to quit with each stupid loss of a ship. But losing all my character progress will make me quit and never and i mean never will i buy any game affiliated or products affiliated with this company and sister companies. A wipe is a step in the wrong direction and while they may please the whiney pvp or land babies. I mean no offense bc i got the game on day 2 of the release and it took 4 days of sailing before i found the nicest island with all good neighbors. It was there i learned more about the game than i ever would have being solo. But since the update i have seen foundation spamming on multiple islands in lawless regions. I will take screenshots the next time i explore and find them. One of the spammers was preventing a really nice and large fort from being completed. So im just one player but weapon damage needs to be fixed or maybe the biggest thing i see is pvp and pve should be seperate then you can appeal to both player types. Give me new content and leave things as is pre v20 update in pve. Open player designed mods and use them as Bethesda did in Fallout 4 and Skyrim. This is the only player input the game needs. Just design player and weapon damage as you see fit. Just make it more realistic gund vs arrows.

Well there you have it. From what i read 90% are against this wipe. I am with the pve crowd bc i enjoyed the game through all its bugs and exploits the where i lost a ship bc someone decided to overweight and sink it. I was ready to quit with each stupid loss of a ship. But losing all my character progress will make me quit and never and i mean never will i buy any game affiliated or products affiliated with this company and sister companies. A wipe is a step in the wrong direction and while they may please the whiney pvp or land babies. I mean no offense bc i got the game on day 2 of the release and it took 4 days of sailing before i found the nicest island with all good neighbors. It was there i learned more about the game than i ever would have being solo. But since the update i have seen foundation spamming on multiple islands in lawless regions. I will take screenshots the next time i explore and find them. One of the spammers was preventing a really nice and large fort from being completed. So im just one player but weapon damage needs to be fixed or maybe the biggest thing i see is pvp and pve should be seperate then you can appeal to both player types. Give me new content and leave things as is pre v20 update in pve. Open player designed mods and use them as Bethesda did in Fallout 4 and Skyrim. This is the only player input the game needs. Just design player and weapon damage as you see fit. Just make it more realistic gund vs arrows. Well there you have it. From what i read 90% are against this wipe. I am with the pve crowd bc i enjoyed the game through all its bugs and exploits the where i lost a ship bc someone decided to overweight and sink it. I was ready to quit with each stupid loss of a ship. But losing all my character progress will make me quit and never and i mean never will i buy any game affiliated or products affiliated with this company and sister companies. A wipe is a step in the wrong direction and while they may please the whiney pvp or land babies. I mean no offense bc i got the game on day 2 of the release and it took 4 days of sailing before i found the nicest island with all good neighbors. It was there i learned more about the game than i ever would have being solo. But since the update i have seen foundation spamming on multiple islands in lawless regions. I will take screenshots the next time i explore and find them. One of the spammers was preventing a really nice and large fort from being completed. So im just one player but weapon damage needs to be fixed or maybe the biggest thing i see is pvp and pve should be seperate then you can appeal to both player types. Give me new content and leave things as is pre v20 update in pve. Open player designed mods and use them as Bethesda did in Fallout 4 and Skyrim. This is the only player input the game needs. Just design player and weapon damage as you see fit. Just make it more realistic gund vs arrows.

Well there you have it. From what i read 90% are against this wipe. I am with the pve crowd bc i enjoyed the game through all its bugs and exploits the where i lost a ship bc someone decided to overweight and sink it. I was ready to quit with each stupid loss of a ship. But losing all my character progress will make me quit and never and i mean never will i buy any game affiliated or products affiliated with this company and sister companies. A wipe is a step in the wrong direction and while they may please the whiney pvp or land babies. I mean no offense bc i got the game on day 2 of the release and it took 4 days of sailing before i found the nicest island with all good neighbors. It was there i learned more about the game than i ever would have being solo. But since the update i have seen foundation spamming on multiple islands in lawless regions. I will take screenshots the next time i explore and find them. One of the spammers was preventing a really nice and large fort from being completed. So im just one player but weapon damage needs to be fixed or maybe the biggest thing i see is pvp and pve should be seperate then you can appeal to both player types. Give me new content and leave things as is pre v20 update in pve. Open player designed mods and use them as Bethesda did in Fallout 4 and Skyrim. This is the only player input the game needs. Just design player and weapon damage as you see fit. Just make it more realistic gund vs arrows.

I have fallen from my ship while walking the deck as the ship moves. Ive had tames fall from my ships especially when i log in. Tames and ai crew will be at the bottom of the ocean or i completely lose them as the bounce off into the sky. Hitboxes with any snake or cobra are way too small. Through all of this, losing tames and ships i stuck it out. If it takes a wipe to fix these issues i could understand but a wipe all didnt fix Ark, it just drove people to quit or play in unofficial servers. There are many other collision bugs, but the claim system was headed in a good direction. Please just find a way, if any to wipe inactive claims, or reduce the active claims to 24 hour upkeep and require a minimum upkeep timer so people cant just fast travel to a bed and reset it. That way if you have a big company, all will have to travel to and use the land they claimed. Many have quit due to expoits that have been fixed but a big issue is the fire arrow nerf and it was nerfed so much that fist do more damage per second. Then you reduced burning oil which was even worse. I mean a arrow does as much damage as a flintlock? Damage system and weapons need a revamp more than claims but the collision issue should be the first thing. This is my opinion and i loved the game through all the bugs and it was headed in the right direction but this just seems like a move to the toilet. Just seconds away from being buried in a garbage dump as the atari game ET. This game can be so much bigger than ark if bugs are fixed and add some decorative and functional items are added to crafting. Freepainting ship hulls and bigger cages for big tames. Different style chairs with benches. Displayable map and different style beds for ships and hammocks for crews. Plates,bowls and cups for dining tables. Placeable food or meals at tables. Vending tables so players can purchase items from each other and see whats on the table to buy, pun intended. Then they can see the price and when they buy the gold can go into a chest for the seller to collect. That way they wont have to be online to deal. Add new sail types and shapes and ships of diffrent designs so all ships dont look like bigger versions of a dingy. Add frigates and whaler ships for whale hunting. Ships of the damned shouldnt attack unarmed ships. Since they will be in packs, allow the player to use ai crew to command more than one ship so that if they are solo they can sail in a group of 2 or more. I could go one all night and the ideas are endless. Like having pirates or factions controlled by ai so there are more ships than SoDs. There is so much more to be done and possibilities are endless to bring players back to the game, opposite of the ones that have been driven off so far.

It was a good game while it lasted. Could have been a great game but they chose to make it just another Ark. Thanks for this and its why i and many left Ark.

I always thought a claim wipe was necessary to rid of people who dont play. There should be a gold upkeep and i know they plan to add it after the update, but they should have lowered the claim time way before now to like no less that 24 hours and make you have to do more than just stepping or camping on your claims to keep them. I have 400+ hours in and if i lose tames and character progress i am done. I have a galley, 2 brigs and a schooner i would sacrifice for the greater good but thats it. I have thought of quitting so many times but things seem to get better, but this total wipe is uncalled for and i will definately just go back to ark when i want a grind game fix. Devs fixed the SoD spawns and then screwed them up again so with the track record they have from my experience, i know it will be time to just give up on the game if i lose all my discovery and lvl progress. That is all i have to say about this.

They should already see that due to their "improvements" over half of the players have left the game. I was in a company of only 8 and all have stopped playing but me. I mean they nerf fire arrows to where fist do more damage which is just pure stupidity and firearms have about the same damage as a common arrow. How much more stupid can this game get?........oh wait let wipe all the progress of the loyal players and see how many more will quit. First it was chinese expoits now its dev rapage. This game should be a 5 dollar add on to ark. I was enjoying this game for like 3 weeks since i got it but it became too much of a grind. Now all the hard work its rewarded by poop thrown im my face by the alpha monkeys. I see no more than 3 people on any given server for the past few weeks then, this wipe is announced and im the only one on. I used to get on and sail to regions and the chatbox was always full of people chatting and now its a ghost town. The gold rush is over i guess. This is a real joke of a game but could have been great and if they continue at this rate, this game will be the modern version of ET on the Atari aka the biggest game mistake of all time. But lets not listen to loyal players, only the babys who got the game a week ago and whine bc they cant find land. I bought this game 2 days after release and if you were lucky you could find a small corner after searching a few days. A wipe is NOT the answer. Just shorten the time to maintain claims and implement the upkeep, so those who log on once a week just to keep the land have to acually play or lose it. But to start with, with all the nerfs and exploits that happen with each update, fix whats broken so those players will return.

I always thought a claim wipe was necessary to rid of people who dont play. There should be a gold upkeep and i know they plan to add it after the update, but they should have lowered the claim time way before now to like no less that 24 hours and make you have to do more than just stepping or camping on your claims to keep them. I have 400+ hours in and if i lose tames and character progress i am done. I have a galley, 2 brigs and a schooner i would sacrifice for the greater good but thats it. I have thought of quitting so many times but things seem to get better, but this total wipe is uncalled for and i will definately just go back to ark when i want a grind game fix. Devs fixed the SoD spawns and then screwed them up again so with the track record they have from my experience, i know it will be time to just give up on the game if i lose all my discovery and lvl progress. That is all i have to say about this.

I've searched online and haven't found anyone with this issue. I loaded my elephant on my ship (brig) 100 times and sometimes it would be half way through the roof but as long as I switched it back to the schooner it was ok. The last time I selected the option to load it on my ship it just disappeared, not glitched into the ship anywhere, just gone. Now sometimes when running upstairs on my ship I fall out the bottom of it. These are all bugs I never experienced until now. Just putting it out there because I know devs are working hard to solve all issues but if they aren't known, they cant be fixed.