Indywoodtiger

Not a bad idea in concept but it has one fatal flaw I hate to point out. If it takes my 6 hours to log in after they implement it, then by there set up someone can have all my boats sunk even though I am a daily player and except for the Golden ruins sloop use all mine frequently

I actually prefer the current state as I like to just stock 1 and let neighbors feed off it. Easier then running from one to another constantly checking to make sure everyone has enough. I assume OP is in a company that other players ships are leeching and is causing more work then his crew needs. The thought that comes to mind though would be that beloved saying: There is no "I" in team.

It is one of the more difficult aspects of foolery I have experienced in game. All the time and energy invested in traveling, finding, and taming only to have them murdered in "safety". now I just put them on Neutral and deal with the dino ball. It's annoying but better then losing all my tames

I have had a new neighbor show up and next thing I know they circled my base with large gates and rain barrels. Submitted a ticket waiting to see if anything happens. If it remains I think i will move on to something else, I didn't sink 350 hours on a PVE server just to have to start over on account of players acting a fool. Of course as it is in lawless i will be logging on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday to make sure the base stays active.

Too late

Not to kill your joy but i have lost a couple of bears and a tiger using the send to ship method as well. It's always a risk no matter how you do it unless you have a dock you can walk off of. The Devs need to fix this

This is what forums should be, someone else letting me know about their wasted time and materials to save me from same fate.

Let's face it, FoY quest is a train wreck under a mudslide covered by an avalanche. Even in concept it is horribly flawed, as how did they expect anything other then what we have to occur. The enemies are overpowered and are in too large a number to fight, evasion only way and virtually impossible through most of it. Take the fact that they had to know we would park a bajillion boats for fast travel and you have a tailor fit nightmare for the community that we have to periodically go through. Not cool Grapshot, not cool at all bro. On the other hand it was a masterful troll on us....

Sounds like you were running too fat to evade, yet not enough to battle. I have been seen in the fat category to be throwing mats and shot off my diving platform to increase speed to make sure I didn't lose it all.

Multiple ways for newbie to get started. One way is to find one of these islands and talk to the company that spammed the island. I know a few who did it to keep people from overcrowding. Believe it or not but many will build on land with no regard to others, to my East and South of my base is a complete 180 from each other. West I secured with my neighbor using foundations, the other I thought was covered by that neighbor only to find that now I can't access that side of the island at all due to the enormous gating of new tenant. Second is to use the Ramshackle Sloop to sail to Claims, they are out there. can be discouraging to find sometimes but I usually look even though I have little desire for it unless my company wants it. This game isn't for people who want to be in a Gally the first week. It's a slow grueling pace unless you are in one of the top staffed outfits. Best they learn that quickly so they can decide if they want to keep investing time.

My exact initial thought

Both Friday night and now I am unable to rejoin after getting timed out while sailing. I spent about 2 hours Friday night trying and so far an hour today and all i get is timed out after trying to join. This is getting to the breaking point, its one thing to get booted and another to get bent over.

See thats the problem, its not building smart here that will save you. You have to think ahead of what they will conceive next to truly protect yourself. There is ZERO justification to keep exploiters on a public server. i have tended to stay away from public servers as I did in Ark on account of this type of player. I come to gaming to relieve the stress of my real life which can be daunting, and to act as if I should worry about someone exploiting to my detriment is sad at best. You seem to be the one who points out that if the victim would not have decent cutlery then the murderer wouldn't have been able to stab them so efficiently, so clearly people should just use sporks.

I am more and more starting to believe that on line games are only for the very toxic players of the world. No matter where I go you can not avoid people being complete fools for no reason other than they enjoy making people as miserable as apparently they must be irl. I seriously doubt devs will help in your situation as they clearly do not want us camped in Lawless and will no doubt consider that a good reason for you to go to another island they approve of.

To point out the simple argument here: I did not purchase a game with the intent of playing PvE (which assumes that all i have to worry about it the planned AI encounters) to actually spend my time building and maintaining defensive measures against other players actions. if that is what I am lowered to then i am not playing as a pirate, but as a military general.

I think you messed up who to steal from as a pirate. Take a remedial course in debauchery and try again.

I was traveling on Hydras Den from K9 to K8 and timed out last night, I tried for about half an hour repeatedly but every time I tried logging in I was timed out instead. My crew mate could access the sails of the boat but not the wheel, which i was on. This morning I still have been timed out the first 8 times. What can I do about this as it is killing me

you win a cigar

hate to point out but isnt this what they are planning on late Feb Update.

Devs, Do Not Wipe the Servers. That is too much like a drug, once they start it'll be frequent

Thats absolutely and totally BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pretty sure we had 7 last night for about 15 minutes

to the OP I would say that the new timer sux for thee but its great for me.

Yeah, nothing lasts that long that they can fend off starvation for a month.

After thousands of hours in Ark I sighed and took some asprin to stave off the headache I knew would arrive when I saw my first Giant Snake.

So your "fix" is for people on a PvE server to adapt to playing as if it were PvP?!?!? That makes zero sense: all of the headaches and misery, yet none of the chance for the good.