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1 hour ago, Willard said:

And those changes are in favor of megacompanies how? How are lawless animals, sotds levels etc. connected to big companies?  solo players can't claim an island? What a surprise man, what a surprise. Are you sure you understand landlord/tenant system which is in this game from the very beginning? Do you understand as a solo player you can live on someone elses island without paying any taxes because they are additive in PvE? 

Im sorry man but you completely lack knowledge.

 

when you have 30 or more people looking for an island it is easier to find and whenever I find a map that delivers a good amount of gold it only points to the non-lawless islands.

maybe you do not know a player solo can only have islands of 15 or 24 points. a larger company has a option of claim an island of 81 island points or choose several with 24.

I do not mind not having an island enough but now they want to force anyone living in lawless to live on the island of third party nerf gold and animals in Lawless. already tried to do this with resources respawn before.

the mega does not seem to be the villains here but it was said that this game would be accessible to everyone but the changes that were made are focused on larger groups.

I just do not want to be punished by choosing to live in lawless with LESS XP, Animals and Gold.

12 hours ago, Willard said:

Can you specify some of these changes for megatribes and streamers? I see only 1 giod for big tribes and it was 75 company limit instead of 50. 

When I talk about big companies I'm talking about 30 or more people not just 100~500 players.

Available clainmable islands - 
Almost no island available for someone to claim to play solo this new system is perfect if you have a island but whoever does not will never have one now since there is always infinite gold for the owners of the islands to maintain their lands and just log in every 10 days dont need to play lool.

Lawless -

SOD low level only with lv 1~15.

It practically does not have aggressive animals now (except polar) and the ones that have are always the LV. 1~11.
No Alpha animals that can give enough alot of XP by killing them.
Maps with quality 0.5 in Lawless.
Treasures no longer double gold and XP in event.
Treasures almost always on very high mountains making it impossible to use animals to quietly kill soldiers of AoD.

no big cannons on deck if you play with friends is good batlle with SOTD but if you play solo it's a bit frustrating (I liked that) and  has a chance and spending a lot of time fighting with same SOTD squad increases the chances of your game crash in the middle of a fight there goodbye your ship.

are some of the things I can remember right now and everything I say here is based on PVE.

1 hour ago, LouDy said:

Can't play for more than 20min without crashing or get into large island like the one in D4... Need help.

something similar happened to me and I lost a galleon because of this shit

3 hours ago, Tezcatlipoca said:

2x I was kicked off the ship now in that fucking bossfight because she thought it was great that all ships were kicked around dumbly during the phase change. Such crappy mechanics are annoying enough, but not being able to spawn on his ship for 40 minutes and not getting anything in the end, even though the group has made it, is just the biggest crap you can imagine.

Unfortunately, you did not learn anything from Ark and deliver the same shit here as there. The hardware goes to its knees, the mechanics and content walls are sneaky and the bottom line is that everything is designed for these stupid megatribes. I pay you to keep me entertained, not for you to annoy me! 5 hours for nothing ... 

The priority here is to nerf and make life difficult for solo / small groups. Do not fix stupid bugs that have been in the game since day 1 as bugged hitbox, ramdon game crash ...

Almost all changes in the game are meant to please large groups and streamers.

1 hour ago, Daish said:

why would u have a galleon as a solo player

It's true who plays solo can only have a sloop . The problem is not the Galleon but the crap of the crash game and then the server shit will not let you log in again.

today I was sailing on the A5 with my galleon a squad of SOTD began to chase my ship it was frozen in the sea and the cannon did not shoot shortly after the game crashed I spent almost ten minutes trying to log in into the game again but infinity loading screen remained, and when I finally join the ship had already been sunk by SOTD.

That was the greatest cowardice I ever suffered playing this game, not letting me even have a chance to fight just to hold me outside of game while I lost everything. I am a solo player and I spent many hours taming the elephant, bear and making my galleon for a bug take everything from me. 

Hey @Dollie or @JatheishI  have two questions::

1. Official servers will go they shutdown to PTR ?
2. After this new PTR the servers will be wiped or progress in PTR will not be lost ?

19 minutes ago, Willard said:

You can kill them with normal ship cannons on the back as a solo player. I do that without any problems. You still outrange sotds. 

True but I think it's a matter of time for them to withdraw it too, I was in a Golden Age today trying their luck with a brigantine and I saw a pack of SOTD Lv.36 ~ 56 with few shots they destroyed three plank from my ship.

I really agree to remove the minigames to reload firearms and increase damage, to me for now the firearms are almost useless, I heavily prefer my legendary bow, if you try to fight with alpha tiger with a rifle you're screwed. minigame + slow reload + lag is a big combo.... Unless you have some high level armor of course.

Make the high-level blueprint of the tools bit more easier to find I agree.

But nerf the Tamed Animals do not agree, before they complained that their animals had no chance against the wild Alpha and devs nerf Wild Alpha and now that the game is a little more balanced they want to nerf the Tames.

Do you spend hours looking for your favorite animal foods/seeds and a few more hours looking for that Animal Lv.30 that you both wanted animals to leave at home as a trophy?

the devs made very cool changes in the latest upgrades like rebalancing the Golden Age that no one could get there because of the insane amount of high lv creatures. and mythical.

They increase the pay interval to the crew which was great.

I just did not like the large cannon changes that are now almost inutile, just limiting the amount depending on the type of ship however... (PVE, but in PVP have other issues).

From what I see they are only worried about Realism (ATLAS NOT A SIMULATOR and only convince me otherwise if anyone here already tame a wild bear or lion once in a lifetime).....

Some people may find that these battles as they occur in "Pirates of the Caribbean" were the most common thing in the world in a few centuries ago, who was the mad man who risks his crew, ship and cargo in the middle of the Pacific or Atlantic ocean to sink a ship that did not know if it carried gold or was empty.

The real world is not full of islands one neighbor of the other as in Atlas.

They had something far more important to worry about, illness, hunger or storms.

and I think if a pirate owned a large cannons to put on his ship's deck he would go for as many as possible to win the battle would not think he was cheating some moral code of not making a "shotgun of cannons" in the end he would steal the other ship do not do charity.

Maybe if only the number of large cannons on the deck of the ship would be limited?

I always used 7 large cannons in the brigantine and 14 in the galleon in the back,  everything will be cool, I am going to exchange 14 large cannons for 28 smalls still realistic 

Just now, Daemon Cross said:

Those who’ve been a part of these forums for awhile and have seen my previous post already knows I don’t pvp.  

 So your saying pve players ( solo pve players) can’t take on the SOTD without front or rear facing cannons?  Rethink your fighting technique and I’m sure you can come up with a way you can. You may have your render distance to close otherwise just plan your attack. I carry normally 6 gp’s and 4 rp’s, extra steering wheel, bucket and repair hammer with plenty of resources for bad situations. I also place all points into Sturdiness and skill up the reduced sinking rate. I’ve sailed a long way with what appeared to be just the skeleton of the ship. It sank of course but it was still amazing. 

I even understand your point of view you seem to like a more realistic battle but this is not a simulator of naval battles.

I always prepare myself before battling with ships in the Golden Age I have almost 2k hours in this game and I never lost a ship and I visited the forum since Day 1 of this game but most of the time as a spectator I am not a newbie here.

my NPC crew has better armor than mine and I never leave the game before repairing every part of my Ships.

the render distance of the SOTD was greatly reduced, probably to "optimize" the game...

the SOTD Galleons appear very close to you and they detect the animals on the ship's deck from an even greater distance.

Would you like to know already that you play in the PVE what you order or it disrupts your gameplay in knowing that your neighbor owns cannons in the back or front of the ships?

Just now, Nokim said:

These changes are really bad, nerfing positioning as well as reducing their damage.

they should have doubled the weight of large cannons on top deck or gave them some sort of increased decay rate or both and that would have balanced the use of them topside.

for all of you pointing out that its more realistic. keep in mind there is little to nothing realistic about this game.

submarines, torpedeos, mythical fantasy creatures. face the thruth, this is not a pirate ship game, its a pirate "themed" game and don't forget about the futuristic looking, non sail using nuclear powered sods.

if they expect people to shoot lvl 55+ sods broadside they need to get rid of SOD clusters and go back to single sod ships roaming. not even a galleon will stand a change in a broadside fight vs 2 lvl 58sods, AND MAKE THEM SHOOT ONLY BROADSIDE TOO!!.

All they did was make it impossible for a single player to solo any high lvl sods. Unless they start providing us with NPCs we can use to do ship repairs while still sailing. In the form of a skill or something. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exactly and they say that the game must be more "realistic"... but that of you here already did it in the life?

Just now, Daemon Cross said:

Those of you saying you can’t fight SOTD groups without front or rear facing cannons need to come sail with some of us who do.  Those who say it can’t be done shouldn’t get in the way of those who are already doing it.

If you are talking about PVP I can agree with you as I said in my post. but what or who prevents you from continuing what you always did if you play PVE?

Just now, Mithrian said:

ROFL...Someone should have told me and the folks I play with.  I cleaned three grids of squads in my brig last night...and it ONLY has medium cannons in gunports.  

You sail with some competence and you kill them...

yes but since someone who started a game on that weekday can not be as competent as you?

And by all means cleaning a grid with SOTD Level 1 is completely different from a Golden Age

Nobody dares to think about others even is that old phrase that says:

"First me, second me, third me" and fu** all the rest

I understand that these changes will be relevant to balance the PVP mode but in the PVE mode will only be to frustrate and with that to amaze even more players.

You playing solo with your brigantine/schonner come across five SOTD that come out of nowhere because of reduced view distance and lose everything ...

They should try to balance/improve the small cannons not do these shit.

These devs seem to want to get rid of the players at all costs on their own. Fixing the bugs that have been there since day 1 is left out but fuc*** with the solo players is the priority.

I now doubt who will be able to fight with SOTD Squad in the Golden Age alone now.

How place large cannons now?

Hey I have some suggestions to do however in the moment just remember this,  when remember I update here:

Claim Flag System - 

+ Decrease the Island Points value of some islands to allow solo players or small groups to own an island, some grids have only large islands and no one can place claim flag ?

Freeport NPC Store - 

+ Allow the player to create their own customizable NPC Crew as well as creating their character with an additional gold cost ?

Structures -

+ Allow to place the bookshelf on the ship in places with only one height wooden wall (this was possible before) ?

Quality Of Life - 

+ Disable the new structures check system on the official network, this actually limits the creativity of players when creating their castles.

+ Allow again on the official network NPC Crew to be placed in a cannon or just transport NPC Crew and Animals on Cargo Cart at least in PVE mode, currently this skill is useless if you are a solo player

+ Allow to repair the cloth of the sails again using the wooden hammer at least in the PVE since I understand that this must have been removed perhaps for being part of the strategy of combat of ships in the PVP mode.

+ Make the NPC crew a little more useful by letting them fix anything on the ship using the items in the resource box while docked. This could be defined by a player Skill or depending of NPC level. eg:

•     NPC Crew level 1~30 only ship planks (as it already occurs).
•     NPC Level 31~50 fix planks and celings
•     NPC Level 51~70 fix planks, celings, walls, roofs, steering wheel
•     NPC Level +70 fix planks, celings, walls, roofs, sails and ship deck

2 hours ago, Ntdk said:

I dont know how many hours did i spend doing a fucking brigantine.

I just release it and i ship with it to do something.

I arrived to the first island and this ship didnt last more than 10 minutes.

It just go away flying throught the island and obiously it got broken.

Now i lost my time and my ship.

Does this game have support or something like that? 

What a fucking shit.

the beaches of some islands are very treacherous, you should pay close attention with shallow parts and especially submerged rocks

Wild animals do not attack them and I think this is purposeful.

You can not die/take down the map if you do not have to go far from the place Wait a while and face again all 5 Army of Damned and kill them all
If you are low level you can tame the bear and kill them all easily or wear a Plate Armor and use a pike.

When you are high level with punches you kill them.

As an island owner your concern is only with griefers and abandoned boats. During the PTR I got an island that cost 24 Points / 128 Gold to unkeep and  look for some gold and after two hours I already had almost 4K Gold this excuse of "Look for a good LandLord because the island costs a lot gold to keep "is bullshit and most likely a solo player or a group of two or three people can maintain an island.

Whoever bought the game wants to have complete experience with it and NOBODY ABSOLUTELY NOBODY wants to be commanded as a puppet by a person who does not know.

I tried to get an island on the server [EU] PVE so the v100 came out the same second I was there but I was not lucky everything in the game was conspiring against me that day like on the wing, storm and alot of SOD.

Then I tried to get an island in the NA PVE I was the first to enter the grid to buy the island and it was the same island that I bought in the PTR that cost in the 24 Golds in the PTR I got there with 65 Golds and the DEVS defined the price of the island as 128 without warning anyone that they had increased the values for buying the islands there two hours later while I was looking for gold in the floatsam a group of 4 people bought the island.

And as soon as I returned to the island to see who had bought it I was kicked out from there as if I were some leper.

In other words, I have not played since then and AS Lawless is no longer an option for me I want to go to sleep and make sure my house was not surrounded by walls or large gates why some grifers / troll chose me as a target.

I before that damn wipe I had 6 flags on a small island I made friends with my neighbor lived in peace despite alpha cobras and some boats abandoned in my territory and now I have NOTHING.

Today who owns an island enjoy well play enough because the same way you have today and be happy playing this game tomorrow can not have anything even after spending +1500 hours in that game.

so far no NA PVE server I hope that if they are delaying the launch of the server they tell us something...

It's a cool idea and the NPC crew if it were visible on the map would be cool as well as the ships or bed as was said.

There is no "nefarious reasons" if only the current owner of the animal/NPC Crew can see its location on the map.

14 hours ago, Sydhart said:

Shouldn't this be the case? I mean, should a solo player be able to claim the biggest island on the map? That makes zero sense. If you want to live on a big island find a good company to join. Can we still Ally? Yes. But if you are a small company or a solo and just want to isolate yourselves away from everyone else in an MMORPG, you shouldn't be able to get an island over a large well organized company on the public servers. Go play on a private server if you don't want to interact with others.

Before the wipe I was part of a small Company in D5. When the changes were announced, half our members left and those of us left decided to join up with a larger group. We searched around and found Blackstorm Raiders and after talking to them joined. We joined because they are building a community in Atlas that is something bigger than just a few people. 

Here's what we they did on the previous version. 

 

I mean, that kind of stuff is just fantastic and what I hope the vision is for Atlas. Large community built ports. 

I'm not trying to promote the Company (but it is awesome), but I am trying to show you that I believe this is what the Developers are envisioning as far as claiming these large areas. Well organized Companies that are wanting to make something that is for the betterment of all of Atlas. There is a place for soloer's and small groups but I don't think it's in owning and organizing a medium or large island.That's why we have lawless and why they continue to allow for Alliances. 

 

 

 

 

Good for you friend, I wish you luck, but not everyone is lucky enough to have friends to play this game is not mainstream as you imagine so I think a lot of people who have never played ARK arrive in this game and half an hour later give up and never come back with this community is stagnant and restricted to a few groups like you.

Favoring solo players and small groups will favor everything already. that this pyramid of hierarchy begins from below

It is not fair for a solo player to have a giant island just for himself but he will think twice before owning it as the manuntention should cost a lot of gold and having to patrol the island every day to avoid griefing and resource locking should not be easy

Nowadays the big companies have access to everything besides the things that of course a larger group gives members how to make quests easier to possess much more gold power to venture into land on the Golden islands which is impossible for solo player.

I have never seen any MMORPG game punish and troll who solo player as this Atlas does. In other games playing alone does not mean being a slave in a big company or having 50% of everything you do is stolen from you there the only thing is that your progress is slower

Here at Atlas plus you do not now have a piece of land to build in peace and without being told What do I can or can not build what today cou do or not do now or the old nois server PVE have to play if you really back ok ok nothing has been confirmed yet officially dated and everything.

This argument that "go play on a private server" is asshole and stingy since if you do not know they are paid and for a minimally acceptable expresencia requires at least a 3X3 server to support the 9 golden ages with powerstones.

What was sold to me was a game with 225 grids to play the bugs are up acceptable since no game is released perfect the wipe also a cleaning in the database was needed because of too much new code implemented as it was said.

no unofficial server has 15X15 until costs are high if you know show me here then

They turned the old NA PVE server into [Empires] [PvP] [NA] The Forgotten Depths the grids have the same IPs

They only increased the number of islands by 40% and then reduced 100% by turning our place to play on another PVP server - https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/atlas/2986094

I know that paying for 225 grids obviously has its monthly cost but leaving your players without a decent place to play is ridiculous.

After all apparently only the problems with abandoned boats was solved it is very cool but for that we lost everything including a place to play in a decent way and without so much LAG

I've visited a few lawless and some people have already started spamming foundations again and now it got even worse since the decay time is 10 days !!!

Best of all is that as I had read here in the forum the big companies are putting their flags in small islands with 15~34 Island points and with that they have more islands and with different resources and the solo players has only with 30 Island Points they will never be able to have a land and are forced to live in lawless ever with of a crazy neighbor who wants to build a giant gate in their head or block their shipyeard.

The solution to this is that just as in ARK it is possible to create a dedicated server easily to play with friends or alone I do not see another solution.

There I was again disputing the crap of a piece of land with a Chinese just as in December last year I was with the insane lag since for my happiness the server NA PVE was turned into a PVP and the Chinese with low level dying of cold and hunger and for the snakes that are 90% of the predatory animals of this game (the devs must have some fetish with these cobras) just waiting for one of us to give up and being sure that at any moment someone would give respawn on the island and contested "Our flag again and stay in this loop for many hours.

I had fun times fighting SOTD in the Golden Age and collecting high level NPCs and wild level 30 animals.

- Never seen Kraken, Crab, Dragon.
- I found the merchant boat four times that completely useless."
- Never met a Mermaid.
- Never been able to kill any creatures in a Golden Age."
He did not have time to test the submarine in the PTR.
- I spent 4 days in January building when it was still 1x rate doing a Galleon I tested it for ten minutes and went to sleep when I went back to play the ship had sunk.
- LOL I could never use or build a mythic or legendary weapon or tool despite being level 76 never had skill points for these things.

I only got a decent piece of land a two weeks ago when and soon after they announce the wipe that unfortunately was necessary and I spend much of the time was paranoid with problems of Atlas as snakes magically popping up inside my house or random boats blocking my harbor and of course "Chinese Chinese Chinese".

It's almost certain that other wipe will come in version 2.0 or release of the final version of the game and I'm tired of that stress.