Enki Anunnaki

9 hours ago, Bandit_Black said:

Your first problem is that you play PVE.

Most of these are non issues on pvp servers anyways.

 

I agree with you about the gimme gimme generation but why even play this game in a safe zone. Pvp servers are not griefer paradise like you all think. Its rather civilized in this game outside of massive wars.

thats bullshit. my group and i killed EVERYONE we ran into who wasn't trading, who did not announce themselves and ask for permission to sail threw our grid or who had a red name. i also know, in order to be in the leaderboards you need to sink the most ships, and that requires griefing to maintain your spot. 

look, they're testing RIGHT NOW, and for the next 3 weeks, what it would be like if they did not implement the rules based pvp and claim systems. If population is still dropping even after they announced that they are still considering weather or not they want to bring on the rules and such, then that's a pretty clear sign that the current system isn't working. If you want to complain about population instead of critiquing the changes and offering insight/suggestions, then you're the problem. We don't need players like you right now. Maybe a year or two after the game is released officially would we really care about that garbage. believe me, iv also flipped out, bitched and moaned about flaws and shit. sometimes you gotta take a step back and give a fuck about the future of the game instead of the pixels you've accumulated in the very beginning before there's even a real content drop. I for one, am really excited for the future changes that they have announced. I think it's gonna really revamp the game and bring back thousands of people who were fed up with the grieving, unrelenting war, inability to find land, and bullshit. i think it's gonna be quite refreshing. 

gitgud

22 hours ago, Pirate Hawkins said:

the Atlas wiki right now is almost completely useless, mainly because of lack of data, and that reason is because no one updates it, now even fewer will do 

well thats bullshit. I wrecked a lot of ships that came to my grid (when i still played) to farm bamboo because someone put my grid in the wiki and was 1 of 2 places mentioned so i got a lot of traffic... and a lot of loot

7 hours ago, Long John Screw Off said:

 So here I am twitter stalking and run into this little piece of gold. Apparently, @Jatheish called an unhappy player shit via emoji. Then thought it was funny to then cyberbully said player on Twitter in 2019. Grapeshot just FYI this is unacceptable behavior, and @Jatheish should be terminated. 

Jatheish if you can't put on your big boy pants and handle the blowback from your poor decisions from the player base...frankly you don't need to be a company manager. 

I would encourage all players to report this to Grapeshot personally. We don't need this type of behavior from our Devs or Community team.

https://twitter.com/Jatheish/status/1101288424516988928

Two words. Cognitive Dissonance. 
 

 ANARCHY UPDATE - V20! 

With our planned changes for March, the game will be heading into a more rule based system, so for the next few weeks we’ll be making some changes to experience what it would be like if we took an alternative route. 

We’ll be releasing an update tomorrow which includes the following changes:

- 6x Rates - Harvesting, Taming, Experience, and Gold.
- Claim flags will no longer prevent enemy building. You can now build anywhere, and only structure build radius will prevent it. This is a non-default, which will be enabled on our PvP Networks. Unofficials can also use this as a custom server-side config.
- All servers, other than Golden Age Ruin servers, can be set to home servers, allowing players to respawn at them.

kinda wish it was happening sooner than a month tho... the wait for all these main updates are killing my moral.

**plays 500+ hours in an early access game** "I demand a refund because you are adjusting your game for official release and i just don't like it" 
For some reason im imaging him having a bowl shaped haircut and he's talking with a lisp

fuck this guy.

1 minute ago, Urthor said:

One of the best ideas that came up in a recent stream with the Dynasty and Sexy Cat Alliance leaders was the idea an island's claim flag should be contested on *water* not on land.

Ship to ship combat being the funnest part of this game, why not make ship to ship combat the most important thing, where you have to contest an offshore claim flag to take an island, not the unfun running around on land business from Ark

 

Food for thought

 

you're trippin balls

Just now, Nex said:

- Claim flags will no longer prevent enemy building. You can now build anywhere, and only structure build radius will prevent it. This is a non-default, which will be enabled on our PvP Networks. Unofficials can also use this as a custom server-side config.

 

Good joke, can't wait for spam mortars now.

 

spamming mortars was always a thing lol

im really digging it. i feel for those who will lose their pixels but damn this was needed. i can't wait to test it on the test server.

See, you went and ruined a perfectly good suggestion with a dumpster fire of a post.

10 minutes ago, Archsenex said:

You'd be surprised.  There's a reason Bethesda bailed on Steam.

first off, they didn't bail. They're testing profit margins on a different platform because they don't have their own. Steam takes 30%. the other one takes something like 18% .when they see they are not getting sales because it not a consumer friendly platform, you'll see. also, that platform doesn't have a customer review section. Bethesda didn't like the results of fallout 76 and they're testing their alternatives. 

26 minutes ago, JC67 said:

Yeh but dident they also say that those islands will be copies of other islands then replaced over time ? What happen to the suff built on those islands that will be replaced.

Maybe there will be more wipes later?

yeah they will be most likely released with the content and claim changes, at the very moment there's the wipe. I have a feeling the transition will go off without a hitch. People largely know what they are doing now. A fresh start is a healthy move for this game, especially for one that is changing the direction its heading with pvp and land ownership. That combined with testing servers to test the content before official launch will definitely help too.

I've already quit after 550 hours in game, started day 1,  and have been waiting for an worthy update for a couple weeks now. I'll come back for the wipe and content/changes.

Hey kid!
Im A cOmPuTeR.
StOp AlL tHe DoWnLoAdINg.

remember 2 extra islands added per grid. there will be plenty of room

I feel for ya, all those who are about to lose your stuffs. But look, most players have already left, my self included. The system just wasn't working. But now, they seem to have put forward some really good ideas that will revolutionise the game for the better. But, might i say, PVP will become pretty slow at that point, having to declare war and all that jazz. May I suggest adding fight pits to freeport and the ability to fight for gold and glory on a leaderboards without the risk of losing items. That will account for the loss of the turmoil of constant and random war. Gold and glory baby!

22 minutes ago, Archsenex said:

They need to get the fires under control.  There's actually not THAT many left.  There are some.  However, based on history with Ark, once they mange to get to "churn out content" it should be a pretty satisfying amount.  They just gotta get the last few massive issues done, or all that content will just become "another thing on that broken game"

looks like they're too busy "churning out" another survival game. "outlaws of the old west"... seriously. Im so fucking pissed with what they're doing and not doing i just can't anymore.

i cant fucking believe this

now im getting pissed off. now we know why its taking so fucking damn long to get a decent update and where all their efforts are really going. fuck

i did something like this when i still played.. i built a pretty nice fight pits... problem is, in the fight pits, you can only fight non company people and alliance people. I think also, alliance members get reduced damage. i'm not exactly sure. I tried having an alliance tournament but it failed hard  Parrying is a joke... but dodging is a cool mechanic. Someone with even half the melee skill tree will totally dominate someone without the tree at all. 

Heres some images of the pits. Not super fancy but it worked well.
https://imgur.com/a/KQbDTn7
https://imgur.com/a/BnIx683

5 hours ago, Bl4ckOut said:

Totally yes! A placeable table where you can play poker against others or npcs and some more decorative stuff for the PvE part of the game, that way you could build a real tavern at the harbor

Hell yeah even pvp servers. make the playing table buildable. maybe even make decks tradable/buyable and unique. put a bunch of tables at a special betting hall at freeports and make betting gold a thing. freeport will be a sprawling and beautiful thing. Texas Holdem and gladiator fight pits ya know what i mean. competitions other than wrecking a groups island or smacking around noobs in lawless.

GLORY AND GOLD BABY!. Glory and gold.

now that would be an excellent luxury vehicle or even a reconnaissance drone 0.0. but imagine the content. if i remember correctly there's a sky world in the lore. We need more lore.

2 minutes ago, Ged Bootstrap said:

you can allready do it

i like to have half timber houses with glaswindows or woodwalls to paint to mimic it.

and pirates all have to have scimitars. Pubs to make the crew drunk and force them to hire without pay

im talking a non combat ship. one you cant put gun ports on. emblem on the hull and special banners, etc. but i get what ya mean. 

9 minutes ago, lordkhan4444 said:

my dream is to build a boat that will last until morning, I know my dreams are small

You can, you just gotta keep playing. I built a garage around all my best ships lol. Defenses and alliance strategy are key.