LifelessGamer

Much shorter PTR than I would have thought. Short PTR is probably the result of the game hemorrhaging players. I can't think of any other good reason for a short PTR.

Tons of good reasons too play PTRs I agree. Big problem I see it they just confused a lot of people with "server wipe with patch soon .......... scratch that PTR then server wipe no eta." I agree with the wipe with big changes to claims. It feels like they are going about it in a way that I would not though in their path to this update.

I totally agree with a PTS/PTR. Wonder what their plan is to get people to play on the PTR? Devs announced official server wipe and 2/3 stopped playing because why try for stuff that is going to go away. Others PTRs I have played on the games gave you maxed out everything and then people went on to say how that doesn't represent live servers.

Am I reading this right? Sounds like the new plan is they will setup a PTS server to test the patch. Then wipe the server after the patch is deemed ready?

My mental image some flag holders just removing doors and demolishing the persons ship storage box. Like someone walking in and helping themselves to your fridge, only they took the entire fridge.

One that is the best deal. I grabbed a GTX 1080 for $325 on ebay 2 years ago. Really comes down to price and what you are willing to spend. Decide on what you want to run. 1080p? 1440p? 4k? What are you fps goals? Ram means a big difference. I have 8gb on my card and have seen games use over 7gb without mods. Know what games require and plan accordingly.

I could really care less what the numbers are, I have no effect on what they are. I have a vested interest in the numbers being high actually (I paid for the game/own a copy/game itself is fine and the problem is with the rules.) I have no want or need to tear the game down. Ones tearing the game down so far are the devs, all what you see is the result of them. Can they get people to return? Time will tell. If you like the numbers then why the excuses for them being low? Why so defensive if they show everything is fine? That was all said in a positive way though right?

Who was claiming numbers to be disingenuous? Synonyms of disingenuous are distorted, misrepresented, twisted, ect. Almost like you don't like what you see. The truth is, numbers are what they are. They are neither low nor high. I find the numbers very telling in a number of ways. One example is we know there were thousand strong companies, they're gone. Will the come back-some-but most won't because it is a pain to. If the small groups left and are in the middle of a different game I'm not sure they will drop that in numbers to return after the patch. Lets be frank, idk if the patch will even be an upgrade to the game.

Correct, I said you don't like them. The numbers are real, you going "ya butttt" means you just don't like them. You go on to misread the data: True playerbase is not what that site gives, it gives the current online players for the official servers-nothing more. You can check out the site during peak time. I found it interesting in not the numbers I was expecting when I checked over the weekend.

You not liking the numbers doesn't make them disingenuous. The best anyone could say is after the patch they would like to see where the numbers stabilize.. We all know that more won't return than will. After the patch hits look at the numbers, that will be the best it will be for this game.

Real time stats on the live servers are disingenuous how?

https://atlas.hgn.hu/ At the rate players are leaving next will be an island for each player.

Why would they appoint GMs and not just have an NPC on each island?

To clarify. 1440p in medium/high settings is better than 1080p ultra (60fps goal.) Same with 4k, medium/high settings is better than 1440p ultra (60 fps goal.) It all costs money. Goal for all is they best they can with what they have. Same goes for the the 144hz and 240hz, just moves the bar higher.

What resolution? I run 1080p because I'm to cheap to buy new monitors. What I found is my gtx 1080 has 8gb ram. On high atlas uses over 7gb. Medium it could still be maxing out gpu memory. wn10-task manager-performance tab-click on gpu-shows gpu memory usage.

puppet 123 will have a settlement supplied by said mega company. If taken over mega company can prohibitive another. When you say it can be taken over: If I was a megacompany guess who would all be on that island of player123 ..........that megacompany with nothing to actually loose and only build up when war was said. Be a smart move.

How does that make it better? A smart Mega company would just puppet raid with a single 123player so they were never at war.

I agree is sounds exploitable. Lawless sounds better than some random landlord (least they will need cannons to remove you.) IDK how it will work but I can speculate with a bit of jest: Landowner- Time to pay the upkeep-who shall I destroy this week? Landowner-I want to make room for X person-I have a lovely spot with bay access- the current tenant can be evicted as we speak. About that non refundable security deposit. Are we going to make thin into ark: real estate tycoon? Are we going to get sub sections of the forums for slumlords and tenants to avoid?

Waffles, coffee , and eggs unpalatable. Sounds like a new chef not a company why puts out chain after chain and patch after patch. Maybe you just expect much lower from company and places.

Easy to play off after the joke failed miserably right. Like atlas. See what I did there?

Captain obvious name taken?

People gave grageshot a chance. Only people who want ark play ark. Tricking customers is a bad stagy. 40k server population lol. That can't even happen now. Bets?..... Most would show some sort of shame. Really comical in those defending.

Grapeshot only knows ark. Gaming community wanted what they were saying. They really could have made something good if they made land not important. Current state is this is a land based game with 80% of the land removed. They could have called it medieval conquest where boats are just for invasion and it would have been more accurate.

Bit excessive. 9 Hydras, 9 power stones, galleon/crew/gold/ect, and how much time spend doing all this? Was the sub given torpedoes that sink entire islands?

What did they do to the sub that makes them so difficult to make?