DannyUK

I had this happen to me months ago, especially when the tames were claimable on ships with that bug. Logged in to find my tames claimed, managed to box them off with walls but they kept re spawning on island and resetting timers. Shouldn't be happening in PvE anyway, for many people this just adds fuel to the fire when people do this because for some it will turn into payback and griefing them back. You find out where this company is and spam huge walls in their shipyards. I hope the devs sort it out before it kills the game off again.

I hope they eventually do something with the wind directions and speeds at which ships travel because I found it really boring spending hours at sea travelling from 1 grid to another with nothing to do, worse when there is no wind. At least give the specially crafted sails a huge boost so you travel faster. Was not a fan of slow travel at all which is why I mainly stayed within 2 grids around.

I will be back as always, I always play officials though so that's where I will be heading after the wipe. I remember the last wipe you had to be on as soon as it happened if you want to have a nice spot for yourself. I'm assuming it's going to be the same as last time, spamming foundations to a certain degree to stop others building right next to you? At least that's how it was previously unless something has changed that I don't know about, haven't kept up with Atlas recently. I'd love them to add the pirate encampments to official servers, not sure if this will happen but it would be nice to see. I don't think alot of people will come back though, not like last time. If I remember correctly they got 10k at last wipe before it dropped to around 2k over time, be lucky to get 5k but hope I'm wrong but probably with xbox now that may be boosted who knows. I think the more people you have on the better, I like the interaction with other companies, I only left because I was 1 of 2 left on an island, barely any players left.

Well reducing the limit can only be a good thing in my eyes, especially on lawless. I was on an island when another company had maxed out the limit and by god the lag was horrendous. As soon as you started bring your ships in you couldn't tell which way you were going with the lag. I thought it was my buoys and lighthouse until I deleted them both to find out it wasn't. Happy with the reduction in structure limits, they should add higher limits on other islands if it is possible to do that but not on them all.

I felt the same, I was hyped up for the stream then felt let down yet again, I suppose I should have saw it coming really. When they said roadmap, I thought they were going to lay out a more detailed roadmap at least. What they presented was just rough ideas of what they want to do which tells me they have no clue on where to take the game. Their mistake was basing the game around Ark, it should never have been like this and should have been standalone. I heard somewhere it was supposed to be a DLC for Ark originally and they changed direction to add ships and things to make it separate but still same principles of Ark. You just can't help feeling if the game was designed by a top MMO team it would probably be totally different and heading in the right direction. I hope it ends up like no man sky and they turn things around but even then it's going to take a few years yet to get anywhere near it. I won't be back until more things have been implemented but I will be very interested to know just how the release of xbox goes and how many cross platform players stay around after the wipe.

Well they had to do something, the game is already dying unfortunately. I'm not naive though, there will be problems along the way I just hope it gets off to a better start when crossplay comes for everyones sake. Some people may only get it for singleplayer and that is fine but many like to play together on servers and bringing people together can only be a good thing if they want to go down the road of interaction and trading etc. The new guy has worked on big MMO's he said, well if he has any sense he will implement something to trade with other players like auction house, guild/faction stores although I feel this will come in near the end if it does at all. To me the game has been worth the money spent, 1400hrs out of it I can't complain to much, i've had fun but it gets frustrating when you think how much more good it can be, hopefully they pull it off like they did with No Man Sky.

I think we all know a wipe is coming when Xbox merges with Steam users. No idea when xbox game comes out, I don't follow xbox but I'm happy they went with crossplay at least. Not so happy with lack of content in the short term, judging by what they said it came across like these new changes will be many months down the road possibly into next year. I would have liked them to crack on straight away and gave a more detailed roadmap. Still won't be playing until these changes come, I'm not missing Atlas that much to come rushing back right now to the same things in the game. Will be a couple of years before they get to stage 4 more than likely.

Had to happen to keep Atlas alive, need all the players they can get in 1 place. I'm glad they've gone with crossplay it means more interaction with other people which I liked, it's dead right now with only 2 or 3 in every server, that's no fun which is why I left. Be happy to come back when it's all sorted out and give it another go but right now it stays on the shelf until they implement these things.

Judging by the upcoming stream "whole new changes are coming" with different direction. That almost certainly means a wipe but who knows when those changes will come. Not been active here for couple of weeks so sorry if i missed anything, I'm currently deep into no man sky VR.

I lost the last of my ships on PvE not that I play it now, I only log in to keep timer ticking for structures but there was a time I would have been angry at losing my ships, I just laughed when I didn't see them there lol. I get why people are throwing in the towel, I do have respect for the last ones standing putting up with all the faults though but after 1400hrs I just had enough, I couldn't do it anymore. When you leave Atlas you realise what you've missed in other games. If they improve it in the future and add more things I may come back again but as it is right now I have no desire to play official. Merging servers and having cross play is the way to go in my eyes if they want more players in 1 place. You look at the map and you barely get more than 2 or 3 on each server.

Can we expect a pirate game anytime soon? Or will it just be taming creatures like Ark?

Yes I feel this is true and down to bugs, I was sure there was something up with the timers in this game but can never prove it. I do have that feeling something isn't right about them though and wouldn't be surprised to find out it isn't as straight forward as Jat makes out. I don't blame you for moving on, most of us have.

Didn't notice this, should have been addressed weeks ago but I guess we all know for sure now.

The days where you used to run around your own island looking for demolished buildings and grab the loot, they were the days

I had a sloop vanish on me also, I was on it within 3 weeks, I even moved it to the otherside of base within 3 weeks but it still vanished. I've come to realise that you must spawn on the beds on the ships for it to acknowledge you, I maybe wrong but that's how I see it so I always spawn on the beds on galleons just to be safe and then log off again as I'm not longer playing PvE. This issue has been around for a long time yet you don't see any of the devs addressing it, they can't give you a definite answer on how to stop it or prevent it happening, what does that tell you? If they know their own mechanics of the game why not just say you have to spawn on the boats or raise the anchors.

Indeed, which is why many are waking up to how poor the game is being developed right now. Many have thrown in the towel, would take some very big changes to turn their heads and bring them back, I don't see it personally.

I haven't heard anything of a wipe imminent but there will be another at some point and if I was to guess it would be another 2 months. Trouble is the damage is done, they are not addressing the issues of griefing and claimed land. They are going in the wrong direction with it. For a start I would get rid of 2 servers for PvE, no need for NA and EU, that just splits the low numbers that they already have. If they went down the route of merging PvP and PvE then they would have to put in some safe zones. How many times are people going to come back after a wipe though? Many have already thrown in the towel.

They need all the player base they can get right now so cross play would be the way to go in my opinion. I hope they do go down that road, I'm not bothered what platform they are on as long as they are in the game so you can interact and play.

My sloop had vanished the other day also, I stepped foot on it within 3 weeks so I don't think stepping on them makes any difference, I think you have to spawn on the bed on the ship I may be wrong though but that's how I see it. There was also 2 galleons outside my base on PvE also, I waited for them to vanish so I could put ship yard down, 3 weeks came and they were still there, still couldn't put shipyard down. These ships never moved an inch yet they remained well over 4 weeks. They have since gone now but only explanation is someone spawning on beds or it's a bug with timers. It does not matter to me anymore though as i've left PvE.

They need to get rid of companies and as people have said already include factions into the game so when people are in game they are apart of 1 side helping along with an objective or in PvP 1 side against another which is also helpful to play alone. Scrap the claim system and re work it, it's clearly not working I'm not saying I have all the answers but if they had any sense they would have been looking at how people are feeling about it and changing it or planning to change it. Each faction could have their own safe zone, and way apart on the server map. To me it doesn't feel like a pirate game right now, it's all well and good building a ship but you can't do much in the game, it lacks alot of content. Bringing people together is what they need to focus on, you keep pushing the smaller companies away or solo players they will just give up, keeping players engaged will keep the game going, right now I see the opposite.

I have to say at the sale price of £7.85 67% off it is well worth the money for this game, even for single player mode alone. I certainly wouldn't pay full price for it though if I was a new player coming into the game. They aren't bringing out enough content to keep players engaged, to slow for my liking. I'm not even sure if they have a roadmap of where they actually want the game to go, I get the feeling some things are done on the fly and a quick look of Discord to see how people are feeling. They can't keep wiping the servers though and hoping players will keep coming back, there's only so many times that will happen. They need to get a grip and turn it around and fast.

The days are gone where you could interact with other companies, might as well just play single player where you get the benefit of using mods also. Played PvE from the start, 1400hrs on EU server and i've seen servers go from double digits to a handful of people at best. The best part was interacting with others and trading etc but all the people I played with in other companies in alliances have left, I eventually followed suit. I don't think they are going to have much success with this game though, they've not stopped the rot and everyone has just left. I don't know what their budget is for the game but it must be eating some serious money to keep all the servers up with only a few on them. Not a chance they will get 40k players, even at full release but that's just my opinion.

Happens alot in this game unfortunately. You should see the one in M5 on EU, the big island company called Grandfathers has blocked off the sunstone gems and would not let anyone in to get them, put a structure around it just like in your picture. Someone else came in called Kingdom I think and built a huge wall all the way around his structure to stop him getting it out. There is signs up all over the place "Take down you structure and I will take down these walls" I laughed at it at first, taste of his own medicine but sadly this goes on all the time and they call this PvE. With the devs not doing much about it people are just resorting to fight fire with fire, I mean if they aren't focused on these things who's to stop them? It's stupid when things like this happens, resources are there for everyone, why block them off?

This is where they might have to do what people wanted and give people 1 claim flag or a couple to stick down on land so nobody can build on it, that takes away the fighting over the land part or squabbling with each other. I'm sure they could give everyone on the island abit of space around the shore for shipyards and a place on land. There is to much water in this game, if space is needed islands should be made bigger or more of them in certain grids, maybe they can have the odd few servers with water only for battles and such as you cross over into other servers. The current system does not work, people are not happy with it, they have voted with their feet and left. I left PvE myself already, I only log in to keep the timer ticking over just incase I do want to jump back on it. When I did log on EU server I checked the Atlas player tracker and wasn't surprised to see how many grids were empty, 0 in alot of them and a handful in the rest. There was a time you would see double digits in most grids, this is where the interaction was, you don't get that anymore. They have done nothing to stop the rot and it will only continue I'm afraid. I've seen these squabbles over space on the island I am on, player 1 has a base and buildings, is happy for the first couple of weeks. Player 2 comes in and blocks paths and spams foundations. Player 1 asks can you please remove your walls? It is blocking access and I can't build. Player 2 ignores request or to engage in friendly chat so what happens next? Player 1 resorts to fight fire with fire and puts up huge walls across player 2 path halting them in their path so nobody wins. personally I think they need to change the system again, even lawless. Until they give people enough space without griefing or fighting then to me it isn't PvE.

Me to, all the companies I used to play with have left also and I was the last one standing. I've since left myself though, i've had enough of it and I usually just play single player with mods now. I certainly don't spend hours on it like I used to, i've found myself playing other games. I still log in within the 10 days to keep timers active but that's about it, maybe I will come back to it after the next wipe when hopefully better things are included. The question is though how many times can they keep bringing players back after wipes? There will come a time where people just give up completely on it and leaving a few hardcore gamers who play it regardless of changes. I had high hopes for Atlas at the beginning, hope they turn it around but I don't have any faith in them doing so, it will end up a game where only a few remain on each server and not the numbers anticipated, just my opinion though.