DannyUK

Stop speaking sense but yes you are right people use forums to vent their frustration, not gonna lie I do also. After playing since day 1 and see no real change, then pause Atlas to focus on another game is a reason to drive anyone crazy. I also know they couldn't care less whether we angry or not but you just never know it might strike a chord in them, if they had any sense that is.

Yes it's like the homes in Elderscrolls Online I think, homes are already in the settlement and you goto a menu and buy which home you want. When you enter the home it has a loading screen and you are inside but nobody else can enter unless you are in group of course. The homes are always there but other people will have their own loading screen to get in to it. I'd much prefer to build my own home and structures though but I don't think it will happen in New World. Yes they changed the game and got alot of people angry about the PvP, think it is now PvE with opt in PvP. This video shows some recent changes on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqsLF0GWzUU

And so we should be negative of the game, most of us here have been playing since day 1 and the lack of updates is appalling. It might be an early access game but in 1 year you would expect alot more content than what is in the game now. What has been added? A new gun, a crossbow, nothing exciting is it. The thing that angers me the most is Dollie and Jat constantly posting on Twitter "how is everyone enjoying Ark?" "What would you like to see us do next in Ark?" why on earth are they focused on Ark? No idea why they split the dev team if all they can think about is Ark. They are one of the worst devs around who talks a load of **** They can't even stick to a roadmap, supposed to be January when we say some sort of update. Where is this monthly stream they are harping on about all the time? Been to focused counting the money to siphon off to Ark, that will soon run out and they will be crawling back to the community with some sort of apology very soon, you watch "we are sorry for the lack of updates, we have been so busy with other things but we will be more focused on Atlas now" something along those lines, not good enough for me. The community is not daft, they know what they are doing and can't pull the wool over their eyes. Many have left already, they won't be coming back in any hurry.

I think New World is more along the lines of Elderscrolls Online if you have played that but yes SkyRim is siimilar also. As far as I know it has crafting and buying homes, I don't think you can actually build these homes yourself although I wish/hope you can, I think you buy set properties. You are right, it is nothing like Atlas, it is a totally different game but many players will no doubt leave to play it because of no content in Atlas anymore. The devs are backed by the richest man in the world, AKA Amazon. If I was to put money on which game will improve the most out of Atlas or New World you would have a safe bet in New World. Some people might not like the type of game though but as far as I can see they have changed things since testing with community feedback, Atlas wouldn't know where to start and hasn't listened to a word people have said. As long as the big PVP companies are liking it though eh? That's all they are worried about. They have misjudged the community and lost out on what could have been a great game.

If they did the things you mention I'd be over the moon, unfortunately they do not listen to the community. They said they would be more active on these forums like Discord, where are they? All it shows is they can't keep to any sort of roadmap or keep promises. They have freeports just sitting there in the game doing nothing, empty, any intelligent person would catch on to do something in those and bring players in. Why can't there be NPC's in freeports where you can take stolen items or sell things. Why can't they add some sort of trade system in the freeport when you goto NPC? Many including myself have had enough of the same thing over and over without anything new. I will never understand why they added ghost ships or SOTD when they could have just used normal ships with NPC on them so we can loot. They have gone to mythical for me, the potential is there for the game but they don't seem to be engaged in it. It was an extra way of making some money to filter back to Ark, that's how I see it. You have the same templates, I don't think it was that hard to make but it should have been made standalone from scratch.

I've seen people play Naval Action but never played it myself I noticed in that game though you can send ships away on expeditions or to another point and you wait for it to get there in so many hours. I wish this was in Atlas, the NPC control the ship to go to a certain area while you do something else (for the smaller or solo companies of course and single player) I'd be happy with the current ships, if only they added more content to the game, I mean 1 year in and you'd expect abit more to be honest. The wind and weather has to change for me to be playing more again, I don't mind waiting while travelling but after awhile when the wind is against you all the time it's no fun and the boredom creeps in. What happened to the NPC camps? They should be in the game by now to give people something extra to do. The devs have tried to balance Ark and Atlas and it has severely backfired on them, why they split the dev team I will never know, all Dollie and Jat are posting about on Twitter is "how is everyone enjoying Ark" "what would you like to see more?" they have lost the plot. I had hope for the game but with the numbers dropping I don't see it being as good as it was supposed to be. New World out in a few months, another MMO and numbers will fade even more. They haven't listened to anything the community has said and that is their downfall. I've had my fun with it though don't get me wrong but argh it gets me angry at how good it could be and they watch it fade away.

Same applies a year later, still shit.

I expect nothing because they are incapable of improving the game any further than what it currently is. They hoodwinked alot of people, the money from Atlas has gone straight to Ark, Atlas is just a sideshow. I've never really played Ark but it's a poor dev team who are working on Atlas. When you've got them tweeting about Ark DLC when they should be focused on Atlas tells you everything you need to know. I stuck around longer than most people, majority left months ago but i've gave it up, boring and no new content. They haven't listened to a word the community has said. The only ones who get to know information on Atlas is the big companies in Discord (Dollie was caught out talking to them awhile ago.) We will keep everyone informed on our updates they said, we will do a live stream every month they said. Don't believe a word they say, wouldn't trust them to run a bath nevermind a game.

Should never have been working on Ark in the first place but we all knew they never left it even though they kept saying "we are working on Atlas now" the whole dev team are thick as mince, haven't got a clue.

Xbox is out of the way nothing more to do, there never was more content. We were all fooled the moment they dropped the first video before release showing the carnival atmosphere and having a jolly good time. Dollie and Jat keep posting on Twitter about Ark, more content for Ark yet they work on "Atlas" if you have any hopes of this game being like it was portrayed at release then get it out of your head right now, it's not going to happen I'm afraid.

You hear the same things from the majority of people and they are right, the game is on the road to nowhere and bringing in 1 extra dev won't change that I'm afraid. I've been playing a year also and gave it up recently, favoured towards the large companies and to hell with the rest of us. I've got back into No Mans Sky, they should take a leaf out of their book. Atlas is dead unfortunately, the majority left a long time ago, i've had my fun with it though but it's all over now for Atlas. At least New World is just a few months away, more numbers to abandon Atlas.

Over 1 year on you'd expect alot more things in the game, he is certainly right they are some of the worst devs out there. All they have done is move some devs around from Ark to create Atlas and been given the same templates, it hasn't been built from scratch, it's basically Ark. Still think they should have just added things in Atlas to Ark DLC but they wouldn't do that would they when there is money to be made, then again with the gimmick Xbox release. If the game was in the hands of devs who have no ties to Ark I think this game would have been much much better with alot more numbers playing the game. I wouldn't mind so much if they communicated with the players but the only ones who get to know what is going on is the big companies in Discord, what a surprise eh. Alot of us have been here since day 1 and the thanks we get is a measly hat, communication would be enough for me after all we are testing the game for you. About time you started listening to the community. @Jatheish @Dollie

Yes but the timers shouldn't be reset from other players, if you have nothing to do with the company that made the ship or ally then it should not reset. If I want to play PvP I will play PvP, I don't, simple as that. At the moment I don't play any and it will stay that way unless the game turns around. Many people have dealt with it, that's why they have left the game months ago, it has failed to live up to the hype.

I had this same problem before the wipe many months ago, 2 galleons left outside and was unable to build. I thought it was 14 days or it was at the time but 14 days passed and they were still there. I'm still not sure those timers work correctly on ships because they had a cow under deck that I had access to and the timer did not reset on it which suggested they had not logged in. It was 4 weeks before they both vanished but unfortunately there is nothing you can do apart from wait it out. Just to mention, you must either step foot on a ship or interact with it in some way, I know this because I just had a galleon vanish (don't play now) and I never stepped foot on it. Back in the day when the game first released, the easy way to get rid of it was to overweigh the ship which was wrong but used as a last resort. You can't do this anymore though, it was patched a long time ago. I still think they should allow people to claim ships when a timer runs down. Unfortunately for you, you're stuck with it I'm afraid.

Scrap the whole game, hand over all the coding and work to another dev team, see it reemerge in another year x10 better like it should have been. That is my idea.

The honeymoon period for this game was well and truly over months ago, they've let alot of people leave because of their mistakes. They have favoured the big streamers over the smaller groups or solo players. They talk to the big streamers all the time on what is going on in Discord but the rest of us are kept in the dark. I kept playing hoping things would pick up or change for the better, it didn't, more people have left including xbox players which was a cash grab to start with. After 1800hrs I myself gave up, there is no hope for it anymore unless there is a huge turnaround like No Man Sky. Why they had SOTD in a pirate game I will never know, if they were going to have ships why didn't they put the ships that we already build and man them with NPC to control like they do with SOTD? Let us board those ships and take the loot, like the pirate game it should be. They really haven't thought this through, I'd be happy to live off the ships and do away with most of the land building. Until they start listening the game has no chance, it will keep the big streamers happy though on PvP. At least New World is just around the corner which has PvE, I'm looking forward to that now.

I think the devs have finely realised the game is dead in the water. You either enjoy it as it is or you move on like alot of people. They will suffer more when New World is released but they only have themselves to blame, the dev team is not good enough. The new guy was a flop, typical gimmick. They may as well have just added Atlas to Ark, merge them together.

Looking at the latest patch notes, nothing in there to even remotely tempt me back to the game. Where is this roadmap? Where are we on the roadmap? What is the plan? All which they can't answer, poor dev team as usual. Don't know why they even brought that new guy in, he is more like a dummy.

Have I hit a nerve son?

You can't really complain when you're playing PvP, it is part of the game which is why I don't play it in the first place. You should try losing a Galleon or 2 on PvE, you would not last 2 minutes if you can't stand being in a cage until you die. If you don't like the PvP go onto PvE.

Save yourself the trouble and give it up, you will be so much happier for it. Tried breeding myself, i mean sitting in 1 place for the 1st 4 hours? Not my thing I'm afraid. The system is poorly designed. Now if you said you get something extremely special for sitting there hours I would say, oh ok that is worth my time but not right now. The game has always been pushed towards large companies right from the beginning. They were warned about this early on by the independent companies but they took no notice. 1 year on they lost the majority of those players which now includes myself. I've still had my fun with it for a year but Atlas is just about dead and the last throw of the dice was tempting xbox users and I know quite a few of those have moved on already also. Its such a shame, I had high hopes for this game before release but you don't have to be intelligent to know this game is on the road to nowhere.

Poor dev team, shouldn't surprise anyone. Left the game already, only check back every so often to see what updates are. Never missed playing it even after 1800hrs, had my money worth out of it but it will collect dust now so to speak.

Who mentioned anything about a giant fortress? Or a huge island for that matter? You have a little shack and it's gone. You either haven't played PvP or you are part of a large company. Your solo doesn't exist, not in this game. Good luck with sailing as a solo after spending the time to build your ship.

You can't play PvP as a solo or even as 2 or 3 people, you must be in a large group to survive. This is why I only play PvE at the moment, if they change the way PvP works so it's not just suited towards large companies then I will give it ago until then it's a no. Waste of time building anything on PvP because you know a large group is just coming to wipe everything out, only a matter of time, you stand no chance. The game is poorly designed, should be changed towards factions and not companies so everyone in the faction can defend each other even if you are still playing solo.

Something wrong with the server or you ship then because i've never lost any animals for a long time. I have a tame gallion with animals on bottom and they have been fine. I've also had the animals on schooner and Brig without a problem. I know this used to be a problem though but as far as I know it has been fixed. If I was you I would just buy your tames, do the maps and you will have money in no time. There is alot of animals to buy from people, some on my server have been selling for 300g not really high level animals but good enough to gather resources etc.