Buck Rider

Well, I lost ships without knowing I now needed to walk on or raise and lower the anchor on a time table now.

Like others have stated, I don't think the x2 x3 has anything to do with people leaving. I can only speak for myself. The wipe killed my interest in this game and it has never returned. My play time has reduced by 95%. In fact over the last few weeks I do little more than log on and feed my tames. I've decided I'm not investing anymore time in a game that may wipe again.

I've not lost a tame since going to a 5 wall high wood platform with only a short railing around it and with a two section L shaped ramp. I don't have a gate at all, just an opening. I do post 6 bears just inside the opening but they only aggro not even once a month. Only the horses and pigs are set to passive. I've not lost anything since prior to the wipe. It's not a building, it's a platform on 6 4 wall cube pillars. Nothing has fallen through since the wipe but if anything did, it would just be outside. No rebuilding.

I can't suggest how to fix this issue. I can tell you I have Atlas installed on two computers and I can log on to either without issue (same toon) (not at the same time).

Or maybe its a low pop because people quit every day. I have never regained my interest since the wipe. I came back and rebuilt, the whole time wondering why I'm doing it. We rebuild for another wipe? That's just the thinking of a progression minded MMOer. What was that comment from the devs a ways back? Something like "we are not really too concerned about how many are playing the game right now". As far as a merge... I PVP in most games but PVP in this game looks like a grief fest. If servers merge, I won't be around.

I agree. The no build range is way too small. If the range was 5 or even 10 times what it is it would cut down on the spam and grief.

Yes, I'm aware. They went all the way to Oak Island to bury that treasure in the money pit. They also had an area of focus.

Yeah, the fog is way over blown. I think Atlas has far too much bad weather in general. I live in the area the pirates sailed and it's bright and sunny 98% of the time, with a daily rain shower during a few month period.

On my island... never see cobras anymore (that's awesome!), crocs are very rare now, far less of everything else, but for birds. Some times I can ride half way across the island without seeing much of anything. In the past I would farm elephants but can only do that in waves now. I run a big loop killing what I see then go do something else. Over all I think the changes are good, it just makes for slower leveling. I was over ran with baddies before. Also, and keep in mind I'm on NA, the server is running great now (M8) (N2). Better than I ever remember. I would guess spawn rates play into that, along with only 10 people on the grid. I have the same land on both NA and EU. NA is currently running great. Then I flip over to EU and it's rubber banding and the rolling sea comes to a full stop every 8 seconds, at least last night. So all you guys stay over there on EU. Thanks So... 10 people on grid and 1/3 the people on the server and it runs great. 30 people on grid and three times the people on the server and it runs terrible. Maybe Atlas needs a fatter pipe and/or hardware upgrades, not just more optimizing.

We're not talking about breaking the current grid. That was maybe not the best way to state it.. We are talking about adding dividers within the current grid for claiming. Much like you have right here but smaller. A full map overlay would never line up so perfectly as this picture. So a smaller grid but just like this and you claim sections of it. Or a group could together claim enough sections to have a block just like this.

In most games yes, but not in real estate. And this game is already on a square grid system. So, I'd just add a square grid within the current grid. This idea would be second to cutting each island by hand, but that would take a lot of work.

Slicing the main grid into grids was a suggestion in the forum prior to the current system being released. It would not be perfect and some grids would be less usable than others but you would not have over laps. I'd bet at some point we end up there.

One only needed to read the forum over the last month or two to know this was going to happen. I logged in the day the EU server came up, set my home server to a lawless and have yet to step foot on a claimed/claimable island. The forum was of posts about slavery, no landlords or just make a few small fixes to the old system. The only way they will get players in to the claim system is to add a poison pill to lawless. An act that I'm sure will backfire on them. This dev team really needs someone that has a better understanding of human nature / their player base. At some point this dev team needs to understand that they keep coming up with ideas that people are not interested in. Many people love this game and yet hate the direction it keeps heading.

I'm not defending the system. I'm telling you how to get a elephant in a video game. Take it or leave it. GL

Just watch, soon you will see some even worse ideas to force people to join that system, that they want no part of.

It seems to me that most people made it clear they did not like the new claim system before it came out. It was clear people didn't want landlords. The devs went that way anyway. Time after time I am left with a total loss of understanding of the devs plans or direction in Atlas. This sounds just like the FOY system. Most don't like it but we will force you to play the game the way we want you to play it! If not, we will make your avatar look like crap. Live with that! Rather then spending your time trying to screw over those that live on lawless, spend it stating how you don't like the current system. People didn't want it before it was released and people don't like it now that it has been released. Its too bad that this dev team beats bad ideas like a dead horse, trying to make it run.

Well, now I'm on EU. Already have a base, a few tames and a brig. I have no plans at this point to go to NA once it opens. Downside, I don't understand 2/3 of the chat... wait, is that really a downside? Most the Euros seem just fine to me.

I have tamed a few Elephants since the restart. It does seem harder now. After taming not going well I made changes. You or at least I, take much more of a beating now, so armor up. Now it's more about access to the right area and timing. My tips... Old style traps with door frames now block the sweet spot too often. Being behind the right front leg does not work if the trap blocks the sweet spot. The sweet spot may be blocked even if you don't think it is. If you can't find the sweet spot, release asap and continue. Watch the "bola" timer, not the feed timer (count). Don't go in early and risk another hit if you have low HP. If taking too much damage, add time between feed cycles to heal. Not so long it resets. It's better to take longer to tame than to fail. Learn the hit range. Run in and feed, feeding should block the first hit (sometimes). Get out. Place a bed and supply locker next to your trap. Plan to use more supplies than before. It's a puzzle, figure it out.

What's creepy? Those sweet little turtles, that growl like a giant komodo dragon about to kill you. Yeah, does anywhere on earth have bad weather this often. And the fog looks terrible on my computer.

I have not seen any cobras either in PVP or PVE test servers. M8. Might just be me. If they are gone... good riddance. But I'd guess they are turned off just for testing.

PVE test server is up. It's looks the same, 4 days to log on. As of now, I expect to move back to lawless.

They clearly are not listening to anyone about PVE. Why would they listen to you. I like PVP servers in most games, not this one. I don't think this one is ready. After the restart I'll be on PVE, if around here at all. I've never seen a game managed like this before. I question if the servers will even still be up in 6 months.

PVE An extended wait for changes we don't want. They say they are making changes base on our feedback but this is not the feed back I read. If one thing stood out in the PVE feedback, it was we don't want a one flag per island system.

We can only hope for a statement from the devs on future wipes. Until then, I don't think anyone really knows. I think many will be slow to invest the same amount of time without a better understanding of this issue.

Normally I would agree. But with only a few hundred players on each official server, I think they need to rush it right to live, ready or not. Then fix it there. I think going longer with no live servers will hurt more than going to live with bugs. It's not like we are expecting it to get to live and be bugless anyways. If fact I'd just rename the live servers to "NA PVP Beta" and so on. I would cut down on the level of toxic comments that will start again afterwards if they did.