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Does anyone have any experience with this connection problem and using a vpn as a solution. 
I haven’t tried this yet. Not sure if it would work or not. Since you have to pay for vpn service I’m hesitant to try one. I’m also not sure how difficult setting one up. I’ve watch some you tube vids on it but seems a little complicated. Help on this would be greatly appreciated. It’s too bad one has to resort to such service (if it works) to play atlas. 

Still not playing and by the looks of the posts, I’m not alone. Only grapeshot can solve this problem. 

Same issue. Been going on for several weeks. Tried all the online tricks with no success. I like the idea of the saved game ID but have no idea how to check on it. Also haven’t tried the long into the same grid you logged off on. My problem is that the game modes and the grid selection don’t populate or just one or two if at all. Can sign into steam and start atlas, bug that’s it. I don’t understand how grapeshot can be silent on this and trouble tickets for the same. 

If I have to post an update everyday I can not connect, this is going to be a long thread. In the past, changing the router fixed the problem, most likely by changing the IP address. One post mentioned some block IP addresses after multiple attempts to connect. Don't know if that's what going on or not. The game worked on my main desktop computer before I left town a month ago. I come back and nothing. The laptop that worked fine in Memphis, now connects but is so lag-ey that the game is unplayable here in Colorado.

I have Comcast coming out this afternoon at a risk of a service call, to change the modem out.

It's either my computers, the game files on the computer, Comcast service, or the grapeshot servers. Since other gamers are able to play would seem to indicate its not grapeshot, however, why would my internet service be fine surfing but won't work the game ? Again I'm leaning toward some type of networking issue, and open to any suggestions.

These problems have been going on for months. Not just after Xbox. 

OK, I've been there where I connect day after day without any problems, but lately.

I have 2 laptops, 3 desktops, and 3 different accounts for Atlas (ya I bought it 3 X). For quite awhile I've been getting the "Host Pending Connection Timeout" and the  "Network failure Message" . I get it at home on all my computers and laptops. I recently traveled to Memphis and used both my laptops and had the same thing. It seems very sporadic, sometimes you can connect and other times you cant. Change accounts, reset router, restart computer, nothing works. Even tried the dozens of online suggestions, without any luck. 

Tried logging in to other servers, and sometimes it works and sometime it does not. Comcast test and other normal internet functions are fine, the only common thread it Atlas. Now when I try to join logging in under "Join online", when the map comes up I get "no sessions found" so I search again and one or two servers grids show up. Sometimes even not all 4 types of games show up, maybe only the PVP NA will.

I have tried so many things with so many variations of problems it's really becoming a big problem. I just did a speed test from Denver to Colorado Spring with 325 Mbps d/l and 12 Mbps upload. Ping of 11ms. I dont believe its my internet speed that causing the timeouts.

When you submit a ticket on it, it never gets resolved.  I know I'm not alone on this, and like I said at the beginning there are many that have no problems at all. Seems like too many variables to figure out whats going on unless your a network engineer.

If you try to get help from steam, it just refers you back to Grapeshot. With over 2100 hrs on Atlas and over 6600 hours on Ark., I'm finally asking for help.

What zone. 

There’s another possible solution that happened to me. I’ve been playing since day 1 and knew I was at the correct island. What it was there was an identical island in the grid. Sound simple but I was sure I was on the island but was not. 

The xbox IS the sub menu. As soon as you select Bug Reports, that's where you report PC issues. Got it, I though were it said xbox issues only it was for the PC section. Thanks

Ok.....you have a place to report XBOX bug only and a place to report PTR bugs. Where are we suppose to report PC BUGS ???  Did I miss something ?

I don’t care how they do it but I would like to see them also. 

I was playing pvp but after loosing 3 ships and assorted crew, to off line attacks I gave up. 

For all you guys who like to sink ramshackle and sloops of solo players; your mother would be so proud. Destroying a ship and crew of an unarmed vessel is so challenging. 
I bet if there was an option to mark your ship safe when anchored all you guys would use it other than spouting “ it’s pvp I’m so tired listening to you cry babies “. 
 

Oh, buy the way go ahead and bitch about me and this post. I’m not going to respond to anything anyone says so don’t waste your time. I bet I’m not alone in this. 

That’s great to know it’s a known problem. If you have to set up a bed in the new grid then that’s what I’ll do. Thanks for the info. 

Every time I die on or around my ship, even though I select to spawn on the bed I get a black screen saying I died. I have to relaunch the game and my ship and beds are no longer on the maps to respawn at. I can respawn on other beds but not on my ship. 

I select respawn at another place and build a raft. The ship and beds don’t show up until I raft into the grid the ship is at. 

Ive tried leaving conversations on discord and bug reports but have yet to get an answer if anyone else has this problem with no reply’s. 

This problem makes me want to quit single player. 

On single player I’m not sure about this however there is either no lawless or lawless has wpe’s. I went one grid up from where I spawned and there was 2 wpe camps. Therefore I believe there are wpe’s on every island except Freeport’s. 

I only played for a few hour because I kept on having a problem with the bed on my boat. When I died I could select it but then the game crashed. When I respawned I couldn’t find my ship on any map. Thus happened several times. Anyone else have this problem on single player. 

Also the repair hammer didn’t work. 

My experience with the wpe are they’re everywhere. Mostly two camps per island. Trying to move around the island on foot near these camps dangerous. Many times I thought I was out of range they would either shoot s rifle or cannon at me. For npc’s they are very alert and good shots. Being single player I think it’s going to be difficult to claim an island or settle on one with their camps and boats. 

I think it would have been better to make them more random vs on every claimable island. 

It shouldn’t be about player count it should be about equal access. With all the fixes on today patch it a wonder we were able to play at all on the old servers. 

The rope ladders made from the loom wont attache to ladders previously placed on schooner. Can put new ones one fantail but not on sides.

There shouldn’t be any timers on tames. Your not around they starve and die. 

3 hours ago, eeeceee said:

Ok.

Some areas have more discoveries, deserts were a favourite due to them having ruins near the beach. Golden age ruins can also be good. Going for the easy disco pts is the best option, sometimes don't bother with climbing picks or even running up to the top of mountains. Spyglass will show you disco pts, so you can just sail around, spyglass will show disco pt, get the island disco pt, then spyglass again to see if there is any easy disco pts. If you want to explore and get all the discovery pts, in a way that doesn't bother about building/hoarding mats or reaching end game, it is as simple as go to every island. There was a person on reddit who was doing simply that, just sailing around getting the disco pts on a sloop or schooner.

Brigs are sadly useless for speed and transporting stuff, tbh. Climbing picks are very useful.

Getting the disco pts first is a good idea, as you will then avoid wasting possible xp gained when you work out what you're doing. However, while you're getting disco pts, I will be grinding and will have more stuff than you always

Cow and chicken on the ship is the *best* for rp'ing/pve'ing at the start, cows give milk for blue vitamin, chickens give yellow, craploads of berries (some colour), and some cooked meat (the other colour) Fortitude is good stat to start out with, and is what I lvl up myself. Unfortunately, due to the way the hunger and vitamin system work together currently, sometimes you want less fortitude. I think 10 or 15 fort is fine at the start.

Going for medicine (and building and farming) is a good plan, if someone else can go captaineering and ship building. I think at the start, everyone needs to aim for beast mastery tier 2.

I’m proud of you man. For all the deservingly crap you gave the realist, you helped him. I only hope he goes to eupve. Only kidding kinda 

There are some great points that have been made here. I like the idea of new beginnings and starting new but will miss all that I have accomplished since the last wipe. When is ea going to end or does it go on forever? Just joking 

Why cant we keep our levels, skills and discovery points going into the new map? 

How is it fair and balanced for console players that pc players get a 10 day head start ? How about another wipe on pvp after 10 days.

Why do the pve players have to wait till the 8th to play? More bugs to work out  idk.  Same playbook as last wipe .

Sure they have addressed some fixes but what about ALL the other bugs that all of us have lived with?  I always believed it should be before new stuff fix the old stuff.  

Why cant we have WPE on the official servers. It made sense without a wipe but now ?? It would add so much to the game play. 

No choice except to wait and see.  

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In addition you have to download a 16GB file every time you switch to the PTR or go back to regular game from the PTR.Stupid

Played yesterday and no problems, today I joined an normal 1X gathering rate. Did something change on the PTR ?

In Freeport for less than 1/2 hour and game froze and crashed 2 X