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As long as we're wiping, how about adding 2-3 temperate grids to South America & Africa? Maybe even a couple tropical to Africa to round it out a bit more? 

Do we know why they did this to the map? Seems insanely silly to me. Shit, if they wanted fast travel, just add a couple portals to the existing map. I also have no idea how to get to A5-C5. I was told you can get back to Rookie, but you can't bring anything with...so naked. I foolishly tried to sail out of rookie zone, only to go from c4 to c1. Guess you gotta portal and might as well forget all about rookie zone? Or just stay there forever? This kinda seems like just about the dumbest thing you could do, no? Maybe we're all part of some sick experiment...

I think it would help if they stopped making changes that break parts of the game that were working fine. 

How is it possible to go so far backwards with a game that seemed to work pretty well like a year ago? 

So I don't see the seed or resource vendors in the Freeport. Are they gone from the game now, or hiding somewhere? If they're gone, are there now resources & seeds that cannot be acquired in the game? 

I thought I was missing some stuff, but now I'm pretty sure. After visiting some places via fast travel, some of the gear I had in my storage box is missing. Does anyone know the specifics of how/why and how to avoid it? 

Since the new map I'm having trouble finding a few things: diamond, shale oil, mineral oil, & naphtha. I don't see these on any of the resource maps I've used before. Has anyone seen these? Thanks!

I wish they'd go back to the single farmhouse instead of all these subtypes. Or maybe if more players would leave them unlocked or share a PIN? Both? Neither? 

On 5/24/2021 at 5:46 PM, George Catcher said:

 

 

That's why some owners leave message: "Contact me on discord if you wanna settle".

Which is fine, but this game, with great potential of players interaction really need to get some group, market, messages etc. features. Currently we have just old fashion chat, while leaders of MMO gaming industry introducing bunch of different tools.

I've actually had issues with those messages not showing. I try to check for billboards, but doesn't seem like that many companies do that. 

On 4/5/2021 at 7:57 AM, Bondarius said:

That Los Pollos Hermanos did similar to me. 

 

They did that to my base before the wipe. I had recently titanic'd my brig and schooner and just got enough $$ to build another schooner...then claim towers came. Are we sure this game isn't all just a big experiment into how shitty people will be to each other given certain options? 

On 5/19/2021 at 11:23 AM, CptStubborn said:

Giraffes looks like they can break galleons with their huge powerful legs.
By the way, hogs are pretty much useless, theyre almost not dealing damage, but maybe they're using for anything else, i'm not sure.

Pooping. Loots of pooping.

OK, so that's now 2 island owners with TONS of space that have said they have too many settlers. Did something change? Is it no longer good to have settlers? 

Out of curiosity, why would an island owner with tons of open space not want to add settlers to their island? 

On 5/14/2021 at 4:01 AM, Kummba said:

When you jump to all vendors in one freeport grid, you normally end up with like 2 missing that way. You can wait in that grid (the vendors change inventory after a a (long) while, or sail to another freeport grid.

The seed vendor is in the freeport towns were all the other vendors are. @Dosgimp

 

OK, so instead of encouraging travel to distant lands, they're encouraging travel to distant...Freeports??? I guess this season salt is the resource you need to travel for? 

On 5/10/2021 at 12:55 AM, Nacona said:

I agree the change is pretty worse that you can't find seeds anymore. It's fine to get them for gold on freeport but it makes crafting of medi kits much more difficult in the first week until you have lots of farms running where you can harvest seeds.

But the change to have no wild version is maybe not that worse. It's much easire to tame baers and horses without having honey or sugercane. And also your farmhouse does not collect thousands of this drop away items. Maybe they should increase food and vitamin value of Berries as well and reduse their ammount in the same time.

Wait, are all seeds not available at all seed vendors? Just went to one that only had chili, wheat, rice, and coffee. 

9 hours ago, George Catcher said:

Try to put wooden pillar under stairs you already built...

Friggin' genius. I still can't place stuff next to the stairs in the pic, but it did help with other parts. Thanks!

They are, but it seems like you need to buy seeds at a seed vendor instead of exploring to get them. Otherwise they should still be on w/e islands, they just wont be the wild version. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Also, bad change imho. 

7 hours ago, Starsky said:

The game was an Ark user mod I believe, hence the assets I believe. Anyway on topic, I HATE the gold requirement. As a solo pve player I gave up late season. I got built around so had to move, but couldnt find anywhere that had room for a warehouse, some islands can only have one market.

I made a warehouse and sailed in a tiny sloop that is too small to do anything with, for just over a month. Only places I could find were claimed islands and none of the owners allowed me to settle.

This season I built a 4x4 shelter and built a warehouse first staying up to 2am to get that setup first. This time Ive just today built a Brig. Once you have a warehouse and market setup its super easy....if you can get in early the is. Anyway yes the gold requirement is absolutely stupid and game breaking for some.

Getting the early start is probably the hardest thing. I'm solo & got started about 1.5 days after wipe. I got a base up & got surrounded by fences soon after. As far as getting a warehouse/market...fat chance hot pants. Looks like I'm stuck doing low level maps for gold for as long as I play. 

Does anyone know if there is a fix or workaround for this? I've got a base like 95% built, but I can't make the last few placements I need. I can't get floors, pillars, or roof pieces to lay down. I can place stuff farther away from my base, not not where I actually need it. 

On 4/30/2021 at 1:00 AM, Motor said:

Farmhouses are worthless. They only collect fibers and fruit. Mines are worthless unless you find a metal node. Won't collect metal from stones. Haven't even wasted my time building any other gathering modules. I can gather everything by hand more efficiently. Why? Who thinks this is a step forward? Now I'm a caveman beating on rocks for hours. Unbelievable. What's the point of the stone farm house? I'm baffled. I didn't know the farm houses were broken, but they are now.

Yeah, I'm not impressed. I feel like this makes it even harder for small/solo players. If we're gonna do this then have farmhouse do it all, but at like 10% of the specialized harvesters. Then make a new harvester for plants separate from the farmhouse. 

Would it just make sense to make Atlas official servers PVP and leave it up to private servers for PVE? 

21 hours ago, George Catcher said:

A-a-a-a-and we came back to 1st season : ))

I'd say even worse. I don't remember being able to straight up steal someone's shit on PVE. 

And the mats required to make the tower? Even with a wipe, it'll take a solo player quite a while to get a tower built. If they do build a base, I wonder how long it would take to get a tower? Would it be quick enough before a larger company comes and steals your stuff I wonder? This coupled with the change in the map layout doesn't seem that smart. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's the new changes to Lawless claiming. I also logged in to find out I'm locked out of my base, shipyards, and pen. At least the tames are still mine...just locked behind a door I can't open. Thanks Obama!

edit: I just realized it's even worse. I recently lost my brig and schooner, so I'm stuck with sloops. I had *just* gotten enough $$ again to build a schooner and that just got taken over by the West Indies Wolves company. Wow. Maybe I'll play again after a wipe, but that just does it. 

OK, so 2x now in the last couple days I've lost bears to cobras while offline. Both bears were on an anchored sloop. Anyone else having this issue? Do I need to build an armored dock everywhere I go? Or park like 8mi off the coast?