Anybody else picked up ARK?
- Thread starter Fenrig
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I was on the same thought process at Captain Richard with this. After H1Z1 I was burnt out from survival games.....
BUT
I actually just got it on Steam; but will not be able to play it till July when I get home.
Why the change of heart? Unlike H1Z1 this game is something that I can let my daughters play. I discovered when I came home from deployment they are in the MINECRAFT world. I would like them to play something that has more to it... and Dino DNA.
BUT
I actually just got it on Steam; but will not be able to play it till July when I get home.
Why the change of heart? Unlike H1Z1 this game is something that I can let my daughters play. I discovered when I came home from deployment they are in the MINECRAFT world. I would like them to play something that has more to it... and Dino DNA.
I once made a remote-controlled flying bomber (aircraft was powered by Red Frame, and the controls were done via ComputerCraft) that was armed with nuclear explosives in Minecraft. There isn't a lot to the vanilla game, but with mods it has a whole lot to it. Mystcraft was a fun mod too with the ability to create new pocket worlds and shape them how you want.
I bought ark yesterday, saw it was a little cheaper in the steam sale...
Get in and the game melts my gpu, find out it defaulted to max graphics on 4k, so fiddle with that putting it on medium at 1080p and suddenly everything's smooth as silk.
Play game, pick up rocks from the beach, punch a tree for an age before I start getting wood, go on the inventory and make a pickaxe, feeling good. Put my pickaxe on my hotbar and move inland, suddenly a giant crocodile attacks, I rush to get my pickaxe ready but my character assumed that the hotbar pickaxe meant make a new pickaxe. Get eaten before I finish crafting a second pickaxe.
10/10
Get in and the game melts my gpu, find out it defaulted to max graphics on 4k, so fiddle with that putting it on medium at 1080p and suddenly everything's smooth as silk.
Play game, pick up rocks from the beach, punch a tree for an age before I start getting wood, go on the inventory and make a pickaxe, feeling good. Put my pickaxe on my hotbar and move inland, suddenly a giant crocodile attacks, I rush to get my pickaxe ready but my character assumed that the hotbar pickaxe meant make a new pickaxe. Get eaten before I finish crafting a second pickaxe.
10/10
test server is still up and running:
http://arkservers.net/1/search/?term=test+squadron
pw: test.is.best
http://arkservers.net/1/search/?term=test+squadron
pw: test.is.best
DontTouchMyHoHos
Space Marshal
Pr0totype dFA
Space Marshal
I've been playing it for a week or so and for the most part it's a decent game. However, on the server I play on with a buddy of mine (EU) it rubberbands like mad. I own a lot of the survival games and this one stands out to me imo. Already 30 hours in with little time to play and tamed at least 10 raptors and a triceratops. The bad side of the game is that it requires constant attention on a daily basis if you want to keep your dinos alive by feeding them but they said they will fix that issue soon or at least work on it. Great fun with a friend or more and hopefully I don't get bored of this one too soon. My 980 Ti is running it almost maxed out on Epic (sky/clouds about 70% and AA on High) but the server is what ruins it for me. Definitely a game for patient people dealing with bugs and unoptimized gaming
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On sale on Steam right now for $24.89, down from $29.99.
It they drop it down to $20 or less, I may actually try it out.
It they drop it down to $20 or less, I may actually try it out.
DontTouchMyHoHos
Space Marshal
Tainted Wisdom
Lieutenant
NeoHelios_SC
Vice Admiral
yeah! looking forward to checking this out. how are we with pvp? NBSI or NRDS? Are we perpetually cohesive as TEST on this server, or every person for themselves with the usual PUGs?
wat
we just started as newbies, forming 2 testie tribes on our server, one in the north, one in the south
pvp is possible, but we have more problems with dino's atm, than with other players
Managed to get some more time on my single player game... died, got lost and died. Got eaten by a T-rex while trying to take a parasaur, got lot and died...
Found a quiet beach near a river, settled down, made a hut, set up a small farm and tamed a Triceratops. Suddenly life is good!
One issue I've had is the levels needed for crafting things is arbitrary at times. Most farming stuff can be learnt at level 10 including irrigation pipes, but angled irrigation pipes (which you need as water is almost always downhill) isn't available until level 15. Second issue is the game is unoptimised as sin, but hey that's early access for you.
I should be able to hop on the server tonight before movie night if anyone will be about?
Found a quiet beach near a river, settled down, made a hut, set up a small farm and tamed a Triceratops. Suddenly life is good!
One issue I've had is the levels needed for crafting things is arbitrary at times. Most farming stuff can be learnt at level 10 including irrigation pipes, but angled irrigation pipes (which you need as water is almost always downhill) isn't available until level 15. Second issue is the game is unoptimised as sin, but hey that's early access for you.
I should be able to hop on the server tonight before movie night if anyone will be about?
this game is so much more fun in multiplayer... imagine 5 people in leather shorts punching dinos or running from a t-rex screaming.
NeoHelios_SC
Vice Admiral
Haha hope that name will die off. But we got a freaking raptor!! Its been a long time since I've been this hooked on a gameThe Tribe of Munken has tamed some beasts:
