The fact that ASA right after a "new" map release can still barely hit HALF the player count that ASE still has speaks volumes

@trevorroels6414

19 күн бұрын

It's also because people are whiney bitches. People act like the pyromane is like god tier pvp game. Just don't buy it. Been playing Asa since launch and it feels the same with better building. Also who else has EVER released a free remaster? Come on 😂

@Enjoyinqtheoutdoors

19 күн бұрын

It’s not that deep. A lot of people can’t afford to upgrade their PC. I have a lot of old tribe mates that still play ark ase because of that reason only.

@trevorroels6414

19 күн бұрын

@@Enjoyinqtheoutdoors that's why I'm happy on series x. It runs super well

@Enjoyinqtheoutdoors

19 күн бұрын

@@trevorroels6414 I have that too, but it’s just not the same as PC. A lot of the people on consoles are not as good as steam players. But you do run into a lot of cheaters on steam.

@BetweenthePunches

19 күн бұрын

People have just been let down almost every step of the way. ASA is fine, but nobody wants to play anymore because of their bullshit lol

the new generation of gamers who are growing up with "pay to win" "battlepasses" "microtransactions" don't know the golden age of gaming where once you buy the game once, you get access to everything. So, they will buy into this crap and keep giving greedy devs and publishers money.

@tanepukenga1421

2 күн бұрын

Yeah, but they also get games like ARK instead of Legends of Dragoon or Final Fantasy 9. As for greedy devs, that's a touchy one. We can't pretend they make these games for free, but in saying that, there's certainly a lot of *Cough, EA, cough* companies choosing the scummier route. You always get some bad practitioners in business and I'm not keen on painting everyone with the snail brush.

@Skeptic_Tank

Күн бұрын

@tanepukenga1421 I have ark. The first one. I also play mobile games that have micro transactions. Difference is I don't pay money to win. All about self control and just kmowing.

@marinaramirez1959

19 сағат бұрын

I'm not against reasonable battle passes, especially if they Its just cosmetics. The companies still need profit to keep the game running. Supporting Indy developers can still help get you full games.

I miss the old day when there was patch that introduces new dinosaurs, like yutyrannus. Now we have to pay $5 to enjoy one creature.

@minimozzer9149

16 күн бұрын

Yeah it sucks they should just add cool skins and let people buy them like every other game. Let’s be real people would definitely buy them

@Specs_Appeal

14 күн бұрын

Ceratasayrus, Xiphinctus & Shasta are all free and on official servers

@frostflame45

14 күн бұрын

@@Specs_Appealalong with gigantoraptor and fasola

@Meancode

14 күн бұрын

And they have other official servers with AA mods on them (that they are folding into the core game now)

@RageSpike420

13 күн бұрын

Well worth the five bucks

Over 10k hours in ARK:SE...Even if they made ascended FREE I still wouldn't be interested. Wildcard has completely destroyed any confidence I had in them. Why would I waste more time in their game just to get unceremoniously wiped *AGAIN!*

@mikoto7693

15 күн бұрын

Unceremoniously wiped? You mean they didn’t provide you a way to save your character and tames by allowing transfer to an unofficial server or single player mode when they shut the official servers down? Sorry, I’m new to ASE, playing on unofficial and single player so I don’t know.

@legobuilder3578

14 күн бұрын

u got 10k hrs and complain about costs get a grip

@litterbox2010

13 күн бұрын

@@mikoto7693 They did exactly that. No one lost anything.

@mikoto7693

13 күн бұрын

@@litterbox2010 Oh good. I was mad enough when my character managed to die while I was logged off-I have no idea how since it’s a PvE server and everything is protected when we’re logged out. But my old body wasn’t there. I lost a couple really good tames I had in my inventory that day. Sure, most of them were in storage at my base but it still sucked. I’d hate to lose everything.

@Jlawton_

9 күн бұрын

@@litterbox2010the problem is many of us were from the PvP community, being able to transfer to singleplayer just isn’t the same game without the other players we were tribed with / fighting.

A performance update should've been out a looong time ago...

@Huxleyx

17 күн бұрын

Barely 30 fps on consoles

@tomcat2540

17 күн бұрын

I play on console many crashes. rebuilding just to crash again.

@sg.o7139

17 күн бұрын

​@@Huxleyxyou can increase fps by using some console commands. By doing that i can get around 60fps on my XBSX. There may be some new commands that improve that even more. Just do a search for ASA improve fps on console.

@rokos.1239

9 күн бұрын

What's with them? How that they couldn't add any performance update before? Maybe also enhance graphics a bit. Graphics look like shit on PS4 and optimization is poor. How can games like BF5 and CoD warzone looks so good on console yet this game can't? I'm just kinda sick noone talks about this and I love ark. I've played it with a friend ,but that was 4-5 years ago and game still hadn't gotten what we both discussed it should have.

@shawmiserix404

9 күн бұрын

potato pc mf

Prim-only servers should be a thing

@Mike_Honcho_91

19 күн бұрын

For real! Personally I think asa is phenomenal compared to ase. And I've mainly been running on arkpocalypse, but I would LOVE to have a primitive server. I miss when prim+ was still active.

@jumbas45

19 күн бұрын

yes especially since they deleted the beginner servers

@Clank413

18 күн бұрын

prim plus was so much fun

@HOD

17 күн бұрын

this would be amazing

@BourbonBiscuit.

17 күн бұрын

Yea but that would mean less skins to sell them

I think everyone is forgetting snailgames is a big reason why wildcard is In the position they are in

@HOD

17 күн бұрын

we know they are the biggest reason but it doesn't exscuse Wildcard finally letting them add the p2w that they wanted in the past.

@gustavheinrich5565

17 күн бұрын

I think people are forgetting why Wildcard is in the position they are in: Jeremy Stieglitz violated his non-compete with Trendy, and lost millions because of it, which was an absolutely stupid and avoidable move. They used development funds from Ark to settle the lawsuit by releasing the scortched earth DLC, before the original game was released, or major, gamebreaking bugs were fixed. Fck the users of the base game, they already payed so doesn't matter if development is delayed even further. Then he failed to do any research before getting into bed with SnailGames to bail them out. The second avoidable and absolutly stupid decision. This was all self-inflicted. Now they lost the rights to their own Ark IP, and any decision making capability what so ever. Do you think Jeremy learned to read contracts by now? What I don't understand is, that people still stand up for WildCard, when they clearly don't even bother to do the same for their fanbase. WildCard has no say, no integrity and no backbone. So if they are different from SnailGames or not doesn't matter. They don't stand up for themselves or their community.

@darkraichu961

16 күн бұрын

I think people somewhat forget arks always kinda been p2w they are some very specific creatures in mind that were paid for creatures exclusively main creature being the reaper king they never spawned on a free map unless someone force spawn with commands on Val bloodstalkers only on Gen 1 I think people just don't like the pyromane because it spawns in the world still even if you don't buy it I agree that's retarded but I feel saying it's p2w is very one sided because then that's just us as a community being biest because it's a 5 dollar creature when some creatures cost almost 70 dollars (combined money from both dlc packs from ASE)

@Czermet666

16 күн бұрын

WildCard willingly got into bed with SnailGames. Everything is their own fault. Snail is too convenient a boogeyman to pin all of their mistakes on.

@R0taderp

16 күн бұрын

@@gustavheinrich5565 amen! :D

Personally, the nostalgia hit hard when ASA released. Only because it had my 4090 feeling like I was back on xbox one.

@P1DZz

19 күн бұрын

🤣

@MrBrandonLau

15 күн бұрын

Fr I tried playing on my gtx 1080 last week and it was truly a horrible experience even tho it’s still a beast on other games. man I miss the old ark

@BourbonBiscuit.

15 күн бұрын

@@MrBrandonLau yea looks like they just slapped on every UE5 effect and called it a day without actually testing it

Love how pyromane one tap survivors with its flame attack and it cost money to use, what the fuck dude its literally pay to win

@littengamer

7 күн бұрын

Then we have the ase dlc creatures that were also op as fuck

@ghost942

7 күн бұрын

​@@littengamerthey alteast came with an actual map along with other dinos, the pyromane spawns on the maps but you aren't allowed to tame it unless you decide to fork over money just for access to taming it

@thecrazygreengo

7 күн бұрын

@@littengamer Op but available for EVERYONE, terrible comparison.

@littengamer

15 сағат бұрын

@@thecrazygreengo you still gotta buy the map to access the new creatures

@thecrazygreengo

15 сағат бұрын

@@littengamer Not on ase which, which your comment was about. At least on ase everyone was able to use the new tames regardless of owning the dlc. Took much ark and not enough school, pick up a book.

i miss when ark was a dinosaur game

@islamisourlifeforever

13 күн бұрын

Samee

@r.k845

10 күн бұрын

It never was

@GarrettBlack376

10 күн бұрын

@@r.k845 there was a time before tek and all the ridiculous over the top creatures were added.

@islamisourlifeforever

10 күн бұрын

Exactly

@Aby-es6iz

9 күн бұрын

​@@GarrettBlack376you knew what he meant

I miss the old days man 😢

@fuzzy8593

19 күн бұрын

👆🏼 Predicting this will be top comment. I miss when characters didn’t look like Clash of Clan characters. It has become so silly. Skin packs, dino packs, adventure packs, whatever.

@petermeier7149

19 күн бұрын

I think the game died, when it was possible to farm element. The bosses were only Engramm unlocks after that. And the Endgame was way to easy with unlimited Tek use

@BourbonBiscuit.

19 күн бұрын

Always been a shit show, the idea was always there but they've never been able to deliver a positive gaming experience. Even back in the day when you're enjoying learning everything, you're playing at 20 fps on console with constant crashing and endless bugs. I have a 4090 now and when ASA released I felt like I was back on xbox one.

@Gerte94

19 күн бұрын

Since they had the cryopod glitch there is now people on smalls with alpha rexes , wyvern etc

@Optimus337

19 күн бұрын

Back when Rexes were strong when Giga's made you the best in the server when official servers were fun man the good old days

Imagine how dead asa would be if they didn't shut ase official server lol

@chrisspedling75

11 күн бұрын

How would that make it more dead??

@AliveOP

11 күн бұрын

@@chrisspedling75 because everyone would play ase lmao

@chrisspedling75

10 күн бұрын

@@AliveOP i misunderstood

@maxamillion499

9 күн бұрын

So true!!

@BostonBlues

6 күн бұрын

wait ase pvp servers are still up?

all we wanted was the old ARK with less lag and no cheaters that's it

I stopped following ark news after the first Scorched Earth delays for Ascended. So I didnt know about the Pyromane, but when I saw, I assumed it was a premium mod. Having a creature in the game for everyone but needing to pay to tame it ??? What the actual fuck ?

@xCl4udiu5x

19 күн бұрын

On ase u have more p2w things than asa have, u need pay to get every content from map and I think worse... in asa u dont need pay for pyro and if u raid someone with cryos pyro u can use it

@NotTheDragon837

19 күн бұрын

​​​@@xCl4udiu5xYou need to pay to get the maps, but not the creatures on said maps. Mods that add the other dinosaurs from paid maps to regular ones. They can still be used if you can get them to spawn. Even on Console there's still maps like Fjordur, Lost Island, Crystal Isles, Valguero, and Ragnarok that has a good amount of the DLC Dino's on it, for free. There are also unofficial servers that have more DLC Dino's spawning in on free maps Meanwhile ASA here literally has these Dino's and items, that can still appear if you don't have the DLC, you just can't use them at all if you haven't paid for it.which actively affects gameplay. Because it's taking up the place of other Dino's and items that could have spawned instead, that you actually could have used.

@2MangosAL2

17 күн бұрын

The exact same story here!

@Spiney09

15 күн бұрын

The Oasisaur was the same thing, but it was a lot better because it wasn’t as in-your-face and honestly, wasn’t as loaded with abilities. The pyromane is what people were worried about with paid creatures.

@19DESERTFOX91

15 күн бұрын

i only play ark offline solo every so often but it thought it was a paid add on mod and ignored it... but seeing people with it while you cant have it is pure P2W insanity.

The DEVS Lied to the community. They said ASA was built from ground up, but it’s not. It’s same “lazy” code from ASE. They just Lazy copied it into UE 5.0/5.1. Slapped on few minor upgrade and game updates then called it day. Slapped full Price on it. There is ZERO optimization on it, it has Same bugs as when ASE launched back 2015. Where at least ASE has years of bug fixes. Don’t forget wildcard is run by snail games. Scam of company who supposedly invested all, ASE they made and snail games put into EV car company then it went bankrupt. So all money snail/wildcard made. GONE. They are broke. Or that is the rumour. And maybe why they dropped the free ASE to ASA upgrade. Cus they needed money again. Devs said ASA is running UE 5.2. They have lied. I swear it running UE 5.0 or 5.1. Not 5.2. How we know this? Remember when UE 5.0 matrix demo came out? It ran horrible. Epic made a lot fixes, bug tweaks and optimization in UE 5.2 to 5.3 and now 5.4 is the latest UE version. So that why feel bland, runs like crap even on 4090. Didn’t Jess or was Jeremy one ark devs say on Twitter, that they would never go MTX or pay to win? Lol Bs. The high end game content should be locked behind instant, like they do in wow. When enter the raid. It’s separate raid. You have be in party to fight the bosses with chance of high end loot dropping. Player can roll for loot. It’s not perfect. But at least it stop tribes camping at spot and locking it away from all other players. But yeah devs don’t care. Clearly none of them have ever played classic wow back in the day. When was good. It’s now shit game also, Cus all good devs left/quit and got corrupted by Activision. Now ms owns same corruption. Snail games is a cancer.

Their nasty business practices and their crashing game. Killed the most amazing game ever.

@YourLawyer27

13 күн бұрын

Bro it’s not wildcards fault it’s snailgames fault my g

@southernantman

13 күн бұрын

I know man but they’re stuck in the storm they built . I miss Ark greed destroyed the game.

@tanepukenga1421

2 күн бұрын

@@YourLawyer27 No, it's wildcard. They chose snailgames for a reason, to get people like you to blame them instead of their team. In reality, they had a brand new IP worth half a billion dollars in their back pocket - with investors clamoring to give them money to be a part of it. As an owner of a development studio, there's very few reasons to take snail up on their offer above everyone else who offered to be silent partners and the only one that makes sense with what happened is scapegoat. It just so happened that this particular time they bit off more than they could chew (which they should have known from where they were based) and the scapegoat became a bone in their throat.

@YourLawyer27

2 күн бұрын

@@tanepukenga1421 damn

Today we explore what has happened to Ark and ask how did we get here and explore the future of Ark can they save it? what do you think?

@DEIKO19

19 күн бұрын

I am not worried at all for ark, if snail and wild card DO go bankrupt another company will swoop in and take over ARK

@jamestill5036

19 күн бұрын

lets face it devs are awesome they made ark, snails greed is whats the issue, will always pop in on u hod u n bob lee the goated so many great memories watching you over the years, i been long gone a few years now, The OG Ark era is/always will be the best times just be glad you were there....... much love

@thefinalboss2403

19 күн бұрын

It's only going to get worse. Snail and wildcard have ruined the game, and the community completely. It's beyond hope at this point. I knew it was over the second they shut down ASE. Time to find another game.

@BigMidGang

19 күн бұрын

figure out a monetization method thats different between pve and pvp. Such as a skin marketplace or something bc the route they are taking with pvp monetization through broken tames is so bad

@GeoBot_Gaming

19 күн бұрын

It's simple, ARK is dying.

Still laughing at the Ark discord mod who replied to me and said "Eww it's not a Shadowmane reskin!"

@AnkleMuncher

17 күн бұрын

Thats what im talking about people say its only $5 but its a reskin and a very lazy one, people are just ignorent and become shills to the game.

@justawake4641

14 күн бұрын

Bro omg 😂

@ferchi5865

13 күн бұрын

who was that? otterly?

@bearabendroth1852

11 күн бұрын

@@ferchi5865 yeah lmao

@ferchi5865

11 күн бұрын

@@bearabendroth1852 ohh lol otterly is like a kid

I put this on Nooblet's video but I wanted to extend it here as well H.O.D since I've seen all of the counter-points out there from the WC sycophants that defend this (which they have a right to of course) 1) Many people will argue that there wasn't as much controversy within the community when the original paid map expansion DLCs came out, and I'd like to note that's a false narrative. Kishko notably stopped playing becuase he recognized how much of a detriment to the original game Extinction was -specifically the managarmr. However many players before then, notably those that either couldn't afford to, or didn't want to, buy the DLCs found it unfair - you could be raided from a map you couldn't access, dinos and equipment were added that continuously tipped the scales, and many balance patches needed to be applied. It was ALWAYS an issue. -Here's the counter point to that: Eventually free DLC maps were added that gave access to many of those engrams and dinos. Unlike the Pyromane, you could still use any dino/equipment yourself from DLC you didn't own if someone gave it to you (freely or in PvP), and those maps were, well, maps! Is the shadowmane as (1) dino, really worth 1/4th the content of say, Aberration? Of course not. It's substantially more bang for your buck AND it expanded the game content which led towards Ark as a completed game - the collector's edition which contained all DLC. 2) "Developers need to get paid, they're a business" and you're absolutely right! They do! However, the devs of Rust, Fortnite, myriad other survival and PvP oriented games have managed to integrate paid mechanics that don't tip the scales in the favor of those who either have the funds, or have the desire to support them. The cambridge definition of P2W is as follows: "involving or relating to the practice of paying to get weapons, abilities, etc. that give you an advantage over players who do not spend money" cut and dry, the Pyromane & Bob's tall tales, some could argue even more-so than the previous DLC maps, are P2W content. Specifically because as previously stated, you cannot access this content whatsoever unless you pay for it. The issue ISN'T the community not wanted the devs being paid: why would they have bought the game in the first place afterall? That argument is purely a straw man fallacy. The issue is that ASA promised all the previous DLC for free, and they are obligated to keep that promise. The paid DLC now unequivocally adds an advantage over those that don't give in, to those on the same map. Those that don't have BTT had the Oasisaur drop golems and titans dropped on them. Those that don't own the Pyromane will have their walls rocket ran and selves set on fire. The devs need to be paid of course, but that's what premium mods and cosmetic items are for, as well as their deal with Nitrado which SHOULD have been to their financial benefit, and of course the initial purchase of the game. 3) It's only 5 bucks. Correct, good catch, it is only 5 bucks. It's only 5 dollars that everyone individually needs to pay, from the CEO who plays in his off time to the 11yo kid in poverty playing at his friend's house. As long as all current roughly 45k people playing ASA buy it, then it's an even playing field! But then what? The next 5 dollar, 10 dollar, 20 dollar P2W dino/item/engram comes out. By the end (assuming they ever stop) you'll have put over 3-4x (135-180usd) the cost of the original game JUST to either have an advantage over the regular player, or to "support the devs" on a handful of dinos and items, when originally half that price granted you 6 whole maps with their associated tames and items. ASA is currently 45usd. BTTs is 30usd and the pyromane is 5usd. With JUST those 2 DLCs alone we're at 78% the cost of the initial game - does that sound like it's a fair deal to you? The issue isn't it only being 5 dollars. The issue is it's a slippery slope that isn't just a fallacy, it's a historical trend for developers to push the envelope AND you're being objectively cheated. 4) it's not that op. This one is almost self-explanatory. Shoulder-pet to ridden on a dime, can bypass enemy foundations negating the cryopod changes, infinite shoulder-mounted flamethrower, pre-saddled with 60armor, will be able to/can be bred for mutes, is entirely fire-based which is the current meta, AND is a passive tame that you can get almost immediately if you make a trap for it. Is it going to beat a giga or carch? No, but neither do most if any previous DLC dinos. What it will do is give a clear and definitve advantage in PvP that bypasses all the current mechanics in ASA and again, isn't accessible to anyone that hasn't paid for it. 5) stop crying. Why? If your neighbor gets their roof's shingles re-done and thinks the job is poor while you don't, your opinion doesn't negate nor trump theirs. They have just as much a right to demand more from the service they've elected as much as you do a right to be content with yours. The issue with this argument is quite literally, constructive criticism will always be to the benefit of the whole, while sitting back in complacency will only benefit the originators of the service. The community at large doesn't like what's going on - and presumably if the detractors left à la "if you don't like it, get out" you'd be left with a truly dead game, as that opinion is the current minority. For every mesh hole fix, for every PvP rebalance, for every DLC that became a free modded map, for every cheater that got reported, behind them all was someone raising the flag of discontent and concern. You don't complain about something becuase you DON'T care about it, you complain because you do - that applies to everything in life. From a dino survival game, to your job, to marriage, to life, you should want to fix what's deemed broken - to better. Content creators are there to give a voice to the people, because they've put the work in to build a platform, and they've promoted the game a LOT more than bob-schmo beach-man. Lastly, I'll just say this. Most everyone that's watching this video, and HOD, and Shane, and Xavii, and every content creator that isn't simply meat riding - we all want the game to succeed, and by extension, studio WC, and to a lesser degree for obvious reasons, Snail Games. We love Ark. It's truly a bang for your buck game and unique - but there's a limit to what the community can/should take. If the detractors of this argument TRULY believe in what they're saying then fine - go and buy copies of ASA for the people you know, go to the WC store and buy their merch, and buy every premium cosmetic mod you can - it will ALL support the devs in a way that doesn't support unfair gaming practices or encourage their implementation. You can tell from the lack of Ark videos from your favorite or even lesser known YT'ers and streamers that the game is essentially on life support - everyone needs to encourage WC and SG to benefit the community in a way that can actually garner them a desire to support the game - becuase currently, most are feeling cheated. Literally, and figuratively.

@HOD

15 күн бұрын

Well said pilgrim. It's wild to me that many try and defend this. I'm glad many can see this is the beginning of the end if we as a community let it slide. Hopefully they come around and can stop now before it's too late for the game we love 😔

The Pyromane's problem is not only just pay to win, it's just not realistic for this setting and ARK IS A PRETTY UNREALISTIC GAME heck we have Wyverns yet they fit the setting. I thought Shadowmanes were Rockwell's creations in Gen Part 2, we shouldn't have a fire reskin and on top of that why does it need to be able to TRANSFORM into a chibi? Thats just too much for me, it feels cheap, unrealistic, and like a cash grab, not a genuine addition.

@rgjs4537

16 күн бұрын

P2w? Really? This thing is ugly as fuck and has "ok" utility at best. People are crying for nothing.

@MDwesman

16 күн бұрын

@@rgjs4537 Not my point man, you don't just throw a chibi transforming fire cat into a dinosaur game. A fictional dinosaur game should at least make a little bit of sense. If they wanted to add something they should've put some heart into it

@3d_Prophecies

16 күн бұрын

​@rgjs4537 youre actually uh st0op1d ch11d brother. Everyone else says its op.

@Czermet666

16 күн бұрын

​@@rgjs4537This guy bought the cat.

@edg1226

14 күн бұрын

Arguably the best cave mount, can fit anywhere you can. With enough muts they will Def b op

HOD, just move on to better content and games. We all know ASA won't get better no matter how much time has passed. It will draw in more players with more maps, but at that point, the game will be filled with functional, paid DLC content and crossovers (like MMPR). ASA almost has ASE beaten, we'll definitely see the trend flip when Ab releases even if it's a 2/10 remaster. I admire the fact you're holding hope, but buddy, it's just not happening. Wildcard doesn't seem to be interested in community reception unless we're threatening them or being overly annoying in Discord. They proved to be out of touch with the initial announcement and it took three tries to get the business model right. Remember what Wildcard said about The Center immediately after release? We are currently working on a major update for The Center, which includes numerous fixes for visual issues, polish, level design, and bugs, such as an issue with Pyromane Breeding on servers, and the inability to build in some spots around the map. Many of these fixes have been queued up in advance, but due to maintaining cross-platform compatibility and certification requirements, we had to wait to release them. Now that the release is out the door, we’ll be working on getting this patch out ASAP, ideally, we can have it released or into cert before the end of the week. ^ literally admitting TC wasn't finished and they couldn't be bothered to delay to at least get the map fixes they have ready finished... Much respect, but don't hold your breathe.

I think the current state is perfectly encapsulated by the recent trailers. When WC was just getting their foothold/cared about the game, it felt like they took it seriously. The ASE Scorched Earth Trailer may not have been some flashy thing, but it was serious, and honestly got me extremely hyped to play the new "hard" ark. It looked cool, challenging, and completely broke open the games story. It was/is buggy, but someone cared about it. Now, we get this new game, and you watch the new Scorched Earth trailer, and the "serious" stuff looks meh, and then there's all this added goofy cowboy bs. It quite literally has shifted the thought process from, "Look, we're trying to be serious game devs," to "The community thinks we're a joke, so we might as well be a giant joke. Give us money, and don't forget to reset your despawn timers." I think that kinda goes hand in hand with the divided community you mentioned where the game is having the identity crisis of sticking to its roots as a serious survival game with unintended jank vs embracing that jank as almost intentional design to dodge the accountability of designing mechanics properly and trying to pass it off as a goofy kids games. Unfortunately, I'm only willing to support games that produce substantial dlc not microtransactions, so I had to let this game go. I love it dearly, but they've chosen their path. I'm under the impression the best thing we can do is don't play it if it's not worth playing. One less addiction in my life. Good video mate.

I tried reinstalling ASE after I bought ASA and realised that the "remaster" had made the game unplayable on my PC (like it literally would crash constantly at startup and wouldn't allow me to create a char without crashing) - I finally got it working and then it started crashing randomly and was horribly laggy, even on low graphical settings / resolution. ASE was no better, sadly, and despite the game being well within my PC's capability, it runs like crap and crashes a tonne more than I ever remember in the past... It's crazy how both versions of this game have been ruined in the time it's taken for ASA to get to this point - I had really wanted to play Ark and experience that fun again trying to tame dinos and make progress with friends, but it's impossible with the game in the state that it is in 😢

@user-vf9nv3qb2i

19 күн бұрын

yea ithin your right like its crazy that they have lit made ase wors just so people buy asa

@fuzzy8593

19 күн бұрын

I’m right there with you. Made so many friends on Ase that are not on Asa.. Servers of friends, not enjoying this game anymore. What a fumble.

@freesolitary9487

19 күн бұрын

i had the same issue my pc perfectly runs ASE but cant even play asa bec i get 2fps

@AnkleMuncher

19 күн бұрын

They fixed this issue by making character creation screen look like crap on PS and Xbox, I had to turn my graphics all the way down until I got in game to get it running on PC good and thdn once I made a character it was Ok but still game sucks.

@Obistopmotions

19 күн бұрын

My Xbox Series X ran it fine with my brother

Weirdest thing I felt with the center is when they used the desertish looking ground/soil on this map almost everywhere you'll see it and it feels off to use on a jungle/island theme map... They should've just used more grass and made the ruins also looked overgrown like nature took over it for many many years :( even just painting the ground green would've probably made it look more ASE Center...

@ripperrex7883

14 күн бұрын

Someone tried to point this out on the Ark reddit and got swarmed by the toxic positivity brigade. X-X

@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778

12 күн бұрын

@@ripperrex7883shills are too busy coping with there slop. ASE chads keep winning

@janinaalvarez-qe5mg

Күн бұрын

I know this is 2 weeks later lol but I also noticed that too today when I was playing on the center it looks verry ugly to me the desertish mud ground almost everywhere.

@ripperrex7883

Күн бұрын

@@janinaalvarez-qe5mg If Ab looks the same people gonna riot

I did enjoy how ASA looks when it 1st came out. Visiting the island again and it looked amazing but they didn't need to do it and paying again for a upgraded version that we already had was disappointing

ASA was the end of an era ark will never be the same as the good days

"built from the ground up" 😂

@vcompound3396

19 күн бұрын

Why is that funny?

@mattsmith5421

18 күн бұрын

​@@vcompound3396Because this brand new freshly built new game coincidentally has every same bug the original one had. That's astounding considering it's a new built game and not the old game with a texture update.

@vcompound3396

18 күн бұрын

@@mattsmith5421 oh yeah tbf I just didn’t see the point of the comment ngl but now that you mention it, they clearly just copy and pasted it. Wildcard are probably the laziest devs I’ve ever seen.

@burokkori8684

17 күн бұрын

I was coping that they would, I guess they just redid the same code because that is the only way they know that works. After playing Skyrim since 2013, being rereleased every couple years with more bugs, I guess it is disappointing but expected.

You listen well ARK Devs take notes you greedy bastards.

@brockoala2994

16 күн бұрын

Well the thing is that it doesn't matter how greedy they are, we will buy no matter what. They don't really care about the freeloaders, but how much more money they can make off the ones who pay.

@bajcli

4 күн бұрын

I'm sure they're listening real close m8

@crack6777

3 күн бұрын

​@@bajcliit was gonna be free but now it's paid i bet this game optimization is good that low end gpu can play this game on 30 fps

@tanepukenga1421

2 күн бұрын

It won't be the dev's, you need to look a little higher on the company payroll to see the culprits. Dev's are never in charge of financing unless that specific dev owns the company too

"They need to do this..." or "They need to do that...". Wrong. You/We need to stop supporting shitty companies. Not just with gaming but restaurants and shopping centers in general. This is no different. We have the power. Take a poll for the next game to support that deserves it.

Well, they removed official ORP servers which knocked out at least a 4th of their player base, theyre screwing over their pvp communities by nerfing. The entire game at this point is a big cash grab, they lied to their entire community about it pretty much the entire time and trying to make ASA a standalone PvE p2w game and refuse to listen to anyone in their community unless if snail games is the one saying anything they wont do anything or listen. They dont even need to make a new dlc to get them out of the hole theyre in just listen to your damn community. Fix the fundamentals of the game add in the modes people wanted like official orp and stop adding in p2w bs that forces your hand if you want to play a game. You cant spawn in a rathole and caves are buggy, its all just a PVE trashy cash grab by snail games and nitrido. If they just did what they promised and add in everything that was in ASE how it was in ASE and stop ruining things like cryopods. If you want to rework something add in things like in ci where owning artifact caves didnt lock people out of progression and listen to the community.

I've watched you for a few years now and would occasionally pop in to watch your vids only recently but I still do enjoy them a lot. I hope you're able to move on from Ark and find more success if the Ark videos don't work out for you. Good luck man.

@HOD

Күн бұрын

I appreciate that! been working on some new channels to be safe :P

I have 17k hours in ASE. Really miss all my friends and the game and the struggles we had together.

I wonder if an indy studio can make a dino survival game, seems like a pretty open market atm

@tanepukenga1421

2 күн бұрын

Our studio is working on something like that. It's like ARK combined with Delicious in Dungeon but you play as multigenerational characters. And yeah, the market has been wide open for a decade (as Palworld showed) with only 3 other major competitors in the works to release in the next 5 years.

OTHER MAIN ISSUES WITH ASA PVP: 1.Game performance, (No other game comes to close to how poorly ark servers/game perform, I get its a mmo with alot of things going on at the same time but just look at rust their servers run 10x better than ark and some servers have more than 800 players on them.) 2.Raid balance, (alot of caves are way to hard to raid rn, all you need to do is sit there with a stego and block off the entrance if they decide to terror run and if they grapple the stego just heal with a pig/cakes or throw out a new stego. Also with cryo changes its makes it pretty hard to soak turrets, plus with the new turret settings you can set them to ignore turtles. Unlike caves its too easy to soak on land, should maybe buff turrets to 1.5x or nerf stegos.) 3.Foot pvp/dino rebalance, (even though it is a dinosaur game foot pvp isnt as strong as it should be imo, foot pvp is alot more fun/skill expressive than sitting on a dino pressing bite, I think it would be cool to see a 50/50 ratio between foot pvpers and dinos in big raids/defense. Main killers of foot pvp rn: carchas way to fast, player speed a little bit to low, no cryos, and kill time is to slow against other players unless bolad. would like to see better registration from weapons, tlc to weapons: buff to some weapons, nerf to flame, increasing use of attachments/adding more like a grip/extended mag,.) 4. To hard for new players, ( Maybe adding rat holes/small caves that are very hard to raid but offer limited space. ) 5.cheating There are deffo alot of other issues with asa but even if WildCard fixed/improved half of these issues game would be thriving imo. Would love to see some sort of pole/videos put together by some of the big ark youtubers that list all of the main issues with asa, and atleast this way if WildCard dont change anything after that we'll know for sure there's no saving the game.

@Obistopmotions

19 күн бұрын

When I play single player it’s fine for me

@badabing3391

18 күн бұрын

i just want to be able to play multiplayer

@Jamage007

18 күн бұрын

Raiding is still way too easy, not too hard lol Defence options need to be better

@captainamericaandcaptainma3337

16 күн бұрын

Caves and ratholes need to be harder to raid. We have people that work full time jobs and play Ark. This game requires a lot of time. Not just one week but many months. The pay to win help with the mental health too instead of stressing about losing everything. Without pay to win Alpha or mega tribes will continue to dominate everybody.

ASA is only worth it from a dedicated/private server standpoint. Where you can control the balance of things. Sadly officials are just getting ruined more and more each update

@andrew5744

19 күн бұрын

Asa doesn’t even have good dedis compared to ase

@imblue651

19 күн бұрын

@andrew5744 true sadly. But it's the only state it's really enjoyable in. We went the self hosting route. Which they made more difficult than it needs to be. But official is just absolute cancer now lol

@2MangosAL2

17 күн бұрын

That’s the only way I will be playing ASA

@andrew5744

17 күн бұрын

@@2MangosAL2 lmk when there’s any decent dedis out. Last time I checked when scorch was out all the dedis sucked and ase had better clusters

One thing that I’ve found which many people might flame me for but idk, caves need to be changed. I genuinely don’t think you should be able to build in them at all. Me and my friends like to play smalls, we’re good but not good enough to take over the major caves. What we find is if you don’t get a major cave you cannot survive. What this does is make it so only a couple tribes (the ones who have the caves) can be on a server. When new servers drop they are PACKED, then once the caves are taken. The whole server dies. It’s not fun especially for groups like mine where we are experienced and good, but can’t play enough to take these caves.

@benmarsh2175

18 күн бұрын

I fully agree, banning all caves means artifacts arent an issue and you might actually see bases out on the map

@ldIezz

18 күн бұрын

land bases can get offlined in 10 mins caves are the only strat

@2MangosAL2

17 күн бұрын

Fully agree I hate cave building in ark and building out in the open is generally just more fun.

@badwolf_gtv7725

16 күн бұрын

the problem is its not viable to live outside caves. especially once Extinction launches. it used to be viable back on ASE but Wildcard has destroyed their own game and made it impossible for people to live outside anymore. 100 turret limit is just not viable. its so fast and easy to offline an outside base.

@jumbas45

16 күн бұрын

Yup thats what we thought we we’re getting with asa

I don't know hod but i think the game was p2w from the beginning if someone attacked me from se for example and i don't have se i cant attack him that's p2w but i am agree with the other stuff about fixing all the other shit in the game

@xCl4udiu5x

19 күн бұрын

Ark always be p2w game, for new dinos u need buy dlc in ase, or for making a faster progress like on extiction where u can Easy farm ele, or unbalanced gen2 etc

@procrastinatingwithpreston9237

19 күн бұрын

You could atleast trade or steal the wyverns from other players instead of being completely denied the chance of using them. Nor did you have wyverns flying around the island whilst you tried doing anything else, imagine a new player thinking hm, I could get that- they explore the map unknowing of the fact they had to buy the Individual dinosaur dlc... get to the egg and it says "you don't own this", it's cheap and it's sad to see it get to this point.

@P1DZz

19 күн бұрын

i mean come on just buy the DLCs. Its not pay to win its just pay to play. people will buy a $7 energy drink but not spend $35 on a dlc they will spend hundreds of hours on.

@procrastinatingwithpreston9237

19 күн бұрын

@P1DZz I don't mind them charging for extra content until the content directly interferes with the gameplay, if I'm on the island I don't need to worry unless someone transfers- truthfully I actually like that, but currently on the center you are forced to either pay and have a advantage over those who don't, or simply be the one with the disadvantage, I understand they need to make money and I'm actually a huge fan of bob tall tales, but what they did with the pyromane isn't good design, it's scummy. The reason I like bob tall tales over this, is I had the impression most of the items it added were going to be either cosmetics or strictly utility base and not exactly pvp oriented, which I'm all for, I understand that sometimes they can add something that players can find a way to exploit, but that can always be fixed, however the pyromane is 5 dollars by itself, your stuck with it if you play on the center, and unlike the Oasisaur , it's geared towards pvp, it's meant to be overpowered. I would happily pay 30 dollars for a bob tall tales pack for some of the non Canon maps, as long as it followed the utility, almost pve like dinosaurs and tools- I don't want it adding overpowered stuff like the pyromane, if we could go back in time I'd pay the 30 for what I just mentioned and just make the pyromane free - I'd be completely fine with that. As a side note I would like other players to be able to use Tamed and crafted items from any bob tall tales pack, I think it's already a big enough disadvantage that you can't regularly tame or craft the items, if you trade or take them for example you should be able to use them.

@P1DZz

19 күн бұрын

@@procrastinatingwithpreston9237 wait! Can you not use a pyromane if you don't have the dlc?

Idk lol. I agree fuck wildcard and snail but from the generic standpoint, saying the center looks like the island isn’t a strong take. They feel about as different now as the original two maps did

They need to add crouches back to caves and make new smaller caves and move artifacts to the outside like valguero and crystal isles, and make cryos work like the used to, the game would be much better than it is now but the devs are all pve players so they won't lift a finger

Thank you Hod.

Yeah that sums it up pretty well. Ark is in limbo, and ASA needs to get better and stop pushing bullshit DLC. I run both a ASE cluster and a ASA cluster (PvE), and all my long-time members just want me to launch fresh ASE servers at this point. I'm about ready to oblige them. Fingers crossed that ASA gets turned in the right direction.

My friends and I havent played ASA since the Island, and even then we quit because of all the crashes. But when SE came out with its p2w DLC we hard-noped in it, and it looks like the Center has its own p2w creature so we won't be coming back for that either. I agree with the blandness too. The colour pallette in ASA seems to be this sandstone desert brown almost yellowish tone everywhere. Even the Redwoods weren't red they were brown iirc. Other odd details stood out too like silica pearls looking like rocks and no longer glowing. Just all in all, ASA is a letdown and if my friend circle (easily 15k hours between us) is representative of the playerbase at large, no wonder the player count is in the gutter, because we aren't playing anymore and likely won't be back unless WC does a complete 180.

@dbzfreak458

17 күн бұрын

how is a few skins and a train p2w lol

@jbassguy571

17 күн бұрын

@dbzfreak458 iirc it also had treasure maps that lead to phat loot that you can only use if you bought the dlc. The literal definition of pay to win there.

@ripperrex7883

14 күн бұрын

Glad I'm not the only one disgusted by the beige rocks all over.

Forget the pyromane, if you don’t have Bob tales, a 40 dollar dlc, you can’t unbury peoples loot once you raid them. Unbelievable.

I went back to ASE, I just hate the huge downloads because of MOD updates on ASA every other day.

at this point the community should work together and make a new game that felt like og ark before all the tek and nonsense

@bluefox9436

13 күн бұрын

We need to take matters in our own hands anyways if we want to save gaming as a whole

@typicalanimeguy60

2 күн бұрын

​@@bluefox9436I'll just buy Ark from the company If someone doesn't beat me to It first

Feels bad man, but let’s be honest. They didn’t fix anything with ASE, so they definitely won’t fix ASA. Like you said, it’s just a money grab. Always has been, always will be. The cheating alone makes the game not worth playing, there’s tons of better games out there anyway.

I miss the first months of ARK. The worst thing that could happen is someone misinforming you on the mechanics of the newest tamable animal.

thank you for mentioning beds issue, im seeing not many are talking about it and its a big issue, instant subscribed you speak for us!

i miss my ark 😥

Did you guys really not see this coming? I guess I'm just ahead of the curve. I never listed to the "the devs are just doing their best" bs that the fanbase has been spouting for years, trying to make it out like Snail is the only problem. I never forgot that the reason WC is owned by Snail in the first place is Jeremy's shading business practices, violating his own non compete clause. When the fans tried to say it was because WC was a small studio, I pointed out that they were big enough to split their studio to fail at Atlas. Yes, lets not forget this isn't the first time WC has failed at an Ark clone. It's not the first time Snail has been involved in an Ark clone and most of those were abandoned. I also never forgot that fan is short for fanatic and these people's opinions weren't reasonable. Even now they're claiming this new $5 reskinned Shadowmane isn't P2W. I started playing Ark a bit late in 2018 after Extinction dropped. I quit official servers almost exactly a year later because of the way the fanbase behaves and I was only playing PVE. It was obvious to me that the fanbase would be split the moment they doubled back on their announcement it would be a free upgrade. The fans came to rescue them again. "It's a business, they expect to be paid for their work!" Yes, it's a business, and they're suffering from making a bad business decision. Let me remind you that Skyrim, one of the biggest selling games of all time released an upgraded Special Edition, Skyrim in a newer engine for free to those who owned the game already. Let's not forget the fact that this is a remaster... in EARLY ACCESS. WC has a history of incompetence and they're never going to change because the same people have their hands in the cookie jar. People like Cedric who never follow up on what they say they're going to do. People like Dolly who seems to spend more time thinking about what edgy thing she's going to say on Twitter than showing any evidence that she's in tune with what's going on with the fans. And MORE completely unfinished content, nabbed from modders. The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles, Lost Island, Fjordur... NONE of these were finished when made official and at least two of them were stripped of all the assets that made them unique. Why are you surprised? I play on another youtubers servers (ASE) and he's completely lost momentum on his ASE let's play series of videos and keeps putting out more and more ASA content. The vast majority of people on his discord don't care and most of the players who play on his servers can't even afford to run ASA. ASA runs like crap, but the fanbase always plays the "It runs fine for me" card. Move on, dude.

@Czermet666

16 күн бұрын

👏

@spaghettimonster153

16 күн бұрын

Youre not special or "ahead of any curve". Everyone expected this. People just had hope. Get a god damn grip.

@mee2ube

13 күн бұрын

You’re right in a pretentious way and it makes me dislike you

@Theopheus

13 күн бұрын

@@spaghettimonster153 Hope is for children. You played yourself. I'm not special. I just use my head. I'm average. Get on my level.

@Theopheus

13 күн бұрын

@@mee2ube To quote Rick and Morty, "I know. Everyone wants people they like to be right. That's why popular people are f'ing dumb."

I have over 5000 hours in ASE and 750 in ASA, the Pyromane and bugs just ended it for me, so I am playing Soulmask and Enshrouded!!!

What needs to be done is people on official build a massive “fuck snail games” with walls or foundations on every server and see how snail games react

very good video 👍

@HOD

15 күн бұрын

Thanks man 💪 I really hope they can bring it back from here, but I'm worried its just the start of the pay to win and lack of caring we will see from here if we don't keep calling out... I've seen your vids about the rat hole stuff too its so frustrating to see them think that this bed spawn system is acceptable. Its just such a slack way to try and fix something. just a sign of how little they care now i feel like.

@R0taderp

15 күн бұрын

@@HOD i could not agree more! Center is the best map for ratholes tho. a lot of cool rathole spots are working.

I miss ase so much that I play fiber craft for it lol

We need to all come together again and save our game.

I keep trying to get into ASA, but end up going back to ASE every time. It’s just not the same. 🤷🏻‍♀️

New Center looks ugly. Drained of all its color and charm, replaced by a wash of tan rock. Ice castle looks depressing. Lava Island and Half-Burnt Island are just jungles now. I don't like the direction Ark is going. I'm prepared to be disappointed by Aberration (my favorite map). Pretty much lost all hope for Ark 2 being any good also.

@captainamericaandcaptainma3337

16 күн бұрын

Cry, cry, cry

@ripperrex7883

14 күн бұрын

@@captainamericaandcaptainma3337 Keep gluckin' on WC's schlong lol.

if they could ever get rid of the crazy amount of cheaters it be amazeing

ARK Devs and their team don't give a f**k about what community wants'' They don't care about Our suggestions'' All they want is our money and if they ever released ARK 2 It would be same sh*t a money grab milking machine.

It’s no secret asa isn’t where it should be I just hope they listen to feed back and recover. It’s not too late (at least for me it’s not)

Why they dont add solo or duo servers? I DONT GET IT

HOD been fighting the good fight for a long time. don't ever stop brother we with you

I think a good idea for asa Is just to have 1 Free update That adds an absolute crapton of creatures

One of the things I hated about this remaster was the fact that they didn't even bother to implement a proper first person perspective. You're still running around as a pair of arms 2 feet from the ground and it makes me feel sick to play like that

@eko4749

19 күн бұрын

Nope, new dinos. Not gonna balance them tho. And here's a half finished new map. It looks worse than the one it was based on.

The reason we all love rathole content is because we all love to root for the underdog

I agree with all of this. I have been a long-time Ark player and have done both large tribe and solo play. I’m very disappointed that as a solo or small tribe this time, it’s so hard to do anything if you aren’t in a large tribe. I’ve started on ASA multiple times, tamed, built up and end up just giving up & letting stuff despawn because it just doesn’t feel worth it. Can’t go anywhere else but the map I’m on without making a cryofridge, generator, etc ..and that breaths the whole point of remaining a solo hiding out in the shadows. There’s no more just loading into another map to scout around or go for a particular resource. The beaches are littered with cryofridges and that limits new players from being able to find a spot to build and learn the game. It’s just a mess right now and I regret buying it. My friend & I returned to ASE just so we could play on the same platform together, but even that is lackluster with no actual official servers anymore.

Man crazy how when the preview first dropped people were praising wildcard for their practices through the roofs. And slowly it’s just been a downward slope over the many years, it’s so unfortunate I really do love the concept of ark but greed ruins so many good things.

something missing yeh like the bobs tall tales and new pyro thing dont even work on xbox px or normal xbox store says i own both but in game says i have to buy it fk this game im done bobs tall tales worked perfect until centre map release the just fkt everything iv had it all i want is what i pay for to actuly fn work but it works on steam fine tho imagine tht.

@RBTGV

19 күн бұрын

I'm on Xbox and do not have this issue.

@HOD

19 күн бұрын

It just gets worse sucks to see man 😢

@hideacross8487

19 күн бұрын

How are you even playing in Xbox.? The performance is shit on mine.

@Thesprinkleking

19 күн бұрын

In order to make it bobs tall tales work is to just close and reopen the game

@BigBoyNowYT

19 күн бұрын

@@hideacross8487we have alot of Xbox players on our cluster and they are fine sounds like a problem with your console

ARK has become the senior citizen who buys a sports car and plays rave music with the windows down. It's being turned into a fucking joke! Will I fuck buy into the micro transaction bollox. Is this the "surprise" Wildcard was hinting at? Well, they surprised the shit out of me!!!

Leaving aside the aim bot/speed hacking issue, most of the concerns you brought up are extremely easy to fix. It could fit in a small patch and would make the game vastly better. Lock character sizes (nobody wants to bola midgets, it looks so janky), allow beds in rat holes, allow access to artifacts. And they should just monopolize skins instead of pay to win tames. It takes zero effort to design an outfit in which payers will pay $$ to differentiate themselves from other players. When the fix is this easy it’s sad 😔

Because of what they did to us in ark one I will never play one of their games ever again I don't care how good it is I will not waste my life or time on that just so they can erase everything that I do

I don’t know about this one

ARK is over, ark died in 2021 for me

@FilthEffect

19 күн бұрын

After the mass banning of loads of players / youtubers by Tea I dropped the game. Dirty game / publisher / dev team

Wildcard need to listen to you, no doubt the franchise pays your bills and puts food on your table, your invested as much as a dev but your a player your point of view is honest and on point, its money for them if they listen, great video!!

@HOD

17 күн бұрын

yeah luckily I made some moves to make sure i dont rely on ark anymore so thats good but i still want it to do well glad you liked the video :)

The underground has all artifacts in green drops. Works great

Cheating and duping just continues to take over the game in ascended, very unplayable for us normal pvp players with lives. The level of sweat has no limit of how far people will go, account sharing 12 person small tribes groups that literally never sleep how do you compete with that trying to play the game the way its meant to be played

@Czermet666

16 күн бұрын

Yeah it's a shame, competitive pvp games attract the worst kind of players... and the Survival genre attracts the worst of those kind. People who don't want to compete fairly, sore losers who get a kick out of griefing because their mum never loved them. 😉

Stopped playing with the jump from ASE to ASA. Played years with my friends on PS Official Servers and have so many good memories and we had huge progress till the end of Gen2. Thats why I see no reason to start from the beginning after all this years of struggle and time on ASE. I dont even care anymore about ARK and just saw your video because I'm still subscribed to you after all this time

@Ian-ie3hy

19 күн бұрын

Ark always was a survival game. Starting from scratch is the best part of the game. When dinos actually threaten your life, etc. You are missing out in my opinion 🤷

@lefront4674

19 күн бұрын

@@Ian-ie3hy yea but that best part lasts like a day or two max in official pvp. then its just boring stuff until youre built up enough

@Ceebz39

19 күн бұрын

Nah starting fresh and naked is the most fun.. taming first dinos is fun.. where’s the point if you transfer max level character with OP dinos on new map.. pointless in my opinion.

@lefront4674

19 күн бұрын

@@Ceebz39 yea on a new map there is a point. But ASA doesn't have new maps. Its the same maps you have spent thousands of hours on. Sure theres few new things but nothing that makes the experience fresh.

There is a quote in sales "its not stupid who ask the price, is stupid the one who pay the price". If ppl dont wake up, they will get milked till the ground. I refuse to play P2W games or microtransaction games, the market its full with survival games and alot of options. I droped Ark for Rust and Soulmask, never regret 1 second

very frustrating, I didn't know about the rathole issue until I found a rathole on scorched, tamed a moth just to get up into it threw down foundations put down a bed and nope can't spawn, really took the wind out of my sails as I thought I had found a good spot.

They need to stop with P2W or MTC also premium mods needs to go. Free ASA from P2W & MTC

@thefinalboss2403

19 күн бұрын

It's only going to get worse.

@FrankAscended

19 күн бұрын

I know many content creators are already pushing this p2w creature hard with free steam keys. All of them don’t give a f about this situation.

@NotTheDragon837

19 күн бұрын

I don't think the premium mods are a bad thing. They just need a better rating system. It gives mod developers a chance to make money in the work they would otherwise be unable to monetize. But these official Mtc are definitely pretty scummy

@captainamericaandcaptainma3337

16 күн бұрын

​@@thefinalboss2403How though? A lot of support pay to win. I mean even then there's still competition.

Let's not forget partially why the rathole/cave meta came about because of the increasingly OP stuff ARK kept adding. Also Wildcard themselves partially encouraged it to (e.g. making Ruins of Nosti/Church cave on SE more accessible) as well as letting cave building exist on official servers. From a PvE private server perspective: while the QoL improvements are quite good, there's nothing more unique drawing people in. Especially in the global cost of living crisis and the growing disdain of the games industry that makes people less inclined to buy these DLCs. Not to mention Nitrado's monopoly on servers hugely discourages people even more. The lesson learned here is this: when your top investor & publisher says "Hey can I borrow a billion dollars so I can be Chinese Elon Musk?", say no

I wish more creators were vocal about the scandals and cheapness of ASA so we could actually see some change. It’s incredibly sad to see how far Ark has fallen. I started playing Ark when I turned 15 and fell in love with it I’m 21 now and still can’t stay away from ASE. I was super let down by ASA I’m not a fan of the new foliage and look of the maps it felt like an entirely different game and it looks messy. Some of the new mechanics are good and I like the idea of what the game could be but it’s just tiring at this point to be let down time and time again. I will always have love for the game because I have over 3k hours on it but it’s just not the same. I have very little interest in either game at this point as they took away official from ASE and ASA just isn’t all that fun in my opinion. I hope that wildcard can make some needed changes but I don’t think it’s likely.

If they did servers where there was only dinosaurs and primitive stuff it'd be so much better. I once played a no flyer server too on the centre map, it was the most fun I had in years.

@HOD

Күн бұрын

preach! this is what i miss i hate the wild scifi stuff now

Asa is like your favourite burger place changing your favourite burger so that the bun is 100x better but replaced the patties with dog food..😔

@HOD

19 күн бұрын

preach! its like when kfc changed twisters

@gregariousgaming6265

19 күн бұрын

@@HOD i miss og zinger twisters like i miss og ark :(

@Ducky._.457

17 күн бұрын

@@HODman I think I must have been hungry when I made this comment😂 but still accurate lol

Pay to win Pyromane BS, shame WC!

@arvinolteng3201

19 күн бұрын

snails fault not wc, i feel bad for them ngl. forced to make half assed shit to make money

@captainamericaandcaptainma3337

16 күн бұрын

How ?

To be fair, this is a perspective from a solely PvP viewpoint. PvE and Single Player (which make of the vast majority of the player base) have been improved substantially. I think they just know their core audience now. Not to say that there's not still shady things at work, because there are for sure, but pvp was always ridden with drama and issues lol.

Had they not panicked and rushed out ASA, they could have took their time and released the game at least with all the story maps available. To just have the island, scorched earth, and the center 6+ months is nowhere enuff to reattract back the old players and new ones

Can hear the pain in your voice man. It could have been so great. The greatest of all time.

@HOD

19 күн бұрын

yeah man just disheartened by the state of it all its sad to see such potential squandered.

Its crazy to see this ark community eveb more divided soo many say the pay to win is fine and doesnt affect then (pve).

@FrankAscended

19 күн бұрын

This is the problem they don’t care and if you say different they say you are on the hate train and block you. I’m saying this stuff from day 1 and many blocked me. And I’m playing since legacy on pve.

@HOD

19 күн бұрын

yep I'm surprised there are people even entertaining the idea that having to pay for a creature with huge gameplay impact is a good thing. It just shows how conditioned we have become sadly. and thats part of the issue i think. so many people letting it slide like its normal and acceptable.

@peabrain6872

19 күн бұрын

Its the same thing as a premium mod creature, just not labeled as one

@NotTheDragon837

19 күн бұрын

As a PVE player, I do not agree with having to purchase these Dino's and items like this either

Every ark dev should be forced to watch this video and take notes and make a presentation about it

Thank you for always sticking up for the players and not glazing everything the devs do like everyone else

Man I miss the old days on my PVE public server when every week or so a new dino would be released and the whole server would end up cooperating to try and find and tame them. Lets face it dudes, we've just gotten bored of the game loop. I had a bit of fun with Ark SE ascended but nothing feels new.

@HOD

19 күн бұрын

yep exactly its very stale. end of day its recycled but i wonder if they did look at the loop and revitalize it maybe we would come back it could be fun again. I dunno man i just want a new dlc like we used to get tbh...

Needed this video gud job this is exactly what I have been feeling but I wasn’t able to put it in to words like u did also Asa just feels to real I want it to look how ark evolved does and be like it too just no bugs or a lot less and s plus mechanics there is not one thing u said here that was not a fact it was all facts thank god u made this video and why are they changing the caves and stuff it sucks that they are doing that please remind them it isn’t to late they can switch the caves back to normal bro they can do it and so many pple will be so happy about that idc if they take down the game for a yr to fix this it would be amazing

Ark had so much potential, it’s so sad seeing a game that looked like it was gonna be one of the best games ever go to shit.

its like you re meet your old chilled hood friend / crush your lover and you still over her but she's changed so now you just love her shadow only the memory onf what once was

that old clip of the turret quetz clip i remember that vid looked so fun compared to what it is now

@HOD

19 күн бұрын

yep exactly man i was looking back and thinking damn Ark used to be so much more fun haha

They should hire you to run the game not wildcard they dont know how to run a pvp game. The camera aswell finally someone mentions it

@HOD

19 күн бұрын

honestly anyone playing the game for 100+ hours on pvp could help them it seems they just don't want the help

@jumbas45

19 күн бұрын

@@HOD yeah to be honest i think they want to kill pvp since were critical of there mistakes sadly they will pay since the pvp community are arks most dedicated players not as many pve players have thousands of hours but on pvp thats the norm

@Czermet666

16 күн бұрын

They wouldn't accept help if it was for free... Job security is probably their greatest concern.

The lack of offline protection made playing solo a waste of time. Having to build in glitchy rat holes to not be offlined was stupid. The horrendous lag every single official server had was horrendous. The endless exploits and hax made the game pointless.

I can agree with most of this, however I think scorched and Center look amazing and are a major upgrade. Center was always an island lookalike so saying it’s similar to island is not a problem to me.

May as well have shoulder mount gigas lol

@viralshark

19 күн бұрын

ohhhh man imagine

@HOD

19 күн бұрын

hahahahaa watch out they will see this comment and do it. I'm thinking 10 bucks seems good