Ark: Survival Evolved

[SlipperyDuck]

http://store.steampowered.com/widget/346110/


This game is starting to sizzle from day one:

In America - they have already released it - we have to wait until about 8pm tonight for it to unlock on steam.
Anyway - you can watch people streaming it already:

http://www.twitch.tv/reverbgames

or try

http://www.twitch.tv/mrmoonshouse

or even

http://www.twitch.tv/fairlight_excalibur

[Morphza]

hhmmm... Ark....

Think Noms was the first to mention it... good man!!

[Phatso]

It is early access so don't expect a finished product.
It does look quite interesting though and its good that we're moving away from zombies in the survival genre.

Going to watch this one closely as I can't buy MP games to play alone anymore ....

[BadA$$jack]

Looks good !!!

[J_Th4ng]

It is early access so don't expect a finished product.
It does look quite interesting though and its good that we're moving away from zombies in the survival genre.

Going to watch this one closely as I can't buy MP games to play alone anymore ....

face it Phats, you can't by any games until you beat your DOTA addiction...

[Phatso]

Its because I have invested too much time in it now and enjoy WAY too much. And hate it.
But seriously, there is TI5 coming too...
/excuses

Waiting to see if it lasts past the initial buzz. From there, I'll decide accordingly.

[SlipperyDuck]

Here is the latest update from them today
http://steamcommunity.com/gid/103582791438250696/announcements/detail/24916856893932028/

[SlipperyDuck]

[ EL WALL OF TEXT O ]
Well, i can tell you it is a whole lot of fun so far.
There is a ZA community server - had about 70 people online last night at one point.

First off, it is not optimized yet....What that boils down to is that on high and extreme setting you need GTX980 cards - General masses need to set to Medium and Medium doesnt look great - but they have acknowledged this from the outset, where optimization is high on their list.

I played in Windowed mode 1600x900 and still managed to enjoy it a lot, but this is because of the mechanics of the game itself.
Im sure it will start looking better and better as they develop it more, remember this has moved out of Alpha and is now in Early Access - so a lot to improve over time.

However there is so much to do, so much more than any regular Survival game I've seen so far.

The basic startout game goes as follows:

1. You start the game, setup the look of your character - you can get quite outlandish here with them - chunky, over done, weird looking are all completely go-mode - the look doesnt affect your gameplay so people go bonkers with it....arms the size of elephants with stick legs - check - chest like a Truck and tiny head, massive hand and long arms dragging nuckles on the ground - check - all part of the fun.

2. Now you Choose where to spawn on the map seaside - North/South/East or West. it's 40Km square - so its massive - I chose West coast
[**You DIE A LOT if you are not careful – dying loses your inventory, current tools, so keep this in mind.]
[**Everything you were carrying(inventory) will drop where you die as a backpack – you can potentially go pick it all back up]

3. You wake up in the world, look at your arm that has this CHIP in it and then look around; you have nothing but underpants and are stranded on a beach.

4. The world is fairly hostile, you generally can't cope for very long without water and food, but those are in abundance - to start stay near the waterline at your low level as you will need to dive in to the lake/sea to drink and replenish your thirst/water stat.

5. Pressing Q is to swop between tool and hands – you need to use hands without a tool in them, to pick up berries from bushes and stones on the ground etc. So to start run around and press E frantically on bushes and the ground – you will collect Berries for food and Stone to make some tools
6. For your very first tool you need to make a stone pickaxe – Stone, thatch and wood. Stones you have picked up off the surrounding areas, but you need to punch trees to get wood and thatch – bare handed, you will take damage from doing this so, once the tool is made, you will use these instead to get resources. – Go ahead and bash trees until you have enough to make a stone Pick (1xstone, 1xwood, 10xthatch)
7. To actually make things you need to know how to, recipes if you will are called Engrams in Ark. The Stone pick is default, but as you level you will unlock Engram points to learn other things along the way. HIT “I” on your keyboard to go in to your inventory and you should see Craft Stone Pick there, or you can swop to the craft panel which looks the same with “V” or by clicking on the craft menu item just above the inventory of all your items. To actually craft the item, you can see what resources are needed by hovering over the craft item and a pop-up appears showing how much stone/thatch/wood/hide/fiber etc. is required to craft the item and how much you actually have.
8. So you Level, pretty quickly at first, now you Hit “I” to select a core attribute to upgrade followed by the Engram menu to select some new Items you can learn to craft. Crafting gives you quite a lot of XP for levelling, so it really helps to gather craft and level, rinse repeat at first. Here is a breakdown of Core attributes so you can understand/identify what you would like to upgrade:


Health – Higher health means take more damage for longer – normal RPG stat
Stamina – Run for longer – really important actually, Dinos chase you!
Oxygen – under water much? – pump this up to dive for longer
Food – can eat more and keep hunger away for longer
Water – drink more and keep thirst away longer
Weight – can carry more and more and more
Melee Damage – can hit harder and harder
Movement Speed – can run faster and faster
Fortitude – can take the harsh environment more and more (quite important actually)
Crafting Speed – craft tools and items quicker and quicker
Torpor – actually can’t be upgraded. High Tarpor means you will be unconscious soon and also how long you are unconscious for, something to watch when battling.

9. So craft, collect, craft, kill some small dinos and harvest by bashing, etc etc. The rest start becoming apparent as you go along (eg. Raw meat and berries spoil over time etc.). For me the important thing for the days play was to level enough to build a thatch house and a Simple Bed. The reason for this, my House and Simple bed can become by semi-permanent spawn point(if it’s not destroyed). So I levelled a few times, learnt my recipe for building my house etc. etc. *note a sleeping bag is a temporary once-only-spawn, handy at first, just throw it down in an area where you seem to be doing well and should you die, you can spawn on your sleeping bag, it disappears and you go re-collect you bag of items if someone hasn’t looted them yet.
Having a Simple bed instead, means it is always there, so long as it doesn’t get destroyed by some rampaging Dino – so you can basically have a consistent spawn location other than the default ones – which is very nice indeed.

Anyway – So my house and simple bed are in – to be continued.

[Morphza]

Knock knock... got space for a guest in that little abode of yours?

[SlipperyDuck]

Foh Shoh - running around helping mates will result in fun factor multiplied by millions :)

[Musketeer]

@Duckles, I think he meant your sleeping bag, little spoon.

[Morphza]

@Duckles, I think he meant your sleeping bag, little spoon.

LOL... dirty little bastard!

So... the game actually rewards teamwork...

Once you are part of the tribe, you can build onto or demolish anything the tribe owns.... and if you do things near each other you get shared XP.

There are some awesome glitches and animal freak outs at the moment... but there were 5 patches yesterday, so they are doing some great work on improving things.

I'm currently running my 7970... at all but 1 setting on high, full screen at 1920 x 1080.

[Phatso]

OT: I wish our forums were more active.

Watching streams closely and waiting for the 1 week buzz to die down.
I do need another game for now as GTA5 Online also didn't have enough friends playing........ ...... ....... (my concern here too TBH)

[Morphza]

Yea... but Ark is actually different...

Last night... it took Duck and I about 30min just to find each other, but that was just as fun as any other part of the game.

"Death is permanent, and you can even knock out, capture, and force-feed other players to use them for your own purposes, such as extracting their blood to for transfusions, harvesting their fecal matter to use as fertilizer, or using them as food for your carnivorous pets! " - HAHAHAHAHA

[Stu]

@All - budget allocated! Going to get this title!

[Morphza]

Okay... it seems that we are starting to get some momentum!! :)

If you pick up the game and want to join us... make sure you have myself or Ducky as friends on Steam, as this will allow you to search what server to join by "friends"

Then you want to spawn as close to the South - Western corner as possible, as our base is just east of the green Obelix / Ark
- However this may be a little difficult as we have not pin pointed the spawn spots (there are 12 currently)

[SlipperyDuck]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/615086038680712975/

Servers should start lagging a bit less now - thank the pope

[SlipperyDuck]

Beginner? Watch this.....simple understanding of all you need to get going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL3QrTGlmnc

[Phatso]

After a bit of whiskey, many vids / streams and the sound of Lee and Morph playing, I have decided to pick this up.

LETS GO DINORIDERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SlipperyDuck]

http://arkservers.net/banner/197.80.200.169:21001/banner.png (http://arkservers.net/server/197.80.200.169:21001)
This is our stomping ground at the moment - time-of-post server is busy updating

[Reaper]

i want to pick this up too. how big is the download from Steam?

[Morphza]

Think it is about 6GB now.

[Phatso]

Apparent spawn areas.
http://i.imgur.com/vLCVPHN.png

[Reaper]

6gb i can handle.... 60gb, not so much.

Will get this as soon as i get a PC for Tish

[Morphza]

so... W3 is the best spawn point for us :)

-- That island just north of S1 looks enticing!

[Morphza]

Okay... some information on the caves
- http://segmentnext.com/2015/06/08/ark-survival-evolved-caves-locations-guide-map-coordinates-land-underwater/

Phats.. you gonna need to get into a cave for those crystals you looking for.

[SlipperyDuck]

Optimizations have made a WORLD of difference - game is starting to chug along nicely now, leaps better than it was at initial launch

[kalgat]

Having picked this up recently a group of my Rust buddies are hopefully trying to set up around 35,70 after being wrecked by that fluttershy git.

Water and metal most needed basics it would seem - crystals and oils can be sorted later once levelled?

Awesome game

[Morphza]

You guys are miles away from us... we are around 75, 8 (SW corner)

However we are looking to migrate... how many in your tribe?
(May be a possibility for us to move into your neighbourhood)

[kalgat]

Seems to be 6 active, i had a quiet weekend but the rest were busy...

All high end dino's present and easy access to metal once you have tamed and ankyo etc bit of a trek to a cave but thats part of the adventure

We need to build the big dino gate for our mammoth got a spare?

[Reaper]

picked it up to on the weekend. ran around a bit and died many times...

[SlipperyDuck]

oh cool - must add you to the tribe!

[Reaper]

will message you on Steam Duck. I just join a server with my friends on correct?

[Morphza]

Yup.. add one of us on steam... and then you can join us by the "search by friends" option

Alternatively... join the Mweb JHB server. PvPvE

[Morphza]

http://www.ark-survival.net/en/taming-calculator/ -- Nice find Phats!!

[Morphza]

Morning fellow survivors...

I know most of you will freak out at the thought of this... but I propose a server move!

Here are my reasons:
- Our server has fallen victim to grievers who are now bored (since they used exploits and admin commands to level up) so are just running around grieving people.
(i.e The Dorf guy that killed Ducky once shot is a part of the ng tribe, who are the admins of the server)
- So we have grievers, exploiters and to sum it all up... they are the admins as well
- Server lag... over the last week, I've been sliding down hills as the games lags so badly, or suddenly appearing 10m behind where I thought I currently was.
- They have tried to arrange a server wipe, but this seems to have fallen to cheating as well as people have created multiple accounts in order to try sway the votes
(The site admin has recorded the evidence of multiple accounts on the same IP)

So... last night I took a look at the server that Kalgat is currently on...
- The game loaded in about 10secs!!
- The game play was smooth, no lag as yet
- The server is not that populated yet
- Holy Crap... they dinosaurs are evil... I died about 5 times in 30min... Level 75 Raptor, level 60 alligator, etc

So... your thoughts?

[Reaper]

I know you guys have alot invested in the current base but at the way everyone was carrying on last night, i agree with Morph.

Rather than investing more time into it and then it gets wiped, lets just move to a nice new pretty server

[Phatso]

I am not 100% for or against the idea. I have noticed that the admin seems dodge on our existing server but no proof.
Also lets remember, the server might get wiped. Its possible.
Lag is also a big deal on the server. Last night was literally unplayable.

Is there any way we can transfer? Isn't that what the obelisks are for?

Pros
+ Fresh start
+ Less lag
+ Less griefing
+ Equal level tribe members - everyone crafting together. Shared XP fest.
+ We know exactly whats up

Cons
- Our base
- Our dinos
- Our levels
- Our time...
- PvP on the new server. We might as well go to a PvE server maybe?

I guess its sort of up to the Duck to be honest. He has put in more time than the rest of us and would ultimately be "losing" the most.

It would suck to lose our now colossal base and walls, but I now know more about base building than before I guess.

[Morphza]

The oblisk is designed to move chars and dinos ()you upload your chars / dinos to the oblisk... but most servers have the option to download your chars / dinos disabled.
Apparently due to people having used exploits, etc... and then taking their max level chars and dinos to a new server and owning everyone.

So the move would be a clean start.

[WondaWoman]

Hey Lee, eventually saw your post about this on our forums. Keen as a bean, looks like a great game to waste time on. Will aim to buy soon, just needing to ensure I'm not unemployed after this week which might be likely.

:D

[SlipperyDuck]

awesome WW - geebuz - hope you keep yer job, gosh sounds hectic. More the merrier with this game, shared XP is total win

[J_Th4ng]

Okay, I took the plunge...

I'll download overnight tonight, and join y'all for some Dino delight tomorrow :D

[SlipperyDuck]

HA! winning ... you won't be disappointed

[kalgat]

ZA RMR is the server, it is set on harder difficulty with some small tweaks to taming 1.5x and some others because no one really wants to wait 5 hours for a lvl 80 bronto to eat 9 million berries.

Pop is not high so you would have pretty much the pick of your spots and group lvling is pretty quick anyway.

We left the mweb server because of the Ng clan and what looks like admin abuse but as Phatso says hard to prove.

With this new taming bonus the dinos are nuts, now wheres my lvl 121 birdy...

[Morphza]

Kalgat... where are you based?

We are getting set up pretty nicely... but still on the south coast.

[Phatso]

Very useful site: http://www.arkchives.com/crafting-planner

[SlipperyDuck]

nice!

[Megageth]

Exert from Geth's Journal: Day 1
I arrived on the island yesterday. Rocking my birthday suit and working on my tan. I have kept myself busy by eating my own poo, losing fights to dodo's and levelling up on the south west corner.

[SlipperyDuck]

We need to find you and show you the way to our your Palace.
It is a beautifully picturesque rustic Cabin, built lovingly over a double waterfall in heart of the South Western Wonderland.
It boasts spectacular vistas and enticing wildlife and is home to many comforting resources.
The frolicking beach setting lends well to burgeoning survivors, offering many rewarding activities which include exciting tasks such as Mr Woodsons lumberjack impersonation, Mrs SeaLeighs Stone curator dance, Sergeant Buds botanist society specimen collection to name but a few.
Come see the sights and sounds of the wild and join the tribe.

[RussianElite.]

Hahahahaha Geth&Lee, Best!!

[Kyuubidemon]

I noticed there isn't a ARK server available for rent in SA?

Do you guys play on international servers?

[SlipperyDuck]

no, local servers, you can litterally run your own server there is a dedicated server option where you dont need to own the game

[Morphza]

Hahahahaha Geth&Lee, Best!!

Russian... this is not the CSGOne channel... please keep to your allocated area! :D

[J_Th4ng]

Thanks for the intro last night guys, was good to get into the grrr clubhouse and kit myself out with some gear.

Sjoe, but you guys have been busy.

Liking the game so far, although it's clearly very poorly optimised at looks like shit on my PC at playable settings.

The potential is there though.

[SlipperyDuck]

We know the tricks to make it look good and be playable - next time you are on, we will adjust mkay?

[J_Th4ng]

Thanks Lee, happy for the assistance :)

[SlipperyDuck]

Uber Tower mission has begun.

4 x 4 Tower Base has been placed below the waterfall at the mountain in the North West (our Base 2.0)
Massive XP for building and leveling.

Mission: To reach the Gods / Sky limit - or see what the limits are.

Foundation 4 x 4 (16 Foundations layed)
Walls must be two layers high per level
Ramp to each level will therefore be two Ramps
15 Ceiling Panels per floor with one hole for Ramps
Placement of Ramps and holes so that it is an Easy Run Up.
http://www.grrr.co.za/images/TOWER1.png

[GOLLI88]

Challenge accepted :)

[Morphza]

But.... why do the ramps have to go clockwise? :D
That is so last year!

[Megageth]

That is one project for the tribe. The other is, to tame a Megladon to harvest oil. This will have to be a group effort when there are a few of us on.

[Reaper]

we started the tower last night and its getting there... poor forest though

[s3xy_j0nny]

Wow! Can't believe it too me til this weekend to get started in Ark. WHAT A GAME! Get IT! GET IT NAO!

Side Note: I have completed stages 1 and 2 of the Eerie Eyrie...

EDIT: Yyyyectic underwater base: https://youtu.be/wvv-GEHjTv8?t=18m47s

[TygerBS]

So must i get it?

[s3xy_j0nny]

Tigger, the ONLY thing missing from this game is you, boet. It's not a real grrr MMO unless the big boss is there.

[SlipperyDuck]

if you are prepared for a game to suck your life away then yes.....tis epix

[TygerBS]

Fuck getting it!

[Voetsek-Mikey]

I will do the same come next week.

[NiteShade]

All the good feedback is making me quite keen to try this game. Perhaps I'll have to indulge myself and buy after payday.

[Cat Nipples]

do it Shadey!! I'm going to buy it as soon as I get my pay

[SlipperyDuck]

Tribe is growing rapidly

[Reaper]

i like the rapid growing... more mats!!!!!

[Morphza]

No need for more mats... we got the dinos! :)

[s3xy_j0nny]

We need building and manufacture mats, Morph, you lazy bugger.

[RussianElite.]

You should know by now Morph is just there to undermine the whole operation

[s3xy_j0nny]

Tonight is cave raiding night. It seems likely that I will be able to leave work a little early. Are there any resources/weapons/anything else that I can gather to hasten our departure readiness?

[Morphza]

Next Mission... Demolish the bottom sections of Sexy's Eyrie... to see at what point the whole thing collapses.

[Musketeer]

Le sigh, I'm going to crack: I have to burn through 450GB of downloads before the month end...

How beeg is this?

[Morphza]

Big enough... Get it!!

[s3xy_j0nny]

About 6 Gigs, Bruce.

[Megageth]

I've been reading some Q&A from the game devs, here are some select snippets that I found interesting:



Can you tell us more about the Vehicles?

That's still in the conceptual phases for post Early Access, but we're thinking of jeeps, boats, and helicopters to begin with.

Can we build Underwater at Early Access launch?

Underwater base building will be partially in at Early Access launch: you won't be able to build vacuum sealed underwater bases, but you will be able to build in underwater air pockets that are like mini-caves embedded in reefs along the ocean floor. However, building out the technology tier that will include vacuum sealed structures is a post Early Access priority.

The whole article is here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/613957600545122958/

[s3xy_j0nny]

Vacuum sealed base ftw

[Morphza]

Then we need a simple entrance on land... and a tunnel out to our deep sea base :)

[SlipperyDuck]

Kibble - for Taming:
http://ark.gamepedia.com/Kibble

[SlipperyDuck]

https://www.gameservers.com/game_servers/ark_survival_evolved.php

Cheapest is R371.59 /mo - for 30 players (30 players is minimum)
6months with 10% discount applied is $161.73 (approx R2006.58)

[s3xy_j0nny]

When I logged in this morning, I got a message to say one of our cats had been killed by an Argentavis.

[RussianElite.]

�� ��

[s3xy_j0nny]

It's about eating pussy, Joohandray, I wouldn't expect you to understand.

[Morphza]

Which one??

They were both level 8, so could easily have been chomped.

[s3xy_j0nny]

Saberpoof is still alive

[RussianElite.]

It's about eating pussy, Joohandray, I wouldn't expect you to understand.

Motherfucker

[Morphza]

Woop... my saber survived! :)

(Yes Golli... MINE!) :D

[s3xy_j0nny]

I propose we investigate an underwater cave for some base building:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NYD2oLKGCc&feature=youtu.be

[SlipperyDuck]

AH! same one Mega n I said would make a good base!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uJbJPazuk0

[Morphza]

Golli found one... which we could use to tame a plethiosaur (spelling)

[s3xy_j0nny]

You will all be sad to hear that last night, Fly Guy was killed in an incident involving a mutant dragonfly attack. As such, I have relocated Gatorade to my current activity spot in the hopes that he will destroy any hostile creatures intent on harming our pets.

[SlipperyDuck]

pets aren't forever, that's reserved for grudges.

[TygerBS]

That guy wasn't that fly.

[Morphza]

Where is this secret location that you have snuck off to?

[Megageth]

I will put up a plaque in the memorial for Fly Guy. Red is still MIA, presumed eaten. I will make a plaque for him in the next few days.

In other news:
I have made a transponder tracker thats now in the safe. If you make transponder nodes and fit them to dinos, they can be tracked.
Please keep a close guard on the tracker and leave it in the safe whenever possible. The nodes are linked to the specific tracker and if that goes missing we have to make all again at great resource/time expense.

[SlipperyDuck]

Dont forget the amazing sproket

[TygerBS]

Have we found some Asian people to work in our electronics factory yet?

[Megageth]

Tigers are Asian. I hope you have small fingers and a serious rice craving. You can sleep on the floor, your shifts are 04:00 to 23:00, Mon-Sun.

[Phatso]

If working in the sweat shop gives XP, i'll do it.

Seriously though chaps, i have fallen behind the curve a bit due to me going away and have lost a bit of motivation to play to be honest.
Besides taking a TRex and left clicking all of the things, what else can I do?
There is no need or desire to tame.
Our base has defense en masse.
We have reached the end of the crafting tree nearly. I mean we have space suits and generators / grills etc. What else?

Enlighten me leetpanty guys.

[Morphza]

Phats... the good news is that they've pumped up the XP level.. so you will gain levels quickly.

There are some daily chores that you can look into:
- Feeding the dinos
- leveling up the dinos
- Improving our defences... we still need spikes around the outer wall

Then you can always find an awesome location and set up a holiday home for the tribe.

[SlipperyDuck]

Cave busting is where its at - need to get all the artifacts so that we can go murder the broodmother (uber spider)

Level up, get good armour and weapons, raid raid raid and once done with all artifacts - we go after the boss


Cave raids are yektic and a different spin on things -

[RussianElite.]

Im pretty sure when you guys have levelled up to the max and have everything in place then you can wage war on another tribe? Seems like the next logical step

[Megageth]

Rusky there are already some tribes stirring kak on paradise island. Only a question of time before we are raided.

[s3xy_j0nny]

We have had a couple of supply sites raided already. There is a trouble maker, or more than one, on the Island.

I have set up a holiday home for us on the beach directly south from our current base. IF I can work out security nicely, it might even be a more secure location for our base of operations. Phats, if you want to level doing something useful, you can always come help with the perimeter stuffs and machinery installations. I will grind mats and you can construct finished products.

Also, as Lee said, we are moving on to cave raids in the build up to fighting the brood mother. :machinegun:

[Megageth]

Dino List, confirmed, current, upcoming etc.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/613957600548030130/

[Morphza]

Yup... but that only seems to be on the Official servers...

For example, the Spino was spotted on the official servers about 2 weeks before the server we were on got it
- The ape and others have been spotted, yet are not on our server yet.

[s3xy_j0nny]

Frankie does Ark part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfeFfKwWcAQ

[TygerBS]

I don't know what the point is continuing...

[SlipperyDuck]

i think you've missed a fundamental part of the game - with joining our tribe, we've progressed and are building amazing things as we are putting in the time to get materials.

casual joiners have no threat.


for the first 100 hours of the game, it was a struggle for all of us to simply stay alive.
Hectic dinos, harsh conditions, limited tools, low level items, the struggle is real, oh and no tamed dinos.....we could only tame dinos with stones and catapults and taming took 3 hours.

But joining the tribe means there is litterally no hardship, therefore nothing to appreciate about your progression and the game itself, the very thing that gave it it's appeal, trying to survive.

Sad really, coz its a morphing process, you survive and you finally reach a level where you no longer worry about survival and start planning the more difficult things, cave raids and the master plan to get all the artifacts and collectables needed to find the end-game-boss, the BroodMother (Spider)

Probably would have been better and more enjoyable to actually start on another server, not have a tribe and survive and learn the game till level 25 or so, get to appreciate the "what it takes" or what it took for us to get there.



Having a tribe that has built these massive structures and tamed many many beast results in everything being easy - and easy games are boring.

[TygerBS]

Yip kinda what i thought

[Megageth]

Start again, spawn naked on the beach, eat berries and make yourself a shack. I only joined the tribe around lvl 25-30 when I had been eaten by carnos, raptors and dilos many times.
The survival aspect of the game is rewarding. The tech tree, raids and caves are great once you have levelled and are looking for a change of pace.

[J_Th4ng]

Pretty much the reason that I didn't get into the game, there was no sense of accomplishment when I joined the tribe. Had a look around at all of the structures, thought 'hmmm, they've done well here', and then quit out thinking that there wasn't a compelling reason to play.

Or maybe I've just got too involved in story led games of late, to the point that a completely open environment is just not doing it for me.

[TygerBS]

Ya i like story games atm too.

[s3xy_j0nny]

Today, I am taking my spear, crossbow, and a sarco saddle out on foot. I am big croc hunting with no dinos to back me up. The thrills can be found, my fellow grrrbians. Gonna be braaing piranha steaks on the beaches for a while :)

[Morphza]

Those damn crocs are rare though... you gonna need to do a lot of hicking to find one.

[Megageth]

Still a year before official release... sigh.

Here's a teaser from Gamescom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-8ZP7UoRV8

[s3xy_j0nny]

Do you even kibble, bro?

http://orcz.com/index.php?title=ARK_Survival_Evolved:_All_Kibble_R ecipes

[SlipperyDuck]

http://www.grrr.co.za/showthread.php?1589-Ark-Survival-Evolved&p=26397&viewfull=1#post26397

The list i posted earlier is more .....gooder

[s3xy_j0nny]

Important Announcement:

For anyone that has the game and is keen to help, we need manpower, since only Le Duck and I are playing regularly.

Both our bases have been raided and most of our dinos killed in the last two days or so.
Whoever raided us avoided killing any players so that there is no clue as to who did it.
Although the raider(s) were unable to break into the vaults at either base, we obviously consider this an act of war and are planning to retaliate (if we can't find out who did it, we plan to take on everyone).
This is a chance for anyone that found Ark was getting stale to get involved in an exciting new aspect of the game. :machinegun:

We also have a tame monkey named Paul that anyone is welcome to abuse in any way they see fit.

[TisH]

Important Announcement:

For anyone that has the game and is keen to help, we need manpower, since only Le Duck and I are playing regularly.

Both our bases have been raided and most of our dinos killed in the last two days or so.
Whoever raided us avoided killing any players so that there is no clue as to who did it.
Although the raider(s) were unable to break into the vaults at either base, we obviously consider this an act of war and are planning to retaliate (if we can't find out who did it, we plan to take on everyone).
This is a chance for anyone that found Ark was getting stale to get involved in an exciting new aspect of the game. :machinegun:

We also have a tame monkey named Paul that anyone is welcome to abuse in any way they see fit.

I'm keen to help. Just say when

[s3xy_j0nny]

Shweet, thank you, Tish. They killed your awesome Spino, so I hope you're out for blood...

[s3xy_j0nny]

:wow:

http://www.pcgamer.com/ark-survival-evolved-is-among-four-free-steam-games-this-weekend/?ns_campaign=article-feed&ns_mchannel=ref&ns_source=steam&ns_linkname=0 &ns_fee=0

[s3xy_j0nny]

Oh well, sad news, but a fresh start...

[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: hey Warlord, is your server down at the moment?
WARLORD: hi no the new one is up look under VBNET
[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: the old one gone now?
WARLORD: yes
[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: oh :( Not coming back?
[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: old server not coming back right? we all starting fresh?
WARLORD: yes everyone
[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: k, cool
[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: thanks man, it was awesome :) - Will get started on the new server asap

[SlipperyDuck]

so sad, the last night i spent many hours converting the beach house top base to the most amazing dino pen ever created - i should have taken screenshots/video - *sigh

[TisH]

He say why the server was removed?



Oh well, sad news, but a fresh start...

[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: hey Warlord, is your server down at the moment?
WARLORD: hi no the new one is up look under VBNET
[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: the old one gone now?
WARLORD: yes
[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: oh :( Not coming back?
[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: old server not coming back right? we all starting fresh?
WARLORD: yes everyone
[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: k, cool
[grrr]s3xy_j0nny: thanks man, it was awesome :) - Will get started on the new server asap

[s3xy_j0nny]

Nope, just said he was starting a new one :(

If he could have at least told us a couple days before, we could have had a couple of raids and whatnot before everything just disappeared, and all the time invested was for buggerall...

Anyways, I rate we find a new server and start fresh; not this guy's new one cos he may decide to take that down without warning.

[Morphza]

Is there a new map yet?
Would be cool to start up on a new map with all the new dinos :)

[SlipperyDuck]

the new map isnt out just yet....it is coming sometime this month though

[SlipperyDuck]

To all those who felt LEFT BEHIND and/or did not get to experience the real hardship that makes this game special - this is a new dawn.

Since our server for the last month is now totes dead, we are stating again from scratch.

FROM SCRATCH

New server, better server and a new beginning. No bonus XP, no Bonus harvesting - vanilla server means we have to go through that journey all over again and that means struggling to survive the island.

If you want to join the Level 0 nublets then lets do this.

[Thor_23]

very tempting

[J_Th4ng]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-escapist-presents/57440-Going-Native-Among-Ark-Players?utm_source=latest&utm_medium=index_carousel&utm_campaign=all

Fun.

[SlipperyDuck]

Part 2

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-escapist-presents/57441-Going-Native-Among-Ark-Players-Part-2

[Reaper]

thats actually pretty funny!!!

[s3xy_j0nny]

"I'm sorry, you guys accidentally shot me in the head just now; would you mind if I asked you a couple of questions abou..." *SCORPION STING TO THE FACE*

[NiteShade]

Ok, how much is this game to buy?

[TisH]

What server you playing on now?

[s3xy_j0nny]

It's called [ZA] Jurassic Park or something like that.

[Megageth]

What news from the new server? Have you rebuilt the *switches to hallowed tones* Tower of the Gods?
What new critters since I played? Screenshots and stories plox, I have withdrawals.

[TisH]

Thanks for my pink armor :D. Yay

[s3xy_j0nny]

Tish: Pleasure for the pink armour.

Mega: Tons of new dinos, too many to mention. We have been securing a base at the foot of the red obelisk. All is now pretty much ready, except we still need gun turrets. Also, when they release the new weather biomes this weekend, we will be smack bang in the middle of the snow biome, so we wait with baited breath to see how that affects us.

We have a small army of Dilos and Dodos, 1 pteranodon, 1 doedicurus, 1 anky, 1 icthyosaur, 2 fertiliser pigs, 1 sabre, 1 mammoth and 1 t rex. Vanilla xp and taming means things take siriassi time. took me 4.5 hrs to take our lvl 70 mammoth :wow:

We've done 2 out of 6 caves.

Basically, we need you to come back from tour and put up gun turrets and tame big fighting dinos. New server has cool rules like raiding on weekends only, and no killing dinos set to passive, but Lee and I sense the imminent attempts of some of the bigger tribes to come and steal our lucky charms. We need to stockpile weapons etc so when it happens we can at least offer some token resistance.

[Megageth]

Sweet potato pie. Back in *checks calendar* 2 weeks. Then, cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dodos of war!

[s3xy_j0nny]

We have a pack of bloodthirsty dilos as well; trespassers' ankles beware!

[s3xy_j0nny]

I wrote a long and highly entertaining piece this morning with an update for Mega etc, but pc got powered down unexpectedly and I lost everything, so here's the synopsis:

There's new shit in the game including the snow and swamp biomes and dinos that are now specific to those regions only.
The snow biome pretty much centres around our base on the new server.
When they rolled out the biome patch, all structures within the affected areas were destroyed including the base Lee and I have been building for the past month or so.
We are in the process of rebuilding in the new and extremely harsh snow conditions, but we were raided yesterday and the fuckers took everything we had, including our fur armour which takes quite some resource grinding, and is essential to survival in the cold.
The fuckers who raided us are the Dragon Keepers tribe; we will have our revenge, I swear to Lucifer!

[RussianElite.]

Hahahahaha, the Dragon tribe must know not to Fuck with Lucifer!

[Megageth]

Vengeance is a dish best served cold.

[Morphza]

I've been hearing these chants of revenge for a while now... when do we get a report on some revenge raiding?

[s3xy_j0nny]

The previous revenge chant was based on the old server that got taken down. This is new revenge, Morph. Anyways, deserters should be too busy cleaning off the tar and feathers to be making quips in this thread :ras:

[Megageth]

Ah seen him playin Diablo he was.

[Morphza]

Ah seen him playin Diablo he was.

Damn it.. Sexy has spies everywhere!!

[RussianElite.]

LAWL

[WondaWoman]

It was on special. I caved.

What server?

[Morphza]

It's called [ZA] Jurassic Park or something like that.

There you go Wonda. :)

[Megageth]

The TOWER OF THE GODS!!!

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993733740/screenshots/ (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197993733740/screenshots/)

[Morphza]

We had ours up to about 10 floors on the old server ! :)

[Reaper]

think it was more than 10 floors Morph

[Morphza]

no ways... couldn't have been... it was a good start, but the middle collapsed and the end came very quickly.

[Megageth]

Each of those tiered levels is 7 floors so I think the last screenshot is at 36 levels.

[SlipperyDuck]

and each "floor" was two wall panels --- twas a monumental build

[s3xy_j0nny]

Direbear (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Direbear)



and Gigantosaurus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrt21WitQBc) in today's update. Excitepant on, everiwun!

[Morphza]

Holy Shit... goodbye carno and Trex... hello Giganto!

[SlipperyDuck]

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/580197730020099975/8502DC2AD7A1F8B4033FCF70BB7B0F6FC6A83E14/

MOAR MEH TUUUUL ! ! ! ! 1 ! ! ONE ! ! 1 ! !

[Megageth]

Now we have to upgrade our defences to exclude hobbits and their unwanted jewellery.

[s3xy_j0nny]

Yoh yoh yoh!

[SlipperyDuck]

[♫make♫me♫a♫kibble♫sandwich♫]

[SlipperyDuck]

Angler Gel




Angler Gel






http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/0/01/Angler_Gel.png?version=e984482cff4899385bb517aff9f 63fd2 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Angler_Gel.png)






A thick, viscous substance that can sustain a flame for a remarkably long time.






Resource (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Resource)


Dropped by
Angler (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Angler)


Item (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Item)


Weight
0.01


Stack size
100


Added in
Patch 223.0 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/223.0)


Item ID (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Entity_IDs#Item_IDs)
No ID



Angler Gel is an organic fuel resource that can be obtained by killing Anglers (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Angler). Angler Gel is the longest lasting lighting source and can be used on the Standing Torch (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Standing_Torch).
When used on the Standing Torch (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Standing_Torch), the torch's color turns blue.
Burn Times


Structure
Burn Time
1 × http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/0/01/Angler_Gel.png/20px-Angler_Gel.png?version=3e3082a7b5173f796748214a970 016ad (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Angler_Gel.png) Angler Gel
Burn Time
100 × http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/0/01/Angler_Gel.png/20px-Angler_Gel.png?version=3e3082a7b5173f796748214a970 016ad (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Angler_Gel.png) Angler Gel


http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/0/01/Campfire.png/20px-Campfire.png?version=db532ff8f466209452bd2757249cd 56d (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Campfire.png?version=db532ff8f466209452bd2757 249cd56d) Campfire (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Campfire)
4m
6h 40m


http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/f/f9/Cooking_Pot.png/20px-Cooking_Pot.png?version=1b42d3a00bb4284be43497e6e2 bb7ce8 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Cooking_Pot.png) Cooking Pot (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Cooking_Pot)
4m
6h 40m


http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/9/98/Refining_Forge.png/20px-Refining_Forge.png?version=10f66fdb19b5bade6e4fe64 8be739a67 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Refining_Forge.png) Refining Forge (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Refining_Forge)
4m
6h 40m


http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/6/60/Standing_Torch.png/20px-Standing_Torch.png?version=65342ea99eaae1c3e949047 c9556aeaf (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Standing_Torch.png) Standing Torch (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Standing_Torch)
1h 13m 9s
5d 1h 55m












WHEREAS - SPARKPOWDER:

Sparkpowder




Sparkpowder






http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/5/56/Sparkpowder.png/128px-Sparkpowder.png?version=8eb8d98282135b7d3ca557dbc3 e1919e (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Sparkpowder.png?version=8eb8d98282135b7d3ca55 7dbc3e1919e)






Created by grinding flint with stone in a Mortar and Pestle (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Mortar_and_Pestle).






Resource (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Resource)


Item (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Item)


Weight
0.1


Stack size
100


Item ID (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Entity_IDs#Item_IDs)
108


Found in Beacon (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Beacon)
Green


Crafting (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Crafting)


Required level
Level (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Levels) 5


Engram Points
3 EP (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Levels)


Crafting XP
0.05 XP (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Levels)


Unlocks
http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/a/ae/Gunpowder.png/20px-Gunpowder.png?version=d723fd9541b0fce37ea488078bc8 1c03 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Gunpowder.png?version=d723fd9541b0fce37ea4880 78bc81c03) Gunpowder (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Gunpowder)


Used to craft
10 items (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Category:Crafted_with_Sparkpowder)


Crafted in
http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/f/f0/Mortar_And_Pestle.png/20px-Mortar_And_Pestle.png?version=764d923e84bb674cd1c3 d46be2d3a3e7 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Mortar_And_Pestle.png) Mortar And Pestle (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Mortar_And_Pestle)


Ingredients



Resources breakdown 2 × http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/2/2e/Flint.png/25px-Flint.png?version=f266941ad0cf80f361f777c9d8f1c23b (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Flint.png?version=f266941ad0cf80f361f777c9d8f 1c23b) Flint (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Flint)
1 × http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/d/d4/Stone.png/25px-Stone.png?version=f8fd7b147217ed8c4733293a7efde4c1 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Stone.png?version=f8fd7b147217ed8c4733293a7ef de4c1) Stone (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Stone)





Sparkpowder is a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved (http://ark.gamepedia.com/ARK_Survival_Evolved). It can be created by grinding http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/2/2e/Flint.png/20px-Flint.png?version=bf986d9f3a4244b2a04f82d8f7085983 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Flint.png?version=bf986d9f3a4244b2a04f82d8f70 85983) Flint (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Flint) with http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/d/d4/Stone.png/20px-Stone.png?version=e017a2e03ec2a4c71e441b2f92361887 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Stone.png?version=e017a2e03ec2a4c71e441b2f923 61887) Stone (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Stone) in the http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/f/f0/Mortar_And_Pestle.png/20px-Mortar_And_Pestle.png?version=764d923e84bb674cd1c3 d46be2d3a3e7 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Mortar_And_Pestle.png) Mortar And Pestle (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Mortar_And_Pestle), each grind will yield 2 sparkpowders.
Sparkpowder can be used as a fuel source, and is the primary fuel for the Preserving Bin (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Preserving_Bin). It is also a crafting ingredient for various items including Gunpowder (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Gunpowder), which is needed to make ammunition for firearms.
Burn Times


Structure
Burn Time
1 × http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/5/56/Sparkpowder.png/20px-Sparkpowder.png?version=89a77695aaf9d93850afa0be6f 3db6f3 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Sparkpowder.png?version=89a77695aaf9d93850afa 0be6f3db6f3) Sparkpowder
Burn Time
100 × http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/5/56/Sparkpowder.png/20px-Sparkpowder.png?version=89a77695aaf9d93850afa0be6f 3db6f3 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Sparkpowder.png?version=89a77695aaf9d93850afa 0be6f3db6f3) Sparkpowder


http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/0/01/Campfire.png/20px-Campfire.png?version=db532ff8f466209452bd2757249cd 56d (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Campfire.png?version=db532ff8f466209452bd2757 249cd56d) Campfire (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Campfire)
1m
1h 40m


http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/f/f9/Cooking_Pot.png/20px-Cooking_Pot.png?version=1b42d3a00bb4284be43497e6e2 bb7ce8 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Cooking_Pot.png) Cooking Pot (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Cooking_Pot)
1m
1h 40m


http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/9/98/Refining_Forge.png/20px-Refining_Forge.png?version=10f66fdb19b5bade6e4fe64 8be739a67 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Refining_Forge.png) Refining Forge (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Refining_Forge)
1m
1h 40m


http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/6/60/Standing_Torch.png/20px-Standing_Torch.png?version=65342ea99eaae1c3e949047 c9556aeaf (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Standing_Torch.png) Standing Torch (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Standing_Torch)
13m 20s
22h 13m 20s


http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/0/09/Preserving_Bin.png/20px-Preserving_Bin.png?version=8b4e5bd271a7ab6f1ae63b2 76a5959c6 (http://ark.gamepedia.com/File:Preserving_Bin.png) Preserving Bin (http://ark.gamepedia.com/Preserving_Bin)
30m
2d 2h

[Megageth]

Our server is no more, for the second time round.

Duck and I have started on ZA Land of the Lost. Starting from scratch. We did try to save characters and dinos from the last server but it didnt really work out.
We have a bitchin new thatch base with 2 dodos, come punch trees and run from dilos with us.


Server: ZA Land of the Lost

[Phatso]

I really credit you guys for enjoying the game so much, you are happy to start over after losing many hours of work. It would be too much for me to handle.

[J_Th4ng]

Addiction can be a strong and unforgiving master...

[Musketeer]

This is awesome news (for me) - I can finally join.

[Musketeer]

Except: The Witcher 3.

[Megageth]

Its a big blow in terms of the base we had all been building over several weeks and high lvl dinos we had spent hours taming and levelling.
But, the start of the game is actually the most challenging. Trying to establish yourself on the island when literally everything can kill you and all you have is a loin cloth is the hardest part.

[SlipperyDuck]

Silver lining I suppose, we'd just reach 99% completion of the biggest (100000+ Metal mined) Metal conversion base ever and would likely have reached teh wot-now stage soon.....(truth though, builders seem to always have plans so probably would never reach wot-now).

Also this server we're on seems even more vanilla - hard to survive and day night cycle is 1:1 so there is a reason to have lights built at some stage.

We build, we build stronger, harder, better. We are legion, we are GRRR

[Morphza]

hhmmm... a reset... maybe i'll come join you once again...

The last time I joined it felt kak coz there were two separate groups playing on the same server...


-- Which area did you guys start out at this time?

[SlipperyDuck]

We spawned EAST 3 I think

[s3xy_j0nny]

All the server luck is ours it seems...

[SlipperyDuck]

http://store.steampowered.com/widget/346110/

ARK IS ON STEAM SALE ! ! ! !