survival-test

[distant quartz]

gg conc CF - HAtz

[compact shoal]

I love it but I got killed by the red turtle of doom (server disconnect). Had a weird error when I attempted to log back in, it locked on the character select background with nothing else shown and no response to inputs. Had to force restart.

[charred tapir]

sorry (not sorry) to the several babies ive killed today - hatz

[shell bay]

Baby apexes get no mercy. Or the tylo in cf south pond

[wild plover]

So, it's really unfortunate when you accidentally fall in a hole and you get stuck. Can we get a command that will get you unstuck without killing your character?

[full current]

Issue is people using unstuck to escape situations they'd otherwise die in legitimately, like using them to escape combat

[tidal cliff]

quick positive feedback but i love this gamemode so much, it's the best path experience i've had so far
i'm hoping that, in the future, we could get something like this that'd let me group w/ my buddies too, as i think that'd be the perfect path of titans experience for me personally - but if that doesn't happen then i'm fine w/ solo permadeath too
otherwise though i absolutely love permadeath and the passive growth, it's so dang good and feels great to play - makes the game tense and i actually saw people in almost every poi i went into! so happy this gamemode is back and doing well <3

[tender harbor]

make it so that you'd need to rest for 30 sec to use unstuck

[thin jay]

I have the curiosity of if, with the new matchmaking system being lobby-style
— if it could potentially be made so that it’s possible to limit based on players detected in lobby

Because had the idea of if could ever be ability to have Duos or Trios permadeath servers—
where can only have 1 (or 2) person group up in lobby to queue with you and play together (and then from there have to figure out who will be what (and it prevent queuing until dinos chosen dont exceed the group slot limit.)

plus the potential of trying to nest and protect your baby(ies) under the risk of permadeath just sounds like a fun time

still have the chats off and stuff tho (seriously keep all that off. a chunk of why i loved soloperma was global not being a soap opera the entire play session)

[lament sapphire]

Been playin a few hours and had luck so far
I havent met a megapack yet ( not a mega but i did saw two adul metris(?), titans(?) jump an adol rex 😭 )
Met some carnis on an herbi n didnt gut me on sight, tbf we were around ado n sub n its permadeath and i was an alberta.
Did fought a few of the critters(a didelp, a wonambi n a dinamo) the first two died in like two hits, idr the snake bein that frail so thats a plus. The later was an alpha and yeah it def hits harder lol, ran away.
Saw a lot of babies runnin around
It does feel (atm lol) the dinos i met re bein more careful.
Finally some passive growth 🥹
The permadeath thing feels...great! Spawin in redwoods n hearing loud ass footstep everywehere seconds after i spawn felt very tense.
Never experienced it personally but yeah 1 dino until it dies sounds like it can prevent revenge killing.

but yeah likin it so far

[wild plover]

I have been playing for a couple hours now and I really enjoy this mode a lot.

My only complaint being what happens if you get stuck due to a glitch, but besides that I'm really happy with what I've experienced so far

[tawny shadow]

having a lot of fun on tylo

[feral star]

i think for the survival test 5 players should make a hot spot for people that want fights

or for mini poi’s to be on the map so people know what part is hot

[sleek shadow]

🤔 Why would folks "want fights" in the game mode where the goal is to Survive?

[wild plover]

Yeah I'm not risking my metri for that

[wild plover]

The problem is when you're stuck in a hole you can't rest. I've been in servers where the unstuck command just moves you a few to the side

And you should be out of combat timer to use it

[rugged timber]

Just met a mix pack patchy Rex achillo and spino, it was in permadeath mod I survived somehow, the rules say nothing about mix packing at least in permadeath mode, mix packing does exist in survival mode be careful out there guys ✌🏼

[tidal cliff]

yess i agree, that sounds great to me (esp since i really only go up to a trio max)
it'd be so fun aaaa i love permadeath and no global/local it's so good

[real plover]

I joined my first time in solo matchmaking and already died to teamers lol

[low walrus]

where was this so i dont go there

[feral star]

for trophy’s people like to pvp

[sleek shadow]

Why not do that on one of the normal servers w/o permadeath though?

[feral star]

because it’s more thrill in fighting

if it was just survival and no one wanted to pvp it would basically be a solo server

the whole point of perma death is you have to play smarter you use better strategies i’m not saying face tank and die but pvp is a main part of this game

[wise zephyr]

Isn’t this survival server meant to be solo survival test?

One of the first things I saw after logging in was a mela spino and a mela tylo hunting together 👀

So it’s just permadeath rules but there’s still megapacks and mix packs walking around?
😂😂😂

If I’d known that I probably wouldn’t have started, I thought it was testing new solo rules/guidelines

Back to official for me! 😂

[low walrus]

question: if i die, and remake the same animal, will i still have all my abilities and skins unlocked

im debating on if its worth grindin for a 5k skin

[wise zephyr]

Make a new creature and buy a cheap skill then die and remake to test

Or can you only have one creature

Imagine wanting to be punished even worse for falling victim to a massive game design weakness 😂

It’s a shame, solo survival would’ve been great

[low walrus]

i could be wrong but in the first permadeath test, we got to keep stuff in our home caves and skins? idk its been a while

cause i dont mind having to regrow id just want to keep the skins ya know

[feral star]

yeah but they can’t just throw themselves at you they can’t revenge kill you

people still want to pvp

if there wasn’t pvp most people wouldn’t play

[wise zephyr]

I love PVP, that’s why I hate the chronic weakness of mix packs and mega packs

I want straight PvP not team vs 1 PvP lmao

[crystal sluice]

Its worth it. Getting cool skins and trophy mean more when ypu can lose it. Just be aware if you keep ypu WILL lose it one day. Thats okay though. Enjoy the journey. Be happy :)

[wise zephyr]

Striving for balance in PVP while ignoring the most unbalancing factor is an excercise in futility

[soft dust]

https://bugtracker.alderongames.com/bug/MR3Z9NEEG0XPZ2K0

[wise zephyr]

Been this way for all the years I’ve been playing. Heaps of rad tlcs, new maps , new abilities - same old problem

New maps to get mixpacked on, new abilities for mixpackers to use on you, new tlcs to make mixpacks even more deadly 😂

No penalty , no punishment, no deterrents

Pointless

[low walrus]

brother its 5000 marks 😭

[steel shale]

Not sure if you'd keep the skins you purchase

Though I would presume so. I can hop on and test it later

[crystal sluice]

You will have a 5k skin though. You will look cool. You will die cool. Eventually. If I see a player with a cool skin that one grinded for I know that person has been alive for a while. It is a status thing. You become a badass. I had to put down a melanistic ano earlier and it felt so good but bad. It makes you more attached. When you fight you will be more invested emotionally. You will have to fight just that little bit harder for survival. Get that heart beat going.

[azure ore]

Good save mod team!

[low walrus]

honestly fair

i just wish they upped the mark amount for permadeaths since its permanent

[crystal sluice]

I personally like that it is as grindy as it is now. Makes getting skins more of an achievement. I wish growing took at least 3 times as long as it does now. Reaching adult is too easy imo.

[low walrus]

bro back when i started playnig it took over 12 hours to grow anything please no 😭

[tawny shadow]

ive found that riparia is easier to get marks on than the previous maps, so i imagine it wouldnt be absurdly difficult to get a 10k skin on survival test. the challenge would be the stress over keeping it once you have it lol

[soft dust]

@floral kraken

[floral kraken]

this is inteded we will be closing it

please read message of the day

[vestal fractal]

I dont know… i feel the opposite. The pois are large and hard to find quest items. I dont like this map. I would play survival mode on gondwa but on riparia.. thanks but no.

[tranquil fossil]

Is it just me or would permadeath be better without matchmaking

I genuinely don't play without a friend

Playing alone is so lonely

I mean megapacks and mixpacks are bad

But still

[polar saddle]

Agree that quest items can be difficult to find. Mushrooms especially.

[tawny shadow]

yea i can understand if you arent familiar with the locations of the quest items, but i think what helps despite the poi sizes is that the items tend to be in very close proximity to each other (for example, all the tallbrush quests can be done in the same area surrounding the bone quest) so once u get the quest item locations down u can kinda blow through the pois. on top of that, the mark payouts on a lot of the quests tend to be bigger than on other maps, for instance just 15 milk caps gives you like 150 marks

once i mastered a specific circuit on riparia i could get a 10k skin within a couple days depending on the playable

[soft dust]

last question on my report u whatching till the end? couse the critter is coming later the first one critter is normal but after him coming one like little baybi and i cant hit him no place

[vestal fractal]

Good to know there are peoples who likes this map. But still no but thanks. To complete one quest it took me about half an our. This means while i do one quest on riparia i can do three or more on gondwa or panjura and can get more growth and marks.

The quest item locations are changed etc. The map is too big for me.

[floral kraken]

they will be unkillable

they are buffed 100x

[soft dust]

matt want do critters domain riperia 😄 i m right now scared of every dino i meet

I m scared what matt have for ideas XD

[vestal fractal]

On gondwa too. I play as an adult bars and an alpha critter attacked me and nearly killed me because my tail attack cant hit him.. some of them are very low

[soft dust]

on my clip is a baby critter and u cant hit them with sarco. i m just lucky that he dont killed me in survivel

they are so aggressiv u bether run. its like a fight with tylo as sarco

[last quiver]

Just lost my adult conc because I stuck in a tiny rock crevice and it yeeted me straight to the grave with fall damage bug. Ain't getting on permadeath tests ever again

[floral kraken]

prob a good idea

too much in-game that can kill ya

[astral cape]

i am kind of tired of my adult meg, so i am hoping for a death now to play something else hahah

[last quiver]

I'm fine dying to critters, players or my own stupidity but bugs bugging me off

[soft dust]

i optain with my sarc 4 trophys right now XD i want to get much more

[cedar solstice]

bro homecave debuff is so stupid, i was fighting a spino as cera, near homecave and i got debuff but not the spino, and i wasnt staying near homecave before btw

and im dead

[tall canopy]

A few notes that would make survival better would be to remove the homecave aspect and instead make it like a check spot where u cant edit abilities and delivery trophies. Ultimately bloody critters the size of a rex's toe should not aggro on things 3 slots and higher and erase about a quarter of hp, unless they get attacked first by the player

[soft dust]

the problem what i saw is just not the size from the critter more the hitbox u cant hit them back

only if u run away and he come to u so u hit maybe one hit

but matt want do them 100x stronger XD

[tall canopy]

the problem with aggro critters is that it makes it impossible to set up ambushes nor rest since their spawn rate got increased too

[soft dust]

This isn't a bug and is intended behavior matt say this

[tall canopy]

Ye, I read the patches, it just feels too much atp

[soft dust]

. whatch my clip here u see how lucky i was

[tall canopy]

in a scale of danger critters>players

[soft dust]

yep

if i dont run and try to kill him i would die on a not fair fight

this baby do per hit like 15% hp damge on me XD

[floral kraken]

this was what im going for

[tall canopy]

Diabolical indeed

[brave plinth]

What is bro gonna do to dino ai then

[celest summit]

@floral kraken the status menu or whatever its called is not showing up when you first log in. I have to click the edit menu for it to show up.

[tall nest]

isnt matchmaking there to fight group players?

[tall nest]

what kind of species is that?

[distant quartz]

Eo lol

[tall nest]

bru i played Eo so lon got any skin on rip but i would never play it on perm death xD

[distant quartz]

Can't wait to play again aftee work

[floral kraken]

how do you find all this 😄

[celest summit]

i logged in bro lol

its not that hard to play the game and find broken stuff

[cedar solstice]

updating

[celest summit]

have you fixed trophies yet

[austere pasture]

Hello, so i was trying out the survival test today and i was thinking whether there will be another perma death mode at some point where you can group up but only with the same species

[floral kraken]

for next patch yes

[floral kraken]

prob not

too much fragmentation

then people would group up without it anyway and its pointles?

[celest summit]

survival is just full of cuddle puddles :(

[tranquil fossil]

What about small Raptors and achilo?

I just want to play with friends

[floral kraken]

we're really lucky to have the mode exist in any capactiy, let alone splitting it in 2

[austere pasture]

Alright thanks i was just curious (:
Didnt put too much fought behind it

[tall nest]

there is group and official?

[austere pasture]

Ahm didnt think about that one

[tranquil fossil]

In permadeath specifically since

[austere pasture]

But overall i think the survival mode is really interesting. You have to be more careful

I played Titan today and was mostly hiding becouse of big guys. It really put some pressure which isnt a bad thing

[celest summit]

while im at it do you know about this? lol https://bugtracker.alderongames.com/bug/JPKY38W5G0W827D2

[crystal sluice]

404 not found. link doesnt work for me

[soft dust]

for me dont work too

[meager field]

It's an exploit

[celest summit]

thats good to know XD i was hoping no one else could see it

[crystal sluice]

glad to help

[cedar solstice]

yoo

iguanarex

[soft dust]

strong igi

[cedar solstice]

helicopter

[tall nest]

nice give up his thumbs for not even having the teeth? xD

[soft dust]

u can see trough gras

[soft dust]

i love to play sarco XD

[shell bay]

Cuz if I win then I'm surviving better than the opponent

[soft dust]

got a gain a team 3 players teaming in survival

[full current]

oh man an adult bars in survival test will probably live forever huh

[soft dust]

if u catch the groups not 😄

[cedar solstice]

increase marks multiplier

[soft dust]

@floral kraken hey can i send u a exploit that i found?

[gleaming crag]

then what will u do after u get to adult

stop playing the mode?

[toxic light]

Body bug that doesn't appear

[floral kraken]

read bugtracker site to see if it already exists, if doesnt already exists, report privately on bugtracker site as epxloit

[toxic light]

Anyone else?

[wild plover]

I delete all my creatures once they die

[soft dust]

i dont have this

[toxic light]

From what I saw, it was supposed to have the body of a dinosaur.

But mine isn't showing up.

Could it be because I'm on mobile?

I think I'll report it.

[wild plover]

Continue to try to survive

[toxic light]

Hi Matt, good morning!

Well, I'll go report it and continue testing, see you later everyone.

[wild plover]

@floral kraken I have a question and I apologize for the ping, but are there new hidden goodies in the survival mode? I found giant bones in CF I've never seen before, trying to decide if I just didn't notice before or if that really is new 😂

[toxic light]

That's a good question.

[open fox]

Also I did a good ol' /respawn on my Alio to test for skin unlocks and I can confirm they persist between dinos

[toxic light]

Ah, how interesting.

[timid whale]

I assume the social tab is going to be disabled on this eventually so I cant see that im on the same server as my friends lol

[toxic light]

This mode will be very interesting.

I'm really excited.

I believe that to avoid large groups being formed, as is the case on the ground and in official circles.

Is there a limit of up to 4 friends in the same session?

Or even 8, just ideas so we don't have groups like in the official version...as we normally see.

[timid whale]

I mean theres no grouping, so the social tab should just be off.

[toxic light]

I mean, in case they want to keep the social aspect active.

But let's see, it looks very promising.

[open fox]

That doesn't make sense for this gamemode

[toxic light]

Well, they managed it in solo mode.

[timid whale]

Seems weird that its configured in a way for the new MM that i can only see my party and no one else to avoid megapacking stuff, but for solo survival i can see whos on my server

[toxic light]

Furthermore, by default the game sends you to game sections where you already have friends.

[open fox]

That's probably part of the reason why megapacks took over solo mode too

[crystal sluice]

if i see someone teaming up with someone in survival is it bannable?

[toxic light]

So it is...

[open fox]

In response to this, your abilities/POIs/Ravens are locked again when you reset which makes sense. I'm glad the skins aren't taken off the dino tbh

[runic pulsar]

The group up is disabled soo idk

[crystal sluice]

the grouping mechanic is disabled. i have seen people group up though. no megapacks yet. i have seen groups though

[toxic light]

Could you please send us the link to the bugs we reported regarding the test?

[runic pulsar]

Even if they disabled group. They can still group with vc discord or other

But i want the ez gone

[crystal sluice]

exactly. thats what i am asking if its bannable if i see someone do it. or if it is even allowed.

[open fox]

Workday and I are friends and confirmed already that we see each other on the same server. Not that we're gonna abuse that :'> but tbh I want it gone.

it's 100% possible people can and are organizing via the social tab

[runic pulsar]

Well, i just saw a lot of herb doing group

A lot

Yesterday

[timid whale]

I suppose unless they hide the server ID too its not wholly important but it still seems wild. It opens up the option to harass other people if you recognize their names and know their preferred areas

[runic pulsar]

Permadeath is just like the isle

[cloud dew]

I feel like even if they wouldn't have the ability to ban many people, having a rule in place and a threat of being banned if you group up would make a big difference

[open fox]

That opens the doors for people to be wrongfully banned and adds a ton of work to the team when they're already swamped. Maybe after the game is released and done but for right now this is thinning out the 'herd' as far as the mega/mixpacks go

[crystal sluice]

yeah, i have seen a couple. was hoping for a dev/moderator to tell me so i can know for sure. i dont feel like the communication is great on what the rules are. there was only one post that i am aware of about being banned for mixpacking in the group test. when you join the group server it says dont mixpack. in the permadeath it says you cannot group. doesnt feel clear to me. i dont know if this is the same for the permadeath.

[stiff dust]

Would just love to see a boost to solo buffs for dinos who are best in groups on the solo servers

[runic pulsar]

I hope the ban mix pack and mega at perma

It would be great

[crystal sluice]

i think they ban mix pack on perma if you have good proof. i just dont know if teaming w someone at all/megapacking is at all.

[runic pulsar]

Alrigth

I don't have proof from yesterday cuz i was too sleepy

[tall nest]

come twisted il be waitin later

[timid whale]

My metri dont swim lmao

[tall nest]

i think he have 320swimspeed! im on iggy anyway soo it would be youre grave

[gentle berry]

I saw a megapack of 2 eos 2 megs 1 duck 1 spoon and 1 alb in wollemi

[cedar solstice]

buff marks multiplier, im fg iguano and dont have 3 abilitys still

[gentle berry]

No just quest more

[limpid scaffold]

LMAO, that's a bit funny ngl

why not record to get their IDs and report?

[crystal sluice]

ew. if you have the replay and solid proof they are mixpacking. you can try to report.

[raven pine]

so you cannot protect a juvi carni from another carni as an adult herbi?

is 3rd partying not allowed either then as its technically a 2v1?

if they add rules ill just switch back to officials

the randomness makes everything interesting, even if there are dc groups (which are less common on solo servers)

[cedar solstice]

ye bro just do thousands quest to get all abilitys right, do not increase marks multiplier yeah

like the marks need to match with your growth, so that u can get all abilitys by adult growth stage

[raven pine]

i got all my abilities before reaching adult with an apex (bars), its very doable

[cedar solstice]

ye bc u are apex, apexes takes longer to grow and u have more time to get all abilitys before adult

[raven pine]

smaller dinos are faster/have better stam, its easier to farm POIs and do more quests

[cedar solstice]

igi is not that much faster than bars

[raven pine]

if you still cant do it its because of the passive growth, which helps you because you gain combat weight and speed by growing

[cedar solstice]

at adole and sub

[raven pine]

so you have an extra tool which helps you survive (speed/cw)

juvi and adol will always be a bad growth stage, thats why its called survival

its meant to be tough

[distant quartz]

Recording is turned off

Wish we knew why

[distant quartz]

^

[limpid scaffold]

uhhh, i literally record all the time. including right now as i am playing on the survival server.

i even watched back a fight i did against an iggy last night.

[distant quartz]

I mean the in game recording system

It wasnt working for me yesterday?

I had to alt z to record through a seperate program

[rotund fable]

im pretty sure this is supposed to be like a gamemode to play solo right?
why do people do this

[distant quartz]

Obviously I hate that people arent solo, but can you have the option to check before crossing and your a sucho you can go on land, no?

People are going to break the rules no matter what it sucks

I was trying to record names yesterday but I couldn't 💔

[rotund fable]

i was brawling a sub rex and they cameout of nowhere

[distant quartz]

Im sorry

[limpid scaffold]

yes thats what i am talking about, im doing in game recording rn lol

[rotund fable]

i have the replay. i probably cant do much with that?

[limpid scaffold]

that will have the names

[distant quartz]

Why couldn't I yesterday

[limpid scaffold]

well, im not a dev so i cant answer that for you

[distant quartz]

I cant wait for these people to get slapped with bans or whatever

[limpid scaffold]

nothing says teamming is bannable btw

you're intended to play a solo player but the only time they've said mega/mix packing is bannable is for the group matchmaking.

[distant quartz]

I mean in general, the group testing etc too

[limpid scaffold]

for survival, it's not likely that it will be bannable.

[distant quartz]

Hm, I guess the tylos weren't in the wrong then

[limpid scaffold]

also they could have been opportunistic killers

[distant quartz]

I mean it still sucks im sorry about that

🙏

[limpid scaffold]

not working playing together perse, but saw the opportunit yfor a kill, and both went for it

[rotund fable]

ill just stick to officials lol

[distant quartz]

I love all 3 right now

Im so happy with these options

[rotund fable]

i appreciate the added gamemodes too even if theyre just tests, but holy moley i just cant escape discord groups

[limpid scaffold]

those were two tylos? how does that = discord group? lol

[rotund fable]

3

[limpid scaffold]

that's still within group limits

[rotund fable]

but theres no groups in survival i thought?

[limpid scaffold]

yeah no groups allowed mechanically but ppl will always group somehow

it's just human

[distant quartz]

I mean its still 3 tylos against a sucho. Lol.

Like a good sucho can fight a tylo. But not 3.

Its the principle is all

[limpid scaffold]

that's how it is though idk

i think mega/mix packing is horrible, but to expect every interaction to be a 1v1 isn't reasonable in a game like this

[distant quartz]

Thats how it is on offical

[limpid scaffold]

and here....as you just saw lol

[rotund fable]

id expect it to be in a gamemode withoout grouping. maybe i'm too optimistic

[limpid scaffold]

genuinely yeah i think you are lol

[distant quartz]

It works both ways, you should be careful of the water, no matter what

For 2, 3 apexes for a sub apex isnt fair either

[limpid scaffold]

to expect each fight to be fair, wouldn't be reasonable

[distant quartz]

Im not saying each fight to be fair lmfao

[limpid scaffold]

"For 2, 3 apexes for a sub apex isnt fair either" indicates that you believe they should have backed off due to it being unfair

idk, im just trying to figure out what you mean

[distant quartz]

I said above it works both ways

[limpid scaffold]

also tylo isn't an apex, it's 4 slots so tech a sub apex

[distant quartz]

You should aways be wary of water, no matter what. People are going to mix pack. Mega pack, whatever

Its up to YOU to yourself in a position where you have the best chance of survival.

HOWEVER, 3 tylos killing a single sucho, a single anything really, isnt fair. I did not say I expect every fight to be fair. It looks horrid on the pack of tylos, picking on one person, already low.

@limpid scaffold dude. Okay its 4 slots. That can kill anything in the game with ease. Your right. Its an apex, my lord

[rotund fable]

atleast now i know its not the sunshine and rainbows i was hoping for

[limpid scaffold]

it's..by definition of the game a 4 slot which is a sub apex... not a full apex. also sucho is 4 slot, which is insane, it should be a 3 slot. but either way, sucho can just...leave water.

[distant quartz]

Okay

Im not gonna continue 👍

[reef bramble]

Basically an apex

[distant quartz]

And can kill anything in the game besides another tylo without breaking a sweat basically

[limpid scaffold]

not gonna continue

continues

[distant quartz]

I was...talking to someone else?

[tall nest]

o ive seen that sucho yesterday must be sad dying like that :/

they gotchu

[gentle berry]

Nah just do if you are a carni do the carni quest giver quest

[gentle berry]

Nah just quest

[gentle berry]

Its the water apex like hatz is the air apex not that hard

[gentle berry]

I recon a tylo on land is just food so anything in water should be food to him. Not that hard

O nooo a real water apex is on stage and people that got used to it not being there and having a semi meta get destroyed by a water apex

[distant quartz]

In fairness, it wasnt "a water apex"

It was "water apexes" without the a. There was 3.

But yeah, I get it

[gentle berry]

Na only one water apex other are semis they are shore apex.

Edit never mind i now understand what you said.

[distant quartz]

👍

[low walrus]

are the critters suppose to be so aggresive

[tall nest]

yes some are unkillable matt said

rip lil rhamp

[low walrus]

im a half sub rex and im bein attacked by small adult critters like snakes and dynamos, not alphas

[tall nest]

care where you rest

^^

iggy has no prob with critters

[timid whale]

Im all for this except if they are gonna make critters hit harder and potentially be unkillable, they should move the critter spawns that are near the moss quest spots

[distant quartz]

No duh. It attacks 3 times in 2 second cooldown.

Whats ridiculous is doing the rest for 15 seconds quest and a critter attacks you. Now THAT needs a re work.

[tall nest]

bro my that titan just survived cause i have no water attack

[tall nest]

critter are super annoying they literal killed me...

[distant quartz]

Yep

[sacred solar]

Oop the model in the character menu is stuck as a baby again until you pick a skin lol

[low walrus]

critters mad annoying

[cedar solstice]

delete critters i lost fg igi

decidedd to sit down to regen stam and this mf appeared out of NOWHERE literally and killed me

this is not normal bro

[gleaming crag]

Almost had my sarc dogged by a crab left me with 0.1hp I couldn’t even see it, I would have crashed out lol

I had killed 3 of em before this one came at the end^

[gentle berry]

Yea

[gentle berry]

It is its called survival mode

[low walrus]

Its survival mode not critter mode

The ai treating us like its shadow of colossus 😭

[ivory eagle]

less critters in survival would be very interesting.

[low walrus]

I just don’t want them so hyper aggro

[tall nest]

beware the halloween crabs!

[ivory eagle]

I'd be down if they ever tested less critters or maybe even none for survival mode

would make it interesting for food and maybe would make people move around but idk. I need to play more survival to solidify my opinion

[timid whale]

I think my issue with less critters would be the struggle to feed yourself on something and having just a bad day finding players to kill.

[ivory eagle]

would make it more challenging yeah. is the survival test server consistently full?

[timid whale]

Apex carnis got them loud stompies, aside from a crouched rex. Any player worth their salt can hear a TT from a mile away and just avoid them. And heaven forbid youre on an apex and youre getting harassed by a rhamp or several

[ivory eagle]

true!

this game doesnt have much tracking at all. it would probably not be good.. but in my head it sounded nice for a moment xd

[timid whale]

If anything lowering the agro range on critters to compensate for their higher hositility would be my idea. that way you can disengage and lose them quicker rather than having a dynamo or 2 following you for a good while

Im playing on Metri, and im generally non confrontational as a solo player so I spend a lot of time listening and avoiding lol

but i get to feed myself on mushrooms so I can get away with not hunting

[upbeat comet]

And fix the critter hit boxes. They shouldn’t be getting free headshots, esp in a perma death mode

[cedar solstice]

bro thats like the stupid argument i heard, so u think that AI that spawned right behind me after i sat down and killed my fg igi is survival part? that is not survival that is the ai that decided to end my life in 2 seconds, i also was half hp bc i fought with spino and conca

ye nice survival part imagine playing peacefully and then just some AI ends your life in seconds

[timid whale]

AI being more dangerous that most playables is certainly rough, especially when they pop up out of nowhere

[cedar solstice]

sub adult spino and fg conca couldnt even get me past half hp, but some small not even alpha critter just killed me in 2 seconds

[timid whale]

I would love for sneaking/crouching to actually matter in terms of AI detection. Stalking a player just to have my cover blown cause 4 lizards cant stop screaming at the sight of me really sucks 😂

[cedar solstice]

bro that is so funny the critters just ragebaits you lol

im so glad that happens very rare to me

[cedar solstice]

btw those critters scream run away and then comeback to scream again and run away

[timid whale]

Usually its snakes biting me on my dein. Would be nice if there was a mechanic to establish yourself as a local presence to AI so they just ignore you/leave you be (Aside from alphas, who i think only should spawn from Dens/hunt dangerous critter quests in the first place)

[astral cape]

trying to do an ambush then a critter sets off like tripwire

[cedar solstice]

actually critter was watching you and ambushing

[ivory eagle]

this is genuinely the worst when its paleosiniwa

and multiple.

[astral cape]

i knew they were up to no good

[cedar solstice]

btw remeber those burrows with ai spawning and u need to like destroy it?

i saw a bars hitting it

and like the ai was spawning endless

every 5 secs new ai

[astral cape]

like a clown car hahha

[ivory eagle]

probably had slow attacks

rip

[cedar solstice]

the thing is

that u couldnt destroy it

i havent had like 10/10 hits to destroy thing

[ivory eagle]

was it infinite or something

it should take only 8 or 17 max

[astral cape]

oh that sounds like hell

[cedar solstice]

the worst part it that the fastest ai was spawning

that brown little fast creature

[ivory eagle]

silesaurus

thats funny

[cedar solstice]

to stop the critters from spawning u need to destroy burrow and that burrow was bugged and impossible to break so that there was infinite critters spawning running after the barsboldia

[ivory eagle]

oh lol

[cedar solstice]

crazy

[ivory eagle]

that's crazy yeab

what a way to go out

[cedar solstice]

just army of critters

[astral cape]

the first and last mistake they made is activating the den quest lol

[cedar solstice]

and btw i started to hit that burrow, then noticed that i cant destroy and ran away super fast and then that bars tryed to get marks and u know what happened next

[tall nest]

guys the mossbeds are good use them

[pallid forge]

haha mad bars tried to kill me, a innocent friendly alberta baby. Fellow herbivore betrayal always stings the most

[polar saddle]

I do think that if you die to AI, it shouldn’t trigger perma-death. Knocking you back some progress would be more fair. These AI are like homing missiles sometimes.

[tall nest]

its solo there is no teaming i fought like an adult spoon some babies and juvi on my dasp damn xd

this casual grouping is so annoying hatz playersa are the worst

[polar saddle]

I wish we could have additional character slots. I had to delete my Stego because he had simply survived for too long and I wanted to try something else 🫣

[next veldt]

Have the discord megapackers ruined this mode yet

[polar saddle]

Haven’t seen any yet.

[tall nest]

i actually wanted to save that sucho i fought and attack the duck then they all go on me xD

[timid whale]

i havent run into any packs but im also not going to CF to find out 😂

[tall nest]

next time i go for the sucho but at least 1 spino and duck less

[next veldt]

That's a shocker lol, maybe they can't handle permadeath or something

[gleaming crag]

have seen alot

[timid whale]

might be cause they wont have any of their already grown dinos in this mode lol

not that growing is hard, but you also only get one thing to play

[tall nest]

growth could be a bit faster

[pallid forge]

wow I died to a critter because a underwater cave (that I couldn't even see) gave me the stupid homecave camping debuff....

[gentle berry]

Be carefull next time

[sacred solar]

I have yet to die to a critter but it’s really funny watching other people get nuked by them 😭🙏

[rugged timber]

Same 15 hours on my titan even got mela i wanna try stego now

[gentle berry]

People realy have to try to die to them

[sacred solar]

I saw someone just stand there and turn in circles before dying like brother RUN 😭🙏

[sacred solar]

I did the same for sucho, I was so proud of myself for surviving but he had to go so I pretended he got too old and jumped off a cliff lol

[tall nest]

rework suchossnapjaw tztz

[gleaming crag]

erm sucho doesnt have snap jaw🤓

[tall nest]

you knew what i mean its just so big dmg 1 shot my sty pretty lame design

[cloud dew]

adult sucho just got killed by 2 sarcos - I literally knew that would be how it ended lol. there's no real point of permadeath if you're just waiting to run into groups sooner or later, and it's up to them when your run is over.

[gleaming crag]

how did they even catch u

[cloud dew]

tbh I was in and out the water because I didn't know where I had the speed advantage

[upbeat comet]

The crabs are crazy I swear

[gentle berry]

Lol

[tall nest]

juvi rex has senses but no fracture bite is diabolical

[gleaming crag]

If we had this on gondwa would’ve been great

[tall nest]

gondwa is poop

sarco killed my meg friend :/ you pay for dis

[azure ore]

Well said.

[gleaming crag]

And riparia is boring

[full current]

How common are megapacks currently?

[distant quartz]

havent seen any i dont think?

[unreal sun]

Anyone know if there's a bug report channel for survival test?

[remote nebula]

Amarga on survival is ezz

[feral gate]

im going to find and eat u

https://giphy.com/gifs/f-abdullahmk47-fnaf-kitten-8hGGAmA60LsaTYdarh

[remote nebula]

Hahaahah

Im in east passage camping the pond near the ws

https://tenor.com/view/i'll-wait-patiently-oh-i-will-wait-oh-yes-i-will-man-pulling-out-camp-chair-to-wait-gif-8026493645162499411

[ivory eagle]

OK, so my alio was crouching on flat ground at coastal and it started falling, then it died instantly

rest in purgatory

that was very sad

first attempt at survival and i die like that 😢

[azure ore]

Ran around for a good 2 hours across all POI and only came across 3 players even though it says player count is 95. 🤔

[wild plover]

TT that just chased that metri, oh buddy you must be hungry but I'm not gunna be your meal today. So close but not really ❤️

[lament wind]

i hope they implement a grouping system that requires a) same species or something labeled as "support" like rhamph, b) have to be within x radius for y amount of time before you automatically link up. grouping ends up being a trust and bonding exercise that way with equal opportunity for betrayal. better yet if theres a debuff for being near a different species for a certain amount of time that stacks with the amount of individuals hanging around nearby. i feel like that would discourage megapacks and random groups more and better exemplify what the survival experience was meant to be

[glacial quest]

aaa a hatz protecting an adol rex -.-

[royal thunder]

Anyone have the issue where it doesn’t show how long you were alive for?

[glacial quest]

where should it show you? havent seen that

[royal thunder]

Should show you like this on the character selection screen

[glacial quest]

how nice and refreshing it is to go through cedrus and not see mega or mix packs

this server is just great, this is how the game is supposed to be. hat so much fun on it growing my conc

do you guys know if the caracters will be preserved somehow when the test is over?

@royal thunder i think i figured it out. its not visible by default. i had to go into the edit screen and then go back to the main screen and then it showed! probably a bug...

[violet storm]

are there typically more babies running around on #survival-test compared to regular officials?

or do people grow dinos and then the map goes back to having adults running around

[glacial quest]

i think due to the nature of permadeath you will be seeing juvies a lot more often than on regular servers

[unborn verge]

The allo i have now is from the last test on Gondwa.

I did have a campto as well but they fix or changed something and it had to be that or my allo I deleted.

[clear violet]

is teaming/mixpacking reportable in this mode?