ark-2

[swift hinge]

Yes

[grim kestrel]

That one bundle, when you don't use your brain to realize it normal to have 3 versions of the same game... Standard, Deluxe, Premium

[astral token]

In your own words, don’t assume it will have options 🤣

[tame geode]

Is it too early to start 🍻 -ing peeps? Not sure if y'all do that in this one or just animated series chat.

[astral token]

So far the only way to get it is the bundle

[grim kestrel]

Don't assume it won't. I didn't assume either rather told you what normal tendency. If you're going to try to use my own words at least do it where it actually works.

[astral token]

Normal for other companies, not Wildcard, we don’t have any past instances to go by do we?

[stark moth]

It happens here. Too early? 🤷‍♀️

[astral token]

@winged dome is our local 🍻 lord, ask him

[grim kestrel]

Know what let me just rid my chat of one more person..

[astral token]

The fsct that all the sane ARK II chatters are blocked by you speaks VOLUMES my man 🤣

Hit them with the good ol’ facts and logic and boom! You’re a bad guy who’s been blocked!

[grim kestrel]

You need to reevaluate what you learn as sane.

[blissful perch]

@astral token get me up to speed

[astral token]

Braddock tells me I am assuming ASA and A2 will be bundled, then tells me there will be a separate option to buy the game, after I quote the crunch

[blissful perch]

The crunch does say they will be split at some point doesn’t it?

[astral token]

1 year later

[blissful perch]

Ah I see the point of debate

[grim kestrel]

We have people that literally just giving excuses for not buying the game because they said one version of their name option will be bundled with Ark 1 to appeal to people that aren't versions of the new game mechanics.

When obviously they will have a standard standalone version since Xbox Gamepass will have free to download for anyone with gamepass subcriptions.

[blissful perch]

I don’t recall any statement that ark remaster will be on gamepass. Did I miss that piece? I usually ignore Xbox stuff

[grim kestrel]

After careful consideration, we have decided to delay the sequel's launch to the end of 2024, when it will still launch exclusively on Xbox, Game Pass, and Windows distribution platforms (Steam/PC). We’ve put much thought into delaying ARK 2 for the betterment of the final product and the team's well-being. This news will be disappointing to many - we feel it too - but we’re confident this heavy decision is the right one.

Very first statement in the roadmap

[blissful perch]

I read “2024” and skipped the console piece because I assumed my platform (steam) was on it

But I appreciate the quote 🙂

[stark moth]

That's for Ark 2, I don't think it was specified for the remaster. Just says remaster will be available to xboc/pc/Playstation

[astral token]

I think we had a misunderstanding, I was twlking about the remaster.

[blissful perch]

I really wish the remaster enforced the 20/20 mutation cap. Who knows, maybe it will…since the UI was never updated after the bypass due to bad design was discovered

[grim kestrel]

The other guy still gets proved that it won't be the only way to get the game by buying both.. That other guy was assuming they are buffing sales to make you buy both. The point is there going to be a standard version that separate considering it will be version on game pass.

[astral token]

I’m on PC 😐

[blissful perch]

I’m not sure on PC there are two separate purchase options

It looks like one bundle for both will be out for about a year, and then you can buy just ark 2 in 2024

[grim kestrel]

Gamepass isn't exclusive to Xbox... Gamepass for PC and Gamepass for Xbox which both are in Gamepass Ultimate.

[tame geode]

Round 2?

[blissful perch]

Win10 games ☠️

[astral token]

S t e a m

[kind zinc]

Steam

I’ve just read all this and you’re wrong @grim kestrel

[tame geode]

GG

[astral token]

I did not hire this man

[blissful perch]

Me when I see ark 2 has mutation stacking

[stark moth]

I think the concern isn't so much about needing to buy ark 2 in a bundle, but rather not being able to buy ASA without also buying/pre-ordering ark2. Which is fair.

[blissful perch]

I’m tempted to want to buy ark 2 and not ASA lol. I’m going to need heavy convincing to purchase ark a second time

[astral token]

Also the bonkers price tag, once again remedied by the removal of ARK II

[grim kestrel]

If you don't give a reason behind that, that a blank statement. Until pre-orders start it is impossible for me to be considered wrong because in order for me to be wrong we have to know there will not be a multiple versions to choose from.

[kind zinc]

There won’t be . There will be a pass offered just like this ark . Man you must be fun at parties. Just take the L and move on

I blocked him.

[grim kestrel]

That makes you ignorant to say "There won't be".. I don't see a dev tag on your roles. See yourself off of my post

[kind zinc]

No point

@blissful perch I lm gong to spend the 50.

[blissful perch]

Whatever the crunch says is the current functional facts 🤷‍♂️

If you want to assert otherwise, the burden of proof lies on you

[kind zinc]

I have like 500 days played on ark . Prob put another 300 on ASA lol

[tame geode]

Don't you bring logic into this

[blissful perch]

And you’re welcome to. I’m just not sold on the remaster being distinct enough from what I’ve had for 8 years 😅

[kind zinc]

Yeah problem is if I wanna play pvp everyone is going to be on asa unfortunately

[stark moth]

If you compare the Playstation price to the bundle price you could convince yourself you're getting ark 2 for $10 and paying $40 for a year of tide-me-over

[blissful perch]

I play one pvp game and find I don’t really need another

[craggy pawn]

You guys should just not play ark dont waste your life

[blissful perch]

I am one king titan kill away from uninstalling so you’re not wrong

Then I’ll just kick back until ark 2 finally comes out

The only issue is that they’re adding a new ark remaster DLC. And that’s something I may want to play

[stark moth]

That's probably at least a year after remaster release though, right? Might see ark2 before that

[grim kestrel]

Unless they find a way to port the new building system into Ark remaster there no shot in hell I ever touch that lol

[blissful perch]

I think they said Q2 2024? And ark 2 is Q4 2024? It’s close I think

[stark moth]

Ahh, I kinda glazed over some of those Q#s

[winged dome]

Q4 '23 for new story DLC

[upper finch]

Come on folks...this is wildcard, is ANYONE REALLY surprised?

[tropic forge]

hey i notice your saying snail was the reason for the "upgrade" being free to paid on general, you got proof or its just to mess whit those guys 🤣?

[untold totem]

They are the publisher are they not

They have full control of what is and isn't in the game

And they need something to pay that ATLAS debt

[tropic forge]

ok got you

[upper finch]

Ready for Ark 2RTX 4090
Core i9-13900K
ASUS ROG Maximus Z790
32GB Kingston Fury Renegade
DDR5 6400MT/s
EVGA 360MM CLCX RGB LCD
EVGA 1200W

[astral token]

By 2069 it’ll be outdated

[upper finch]

Bahaha...probably

[tropic forge]

32gb ram is already gettint oudated

[upper finch]

DDR5 6400MT/s, BIOS won't handle more yet

[mint swan]

When ark2 release you probaly need a 5090 lol

[upper finch]

Will upgrade as needed...this new rig is easily updated.

[astral token]

Gensen alr teased the 6090 for 4200$

[upper finch]

I shouldn't need upgrades for 3 or 4 cycles

[split dove]

i will be your test subject

[tropic forge]

damn ppl are bombarding ark on steam reviews 🤣

[grim kestrel]

I feel sorry for the 20% of steam players with common decency and positive outlook for having to deal with the rest with just debby downer hatred outlook.

[untold totem]

Typical official players

[winged dome]

Anyone else notice none of the devs have tweeted about the roadmap? Usually they post about major announcements - at the very least just linking the actual announcement

[tropic forge]

i only play on official and i get they being upset about it but, ppl should always know someday officials were gonna be gone, while some are piss just for that others wanted free engine upgrade for all maps and ence why the bombardment on steam reviews

[ripe marsh]

very sussy

[tropic forge]

gotta wait for another cc and see whats true and whats not, i belive some parts were true and some sounds fishy but theres snailgames on board so yeh gotta wait

but gotta say, announcing a brand "new" game for august and nothing on steam sounds strange

[lusty hearth]

The people who play official play it cause they thought they don t go down (that often) like unofficial do. Further more, to create these OP mutated dinos it takes up to 1.5 - 2 years to get that 254 Melee or what ever. Why would any of these breeders start on ARK 1.5 when after another 1.5 years ARK2 will be released, further more, not all maps are released at the beginning of ARK 1.5, so it is a very hard wipe and i understand every offi player who quit the game now completely.

[ripe marsh]

See if it is an April Fools joke, I don't think they'll make us wait another week to reveal it was a joke, especially with the review bombing on steam

[tropic forge]

dude youre talking to me about the effort to make mutations 🤣 shit i was raising gigas whitout pokeballs along side mosas and tusos, that part thinking officials not going down its dumb sorry, when you buy the game you only pay once while wildcard as to paid for the servers when ever times comes up

[stark moth]

Could have started as either "maintain the joke" silence or "we are shame" silence, but either way, by now it's probably just shocked silence

[lusty hearth]

It could take a week, cause if it was planed like this and they reconsider there decision, then it takes a few day's until the management agrees that they call it now just an aprils fool. After all, they can t just change it to be an aprils fool without releasing another roadmap, so there is a lot of work for that management.

[untold totem]

More like saving their emotional and mental state from angry PVP pleabs (and 2% reasonable criticism)

[stark moth]

That too

[ripe cedar]

Uh, unless you want to play on officials then dont buy it, but otherwise still probably worth buying ark a second time for anyone that has thousands of hours in it because clearly well worth the original purchase but yeah only if you want ark 2 beta or new officials

[untold totem]

The kiddos are making a petty petition while dislike bomb the game now lmao

[split dove]

lmao

[tropic forge]

shit that would be a third time for me 🤣

[lusty hearth]

I know, and i said that as well, it is a huge problem that they don t know how to make money with games now day's. Most games sell now days skins ingame, no Pay to Win just cosmetics and i know many players who have paid over 3.000 Dollars just for cosmetics. That would be the way to go, but yea, it is sad how they try to get the needed money. 🥲
As a breeder it is just not that motivating to have now a break for 1.5 years...

[tropic forge]

dude you dont wanna open that door on wildcard whit snailgames watching it 🤣 aint gonna be cosmetics only

[lusty hearth]

possible 🙈 😅

[tropic forge]

shit i just remember reading they gonna give a 1month beta access to ark 2 and thought about diablo 4 20 extra bucks for beta access 🤣

[lusty hearth]

😅

[tropic forge]

"there's a new market place boys"

[stark moth]

I would hate to see ark2 add microtransactions. WC has made a few statements about not seeing that as something they're interested in doing, generally, and I really hope they stick to that

[tropic forge]

🤣 this when from company paing ppl to test their games to players test their games for free to now players paying to test their games goddamn 🤣

[ripe cedar]

look ark is already enough gb we don't need even more from skins

[tropic forge]

aint skins, chibbis 🤣

[lusty hearth]

I just speak about skins, that would be completely acceptable. I agree, everything that is like Pay to Win wouldn t be okey, but Skins are fine and all the games who do it like this earn more with selling skins instead of selling the actual game.

But hey, maybe it is an Aprils fool... after all, it is still written on Steam that ARK 2 is coming soon.

[ripe cedar]

coming soon doesn't mean shit, a bunch of steam games changed to that at the same time

[lusty hearth]

Hmmm.. okey, on the otherhand... it is also written that ARK 1 needs only 60 GB of memory 😅

[ripe cedar]

well yeah

at launch

[lusty hearth]

Is that game still that small with all these new creatures?

[ripe cedar]

but it has been almost 6 years

so now its like 100-120 base game

[lusty hearth]

yea i thought so,

[ripe cedar]

I hope they at least give the island a bit of a makeover with the ue5 launch, if not most of the maps

[stark moth]

I don't even like paid skins/cosmetics. Sure it doesn't break the game, I just really like the idea of in-game items being earned only in game. Makes it feel more valuable to me. Personal preference, of course.

[lusty hearth]

yea... but that way it is obvious that the game can t survive for a long time, somehow the support team and as well the server rent has to be paid, furthermore they need money for future project like right now ARK 1.5 and ARK 2. The earnings just from selling the game is never enough.

Selling Skins is the most acceptable thing they could do.

[ripe cedar]

i dont think they need to though

[lusty hearth]

wait what, are you saying they don t need to earn money or to offer a support them / official servers?

[ripe cedar]

im saying that they dont need to make money through skins

well I guess it depends how many buy asa

[tropic forge]

well first they have snailgames for budge than you see they blowing cash on anime tv show so yeh

[sleek ruin]

funny how they killed off official servers in preperation for ark2, then as usual for wildcard they push back the release date years back, now my big question, what are they going to do to get people to come back to play their games after their poor performance with ark1?

[sleek ruin]

you ever heard of world of warcraft, or what about diablo? what about ultima online? these are just a few games that still have a decent player population and all of which are 10+ years old, most of them are actually 20+ years old.

but as long as complexmind gets enough to cover his lexus payment why would they care?

[blissful perch]

I’m kinda hype to see the seething in the reviews

Ark imo is a horrendous MMO, and I hope that ark 2 learns from this mess of a situation and doesn’t try to offer that experience. Let it die with ark 1, since the official community is going to be gutted after the servers wipe anyway

[stark moth]

It's funny, but also makes me sad. These knee-jerk reviews are misrepresenting the game, and could turn off new players who might love it. So much damage bc ppl can't understand what they're actually buying when they buy an online video game.

[blissful perch]

New players don’t have the same grievances the ones review bombing have…most won’t

But I don’t enjoy misrepresentation…I do enjoy 🧂

[winged dome]

Judging by the Average Ark Chatter™️, I rarely expect people to do more than read the first few reviews that pop up before deciding to get a game or not

[thick moat]

I'm scared for the playerbase when asa launches man... I hope it doesn't drop too much..

[stark moth]

Btw is anyone else wondering what happened to the rest of the claws on the sabertooth concept back foot? Poor guy's got just one left

[silent sable]

@drowsy ibex It's a shame, they are laughing in the face of the entire ARK community

[ripe marsh]

flipping those that notice off

[fallow niche]

WHAT

There are 3, the last is hidden

[split dove]

ark players can barely read, don't expect them to have great vision

[fallow niche]

Scared me thinking this poor Saber only had 1 claw lmaooo

[stark moth]

OK I could make an argument for 2 claws but I swear the third one is supposed to be on the right side, based on the twist of the leg. And that just looks like a nub to me.

[fallow niche]

It's like a tiny little dot

[potent hull]

you is a cat it claw go in to there pas

[thick moat]

idk bro im seeing a lot of people saying they won't be supporting this...

i just hope it's on the minority, i don't want ark to die

[cerulean cape]

Y’all really think they wiping ark 1 severs no they ain’t they just ain’t updating them or events anymore

[thick moat]

they are wiping officials

and unofficials will be deserted most likely

after ark 1.5 why play old ark other than nostalgia

[prisma pike]

Post literally said they're taking them down

[winged dome]

'Official Servers: With the launch of ASA at the end of August, we will be taking down all Official Servers on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC for ARK: Survival Evolved'

[thick moat]

i saw a good bunch of youtubers pulling back...

and the decision looks very plausible to make people who won't voice their opinions not get ASA

all I saw was neutral opinions

neutral and bad, none were good

all because of the dlc bs

bro I saw all twitter comments, discord

if that isn't the majority idk chief

i just don't see people being happy with paying the game again 🤷

[winged dome]

Hard to tell majority when a lot of the community doesn't REEEEEE at every change/announcement

[thick moat]

if it was people hating at something clearly not that bad sure, but having to pay the game again, they seem valid no?

[winged dome]

I'm kinda excited about Ark Asc, everything described sounds like good solid changes

[split dove]

sadly no breeding changes it seems

[winged dome]

Plus I get Ark2 combo'd for essentially free

[thick moat]

a game that we don't know how it will be

[split dove]

and 1 month of earlier access

[thick moat]

and now ark 1 will have most of the things that hyped me ark 2 for so i would prefer to pay for a cheaper remaster than ark 2 tbh

cross modding interactive foliage etc

[blissful perch]

If you enjoy officials being shutdown (or don’t care) what’s there to post about?

[timber shell]

very good, buy the same game twice, each time they add a tree, they will sell the same game again.

[winged dome]

I expect a lot of what we'll see in Ark Asc is precursor to what we'll see in Ark2 at least from a technical standpoint, gameplay changes aside

[wintry cape]

don't be silly

[winged dome]

Ever heard of Skyrim? 😂

[blissful perch]

The community did ask for this

[wintry cape]

Ark 1.5 being included with Ark 2 for $50 is a good deal

[blissful perch]

We’ve seen tons of chatters here begging for ark 2 to be ark 1 remastered. Now they have what they asked for

[thick moat]

idk who asked for a paywalled remaster XD

[wintry cape]

Thank you WC!

[split dove]

i blame snail games, as jeremy said in Jan it would be free

[thick moat]

we dont even know if it was snail games, most likely, but it's speculation

[wintry cape]

At least it's not subscription with freemium and microtransactions

[blissful perch]

Unsurprisingly, whatever WC chose would result in angry people, so this outcome is amusing but not outside the realm of possibility

Though the repurchase of DLC has me sour

[split dove]

and we will have the actual ark 2 a bit later

[thick moat]

"a bit"

[blissful perch]

18 months isn’t a bit lol

[winged dome]

I more than got my money's worth out of Ark - a chance to do it again but in a better engine, better graphics, and a whole new expansion? Sounds good to me

[split dove]

meh, time flies so if you don't pay that much attention it won't feel that long

[wintry cape]

I wasn't expecting WC to go this direction but it makes a lot of sense for lots of different reasons. I'm very happy with this approach

[blissful perch]

You mean the UE5 upgrade being free makes no sense, or a remaster? Because the UE5 upgrade with no other changes SHOULD be free. But that’s not what we’re seeing being marketed here

[thick moat]

i won't be happy with this approach until they pull back on the dlcs tbh

[blissful perch]

It doesn’t make sense for business either to upgrade to UE5 and sell it, because nobody would buy it

[wintry cape]

There is a lot of work involved in recreating all the DLCs but WC has kept up a trend of providing free content too, giving access to the paid DLC features

[blissful perch]

If you want sales of a UE5 upgrade, you have to do it like what WC posted yesterday and actually add something

[blissful perch]

Which is why it’s extra dumb we have to repurchase DLC content lol, it has extremely low value add beyond the map

[wintry cape]

Why SHOULD it be free? People need to get paid, it's not an entirely trivial task to implement it. There is a lot of work involved

[mighty lion]

They complained it would require recoding ark 2 to remove meshing. So if they don't take it out in ASA.. they have no excuse

[wintry cape]

Also, technically it is free. You're paying for Ark 2 and get 1.5 for free. It would be different if they set the price at $150 or something. $50 for Ark 2 is already well below the average price of a AAA game

[thick moat]

i hope they took the idea of the free update out of the window because they decided adding additional content making it worth

maybe before when they were making the "free update" it was only graphical...

that would go hard

[blissful perch]

I’m telling you that a free upgrade to UE5 that WC appeared to be presenting with no additional features…is a product nobody would purchase. It had to be marketed as free. The only value it has to WC financially is investing in a failsafe if ark 2 flops. Selling an upgrade with extra QoL features like this ascended edition is the only way they’d generate revenue directly from a remaster

[fervent scarab]

@drifting lintel

[wintry cape]

It's not a failsafe. It's a critical step in the development process. Taking the time to make Ark 1.5 will definitely make Ark 2 development go smoother.

[blissful perch]

If nobody buys something you make, you’ve made an error in spending your time as a business 😅

[blissful perch]

Try another read and come back

[wintry cape]

Developing Ark 2 the way they want it has an incredible amount of unknowns on an unknown engine. At least by developing Ark 1.5 they have the reference of Ark 1 to assist them, this will make learning the new engine so much easier on the developers

[icy comet]

Unless ark 2 never comes out and wildcard closes their doors after one last cash grab...

[blissful perch]

No it does not. Which is why it didn’t happen. They sold a different product than “just a UE5 upgrade” that they anticipate people will purchase, rather than invest in development people won’t bother paying for

[wintry cape]

No that's silly and won't happen

[past wind]

Not happening... It can be a bad game, but it will be released

[icy comet]

All you have seen are concept art and cutscenes and youre so sure

[past wind]

They have signed with Microsoft, they will have a game to be released

[blissful perch]

Except I suspect the games aren’t being developed in sequence, but in parallel. Learnings will happen, but really this remaster is a financial stopgap because ark 2’s scope likely ballooned beyond what was possible for a team new to UE5

[thick moat]

if they weren't lying about the ark 2 trailer being real assets, yes, it should be released

[icy comet]

Yeah, when they signed with Microsoft the game was supposed to be out by now.

[past wind]

Postponing is more acceptable then cancelling it

I'm sure they don't want to deal with it

[wintry cape]

I very much hope they are being developed in parallel, that makes the most sense. Ark 1.5 is a smart way to buy themselves time while keeping the community mostly happy. Rushing Ark 2 could very easily be catastrophic, people will not be anywhere near as forgiving to bugs as when Ark 1 was first in greenlight

[past wind]

Like I've said, the game will be released, but we will see how good it will be

[blissful perch]

I doubt they’ll be forgiving of remastered bugs either

If I’m buying ark 1 a second time I know I’ll be far less lenient about bugs than I was in 2015

[thick moat]

ark 1 has such a bad reputation and gets bad looks all the time because of that launch to this day sadly...

[wintry cape]

much more forgiving than Ark 2. In fact i'd be disappointed if there weren't a lot of bugs in 1.5 🤣

[icy comet]

A lot can happen from now until the end of 2024. You act like wildcard going bankrupt is impossible. They got an injection of cash from the Microsoft deal and this current move is obviously made because they need for more cash.

[past wind]

I will buy the pack, not the DLCs

[blissful perch]

I’d be less forgiving, can’t say the same for others. A remaster is supposed to be polished. Ark 2 is labeled as early access and my expectations will be lower for polish

[past wind]

at least I will think a lot about buying them again

[split dove]

i need my aberration in UE5

[past wind]

Me too

[blissful perch]

If last ditch cash was the issue, they’d just release ark 2 in whatever state it’s in and hope it floats them through development

[past wind]

To be honest, I would be more willing to pay for a new map system. Instead of the old separate maps

[potent hull]

snail game my not be give wild card any more money need to get money

[icy comet]

Unless there is no ark 2 to put out...

[wintry cape]

Companies like microsoft are very familiar with project overruns, good things take time. Sure, WC will be under a lot of pressure but it will take a lot of bad things to happen for everyone to decide to pull the plug and cut their losses.

[past wind]

Look... I'm trying to be positive about all of this, but it doesn't bode well

[wintry cape]

It's boding very well

Get hyped

[past wind]

I mean... everything. Promissing a free upgrade, promissing Ark 1 would keep alive etc

[past wind]

It isn't tho

[wintry cape]

how?

[past wind]

I've been saying their PR is messy. They talk too much and don't deliver in the end

I'm a huge fan of their work, even having some issues I love Ark, but they need a better PR

I will be too. It's the product itself, it's what they promisse vs what they deliver

[mighty lion]

Same, mesh or mek duping

[past wind]

they should never have promissed Ark UE5 would be free or Ark servers would be fine when Ark 2 was released

I'm not playing Ark 1 anymore, but it's messy you know

And they know how toxic the community is

They shouldn't publish anything unless it is 100% a sure thing

[peak osprey]

They didn’t promise it would be free… it was one premature tweet by a dev.

[past wind]

What???

[wintry cape]

I think the latest crunch was very professional of them

[thick moat]

not the crunch, all the things they talk before

[past wind]

Jemery quote (twitter): To clarify: the UE5 tease a couple weeks back is referring to in-the-works complete free upgrade/remaster of ARK Survival Evolved in UnrealEngine5. Not a cinematic. We havent officially announced the ARK UE5 upgrade yet 'cause there's other major things we wanna show then as well

[thick moat]

jeremy, specially

[past wind]

what do you understand by that above?

[peak osprey]

Jeremy said on Twitter that the “upgrade “ would be free. This is not an upgrade, it’s a completely new game.

[past wind]

seriously?

[thick moat]

it's an upgrade kekw

[past wind]

That's what doesn't bode well to me

[thick moat]

it's a remaster, not a remake

completely new game is overkill

[peak osprey]

Maybe read the crunch properly.

[thick moat]

??? XDD

[blissful perch]

They’ll release in whatever state - it may be a near featureless alpha - but something will come out

[thick moat]

ain't no way

[icy comet]

Dynamic water = completely new game 🤔

[lime forge]

What upgrade would he be talking about if not this?

[past wind]

I've read it several times.

[past wind]

Right? THat's my point.

[wintry cape]

I'm not familiar with what he has been saying, only what i've heard from people here i.e. 1.5 will be free. And I think he hasn't lied if Ark 1.5 is bundled with Ark 2 at a below the average AAA market price

[split dove]

god this community is looney as balls

[past wind]

PS5 will pay 40

[thick moat]

and they wouldn't wipe servers too

[wintry cape]

Both games will be AAA titles in their own rights

[past wind]

it's not free

[wintry cape]

Two AAA titles for less than the price of one

[blissful perch]

If only they were AAA 🙄

[past wind]

TBF, devs are contributing to that behavior

[icy comet]

Okay... I guess they'll just release a slideshow of all their concept art.

[past wind]

I've said it before

[peak osprey]

But my point was he didn’t promise lol. Everyone keeps saying he promised. Game devs change plans all the time. And I think they’ve put the future of Ark first.

[blissful perch]

If that’s all they have tbh you’ll see it before the company goes belly up

[blissful perch]

Changing plans is fine - promising stuff constantly way too early in development then doubling back makes your word worthless

[wintry cape]

still waiting for HL3

[peak osprey]

Nobody promised

[split dove]

won't happen

[blissful perch]

Simply don’t say it all if you aren’t ready to commit to it

[wintry cape]

i bet it will

:3

[mint swan]

I’m confused what are people arguing about

[past wind]

This is what doesn't bode well... So why would I trust them, that this time will be different?!

[wintry cape]

WC decided to be awesome for a change and people don't know how to react

[blissful perch]

I trust WC makes reasonable business and development plans. Their word while it’s in progress is sorta meh

[past wind]

Jeremy, is that you?

[thick moat]

naaaahh aint no way

[peak osprey]

People are butt-hurt they’re losing their shit, when all WC are trying to do is make the game better… which is what all these complainers have been moaning at them to do. When they do they get flak for it lol.

[lime forge]

Did they post the announcement saying it was all an April fools joke?

[thick moat]

if anything they are back to their roots with the shit communication

[split dove]

nein

[blissful perch]

The best news item I read in that crunch was officials being wiped

[thick moat]

when ced became cm i started to see a bit of light, but now, back to square one

[past wind]

I'm not even playing ark 1 anymnore. I'm just keeping my base. I was excited for Ark 2. My discontentment is the constant change of plans.

[lime forge]

Anyone know why Dododex replaced a bunch of tame pictures with pictures of old lady’s in costumes?

[peak osprey]

I get that. But try to see the positives. They’re trying to make Ark playable for many years to come

[blissful perch]

Correct me if I’m just projecting my own thoughts but my issue is the constant change of plans that’s communicated to the public. Idc if they change plans internally and we had no idea

[past wind]

Personally I have no issues with any of them. I like them all (virtually of course).

It's their business that concerns me

[past wind]

Yeah, that's just What I've said above. And I've said it in here more than once.

They shouldn't publish stuff unless they are 100% sure

[pure cave]

Yo what’s the new ark game

Is it worth?

[lime forge]

No. Go play rust

[blissful perch]

It doesn’t exist so you tell me. Read the community crunch if you want to know what we know

[pure cave]

Ight

[lime forge]

Ark 2 doa

[pure cave]

I know about it

I saw a video that syntax made, but how many people are actually gonna buy it

[past wind]

I've been one of the users here that disliked the way they told us about the UE5 upgrade. Through a meme, then radio silence, then empty promisses etc.

[mint swan]

Ok so from what I’m seeing is that people are angry because ark 2 got pushed back when there had been a shit ton of things that have caused things in the development process to slow down that are out of their control i mean look at what Covid did to the world plus they are working on an animators series with the game along with a revamp of the first one yea they might have put a lot on their plate and maybe they are being overly ambitious but we are still getting the shit at the end of the day

[blissful perch]

All official addicts will buy it

[pure cave]

Ima just wait for ark 2

[past wind]

I will. I still believe in ARk 2. But it's concerning...

[pure cave]

This survival ascended thing is just like a better graphic remake

[mint swan]

It got fucking delayed not canceled

[split dove]

earliest we could see anything from ark 2 ingame will be January 1st 2024

[lime forge]

Ark 2 gonna be bad

[pure cave]

They are not gonna add new stuff, so Idk why they are even making it

[mighty lion]

You can use covid as an excuse 2 times, but 3? No.

[lime forge]

Third person only

[pure cave]

No ark 2 gonna be good. They might change the third person only thing

[desert swallow]

They need to knock Ark 1.5 out of the park to keep the hype going for 2 years.

[split dove]

they wont

[blissful perch]

I’m just disappointed with WC’s PR approach tbh. Nothing being done is irrational or concerning to me, but it’s just a constant stream of poor optics and a transparent look at the flip flopping nature of a mid sized company trying to be as mobile as a small one

[pure cave]

They might

[past wind]

Anyways, I will try to stay positive. But I'm really disappointed. Not that they care much.

[blissful perch]

As far as we know it’s pretty fixed. Especially with ark 1.5 being the place you can go if you dislike it

[winged dome]

Someone didn't read the Crunch 😂

[past wind]

They announced a new lore driven DLC. THey are adding more stuff definetely

[pure cave]

I skimmed over it

[winged dome]

Skim again

[pure cave]

No shot I missed that much XD

[blissful perch]

Primitive-only weaponry is also a secret bit of news which makes me think no firearms beyond MAYBE a flintlock. That does make me smile

[pure cave]

That’s my fault lol

[stark moth]

Part of it is on the community though. If info is coming from an individual's account rather than official PR channels, we really should be taking it with a grain of salt. Even if it is Jeremy

[blissful perch]

The CEO should know how his word will be taken…he’s not new to the role

If the CEO of Moderna says something, I’m not going to say “well it’s not the Moderna PR rep so it’s just nonsense”

[past wind]

Well, if we can't trust the CEO and founder... well

[split dove]

they already said mods can bring first person back, and them making Ark survival Ascended for people that don't want to switch is more evidence they know some people won't like ark 2 and they won't change the ''controversial'' mechanics

[stark moth]

Yes, but even CEOs are human

[past wind]

Noone to tell him to just let the PR guys do their work?

[blissful perch]

Correct, and he should learn from his mistakes and change his behavior 😅

[past wind]

Not the first time this happens

[blissful perch]

I think he’s a great guy with awesome vision. But the company has to stop shooting themselves in the foot on their PR

[past wind]

It's hard to trust

[blissful perch]

It’s true the community was gonna be mad after the roadmap regardless of what it said, but even for sane folks it’s a strain to experience PR whiplash

[rugged flower]

Wildcard doesn't give information, people get mad. Wildcard gives information, people don't like the news. So they get mad. Lose, lose scenario.

[blissful perch]

Correct

[past wind]

Giving wrong information is worse than no information

[blissful perch]

However, what they choose to tell if anything is entirely their decision

[past wind]

I've never asked them to share more than they can

I know NDAs exist for a reason

[rugged flower]

You're one person out of the thousands that beg them for information every day

[blissful perch]

Don’t think I’ve once begged for information in my multiple years here

[past wind]

THey are adults, well paid adults, they can handle it

[toxic dawn]

How can i buy a server?

[desert swallow]

The worst part is, anyone who has ever worked on a software project knows that a 2 year timeline is not going to be close to the estimates given.

[past wind]

But what happened is messy I can tell

[toxic dawn]

?

[blissful perch]

Wrong chat so nobody will help you here

[winged dome]

Start by asking in the right channel
#bobs-with-probs

[toxic dawn]

i just got here Thanks

[rugged flower]

I'm not referencing the few people here now. I'm talking about the handfuls of people that wash up on the shores here every day saying when Ark 2. When this, when that.

[blissful perch]

The cool thing is that like us regular chatters WC can ignore them

[winged dome]

Or better yet, 🍻

[mighty lion]

Giving an excuse to their behavior is like rewarding a misbehaving child

[ionic meteor]

This feels like a nightmare

worst possible senario

[rugged flower]

And joining the complainers that the game isn't out yet is like rewarding the rich kid who didn't get what he wants when he wants it

[blissful perch]

Worst possible scenario is they invest any more in ark 1 than they already have. Thank goodness ark 1 is slated to be done in June

[ionic meteor]

Didn't jeremy say the UE5 upgrade was going to be free?

[winged dome]

Plans change, and Ark Asc is a lot more than just an upgrade

[mighty lion]

You'd be right in the first and maybe the second. But this is lunacy. You are talking to people who defended them over the last few delays

[blissful perch]

If they said nothing since December and released this road map I wouldn’t be bothered with their PR

[rugged flower]

Bottom line, people won't be happy no matter the outcome. The game cpuld be absoleutly free, early access release, and people would still be ticked off

[past wind]

Noone is complaining the game isn't out yet. People are complaining they publish something and out of nowhere they change their minds, that's all.

[blissful perch]

Correct, but there’s a right group of people to piss off and a not right group

[ionic meteor]

Well WC is gonna find it hard to pull players to play their new version, I honestly don't think a lot of people will play it.

[stark moth]

I think plenty will.

[winged dome]

They will when Officials are shut down for Ark1, and nothing to do for a year and a half

[blissful perch]

The ark 2 bundling will help get a lot of initial sales

[regal mantle]

This didnt age well "To clarify: the UE5 tease a couple weeks back is referring to in-the-works complete free upgrade/remaster of ARK Survival Evolved in UnrealEngine5."
Class action lawsuit for deceiving it's player base?

[blissful perch]

Nothing was sold, so no law was broken

Dishonest perhaps, but nothing illegal happened

[ionic meteor]

Wait ARK2 bundling? explain please.

[past wind]

Not a legal issue. It's a trust issue.

[blissful perch]

Ark 1.5 comes with an ark 2 preorder in the same steam bundle

[winged dome]

'ARK Respawned Bundle. This bundle includes ownership of both ARK: Survival Ascended AND ARK 2 and will be priced at $49.99. This bundle will be available to purchase from the end of August for up to 1 year (after which ARK: Survival Ascended and ARK 2 will be sold separately).'

[regal mantle]

either way im just putting pressure on this lying under delivering company

[desert swallow]

When is ark 1.5 gameplay trailer?

[ionic meteor]

I've never seen the community this broken and split before 😂🙆‍♂️

Its all out war

[prisma pike]

You must be new

[mighty lion]

The timing is also odd. Why would they release it near April fools day and then have all devs avoid social media.

[blissful perch]

I’m not sure there’s intent to deceive, which is why I’m disappointed rather than upset

[desert swallow]

I wonder what last day on official servers will be like?

[rugged flower]

Gaming communities are alp melodramatic

All*

[ionic meteor]

Ehh kinda yes, introduced in 2021.

[hasty robin]

We did spend 100$ tho

For games and dlcs

[blissful perch]

Which you received

[ionic meteor]

I hope this is april fools tho 😂

[blissful perch]

Next question lol

[winged dome]

Bought, and played

[rugged flower]

And probably played enough hours to make it worthwhile

[blissful perch]

The issue I’ve got with the PR is real simple - if you’re not ready to put pen to paper and release something, don’t talk much about it

[ionic meteor]

I'm fine with a delay but.. no gameplay this year? thats tough man aand we're being charged for the upgrade 😔

[rugged flower]

That's a fair take. They shouldnt have released info ahead of time.

[winged dome]

Upgrade is adding a lot of features

[ionic meteor]

I heard modding is being implemented?

[stark moth]

Pretty sure this is exactly why a lot of companies have standing policies that personal accounts are not allowed to discuss company business publicly

[ionic meteor]

for consoles

[winged dome]

Indeed. Plus Cross Platform play

Everything is in the Crunch, I suggest you read and get familiar with it

[ionic meteor]

So basically ARK Ascended is just ARK 1 with ARK 2 features.. dope ig 😅

[mighty lion]

No

[winged dome]

Getting Ark Ascended also gets you Ark2

[blissful perch]

Ark 2 features doesn’t really capture what’s happening lol

[winged dome]

So bonus

[mighty lion]

It's ark 1 with some extra qol we've been asking for for years

[past wind]

Man that's a huge and positive news, but it has a bad taste in my mouth because of the overall situation.

[stray elm]

Seems like also a private-beta to it

[split dove]

1 month before ark 2 launches aswell

[stray elm]

Which actually, technically makes it that ARK-2 'is' coming out this year.
Just in a private-beta.

[past wind]

I think it's not 1 month prior, but 1 month long beta

[ionic meteor]

Is it coming to gamepass? this new upgrade.

[stray elm]

I'd assume so, if you own a next-gen console

[blissful perch]

Other than rebuying DLC in two separate bundles on steam it’s really not a surprising or bad set of deals on paper. But I’m just not sold that ark 1.5 is worth it for me 🤷‍♂️. Not WC’s fault I think that, I’m just kinda done with ark 1’s content and design

[prisma pike]

Um, no. They said just before launch, and that launch'd be end of 2024.

[stray elm]

Wildcard seems to enjoy having their games on game-pass.

[winged dome]

I'm not sure it'll be on game pass

[split dove]

This bundle will be available to purchase from the end of August for up to 1 year (after which ARK: Survival Ascended and ARK 2 will be sold separately). Additionally, the bundle will provide players access to an exclusive 1-month closed-beta to ARK 2 in 2024 before the rest of the general public can play ARK 2.
the last sentence makes me think it's 1 month before launch

[ionic meteor]

I'd assume old-gen is not gonna be able to play this upgrade.

[winged dome]

Nope

[stray elm]

Ahh, I see. Just saw the 'closed-beta to ARK-2 'in 2024''

[blissful perch]

Good question - I didn’t check the crunch to see if old gen is getting the boot for ark 1.5

[past wind]

No, it says who bought it, will get before the rest

[winged dome]

Xbox X/S, PS5, PC only

[prisma pike]

Primbox mfs need to burn their trash consoles

[past wind]

and it will test it for a month

[stray elm]

No, that just means the private-beta will be open for a month.

[ionic meteor]

Ahh ok ok👍

[potent hull]

and you get ark 2 as well

[past wind]

This! It can be 2, 3, 4 moths prior to the launch. And they will keep it open for a month.

[stray elm]

Honestly, I couldn't give two shits about ARK-2.
I just like the funny upgrade.

[blissful perch]

I’m the exact opposite lol

[rugged flower]

25 dollars for a remaster with more feautures is a steal. Look at other remakes today. Last of us, dead space. All 60 dollars US at release.

[past wind]

me too

[split dove]

all i actually care about with the upgrade is that new dlc tbh

[blissful perch]

I’m waiting to hear more before I form an opinion on that Flobs but fair take

[stray elm]

To be fair, the Dead-Space remake is worth 60$, but the Last-of-Us was a glorified remaster.

[split dove]

i'm gonna be your test subject anyway

[stray elm]

Yeah, wonder where they'll wiggle this new story-DLC into the plot

Arat-Prime DLC confirmed? 👀

[rugged flower]

Oh im not saying dead space was bad. Just that it is you know the same story with maybe a few knick knacks, still fully priced.

[ionic meteor]

Now that they're giving us a concept art every 2 weeks we'll see approximately 19 more ARK2 creatures this year, we'll have the whole roster by release 😂😅.

[past wind]

It's a DLC about Santiago floating in space until it can reach Arat

[winged dome]

I'm guessing Earth, post Extinction

[stray elm]

Yeah, defiantly.
And this is more like a soft-remake honestly then a remaster, with a shit load of newer additions, and removing stuff on one used like Generated-maps, or Prim+

[stark moth]

I'd be all for that

[ionic meteor]

Idk for some reason I'm fine with the delay.. it didn't bother me, but it should.

[rugged flower]

Also hoping for earth post extinction!

[stray elm]

Probably what every lore-nerd has been asking for, a bridge DLC between Extinction and Genesis-1

[winged dome]

Still need to wrap up Diana and Mei's story

[stray elm]

That's if it ended, and they're not going to continue it in ARK-2

[rugged flower]

They were going to Arat too, no?

[stray elm]

Arat-Prime, yes.

[subtle mist]

who got da ark 2 disc

[stray elm]

They helped uploaded Helena to the Genesis-ship, and that's the last we hear of them

[split dove]

if it's gonna be like that it could come closer to the si.... possibly sixty creatures at launch. sucks jeremy didn't completely slip up on the number

[rugged flower]

They might release concepts that arent creatures. The world or items though

[past wind]

Do you still believe on what he writes?

Soon.. .Soon-ish

just around the corner

[ionic meteor]

Its 70 bro trust me.

[split dove]

3 weeks felt like 1 week, by the time ark 2 is out will have felt like 6 months for me most likely lol

[ionic meteor]

ARK: Survival Ascended is pretty much ARK 2 for me, my copium levels couldn't get any higher 😂

[blissful perch]

I’m fine with this chat being the same as it’s been since it opened in 2021 for another year or two

[ionic meteor]

2022 went by like its only been 3 months or something.

[split dove]

nah, we're gonna get a influx of even more '''x Ark 2 or y Ark 2''

[rugged flower]

Well, at least we might get showed some new dlc stuff at extra life this year

[blissful perch]

New ark 1 dlc may stimulate conversation, who can say. Maybe Raq’s takes will be more substantiated with what’s actually happening with the remaster

[stray elm]

Back.
Got some white-chocolate and strawberry flavored creamer for coffee

[past wind]

Black coffee >>>

[stray elm]

🤮

The only thing good about black-coffee, is its beans

[south lance]

black coffee is the only one that works for caffiene

[split dove]

we might get info about the new Ark 1 remaster Dlc during extra life, as it will release in Q4 2023. but it's been confirmed we're not getting anything major this year for Ark 2 besides looks at assets (concept arts)

With that in mind, we do not plan to showcase any gameplay/screenshots/videos of ARK 2 this year; however, we intend to keep you informed and engaged in the development process by regularly showcasing more ARK 2 assets in the months ahead, leading to our gameplay reveal next year.

[stray elm]

I don't know what it is.
I can eat coffee beans, but not black-coffee

[south lance]

the bitterness disgusts you to be awake

thats why its great

[ionic meteor]

The no gameplay reveal is the one thing that truly bothered me, it bothered me more than the delay itself 😕.

[stray elm]

If I wanted to wake up faster, I'd just throw myself at a wall till my body goes into high-alert mode.

[south lance]

pain just makes me sleepier

[stray elm]

Just remembered that wouldn't work, since I have sensory issues.

[south lance]

rip

[split dove]

i'm guessing they want to wait until it's closer to launch, to show a more finalized look before early access launch

[south lance]

i wish we had better alternatives than caffiene

theres like, narcolepsy meds right

[stray elm]

Pain is quite literally built different for me.

[south lance]

that could work

worst case scenario is brain disease

[split dove]

then he just becomes your average ark chatter tbh

[ionic meteor]

Yeah thats what I thought too. Damn 🥲.

[stray elm]

I've broken my pinky before, completely fucking shattered the bones since a metal pipe fell on it.
And it barely fucking hurt for me.

[split dove]

calm down batman

[stray elm]

"I grew up in the shadows

Of my basement"

[south lance]

cool, i can finally degenerate my brain to become autistic enough to speak unhinged shit and please the modern "i love outgoing people who arent scared of speaking their mind" type

[stray elm]

Oh yeah, no. I also have Autism, and probably a few mental disorders I don't know of.

[split dove]

''You merely adopted the darkness''

''I was born in it, molded by it's very essence''

[ionic meteor]

First thought I had when I saw the delay announcement and ARK 1.5 being priced I was like "Community finna go crazy on this one"

[blissful perch]

Man discovers social confidence for the first time - colorized 2023

[south lance]

i could use some severe autism

[split dove]

ay autism gang

[stray elm]

"You merely adopted memes
I was born into it, molded by Senator-Armstrong himself"

[ionic meteor]

I wanna see the first responses just when the news came on, is it worth it?

[south lance]

upbringing + motivation for conscious self improvement issue

[stray elm]

May my fellow Autism-brothers please stand up?

[split dove]

we need to rise up and purify this community

[stray elm]

TRUE!

[split dove]

tear the ark chatters down

[south lance]

i can finally fit into the mentally ill but somehow successful internet people

[ionic meteor]

I slept right when the news dropped, thank god I didn't see it before I slept otherwise it would've kept me all night awake 😅

[stray elm]

They think they're cancer?
Wait until they get a load of the sense of humor of an Autistic person.

[south lance]

"guys i have 30 mental disorders how to i handle my 3 interviews with google, sandia labs, and microsoft while i triple degree at stanford?"

[split dove]

they will try to cancel us for having advanced humour

[winged dome]

Divide by 3

[stray elm]

This is a mood

[stray elm]

But they can't, since we're the very culture they try to protect!!!
HAHAHAHA!!!

[south lance]

im infected with quora brainworms

[split dove]

they're the instruments of their own destruction

[stray elm]

We'll give every ARK-player brainworms.

[south lance]

thats my mental illness

[prisma pike]

N

[stray elm]

We'll become the monument of all of their sins.

[south lance]

the second letter will not be present

[stray elm]

I

[split dove]

C

[south lance]

broken

[stray elm]

E

[split dove]

we can't even spell nickel here

[stray elm]

Oh, I was trying to go for "Nice"

Okay, but another question I've been thinking is the boss of this new story-map

[south lance]

whats the story map even gonna be

does anyone know its setting

[stray elm]

We don't know

[south lance]

maybe itll be some arcology

like an extinction where theres even more buildings

[prisma pike]

Pre extinction

It's just hell

[south lance]

where the abb ship dropped

[stray elm]

ARK you mean?

[south lance]

ark yeah

[stray elm]

I'd love a Aberration 2

Set on the crashed, destroyed Aberration

[south lance]

idk tho

[potent hull]

all i no is i am buying it and i no the one ho say they will not buy it will after seeing game play of new ark 1 in ue5

[south lance]

what could you do beyond tek and alpha titan and rockwell

whats left besides survivor civil war

[ionic meteor]

Is there going to be a new story DLC?

[stray elm]

Hang on, I need to cook a map

[prisma pike]

Whatever mess the crashed ark left

[south lance]

maybe ark SA will be testing ground for npc interactions in ark2

[ionic meteor]

Yes.

[stray elm]

TRUE!

Could be a NPC-based map.

Maybe the idea is a post-Extinction Earth, and trying to survive against other humans?

"human NPCs"

[south lance]

ya

im thinking corrupted survivors

that hasnt been done yet i think

[ionic meteor]

ARK 1.5 with lumine! Thats a W.

[south lance]

istg if we dont get asa gameplay this summer

[random karma]

I'm for it, official people hate it

[prisma pike]

Gen 1 boss?

[split dove]

they hate anything tbh

[south lance]

true ig

[ionic meteor]

I think jeremy was talking about gamepass, thats why he said its going to be free.

[south lance]

but thats not element corruption iirc?

[prisma pike]

Eh

[random karma]

They're mad that the lines they had and been selling for irl money are going to be wiped

[south lance]

theyre just mind controlled i think

[prisma pike]

Y'know this just makes lines worth more cause not everyone will have capped stuff so people will charge more?

[south lance]

the people in bigger tribes will be able to sell for more

the whales will buy their lines

so youll be able to fight more people, but a lot of people will be able to fuck you over

[random karma]

If anything it's going to be worth less, people are going to try to get as much out so they get more profit

[south lance]

i dont think itll actually take too long to get lines back up

unless they rework breeding

[prisma pike]

Ur not bright are you?

[hazy elm]

Ark 2 2025 😉 Spring

[potent hull]

do not worry we will have new ark 1 for time being

you no i that all player love to stare over in ark now we all can

[desert swallow]

I'll be a bob on the beach with you.

[potent hull]

we both no there will be lost of bobs

but i do hop i will find me a good place to live on the map

[mellow wadi]

wait so ark 2 is gonna have the same maps as ark??

[split dove]

no

[mellow wadi]

oh nvm thats for the ark remake, not ark 2

[split dove]

ark remake has a new canon dlc dropping in Q4 2023

[mellow wadi]

ye

[thick moat]

*2024 xd

no but, seriously now, do we think they are gonna release a dlc map that early when the remaster isn't even released yet

[winged dome]

We don't really know how long they have been working on it

It's very possible it can come out then

[thick moat]

maybe... i was thinking that because of assuming the base game remaster isn't done yet, but yeah you are right, they may be going at it separately

[maiden mortar]

Wait why are so many upset about the delay? I say give them all the time they want I don’t want a rushed product lol.

[split dove]

if it came out when they said it would and it needed extra time they would cry as well, but they don't like when it's delayed for that exact reason

[maiden mortar]

There should be a documentary on triple A game development to help people understand what kind of hell it is

[mighty lion]

Release dates for wildcard is equivalent to picking an answer at random on a test in a foreign language. They have no idea and aren't that concerned when they get it wrong

[winged dome]

That would actually be pretty interesting to watch

[rugged flower]

Can we start clashing beer mugs when someone complains about the delay too? We might end up blacking out

[split dove]

we already do that

[rugged flower]

Damn, I be missing out

I thought it was just the "When ark 2 or why ark 2 questions lol"

[potent hull]

all i no is new ark 1 will be better then old ark 1 we got and i hop to see game play of the new ark 1 in ue5 soon

[tropic crag]

There is, it's called the entire channel of Noclip lol

[mighty lion]

Would you be happy if they released ark 2 and continued to develop both ark 2 and ASA ? ( aka dlc)

[split dove]

ARK: Survival Ascended Updates: The remaster will have regular updates to resolve bugs, introduce new content, balance changes, and quality-of-life improvements for years to come.
ARK: Survival Evolved Updates: will be limited to crashes and critical bug fixes.
content updates for ASA are already confirmed, but besides the new canon dlc coming in Q4 no mention of more DLC maps
only standard ark 1 is getting just crash/exploit fix patches after the creature vote winner in june

[mighty lion]

I know, but beyond the announced dlc and qol updates. Like have two games running but taking different directions

[split dove]

from what they said it's likely gonna be the case

[mighty lion]

I'm down for that

[split dove]

This bundle will be available to purchase from the end of August for up to 1 year (after which ARK: Survival Ascended and ARK 2 will be sold separately). Additionally, the bundle will provide players access to an exclusive 1-month closed-beta to ARK 2 in 2024 before the rest of the general public can play ARK 2.
from what i gather here Ark 2 could be out Q3- late Q3 or Q4 next year

[stray elm]

ASA seems to be a backup if ARK-2 fails

[mighty lion]

I agree

They seem worried

[stray elm]

They acknowledged the controversy with ARK-2, and the differences in the same CC.

[split dove]

a way to please both sides if you will

[stray elm]

Turns out when you remove fundamental parts of a game that people enjoyed, I.E proper progression through the ages of technology then just sticking with primitive, isn't a good idea.

[tropic crag]

I'd hardly say that that is a fundamental part of Ark, lmao

[split dove]

more like a theme tbh
Ark 1: stone age to future
Ark 2: primarily primitive

[stray elm]

A theme can become fundamental.
ARK's theme is about taming prehistoric creatures in a sci-fi setting.
Arguably, that's a fundamental theme for the franchise that has made it stick out from the rest of the survival games at its time.

[icy comet]

Yeah, they acknowledged it's different and admit it not be for everything, then decided to force you to buy it if you want to continue playing Ark 1 after August.

[stray elm]

Yeeeerp.

I can see the outrage, but I personally don't give a shit since I have the money anyway.

[tropic crag]

Even if it was real, forcing players to buy Ark 2 to play Ark 1 remake would be a W move LMAO

[stray elm]

On their part, sure.
But I can see where some people don't want to buy ARK-2 with the bundle, since it's adding on price for a game we have yet to see gameplay of, versus a game we've been playing for nearly a decade.

[tropic crag]

Like they're saying "ok, you can hate this and go back to the trash heap, BUT you gotta own it anyways and maybe try it out to even have an opinion on it in the first place (also haha loser we got youuuuuu)"

[sharp marsh]

You would think that after this announcement that they should stop selling Ark legacy as in 4 months, if you bought it today, all your efforts would be gone

[tropic crag]

You would also think that people got the joke, but alas...

[sharp marsh]

Joke ?

What joke?

[past wind]

Well, at least you would know officials are going down in 4 months. Until yesteraday morning people thought Ark 1 servers wouldn't be affected by ark 2

[desert swallow]

I want to see what last day of official servers will be like

Will tribes turtle to protect their assets so they can download them or throw everything they have at their mortal enemies?

[stray elm]

(imagine it wasn't a joke)

[sharp marsh]

Are you suggesting that all along that this is just a joke ?

[tropic crag]

Probably go out like a wet fart, just like legacy did

[tropic crag]

Not suggesting, I know it to be fact

[prisma pike]

Probably everyone fobbing nxt and meshing

[sharp marsh]

Its a pretty sick joke

[split dove]

you have to prepare for the possibility that it's not a prank

[prisma pike]

Pretty funny you mean

Oops wrong person

[tropic crag]

Why would I, when I know that it is?

[sharp marsh]

How can you see the humor in this ?

[prisma pike]

Cause y'all mad AF 😂

[tropic crag]

It's hilarious, watching everyone who doesn't get it rage

[prisma pike]

Still funny even if it's real tbh

[tropic crag]

True

[modern marlin]

😄

[tropic crag]

It's just so glaringly obvious that it's a joke that I can't even slightly oblige to seeing it otherwise

[sharp marsh]

Ok then, I must not 'get it' why dont you enlighten me

[prisma pike]

If you don't get it you don't get it

[tropic crag]

Ok, well hang on as I have to open up the crunch again to pull some text

I'll try to enlighten, but try is all I can do

[stray elm]

I'd honestly would find it more hilarious if this was all real.

[sharp marsh]

Now that is words of wisdom if I have ever seen it - thanks for your valued input

[tropic crag]

Some already don't see even with the evidence

[sharp marsh]

Thanks, listening

[desert swallow]

The roadmap was clearly an April Fools joke, real roadmap coming out soon.

[sharp marsh]

Where is the evidence of that ?

[mighty lion]

Denial is the first stage of greif

[desert swallow]

They don't work on the weekend, so they would need to put out their April Fools joke the day before. They will let us know it was an April Fools joke Monday.

[mighty lion]

I would love it to be an April fools joke. Just doesn't seems likely to me. If I'm wrong, I will comment and say you were right on Monday

[stray elm]

I can believe either or.
I'm in the middle ground

[split dove]

i will accept either of the possibilities

[past wind]

Even if it was a joke (which of course it isn't), that would just confirm what some of us are saying for a while, they have a messy PR logic/strategy

[split dove]

they did announce ark survival ascended with a damm meme after all

[stray elm]

I love dams

[past wind]

They are wet

[split dove]

oh shut up you

[tall gate]

"To clarify: the UE5 tease a couple weeks back is referring to in-the-works complete free upgrade/remaster of ARK Survival Evolved in UnrealEngine5...."

company that makes $20M a year btw

[past wind]

That's old news. People are on the bargaining phase already. They think it's just a joke and on monday everything will be fine.

[desert swallow]

There is nothing more powerful than a strategically placed meme

[past wind]

Yeah. 100% working great.

[split dove]

''this will have the community making conspiracy theories for months''

[prisma pike]

Two strategically placed memes?

[past wind]

I think one strategically placed tweet >>>

[rugged flower]

I do admit, in Bruising's defense. A lot of that did seem to be the exact opposite of things they said, in one post suspiciously

New story dlc, paying for the upgrade, etc

[stray elm]

Trying currently to shittly edit a video

[desert swallow]

Also, ComplexMinded is often set to do not disturb, but his status is "Available", alone would just be a coincidence. But add everything up, and we have an April Fools joke

[ripe marsh]

tbf when ark ue5 upgrade was announced, all the devs were talking about it in twitter now with the roadmap? complete silence. Not saying it's 100% a joke but the possiblity does seem to be growing

[past wind]

Peeps coping hard

[split dove]

''Insert angry rage meme''

[desert swallow]

You are going to be so embarrassed come Monday.

[split dove]

yeah tell him Jordan

[desert swallow]

If Nooblets taught me anything, it's to go with your gut, not the evidence

[past wind]

sure sure

I will be happily embarassed, but it won't happen

[untold totem]

"gut feelings" and not listening to actual evidence are the whole reason why the rage

We already know official is gonna end when ARK 2 is announced

[thick moat]

imagine ARK ASA is ark 2💀

[untold totem]

Do be funny

[thick moat]

would be indeed

[untold totem]

ARK 2 DLC edition

[potent hull]

we my see more on asa next week

[thick moat]

i hope Jordan predicts the future lmao

[desert swallow]

No the only evidence was 2023 prior to roadmap, Nooblets, either through inside sources or clairvoyance, predicted it a few weeks before official announcement.

[ripe marsh]

asa is such a funny abbreviation

[desert swallow]

So this is my plan, either get an in at WC or spec into clairvoyance

[thick moat]

ARK SA would be better😂

[potent hull]

your clairvoyance skill has lvl up lol

[past wind]

He's Jeremy's nephew

[potent hull]

your clairvoyance skill has lvl up lol

[past wind]

Yay!

[desert swallow]

I challenge you to a battle of minds in tSOTF

[potent hull]

any do you think we will see more on asa next week

[untold totem]

People make their own conclusions based on what they read and what they experienced with Snail Games IP like ATLAS

he doesn't "gut feel"

Gut feel is what happened in #general

[desert swallow]

It's a little coincidental. Either he called JoJo's Psychic Alliance or there's a mole in WC.

[past wind]

In August

[past wind]

Yes

[untold totem]

You are just making it up

[potent hull]

your clairvoyance skill has lvl up lol

[desert swallow]

No JoJo's Psychic Alliance was a real thing

[potent hull]

your clairvoyance skill has lvl up lol

[tropic crag]

"Xbox Series S/X and PC players will only be able to get it via an ultimate-value bundle known as the ARK Respawned Bundle. This bundle includes ownership of both ARK: Survival Ascended AND ARK 2 and will be priced at $49.99. This bundle will be available to purchase from the end of August for up to 1 year (after which ARK: Survival Ascended and ARK 2 will be sold separately). Additionally, the bundle will provide players access to an exclusive 1-month closed-beta to ARK 2 in 2024 before the rest of the general public can play ARK 2."

PlayStation 5 users will be able to get their hands on ARK: Survival Ascended as a standalone next-gen game at launch in August 2023 for $39.99.

All the expansion packs will be sold separately on all platforms:

$19.99 for Explorer’s Pass, which includes Scorched Earth, Aberration (Q4 2023), and Extinction (Q1 2024).
$19.99 for Genesis Pass, which includes Genesis Part 1 (Q1 2024) and Genesis Part 2 (Q2 2024).
At ARK: Survival Ascended’s launch, players will have access to The Island, Scorched Earth, and the new revamped game mode, Survival of the Fittest."

First bit of obvious evidence, there's no shot that this (let alone, at these prices) is going to happen. Not to mention, it says that Scorched is paid, then immediately says it comes with the game. Come on.

"Premium Mods: Reviewed by Overwolf and Wildcard for quality control and value, Mod authors will optionally be able to specify price points for their Mods (with 50% of the price point going to the Mod author). This is necessary to pay for the custom infrastructure required for Overwolf to support, administrate, and deliver Mods to the console."

Paid mods, eh? Y'all really gullible enough to believe this?

"Newly-designed holiday events take advantage of the next-gen pipeline, released as mods, so they’re always available to play!"

This one's just goofy seeing as we have access to events as-is, but there's a lot of these and this one's an ok example

"Feature Sunset: With the launch of ASA, we will be ending official support for Primitive+, Split Screen, and Procedurally Generated Maps. These aspects of the game will not be ported to the new Unreal Engine 5 version."

This is the same as above, just goofy as fuck when 1. split-screen isn't going to just be removed from the base game, and support for Prim+ has already been dead for years now. That's most of it, hmu if you need more evidence of this being the greatest April Fools joke of our time.

Hope that cleared it up a little, I'm going to go fishing now

Also sorry for the wall of flesh text

[potent hull]

your clairvoyance skill has lvl up lol

[prisma pike]

Lol I went to play mc for like an hour and you finally finished

However. Thank you for actually typing all that out cause I could not be asked.

[sharp marsh]

Indeed that was a very good explanation - will be interested to see how it plays out in the next day or 2

[sharp marsh]

Thanks so much indeed - that was a great explanation indeed - keen to see how this plays out now. Also why fix things like the fishing in Gen1 if all it has left is 4 mths. Cheers

[odd holly]

tbh I find it hard to believe that this is a prank when they’re well known for delaying things

But will see ig

[potent hull]

you do no if it was a joke they will have sade it at the end of the RD MAP

but they did not is not a joke

[odd holly]

I’m aware, I would suggest to read the conservation above

I personally believe it’s not a joke

[potent hull]

we may get game play of asa this week or this month i hop sow

[odd holly]

Will have to see

[potent hull]

and can you be the voce over for the game play to lol

[tame geode]

I think a bunch of peeps are upset about Stieglitz' free upgrade tweet, but even more concerning is that if what he says can get flipped later, then does that mean his tweet about not having NFT's/Cryptocurrencies/Microtransactions can also flip?

[tropic crag]

🤦‍♂️

[past wind]

Im not upset about it being paid. I’m upset because they have a bad history of not keeping their word and timelines.

[vernal basin]

dang wont let me post pics here had to post concept art in building-screenshots

[short fulcrum]

Yeah that was kinda weird
Maybe snail games had something to do with it or maybe wildcard realized they actually needed more money because of of the ark 2 delay

[left arch]

I just don't see how it could be an April fool's joke at this point, it was still march 31st for most of the world including wildcard when they made the announcement, and it's been a good bit now they should have well and truly had someone gone back on it by now, otherwise they are going to have absolute hell to deal with on damage control
We've all seen how the bad apples are in the ark community, if it really was an April fool's joke then someone in the community team had to have realised the effect it would have and said it wouldn't have been worth it
So I just think it was a legitimate announcement especially cause it makes sense from a finance side

[dim tendon]

[tropic crag]

They don't work on weekends, and they had to put it out yesterday

Boom, explained

[untold totem]

It's April 1 here when the crunch is posted

[split dove]

Yup

[tame geode]

I understand over promised deadlines from a development stand point, but saying X will be free, and then that not being the case is kinda just a lie. Especially without an immediate follow-up explaining/apologizing. That's a massive kick in his credibility.

There's nothing legally binding in a tweet, but there is a representation concern.

[tropic crag]

Refer above

[short fulcrum]

I don't think wildcard were lying about NFTs tho

[left arch]

People can still post from their personal accounts like Jeremy does when not in the office?

[left arch]

Yeah it was April 1st for me as well, but not most places

[split dove]

They hate microtransactions and NFT's, they said that as long as they're around they won't add them

[dim tendon]

hate April Fool's jokes

[tame geode]

Sure, but if what they say can be a lie, how do we know?

[tropic crag]

They had to post it on their website, which they usually access and discuss and everything in a meeting beforehand. So, it kinda required them to be at work

[left arch]

Yeah but that doesn't mean they have to be in office working to clarify it was an April fool's joke

I'm still waiting of course, I just think it's too likely to not be an April fool's joke to say that so confidently

[dim tendon]

So the post was an April Fool's joke? It could be real

[tropic crag]

I'd sure take the excuse where I could get it, if I were them

Wait til Monday to see who the real ones are, etc.

See if anyone gets it

Also, it's still the 1st lmao

[untold totem]

Because it's Snail Games wanted it WC protested against it

Those "Boycott ARK" pleabs are too blind in rage to understand behind the scenes

[dim tendon]

After April Fool's Day. "haha that's an April Fool's joke"

[tropic crag]

Isn't the point to keep the joke running til the end of the day, typically?

[split dove]

Should normally be

[potent hull]

your clairvoyance skill has lvl up lol

[left arch]

It's been 28 hours since the announcement

[tropic crag]

And? It's still the 1st

[left arch]

It's been more than a day since the announcement

[tropic crag]

The limitations of the posting by no means indicate the legitimacy of said post, lol

It isn't the end of the day? Idk what you're getting at

[split dove]

[odd holly]

its still April fools rn, but if its really one.... they would had revealed it today at the least

[left arch]

If they made an April fool's joke on March 31st their time, and 28 hours later near the end of April 1st, more than a full day, why would we still think it is an April fools joke

[tropic crag]

Unless they aren't in the office, because they don't work weekends, as stated

[hidden parrot]

This is too big to be a joke, I believe they must be serious

[stray elm]

Also, everyone is on break until Monday, since it's the weekends.

[tropic crag]

Because April 1st is still ongoing

[odd holly]

so do a "april fool" on friday then doesnt say anything until Monday lmao, is thats what you're saying?

[tropic crag]

This too

[odd holly]

that sounds dumb ngl

[left arch]

But that's just stupid

[tropic crag]

Everything in the post is more stupid, so uhhhh

Checkmate I guess

[left arch]

There just isn't any evidence that it is a joke, they put a good bit of work into the joke, it's been led up to as a big announcement for ages now, they haven't clarified it was a joke after 28 hours (which they can do despite not being in office) and the decisions and prices make sense together from a financial point of view and based on the fact we haven't seen any gameplay for ark 2 yet

None of it would make sense to be a joke

[odd holly]

^

[past wind]

Of course it's not a joke. People are just trying to deal with it their own way.

[tropic crag]

50 dollars for a remake of Ark 1 AND a pre-order of Ark 2 makes sense? You must be joking

[odd holly]

those ppl is on copium

[tropic crag]

Then an extra 40 on top for DLC we already own? LMAO

[past wind]

Yeah, they need time to process

[tropic crag]

Y'all are delusional

[odd holly]

you realize you are talking about wildcard here?

[past wind]

Yeah, buddy, we are

[potent hull]

your clairvoyance skill has lvl up lol

[left arch]

Considering they very clearly need money to fund the extra development time for ark 2, they need to find a way to sell people something

I really want it to be an April fools joke

[odd holly]

tag me when its actually a joke, otherwise ya all are just on copium @tropic crag

[tropic crag]

Will do cap'n 🫡

I'll tag every last one of you guys lol

[left arch]

Like if they came out tomorrow and said "sike April fools!" And revealed a gameplay trailer for ark 2 with a release date it would be Christmas (I mean metaphorically, like I would be happy as shit), but I just don't think that's happening cause it makes no sense

[past wind]

Like I've said earlier today, if it really was a joke. That would be even more concerning to me. What other studio communicate with their audience through memes and make jokes through official channels?

[tropic crag]

The post itself makes less sense, refer to this for evidence

[prisma pike]

Uh, cry?

[tropic crag]

Just about every one? Have you seen some of the trailers and games lately?

[past wind]

The part you talk about scorched, they are just saying scorched is releasing the same day the base game. It's not free. You have to buy season passa to have it.

[tropic crag]

Nope, read again

[left arch]

^

[past wind]

Nha, I'm fine

[past wind]

man, I've read it like 5 times or more already

[tropic crag]

It says that Scorched comes with the base game

[left arch]

No it says at launch people will have access to scorched

[prisma pike]

Apparently not lol

[tropic crag]

Same difference, it comes with tSotF later in the post as well but didn't add it as it was redundant

[past wind]

At ARK: Survival Ascended’s launch, players will have access to The Island, Scorched Earth, and the new revamped game mode, Survival of the Fittest."

They are just saying scorched, island and sotf will be available day one

[tropic crag]

Yep, that's uh... what it says

[past wind]

scorched will be a paid dlc

[left arch]

Not that it comes with the base game, but that it is being launched at the same time

[past wind]

Yeah. I don't see why the confusion.

[tropic crag]

Believe whatever you want, I know it's an April Fools joke

[left arch]

Ping me when it is

Have a good one boys

[tropic crag]

It's glaringly obvious, even down to the Animated Series stuff in the post

[stray elm]

After some thinking, I think the information they're giving off is true (UE5 upgrade, continued support, etc) but a lot of shit does contradict itself on the post, like Scorched being part of the base-game, but was included in the 19.99$ bundle as a separate product.
Hell, even the huge literal year and a half delay seems a bit off.

[past wind]

Man, they are not saying scorched is part of the base game

They are saying it will be available day one together with the rest

[prisma pike]

The series news is literally just, "it exists" lol

[stray elm]

Ah

[past wind]

but sure, we will see

[stray elm]

It is a bit odd to wait this fucking long for a roadmap, just for it to be some texts, instead of an actual detailed PNG

[past wind]

Yeah, but it doesn't mean it's a joke. It just means it was a disappointing Roadmap

[untold ingot]

I mean it's kind of exactly what people were predicting

[past wind]

Kinda... But some things were probably bad PR.

[short fulcrum]

Imo ASA is the best thing wildcard could have done for an ark remaster
People who play with mods will be able to keep play the original ark if they want to and People on next gen consoles and pc will be able to enjoy new triple A graphics and better performance
Yes, it's kinda shit that it costs money after jeremy said it would be free, but you can't expect wildcard to sell completely separate remaster of their game for free
As for official servers shuting down, that was gonna happen when ark 2 came out anyway, so honestly i don't know why so many people are complaining about that
At least wildcard is offering an alternative for people who do like playing on official servers with ASA, which will have cross play, an account system and better anti cheat

[untold ingot]

I honestly think wc has their hands mostly tied on this

[past wind]

They promissed free UE5 upgrade. They promissed to keep Ark 1 servers.

[past wind]

Like I said, I would be cool with no info instead of that

[short fulcrum]

They didn't promise to keep ark 1 servers unless I missed something

[untold ingot]

They are a game company owned by snail, getting their hand forced by Microsoft and a demanding player base. They probably didn't have much choice on the matter

[past wind]

I would have to look for the source, but I'm 99% they did

[untold ingot]

I am 99% sure they didnt

[desert swallow]

You just don't mean that much to her.

[potent hull]

your clairvoyance skill has lvl up lol

[ornate blaze]

There's a tweet where Jeremy said that the current servers would transition to the UE5/ARK:SA.
Looks like they turned off posting pictures so the screenshots wouldn't be spammed thru the server.

[stray elm]

DM?

[untold ingot]

Posting pictures has never been a thing here lol

[ornate blaze]

Haven't been in the official discord in years... A lot has changed

[past wind]

Jeremy Stieglitz
@jeremystieglitz
·
Jan 23
Replying to
@MrDolphin101
Save data will carry-over, no wipes will be required.

[stray elm]

I've been here since day-one, and posting images anywhere but #fanart-and-screenshots has never been a thing

[past wind]

This was about the UE5 upgrade

[untold ingot]

Jeremy tweeting something is not the same as an announcement from wc

[past wind]

Well, it was to me. I will have that in mind in the future for sure.

[prisma mason]

"To clarify: the UE5 tease a couple weeks back is referring to in-the-works complete free upgrade/remaster of ARK Survival Evolved in UnrealEngine5. Not a cinematic. We havent officially announced the ARK UE5 upgrade yet 'cause there's other major things we wanna show then as well" Direct quote from his twitter account 1/22/2023

[stray elm]

I can't find the post

[past wind]

I follow all of them, thinking they are reliable sources

[untold ingot]

I am 100% certain that they intend to do what they say, but they often don't have a say

[ornate blaze]

Founder and lead developer tweeting something as a response to a tweet to WC - just saying why the community is pissed off

[untold ingot]

I'm not saying don't be annoyed, just saying redirect your annoyance to the source, and it's not wc imo

[past wind]

Don't get me wrong. I mean no harm. I'm still in for Ark 2. I'm just more concerned now than I was yesterday morning. LOL

[prisma mason]

Then maybe they should all their shit in a row or he should walk back what he is publicly saying. Shit company all the way around.

[untold ingot]

Wc isn't. Snail is

[short fulcrum]

Yes, like why would jeremy lie like that
It's definitely seems like snail games had something to do with all this
Hod also mentioned in his video that snail games stock price was going down...

[prisma mason]

One owns the other? Same company. Shit all the way around.

[untold ingot]

They are not the same company

[prisma mason]

Doens one own the other?

[untold ingot]

Ark is as good as it is in spite of snail trying to constantly ruin it

[prisma mason]

*Does

[past wind]

TBF, I don't see what Snail did here...

[short fulcrum]

Yes, snail games owns wildcard

[untold ingot]

It's speculation on my part, but I don't see Jeremy recanting on his statements without his hand being forced

[past wind]

Fair enough

[prisma mason]

Then all are responsible. If someone "official" is saying something that isn't true then walk it back right the fuck now or explain why they are considered a part of the company who is lying.

[short fulcrum]

Wildcard might have fully intended to make the remaster free
But it's highly likely that snail games said no

[tropic crag]

Bro needs a chill pill, damn

[prisma mason]

Then again,shit company all the way around. Either way someone needs to step up and take responsibility for what was promised.

[short fulcrum]

Go talk to snail games then

[potent hull]

or the ark1 ue4 cod is to full of bugs sow there making ark 1 a gen in ue5 with new cod

[stray elm]

You know Bruise, I can see why you wanted this outcome.
Seeing people fucking complain this hard 'is' fucking hilarious.

[prisma mason]

Tired of people licking boots. Enjoy the tar.

[stray elm]

Thanks, I love tar.

[short fulcrum]

Ikr?

[potent hull]

no mater what wild card did you all be mad still

[untold ingot]

Truer words never spoken

[potent hull]

at the time they my have say we will up date ark 1 free to ue5 but my have tern out the cod was to far gone sow they are remaking ark 1 in ue5 with new cod

[tropic crag]

People will be itchy and complain whenever they want, that much is true

[potent hull]

and i see them still buying it after they see game play of it lol

[short fulcrum]

Try not to get mad when wildcard makes a remaster of a video game that you enjoy challenge (impossible at 3am)

[short fulcrum]

Exactly lol

[potent hull]

no i see this coming i new ark 1 cod was to badly gone to bring it to ue5 sow i see that only way for them to make new ark 1 was to remake it in ue5 cod

[short fulcrum]

Yes, they are basing it on the ark switch code
Kinda funny because after the mobile revamp ASA, ark switch and ark mobile will all be based on the same code made by Grovestreet

[potent hull]

well with new ark we will play with all players of ark pc Xbox and may be switch to lol

[short fulcrum]

There will definitely be crossplay with pc, xbox and ps
But I'm not so sure about switch

[potent hull]

o switch one was a joke lol

[wary wraith]

I feel like when crossplay happens, ark will make a comeback

That is if its not broken asf

[desert swallow]

Console peasants will complain that PC players have an advantage because of keyboard and mouse.

[thick moat]

yep xd, there may be some problems since they are using this version to test UE5 before ark 2 on some part

[mighty lion]

"Console peasants." Tell me your opinion is invalid without telling me your opinion is invalid

[astral token]

It’s true though

You can only conveniently use so many keybinds…we have a horde of keys at our disposal

It’s a technological handicap at the root 🤷🏽

[mighty lion]

It's more of a commentary on his use of " peasants".

[astral token]

I think the appropriate verb now is WC wasn’t a bad company

[mighty lion]

Depends on how they implement it tbh. I've seen a few games where pc player complain of unfair aim assist console players get

[thick moat]

aim assist doesn't make sense in tsotf...

[astral token]

In a game like ARK, aim assist matters less than just being able to move my damn dinos around easily

[thick moat]

it will just be an annoyance

[mighty lion]

It was just an example

[thick moat]

yeah well, not to wildcard

they are already implementing it

in a very weird way

it sometimes happens that you lock on dinos

like on mobile

[astral token]

Mobile revamp actually excites me

That game was abandoned asf when I was playing it back in 2019

[tropic crag]

Mobile gaming 🤮

[untold totem]

Hey at least there is a shining spec of hope after an hell storm in the current crunch

Mobile users will finally experienced the fresh ARK experience

[untold ingot]

That's big imo

[potent hull]

10 to 1 we will see more on the new ark asa this month and ether months leding up to the month to buy it

[mellow wadi]

The should make this game kinda like The 100 series, like graphics wise and what you can make and the human creatures

[potent hull]

it my be the ark of your dreams lol

[mellow wadi]

Lmfao

It better be after another 2 years if it being made

or year and a half

didn’t ark 2 start in 2020?

I’m guessing 5 years is good enough.

[potent hull]

i am shore we will see game play of asa ether in June 8 or 11

[mellow wadi]

Alr

[potent hull]

all i no is iam happy to see a new ark 1 with no bug not save lag ples let there me no save lag ples

[mellow wadi]

ye

But ark’s getting boring, and the graphics r ass

[potent hull]

new asa one will be on ue5 new cod the old ark 1 cod is full of bugs look like sage noodles lol

[mellow wadi]

Fr

Alr gtg cya

[potent hull]

if core of a game is like a spiral and bug are at the core of the game the bugs make new one if you add new cod to a game that has bug it make more bugs not jut with the new cod bug but with the bugs all rady in the game cod to start with sow make a new ark 1 on ue5 need to be a new cod

[knotty olive]

What’s everyone’s opinion on ark 2 being 3rd person?

[prisma pike]

Third person only in a survival game is a fat L

[astral token]

We haven’t seen gameplay so can’t say, see gameplay then judge don’t listen to what randoms say

[eternal yoke]

will ark 2 be a single player only game?!

[prisma pike]

You're a random

[astral token]

Nope

[astral token]

I will ask 10 people who they know better, then we’ll see 🙂

[prisma pike]

Who's ten people they know then?

[tropic forge]

ten no ones 🤣 only higher ops know whats going on in wildcard

[blissful perch]

It should be a good move in the long run. Souls combat in first person just doesn’t work well

[split dove]

don't forget about the new player traversal mechanics and other changes being added being better suited to third person aswell

[prisma pike]

Traversal could be fine in first person tbh. Only combat would be guaranteed bad.

[eternal yoke]

i hope the aratai use their weapons properly, and use their shields to block our actual attacks with a good ai like elden rings bosses

[prisma pike]

Elden ring ai is hilariously bad

[eternal yoke]

well not the exact ai but i meant it as if it sees me shooting at it it will block me with the shield sometimes not like in other games where they hold the shield up randomly

[astral token]

Alrighty, let’s start with @split dove

[astral token]

The competition was of me and the Xbob not WC 💀

[hard hearth]

Wc its same like ea just robe people on money for same game again

[marble basin]

?

[vale tartan]

my msg just fanish

vanish nice

the way they want to introduce the ark 2 is really bad they try to shut down ark 1 and pull out the game that is (''REWORKED'') HAHA what makes them think that ark 2 will work when they cant event make ark 1 work properly HAHAHA

[tropic forge]

damn so many ppl from general tab coming here seeking attention ufff

[vale tartan]

and when you go to ark official

first think you see is apply here we hire HAHAHAHA

[untold ingot]

And?

Is a company not supposed to advertise that they are hiring?

[shadow plinth]

Like bro

[vale tartan]

that means they don't have people to work for them and they want to release a new game called ark2 when its not gone be even close to ark 1. why you even call it ark 2 when it dosent have first person they cant fix the problems ark 1 has what makes you think that ark 2 is gone be better HUE HUE just burn it down before they ley more eggs

ark 2 suppose to come out 1 year ago then they delay it to 2023 now to 2024 and we are not done yet

[eternal yoke]

if you know how companies run this well why dont you make ur own video game company then instead of crying on discord 💀

[vale tartan]

but yes lets shut down ark 1 and release ark ascendant and promisse to people everythin its gone be all right

[verbal wind]

kinda reaching there. just because they're accepting applications doesn't mean they're hurting for workers

[marble basin]

Tell me you dont know business without telling me

[marble basin]

But everyone has been asking for it for years?