pvp-discussion

[forest rain]

u stupid? warzone is a fucking battle royale game, also on warzone u dont have a base that will make ur pc burn wirhout ini

how tf am i gonna play when i have 5 fps inside my base

[tough quest]

Do you know what SOTF is ?

[rustic hatch]

Gonna be a controversial take here, but wildcard doesn't have to do anything lol. They made a clear set of guidelines in the coc that restricted visual ini edits. If they put new code in that enforces that then that is their prerogative as owners of the game lol

[forest rain]

idgaf tbh, bring ini back or 90% of the pvp community will quit

[tough quest]

1% will quit

[forest rain]

same, full tribe quitting until they fix it

[tough quest]

I have heard that quote so many time yet the game still have a lot of players

[forest rain]

oh yea cause they removed ini before.....

[rustic hatch]

90% of the official pvp community maybe. Most ark players aren't affected at all. And it might actually bring more people to official knowing that some of the cheating is starting to get resolved

[forest rain]

yes

[tough quest]

I’m thinking of coming back because of the ban of ini

[rustic hatch]

If I had a penny every time people said ark pvp would die because of an update I would be richer than Elon musk lol

[tough quest]

I swear

[forest rain]

this is the most game changing update ever wtf

[rustic hatch]

Imo if you can't play without cheating (and ini is cheating) don't play at all

[tough quest]

No

[forest rain]

fr the whole meta changes

[rustic hatch]

You must be new around here lol

This is like a weekly occurrence at this point lol

[forest rain]

i mean 7k hours on the game

i think i know how ramoving ini will effect the pvp community

not even close

[red pilot]

i mean ofc anyone can play without ini

[forest rain]

this just shows u have never had a big base

[red pilot]

but when you have non small base on bad computer you will feel pain

[forest rain]

goodluck having a full built base without ini

[rustic hatch]

Maybe don't have big bases anymore then lol

[red pilot]

💤 unexpectedly poor take tbh

[rustic hatch]

I have loads of those lol

[forest rain]

just saying removing ini is the dumbest thing that could have been done

will fuck up so many tribes

[rustic hatch]

Maybe those tribes needed it lol

[red pilot]

i mean i dont think ini removal will ruin anybody that bad

but agree game is better w/ ini

[forest rain]

facts

[pallid veldt]

Its not patched though

[rustic hatch]

If everyone quit official pvp right now, more people would just join to fill the spots in lol

[red pilot]

feel like ur name is missing four characters hmmmm

[pure orchid]

Don’t live in your breeder cave then

Play on PlayStation

Try building a h pillar or even a lab cave with 5500 structure cap

[rustic hatch]

And this is why ark pvp is dead in a nutshell lol. Almost the entire community of pvp official endorses cheating and says it is necessary

[red pilot]

:^)

if you draw the line for cheating at ini then sure

but that's such a troll line to draw

[rustic hatch]

I do call it that lol

[tough quest]

Ini is cheating or more exploiting but it exist since so long that people have accepted it

[restive egret]

:

[red pilot]

i mean it's not cheating, it's just using a config file

i think there are implementations of ini which cross the line (don't render anything other than dino inis), but soft ini is pretty reasonable

[rustic hatch]

I mean, if people tried it in any other competitive game they get outed and banned lol

[restive egret]

bro my PC is a fucking toaster and without ini ...

[rustic hatch]

I'll bring bread and butter and we can have toast 😇

[restive egret]

i have some chocy milk 🙂

[rustic hatch]

Sounds great, it's almost breakfast time for me anyway

[restive egret]

your dad is coming with the milk in like 5 years

[worn bobcat]

i have some money to pay wildcard to retrive ini

like guys did ini break anythin

tell me 1 person that hates ini

[restive egret]

cant

[scenic bronze]

Ini just made the Game more convenient to play

[worn bobcat]

true

what am i gonna rock with 200 plant z and tek helmet to go pvp

[rocky trail]

Im new here and in ark, can someone explain what is INI?

[rustic hatch]

It's hax lol

[worn bobcat]

if you bypass it its bannable

[rocky trail]

to take any kind of advantage?

[red pilot]

i saw mention of changes being made to Z flash, so go do it before they get pushed xd

[scenic bronze]

So ini is basically a file which u can edit to make ur game look a certain way, for example u can remove stones or leaves or the water and fog effect

[red pilot]

it's just super low graphics settings through manual editing to the point where you can hide things like water fog, (^stuff from above message) and it removes a lot of visual noise

makes it a lot easier to track people

[rocky trail]

I see

ty

[worn bobcat]

makes it my pc to survive

[red pilot]

use launch options

[worn bobcat]

i use low memory and i play on extreamly low memory mode

[red pilot]

f

[hazy coyote]

@ wildcard good job now ull lose 80% of ur member

[rustic hatch]

Lol, not even close. The majority of ark players aren't even affected by visual ini changes

[hazy coyote]

like for sure ppl quit

[restive egret]

fax

[rustic hatch]

Maybe. But most ark players don't even play pvp

[hazy coyote]

guess why

[rustic hatch]

Because basically everyone on official has some sort of hack lol

[hazy coyote]

cuz there r like 800 cheater then there r duper who ruin the game

[rustic hatch]

This is actually not true lol

The split is more like 60/40 with more pve players

[red pilot]

*60/40 on official right?

[hazy coyote]

every pvp player will quit now what will ppl with a shit pc do?

[rustic hatch]

The official pvp community is relatively small compared to the pve

[red pilot]

hard to say exact split given popularity of pvp unoffi and singleplayer existing

[hazy coyote]

literally no1 complained about ini maybe some old pve bobs thats it

wildcard should fix bugs and cheats

[restive egret]

bro are you braindead

[rustic hatch]

Yeah, I am basing my numbers off old data. I don't have current stuff but I would bet it is still similar

[hazy coyote]

not stuff no1 complains about

[red pilot]

nono i assume that data is similar now too

[rustic hatch]

This is a great argument, you definitely have a point there

[red pilot]

but i mean the other ways ppl play ark would be a pretty big confounding variable

[restive egret]

ik thanks

[hazy coyote]

basicly every1 who placs pvp x1 is in a mega tribe lol

[rustic hatch]

This is true.

[hazy coyote]

now ill log in my acc seeing the my mega tribe base without ini and having 3 fps everytime im on

[red pilot]

i'm leaning towards unoffi skew being more towards PvP rather than PvE

but i don't think the effect is that significant - something like 57/43 pve vs pvp is optimistic for pvp

[rustic hatch]

Possible. I don't know the official to unofficial numbers

[hazy coyote]

they will fix it b4 they fix anything else in this game and ull get global

[dapper quest]

ye prop

But i dont Understand the Reason behind

[hazy coyote]

only old pve x 100 bobs complained

[dapper quest]

i mean yeah Hard ini is very OP and Like XRay Cheat ngl but for some People Ini is the only way to play the Game

[rustic hatch]

In any case I think it's safe to say that most people won't quit the game, and even those that do, lots will likely come back. Because the alternative is what, play fortnite or minecraft?

[dapper quest]

prop

[hazy coyote]

its not op cuz every pvp player used it

[red pilot]

rule was there for a long time and they're starting to enforce after long time 🤷‍♂️ i do wish they'd change water fog tho

scouting water without ini 🤢

[red pilot]

this is one of the most frustrating parts as an ark player tbh

[hazy coyote]

from 70 fps to 15 fps in base lets go

[red pilot]

not with regards to ini because to me personally it's not a quit worthy issue

[rustic hatch]

Totally lol

[red pilot]

but there's no real market competition for ark pvp to incentivise wildcard to invest further into it

rust is still something completely different

[rustic hatch]

I am betting it was something that they are working on for ark2 that they just figured to toss into ark1 to test it out or something

[brazen crescent]

Spinning aint op, every alpha uses it to fight chinese

[hazy coyote]

bro literally every1 in ark cheats and they the ini?????

[brazen crescent]

I think its mainly due to 2 things

Easier to implement and messes with the image recognition software abit

They dont even have battleye on microsoft store:)

[rustic hatch]

It could be that they are learning more about how to use anticheat, which I see as a big win moving into ark2

[brazen crescent]

Crossark servers are fun

[red pilot]

personally, the pitch for ark2 isnt interesting to me in the same way as ark1
i'll probably end up trying it, but doesn't sound like quite the same niche

[hazy coyote]

they should fix the bugs in the main game b4 releasing the same game with other concept right

i mean the ark features

[rustic hatch]

That's fair

[rustic hatch]

They are doing something along those lines with Ue5 update I hope

[red pilot]

third person only sucks as a successor to a game where third person / first person swapping is so natural i feel awkward playing other games where it's not (i've come dangerously close to writing a minecraft mod to rebind scroll to first/third person lmao)

[rustic hatch]

Yeah, it is going to take some getting used to

In any case, I gotta hit the hay. Great talk, gl all

[red pilot]

gngn

look at the steam page for ark 2 and read the 'about this game' section

[dawn ferry]

It has pvp

[fresh kindle]

This is about where I'm at. I like Ark1. It's a unique game unlike anything else. All I want for Ark2 is Ark1 but better. Hearing there would be Souls-like combat and it's forced 3rd POV instantly turned me off. I don't play Souls games because it's just not what I want from a game that I play. Ark1 is nothing like these things either. I'm definitely going to try it, but yeah the pitch isn't selling me 😂

[red pilot]

what are the current otter stats btw

[fresh kindle]

My x-otters are at 50 health, 50 weight, and 50 melee currently. I started my line fresh during the Crimmas event. An ally has an Ab otter line I can ask what the stats are. I got some of them but I don't think they're the breeder's top stats.

I also almost have solid Dino albino x-otters Just got a couple more gens to breed and they should be combined, I'm at 3/4 color zones combined.

[red pilot]

👀

ok i ask again in like 4 months when you've had some time to stack muts

[fresh kindle]

Hahaha fair

[scenic totem]

Xbox servers down or what?

[torpid bolt]

can i ask how many hours the average person who suggests things in here has

i feel like people with below 5k or so hours shouldnt be giving their 2 cents because they dont truley know whats balenced or not in the long run

like reading some messages in here some seem a bit uh behind the times lol

theres much more pressing issues, the no ini change creates a larger gap between the avg player and cheaters when it comes to underwater

and in large scale bases like in lunar which the players have made bigger then wildcard ever intended fps has been killed after this making the game excrutiating lol

[red pilot]

bad question

people in this dc will be anything from 80 hour solo players to 20k hour vets

[fresh kindle]

Idk man the whole "if you don't meet my personal definition of something that I set up to benefit my perspective and eliminate those that disagree" thing is kinda whack.

But on a side note, I've played with ppl that have over 30k hours

[wild saddle]

Is my assumption correct that ARK has no anti-cheat?

[wanton depot]

No, it has one

[wild saddle]

Then how are people able to cheat so much. Is it due to the way ark was coded to run stuff or?

[idle owl]

battle eye isnt the best anti cheat

[wild saddle]

I constantly see kids who are able to rollback to their previous position and people who clearly have some serious vision/aiming assistance

Cant carry some people because they keep on rolling back to ground

But if they want me to carry them then they never roll back to their previous position

[wicked sigil]

🤗

[wanton depot]

Yo! Lol

[wild sierra]

ayo anyone know of an ini that works after this stupid update lol

[cloud comet]

you know you can get banned for that now right

[proven wadi]

they dont ban aimbot or anything so i doubt it

[wild sierra]

like stupud stupid wildcard

removes ini instead of other cheats

ini isnt even considered a cheat by players like

no ini just helps hackers further

[cloud comet]

could just be rumors but others have said people have been banned for ini after the patch

[proven wadi]

so they ban people for something that levels the playing field with ESP, ok

but dont do anything against the ESP, Aimbot, Mesh, Botting, And Backdoor cheats that will let them spawn shit in?

[wild sierra]

godmode...

dupe

[cloud comet]

gotta enforce the small things I guess, hopefully their working on those cheats as well

[slow mica]

As if it’s still wc we are talking about here

[cloud comet]

hopefully

[slow mica]

🤣

[edgy linden]

I guess you don't understand how hard it is to prevent against cheats that inject code...

Eitherway battle eye is the problem. It's pretty bad and has a few vulnerabilities. Devs need their own anti cheat.

[wet citrus]

pov studio wildcard : aimbot esp speed hack soo good / ini no❌

[slow mica]

But why remove ini if they can’t deal with that, now aimbotting is even stronger as u won’t even be able to see botters

[steep aurora]

lit

[twin veldt]

Oh dear god have mercy, I was gone for 2 days and ini is gone?

[dusty iron]

Lol already ini 🤦‍♂️

Bypass

[twin veldt]

All I can think about this is a dev accidently logged into a pvp server instead of their pve one and got killed while hiding in a bush

[dusty iron]

Now I have to look at my base that actually looks decent

[wild saddle]

I would just outright ban the person who kills me when I am taking a dump in a bush

[acoustic sierra]

why ini don t work?

[fair bloom]

DEF removed LOL cause no reason

[acoustic sierra]

bruh

[velvet flume]

Devs want more esp on offical ig

[swift ravine]

anyone know any good duo servers on steam

[languid grove]

Using ini is cheating to begin with because your changing game files

[proven wadi]

I know its hard to fight cheats, but why get rid of the thing that can level the playing field a bit for the legit players

[full sundial]

I agree with that tho.. its a w for cheaters

[full sundial]

If u change binding and settings it also changes the game files...

Changing ini is just changing settings... cheats are very different from that

[edgy linden]

Because it's one less cheaty thing..

Maybe unreal engine 5.1 upgrade we will get much better anti cheat...

[full sundial]

Wont remove it ppl still do it just average people that wanna play the legit of wildcard will be in a disadvatange

[tardy belfry]

True

[full sundial]

Also u cant play it with a trash pc now i belive

I mean ini didnt do alot but atleast enough u could runn the game on a bad pc

Like leaves and terrain make sence but not in current gamestate

80% of ppl u encounter have cheaters with them

U can even find it on yt i belive

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[warm isle]

#giveINIback

[restive egret]

#giveINIback

[full sundial]

#giveINIback

[restive egret]

#giveINIback

[jagged blaze]

I'm so glad ini is gone

[livid hamlet]

shut up beach bob

[warm isle]

stfu

[jagged blaze]

Lol I get it you lovers are seething rn

I have 5.5k hours on offi pvp. Ini was boring and stale and got rid of so many strategies

Ans they're banned now prob 💀

[livid hamlet]

shut up

[median coral]

#giveINIback

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[restive egret]

#giveINIback

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[warm isle]

#giveINIback

[buoyant shell]

#giveINIback

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[buoyant shell]

#giveINIback

[atomic pebble]

Stop spamming

[restive egret]

#giveINIback

[atomic pebble]

Nerds of pvp

[jagged blaze]

They think spamming it is gonna fix it lol

[livid hamlet]

shut up ps4 player bob

[atomic pebble]

Im ps5

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[jagged blaze]

All the most boring and mindless pvp players are begging for ini back

[warm isle]

get back to pve discussion

[jagged blaze]

????

Who the fuck is deleting normal messages

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[dawn ferry]

Those are unnecessary, be respectful to each other.

[jagged blaze]

👆🤓

[livid hamlet]

give ini back

[restive egret]

#giveINIback

[warm isle]

#giveINIback

[atomic pebble]

Wait country bee werent u the otter person

[jagged blaze]

Ok but unironically what are you going to accomplish by spamming #giveiniback

[dawn ferry]

No lol 2 different mods

[restive egret]

learn english

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[jagged blaze]

The devs don't even look in here

[timid sorrel]

#giveINIback

[atomic pebble]

She probably has no say

[dawn ferry]

I'm a discord volunteer, so I cannot.

[atomic pebble]

In that matter

[livid hamlet]

then call someone who can

[warm isle]

idk trigger you

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[warm isle]

#giveINIback

[dawn ferry]

I have no say in any way for the game or contacting developers.

[jagged blaze]

Who says trigger in 2023 bro what

[timid sorrel]

#giveINIback

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[restive egret]

your mum

[dawn ferry]

I'm only here to moderate the discord. Sorry.

[warm isle]

bro got mad over a word

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[warm isle]

#giveINIback

[wild sierra]

DM ME and i'll teach u how to get INI back

[jagged blaze]

The only people that are mad here are you guys

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[jagged blaze]

I'm literally just in here for fun while on lunch, while you're tryna be the next MLK

[vague prism]

#giveusiniback

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[warm isle]

#giveINIback

[restive egret]

so your crying

[wild sierra]

dm me and ill send u a video explaining how to get ini

[jagged blaze]

You're*

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[restive egret]

.-.

[vague prism]

#giveINIback

[jagged blaze]

The only reason I could think of for being in shambles that ini is gone is if you have a shit ass computer that even with ini ran at 30 fps

[atomic pebble]

Stop crying over a mod

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[jagged blaze]

Like sure it was nice to see through trees and have clear water, but it eliminated so many goofy and fun strategies

[atomic pebble]

A illegal mod

This ain’t gta

[jagged blaze]

It wasn't illegal

They just decided to remove it

[atomic pebble]

Where hackers are free to do anything

And so.

[jagged blaze]

It wasn't "hacking" lmfao it was changing a 1 to a 0 in ur files that anyone could access

^

Official is still a shithole, that's why I quit (and getting banned)

Unofficial is just more fun, fresh pvp and almost no cheaters because they actually get banned

[livid hamlet]

#giveINIback

[atomic pebble]

And. Ini is still a benefit for u guys not For normal casual players

U can see through stuff. And since there’s no textures u have better vision

[regal belfry]

bro you can get vacd for fucking ini now?

[vague prism]

#giveINIback

[regal belfry]

@wide wren listen to ur community

[jagged blaze]

They wont

And playing with and against ini is just boring you can't deny

[atomic pebble]

Lol only 2/3 of the community wants ini mod back

[jagged blaze]

Just get a job

Computers are way cheaper now than when I built mine

You can get a good one for like 1k

Then they turn down settings

Buy a pc instead of ACTUALLY BURNING MONEY to buy a pair of shoes you're never gonna wear

[atomic pebble]

Omg stop complaining u can’t have your aim assist and hacker vision

In ini

[jagged blaze]

Ok you need to respectfully shut the fuck up

You have no clue what you're talking about

[timid sorrel]

you are a ps player
you dont know what ini is exept from wathing a nooblets tutorial

[atomic pebble]

Im talking about the toxic players that want ini back

It’s a cheat

[timid sorrel]

ini is game looks
its graphic

[timid sorrel]

its ark files
they added it and let u change it

[atomic pebble]

Yh benefits u but not the other players

[jagged blaze]

Ini did nothing whatsoever for aim, and made all areas of the game same brightness, removed leaves and foliage, made water clear. It was as simple as going into your files and changing the values and was an intended feature. It was not a "hack" of any sorts so stop calling it as such

[atomic pebble]

It’s not fair for u too see what other players can’t

[timid sorrel]

omfg everything in this game benifits you or others
turrets help a tribe not another
anyone on ark could have used ini it was prefrence

[timid sorrel]

eveyone can use....
even console

[atomic pebble]

No not with that mod

[kind zealot]

Doesn't seem so intended now

[atomic pebble]

U can see through trees and they have less textures

[timid sorrel]

its not a mod and is able to edit on ps , xbox , switch

legit a command ingame

/prevviewmode 7 or u use a file

[regal belfry]

well not for me bc i can barely run ark without ini

[kind zealot]

If that's the case the UE5 update is gonna screw you anyways

[atomic pebble]

no, the ini that changes lighting and let's you see through trees and rocks

[regal belfry]

ur from ps bruh u have no issue with ini

[jagged blaze]

Set view distance to low and rocks don't render, no ini needed,

[dawn ferry]

That's not a mod, no.

[atomic pebble]

Ok

[lone flame]

everyone needs to relax, ini still works, once again wildcard changes something with little to no effect on the real problems of their perfectly made game

[regal belfry]

theres ppl getting globalbanned for ini already

[jagged blaze]

I dont believe it does, I'm p sure they completely patched it out

[lone flame]

sounds sus

[atomic pebble]

Than why did they ban it

U can change the vanilla texture still works

[regal belfry]

wildcard fixes something that let mid pcs run their game but doesnt fix mesh nor cheats very clever @wide wren

[jagged blaze]

In my humble opinion I think the removal of ini overall is better for pvp, it makes it more balanced and rewards more creative strategies and playstyles. However, I have an R5 3600 and 3060 ti, so I experience no fps or lag issues. I think that an alternative should be made for those who NEEDED to use ini due to their hardware limitations. Many of these people can hardly run the game even at lowest settings with ini

[kind zealot]

What is 'the vanilla ini'?

[jagged blaze]

Just default game

[regal belfry]

only on official though right

[lone flame]

I agree, the fact plant X and Z now actually blind legit players is cool and all that, but the real cheaters remain unstoppable, and even more so now if they remove the crutches the legit plebs were using.

[knotty crater]

Who is Gonna Quit Ark 1 for Quit and 2 for Stay

[regal belfry]

bro what

this game is really shit bruh

[jagged blaze]

Yeah that's the problem

[regal belfry]

ill just launch ark without battleeye i guess

[jagged blaze]

They haven't done anything against real cheaters

[last wing]

If you get Banned on 1x or smalls u can't play both but still any other Server like arkpoc

[lone flame]

Sleeping bags still in your meshes and helmest coming clean off, but dont worry, you will experience graphical lag while it happens now 🙂 #Wildcard

[jagged blaze]

That's why I quit offocial

[last wing]

Gonna be fun fighting a Astro botter now cause all the light fuxks your fps 🙂

[jagged blaze]

We were built on fjorsur when it dropped pretty big snd got wiped in literally 5 mins by immortal speed stegos rocketing our gens

[hearty tusk]

any1 down to help me with my ini? i changed one today, im playing unofficial, but my walls in cave are so white, looking very bad idk what to delete from ini to make them normal, but keep the rest

[jagged blaze]

Like we were full tek snd the biggest tribe as a trio and just got fucked

[scenic bronze]

#giveINIback

[jagged blaze]

Delete it all

Ini is cooked bro

[wide pasture]

#giveINIback

[hearty tusk]

i know about the bans

[wide pasture]

id rather die to someone who can see me threw a bush than a speed giga lmfao

[atomic pebble]

Ok get better a pc nerds

Toxic pvpers

[wide pasture]

Ps4 pipe down mate

[lone flame]

aw how did i forget about that one haha

[jagged blaze]

You're actually irrelevant to the conversation

[atomic pebble]

Ini sucks anyway

[last wing]

Your console sucks anyways

[atomic pebble]

So get better at using better mods

Ps5 is actually goated

[jagged blaze]

they're not mods you ACTUAL MONKEY

[atomic pebble]

Ini is old anyway

[last wing]

Its shit

[kind zealot]

Yall need to learn to spell quiet

[atomic pebble]

Well it’s wildcards decision ultimately

So

[runic vigil]

quit ark play fortnite i guess, ark without ini looks so bad

[vapid walrus]

yes

[jagged blaze]

From an aesthetic standpoint or for pvp

[vapid walrus]

both

[jagged blaze]

Nah u can't genuinely say that the game looks better with ini than without?

All settings on ultra

[runic vigil]

pvp

[bitter vector]

ini is pixelated garbage what are you talking about lol

[runic vigil]

bobs fr

[jagged blaze]

+1

Ini with pvp is just boring imo

[vapid walrus]

yes ini is for pvp so its cleare u cant or dont play pvp

[jagged blaze]

Ini makes pvp boring as fuck

Coming with someone who used a hard ini on pvp for like 6k hours

[runic vigil]

lets move to fortnite better graphics

[bitter vector]

god forbid you actually have to put effort in to scout now withiout ini as well. Boo hoo you have to play the game as visually intended now lol

[runic vigil]

ill just get cheats i guess

[jagged blaze]

L player

[runic vigil]

this game is shit now

[bitter vector]

yea cause of people with your attitude. i suck so i guess ill cheat

[cloud comet]

[runic vigil]

i dont need to count feathers on my argentavis like tf

[bitter vector]

but you need clear water, no foliage, no z flash yadada

[jagged blaze]

Just say you have a shitty pc and 60hz monitor bro

No shame in that

[full sundial]

I think they should buff the cheaters more

[runic vigil]

if you guys like this light bloom

i dont

[jagged blaze]

You can turn off Bloom what

[runic vigil]

now it looks like 2010 game

[jagged blaze]

Have you never gone into settings

And with ini it looked newer???

[bitter vector]

ini made this game look like it was from the 90s. what are you on about with the graphics?

[runic vigil]

if i turn it off there are still some shadows

[full sundial]

Box howmany wood huts did u get built in ur 5k hour experience?

[jagged blaze]

Gotta be at least 15

[bitter vector]

woods huts are for bobs. built thatch mansions

[jagged blaze]

Real

[full sundial]

From what i can see im talking to bobs

[jagged blaze]

I used hard ini like everyone else and was a fiend with the comp bow, but I'm not sobbing over ini being gone like everyone else

[full sundial]

Its just a dumb decicion by devs really and annoying if u have a lowend pc

[jagged blaze]

Prob because I can actually run the game unlike the people spamming #giveINIback

[bitter vector]

im still trying to figure out why it able to be edited in the first place

[jagged blaze]

Wait hold on 1 sec

[crimson hawk]

You know? I have a cute screenshot from two old members of gang gang and not sure if AS, crying on global because "game is dead, rip pvp" (if it isn't the consequences of my own actions).
That was almost 2 years ago, game is not dead... Yet... Barely... So my guess is same thing will happen to ini drama.

[full sundial]

Its just settings u can edit

[bitter vector]

#framerate matters

[jagged blaze]

In my humble opinion I think the removal of ini overall is better for pvp, it makes it more balanced and rewards more creative strategies and playstyles. However, I have an R5 3600 and 3060 ti, so I experience no fps or lag issues. I think that an alternative should be made for those who NEEDED to use ini due to their hardware limitations. Many of these people can hardly run the game even at lowest settings with ini

Reposting it from earlier

[bitter vector]

no what i mean is why it wasnt an autoban by battle eye wayyy before this. This is the only game ive played that allowed visual editing like that

[full sundial]

People that want it will still use it and do some more cencor work in yt vids

[runic vigil]

who cares about lags?

[full sundial]

Its not like pvp is 80% cheaters anyway

[jagged blaze]

People tryna play the game

[runic vigil]

you are the one still talking about lags

[full sundial]

Because they cant enforce it... still cant

[fresh kindle]

Hard agree! I've never had issues on either PC I've played Ark on and I didn't use ini more than I did. (I'd say my time is about 60%/40% with ini.) I only ever used ini for its accessibility, that is it softened colors and made things easy on my very tired, very abused eyes. I would like to see better accessibility, but overall I am more than happy with ini modifications being patched.

[torn rain]

Need a new tribe shit ass

[full sundial]

Hows the tribe doing?

[runic vigil]

hell nah

[fresh kindle]

Aren't you still in tribe? You could check yourself 😛

[full sundial]

Nah quit month ago just guest on discord

[crimson hawk]

Meanwhile at some capped server people is abusing lag, mek running down someone's base... Can't wait for people whine about it "Oh noo, please, not the lag"

[fresh kindle]

That's fair. Things are good I suppose, I'm living life breeding dinos and crying at half the fobs I miss bc time zones

[full sundial]

Lol

[torn rain]

Where my PlayStation gang at

[atomic pebble]

Hi

[lone flame]

Now if we could only get an aimbot/speedhack/mesh autoban
Oh wait, that would effect cheaters.

[runic vigil]

you get in mesh cause of antimesh

dont think that is good

[dim heath]

anyone know (pvp community) how to change a keybind when lowering your sens below .2, it resets my inventory keybind everytime

[split flare]

hello I decided to take the game (pvp pc offi) I would like to know there would not be someone who could help me out a giga FFA to do missions please?

[lean hedge]

No king titan doesn’t give levels. Scorch earth now does give levels

It does give new implant like you said, but no levels granted

[dim heath]

damn people getting banned for using inis now

unlucky

[past bramble]

why are inis removed

[carmine night]

INIs haven't been removed. Use of custom INIs has always been against the rules. This patch now enforces this.

[split flare]

players using inis are finally banned? - 😍

[carmine night]

Correct.

[split flare]

Very nice!

all that's missing is banishing players playing with aimbots..

[carmine night]

Aimbots, meshing, speedhacks, ESP, etc. are all long-standing issues across just about any competitive platform. One day, the hope is that a conclusive blow can be struck there in victory, but until/unless cheatmakers simply give up on updating their warez, it will be a game of catchup in those departments for the foreseeable future on pretty much any PvP title.

[abstract cosmos]

and meshers but thats fine because people like rotaderp already reported multiple meshers with prove and nothing happend

[carmine night]

Enforcement does not move at the speed of light.

[abstract cosmos]

Do u look his vids

[carmine night]

Do I? I mean, I don't even know to whom you're referring, A) and B) I don't work here so IDK what it would matter what I saw.

[abstract cosmos]

The tickets he made said that its done or something like that but rota talked to them and nothing happend to the meshers

[split flare]

honestly I don't know what's good about cheating, I've never cheated on ark and I have 30,000 hours of games, it's really my favorite game, but cheaters spoil everything I I took a few breaks because of them, I've already used an aimbot on another game and frankly I understood what they like in it I just tested because I had to stop the game because of it cheaters and when I saw the software with my own eyes it disgusted me even more.

[carmine night]

[rigid moon]

You could try and understand them or you could accept some people are stupid. The first is probably better, but the second is a lot easier.

[carmine night]

Like I said, I don't work here, so I'd have no idea why, or even if this is an accurate statement. It is what it is.

[past bramble]

used ini for the last 3 years 😦

now I have 30 fps on low

[carmine night]

You were cheating for three years, then.

[abstract cosmos]

I understand that hard inis are bannable but bloodstakler inis are just like Prevviewmode on playstation and just make the game bright

[carmine night]

The rules are the rules. It is what it is.

[past bramble]

90% of the pvp community was cheating then

[abstract cosmos]

True

[carmine night]

[Citation Needed]

[split flare]

if not, was there a charitable soul to help me out with a dino to do missions? I just resumed the game from zero after a long break ^^

[abstract cosmos]

And i dont understand why they want UE5 like its the bugiest glitchiest cheater game i have ever seen and no lets not fix that we need better graphics that ps4 players can never play the game

[carmine night]

I got nothing to add to complaints. Carry on.

[tough quest]

UE 5 will probably improve perf + allow them to have more production exp with the engine before Ark 2

[rustic hatch]

They have the Ue5 experience already

[abstract cosmos]

So Ark1 will be a test game now

[tough quest]

Always has been

[rustic hatch]

I really don't thing Ue5 ark1 will release before ark2 lol

[abstract cosmos]

60 Euro beta game great

[true star]

#ini_come_back

[tough quest]

Yes, they said they are really close a big migration of the code base have been done for the switch port, which simplify the migration to UE 5

They already said support will stop for Ark 1 after 2022 and here we are, Ark2 have 100% been delayed to end of 2023 at best

[abstract cosmos]

Already saw that coming

[tough quest]

They know they need to give the players something to eat while waiting

[red pilot]

it's already out on the switch...

[rustic hatch]

I don't think switch supports ue5

[tough quest]

They made a migration to UE 4.27 for the Switch port, this migration moved a good bunch of the code that don't need to be moved again for UE 5 which make the work for UE 5 closer than what people think

[copper shore]

rip

[red pilot]

I thought the switch ver was 5? mb

[rustic hatch]

It prepped a lot of changes for the Ue5 update, but it isn't that update yet

[tough quest]

Nope

Anyway all we can do is waiting

[rocky trail]

anyone tryna join me on a rlly boosted no wipe that released jan 1

[tender crypt]

Case #31521 @alpine latch has been muted for 2 hours.
Reason: Mass Tagging

[fresh kindle]

We only know it's 4.27 because Jeremy said it on his twitter page the other day, but yeah he said most of the work was done so going to 5 from there shouldn't be too bad. With wildcard however, there's no telling what that means.

[rocky trail]

can u still use ini's in unofficial servers

[tall patrol]

Nah I couldn’t connect to any until I took them off

[wild stone]

are the underwatertunnels on crystal isles good for a good and big defendable base? i'm solo and figured out noone checks those tunnels and could be defendable?

[soft temple]

Already an ini loophole in less than 24 hours that was quick

[carmine night]

Use at your own risk. ^_^

Also, for the more money-minded -- Ark has a bug/exploit bounty.

[soft temple]

Fixing the bugs is great and all but kinda useless at this point unless they wipe official

[ocean isle]

any poppin pvp servers rn?

[main jewel]

ini rn

[heavy girder]

one that will get you banned very easily

[heavy girder]

use battle metrics to find servers

[ocean isle]

ok ty

[soft temple]

Banned very easily, ok enough joking around 😂😂

I didn't realize it was comedy club time in here

[heavy girder]

you will get auto banned by battle eye at a certain point if you edit that file

open battleeye and check scanned files the one you change is one of them

but i mean if you truly want too go ahead ig no one is stopping you

[soft temple]

It's not me, but my friend and his tribe are using it for about 14 hours now and no ban as of yet so we will see lol

[vocal agate]

Ark died bro

[soft temple]

Rip

[spare drum]

LMAO.

[wanton pelican]

is it just me or dose exo suit use like a shit ton more ele

seems only way to scout now is cheats

seems like a good way to punish the people using inf ele

[rocky trail]

Any1 playing boosted and looking for a good tribe member ? This is what I can bring with me
-3k hours

• very active
  -18 years old
  -ps5
• good and everything breed farm pvp ect
• I’m very chill too
  Dm me if u are interested

[rocky trail]

Looking for some tames on smalls

[humble inlet]

if u guys arnt going to moderate offical servers with players using esp,speeding gigas,aimbot astrodelphis etc. at least give us a chance with the ini settings.

[rocky trail]

Ruin r u on smalls ?

[humble inlet]

smalltribes,offical and arkpoc has been completely plagued by cheaters cannot be bothered 2 play

[rocky trail]

Fr

[past pawn]

Give me a asc faby I'll headshot everyone mad skillz

[covert rapids]

Anyoen have boss rex they’d be willing to trade

[gaunt flint]

Is anyone here new

I've never ascended before

[mortal saddle]

U new to game?

[gaunt flint]

Not new just never ascended

[mortal saddle]

Ah ok lol keep ya eye on ark fb pages im sure someone has a bos u can join sometime

[gaunt flint]

Or beat more than the brood mother

[mortal saddle]

If was new was going ti say before u get carried away try pve. Ill be runnin some bosses hopefully over weekend so u could of acsended with us lol but i stopped pvp few months back

[gaunt flint]

I make it sound like I suck but in reality I've never put in the effort

[mortal saddle]

Sometimes its hard on pvp tho. Farm out n raise half of what ya need then some bellend raids and ya gotta start over

[gaunt flint]

Ok

[mortal saddle]

Anyways i gotta get to work but if u go for a boss good luck dude

[left shale]

smalls

its better than before dude idk about 1x but for me all good btw server 10

[rocky trail]

Anyone selling bosses on smalls any boss is fine

[spiral maple]

Yeah banning ini and just forgetting that there are fucking aimboters, meshers and duping

[finite adder]

Not to mention that without ini you cna only use a flamethrower in bushes when owning a Supercomputer

[unkempt plover]

?

U just have shit pc

[terse mesa]

Y’all needed ini as a crutch lol

[brazen crescent]

Based

[terse mesa]

Just have good eyes all you need

[fresh kindle]

I've been playing Ark on PC for years and I only used ini about 40% of the time, and almost never during PVP situations. It is a crutch that removes INTENDED graphical components from the game and gives players advantages during PVP situations. Your PC isn't actually that bad. You're literally complaining that you can't remove bushes from the game and enemies can hide in them again like tek helmets don't exist. We all know what ini is capable of and we all know people using their PCs as an excuse aren't being completely truthful.

[brazen crescent]

Also based

[fresh kindle]

It's a crutch lol.

Oh no plant Z works again because I can't edit game files to remove its INTENDED flash effects! What am I gonna do! 🥴

Imagine modifying game files to make your PVP experience better and telling someone they're just bad at the game

Y'all are adorable. Have fun crying over not finding someone that hid in the bushes!

[brazen crescent]

Removed beer effect as well

Which was neat

[fair bloom]

We can just do render range down and turn on tek helmet visit u bob

[fresh kindle]

Yeah, I'll miss the beer and the water stuff. I also liked how I could actually see in my big lunar cave but meh. I'm neither here nor there. I just think the ego here is adorable.

[brazen crescent]

Id say they are a bunch of carebears complaining about this change

[fresh kindle]

One you won't fob on because you'll see plants and trees and ocean and start malding

You tell me first uwu

[brazen crescent]

Damn the mald is strong

[fresh kindle]

Smalls?

[brazen crescent]

Eeww smalls

[fresh kindle]

Oh I'm on 1x

I never said you were bad, you're just projecting. I said PVP players used it as a crutch.

[brazen crescent]

Would be nice if they remove hit scan too

[fresh kindle]

Do you not know how to read? In no way does that say you're bad

It just says you're probably gonna be mad that you don't have ini anymore.

She* 🙂

[brazen crescent]

Yes that usually happens when u use no no words

[gilded cave]

🍿would anyone like some popcorn?

[brazen crescent]

U sure, theres alot of em these days

Xd

[fresh kindle]

If you're posting that to get a specific reaction, then yeah it gets removed lol.

[dawn ferry]

Keep the channel on topic, thanks. No need to bring IRL political aspects to a pvp channel.

[fresh kindle]

[plain kindle]

Nobody owes you a server number cause you didn't like what they had to say.

[fresh kindle]

Ah yes, I can't wait to explain to my tribe leader that Something Bad Happened because someone from smalls wanted to ego on me for disagreeing about the validity of ini usage and supporting the removal of it.

What's ur 1x tribe then, maybe we're allies 🤓

We are allies

I'm SST

[dawn ferry]

Plot twist

[fresh kindle]

Plot twist

Speaking of, I need to slide back into Nanna's DMs bye

Shame on YA MUTHA

We just talk breeding stuff LOL

[jaunty ravine]

Fax

[terse mesa]

Cry about it

[jaunty ravine]

Bruh the fog is hurting my eyes😭

[terse mesa]

Y’all got soft asf with ini

[jaunty ravine]

Fog and Island rain while dark is killing me

[valid igloo]

Must be rough for it to be fair for everyone isnt it

[terse mesa]

Idk man just use your eyes

Not that hard

I have 5.8k hours in pvp solo so idk man

Bro you net and tek rifle people don’t even speak

Plus you’re playing smalls

Get better

You have done a lot of talking but a lot of being carried by your mates

Idk man you seem pretty lazy if you’re whining over ini

[jaunty ravine]

Nah u just bad i agree with him

[jaunty ravine]

U just bad thats why u dont

[terse mesa]

Ini is a crutch just get better

Use a braincell or two

[fair bloom]

If ini is against CoC why don’t they do a setting where u can choose between normal ini , soft ini and pvp ini where u don’t see leaves

[terse mesa]

I mean inis were just a waste of time if you can’t use your eyes then go to the optometrist

And you sound lazy af

[jaunty ravine]

What server and cords ur base at?

[terse mesa]

I don’t play ark rn cause I’m waiting for poc to wipe

[fair bloom]

If there’s a big shit storm maybe they’re gonna enable it again

[terse mesa]

you better fob up fjordur swamp

[fair bloom]

I know we just should hope

Cause there’s more pp players with ini than there are pve players in general

PvP

[fresh kindle]

This isn't true, actually. Half of Ark's player base is single player alone, which they consider PVE. Then combined with unofficials and whatnot, PVE actually skews much higher in terms of population. That being said, I do agree that there are issues with how things are addressed and I do agree doing and being better should be a priority. I'll suggest this every chance that I can but known PVP situations (especially with capped servers) should have enforcement actively monitoring it because Wildcard is guaranteed to get multiple aimbotters.

[mortal saddle]

Got a point tho.

[jaunty ravine]

Well we all know the reasons why PvE is more popular than PvP

[fair bloom]

Cause pve players are bobs and cry if they’re getting raidet

[elfin dome]

@fair bloom

Hello

[fair bloom]

Now I see

[elfin dome]

Lol ❤️

[fair bloom]

Hello

LOL

[fresh kindle]

People are allowed to have preferences of game mode, it doesn't make one better than the other. You and I both prefer PVP. We enjoy the conflict. Nothing wrong with not enjoying it either.

[fair bloom]

Anybody knows good Nvidia filter? Got 20 fos 🪦

Fps

[fresh kindle]

I don't think that's how NVIDIA's filter works, your graphics card is actually going to be working extra hard to modify those colors to meet the filter iirc

[fair bloom]

Maybe wildcard should do a voteing about ini

[fair bloom]

I guess

[fresh kindle]

Ini's gone, it's not the end of the world.

[fair bloom]

For older pcs and laptops it is like they’re baning everyone with new inki methode isn’t that unfair?

Ini

[fresh kindle]

No. It's been in Wildcard's Code of Conduct that modification of graphical components were not permitted. Do I agree with the way they went about suddenly disabling it after 7 years of turning a blind eye to it? Not really, but I agree with the idea of ini being disabled as a whole. People that are being banned now for being determined to circumvent ini modifications after it was disabled are kiiiinda bringing it upon themselves.

[fair bloom]

They can just do a mode without reflections so ur pc can run it

[fresh kindle]

And before anyone else brings up things like exploits and cheats:

1. You're comparing apples to oranges. Modifying and easily detected game file to change its appearance is, to reiterate, easily detected and banned for.

2. Cheating is always going to be an issue in gaming. You will never not deal with it. I play AAA titles and still have to deal with people aimbotting. The best devs can do is mitigate it. It's a constant tug of war between cheat devs and game devs. Hell, speed hacks got patched recently but that lasted all of 3 days. A dupe method got patched but dupers are still going strong.

[fresh kindle]

I agree with this. I used ini because it was an accessibility thing. I am old and I work in an office so I'm staring at PC screens all day. I like the softened colors. So yeah I definitely want to see them take this lesson to heart going into the UE5 upgrade.

[fair bloom]

Yes that’s what PvP players want

[tender comet]

can anybody give me a maewing pls

[lost vapor]

make it so you can run and swing a metal sword

the melee bobs will be pleased

kinda like the tek one

[fresh kindle]

I never said that's what PVP players want, I just said that it's what I want as a PVP player.

[fair bloom]

Yeah

[vast cedar]

Who many of u guys got ban for ini since the Patch?

[fair bloom]

It’s better than normal

[fair bloom]

Much ppl

[livid hamlet]

#guveINIback

[versed jay]

does anyone know what's the matter with the tek chest cause it looses element way faster since the last patch

[willow ridge]

bro
i buyed cementing paste all and it use from me 800k hex and i still get 30k only wt
(smalltribes)

[tulip scarab]

Even bigger ark moment, i pulled a 88.1 Non Grindable stego bp out of ob, server instantly crashes and rolls back 💀

[vital crypt]

Many cheaters on official still?

[heavy girder]

more then ever

[vital crypt]

any servers or way to avoid them?

[heavy girder]

any unoffical is the only way

With active admins*

[vital crypt]

thank you for the info @heavy girder

[heavy girder]

np

[thorn vault]

even there you still have top tribes using esp and light aimbot

[heavy girder]

probably not they are just good

[thorn vault]

Ark just needs better anti cheat and devs being on top of new exploits

[heavy girder]

you can very clearly tell when somone is using aimbot even when they are trying to hide it

[thorn vault]

no, people have been exposed on pc servers like mts and eliteark for cheating

[heavy girder]

well yeah people will get caught no matter what

most admins are smart enough to catch cheaters

[thorn vault]

still few that do it there. What I'm saying is you're never going to escape cheaters. You can only find smaller amounts of them

[heavy girder]

ive played unofficals on steam for like 700 hours and got cheated on 1 or 2 times

Also porting the game too ue5 when no one asked for it

preach

[cerulean palm]

mad cuz bad???????

[worn bobcat]

me, cuz wildcard deletes ini for ppl to start talking about it and forget bout cheaters, thast what i think no other option would make sense imo

[raw sand]

ini is cheating so they getting rid of some cheaters atleast

[rocky trail]

its so much better for pvp though like i dont mind having no ini its just so annoy for like beer, z's and plant x etc i feel like if ark decreased the effects things like that people wont be as mad

[fresh kindle]

I understand advocating for the reduction of visual clutter, but admitting that you use it to circumvent intended in-game effects just kind of furthers the point that it's a good thing it's gone.

[soft temple]

It's not gone tho until they fix the workaround 😂

[fresh kindle]

No humbling necessary, I know what I said and you completely misread it. 🙂

[glad wadi]

oh perfect

[tough quest]

They have done a lot about meshing, shit was crazy in the past, so don't say they the give a fuck, a lot of exploit fixes are dupe fix and cheating is not easy, this ini fix is easy to put they didn't put much money or time

[cosmic crag]

im hearing that going around the ini change is getting peeps banned pretty quick.

[tough quest]

They have done a client side patch + detection for modified config it seems

[cosmic crag]

aiy, im seeing a WHOLE Lot of bans being slapped around the last two days.

personally i have a sneaky suspicion they're doing this first before the ue5 update and when that drops they may open crossplay for all, pc/xbox/ps on the same servers.

cause pretty soon when that ue5 patch drops ini would vanish anyway.

[tough quest]

I didn't think about crossplay but that's a good supposition

[cosmic crag]

aiy, put everything on the same codebase at the same time.

the only outlier would be the switch

[tough quest]

I don't think UE 5 will change a lot about ini, UE 5 still have config file

[cosmic crag]

it will, but the variables are likely going to be different.

[tough quest]

Actually the work they made for the Switch port allowed for an easier migration to UE 5 so they will probably also migrate the switch

[cosmic crag]

especially with nanie/lumen

switch went to ue 4.25 or something, it didn't make it to 5

[tough quest]

If they don't have active protection people will find them, but it seems they started to care to implement more protection other than mesh and dupe

[cosmic crag]

but apparently the new version switch is on is very easily move to ue5

[tough quest]

4.26 I think which is last version than can somewhat easily migrate to UE 5

[fresh kindle]

Ark's base coding was updated to UE4.27, Jeremy stated this on twitter. Going to UE5 from here shoooould be easy-ish

Well, the switch base coding was.

[tough quest]

I'm more interested on what feature from UE 5 they will implement, if it is just a migration to slash a new number it's not interesting

[cosmic crag]

im hoping the do 5.1 to get the new optimizations with nanite/lumen.

[fresh kindle]

Me tooooooo

[tough quest]

Having nanite instead of the trash streaming/lod system we have right now would be awesome

Lumen would be the cherry on top

[cosmic crag]

if they do its going to really change a LOT on performance and how big the game is due to much better compression.

[fresh kindle]

nanite is going to be the biggest, most noticeable thing for players I think

[cosmic crag]

it'll be nice to see it at 100gig over 300gig.

[tough quest]

Also pvp fairness, currently not playing on low/medium view distance you are at disaventage, nanite if well implemented will bring almost everyone to equal

[tough quest]

Man my install is close to 500go no mods

[cosmic crag]

you can use compactgui to drop it in half .

lul

i'll dm you the steam discussion on it

[tough quest]

Never head of that I will look into it

[cosmic crag]

well i can't dm you lol XD just search "Compact GUI Ark" its the first listing

[tough quest]

Yeah if found the github thanks

[cosmic crag]

its pretty damn simple, basically it's a more user friendly way to use the build in windows compression 🙂

[tough quest]

Yeah I will look into it, not problem when the game update?

[cosmic crag]

not that im aware of, you may need to recompress the new files that get changed, but thats about it as far as im aware.

[tough quest]

k thanks for the tips

[cosmic crag]

🙂

[uncut dust]

haha no INI anymore loooosers

[somber sapphire]

welp, no INI means aimbotters have the upper hand, they dont need INI to properly aim or find enemies... so basically the aibotting issue will be bigger now congrats wildcard.

[candid adder]

they took out INI?

[finite warren]

Yeah for sum reason

[sharp venture]

Anyone wanting a juicy raid on ps5 smalls pm me fat swamp on fjordur

[candid adder]

thats so stupid

itll literally increase the amount of cheaters

and now you might aswell play windows cuz you can sort of get INI

[finite warren]

Im confused on why its removed too

Win 10 cheaters are a problem too tho

so idek

[inner crystal]

cause it's bad for the game, removes stealth aspect of the game + deters new players from playing if they don't wanna make the game look like a 1998 N64 game

cheats are still a huge issue but that doesn't make ini good

that shit be lookin worse than golden eye

[heady vortex]

Because it has always been illegal to use, and apparently now they finally fixed it.
Just because a lot of people used it doesn’t make it okay or accepted, it just demonstrated how necessary a fix to it was imo

[rocky trail]

Looking for bosses on smalls playstation or cryo dinos

[vestal flume]

Anyone else’s ps servers down?

[rich storm]

Yeah

[split stratus]

fastest way to take care of cheats is to ban or deve wipe the whole tribe.

[inner cradle]

Soooo what do I do? Im a solo Just trying to go back to my main server on the island but the server isn't showing in the list or in my favorites. Do pvp servers just disappear from time to time?

[austere drift]

Yeah

[austere drift]

Some of my tribe mates are able to log in but some of use the server won't pop out

[inner cradle]

So my fears are at ease. Just went to gen 2 and hit drops. Went I tried to return I feared I missed the fact my server was going to be deleted

[rocky trail]

😬

[outer lantern]

Did they take Down some Servers?

[jade coyote]

Endgame on top non stop

[soft temple]

I mean idk how ini is going to help against aimbotters lmao

[rain kindle]

Guys is there a cave on like not aberration but rag or center where megalo is buffed 24/7 in the cave?

[twin veldt]

At least you see them when they are in a bush

Whats worse than an aimbotter? An invisible aimbotter

[soft temple]

I mean unless it helps crafting flak helmets it doesn't really matter 😂

[haughty forge]

Me and my team are going to rent a server in the week coming and all play solo only pvp. It will be center and scorched only so old school progression and no op shit. We wouldnt mind getting some more people in so if you wanna play give me a message

[somber sapphire]

INI helps legit snipers to have a fighting chance vs aimbot users, is common sense, aimbotters can now hide under vegetation and other textures, ini is not and issue for botters they have ESP, legit snipers don't.

[soft temple]

No one is going to do jack against someone aimbotting you lol

Be mad at WC for allowing so many cheaters but don't be mad at them for fixing ini

It should have never been a thing

[somber sapphire]

you play pve probably lol xd

[soft temple]

nope

all my time on ark is pvp

[somber sapphire]

sure

[bronze pond]

Maxed weapon percentage on ark small tribe servers?

[red pilot]

seen people win vs aimbotters plenty of times tbh

[wispy sorrel]

I've seen people shit on aimbotters yep
That's how trash some are at the game, they suck even with cheats

[crimson hawk]

I have this crazy idea, like... Maybe stop supporting the black market that opens the gate for blatant cheating on the first place?

[wispy sorrel]

That's a good joke
If there's shit enforcement ppl don't care they will pay for cheats

[crimson hawk]

Especially when you get the proffit to keep up with it for the long run, I guess

[wispy sorrel]

Idk I've heard crazy stories of RMT in ARK ppl spending mad cash for some reason
There's public discord for RMT etc

[crimson hawk]

I just can't wait for people to cry blood the moment Wc wipes ofi when UE5 hits. It's going to get wild

[wispy sorrel]

No clue about what's gunna happen, maybe they can move it all over

[cloud comet]

They’ve said save data will carry over, no wipe needed

[pure orchid]

Crazy

What’s better engine mean better frames?

[worldly lynx]

anyone get on classic pvp 28 the island

im ready to get raided

im bored

[grizzled depot]

Anyone Intrested In Joining a Solo Battle Royal (2 Maps) Server Cluster Looking For More Players To Start (psn only) Pm me

[rocky trail]

Looking for smalls tribe I'm very good pvper defender I have no tek grams I'm good builder very active dm me

[cloud comet]

#735196277221883964

[dusk geode]

Where should i move i just got raided and pretty much left with a maewing and a base set (no turrets) should i go to lost island or ragnarok

[scenic totem]

Gen 2 for the win

[dusk geode]

i only have the free mps

[dreamy moth]

Rag

Go 597

[dusk geode]

aight thx

[ivory hound]

298%

[dreamy moth]

No problem it’s the map I used to be built on with my old tribe and it’s very lucky you always find unicorns

I’ve tamed like 10 on that server alone

[dusk geode]

by any chance do u know any caves or ratholes for solo player? that's not well known

official settings

[spiral maple]

Im a player who got banned lmfao

[dusk geode]

Shi legal ig

Aw

[mortal saddle]

So was an illegal spot. Mesh bases aint permitted in ark.

If u was in mesh alot of people will happily report. They dont need paying

[red pilot]

*you got banned because you were in a mesh base

[rugged estuary]

nah bro he deserved it

[dusk geode]

What is better overall? Fjordur or Ragnarok

[jaunty laurel]

Fj

[pure orchid]

For progression definitely fjordur

[dusk geode]

What can Ragnarok offer that fjordur can't?

[pure orchid]

The lifestyle

Bobbing it out on a raft

[dusk geode]

Is fjordur better than Ragnarok on everything??

[quasi lance]

Not everything but most of it

[raw sand]

Ragnarok better pve experience but fjordor better in everything else

[normal frigate]

Can anyone here confirm if the new ini method gets you banned on official? I've been holding off for a couple days just Incase but I'm still seeing mixed comments around

[raw sand]

It gets u banned from my knowledge

[normal frigate]

Yeah I've been seeing a lot saying it's fine but some saying it's banned, problem is I can't really play anymore they really need to add it back, I heard some people saying they'd add it back but 2 days and nothing so I dunno about that either

[past pawn]

pvp is evil you guys destroyed my stone base and full wiped me

[spiral maple]

This is called someone who is bored on a mana XD

[past pawn]

i thought manas weren't good anymore isn't that a 2019 meta

people really still think they are good?

[spiral maple]

Just don’t build like anywhere build in a rathole or smthin so u can hide

[spiral maple]

They are still op

[past pawn]

So easy to kill people on them tho

I thought everyone knew how to counter them now

[spiral maple]

And soo easy to kill people with them

[past pawn]

You usually see a lot of kids using them too much

I think the better players don't really use them a lot

[spiral maple]

You can literally freeze someone out of his mount in split of a sec

[past pawn]

You can also immune yourself from them with the magma

😉

[spiral maple]

For one minute

[past pawn]

more than enough time to kill em

[spiral maple]

You don’t carry magmas everywhere don’t u?

[past pawn]

I mean let's say you get frozen off your tame then what

they beam you until dead befor you can recover right?

But the thing is does that happen to the better players

[spiral maple]

Yes but if u r using a capped melee mana then if you got hit you have no chance

[past pawn]

There's always a chance

Over reliance on one dino is a very bad idea

[spiral maple]

Idk what u talkin about im talking for experience vs them and with them

[past pawn]

I'm just saying most people can clap a person off a mana that are experienced pvpers in no time capped melee or not

And then it's a dead mana poof

[raw sand]

Ur immune to mana freeze with tek canteen

It gives freeze immunity

[past pawn]

yeah when hot right

[raw sand]

Yea

[past pawn]

what is mana hp on a capped melee mana anyway

[raw sand]

Prob around 7-10k as a lowball

[past pawn]

ok so mostly stam and melee then

easy kill

But yeah the melee does hurt and sucks for sure

[raw sand]

I’ve seen some go up to 15k

[past pawn]

btw fob up crossark12

if anyone wants to pvp on a closed server

non capped dinos more ground pvp

[fresh kindle]

[sharp venture]

239 swamp ps smalls pull up if you got balls

[neon whale]

Anyone know why the deers don’t spawn in the dessert labyrinth on Ragnarok

[timid sorrel]

#freeini

[candid swift]

free ini!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yea like how should that improve game

yea

[bright badge]

#UnbanINI

[candid swift]

it was useless

W

[fresh kindle]

I mean the chat filter is flawed for sure, but if you're upset that you can't say things to trash talk ppl anymore... you were probably saying things that shouldn't be said.

[dense field]

if you new what you were doig back when they were meta, you could foot pvp mana's and win

[fresh kindle]

You can shit talk someone without resorting to egregious language

[dense field]

what even is the age rating for ARK anyways

[fresh kindle]

I was a mod in this discord, I have a pretty good idea on what kind of language Wildcard does and doesn't like. I can probably guess what kind of words they likely want filtered out. 🙂

A solid educated guess, if you will.

Anything discriminatory I imagine, so stuff like racial slurs, derogatory slurs in general are probably a strong contender for being part of the filter.

[fair bloom]

need ini

[candid swift]

i got killed 10min before from speed wyvern but yea lets take out ini nice wild card

[spiral maple]

Idc about most people who use ini just for advantages but the people who use it because their pc is bad tho, i feel bad for them

[cedar plover]

Community asks for the game to be fixed then complain when they start to fix it 😂

[rocky trail]

Gamers in a nutshell tbh

[spiral maple]

The game optimization is bad people have low end pcs/ mid pcs won’t run the game smoothly

[fresh kindle]

I 100% do not believe that people are using it because their PCs are that bad. It's just a smoke screen to make players feel justified and like they should have ini. Fact is, it removes key graphical components and intended visual effects and gives players unintended advantages without them.

[spiral maple]

I think they should make limitations for inis

[cedar plover]

Literally stated their remastering a game Removing rocks tree's and effect's have 0 thing's to do with optimization it's personal preference.

[fallen spear]

If my Gen 1 glitch missions were erased , would I still be able to refarm them ?

[fresh kindle]

Ini certainly had its benefits and it did grant some performance gains, but if people are doing that by modifying game files to remove half of the visible things on the map from water to trees to literal sections of the map (most notable on Ab) then yeah it's a problem and players shouldn't be able to do it.

[inner crystal]

yeppp lol its just a cope because they think WC will bite that type of argument

[spiral maple]

Just make limitations to the things that can be removed and if u do more u get banned

[fresh kindle]

Did I use ini? Yes. Am I arguing that I have the right to keep using it? No. I know what I used it for. I know what my tribemates and my allies were using it for. I know how far you can go with ini, too. Players should not have access to that.

[inner crystal]

no you don't understand, they need a black sky and see through water for performance reasons

it adds +.05 frames

[cedar plover]

or just simple remove it entirely and make the game where every one can see the same thing

[inner crystal]

nah tons of people in pvp dont like ini

i dont wanna play golden eye on nintendo 64 and it forces you to

[spiral maple]

I don’t use inis, and i killed players with them while pvpving there is jo big advantages if u r using it normally

[fresh kindle]

It has always been against Ark's Code of Conduct. I'm a little leery on them effectively turning a blind eye to it for years, but imo (and this is an opinion of my own with no real basis for it) but I think them removing ini is a pre-emptive step forward for the UE5 upgrade.

[inner crystal]

INI was a band aid for cheaters using esp and the fact that bases are so big with so much spam that you have to lower the graphics to get good FPS. Now with it gone hopefully they are forced to address these issues properly

[fresh kindle]

UE5 was huge for game dev when it got released, how nanite renders polygons and even the new lumen tech for UE5.1 is absolutely phenomenal. I think it'll cut down significantly on the bloat of the game and help with render lag and other such issues.

[spiral maple]

They fixed big bases causing lag??!

[inner crystal]

no, im saying without ini hopefully they will be forced to now

[daring garnet]

If only

[spiral maple]

Then im 100% ok with removing inis

[rocky trail]

I can definitely see WC taking this in stages. Seems like they're getting ready for the UE5 changes to curb cheating/exploits.

1 issue at a time.

[inner crystal]

yeah, hoping they address big bases and spam next. People will really be cryin when they have to delete their entire server worth of spam lol

[rocky trail]

absolutely! Only time will tell.

[fresh kindle]

I really do think (hope) that upgrading to UE5 will already be a massive step forward in this regard, so fingers crossed.

[daring garnet]

Prevview mode isn’t changing ini is it?

[inner crystal]

I'd like to think so too, at the same time i feel like 100k+ structures on a server might still be too much

[fresh kindle]

But yeah let's hope they continue to keep that momentum.

[kindred sage]

U never tested fps with INI and without Ini then or you just have a good enough pc

[inner crystal]

don't need to be a small base meta, but a server having cliff plats as far as the eye can see without being able to build anywhere is a bit much

[kindred sage]

my 1050 gets 60 fps with ini without ini like 30

all lowest settings

[fresh kindle]

I mean my new PC is pretty good yeah, but I've seen people in here talking about specs that are better than mine still trying to say they just cannot play the game. 😂

[inner crystal]

ya and it's still pvp if they change how spam works, obviously they would need to find a solution for how fobs work too though

[fresh kindle]

Honestly hot take

[daring garnet]

I mean spamming off the entirety of/ majority of a map is a lil ridiculous
Cool as hell and impressive but still ridiculous

[kindred sage]

i can understand Ini is unfair but i think the game should be more optimised without Ini if they want to remove it :/

[inner crystal]

the game is optimized fine tbh, It's NEVER going to be optimized for all the spam though. Not possible

lol ok, that's a great argument

[kindred sage]

iunderstand that but some ppl who don't have great pc's like me can't even get good fps in just open world

[fresh kindle]

But duped meks are everywhere on 1x. Megatribe PVP is just throw out 10 meks and rush spam and turret towers. But... if they address issues like map spam, then maybe duped meks (and consequently duped structures) would be less in demand.

[kindred sage]

without ini with ini its much bettr

[daring garnet]

Smells like copium a bit

[fresh kindle]

I agree that the game does need to be better optimized, but I don't agree that you should be able to modify game files to remove half of the game's visual elements to do it.

[inner crystal]

i don't have a good pc and my fps is great on servers that wipe/don't have giant mega spam. I got 1660 TI and it's fine

[gilded cave]

[fresh kindle]

I...don't understand what this is supposed to be trying to say

[inner crystal]

bayzed, ark pvp is in the worst state it';s ever been anyway lol. Literally no one says its good right now

[fair bloom]

why def that mean?😢

[fresh kindle]

I got an i7 12-700k with a 3070Ti currently, so I know my PC is good and it handles Ark just fine, but I've seen people in here saying they have 3080s and they cannot play the game without ini

[cedar plover]

i played on a 1060 for 3 years

[idle radish]

pvp players when no ini 😭

pvp players when they finally have to go utside

[fresh kindle]

Honestly I kinda agree with this take. We rush to cap a server, server drops from the immense weight/lag of everything rendering and being destroyed at the same time. Cheating is way too prevalent. Bodybags will lose their entire inventory to server rollbacks from the crashes. You go to fob, then it's over before it even began.

[cedar plover]

try playing on an xbox pvp still happens cringelords just can't accept change to worried about farming duped suits on official

[prime shale]

Wildcard has never once in history made a good good patch, either to small or to big. 1000s ways to fix Hawks. They overdid it. 1000 of cheaters, they ban ini from legit users. To much spam, remove the ability to protect ur base from getting fobbed lmao 😂 devs are on lsd 24/7

[prime shale]

Or just like remove all items with the same id and leave 1? '
xD its game development its actually not that hard to figure shit out but as i said. Devs are on lsd 24/7 .

So much stuff to fix they fix what we dont even ask for 😂 they dont read suggestions or feedback.

[daring garnet]

Don’t diss LSD

Lmao

[prime shale]

Never

[daring garnet]

They’d drop bangers if they weren’t sober

Kekw

[prime shale]

Broo ark would be lit if they could just hold on to the weekends with that shit

Look at mobile ark, was good. Cheaters came , they could do nothing. So they actually removed support for official servers 😂 just leaving people who spent money on their game , just giving up.

[daring garnet]

Mobile ark looked fire

[prime shale]

It was really

[cedar plover]

You ask them to fix the game they fix the game and you get in your feelings about it when they start progressing towards that. "typical ark player" you should do research before finding everything single thing to complain about. It's all apart of a process to rebuild the game files. Cheating has nothing to do with them it's simply a battle eye issue failing to detect the third party programs running.

[past pawn]

Mobile ark doesn't even let you do a note run

[prime shale]

But now rip .. like bro i went to game dev school. Posting a Tetris game to Google play took over a month cuz 1 button in game did not work. Got denied 100s of times. Now look at ark mobile , shop is glitches , 50+ functions not working. Shop takes money does not give u the stuff , but yet its up on Google play.

[fresh kindle]

If it were that simple, they'd have already done it. Sometimes we have to accept that we may not have all of the information regarding a topic available and any conclusions we come to can and will likely be wrong.

[rocky trail]

Grove Street Games =/= WC...

[prime shale]

It is this simple. With the right coworkers and the right brains. Many other fixes that can be applied , many other optimizations that can me done. We PvP players have not asked for remove of ini. We did not ask for half the shit they update. If they listen to the community game would be better, its that simple

Cant say its not easy for them when they not even trying to read the feedback or suggestions from their players. Coming up w shit on lsd is not hard.

Never have i seen a single suggestion or feedback about ini. Never have i seen any suggestion or feedback about spam. I have seen alot about ratholes, in game items not working. Glitches , exploits. Etc. Maybe they should try to listen to the player base.

[fresh kindle]

Lol nah

[prime shale]

There is still a drop on the island , going down the mountain , bro it was like that on classic ark 😂 4 years 😂😂

[fresh kindle]

You want a video game company to listen to its player base that's asking to be permitted to edit game files and remove graphical components to have a PVP advantage? You tripping 😭

[prime shale]

Are you not reading ? I bet 100% you a pve player. Oh sorry esp is not advantage 😂? Oh sorry my bad. Duped meks is not advantage ? Duped Dinos structures is not advantage .

Im saying is ok with the ini remove , but no 1 asked for it , maybe they should start reading what we want them to do.

If they actually read the suggestion/feedbacks they get instead of tripping ballz coming up w ideas on lsd , we might have a good game .

[rocky trail]

Your attitude is likely the reason they don't even communicate that much with the community tbh.

[prime shale]

Right now , every single patch, has made it easier to cheat

Oh my. What the freak do you expect man?

Been here 4 years they not listenting. Ofc ima be toxic towards someone that thinks of me as nothing . When in fact i am their customer.

Community would love wc if they loved community back.

[clear fossil]

bro gifs aint allowed

[prime shale]

Like for example: actually reading what we suggest instead of tripping balls at the conference table cming up w random shit hahah

If the community is ignored for years, i understand they will be angry. Just childish behaviour from wc.

[rocky trail]

Bro WC does love the community.. have you ever seen the charity streams? They literally have people donating the most racist garbage... Gen 1 and Gen 2 reveal/extra life streams were SO bad.

[prime shale]

Oh so them giving out money

Makes them good people ? Bro i am a customer of the game ark Survival

They should be able to hear me out and the others

Is that to much to ask i dont know.

[dapper fox]

dude my PC was in perma 70°C without .ini, and my is not bad lol

[fresh kindle]

[rocky trail]

[fresh kindle]

All I see are people crying the toys they weren't supposed to have got taken away

[dapper fox]

100% use all the time from 60-70% use with .ini

[daring garnet]

[fresh kindle]

BTW, major cheat just got patched. Inb4 people saying Wildcard never does anything. 🙄

[daring garnet]

Which one?

[cedar plover]

great observation

[dapper fox]

I can cook eggs on my PC meanwhile play Ark without .ini

[daring garnet]

It’s a feature!

[fresh kindle]

Speedhacks

[prime shale]

No cheat banned people using it right now lol. Maybe 1 got banned but it gets banned once per week.

[daring garnet]

Lets f’in go

[cedar plover]

They patched the cheaters?

[rocky trail]

dude FR. Good on WC.

[daring garnet]

Speed hack wyverns looked mad annoying