The future

[Penfold]

How do you see this game continuing in the future chaps?

We're hemorrhaging players at a steady rate including admins and our numbers care continuing to dwindle.

Perhaps the week after next when Snooks is back we bite the bullet and call the bloodmother in? Would that help draw people back? We can 'fudge' the extra artifacts using admin commands as needed but it may draw a little more life out of this.

Otherwise I know there was discussion about a new map but without everyone's support that can't really be done and some people are still happy building away.

I think some thought needs to be given to this to see how we can extend the life of the game in which people are losing interest. It's a repeated problem we have as I'm sure all gaming communities do but it would be good to do what we can to extend the shelf life.

Any thoughts?

[Grimnar]

As soon as the people that are on a holiday are back we will pick a date and time to summon the brood mother.

After that i aint sure what will happen, for some people there is always some building to be done, for others that includes myself a bit it will sort of mean the end of the game.


The current server:
As soon as we finished off that big spider i would like to increase the dino level to max. This gives us a little more challenge and we have to watch ours back again for a while. This works just for a while as we will soon be at strenght again to handle most dangers. But that is my personal feeling.

Second server:
We know we are able to run a second server, where we can have a different map, maybe even a special mod running where it is a bit of a different game and people can start over if they want to.
For me something like this or just a normal complete start over would work the best for myself to keep playing the game, but i am then also looking of doing stuff a bit more in a team and not as now that i do all on my own easy mode.

With a second server people can choose where to play, do they keep building their current base etc. or jump in with some others to start from scratch etc. As not everyone will be keen on doing everything over again from lvl 1, and we will not force people to do so, but this gives everyone an option.


What we also have seen is that some members just stopped playing, while others went into the pvp area of the game.
We might get some of them back for a while with something new, but we are not able to offer something on the pvp side of things.
For me personal i aint up for pvp as i am just a little hunter and even a more focused builder.

[SithAfrikaan]

We all know my position on it, I'm pro starting over, now that everyone has a (dam) good grasp on the game, mechanics, and everything inbetween.

I prefer the full new experience, and I obviously love what the Primitive+ mod offers in terms of what people can take on as projects in line with their crafting desires, the limitations obviously being when vanilla ark is updated with the tek tiers of stuff it's going to make people want to get a couple more minutes of enjoyment from vanilla before returning to boredom.

A new, bigger map is a plus, but don't ask me how to stop people spreading out, besides maybe disabling flight? I would hate that personally haha, in the early days we were all cloistered together, but I think it's safe to say that atm if all of us nearly 30 people build in one zone, it will murder the load times, that's not my favourite option either...

I am one of the ones who has played less and less vanilla ark, but I have also been the most vocal about my hopes for keeping people interested, with no movement in any direction, I've just found my interests satisfied in the PVP segment of the game, which is basically not Ark, it's basically playing something else.

Looking forward to others input. I want this to continue being something fantastic for all of us, since we all have these awesome experiences in this game..

[Galatoni]

For me if we make the change harder by increasing the level and disabling higher tech or just using the primitive mod it should force people to work together meaning that players shouldn't be spreading about as much. Not sure if that's everyone's thing though. And this is the problem. I totally understand that ark is hard even on the easier settings, so not everyone wants the additional challenge. Plus people have worked hard for their gear and are reluctant to give it up. But the second server will hopefully allow for this. From what I've seen as well, the primitive mod is quite stable as its mostly just items and buildings rather than any behavior.