Thread: Server wipe?

Whatever you say boss.

Originally Posted by Demonofspeed07

I will do what's needed Brock, let me know. Also shouldn't we all plan a pooplympics or something to get the population up, if we all get on one evening it could be close to 20? Or so.

NOM has at least that many playing on the server... right? haha

Originally Posted by BrockSamson

NOM has at least that many playing on the server... right? haha

That's even better then lol.

I may or may not of been part of that raid.... . They did build up huge walls around one of the caves and they have to expect that you are going to upset people about that.

anywayssss your point is valid, they thought (because it had not happened before on the server) that offline base raiding was not allowed.

Soft rules like when/how a base can be raided are extremely hard to enforce without much modding and tons of admin support. You can suggest server etiquette but without someone providing video proof to admin, it becomes hard to police.

Personal preference aside I think the configuration we set needs to make our server more accessible to the casual gamer. Yet still balance with rewards for those who play more (ie. increased taming/gathering but maybe slightly less increase on XP or maintain characters after wiping).

Currently we are running at 1.5x gather, 2.5x taming and 1.5x XP (I believe). My suggestion is we double the current settings so 3x gather, 5x taming and 3x XP. As War said these can be fluid and we can adjust as needed if something is too over powered.

This isn't a new path for TPG we have seen this with many servers in the past and sometimes the modifications come too late and the server can't be saved. I don't want this to happen to Ark as I believe with all of its updates this is a game that could remain fresh for a long time.

I like the community aspect that people are commenting on but much of that becomes very tricky to manage/maintain. I am willing to help out on a Reddit/Steam community to attempt to get more population. Perhaps we need to recruit more from within TPG as well? I know there are some people who played a lot initially and have slowed, perhaps with the biome changes and our server changing it will increase its appeal.

I am all for the wipe for the server.. start fresh and I believe it needs to happen every 30-60 days as the community sees fit.

Anyways, that's my thoughts!

Originally Posted by BrockSamson

NOM has at least that many playing on the server... right? haha

NoM has a lot of people on but I think with the changes you will definitely see us break into different factions. The more farm/PVE players and the more PVP group. Not to say we wouldn't be allies but we have different play styles.

@DemonOfSpeed07 Let me know what I can do to help. I don't have a ton of time but it doesn't take a lot to make a few posts.

@CleverGeek I see what you are saying about accessibility but I don't know if I agree it has to be that way. ARK isn't the type of game a casual player plays, right? Obviously those settings are what is popular but I just don't want to see every player with lvl 100+ TRex hordes. Although, if it did draw in more people and more PVP maybe it would balance itself out? idk

I play on another server that has 1.5x modifier. They enforce rules to reduce griefing. 10 to 30 players always on. I have had my base raided, neither me or my dinosaurs were killed. They took everything a had stored, including items on me. I don't know how many admins they have, but 1 is always on. So far the server has been a great experience.

BL

To add on.

Our server should have a rule set to reduce griefing. Also, TPG will have to enforce them with active admins. The official server is wild wild west full of griefers. Example rules. No ecessive spawn killing, aka patrolling shorelines. No blocking or building on high value resources, including salting.

BL