Not having private servers is insulting

[Shataka]

I played most major survivals and for some reason I couldn't stand this game more than 30 minutes once in the real map. IDK why it feels so egregious I think the claim radius is just too small but it's like the entire map is littered with half built shacks huddled together it's massively off putting. I spent half an hour running around in a sea of player shacks then just "popped in" into a player base that appeared around me and was stuck there. Absolute freakin ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game.

[Nitro Toxico]

Yeah this is the kind of thing i was worried would happen when playing this game, since i just wanted to be able to play it without other players being around me.
But seeing that there is no way to play alone, and you are constantly seeing half build buildings all around you, its not really a fun experience if you want to experience it with just yourself or with a friend only.
Whats the reason to play the game if you are forced to see other players you dont wanna meet.

[Tod Soldat]

A lot of that will be taken care of with the reset. The filthy casuals that wanna clump together likely won't be back and no decent gamer is gonna clump their base around a trader or major POI let alone around other players

[Luna]

I left the early zone as soon as I was landing down and saw the absolute favela that it was.
There are some pretty cool hive towns forming on the more remote areas of the map though. Like people who actually finish their builds.

[MTBear]

Yeah, one reason I don't bother or haven't bothered. if they make it so we can have a private server that would actually make me want to try it out. Have your MP servers but let the consumer make private servers for them and their friends to just PLAY THE GAME. Not every game needs PvP.

[Darkness]

Move out of the starting area and ull see way less potato building like at the start.

[Nitro Toxico]

Originally posted by Tod Soldat:

A lot of that will be taken care of with the reset. The filthy casuals that wanna clump together likely won't be back and no decent gamer is gonna clump their base around a trader or major POI let alone around other players

All i want is to play the game alone, not with other players.
It would ben much better if i could just play in my own server, because that way i would not have to be botherd by a random player appear nearby and place a territory right at that place i would want to use. A lot of roaming games has dedicated servers or servers you can start yourself, and they would work fine without needing to force players into a server.

Like for example No Mans Sky, you dont really see any players untill you visit a gathering place or hub where you can meet other players and do events and ect. You are still online, but you dont have to be botherd by other players suddenly appear and ruin your day of building a base or something else entirely.

[Fawks]

Originally posted by MTBear:

Yeah, one reason I don't bother or haven't bothered. if they make it so we can have a private server that would actually make me want to try it out. Have your MP servers but let the consumer make private servers for them and their friends to just PLAY THE GAME. Not every game needs PvP.

There are PvE servers. You can just PLAY THE GAME there perfectly fine. Player buildings get more sparse as you move into the later areas of the map and you see some pretty cool builds.

Also some of the Lategame activities require a large amount of people to actually work, which you wouldnt have on a random private server

[Nitro Toxico]

Originally posted by Fawks:

Originally posted by MTBear:

Yeah, one reason I don't bother or haven't bothered. if they make it so we can have a private server that would actually make me want to try it out. Have your MP servers but let the consumer make private servers for them and their friends to just PLAY THE GAME. Not every game needs PvP.

There are PvE servers. You can just PLAY THE GAME there perfectly fine. Player buildings get more sparse as you move into the later areas of the map and you see some pretty cool builds.

Also some of the Lategame activities require a large amount of people to actually work, which you wouldnt have on a random private server

So in other words, its a must in having many players in the game in order to get far in the game. Thats annoying

[Tachyon]

People who complain about abandoned buildings are sticking to the newbie zone like flies around a turd. All newbie zones are the same, and you'd know this if you'd actually played "most major survivals". The Territory Zone can be upgraded to a larger size, too, but you quit long before you'd have noticed this.

The Tents are temporary respawn points, and only one can be placed down at a time. The previous one vanishes. Actual buildings in your Territory Zone can be moved with a few clicks to an entirely different region, and only one Territory Zone can be placed at a time as well. The previous one vanishes. In a lot of survival games, the newbie zones are cluttered with abandoned buildings made by Beach Bobs (to use a now generic term), and they take AGES to decay. In this game, the player moves them to new areas, and the ones made by players who abandoned them will vanish at the reset.

Sensible people DON'T want "to huddle" together because they want their miners/loggers to have as many resources around their base as possible. Preferably with nobody right next door who also wants resources.

Oh, and of course you can play on your own. 😄 I play solo in every game I own, regardless of genre, and I've comfortably made it to lvl 27 in this one on my own, because I actually HAVE "played most major survivals" and know the ropes. I certainly know better than to make an opinion based on 30 minutes of play, otherwise I'd never have racked up several thousands of hours in Ark and many hundreds of hours in other survival games.

[Tod Soldat]

Originally posted by Nitro Toxico:

Originally posted by Tod Soldat:

A lot of that will be taken care of with the reset. The filthy casuals that wanna clump together likely won't be back and no decent gamer is gonna clump their base around a trader or major POI let alone around other players

All i want is to play the game alone, not with other players.
It would ben much better if i could just play in my own server, because that way i would not have to be botherd by a random player appear nearby and place a territory right at that place i would want to use. A lot of roaming games has dedicated servers or servers you can start yourself, and they would work fine without needing to force players into a server.

Like for example No Mans Sky, you dont really see any players untill you visit a gathering place or hub where you can meet other players and do events and ect. You are still online, but you dont have to be botherd by other players suddenly appear and ruin your day of building a base or something else entirely.

So basically you're wanting us to know that you enjoy playing with yourself, noted

[Tachyon]

Originally posted by Nitro Toxico:

Originally posted by Fawks:

There are PvE servers. You can just PLAY THE GAME there perfectly fine. Player buildings get more sparse as you move into the later areas of the map and you see some pretty cool builds.

Also some of the Lategame activities require a large amount of people to actually work, which you wouldnt have on a random private server

So in other words, its a must in having many players in the game in order to get far in the game. Thats annoying

Gosh, LATE GAME activities needing other players to complete!!! Nooooo, the horror, the horror... what other games have this terrible concept!! Oh, wait, just about all of them. 😄

[EvilHare]

Originally posted by Nitro Toxico:

Originally posted by Fawks:

There are PvE servers. You can just PLAY THE GAME there perfectly fine. Player buildings get more sparse as you move into the later areas of the map and you see some pretty cool builds.

Also some of the Lategame activities require a large amount of people to actually work, which you wouldnt have on a random private server

So in other words, its a must in having many players in the game in order to get far in the game. Thats annoying

False
Your reasonings for a private server are flawed.

I have soloed 95% of the game (through all tests and launch). Anything on the main map is easy. It's some of T-man's jobs and Monos that possibly need help. But if you prefer to do it solo, just grind till your gear is max in tier, BP upgrades, mods, and accessories.

[Nitro Toxico]

Originally posted by Tod Soldat:

So basically you're wanting us to know that you enjoy playing with yourself, noted

More like i want to have the option if i want to visit players or let them join my world.
Like being in seperate dimensions where you can interact with their world if you wanted to by encountering them or being near a place where you can see them as ghost or something similar.

[Tod Soldat]

Originally posted by Nitro Toxico:

Originally posted by Tod Soldat:

So basically you're wanting us to know that you enjoy playing with yourself, noted

More like i want to have the option if i want to visit players or let them join my world.
Like being in seperate dimensions where you can interact with their world if you wanted to by encountering them or being near a place where you can see them as ghost or something similar.

So you're a fan of "safe spaces" and playing with yourself?

[◬ ☥ 𝕄𝕚𝕝𝕜 ☥ ◬]

Originally posted by Nitro Toxico:

Yeah this is the kind of thing i was worried would happen when playing this game, since i just wanted to be able to play it without other players being around me.
But seeing that there is no way to play alone, and you are constantly seeing half build buildings all around you, its not really a fun experience if you want to experience it with just yourself or with a friend only.
Whats the reason to play the game if you are forced to see other players you dont wanna meet.

It's an mmo you can probably figure out what the mm part of mmo means i bet
Your opinion is your own but the fact of the matter is you chose to play an mmo, so what did you expect? That's all im trying to say