Megalodon deserves another rework

[Thomas Devlin]

So they recently did a study on megalodon and decided it's body was probably much more elongated then it's currently depicted as, putting the new megalodon at around twenty meters and giving it a body plan more similar to a basking shark. I was thinking about this game and realized the body plan they came up with now actually looks far more like the dossier megalodon than the in game version, so I think at this point the megalodon deserves a full blown rework like the old TLC passes, I doubt they would actually do that at this point since they're focused on making new content, but it's fun to think about.
At this point megalodon is actually bigger than mosasaurus IRL, but adding another apex predator to the oceans would mean the ocean is nothing but apex predators, so I think a more realistic size would be fine, I would like to see it reworked into more of an ambush predator, like an underwater woolly rhino, that deals massive bonus damage at full speed, since that's how they think megalodon would have hunted.
The wish list would be pretty ridiculous at this point, but I actually think it would be cool to see the existing megalodon turned into a completely different creature, and the megalodon could be rebuilt from the ground up as something new

[retsam1]

Originally posted by Thomas Devlin:

So they recently did a study on megalodon and decided it's body was probably much more elongated then it's currently depicted as, putting the new megalodon at around twenty meters and giving it a body plan more similar to a basking shark. I was thinking about this game and realized the body plan they came up with now actually looks far more like the dossier megalodon than the in game version, so I think at this point the megalodon deserves a full blown rework like the old TLC passes, I doubt they would actually do that at this point since they're focused on making new content, but it's fun to think about.
At this point megalodon is actually bigger than mosasaurus IRL, but adding another apex predator to the oceans would mean the ocean is nothing but apex predators, so I think a more realistic size would be fine, I would like to see it reworked into more of an ambush predator, like an underwater woolly rhino, that deals massive bonus damage at full speed, since that's how they think megalodon would have hunted.
The wish list would be pretty ridiculous at this point, but I actually think it would be cool to see the existing megalodon turned into a completely different creature, and the megalodon could be rebuilt from the ground up as something new

1. Devs intentionally do not interact on this forum in such a capacity. You'd be more apt at putting suggestions forth on twitter, discord, the official forums in that descending order than here but I'd also not hold my breath on a response affecting change in a manner you desire then either.


2. These sorts of suggestions and comments existed fo 8+ years on the original Ark Survival Evolved game and across various different dinos. You cite the old tlc passes but most of those were not in the manner as to be more irl fully accurate either(and such was argued back then too)....

It is important to remember though that this is a science fiction game. The creatures are produced by what amounts to a star trek-esque replicator, including your character (people can make all manner of outlandish body models for their character that would be irl implausible after all).

That allows them to pretty much implement anything as they see fit and why progressively we saw more and more fanciful creatures as progression with the maps ensued too.

3. Your statement regarding where their focus and attention lies (and that of the 2 other primary 3rd party studios(grove street and instinct) actually with their need (yes need) focusing on implementation of things such as the packs and other intended micro transaction content to keep the company sustainable (their words in September actually for the main reason why Ascended was being done even). That right there is going to take precedent for the foreseeable future over QoL's.

Even Jeremy Steiglitz during the Extra Life charity even in December stated that the whole Wildcard team was now focused on Ascended which quickly was picked up by game news folks as meaning Ark 2 was likely shelved for the time being(if not indefinitely) and then Jeremy reiterated similar recently on twitter with the teams commitment on ASA. All of which is implying that their more fiscal accountability needs are fueling the direction of their monetization priorities.