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[Punished Yakuza Gear Solid]

Me and few other people wanna get into ark, we would like to play on some pve server for the island, question is, is it worth it playing on pve official servers on EU? Are there even any that are not controlled by clans that block all the caves and stuff? Or would it be best for us just to create local server and play without anyone else, i wanted to go online because it feels empty when you play just with few people even if you dont interact much, alternativaly are there any good pve unofficial servers that dont wipe every week? We all have work so we cant be on 24/7 also i wanna do all achievemns and dont my progress beeing deleted often.

[thedragon44]

Honey butter Boys Cross play PVP/PVE server
Fresh wipe like 10 days ago about 5/6 concurrent players
Kits and resource drops/ white flags all that fun stuff

Discord-https://discord.gg/AuAfsNey

[dagger]

It depends on what you are looking for.

Officials will be similar to ASE with poor server side performance issues.

If you are interested in checking out a long running PVE group hosted out of the Chicago area on high end private hardware (not nitrado) you can check out my cluster. I have been hosting ARK maps since August 2022 so there is no risk of the maps suddenly shutting down (rental groups). I do not think there will be many clusters running on the tier of hardware that we have ($28,000 - 96 core @4ghz - full NVME storage at 15,000 MB/s reads / writes) so the map performance is very nice with no rubber banding.

Search in game for "[PVE]JurassicArk". I currently have two maps in a cluster and will add every official map as soon as it releases. The cluster is still growing but it is very common for the cluster to have 10-15+ players on during peak times and everyone is friendly.

We are a no wipe cluster but there is player decay to keep the map clean for inactive players so that new survivors are able to find an area to build a base.

The maps are below (mods listed on the battlemetrics site)
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/24434495
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/27043819

[Steve]

Originally posted by Punished Yakuza Gear Solid:

Me and few other people wanna get into ark, we would like to play on some pve server for the island, question is, is it worth it playing on pve official servers on EU? Are there even any that are not controlled by clans that block all the caves and stuff? Or would it be best for us just to create local server and play without anyone else, i wanted to go online because it feels empty when you play just with few people even if you dont interact much, alternativaly are there any good pve unofficial servers that dont wipe every week? We all have work so we cant be on 24/7 also i wanna do all achievemns and dont my progress beeing deleted often.

...bro, this is for PvE. People don't block caves on there and if they somehow manage, it doesn't stay blocked for very long because we're not allowed to even build in caves on PvE.

But if you have a job, avoid official. And if you want to make sure your game stuff doesn't get lost, rent one for yourself. Don't rely on others for your game.

[dagger]

Originally posted by Steve the Player of Games:

Originally posted by Punished Yakuza Gear Solid:

Me and few other people wanna get into ark, we would like to play on some pve server for the island, question is, is it worth it playing on pve official servers on EU? Are there even any that are not controlled by clans that block all the caves and stuff? Or would it be best for us just to create local server and play without anyone else, i wanted to go online because it feels empty when you play just with few people even if you dont interact much, alternativaly are there any good pve unofficial servers that dont wipe every week? We all have work so we cant be on 24/7 also i wanna do all achievemns and dont my progress beeing deleted often.

...bro, this is for PvE. People don't block caves on there and if they somehow manage, it doesn't stay blocked for very long because we're not allowed to even build in caves on PvE.

But if you have a job, avoid official. And if you want to make sure your game stuff doesn't get lost, rent one for yourself. Don't rely on others for your game.

I do agree with this. Renting / owning the server is always the safest option. The major challenge with this though is cost. As more official maps release if a person wants to be able to switch maps and go back and forth in a cluster this becomes quite costly over time just to play ARK. At the cheapest rental option (20 slot) a single map costs $24.99 per month. In order to run the two current maps that is $50 a month... when The Center releases next month the cost will be $75 a month to be able to hop between all three maps.

Once the maps are no longer being paid for I am not sure if Nitrado just deletes the player data or allows a copy to be downloaded to rent again at a later time restoring the progress.

I have never rented from Nitrado and always hosted on privately owned server hardware.

[Steve]

Originally posted by dagger:

Originally posted by Steve the Player of Games:

...bro, this is for PvE. People don't block caves on there and if they somehow manage, it doesn't stay blocked for very long because we're not allowed to even build in caves on PvE.

But if you have a job, avoid official. And if you want to make sure your game stuff doesn't get lost, rent one for yourself. Don't rely on others for your game.

I do agree with this.

That's fine, IDC about that. The advice remains as it is. It's always preferable to be the one in control of one's destiny if that sort of thing matters. If the game staying around long enough to be enjoyed thoroughly is a primary concern, then best practice would be to rent/run a server oneself.

End of story.

[Annethema]

official pve..you cant build in caves to block them.

[Punished Yakuza Gear Solid]

Originally posted by dagger:

It depends on what you are looking for.

Officials will be similar to ASE with poor server side performance issues.

If you are interested in checking out a long running PVE group hosted out of the Chicago area on high end private hardware (not nitrado) you can check out my cluster. I have been hosting ARK maps since August 2022 so there is no risk of the maps suddenly shutting down (rental groups). I do not think there will be many clusters running on the tier of hardware that we have ($28,000 - 96 core @4ghz - full NVME storage at 15,000 MB/s reads / writes) so the map performance is very nice with no rubber banding.

Search in game for "[PVE]JurassicArk". I currently have two maps in a cluster and will add every official map as soon as it releases. The cluster is still growing but it is very common for the cluster to have 10-15+ players on during peak times and everyone is friendly.

We are a no wipe cluster but there is player decay to keep the map clean for inactive players so that new survivors are able to find an area to build a base.

The maps are below (mods listed on the battlemetrics site)
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/24434495
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/27043819

Thanks for the advice, your servers look pretty good but i am a bit worried about ping since we are from eu, once i get home from work i will try to hop on and test things out

[dagger]

Originally posted by Punished Yakuza Gear Solid:

Originally posted by dagger:

It depends on what you are looking for.

Officials will be similar to ASE with poor server side performance issues.

If you are interested in checking out a long running PVE group hosted out of the Chicago area on high end private hardware (not nitrado) you can check out my cluster. I have been hosting ARK maps since August 2022 so there is no risk of the maps suddenly shutting down (rental groups). I do not think there will be many clusters running on the tier of hardware that we have ($28,000 - 96 core @4ghz - full NVME storage at 15,000 MB/s reads / writes) so the map performance is very nice with no rubber banding.

Search in game for "[PVE]JurassicArk". I currently have two maps in a cluster and will add every official map as soon as it releases. The cluster is still growing but it is very common for the cluster to have 10-15+ players on during peak times and everyone is friendly.

We are a no wipe cluster but there is player decay to keep the map clean for inactive players so that new survivors are able to find an area to build a base.

The maps are below (mods listed on the battlemetrics site)
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/24434495
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/27043819

Thanks for the advice, your servers look pretty good but i am a bit worried about ping since we are from eu, once i get home from work i will try to hop on and test things out

I completely understand. I do have regular daily players from the Netherlands as well as Brazil. The ping surprisingly has been really good on the cluster for players outside of North America and I have been very pleased with my fiber internet provider.

Where ever you end up making your home I hope you can find a place to enjoy ARK on.

[Punished Yakuza Gear Solid]

Originally posted by dagger:

Originally posted by Punished Yakuza Gear Solid:

Thanks for the advice, your servers look pretty good but i am a bit worried about ping since we are from eu, once i get home from work i will try to hop on and test things out

I completely understand. I do have regular daily players from the Netherlands as well as Brazil. The ping surprisingly has been really good on the cluster for players outside of North America and I have been very pleased with my fiber internet provider.

Where ever you end up making your home I hope you can find a place to enjoy ARK on.

Just one small question, if i decide to go for all tames achievement is it possible to tame titanosaurus on your server?

[dagger]

Originally posted by Punished Yakuza Gear Solid:

Originally posted by dagger:

I completely understand. I do have regular daily players from the Netherlands as well as Brazil. The ping surprisingly has been really good on the cluster for players outside of North America and I have been very pleased with my fiber internet provider.

Where ever you end up making your home I hope you can find a place to enjoy ARK on.

Just one small question, if i decide to go for all tames achievement is it possible to tame titanosaurus on your server?

That should be possible. I have not tried or verified taming a titanosaurus in ASA. If there is a problem then let me know and I will fix the taming issue.

I am active on the cluster and try to resolve any issues in a reasonable amount of time with continuous plugin development and improvements.

[Automatic12pro]

We host a chill PVE server, just search "Avalon Elite". Currently 4 maps (2 mod maps), slightly boosted rates, QOL mods, discord, store to spend in game currency, and no structure spamming. Admin has been hosting since early days of ASE. ATM user count is low because players are getting board with ark but there's a lot of members.

:AvalonLogo: 5x XP/Harvest/Taming/Incubation
:AvalonLogo: 10x Maturation
:AvalonLogo: 0.1 Mating Interval
:AvalonLogo: 100% Imprints
:AvalonLogo: Difficulty Level 5 (Level 150 Wild Dinos)
:AvalonLogo: Default Character Levels
:AvalonLogo: Decreased Player Food/Water Drain
:AvalonLogo: 5x Fishing Loot
:AvalonLogo: 2x Slower Fuel Consumption
:AvalonLogo: 10x Crop Growth/Decay
:AvalonLogo: 5x Platform Limit
:AvalonLogo: All Maps plus Event Map
:AvalonLogo: Cross Platform︱:Windows10: Win10︱:Xbox: Xbox ︱:PS5: PS5︱:Steam: Steam︱
:AvalonLogo: Events & Giveaways
:AvalonLogo: Custom Stacking
:AvalonLogo: Currency & Admin Shop
:AvalonLogo: Cave Flying
:AvalonLogo: No Diseases
:AvalonLogo: Anyone can Imprint
:AvalonLogo: Unlimited Structure Pickup
:AvalonLogo: Servers restart daily at 10:00am EST
:AvalonLogo: Wild dinowipes daily at 10:30am EST & 10:30pm EST

[TTVx2FDx]

Originally posted by dagger:

It depends on what you are looking for.

Officials will be similar to ASE with poor server side performance issues.

If you are interested in checking out a long running PVE group hosted out of the Chicago area on high end private hardware (not nitrado) you can check out my cluster. I have been hosting ARK maps since August 2022 so there is no risk of the maps suddenly shutting down (rental groups). I do not think there will be many clusters running on the tier of hardware that we have ($28,000 - 96 core @4ghz - full NVME storage at 15,000 MB/s reads / writes) so the map performance is very nice with no rubber banding.

Search in game for "[PVE]JurassicArk". I currently have two maps in a cluster and will add every official map as soon as it releases. The cluster is still growing but it is very common for the cluster to have 10-15+ players on during peak times and everyone is friendly.

We are a no wipe cluster but there is player decay to keep the map clean for inactive players so that new survivors are able to find an area to build a base.

The maps are below (mods listed on the battlemetrics site)
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/24434495
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/27043819

not to drag a dead post but man do you have a discord for the server?

[dagger]

Originally posted by TTVx2FDx:

Originally posted by dagger:

It depends on what you are looking for.

Officials will be similar to ASE with poor server side performance issues.

If you are interested in checking out a long running PVE group hosted out of the Chicago area on high end private hardware (not nitrado) you can check out my cluster. I have been hosting ARK maps since August 2022 so there is no risk of the maps suddenly shutting down (rental groups). I do not think there will be many clusters running on the tier of hardware that we have ($28,000 - 96 core @4ghz - full NVME storage at 15,000 MB/s reads / writes) so the map performance is very nice with no rubber banding.

Search in game for "[PVE]JurassicArk". I currently have two maps in a cluster and will add every official map as soon as it releases. The cluster is still growing but it is very common for the cluster to have 10-15+ players on during peak times and everyone is friendly.

We are a no wipe cluster but there is player decay to keep the map clean for inactive players so that new survivors are able to find an area to build a base.

The maps are below (mods listed on the battlemetrics site)
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/24434495
https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arksa/27043819

not to drag a dead post but man do you have a discord for the server?

The discord link is in the server MotD.

Additional info is in this server advertisement link - https://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/10/5371139102173809029/

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https://yoloark.com

[ThePoetZiggy]

Originally posted by Punished Yakuza Gear Solid:

Me and few other people wanna get into ark, we would like to play on some pve server for the island, question is, is it worth it playing on pve official servers on EU? Are there even any that are not controlled by clans that block all the caves and stuff? Or would it be best for us just to create local server and play without anyone else, i wanted to go online because it feels empty when you play just with few people even if you dont interact much, alternativaly are there any good pve unofficial servers that dont wipe every week? We all have work so we cant be on 24/7 also i wanna do all achievemns and dont my progress beeing deleted often.

I played official a long time in PVE and PVP, and ultimately found the modded official cluster to have the most consistent and mature collection of players. There is rarely drama, and when there is, it's a very small community, so people who cheat or cause issues get blacklisted pretty quick. The Discord is incredibly organized, as well.

On top of that, EU and NA play on each other's servers pretty often. Once you're a month or two in, you'll know some EU players and NA players, regardless of which side you start with. Right now on NA extinction modded, I believe one of the EU tribes is leading in terms of progression. On top of the fact that moro rexes and a few other cool tames exist, in addition to the other stuff. Moro rexes make a lot of the endless wave farm things people like right now a joke, with enough bred and imprinted to hold the line. Especially with how borked the giga and carcha spawns are, on Extinction, specifically.

I personally like Karks, so I stay on Ab and run surface while I try to finish off my muts for my fighter karks. We also get the modded maps like Atlantis, Nyrandil more recently, and a few others, with standard transfers that open on those a few months out, just like normal map transfers opening, following a release. We additionally tend to have info and updates on bugs or maintenance from the devs directly very fast, because some of our modded players are connected to other people like Nekatus, and are connected to one or two devs.

The most OP thing on modded official isn't even the tames, it's getting a cliffan's wardrobe with 200 item slots at like the first or second set of engrams on level up, and storing everything much faster as a new Bob getting set up, and farming everything in sight.

I've never looked back, the people I met in standard official were hateful and seemed really young / immature. There's a lot of server crashing and duping that isn't regulated, as well, when people turn on their 200 lights with a remote switch to crash ping and other forms of trolling. They'll call you pay to win and shame you for finding the experience in Ark you actually want, but you can just ignore the mods besides skins you like, or "ascend" to not care what they think, because that type of behavior comes from being bitter / unhappy, anyway.