ARK: Lost Colony

[Cozuma]

Why the ♥♥♥♥ do we have to buy this, I already bought the game twice Since Evolved and Ascended, Now we are going to have to pay for every update to have all the content??? like wtf is this transactional BS. they need to stop nickle and diming us especially when they don't even fix their BattlEye problems. I've already baught the Pyromane and Bobs tales and these mods are having conflicts with BattlEye that prevent me from playing and i have to re-install them all the time. I'm just starting to get angry with every content launch i hear get ready to pre-order on a game you already own . The graphics upgrade wasn't worth all these complications and costs

[Exona]

stop cry and uninstall then

[xitooner]

Originally posted by Cozuma:

Why the ♥♥♥♥ do we have to buy this, I already bought the game twice

You DON T have to buy Lost Colony, any more than you HAD to buy Bob Tall Tales. Or "had" to buy ASA, for that matter. I bought ASA but I did it with my eyes wide open and I can live with that (kInda feel I got my moneys worth too in all this time). But I knew up front never to buy anything else. Who needs Bobs stuff when you've already beaten ASE without it? It was an obvious cash-grab

Originally posted by Cozuma:

Now we are going to have to pay for every update to have all the content??? like wtf is this transactional BS. they need to stop nickle and diming us especially when they don't even fix their BattlEye problems.

No... YOU need to stop allowing yourself to get sucked into it. You SAY its all transactional BS but you are clearly right in line to get the next one and apparently think you "have" to. Dont tell them what to do when you have the power here, not them. Own it.

Originally posted by Cozuma:

I've already baught the Pyromane and Bobs tales and these mods are having conflicts with BattlEye that prevent me from playing

Case in point. YOU got yourself into this mess. They handed you the rope... you BOUGHT it from them, and you hung yourself. You just keep digging yourself in deeper. Stop complaining about them; they WILL make you offers (like Lost Colony). THEY are a business, making money is what they try to DO. YOU have to have the brains to not buy them.

[Serious]

You guys really don't read what you buy do you?

They wrote everything that was part of ASE will be in the main ASA package.
They said nothing about additional content. So they are free to add some of the new content free and other things as dlc. They could create a complete standalone dlc or ARK 1.5 or whatever.

Additional you bought an EA game. So you have pretty much no right about anything simply from the fact you bought an EA game.
They could stop developing ASA right now and you won't be able to do anything about it.

Learn your lesson:
Do NOT buy from developrs you don't trust esp. during EA.

[Cozuma]

Originally posted by Serious:

this kind of mentality is so bad

[Serious]

charging for things is no fault.
Are you a drone who has to buy everything if you like it or not, if you need it or not or are you a self-determined human beeing?

You like something, you think it's worth → you buy.
At steam you can even test it for <2h and if you don't like simply refund.
You don't like something, you think it's not worth → you ignore or wait for sale till it's "worth".

Of course you should inform yourself and read the available info about the thing you are up to buy. That's your job and your fault if you havn't.
Take it at mistake if you need to and learn from it. That's the only reasonable thing you can do now if you are so upset about this.

[Cozuma]

Originally posted by Serious:

charging for things is no fault.

I never said charging for "something is a fault" for one.
your acting like im mad about buying the game in general which im not, your remaining in broad statements to be a boot licker for companies.

Am i a drone?

no but it sounds like you are. considering you think companies should be able to do any unethical thing they want and people shouldn't complain about it. me actively not liking makes me not the drone budy. you actively being ok with them nickle and diming is drone behavior

"Of course you should inform yourself and read the available info about the thing you are up to buy. That's your job and your fault if you havn't.
Take it at mistake if you need to and learn from it. That's the only reasonable thing you can do now if you are so upset about this."

all of this is wasted breath as i will continue to buy/support the game, i just don't like the idea that they are splitting up their updates to squeeze money out of the consumer it is not a "good practice" from the customer point of view as they are already making money. people like you are the worst kind of people lol.

your obviously a child that grew up with transactions being in everything and are ok with it.

[Agev2014]

The problem I have with Lost Colony isn't so much buying it (it's new content that wasn't in ASE so it's whatever). The problem I have is that they are charging ($30 depending on where you are) for Lost Colony which is pretty much the same cost as ASA itself. If they are charging the same price basically for a DLC that they charged for the game itself it is fair to assume that the DLC will have as much if not more content than the original game had.

[Nullpoint]

Sales ethics haven't existed since ASA came into the picture. Studio Wildcard only seems to know how to:

Allow players to purchase advantages that create unfair gameplay benefits.

Push loot boxes and gacha mechanics, intentionally designed as gambling to encourage repetitive spending.

Carve out completed content intentionally, holding it back to sell separately as DLC.

Pressure players with limited-time items or promotions that exploit fear of missing out (FOMO).

And yet, there are always those who respond with, "YoU dOn'T HaVe tO BuY iT!" completely missing the point...

Just because it's optional doesn't mean it's not exploitative. Defending predatory practices by saying "you don't have to buy it" ignores the reality that these tactics intentionally prey on players' psychology and passion.

Studio Wildcard's new approach with ARK: Survival Ascended feels like a huge step backward. The original DLC maps—like Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, and Genesis—were genuinely valuable additions, offering meaningful content, new dinos, gear, and complete gameplay experiences that justified their price.

But Ascended takes a different and more exploitative path. Instead of comprehensive DLC, they're nickel-and-diming players by charging individually for mods, single dinos, and bits of content that were previously bundled into fair, full expansions. Fragmenting content into smaller purchases is manipulative, forcing players to repeatedly pay for things once included as standard.

Selling single dinos or separate mods feels especially frustrating because it exploits the loyalty and enthusiasm of dedicated fans. It's clear Wildcard recognized our passion for ARK and decided to extract every possible penny. Those defending it by claiming "you don't have to buy it" fail to see the bigger picture: this sets a dangerous precedent, normalizing exploitative behavior that ultimately hurts the entire player base.

Wildcard should remember: genuine respect for players builds lasting loyalty and sustainable success—not constant microtransactions and monetized mods that leave players feeling exploited.

Reflecting on my initial thoughts from ASE—I saw through their intentions from the start. Yet here we are, still being exploited, with paid streamers contradicting their own words from Evolved. The plot just continues to thicken.