ARK sale

[shiriou]

Does anyone know when the next ASA sale will be and how much itll be on sale?

[Uhzu]

No but I wouldn't purchase it anyways. played the game for 5 minutes then crash. stability and performance is so bad its unplayable and they still haven't fixed it. they just keep charging for unfinished community content. I would wait till those are fixed otherwise waste of money tbh

[shiriou]

Originally posted by Uhzu:

No but I wouldn't purchase it anyways. played the game for 5 minutes then crash. stability and performance is so bad its unplayable and they still haven't fixed it. they just keep charging for unfinished community content. I would wait till those are fixed otherwise waste of money tbh

ok. I keep that in my mind. Thank you

[Birds Aren't Real]

Don't buy it, you will regret it.

[Cobretti]

Google next steam sale, appears to be spring sale in March. Also note the people that replied to you:

Originally posted by Uhzu:

No but I wouldn't purchase it anyways.

44 minutes played, solid amount of playing time to form an opinion. This guy appears to play games for an hour or two before moving to the next, one of those game collectors with short attention span.

The other guys both have over 700 hours played and still actively playing the game but they are telling you not to buy it......weird no?

[shiriou]

Originally posted by Cobretti:

Google next steam sale, appears to be spring sale in March. Also note the people that replied to you:

Originally posted by Uhzu:

No but I wouldn't purchase it anyways.

44 minutes played, solid amount of playing time to form an opinion. This guy appears to play games for an hour or two before moving to the next, one of those game collectors with short attention span.

The other guys both have over 700 hours played and still actively playing the game but they are telling you not to buy it......weird no?

True. Thank you very much. Have a nice day

[SPITE]

as someone who plays games for fun and not soley just pvp its still a great game regardless. i look forward to playing this game and grinding out my base after my shift. just play whatever you think u will enjoy man

[Serious]

ASA sales are very frequent so next shouldn't be too long, probably around mid feb.
Though if you already own ASE i would wait for a much deeper sale.
With more than 2000 hours ase and 200 hours ASA i would say the upgrade isn't worth anything more than 5-10€.
If you don't own ASE 20 € is ok.

[Smoka95]

Originally posted by Cobretti:

44 minutes played, solid amount of playing time to form an opinion. This guy appears to play games for an hour or two before moving to the next, one of those game collectors with short attention span.

The other guys both have over 700 hours played and still actively playing the game but they are telling you not to buy it......weird no?

So there's no right answer?
You don't have enough play time, not enough data.
You have plenty of play time ,you clearly must have enjoyed the game and got your money worth.
Do you realize how flawed this logic is?

[JB-emmanuel-Zorg]

Originally posted by Smoka95:

You have plenty of play time ,you clearly must have enjoyed the game and got your money worth.

Yes... otherwise, (and in "plenty" we're not talking about 3 or 4 dozens of hours but very much more) if you play hundreds and hundreds hours a game you don't like, there is a word for that, it's called masochism.

[Serious]

Just because you played for let's say 100 hours doesn't mean you have to recommend it to others, esp. when there are alternatives (ASE).
+ updates could break a game, so even 1000 hours doesn't mean the game is in it's current state worth it
+ probably you play the game in a different way as most others do and therefore probably important bugs or shortcomming don't affect you (pvp vs pve).
+ worth is pretty much the most subjectic thing possible. It's up to you if you trust a negative review more after 1 hour or after 1000 hours.

[Smoka95]

Originally posted by JB-emmanuel-Zorg:

Yes... otherwise, (and in "plenty" we're not talking about 3 or 4 dozens of hours but very much more) if you play hundreds and hundreds hours a game you don't like, there is a word for that, it's called masochism.

Its a survival game its a giant time sink, assuming you are playing official with official rates you legit needs hundred of hrs to get stuff done. We are talking for a game in which u need 1 week to fully imprint giga.
Even unofficial with booster rates assuming they are not x100 or x1000.
Breeding, imprinting, getting mutations, preparing for bossfights, going for drops, doing caves for drops. That is insane amount of time, especially if you are new player and not in a big tribe. If you don't have fully optimized route how to speedrun through everything and even then you need alot of hrs behind your belt.

Which brings back to my original point.
Lets be frank ARK is alot of things and one of them is very addictive game, that doesn't make it a good product.
"You have plenty of play time ,you clearly must have enjoyed the game and got your money worth." is just a very weak argument and doesn't represent reality.
2 things can be true at the same time.
IE having 700 hrs and advising other players against buying it, because of terrible experience, poor optimization or whatever else its not simple true or false statement, there are nuances.

[Thorgram]

2 or 3 trips to McDonalds costs the same. Even in it's current state it will give you back more than fast food and it will improve over time. Whereas fast food will eventually kill you. lol

[Eichmann]

Originally posted by JB-emmanuel-Zorg:

Originally posted by Smoka95:

You have plenty of play time ,you clearly must have enjoyed the game and got your money worth.

Yes... otherwise, (and in "plenty" we're not talking about 3 or 4 dozens of hours but very much more) if you play hundreds and hundreds hours a game you don't like, there is a word for that, it's called masochism.

I dont understand, is masochism a bad thing? People cant help what they prefer?

[2B4T's]

wait for a holiday then buy. ASA. make sure you know the commands for rendering. hopefully you know others that can play with you. it gets old if your a lone player. its a grind and waiting game until you can get powerful tames.