Ark Scorched Earth gets you toxic af

[TheRealPain]

You spawn (easy zone) and you get ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ raped by raptors !!! WTF

and then you want to build a base and you need water most places are not build able anymore and then your ♥♥♥♥♥♥

have fun :)

[Wyndninja]

I went into it at level 90 something, was still fairly difficult to get set up. Can't imagine starting from scratch...

[TotallyUncool]

I started playing it with a new character, but right after its release so no Kapros were on the map then. This meant that the area around the green obelisk was relatively safe at least and that's where we built our first small base. Can't even imagine how difficult it must be to start on SE from scratch now.

[Baklavah]

Originally posted by Cyanic-Ember:

I went into it at level 90 something, was still fairly difficult to get set up. Can't imagine starting from scratch...

Originally posted by TotallyUncool:

I started playing it with a new character, but right after its release so no Kapros were on the map then. This meant that the area around the green obelisk was relatively safe at least and that's where we built our first small base. Can't even imagine how difficult it must be to start on SE from scratch now.

Originally posted by TheRealPain:

You spawn (easy zone) and you get ♥♥♥♥ing ♥♥♥♥♥ by raptors !!! WTF

and then you want to build a base and you need water most places are not build able anymore and then your ♥♥♥♥ed

have fun :)

Now imagine having to go through all this from scratch on a server that's Difficulty Override 9 (10's the cap atm), where things spawn up to level 460. XD That's my server. It's hard as balls but so rewarding!

[Wyndninja]

I do think that Scorched Earth was designed with the assumption that many players would be entering the environment with quite a few levels under their belt. In that respect it's pretty well balanced. If you know, to an extent, what you're doing (from your experience on The Island) and have a little common sense you can manage.

[TotallyUncool]

Originally posted by Baklavah:

Now imagine having to go through all this from scratch on a server that's Difficulty Override 9 (10's the cap atm), where things spawn up to level 460. XD That's my server. It's hard as balls but so rewarding!

It was immensly fun when we started playing there, despite us dying and losing more tames than we had on the Island and the Center combined. I can imagine that it's extremely frustrating playing with the difficulty cranked up that high, but you must feel great when you managed to progress. :)

[TotallyUncool]

Originally posted by Cyanic-Ember:

I do think that Scorched Earth was designed with the assumption that many players would be entering the environment with quite a few levels under their belt. In that respect it's pretty well balanced. If you know, to an extent, what you're doing (from your experience on The Island) and have a little common sense you can manage.

If not levels, then at least experience. When we started playing, three of us, we all spawned in one of the East easy areas and decided to meet up at the green obelisk.

I kept a vary eye on my surroundings, tried to keep to the shadows as much as possible in the hopes of avoiding heat stroke, and hid from predators. The tribe leader did the same (we were not in the same tribe yet though), while we listened to our third member as she died repeatedly because she kept taming Jerboas, and got killed by all kinds of predators for her efforts. It was hilarious to listen to. XD

[Scheneighnay]

I haven't bought SE because a desert full of apex predators isn't really my cup of tea.

I take it it isn't possible to play on a multi-map server without SE?

[JoeDurtTay]

Best thing to do on any of the maps is to build a raft asap. Currently no predators can hit you above water. The raft can outrun most land predators and leading them into deeper water and killing them is a easy way to farm. You don't have to spend time with making defensive walls either and can go around the map for resources easily. Once you are relatiely establised on a raft with your premade foundations, ceilings,walls, etc you can quickly deploy your land base and build out. Raft can also carry almost any creature but if you are low lvls it is good to carry dodos,dilos,trike,raptor.

Downside is you are exposed easily to pvp people even if you do the raft foundatiom glitch so dont stay on the raft base for too long. Scored earth doesnt really have much water but enough to put around in. Also build smal bases on top of rocks or cliffs to prevent predators from reaching you.

[class101 [OLED deck]]

I don't know you but the fact the survival aspect of SE is much harder than the base game makes me enjoying so much SE.

In the base game it is raining almost non stop, you cannot die by climatic situation while in SE you die from climatic events.

SE is so much more entertaining imo.

[Rutabaga]

Honestly, I found SE very easy. Mind you I only really played it when it came out, so that could change if I went back to it and decided to not build at the water.

[Baklavah]

Originally posted by Mr Joeggernaut:

Best thing to do on any of the maps is to build a raft asap. Currently no predators can hit you above water. The raft can outrun most land predators and leading them into deeper water and killing them is a easy way to farm. You don't have to spend time with making defensive walls either and can go around the map for resources easily. Once you are relatiely establised on a raft with your premade foundations, ceilings,walls, etc you can quickly deploy your land base and build out. Raft can also carry almost any creature but if you are low lvls it is good to carry dodos,dilos,trike,raptor.

Downside is you are exposed easily to pvp people even if you do the raft foundatiom glitch so dont stay on the raft base for too long. Scored earth doesnt really have much water but enough to put around in. Also build smal bases on top of rocks or cliffs to prevent predators from reaching you.

You do realize that any areas with water on Scorched Earth are only about... 5 feet deep right?

[Fever]

bring a giga..... proble solved :P

[Tachyon]

I love SE. It sorts the weak players from the tough players. The whiners never stay long.

[Teratus]

refunded it.. only so many times you can spawn into a pack of dinos or die of heatstroke before you can even glimpse a puddle before you say fk this im done lol

[Tachyon]

Kids these days, no staying power. ;)