Primitive Technology Challenge

[The Waffle that Lurks]

So me and my friends decided to try a server with the maximum tech allowed being Stone tier and the strongest weapon being the Bow and Arrow and Hide Armor.

I will say right off this is not for everyone!!! We left saddles alone so you could technically make every saddle but the guns and weapons and turrets are disabled.

Right off we noticed players gang piling T-rexes almost 10 players on 1 rex spamming it with arrows with 1 or 2 players acting as bait. HP seems to be taking priority over speed as well.

Has anyone else tried a setting like this with extremely low tech?

[Benski]

I've never ran a server with such settings but I have played single player with similar restrictions but what I found was players still doing stat dumps into HP, damage, and speed to just out stat dinos ruins alot of the thrill, and many of the dinos need a speed buff because they are far to easy to kite and kill even with just bows.

[The Waffle that Lurks]

That's what we are seeing on the server is like 300 hp then nothing but stamina and speed. We already removed the flyer saddles because people just started flying EVERYWHERE. Like even 10 feet to the river flying.

[MelloFox]

I've seen the prim and no flyers done mainly on RP servers. My personal server is set up like this too, but with the fantasy race mod everyone specializes their skills differently. It's pretty fun and makes going anywhere a Challange is you haven't focused on breeding good mounts. We also have the aberration Dino mod, so it's a challenge to go anywhere.

But even without RP, prim servers can be super creative when it comes to rules about survival to make it as challenging and fun as possible.

[Benski]

Originally posted by dragonraider1000:

That's what we are seeing on the server is like 300 hp then nothing but stamina and speed. We already removed the flyer saddles because people just started flying EVERYWHERE. Like even 10 feet to the river flying.

I agree while flying is one of those things that sounds like a good idea, but in play turns into a crutch and becomes used for everything resulting in much of the game and challenged removed.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by dragonraider1000:

So me and my friends decided to try a server with the maximum tech allowed being Stone tier and the strongest weapon being the Bow and Arrow and Hide Armor.

I will say right off this is not for everyone!!! We left saddles alone so you could technically make every saddle but the guns and weapons and turrets are disabled.

Right off we noticed players gang piling T-rexes almost 10 players on 1 rex spamming it with arrows with 1 or 2 players acting as bait. HP seems to be taking priority over speed as well.

Has anyone else tried a setting like this with extremely low tech?

That seems a bit silly. Even at stone tier you can solo 1 rex with a bow and arrow and some stone dino gates or stacked stone pillars.

[Elliebird]

Originally posted by Benski:

Originally posted by dragonraider1000:

That's what we are seeing on the server is like 300 hp then nothing but stamina and speed. We already removed the flyer saddles because people just started flying EVERYWHERE. Like even 10 feet to the river flying.

I agree while flying is one of those things that sounds like a good idea, but in play turns into a crutch and becomes used for everything resulting in much of the game and challenged removed.

I disagree with this sentiment in most games. Flying is fun, as is land travel. Ark is wonderful in that it provides you the option to do both, and both are appealing for different reasons.

I'm not saying that people who restrict flyers on their servers are wrong for doing so, but I will definitely argue against people saying that flying is a bad feature for the game to have, or is only a good idea in theory.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by Elenwei:

Originally posted by Benski:

I agree while flying is one of those things that sounds like a good idea, but in play turns into a crutch and becomes used for everything resulting in much of the game and challenged removed.

I disagree with this sentiment in most games. Flying is fun, as is land travel. Ark is wonderful in that it provides you the option to do both, and both are appealing for different reasons.

I'm not saying that people who restrict flyers on their servers are wrong for doing so, but I will definitely argue against people saying that flying is a bad feature for the game to have, or is only a good idea in theory.

It is also impractical or not feesible to be land based only on some maps of the game, as the map makers intend for flying to be necessary.