Evolution Event: Permanent Double Rates

[Jat]

Hey Survivors,

We’ve got some exciting news we’d like to share with you! As of today, we will be transitioning the ARK’s harvesting, EXP, and taming rates to 2x permanently.

This is a decision we’ve made after experimenting with the game’s rates for quite some time. You may have noticed in the last few weeks the Evolution Events have gotten longer, this has allowed us to get a better feel for how it would play out in a permanent live experience. We have consistently received a lot of feedback from you, and it was very evident that players preferred the increased rates. Thusly, the rates will stay at 2x permanently from now onwards on our Official Servers. Evo Event Weekends will consequently be increased to 3x rates.

Furthermore, in the next major version releases, the 2x rates will be implemented directly in the game build itself. This means that Non-Dedicated Servers, Single Player Sessions and of course Unofficial Servers will also feel the increased rates. Therefore, if you’re currently using customized rates, it’s something you will want to keep in mind before this change is in place -- specifically upon the release of the next Major Version on each of your respective platforms, you may wish to reduce your server/game rates by 50% to have the same effective values as before.

We appreciate all the response you guys have provided to us regarding our Evolution Events and are looking forward to running more exploring new features with you in the upcoming future.

All the best,

Wildcard Jat and the ARK: Survival Evolved Team

[endi]

Opprinnelig skrevet av MargeBobVeka:

Pretty grateful for the 2x taming. One thing I'd like to suggest as a newer player is some of the tame times made establishing yourself take quite some time and a lot of dedication that while rewarding, took way too long for the average player.

EXP was fine, resource gain was mostly fine. If anything exp and resource gain needed a very minor buff so not everyone caps out at level 100 quickly and has all the resources they need getting burned out.

Taming seemed to be the major issue that needed to be reworked.

Agree with all ;)

[Bloodyangel]

Well, im happy with this deciscion too. I have now 1,5k hours in game, and i played a lot just grinding,harvesting and taming long tames. But i have also family and a reallife with work andcso on. so with the double weekends the game started to make fun again.

[Andrew LB]

I hate to rain on everyones parade, but this was something Wildcard had to do because they have nerfed dinos so bad over the past year that the quantity of whatever thing you're harvesting was pathetic regardless of the level dino you have.

Now they just need to fix the horrible rubberbanding and other lag issues that have been getting worse and worse since the beginning of the month. I do find this odd particularly because we're seeing a repeat of last years winter update. Back then in the weeks prior to the event (which also promised big optimizations in the patch notes) we saw performance issues just like we're seeing right now. In fact, we see this happen just about every time prior to a pending update containing big performance gains. the thing is, the loss in performance in the couple weeks before the update makes the whole thing a wash and its almost as if they're just fooling everyone into thinking they're hard at work optimizing the game when in reality they're developing more paid dlc.

[Kosher Pork ✞ Jesus Saves ✞]

Big step in the right direction. ^^ GG ark devs.

Now if baby growth rates and the like were boosted...

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Itsr2ghgaming:

Can we do 2x breeding on evo events?

+1 to this! Thank you Wildcard for making x2 permanent on XP, harvest and taming, this is absolutely wonderful news!

[axenation]

I prefer 1x rates, but I'm ok with this change. It just get boring faster lol.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Itsr2ghgaming:

Can we do 2x breeding on evo events?

This needs to be done during events. It would also be a good idea to space out time needed between imprints during the event from 4 hours to 6 or 8 hours as the 4 hour time span is very constricting for most players.

[axenation]

Opprinnelig skrevet av endi:

evo event needs to be an exeption, not the rule. Cause if not, in 6 months all the serv will be in x3 rate. and evo event in x4 rate. I think u must stop evo event at the end of this year.

i think what they need to do is have random evo events coded into the game and have them put on random timers for a random length of time. Also the events need to be specific to one aspect of the game like 3x taming, OR 3x exp, OR 3x gathering so when you're playing you see an "evolution event popup" and everyone on the servers says "Oh wow! 3x Taming! Let's go tame some right now!" where as currently it is "Hey thats a nice dino, but I'll just wait until the weekend to go tame something."

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Opprinnelig skrevet av axenation:

Opprinnelig skrevet av endi:

evo event needs to be an exeption, not the rule. Cause if not, in 6 months all the serv will be in x3 rate. and evo event in x4 rate. I think u must stop evo event at the end of this year.

i think what they need to do is have random evo events coded into the game and have them put on random timers for a random length of time. Also the events need to be specific to one aspect of the game like 3x taming, OR 3x exp, OR 3x gathering so when you're playing you see an "evolution event popup" and everyone on the servers says "Oh wow! 3x Taming! Let's go tame some right now!" where as currently it is "Hey thats a nice dino, but I'll just wait until the weekend to go tame something."

That's a nice idea, adds variety.

[TwistedKarma]

Sweet chin music, love the x2 rates especially after being used to the super long tames.

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Opprinnelig skrevet av Itsr2ghgaming:

Can we do 2x breeding on evo events?

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Opprinnelig skrevet av #Link:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Itsr2ghgaming:

Can we do 2x breeding on evo events?

What does it mean to have an orange name?

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[Archie]

Grinding =/= difficulty. I love the people saying this is now easy mode. What? The game has always been easy mode. Tell me how many things in the environment can truly oppose you once you have a handful of dinos on vanilla?

Grinding should never be a replacement for true difficulty, as grinding is not difficult whatsoever. It's simply doing the same boring task over and over for a longer period of time to achieve the same thing.

[Maxanto]

I found myself playing the game only on the weekends cause i loved how much more fun it was to play with 2X. Now its gonna be permanent?

Dev's best change yet!

[Gw4nN]

I think its first time i post something .. but i gotta say . .. best move ever.. just a little help on the breeding to make the game more confortable (not easy but not stressfull).

[VinceWade]

Very good move! Ark was WAY too grindy on official servers.