Harvest rate of 3x feels way too high

[Virpl]

Been toying around with harvest rate on my server. Started it at 3x (using survivalservers). I go out on a lvl 15 trike and a few minutes later have a thousand narcoberries.

I'm guessing that since the base rate is 2x compared to OG Ark, the 3x is really more like 6x. Anyone else feel this way? Or do some resources later on get really grindy to harvest at 2x?

[Samadhi]

I think it comes down to personal preference, which is why there are thousands of unofficial servers running.

I prefer vanilla harvest settings with boosted mating/taming speed only.

[Virpl]

Originally posted by Samadhi:

I think it comes down to personal preference, which is why there are thousands of unofficial servers running.

I prefer vanilla harvest settings with boosted mating/taming speed only.

Yeah I'm feeling that as well. Basically want to go through all the different maps so don't want it too slow but yeah was quite surprising. May end up with vanilla rates on harvest depending on how 2x feels.

[Zera_Fox]

Originally posted by Virpl:

I'm guessing that since the base rate is 2x compared to OG Ark, the 3x is really more like 6x. Anyone else feel this way? Or do some resources later on get really grindy to harvest at 2x?

Actually the new rates are more like x4 compared to Original Rates. (Current Vanilla Rates) so when you add ontop of that.
A x4 server is actually an original x8 when ARK first launched. We've gone through at-least 2 rate boosts since the beginning, upping it by x2 each time.
Then we get the x2 Weekend Events they do, and that's like (from original rate in the beginning) x8 from what it was.

But yeah, there's oodles and oodles of UnOfficial servers with different rate values, some going even as high as x100 even today. (Which is obsurd if you ask me).
I host a x4 server and despite the fact that it feels a bit much even for me, it's what most people want. (x4 and higher). Anything Vanilla (the old x4) is far too slow for anyone now, and even a x2 rate is often scoffed at by what feels like most players.

[Serangel]

Depends really, 1000 narcos seems like a lot to you, but it looks like 166 narcotics and subsequently 54 tranq darts to me. Which is enough to knock out only a handful of tames. Let alone make hundreds of medbrews. Time isnt limitless so higher rates fix that problem.

[Zera_Fox]

It's also preferred for a lot of PvPers so they can "get back in the game" faster and without fear of spending hours upon hours taming and harvesting to build to a stable point to attack and defend.