What's with genesis 2 starting with tek suits?

[Yatta]

I think it takes a lot away from the progression that was fun. Why did they make the starting gear so op? It's not really a big challenge anymore at the start that way is it...

[Cookie Ninja]

I've played Ark for 6 years, and its fresh and fun to spawn with a tek suit.

[L3ros]

Because the map was built with TEK in mind.
If you want to start from the beginning, start on Island, SE or any of the community maps.

[liberator65853]

Originally posted by L3ros:

Because the map was built with TEK in mind.
If you want to start from the beginning, start on Island, SE or any of the community maps.

This. That is also why you can ascend and transfer to new arks. Genesis part one namely, got a bunch of discussions on how hard it was to start when it first released (insect swam things in the bog mostly) and that was mainly because people made new characters on it. Story wise your character should have finished the island, aberration, extinction, and genesis part one already when starting genesis part two.

[Splutty]

Armour wise it's on par with leather armour, so it's complete crap in any actual fight. The only advantages you get early game are the jetpack and the fall damage boots.

[Stouffy]

/agree OP i really don't like starting with OP character (that's why i don't transert my previous character in a new DLC), too bad for us ^^

[Cipher]

This is the last map after you complete the rest not a starting map. How is it that hard to understand there are now 6 maps that go in order that tell the story. TheIsland, Scorched, Aberration, Extinction, Genesis and now Gen2. The Final Map! You should have long had tek before even going to Gen2! If you follow the Story that is!

[Green coprolite]

great so by the time i download update all best places will be claimed... cheaty a f

[Toddi2004]

I 100% agree, no reason to give players end-game gear on spawn. What even is the reasoning for dinos now? taming is a joke.

[Maltheus]

What makes it OP is the fact that it doesn't require element. Kind of a weird choice.

[Megdonalds]

I hate it too. i hope we can turn the powers off sooner or later.

[The Seventh Son]

I'm a big fan of it. It's slower than any other form of flying so it isn't replacing mounts, your movement speed doesn't affect it either. it really establishes that this is the last level and the basics are assumed here. It's also necessary because of the space area. Having an entire area inaccessible until you've farmed up enough element to make a tek suit and have fuel, is kind of crazy.

Really, gen 1 and 2 are the end game, they're supposed to focus more on the progress and story and less on the basics, which all the rest of the game focuses on. If you want to keep with the basic experience, you can always ignore HLNA and drop the tek suit. Obviously if you're online, other people wont be doing that, but that's where the whole point about this being the endgame map comes into play.

[Geminye]

Originally posted by StormSpiritGB:

cause its not a sim any more the story is at point where telling you its real world your in now that why the were no suits in the sim till after beat bosses its also cause most people will bring over characters from previous saves who beaten other boss but mostly its a Lore thing.

Originally posted by Yatta:

Originally posted by Nidhoggur:

The Fed Tek suit has really bad armor stats. So its not completely like the real tek armor

It can farm amazingly for something you get at the start of the game and not only that but it also almost oneshots creatures + you can fly, at the start of the game. That's just what bothers me not the base stats.

I get what you're saying but I think it's a little short-sided; no offense.
I've played for over 3500 hours and I can't attain this suit because I'm a middle-aged professional who doesn't like to play with strangers... I have all of the DLCs. I've played most of the time as a solo and nothing (literally nothing) in the game lore speaks to survivors playing in tribes (that's lore... none of the lore speaks to clans/tribes, etc that I have seen anyway in 3500 hours) so, I feel like I'm technically imo playing the game as it should be... but as I said, you cannot get most tek unlocked as a solo on pvp official servers... not even remotely easily at least given my game time and always on pvp official servers like I said... I feel like people complaining about it play with strangers a lot and the bosses are handed to them or they at least have some opportunity to get the tek engrams (e.g., tek suit, etc) when I generally don't...
It's a weak version too apparently. I say to them, "stop crying". I imagine most those crying didn't have to try hard for tek anyway. Seriously. it's almost disgusting how disadvantaged a solo guy playing as the lore seems to say you would can never get these end game engrams and then we get a crap version of some of them and people who were generally in clans/tribes helping them get them anyway cry that poor solos can get a weak version of a couple end game things.
You can be happy for me as a tenured player finally being able to enjoy something I'd never otherwise have the opportunity to enjoy but have definitely spent time, energy, a hundred base wipes by tribes, money on dlc's wishing I could.
Some people are self-entitled and/or narrow minded for real.
I don't even think I can take this suit to other arks. wtf.

[Geminye]

Originally posted by Yatta:

I think it takes a lot away from the progression that was fun. Why did they make the starting gear so op? It's not really a big challenge anymore at the start that way is it...

if you think it takes a lot away from anything I would deduce confidently that most of your game time was with a tribe of guys and you have every opportunity I have never.... I've not been able to enjoy so much because I don't have tek gear without tribes of guys helping me out all the time. 100% I know you have been in tribes and got tek level after tek tier of tekky tek tekness and to see anyone basically, unjustifiably whining about someone like me getting a modicum of what had probably been handed to you seems really gross honestly.
I don't even think I get to use this gear outside genesis 2. Ohhh!!! Oh, noes! The 3500 hours I put in means nothing - the progression has been ruined!!! give me a break. It's honestly an unintelligent, short-sighted, narrow-minded perspective and it's both laughable and depressing that so many think similarly. Legit gross.

[Yatta]

Originally posted by Cephas:

Originally posted by Yatta:

I think it takes a lot away from the progression that was fun. Why did they make the starting gear so op? It's not really a big challenge anymore at the start that way is it...

if you think it takes a lot away from anything I would deduce confidently that most of your game time was with a tribe of guys and you have every opportunity I have never.... I've not been able to enjoy so much because I don't have tek gear without tribes of guys helping me out all the time. 100% I know you have been in tribes and got tek level after tek tier of tekky tek tekness and to see anyone basically, unjustifiably whining about someone like me getting a modicum of what had probably been handed to you seems really gross honestly.
I don't even think I get to use this gear outside genesis 2. Ohhh!!! Oh, noes! The 3500 hours I put in means nothing - the progression has been ruined!!! give me a break. It's honestly an unintelligent, short-sighted, narrow-minded perspective and it's both laughable and depressing that so many think similarly. Legit gross.

1. I played private servers
2. how the ♥♥♥♥ did you even find this post, it's old as ♥♥♥♥.