"Girlfriend Mode" server settings?

[Khaos]

So, I have a gal that love Minecraft for the exploration and building. I'm trying to expand her into other survival games, and she loves Dinos, so this was an easy pick. Thing is, I know default server settings can be PRETTY harsh. She's not phenominal at gaming (I'm no 360 quick-scope uber h4x0r pro either) and want to know some custom settings that would allot us some challenge, but not get blasted by this games ability to...well...rape one's anus.

Any help out there for a good Girlfriend Mode setup?

[Kwillem]

The game is highly configurable, which is one of the reasons I really enjoy this game. As to the "girlfriend mode" settings, it would all come down to personal preference. I suggest checking out the Server Settings[ark.gamepedia.com], which might require some further Googling to make sure of what would be affected. The time investment is very much worth it, because once you start playing, you'll notice things that are too hard/easy and then will know exactly what to alter to change that appropriately.
Some suggestions on settings you will definitely need to check out:
Tame multiplier, which will make taming happen faster. Some animals takes very long to tame, especially if they are high level.
Resource multiplier, which will let you gather more resources than default (picking up stone will yield 1 stone, but a 10X multiplier will let you pick up 10 stone)
I also played around with the day/night cycles. I made the days last longer and the nights shorter. This helps a lot early game, as you get more done and it's a risk going out into the dark, since you cannot see as far.
Then the last suggestion I have, is looking into raising your player and player dino levels so that you can reach higher levels. Engrams per level goes hand in hand with this, because one player cannot learn all the engrams, then you'll have to make sure that one learns certain engrams and the other the rest. Raising this will allow both to learn everything.
As far as game play goes, learn which animals to tame early game, as this will give you a huge advantage. Certain animals has certain advantages and some of them are easier to tame early game. This makes a huge difference.
Also, personally I like investing a lot of points in running speed, as this will save your life early game when you don't want to lose your precious gear. Later you can use a mind wipe tonic to change your stats accordingly when you are set up and can deal with losing gear if you get killed (which gets more unlikely later in the game)
My wife also started out with Minecraft (from not being a gamer at all) and are now playing games like Fallout 4, Tomb Raider, etc.
Giving them a helping hand starting off makes things easier and before you know it, she'll be running and gunning like the rest of us!
Have fun!

[Khaos]

Holy wow, thanks man. That was super helpful. I guess I'll just do some research and see if I can get some good settings going.

I am slowly getting her into the swing of things. She loves GTA and WoW now as well as MineCraft, but survival/exploration will always be her favorites.

[Kwillem]

You're welcome.
We haven't played for quite a while, so I'm not up to date with all the settings anymore, but I used to know the stuff very well. If you get stuck, just let me know what you are having a hard time with. Maybe I can recall from memory and help you out.

[🦊 Hermit]

Reducing the DinoDamageMultiplyer stat might be good for newer/less experienced players, it'll make the dinos hit for less, give you more time to react when under attack. Also increasing the NightTimeSpeedScale, so nights are shorter, may be a good option.

[crgzero]

Gawd I remember the good old days,,, well, I got my wife into gaming,, then suddenly she was better than me. Sigh, lol it was good times I wouldn't trade for anything.

Good luck and have fun.

[dragonsphotoworks]

Originally posted by crgzero:

Gawd I remember the good old days,,, well, I got my wife into gaming,, then suddenly she was better than me. Sigh, lol it was good times I wouldn't trade for anything.

Good luck and have fun.

lol my wife went from hateing games. with her ex's she wouldnt even watch them much. then when we got together i got her into reading strategy guides while i played..... now i read while she plays lol

[Makaria]

I played Ark on my bfs computer for about an hour, sold all my dota 2 items because that game went to ♥♥♥♥ and bought ark. Now I have over double the hours then he does xD (1400+). If she is anything like me (I hate pvp sorry I cant do it lol) I started playing modded servers, may be too early for that for her until shes done all the things you can do but mods add something new to the game when you have done it ALL lol. ( Im running a brand new server with some mods if you guys need a friendly pve place to hang out in :) )

[Boooo0T]

just go on unofficial servers
Nerd parade is good
u can easy collect stuff and lvl up
i think that would be good

[Aska]

TRIGGERED

[Onzman]

Why not respect that she is an intelligent, capable individual and let her sample the game as is? Did someone have to dumb it down for you? Did I just timewarp to the 1960's here? Sorry but I am not a 14 yr old twitch pawner either, but I started vanilla on official and have not stopped playing this damned thing for about a year now. And I came straight from minecraft as well.Don't rob her of the experience bro, giver her a chance. You can always tweak it later.

[Lascivar]

Originally posted by Onzman:

Why not respect that she is an intelligent, capable individual and let her sample the game as is? Did someone have to dumb it down for you? Did I just timewarp to the 1960's here? Sorry but I am not a 14 yr old twitch pawner either, but I started vanilla on official and have not stopped playing this damned thing for about a year now. And I came straight from minecraft as well.Don't rob her of the experience bro, giver her a chance. You can always tweak it later.

Uh huh.... Take your shield, sword and white armor elsewhere. Some people are innately drawn into games and are good at them, others take a different style of learning curve or even enjoyment curve when approaching games and don't handle being thrown in the deep end well.

There's definitely some things in the original version of Ark which aren't friendly to newcomers, most obvious is the tame timers. (20+ hour bronto tame with berries for example which some would see as ludicrous, and it is when you think that you're spending 20 hours for literally a creature in a game that could be lost at any moment).

[crgzero]

Go go white knights! Ever think that the op knows his gf better than you? Her likes, dislikes, etc? Yeah I didn't think so.

[Killage]

Damn! I was hoping for a Girlfriend "On" setting in this thread.
/sadface
so lonely

[@Laura]

"Girlfriend" mode couldn't sound more sexist and misogynist... Maybe "Noob" mode or "PVE" is more suited... words matter

[Spades]

Oh good god. There is nothing mysoginistic about this post, please don't try to defend someone you don't know. I'm a girl, don't ruin gaming for me because your trying to "protect" women. Anita Sarcisian is doing enough damage in her own.