how can i buy a dlc without paying the whole pack

[Log]

svp pls help me

[william_es]

You can't. The dlcs have been in bundles for years. And I think with the end of survival evolved, they have some ultimate edition now that's all the dlc's. If you already owned some of them, I believe you get a discount on the price to avoid owning duplicates.

But buying just one DLC is a boat that you missed years ago. Even before ark survival evolved was "complete", you had to buy the dlcs in packs of 2-3. The game has been out for like, what, 10 years? That's a crazy long time in computer games.

[superchewbacca 2nd]

buy it now if you can wild card will soon be locking up entry to this game. and then you will never have it or you will have to play the ascended abomination

[superchewbacca 2nd]

nope what do you think will happen once snail games get desperate. ASA sales have droped to 10% of what they were and they are still in debt... better safe than sorry.

grow a brain dude do you think they are a nice company who cares about players. history says otherwise.

calling someone a child means thats whats on your mind. so either you are a child or a childish manboy...

but its ok im mad now. in a bit i wont be. but you will remain a idiot forever. so happy life man

[william_es]

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

nope what do you think will happen once snail games get desperate. ASA sales have droped to 10% of what they were and they are still in debt... better safe than sorry.

Yes, this is how business works. You always stop selling a successful product that makes money.

When baldurs gate 3 launched, they pulled baldurs gate 1 and 2 from steam. Oh, and they paid steam to remove all other fantasy RPGs from steam too, so the only product you could buy was baldurs gate 3. Has to be true, right? Fits your logic.

[retsam1]

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

buy it now if you can wild card will soon be locking up entry to this game. and then you will never have it or you will have to play the ascended abomination

This is rather silly.

In order for them to "locking up entry to this game" as you inanely put it, it would require them to hardlock millions of computers via their comp ID's on Steam Epic and MS Win10 store versions, along with consoles too.

This would pretty much put them in hot water with those platforms for doing so and the PR backlash would be on par with the recent Day Before fiasco.

It also is counter intuitive since, yes, they do want people to spend more money with them however not everyone is capable(rig limits) to buy for example Ascended. And again the negative PR from a lockout would translate to a pretty significant incentive for people to never purchase anything from them were they to do as you erroneously think.

They've already had multiple bad optics situations including their fiscal accountability ones that you've somewhat cited. They're intentions for sustainable revenue is primarily Ascended focused and on the plans for staggered microtransaction packs they're doing with each dlc map release and their intentions to allow modders to join their premium mods program and splitting 50% of the revenue with Overwolf while the rest goes to the modder.

"Locking up" ASE is not something they're going to do.

Basically you're seemingly intentionally trying to spread false info in these regards. Just keep in mind that tends to not have the favorable results that some who engage in it on here believe it should.

There is plenty to be critical of Snail-Wildcard about, but these sorts of things aren't of merit.

All in all, dont be silly.

[superchewbacca 2nd]

T

Originally posted by william_es:

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

nope what do you think will happen once snail games get desperate. ASA sales have droped to 10% of what they were and they are still in debt... better safe than sorry.

Yes, this is how business works. You always stop selling a successful product that makes money.

When baldurs gate 3 launched, they pulled baldurs gate 1 and 2 from steam. Oh, and they paid steam to remove all other fantasy RPGs from steam too, so the only product you could buy was baldurs gate 3. Has to be true, right? Fits your logic.

lol. you are somthing else.

this is not ark 1 and 2 its a "Remake". and as i said once they are desperate who knows.

[superchewbacca 2nd]

Originally posted by retsam1:

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

buy it now if you can wild card will soon be locking up entry to this game. and then you will never have it or you will have to play the ascended abomination

This is rather silly.

In order for them to "locking up entry to this game" as you inanely put it, it would require them to hardlock millions of computers via their comp ID's on Steam Epic and MS Win10 store versions, along with consoles too.

This would pretty much put them in hot water with those platforms for doing so and the PR backlash would be on par with the recent Day Before fiasco.

It also is counter intuitive since, yes, they do want people to spend more money with them however not everyone is capable(rig limits) to buy for example Ascended. And again the negative PR from a lockout would translate to a pretty significant incentive for people to never purchase anything from them were they to do as you erroneously think.

They've already had multiple bad optics situations including their fiscal accountability ones that you've somewhat cited. They're intentions for sustainable revenue is primarily Ascended focused and on the plans for staggered microtransaction packs they're doing with each dlc map release and their intentions to allow modders to join their premium mods program and splitting 50% of the revenue with Overwolf while the rest goes to the modder.

"Locking up" ASE is not something they're going to do.

Basically you're seemingly intentionally trying to spread false info in these regards. Just keep in mind that tends to not have the favorable results that some who engage in it on here believe it should.

There is plenty to be critical of Snail-Wildcard about, but these sorts of things aren't of merit.

All in all, dont be silly.

yes mostly agree but when snail gets desperate they do not act logicly.

look at their history and ASA with the nitrado they did that for a few million. literaly fu to the entire playerbase.

if they think they can make a million by stoping sales of old ark optics and sentiment will not stop them

[william_es]

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

yes mostly agree but when snail gets desperate they do not act logicly.

So... let me get this straight.

You have two boats. One is a seaworthy boat that has made your company money for 10+ years, and will continue to make money.

Your second newly added boat has issues, it leaks, the engine isn't that great...

So OF COURSE, you blow a 10 foot wide hole in the good boat and sink it. That will DEFINITELY fix the issues with the 2nd boat.

Is this what you're saying?

[superchewbacca 2nd]

Originally posted by william_es:

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

yes mostly agree but when snail gets desperate they do not act logicly.

So... let me get this straight.

You have two boats. One is a seaworthy boat that has made your company money for 10+ years, and will continue to make money.

Your second newly added boat has issues, it leaks, the engine isn't that great...

So OF COURSE, you blow a 10 foot wide hole in the good boat and sink it. That will DEFINITELY fix the issues with the 2nd boat.

Is this what you're saying?

games are not boats... they are not making money from ARKSE. but they can and will see it as preventing them from making money with ASA.

we are not talking about rational business decisions.

this company is famous for 2 things.
Ark and very bad decisions that kill games or make themselves go bankrupt

just wait you will see. When ASA is at the point of failure they will either kill that or try to kill this. but they wont just go silently into the night...

[william_es]

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

they are not making money from ARKSE.

OMG, you are so clueless. People are _still_ buying ark survival evolved. I guarantee you they are, and will probably continue to for years.

Ark survival ascended's requirements for UE5, place it above the capacity of many people's computers.

Plus you will always have these completionists that will want to play ark survival evolved as soon as they understand it came out before ascended. They'll want to play the "first" game, before going into ascended.

If you don't understand that... then... this is a pointless conversation.

Overall, your words have a stinky odor about them... because you're basically talking out of your butt here. Adios sugarbear. Sleep tight.

[Bones]

Originally posted by william_es:

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

they are not making money from ARKSE.

OMG, you are so clueless.

When your comment starts like this it instantly loses all credibility...

[retsam1]

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

yes mostly agree but when snail gets desperate they do not act logicly.

look at their history and ASA with the nitrado they did that for a few million. literaly fu to the entire playerbase.

if they think they can make a million by stoping sales of old ark optics and sentiment will not stop them

There's a distinction in making business decisions that literally would salt the earth in regards to their company and making poor business decisions that paint themselves into fiscal accountability corners. You seemingly are equating the absurd with the fiscal accountability one....

The nitrado situation is because they needed a cash infusion and Nitrado took advantage of it and then they too got blow back for it and ended up backing down(partially) from it.

Since then they've been constantly advertising on twitter, Facebook reels(tik tok basically) and else where to get people to buy Ark. They're literally doing more advertising for Ark than Snail Games is doing because they desperately want to recoup the loan and get that 20% of Ascended sales revenue.

That's logical.

Because Snail is paying 20% to Nitrado and then another 30% to the platforms the game is sold on(ie steam sony MS/Xbox) this is why as I mentioned that Snail is pushing the microtransaction sales in tandem with the dlc map releases and the premium mods program % cut they're to get.


Basically to me at this point, your continuing to entrench yourself in this line of thinking is just intentionally silliness on your part.

I've talked about all these things for months now across so many different threads and cited all the SEC filings of loans and financial reports, videos of people going indepth about all this and more.

But all that is for them to -make- money as the goal to make up for their previously bad decisions with spending too much on 20+ other projects that essentially failed, up to and including the bankrupt EV car company venture.

Ark has (again see the SEC quarterly reports) accounted for over 90% of Snail's company revenue. Ark Survival Evolved --still-- generates revenue for them in addition to now Ascended.

But your seemingly flawed thinking is that they would cut off a still relevant revenue stream with ASE to focus only on ASA..... and in a manner that would create such a massive backlash and negative PR/Press for the company as to -harm- ASA and -any- other game(including ones they've announced outside of the Ark IP) that they're developing.

That's egregiously counter intuitive and hence why its pretty much lacking in any compelling sense other than to appeal to some who may be tinfoil hat caliber folks.

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

games are not boats... they are not making money from ARKSE. but they can and will see it as preventing them from making money with ASA.

we are not talking about rational business decisions.

this company is famous for 2 things.
Ark and very bad decisions that kill games or make themselves go bankrupt

just wait you will see. When ASA is at the point of failure they will either kill that or try to kill this. but they wont just go silently into the night...

You are continuing to spread factually incorrect information. ASE has continued to provide revenue for Snail. Saying it doesnt continues to remove any potential legitimacy you've had (and that's rather flimsy) to this point. The company is very much needing to continue having revenue and while ASE is not a top seller currently, it still brings in money for them.


As for the rest of what you said, you pretty much reiterated how entrenched you are in this nonsensical shenanigans and presented again counter intuitive and contradicting statements.

Therefore, you're still being really silly.

[Aspect222]

LOL the thread

[Bones]

Steam does not charge you for parts that you already own

[superchewbacca 2nd]

Originally posted by retsam1:

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

yes mostly agree but when snail gets desperate they do not act logicly.

look at their history and ASA with the nitrado they did that for a few million. literaly fu to the entire playerbase.

if they think they can make a million by stoping sales of old ark optics and sentiment will not stop them

There's a distinction in making business decisions that literally would salt the earth in regards to their company and making poor business decisions that paint themselves into fiscal accountability corners. You seemingly are equating the absurd with the fiscal accountability one....

The nitrado situation is because they needed a cash infusion and Nitrado took advantage of it and then they too got blow back for it and ended up backing down(partially) from it.

Since then they've been constantly advertising on twitter, Facebook reels(tik tok basically) and else where to get people to buy Ark. They're literally doing more advertising for Ark than Snail Games is doing because they desperately want to recoup the loan and get that 20% of Ascended sales revenue.

That's logical.

Because Snail is paying 20% to Nitrado and then another 30% to the platforms the game is sold on(ie steam sony MS/Xbox) this is why as I mentioned that Snail is pushing the microtransaction sales in tandem with the dlc map releases and the premium mods program % cut they're to get.


Basically to me at this point, your continuing to entrench yourself in this line of thinking is just intentionally silliness on your part.

I've talked about all these things for months now across so many different threads and cited all the SEC filings of loans and financial reports, videos of people going indepth about all this and more.

But all that is for them to -make- money as the goal to make up for their previously bad decisions with spending too much on 20+ other projects that essentially failed, up to and including the bankrupt EV car company venture.

Ark has (again see the SEC quarterly reports) accounted for over 90% of Snail's company revenue. Ark Survival Evolved --still-- generates revenue for them in addition to now Ascended.

But your seemingly flawed thinking is that they would cut off a still relevant revenue stream with ASE to focus only on ASA..... and in a manner that would create such a massive backlash and negative PR/Press for the company as to -harm- ASA and -any- other game(including ones they've announced outside of the Ark IP) that they're developing.

That's egregiously counter intuitive and hence why its pretty much lacking in any compelling sense other than to appeal to some who may be tinfoil hat caliber folks.

Originally posted by superchewbacca 2nd:

games are not boats... they are not making money from ARKSE. but they can and will see it as preventing them from making money with ASA.

we are not talking about rational business decisions.

this company is famous for 2 things.
Ark and very bad decisions that kill games or make themselves go bankrupt

just wait you will see. When ASA is at the point of failure they will either kill that or try to kill this. but they wont just go silently into the night...

You are continuing to spread factually incorrect information. ASE has continued to provide revenue for Snail. Saying it doesnt continues to remove any potential legitimacy you've had (and that's rather flimsy) to this point. The company is very much needing to continue having revenue and while ASE is not a top seller currently, it still brings in money for them.


As for the rest of what you said, you pretty much reiterated how entrenched you are in this nonsensical shenanigans and presented again counter intuitive and contradicting statements.

Therefore, you're still being really silly.

not even going to read it if you need that many words i will assume you are trying to make a weak point. an my time is more valuable to me than your ramblings