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GREEN TURTLE Jun 14, 2015 @ 2:31pm
Ark data download disabled
I am on an Official EU PVP server and it says "ark data download disabled".

Why? I thought we were allowed to transfer our characters between Arks...
Last edited by GREEN TURTLE; Jun 14, 2015 @ 2:34pm
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GREEN TURTLE Jun 14, 2015 @ 2:36pm 
I would appreciate if a Dev could clarify whether this feature is currently available. There seems to be a lot of confusion on this.
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Stray Sheep Jun 14, 2015 @ 2:39pm 
It's a possibility that it's a server feature that's disabled on PVP servers to prevent unfair advantage. What's to stop someone from developing their character on a different server or on a local server, then transferring that top-tier character to a PVP server and killing a ton of people?
I'm not saying it's something you'd do personally, but it is something people try to do in multiplayer games.

So it could be possible that it's disabled to prevent that.
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GREEN TURTLE Jun 14, 2015 @ 6:06pm 
Originally posted by Nux (Stray Sheep):
It's a possibility that it's a server feature that's disabled on PVP servers to prevent unfair advantage. What's to stop someone from developing their character on a different server or on a local server, then transferring that top-tier character to a PVP server and killing a ton of people?
I'm not saying it's something you'd do personally, but it is something people try to do in multiplayer games.

So it could be possible that it's disabled to prevent that.

Negative. Transfering from PVP to PVP should be allowed. Transfering from PVE to PVP should not be though.
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Stray Sheep Jun 14, 2015 @ 6:08pm 
Originally posted by Dinoseatbirds:
Negative. Transfering from PVP to PVP should be allowed. Transfering from PVE to PVP should not be though.

Ah. The more you know. Thanks for clarifying for me.
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Dudeus Jun 23, 2015 @ 11:41am 
Originally posted by Dusty Shiro:
and what if your on PvPvE?
Which is PvP, unless you saw a server where the mobs can't hurt you.
#5
Carto Jun 23, 2015 @ 11:46am 
Downloading characters is alright, downloading dinos is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ broken. I turned it off completely on my server and it's been for the better. I had a group off little sh1ts come in who had spawned and force tamed a ton of dinos on a private server they spun up at home. Two hours later they leveled the entire server as they ran around with raid bosses as pets.
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GREEN TURTLE Jun 28, 2015 @ 7:59am 
Originally posted by SCEA Cartographer:
Downloading characters is alright, downloading dinos is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ broken. I turned it off completely on my server and it's been for the better. I had a group off little sh1ts come in who had spawned and force tamed a ton of dinos on a private server they spun up at home. Two hours later they leveled the entire server as they ran around with raid bosses as pets.

Downloading characters does NOT work for official servers (yet).
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Slimbone Jun 28, 2015 @ 8:14am 
It should be allowed but have a cooldown, so when you transfer once you cant transfer again for 15-20 days. The game came out and i joined a server thats not EU and i get a ping of 150-200 so would love to transfer to an EU server. Dont want to start at level 1 again :(
#8
MatrixArtz Jul 6, 2015 @ 3:16am 
'bumping' for official to official character transfer feature to be enabled.
#9
Kal Oct 23, 2015 @ 7:43am 
Any news?
#10
Cricket (Banned) Oct 23, 2015 @ 7:45am 
Getting so many necro threads today. The news is this was being exploited so the devs turned it off.
#11
Boblakk Dec 10, 2015 @ 4:39pm 
Bump feature/news
#12
Lori37 Dec 10, 2015 @ 4:41pm 
I am guessing they might re-enable it when the game goes live and they have figured out how to do this properly, without people being able to cheat with it...
#13
Kal Dec 10, 2015 @ 5:48pm 
Meanwhile, I left the game unfortunately, because the server I play is on nitrado, who is very bad and have a lot of problems to connect. Pity.
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Lethal Shadow Mar 6, 2020 @ 7:59pm 
Originally posted by Stray Sheep:
It's a possibility that it's a server feature that's disabled on PVP servers to prevent unfair advantage. What's to stop someone from developing their character on a different server or on a local server, then transferring that top-tier character to a PVP server and killing a ton of people?
I'm not saying it's something you'd do personally, but it is something people try to do in multiplayer games.

So it could be possible that it's disabled to prevent that.

What you mean by "unfair advantage"?
Does schoolchilden have "unfair advantage" against working people who can play 1-2 hour per day only? Yes they does.
Does clans with 4-5 people have "unfair advantage" against solo players? Yes they does.
Game itself have a lot of situations when one players have "unfair advantage" against other.

ARK Data Transfer allows to make this unfair advantages less noticeable. Because with data transfer more depends from how you prepared before moving to server. Not amout of playes in clan or online time per day.
Last edited by Lethal Shadow; Mar 6, 2020 @ 8:05pm
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