ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

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F Jun 18, 2015 @ 1:32am
Respec?
I know it's difficult to implement respec in this game because of the crafting and levelling system. However, dev rolls out new items and dino every week. It's actually punishing people who leveled up early on and spent all their points on engrams.

I stop spending points on engram after wood structure, hide armour and metal tools. I know many people do that as well because we're afraid that we don't have enough points to spend at later level. We would hunt for the blue prints rather than spend on engrams.

It's a safe way to play around the system. That's why some engrams are severely under use (like Phio, Carbonemys saddle and farming engrams ) and it defeats the purpose of Early Access and Alpha Testing.

If dev give us a chance to respec after big patches, it'll certainly encourages us to test some under power engrams.
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AzothStorm Jun 18, 2015 @ 1:33am 
Respec soup lets you respec but you lose 90% health lol
BloodDeacon Jun 18, 2015 @ 1:35am 
Easy fix -- reset your current exp (but not level) to 90% or 95% when you respec. Can't respec if your current exp doesn't match your max exp. Also (particularly if exp penalty is smaller) require a particular piece of technology for the respec.
Last edited by BloodDeacon; Jun 18, 2015 @ 1:36am
RkRock Jun 18, 2015 @ 1:41am 
I think the option to roll a new character in the same world serves as a respec, you will have to grind all that exp again though.

While rediculesly punishing doing it any other way would make it easy to exploit.
Jaeden Jun 18, 2015 @ 1:45am 
I support this idea, many of us started playing this game for the first time not knowing how it worked or what stats would be most benficial. As a result many of us put points and engrams into less then ideal locations. A respec option on a high cooldown(30 days?) would be great.
BloodDeacon Jun 18, 2015 @ 1:57am 
In retrospect it's possible that they WANT people to restart characters so they get feedback from the early game to end game, at least for now.
Ditchy Jun 18, 2015 @ 2:08am 
Maybe after an update they credit every player with some points to spend. Doesnt have to be enough for all of them...so you would have to make a choice.
Mansen Jun 18, 2015 @ 2:32am 
Respeccing is coming - No deadline though.
themisfitjoe Jun 20, 2015 @ 9:50am 
Respeccing should be an ability at the obelisks, requires certain high lvl items (like megaladon teeth, talons, t-rex arms).
Jester5093 Jun 20, 2015 @ 9:52am 
Respec might as well take out the engram portion all together. Way too easy to then exploit. Now, I'm not against taking out the engram portion, or unlinking it from leveling. But just saying, respecing ruins that entire portion of the game.

I'm honestly not that thrilled with the entire concept of leveling in this game.
󠀡󠀡 Jun 20, 2015 @ 9:53am 
yeah should definitely be something you have to put in some work for, and can only do every so often, because it would be abused otherwise of course.
The reason I would like a respec is because (by my own fault admittedly, I didn't know the current SP level cap was 74 as I was always on an unnofficial server that allowed a max level of 100) I reached max level with too low of oxygen. I don't want to create a new character for fear that I will lose my house that I spent FOREVER making (it's badass) but would like to get my oxygen from 280 to something like 400.
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Date Posted: Jun 18, 2015 @ 1:32am
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