jump straight to Aberration, and Abs introduced new characters such as Diana and Santiago who, if one moved prematurely to Extinction, would suddenly turn up in the notes out of the blue and players
, possibly showing the wrong landscape in a cutscene, or anything else. But of course that sort of thing costs money and time, so the team must weigh up whether it is worth the investment. Supposing that

The main intent of the game is multiplayer tribes, true...the story is slightly secondary to that. But they did put some effort into that story to flesh it out, give a backdrop for the world and
characters. And though some details of that may have changed over time, they have now codified it into a central narrative which, while a little twisted or plothole-prone in some areas, basically hangs

Origineel geplaatst door 🦊 Hermit:

The main intent of the game is multiplayer tribes, true...the story is slightly secondary to that. But they did put some effort into that story to flesh it out
, give a backdrop for the world and characters. And though some details of that may have changed over time, they have now codified it into a central narrative which, while a little twisted or

discussion about it. It's good to have a nice in-depth chat about something like that without it descending into bickering and namecalling.

Thank you for your time and effort, and for your respectful manner
Stieglitz violated his contract and they had to push it out the door unfinished.

It really reinforces my opinion. I don't know if you saw my message about rewatching the overseer cut scene, but I really

which the game's lore progresses...?

Origineel geplaatst door Mathius:

The Island has always been the best map, it just isn't viewed that way because we all spend so much time there that burn out occurs
surroundings rather than out of context on a mod map which doesn't really do them justice. But there again, the OP can make up their own mind whether that's a concern for them, or whether they don't mind and

Extinction. This is to avoid potential spoilers of new creatures and game mechanics, and to get a sense of said creatures in their natural habitat and balanced with their surroundings rather than out of
different order. [/quote]

I would say Aberration is my favorite, but it's mostly because I'm tired of the Island. But I definitely spent more time enjoying and learning on the Island.

Ragnarok is a very

may be right up your alley.

I'd actually recommend you don't turn on single player settings myself, because imo they make the game far too easy. Simply reducing the taming time, upping gather
how you came to be here from those notes. There are also 'dungeon' caves to run, which give you items used to access the map's bosses. The bosses are very tough, so you may need some time to prepare

Origineel geplaatst door 🦊 Hermit:

I would recommend you start out on The Island map, as that is the first story map and a good introduction to the game. After that if you want to play the maps in
's release order.

But I don't want to derail the thread by arguing parts of the lore.

The Island has always been the best map, it just isn't viewed that way because we all spend so much time there that burn

Origineel geplaatst door Liralen:

When I first started playing Ark, I was at first bummed out because we aren't given a tutorial.

Then I realized that we are. We are given exp for simply staying
. Taming is time consuming, whereas building walls around around your hut is trivial.

When I do tame a dino, the first one I tame is a therizin. They are good at harvesting wood, most dinos won't attack

When I first started playing Ark, I was at first bummed out because we aren't given a tutorial.

Then I realized that we are. We are given exp for simply staying alive.

So my first step was to
roof or exit from the back door while the dino is camping the first door, and kill it from behind.

I don't bother with taming dinos until I can protect them. Taming is time consuming, whereas building