**SERVER VOTE**

Progression in a cooperative PVE server is a server-wide thing. The drop mod in the recent month has made all progression obsolete imo, with all the new bps all over, there's no material reason to do any end game content. The only reason to go is to see caves and deep-sea loot crates once for lols.

That's the only argument I have for a wipe. I like my dinos, but as far as structures go, our tribe is basically self-restarting when the biome comes out anyways, with very likely move to the northeast and new bases likely for Ricktor and Ramb0.

That's why I voted yes, with exceptions. I don't particularly want a wipe... except that there's no longer any meaningful progression to be done on the server except some activities for shits and giggles.

I voted yes with exception. As someone who just started on this server I think I have built myself a pretty nice and creative base with lots of plans for more. I would not like the idea of going through all this just to wipe. Plus, if there is going to be a wipe within a month, there is no incentive for someone like me to be active until after the wipe. Aside from the community, there is no reason for me to build more, obtain more dinos, store kibble, stockpile resources, etc.

Now having said that, I am eager to try the Center. There is lots of room to build and places to explore. I would support a wipe if there were a few guarantees. One, there would be some kind of a boost to harvest and taming for the first little bit. Second, I would love to see the wild dino pickup option activated. I disagree that it is OP or breaks the game. If a flier is big enough to grab them, they should be able to grab them, period. Yes. There is the worry it would be used for griefing. But we are a close community and have strict rules. A few instances may occur. But as long as we have rules in place and they are enforced, it shouldn't be a problem. Also, is there a way to set dinos only? I don't know. Lastly, I would like to see alphas turned off, at least in the beginning when we are all most vulnerable. I am probably one of the minority that don't think they should be in the game at all. But that's my level of gaming and what I like in a game like this. Personal preference. Once people get established, I would be fine with turning them back on. But I would prefer a game without them.

Thanks for giving us a voice! I will of course bow to the majority and not complain if things don't go my way. I've made some good friends here and will follow you folks wherever you lead.

If we wipe, I would support a total wipe. Never been a fan of a conditional wipe.

I would even be opposed to XP/Gather boosts (beyond the normal)

Of course I'm a big meanie too =)

For now I have voted no. If we could be allowed to download a few select dinos after a full wipe, then i'd be alright, but i'm not up for losing all of them just for a biome change, particularly in an area I don't live in (the east coast area is unaffected by any of the changes.

I don't care about the buildings, or the materials, or anything like that. I want to keep my dinos, and a full wipe will not allow me to do that, even if I upload them, as current state is. Would also like the dino grabbing on, but that at least a very minor hindrance tbh.

what ever happends a wipe or no i dont realy mind tho i have to say there is only 2 dino's that im kinda got verry attached to my basicly black quetz wich i tamed and 1 ptera tho i have to say what ever the deccision maybey ill follow it so atm my vote goes to yes but with excaptions but as said what ever is going to be decided ill stay this server and comunity became my home when i started playing on here ( is my first server ) see yall soon

I don't know where to start. I'm still in progress of accomplishing things, building, leveling, and if there was a wipe, I'd have to start all over and for that, I'd stop playing the game all together. Who wants to be 3/4 of the way through a campaign just to have the game tell you that you need to start over, given all the time you've put into it. Not me. At least not right now.

NOW, bringing dinos would kind of help. Not 2, but like 10 or 20. So if it comes down to it, to keep me playing, that would make it a little better.

State what your place was mainly built out of and everyone gets the same amount of walls and ceilings of that material to give everyone a boost and to those that are 'hard' don't need to get them. Haha

Idk. Part of me would be ok if it was with stipulations of being able to rebuild but the other part is mad cause I never made it through all my levels and all the resources and stuff I've gathered. That means more to me because that's the time I've spent the most on. To lose all that would just be a forfeit for me. I can't play all day like some. I'm given a few hours a day and after that is real life. And so much of my 'meaningful' time was spent making what my tribe has.

So my ultimate answer is No to a wipe.

Love all the discussion!

Please note that it is estimated that the devs will have 1 to 2 mandatory wipes in the next 6 months.

They are pushing to having the game released by the Holidays, and a mandatory wipe will occur at that time.

There is also rumor of the TheIsland and TheCenter maps merging, which I believe will come with a mandatory wipe.

I'm a bit on the fence as far as a wipe goes. On one hand, I, like others, am fairly new; I still have tons of work to do on my base and my dinos, ESPECIALLY my dinos. A wipe now would essentially invalidate the last week's worth of my free time, which...I wouldn't exactly be pleased with. Furthermore, I enjoy playing solo, so a wipe would be harder on me than it would for the various Tribes on the island. On the other, a full wipe would help make the island feel fresh again, as I currently live near fairly large bases that seem to have no (regularly) active players. Moreover, I might be able to find an even better place to build a base on, or even claim one of my old favorites.

If we did do a wipe, I'd at least like to see some kind of compensation for it, be it a gathering/XP Boost, Dino transfer, or whatever. I'd just really prefer to not have to start exactly at square one. As long as people aren't afraid to throw a few extra freebies into the public smelting station, I'd be fine with deleting (or toning down) the drop mod as well.

I love this server and the players in it.

One month ago, bad servers after an other I had found you guys. I, like many others that are new had spent lots of time building and designing our perfect base. Finally now after lots of grind and carefully build out all my building with temp first I have build a base that I'm happy with but not yet complete. As a fresh player in this server we still find it fun and exciting with the game.

We are a PVE server so players being on "even ground" has no real effect on one an other. Our experienced players are so friendly that being on uneven ground are inviting and helping inexperienced players to stay in this server and grow as a community. Sometimes our server lags but because of how hardworking admins are, they took care of abandon things and as a result our lags are cut to a enjoyable play time. Our lag is even better than PVP server that wipes since April. (My gf is in one and her's lags are worse than ours.)

I understand the experienced players on the server could feel a bit bored since they now have build everything they need and want so everything else just seems like a chore but if they would love a new start why not give up everything they have and start a new character?

Admin could delete everything they have built and delete who they were so they can even have a new character with their old name. Dino and stuff they would like to keep they can simply handed to a trusted friend then come back and claim it, admin does not have to decided wipe all, wipe with conditions or wipe new player's hard grind. Sorry for admin might have to do a bit more work than they have already done but this way everyone could be happy?

In this way "wipe" and "condition" becomes a personal choice.

If the beacon drop mod seems too easy for people then take it away? But our community is so great that we just borrow BPs from one another anyways. If you want it more challenging for you then you could still get BPs the hard way.

Some players feel our map is a bit crowed, I think a lot of it has to do with our available space is cut in half by the game biome change once the updated map comes on then people can moved around more in turn space problem will solve it self.

I voted yes, because at this point, especially for those of us that have been on for a while I assume as well, the gameplay has gone stale. Like Teclee just said, and others too, on a PVE server there is only so much in the way that things are threatening. The feeling of building up and establishing yourself is probably the most fun the game has (imo of course). I understand this would be a big blow to those only on their way or just reaching that point that the only things left to do are breed Oxygen into Argents just for a few extra levels, but at the same time your "value" in terms of server growth and future shoots up exponentially.

The way I see it, if we start again, everything is needed, we all need good fliers, everyone wants to take down a quetz, find some beavers, tame a Rex for nomming some meat. That also means anyone that manages to get those things can help others, and if they choose to, also profit to further their own base/personal growth. Almost all "markets" are saturated, so for new people there isn't something to break into, or even compete for.

Almost everyone has a quetz, or can easily get one if needed, massively reducing any real challenge, you can fly up to the volcano, produce a bunch of ingots, fly home, and be loaded in metal in a short time without any challenge or effort. Don't get me wrong, I love the forge setup on the volcano, and I'm 50/50 on if I'd ask to have it in again if we did wipe, but who remembers flying a Ptera to grab a few metal just to repair your crossbow, or an argent trying to flap along to the mountain that didn't currently have a 100+ rex hanging out waiting to eat you. That challenge was fun, and exciting, it gave a nice thrill at times.

As for mods, I do agree something to increase difficulty would be nice, though just upping dino levels just means higher tamed dinos and then you have the same situation, but stronger things to deal with threats that really don't go up by much. Perhaps there are other mods that can be use that don't edit the core files that might bring in more challenge, or other things that'd be suitable. I'd never recommend changing exp/gathering/taming, I think those are spot on, but there might be other ideas. I am for removal of the drop mod, while I won't go looking for ocean drops, I think those that do should be rewarded, even if it means they sell the service to use the fancy BPs they find down there. Right now you might find something, but someone else already pulled it out of a yellow, maybe even something that's better, not even from a red!

Overall it just comes down to challenge, wants, and needs. I'll go behind whatever is decided, but I do hope we consider a full wipe. Also with the idea of wipe with conditions, like keeping levels, bases, base materials, dinos, whatever. Aside from MAYBE levels (though it's the only one I might personally be okay with I think it's better to do a full wipe), I think it's best to go clean slate, you add in some old dinos and it takes only a short while before everyone has 219 beavers, 200+ quetz, etc etc, and we're back at the no challenge, no build stage. Let's all live off the raptors we luck into early on, use bows with tranq arrows, really work for a new Ark world together.

That's it for my speech, sorry it's not broken up better, I jump thought to thought. I hope we can come up with something that will please most of the community, if not all of it, cause I really do like the people that I know, and I'm sure I'd like the people I haven't met yet, I'd hate to see people go who were unhappy with any decisions made.

Sounds like we need a new thread to discuss how to make the server more challenging.

I propose random raining carnivores on Sundays

RaRaCaSu (RawRaw Kazoo)

patent pending...