Elites on Dinotopia server

Ark Digest #13

http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/app/346110/discussions/0/535152511360451887/

Survivor, Xelot asks, “How are you going to manage the oxygen supply in underwater bases?

Answer:
Underwater bases, specifically, will use a new “Tek” tier of structures that are vacuum sealed. If the structure is completely enclosed, all doors are closed, and a unit per area called a “Venilator” is powered, then that volume will be free of water and you’ll have oxygen. If it’s not, you’ll be underwater and won’t have oxygen. You can construct air locks to provide a method of entering and exiting that doesn’t flood the inner compartments.


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Survivor, Dawii20 asks, “Will you be adding diving goggles so that we can see clearly in the water?

Answer:

We will be adding in scuba-gear in August, including goggles. These additions will generally improve life under the sea, allowing you to see better, swim faster, breathe for longer, as well as provide some other benefits.


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Survivor, Dorgorth01 asks, “Will we be seeing more melee weaponry?”

Answer:
Yes, we plant to add a proper knife, a couple swords, and three tiers of shields which will actually be usable in combination with most other melee weapons for some proper medieval-style melee combat!


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Survivor, Virtue_RS asks, “When will we see breeding/raising baby dinosaurs from eggs?”

Answer:

Breeding and raising Dinosaurs is something we’re currently working on, and it should be ready in September. When we do prepare to release, we’ll be making a lot of noise with more details on the breeding & genetics systems!


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Survivor, matrixhacker asks, “How many C4 does it take to wake up the volcano?”

Answer:

Too many :P

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Survivor, Fauzlin asks, “Can we have some kind of tree regrowth system?

Answer: Very likely. We want to support regrowing a forest around your base, so we’re going to implement some kind of miracle-gro solution you can use for this pretty soon. Note that it will only regrow plants that were already there, but still, that’ll be quite useful to make your hidden cabin by the lake hidden once again!


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Survivor, Corpratespaz asks, “Do you plan to have any other maps available by full launch?

Answer:

We’ll be launching with the map you’re playing now - however by then you will see a number of changes, there will be many new biomes added, many alterations made to current zones, the introduction of new above land and underwater caves, and expansion of the ocean areas! We also will be spinning up work on procedurally generated ARK’s soon :)


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Survivor, spartanraptor asks, “There will be more biome bosses like Broodmother and the White Gorilla?

Answer:

The Broodmother and the ??? Gorilla bosses are 2 of ??? main bosses in the game! We’ve still got at least two more to announce to you guys ;) As for regular bosses, as of patch 193 we introduced an Alpha Dinosaur. These will function as biome mini-bosses and they’ll be spread all across the ARK World. They are larger, more powerful Dinosaurs than the regular species they come from. They provide a special buff to their allies around them and are more difficult to take down. As of right now they cannot be tamed, however killing them will grant you a lot of bonus experience, resources, and some cool exclusive trophy loot!


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Survivor, carveros asks, “Will we see individual berries/fruits in the future? Instead of random press E to get stuff.”

Answer:
Yup! As we introduce more of our biomes, we’ll begin working on specifying the exact berries and fruits to the unique plants they belong to.


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Survivor, Naecabon says, “Let’s talk loot! Will there be a revamp in which enemies get an overhaul in the loot drops? Can you update supply drops with the more recent (and awesome!) engrams, such as the crossbow? Any plans to reevaluate the crafting materials of some of the higher quality items?

Answer:

Yup! We’ll be doing more to enemies so that their loot tables are a lot more rewarding for the amount of effort required to kill them, and indeed refreshing the Supply Crates shortly. You’ll get more than a flag for killing the Broodmother when it’s been fully fleshed out!


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Survivor, Nappa also asks “Will there be seige weapons like ballistas or cannons?”

Answer: Yes. The first of these, the Ballista, should be coming in August. Medieval cannons would indeed be a pretty nice follow-up to that ;)


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Survivor, Lurk asks, “Will we ever get a giant squid?

Answer: Hmm, you’ll find out next Wednesday ;)


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Survivor, OG Vehnum asks, “Will there be tranq darts for Firarms?

Answer:

Yup! We’ll be introducing more forms of tranquilizing enemies, including tranq-darts!

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Survivor, snellious asks, “Thoughts on a “deconstructor” bench to turn unwanted saddles and equipment into say 50% of craft costs?”

Answer: That’s a cool idea. We’ll definitely be looking into it asap. It would certainly help satisfy the hoarder in me to collect everything possible and deconstruct it... :)


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Survivor, Tion asks, “Is there going to be a weapon and tool repair kit for those length adventures? Can’t always have the smithy and/or fabricator with me”

Answer: That sounds like a good idea! We’ll be considering a portable repair station that you can place down and pick up.

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Survivor, Rhapsodyy asks, “Would it be possible to let us use flare guns whilst riding a bird?”

Answer: Yeah, in v194 using the flare gun while on a Dino will be supported!


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Survivor, SigMagnus also asks, “Will you be adding a higher tier bed? Like one that would allow to quick-travel with your items?”

Answer: That would be called “Teleportation” and… it requiers a LOT of energy and a LOT of technology but… the ARK has many secrets yet to reveal ;)


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Survivor, killingtactic asks, “Is there going to be any kind of respect system put in, and if so when?”

Answer:

We do plan to introduce one into the game! We’re still working it all out at the moment, we want to make sure it isn’t too easy so you can continuously reset over and over again, but also make it so that it’s worth doing, as opposed to re-rolling, there are a few ideas and once we’ve got something concrete, you’ll see it in the patch notes :)

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Survivor, Kurp asks, “Seeing as we can’t use paintbrushes whilst flying or climbing, can we get some type of paint gun in order to paint larger objects?

Answer: Yep, the paint spraygun is coming soon :)

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