@Motivational.mindset69 I'm not wasting 12hrs of my life raising a giga bro that's just for it to eat alone call it what you want I'm not "surviving" by watching a bar go up over 7 days and taking shifts like it's a job
So I agree with most of what you stated. However, as another person who has other real life requirements that limit my play time, I enjoy the official PVE side of the game and here’s why 1. With it being official I have the rest of the official community to trade with. Whether it be stats, color regions, or boss fights, some of the good friends I have made have been from the trading aspect you have on official. 2. You did mention finding a “good unofficial server”. That to me is the biggest hurdle. Putting weeks or months into a server for personality issues that can reset you at 0, or the server not receiving enough funding from players causing the server to shut down is just something I have dealt with and don’t feel like dealing with again.
I hate when people play ark FOR THE FIRST TIME and they do it on OFFICIAL SERVERS, then they go on to say ark is trash based on that experience. 🤦♂ Ark should only be played on private servers with friends or singleplayer, official is a trap that sucks the fun out of any casual player or noob that joins it.
You're not wrong about anything you said! However as an Official PVE player, i cant speak for everyone, but I get gratification of accomplishment if i can tame, breed, and beat bosses the hardest way possible. I feel like it makes your base/dinosaurs feel so much more meaningful :)
Ya same I usually dont play hard mode on other games but something about playing boosted rates on ark feels like cheating and its not nearly as satisfying to tame, build, breed, etc. compared to official rates
Official PVE is my preference as well. It just requires some etiquette and patience with toxic players. But trading and grouping up with complete strangers for boss fights has been my favorite thing in ark.
I think this video is more about pvp. I also prefer official pve as you get the satisfaction of reaching end game instead of having the option to spawn in anything in single player/ boosters for unofficial
I quit official a long time ago. It was way too toxic and filled with people that play 24/7 all year. Better off just playing unofficial or single player. It's still sad to see people think official is the only way to play the game.
%100 luckily I have a group who can deal with all the toxicity. Been on officials for years. But everything he said is facts and officials is not a good idea for casual players.
Alright, Let me clarify something as well. If Ark somehow finds a way to get rid of some of the toxic stuff like ini, spawn camping, and other crap.... I think Ark Official COULD make a massive comback.... Thoughts?!? (Also, this video is 11:11 on accident.... Thats kinda cool!!!! )
Hands down meshing is the worst issue with Ark pvp official. Insiding is the next worst issue, but there isn't a punishment incentive for that kind of behavior in Ark. If they could 100% fix meshing and everyone had to raid fairly. Would be so much better.
As a 31000 hour player official will not make a come back the coding is all the same and cheats will live forever right now you can reserve your spot for ark 2 aimbot
Also on top of that there’s meshing they system in play does not stop anything just the people who know how to do it haven’t released it yet and prob won’t same with duping you can still show right now and you could say oh the devs will catch you that’s also false I will not explain how it’s done just know they will not fix it
When ASE came out and server transfers were not implemented yet, playing on official was great. Everybody knew each other, it was a microcosmos of its own and although PvP was possible, all the tribes stuck together and only went against the (back then) rare griefers. This totally changed once servertransfers were added - the toxicity swept over The Island like a wave of phiomiapoop... since then I never played official again and spent thousands of hours happily on different private servers.
so glad to hear this from someone else, i played on 683 center back in the day and the community was amazing, then they added transfers and every big tribe that was keeping our server protected from griefs got raided, they had the upper hand before because they ran things, it was official but they owned it cuz nobody could raid. Ark was never the same after transfers
Server transfers were a massive mistake. They just favor the attacking parties, because their only stakes are the dinos that they send in, wheras the defenders stand to (and typically will) lose everything. Closed off communities sort of policed themselves and had an organically emerging diplomacy. It is often argued that server transfers were necessary to prevent tyrannical alphas, who ruled their servers with an iron fist. But instead server transfers only allowed the tyranny to spread.
I love unofficial PVE. It's more like a community. Most have certain settings turned up so the game is not such a grind and you can be having more fun, whether your into breeding, fighting or building. A good unofficial also have great admins as arguments, trolls, pillering etc still happen, but they can be dealt with quickly. It's fun doing stuff together, sometimes with total strangers from all around the world. Us older long termers helping newbies to the game so they enjoy ark instead of quitting and never playing again.
Just 3 days ago we got the locals to take down a 135 alpha Rex together. We all had Argys and we all attacked it together and defeated it. That 15 mins of fighting was so fun that we agreed to do brood mother together and megapithacus together in the future.
I totally agree with you. I have been playing ARK the first day ASE came out and when single player came out I left and never looked back. I still remember looking for an Official server and spawned in inside a metal box that I could not get out of. There was even a sign inside the box telling me, and anyone else who spawned in the box to get the F off their server. I never played on offical again.
I had that happen on PvE and I went scorched earth on that Tribe. Reported them and then blasted them in the chat. Got karma a while later when, due to their poor choices and getting Ark’d they needed help getting back on their feet. Reminded them of their spawn locking box and told them to pound sand.
Official is the way to go for pve cause of the trading scene and where all the real dino breeding goes down. Another thing about unofficial is all the mods and boosted rates are easy mode and the game get boring pretty fast cause you can have and do everything to fast. Also your problem is you look at it from a pvp pov. Pvp is always where the most toxic people will be. Imo ark pvp kinda sucks, why would you want to spend so much time breeding dinos for certain stats and colors, building a base and all the other grindy stuff ark offers only to have it killed/wiped and all the time out the window and have to watch your back 24/7 then after all of that you just get raided while your offline. No thanks on that.
I completely agree with everything you said but I will be playing official pve, the thing I enjoy about official is connecting with people from across multiple servers and I get more satisfaction from official, however I will also be playing unofficial and single player too. But would never play PVP official because they are indeed far too toxic
@@FATMAC2 ngl bro im one of those people who pillar lol, you literally have to or youre eventually going to be confined to some 2 by 2 foundation base on the beach. Imo official PVE is better if ur able to claim ur spot lol plus they dont wipe and ruin all ur progress like unofficial
Pve is garbage tho, ppl block note runs as well they Blick spots off like caves and you cannot even get in because pve, you can't blow ppl stuff up😂😂 maysel just pvp bri
@@jazduh1235so you wanna be a map blocker without ppl being able to fight back, pve is trash because of this lolol, Noone can wipe buildings to get at stuff artifacts n notes blocked, drops blocked what's the point
Theres a server better than official servers its call NA-PVP-BetterOfficial-TheIsland. They make sure all this stuff thats mentioned in the video doesnt happen
Totally agree although i still play official pve in my spare time. Mainly because my friends do. But yes you can’t go down a beach that isn’t pillared. People get god complex and don’t want anyone to build anywhere near them (which i get because of rendering issues) but some people totally pillar off huge areas because they have think they own areas of the map or control the resources of the map 🙄
That's the biggest frustration for me. Every server I've had to try, is pillared. If I find a spot, build on it and have to log out of the game, when I return, pillars are stopping me from continuing to build. That forces me to move what I built or find another server. I'm never going to progress. It's not possible. The toxicity is beyond ridiculous.
7:25 my response in the comments. I agree with your thoughts about pvp but not pve: 1. Once transfers open up you can transfer and trade resources anywhere. The resources you obtain on official can be compared to.... earning a degree at an official university. Whereas the resources you obtain on unofficial is like.... getting a degree from Trump University. Only a handful of people will recognize it having any intrinsic value. 2. The mods and the admins spawning in game items leads to almost like a form of "monetary inflation". When you set the rates to 4x and every beach Bob and his baby's momma has a Tek Tier mansion: it loses its, again, intrinsic value. It'd be like printing everyone in america a billion dollars. 3. Most admins are politically left. They are pro marxism, pro homosexuality, and get triggered by the slightest joke. So if you make a comment or a political opinion they don't like or agree with. They will simply just wipe your whole base and call you "toxic". 4. The server owner can simply just stop paying and you lose all your stuff. 5. Unofficial has little to no pve player base. If you want to argue with me. Simply order all unofficial servers by players. You will find dozens of official servers 70/70 in a thriving community, but the highest player count you'll ever find on unofficial pve is like 10 But I do share common ground and agree with you about PVP. it's superior on unofficial. 1. The Chinese hackers of official make the game unplayable (i would be banned for racism and wiped on a pve unofficial by some triggered admin for making that FACTUALLY CORRECT statement). 2. On pvp you need an admin or a referee to govern the fairplay of high stakes game like Ark. 3. Pvp official is too easily monopolized by mega tribes. 4. On pvp, no server transfers is good. You don't want some mega tribe spawning in and wiping everyone
GCM was on for a couple hours and they wiped the servers and reset them all. But there were numerous dupe bugs, one where crafting stations didnt consume resources and one where you could dupe with a bee hive. Dont get me wrong it was a clusterfuck launch but get it right.
I suppose all of that is true about PvP games, but most of it wouldn't make sense for PvE. What I don't like about official servers in PvE games is lag kills, and Alpha Dinosaur traps that somehow prevent escape even with a flyer. In ARK SA they have a resurrection option, and no doubt a lot of players know how to use the process to get around "cheat kills", but I don't. I have also noticed it has to be done within 24 hours.
The thing I felt on the offical PVE servers was a stong sense of commuity amongst most of the players on there, we made some really good friends over the years we played and it was always nice that most players on our servers stuck together and helped each other. When we joined unofficial servers we mostly felt like outcasts just because we were more experienced and more used to "the grind". It seemed like you always needed permission to build somewhere or do something. When we achieved something, there was always someone who was friends with/payed an admin just to get something better (dinos,bps,element, etc). For the foundation part I understand that 100% but we also used to pillar an area around our base just to have some space to the next base and we used to pillar important resources because many people would build a farming base on top of them therefor blocking most of the resources. On PVP I have to totally agree. When we started ark we joined a friends offical PVP tribe and it was a toxic experience.
If the raiding was like Conan and there were raid times at weekend this game would appeal to so many more people Too hard/long to grind too quick to loose everything- and to often you won’t even be online when you get wiped
thats not true on official unless they are meshing or cheating in some other way. If you are built up it can take days or longer to complete a big raid
I'm not sure if they have them for ASA but on ASE they had official servers with ORP (offline Raid Protection). I think you would enjoy these types of servers.
I love Official and sure it is toxi at time but it can also be alot of fun. I have been playing Official pve for 8years and im doing even now on ASA. To each there own, but i will never tell someone how/were to play.. for me SP is 0 fun.. to fast and to easy to kill boss.. i love the long griend of official.
I like to enjoy the pvp aspect of the game as without it I feel the game has a short endgame ceiling, unofficial has it's fair share of issues too with admin abuse and uncertainty of the servers staying up and retaining a healthy amount of players to interact with as I lose motivation on the game when there is little to no players to have fun with. Experience I had on unofficial was the community on a server would die off completely after 2 weeks to 1month. Starting again on a new server after just getting well setup playing casually while managing a full time job can be really tiring and demotivating.
When I first started playing ASE about 2 years ago I immediately saw how toxic official servers are. I was just trying to play on a PVE server, but as you described players had planted pillars all over the map so nobody else could build. This was on a fairly new server too but players had already done this.
We had something similar happen to us. Found us a little spot to build up and then proceeded as normal. Then all of his stuff despawned and our group swooped in and claimed their main base area.
The reason you saw so many pillars was because it was a "fairly" new server. You will see this even today as, more so on Pve cause people want to build really big and need the land to do so.. but it takes time so you plot out the land you need using pillars.. Now, if someone did this and didn't start on building then it can be reported and wildcard will give the tribe owner 24 hours to fix it or they will wipe it all.
@GAHJIE I understand what you are saying, but this wasn't someone just planning ahead. I literally could not find a single spot on the map where I could build. I didn't check the entire map but I did spend a good amount of time and covered a lot of ground but just couldn't find anyplace where I was able to build. After that experience I just decided I would either just play solo or on a private aerver.
@@jgrdgon like i said, if you know the person isn't building in the area that is pillared, then you can summit a ticket to wildcard and they will wipe all of the tribes structures.. So if you find a map that has a area you want to build in that's just pillars.. start building in a different area close by and report them. When wildcard comes to remove the spam you can take it over for yourself. Takes time but I rather that then a private server that the owner could shut down at any time.
Honestly I’ve played a bit of official pvp on evolved but I played single player/unofficial for ever and on unofficial all I got was bad admins, no players and a server eventually dying. On single player I got everything I could have wanted but it was so lonely. I came to official bc I can no longer play the game alone, and unofficial is not stable enough. Official has a lot of bada but I like the stability and constant amount of people playing it. It had lots of pros and if u plan on playing ark ALOT, I recommend official, but I don’t recommend for average casual players due to longevity of things in game
Problem is there's not really good options for unofficial PvP. All the unofficial PvP servers die in one month, always have a big risk of admin abuse, all get tempted into making the rates 20x or something ridiculous, etc. MTS is the only option but that's even sweatier than official servers. Less cheats at least to be fair though.
This is partly true, but finding a good server that has good pop for over a week isnt that hard. The rates are often high but that is probably because people actually like that and lower rates are not a necessity for a good experience.
@@edvinkandenas348 yes, but you dont understand this. Theres way more people enjoying lower rates than higher ones. And exactly that is why they play official. Unofficial is simply ark on easy mode for a lot of people and its less rewarding for them. So most play official as the servers dont die off in a week due to how easy and unrewarding they are. The reason why official(but also games like league, dead by daylight, valorant or a lot of other shooters etc) are so popular is because that they dont pump their players full with rewards over nothing like a lot of unofficial servers in ark do. Sadly the part that makes people addicted to a game is quite literally the annoying, painful sht they go through to reach a goal. Most Unofficial servers only work for big casuals and people that arent a fan of grinding (and therefore quit after a week) Also these official servers are more toxic bc, well, grinding is annoying and makes white men with no impulse control salty (and because those grinding servers have more people that play more consistently on them)
depends... if you are looking for a fun chill experience then yeah, stay away from offi. but if you want a challenge like no other then hop on offi. its no different from a competitive fps, theres the tryhard offi/ranked and the chill pve, singleplayer/casual. personally i play ark for that excitement, for the grueling pvp, the week long raids, the camaraderie, etc etc. i have made friends through ark pvp that im closer to than some of my irl friends saying one is bad and you should NEVER TOUCH IT N BLAA BLAA is just being simple minded. you prefer single player and a chill experience, and others prefer the grueling difficulty. ngl this video just seems like ragebait, the argument you are making is essentially "board games are better then console games"... PvP, PvE n Singleplayer are all their own games and cant really be compared with each other, sure they use the same building blocks but everything else is different
I agree with what you're saying but I still prefer officials. It's not for everyone. I like the thrill of pvp and politics involved in surviving. It's like a zombie apocalypse where zombies aren't the real threat, people are. Dinos aren't the threat, people are. You have to out smart them in pvp or politically through trading/alliances etc. It's a super toxic environment but something about it is also thrilling and you can't get that in pve or single player.
Also while there is a lot of toxicity in official pvp there are a lot of people that are nice. You won't find it as much on regular official cause mega tribes. But pre mega tribes and on small tribes there are plenty of nice people and tribes you can interact with. On my server on ASE we would actively supply noobs and bobs with tames and structures. Most unofficial servers also aren't as welcoming as they seem. You get a fair amount of favorites or pay to win or admins just banning you attacked them.
The pillaring areas is very frustrating on official PvE. Or the gates that block beaches and rivers so you need a flyer just to get around is hella annoying. However I think majority of official PvE isn’t as toxic as PvP. And it’s very unappealing watching PvP videos looking like there playing on Nintendo 64.
its the challenge if extreme revenge... the adrenaline of losing your best raised tames when your fighting. the sentimental loss the game can provide make official pvp the most intense wins and losses ive ever experienced in a game. its not for everyone but I would never take the year and half I have on ark back! and im exited to do it all again on asa!
Official is the only way to truly enjoy the game, with all the extra boosted/modded unofficial servers, you getting bored so fast everything is too easy
I get it for pvp no one really wants to spend hours a day building up from wood to stone just to get offline raided and do the same thing tomorrow, but for pve official is definitely the best way to go.
@@AaronJohnson-dd3opunofficial is also for people with a lot of real life responsibilities, friends, families, children, or things to do in their day to day lives.
Online is garbage no matter where you play. Official PvE has pillar idiots, Official PvP nothing more needs to be said. Unofficial servers have facist admins and griefers who cheat, the rates are stupid and they have truckloads of annoying mods, if you host a server with friends, then eventually they get bored and stop paying and you lose all your work that you put in. Single player is the best and where it's at. No need to pay greedy server companies, YOU get to choose the rates, YOU get to choose the mods, all maps are accessible, if you decide to stop playing a month or even a year, everything will still be there when you last left it. Single player Ark is and will always be superior.
Official isn't for everyone, probably not even most people but it does offer more of a challenge which can especially be welcome for PVE players, and it draws out the journey of building up (best part about the game imo) so that you don't just rush to the end game in a few hours. In PVP its different because its more of a race to the endgame and so the disadvantage of falling behind is a lot more detrimental. Toxic players can also be a lot more of a problem on officials too because WC doesn't just ban them like a server admin can, but usually the majority of the server will be against them until they eventually leave.
Yeah because pvping in a pvp game is bannable? Lmfao get banned by clowns because I kill someone's dinosaur? No thx. Official I cn do anything if I get wiped oh well I get to build up again
There is nothing that is more challenging on official pve as opposed to single player with official settings or an unofficial server with official settings EXCEPT the behaviour of other players who have no moderation ...and the lag.
@@p3wp3wCthulhu the bosses on official have higher hp than bosses on single player with official settings turned on lmfao, official settings isn't actually official settings
Been pvping on ark console since 2016, yall just bad, ain't nothing better than taking down a group beach killing stealing their gear and getting revenge
PvE spam is mainly to block people from killing dino and resource spawns. Nothing worse than going to a resource location just to see someone has built there and killed the spawn. Granted some people go ott with it.
He's blatantly ignoring fact, using a few personal experiences as examples, demonizing a huge park of ark community for his own goal of views, it's wild, and he refuses to elaborate or actually debate this topic.
I play Ark with my wife. And we did non-dedicated for the longest and the tether sucks honestly. That’s the reason why we play official. But if anyone knows a good unofficial. I just worry the people running it just may decide to shut it down tomorrow 🤷♂️
As a PvE player, I enjoy Official. I still have my "day 1" tames and base location(s) from release. It is satisfying to be able to see all of my tribes progression, literally from day 1, no wipes or server deaths. For PvP I 100% agree that unofficial is the best route though.
I never actually tried official PvE but I would love to because singleplayer gets lonely sometimes and I wanna see people and other stuff but what I've heard is that even in PvE people can drown you or destroy your stuff. Is it like that?
@@jacfruit3843 I’m not saying it doesn’t happen, I’ve never seen it or experienced it on any of my servers. It’s possible to kite a wild giga to anyone’s base if you wanted to, you can also drag bodies so the drowning thing is possible but like I said I’ve never experienced it.
@@HillbillySnake Thank you for the answer. Maybe I give it a shot and try not to grind the shit out of me so I wouldn't get sad if someone destroys it 😂 ty
@@jacfruit3843just sleep on the bed you won’t have to worry about getting drowned lol it’s lesson people teach to those who don’t use the bed as intended lol
@@notquitelikebro Ty for that tip! I tried to play on officials yesterday but after a few servers and 5 hours not finding any place to put down anything because of pillars/foundations everywhere (even in the snow biome), I gave up playing on officials. :/ That was insane.
The best official experience, IMO, were on the 'beginner' servers, where the level was capped at 44 and if you wanted to get to 49, you had to chibi your way there. The servers wiped every couple of months. You had a mix of noobs just starting and experienced players looking for a different experience. Sure, there was some pillar spamming but you could work around it and find actual helpful people to play around and play with. There were plenty of other official PVE servers where the community was actually welcoming and helpful, but that was possible because there were so many maps, so much space and auto-decay as people found other games to play. ASA is a looooong way from that experience!
Official means it's a bad in life. I want to know more about what is better in Ark. Then the negative cause official is negative.🎉 There are more better things than ark Like enjoying the game for what it's made for. The game was made for PVE to enjoy life with Dinosaurs, not the opposite.🎉
2000H on official Ark Servrs (pve)solo or 2- 3 man some times. Boss kills, trade,kind people.and its free. So Just a simple NO. Stupid people exist everywhere. 🎉 so dont listen to this Video. 😂And no its Not true on every Server 😂😂. OMG 😂😂
Also makes a big difference when you're playing 6 years into the games lifespan and there's barely any players vs the launch of the new game. If you don't think most things are pillared off or "claimed" on current PVE servers you're lost.
Im watching all your videos and I am on an official server. Some of your grieving points and raids I get, but after 200 hours on our server we don't get raided anymore and everyone is chill with each other. The good people out lasted the toxic players. Now everyone is working together and leaving stuff for each other. We are building bridges and no longer even fight each other. It's pretty great, but there isn't really a PVE level of crazy building. It's more of a fun competitive nature.
I’ve been playing single player for pretty much my entire time on ark besides a few times me and some buddies got our own server felt like I was always missing part of the game so decided to try some pve servers yesterday and couldn’t even find a decent place to start maybe a small base because there was foundations and pillars literally everywhere so I think I’m gonna stick with my solo where I can have all the mods I want
Yeah, I figured Official would be taxic. Just wait until other maps come out. They will move on. I 100% agree with you on the PVE thing. I don't understand why people can't just play together.
Facts man even if you discounted snail games vs island boys or the toxicity hackers meshers and basic trolls the game is still just borked for builders farmers and you are litterally just farming for the raiders! Not worth your time on official full stop!
pros of official -free -many people to meet/trade with -default ark experience of pain and suffering -very rewarding for enduring said "pain and suffering" cons -42/70 players "session full" -crashes every 2 hours with a 30min-1hour roll back -some players are bungholes -my god getting 2 berries a bush or only 1 prime meat from 30 baby penguins
I playd Official ase for 1.5 yrs and a smaller tribe we had a blast playing against mega tribes and never quitting if or when wiped gen one smaller tribes had a blast I play console and won't ini I prefer defense foliage will make it funner in a pretty laid back tribe so didn't see much toxic behavior unless trolls where on server being turds 😂😂😂😂
Yeah console official is definitely the best ark pvp experience avaliable i love the way every server is conected and people form almost country liek politics and relations
I played official for about a year and when I found a legit tribe it was fun..... for a while. But then came the meshers, the god mode'rs, and the mega tribes who will raid you for days none stop and roll back servers when they lose anything.
This sounds like a rant more than any Tips or tricks lol. But I do agree on some of the things but I personally enjoy Official more as a solo. I don't use an ini, I don't play 24/7 and I don't get raided. In fact I have not been raided in my current location in small tribes and going strong. But its not for everyone and that's why I like Ark in general as there is servers which suit different people. I love your videos but this one was more a I HATE OFFICIAL AND YOU SHOULD TOO
PvP official I could see how that is really bad Pve can be annoying at times but definitely not as bad as pvp. I always played Official only because playing unofficial the game gets boring to fast with these boosted odds games like this is more about the journey than the end. I do like that they added some of the QOL things that was mods to official for asa though. Also the taming rates when the game first dropped was ridiculous im happy they changed that as well. Everything else you have to earn and I have no problem with that Needed to add….. I met people all over the world through playing official and every server I been on I just communicated with the people on the server and I never had any issues for the most part. So a tip since official can be a pain try to chat in the global chat and make friends then you don’t have to worry about people being toxic.
As much as I 100% agree with you after 5 years on official- I kinda miss the ark experience- btw you can play official and not be toxic yourself but it is deffo a full time job
The major issue I had with official servers is the "get off of my server mentality. I mean what does a huge tribe have to fear from a solo player in a thatch hut? I call it RPR or Rust Player Rabies. It is spread by being mauled by others that have it and it truly spreads like a disease. Otherwise nice players get infected and start lashing out at anything with a pulse. I'm lucky to have found an unofficial with a good community.
What's up👋, I was thinking about playing this game but before I did, I happened to stumble upon your video, and big shout out to you because it was very informative. You actually helped me decide if I'll play it or not...and if I do, I know the exact way to go. Preciate'cha😂
foundation spam is so easy solveable..... 1. if you dont stick together enough building parts (lets say 48 at minimum -> 4x4 house with walls and ceilings) you simply will get a 24 hour decaytimer 2. timer only refreshes if you add something to the building - reloggin is not enough 3. with increasing pieces, the landclaim bubble and decay timeer increases from super tiny to mediocre and finaly to the maximum. So, if pillars dont give you the bubble you want and the convenience is gone to keep that stuff up, it will not happen any longer or at least become way less common.
I remember on ASE, we were on an official server, I had never played on it, my friend had for 3 days. There were only 10 people online rn, and one was like: Ey, where do you live, I can help u. I was questioning it, but my Teammate trusted the guy, so we told him our coords. Then he came with a like lvl 1k giga and destroyed our entire base. My friend asked him why he did it and he said: You have to give my tribe 33% of your resources each week, or I'll raid you! It was our "first" day. That is when I stopped playing official.
I love stuff like this bc like good luck to him finding my hidden base in some stonecrack, its so thrilling. Ironically stuff like this is why i play official. But i get that thats not for every1, especially not when they play for the first time
as an official player since ase beta, not every official server is toxic. ive played pvp for most of the time and play pve now. im on a server where people are extremely generous and give out 10x more than what they asked for. i find unofficial more toxic than normal official. small tribes is a different story though
@TeachersGameToo to be fair I've been told the same thing about having to be toxic, or having to join a mega tribe. On ASE official I formed a pretty wholesome tribe that only grew and grew and we became an alpha tribe on our server. We were good to everyone except for those raided off server lol. We were the most toxic to each other (in party jokes 😭). We helped many people in the game. And manage to get the platinum in official PVp. We all welcome the challenge.
Official hardcore servers are actually quite manageable for a solo player or small tribe to survive and thrive on. I've searched for but never found any unofficial hardcore servers. I also don't like the idea of some random dude as an admin who can erase thousands of hours of work at his will just by shutting down the server or kicking me for some unjustified personal reason. Official servers stay there for longer and players have to follow some general rules set by the people who made the game. Unofficial servers are usually also set to much higher rates and the game is made much easier because people are not serious about their gaming life. I'd like the hardest settings possible in the most realistic way as possible with the idea to perhaps stay alive and never die for ten years to come on a server. It's unlikely to reach that goal, but at least it's with that mindset I take on the challenges and prioritize my risk taking.
I fully agree and it’s why I play official. I been playing solo on asa official pvp and so far been having lots of fun. Years of playing ase solo taught me how to hide my base properly and stay incognito around the alpha tribes.. have multiple bases so you don’t lose your progress off of one raiding- it’s stuff like that which I actually enjoy. There’s obviously the toxicity that you have to get past but it’s not too in your face on the sever I play on (2315)
I understand you as playing on non-harcore servers though. I highly dislike all the cheating and limitless toxicity you may encounter on official, but it's not that in your face on hardcore either (but on those non-hardcore servers I've played on). Good for you that you've found a decent server, but I highly recommend to try hardcore if you haven't already. I'm not so much into fighting and trying to have at least one out of many bases unraided. I'm more into making bases that last for long and try to survive as long as possible. It's also fun to do some raids occasionally, but of course without cheating and preferably when people are online.@@jackvolkwyn470
I always played on official and I get what you're saying. I used to play a lot during COVID while we all had to be at home, I'd spend like 8h a day playing with my tribe. But now that I have a normal life i don't have that kind of time to play. The problem is, there's no servers for me... I don't want mods, i don't want to turn into a rex or have a Giga Gorilla...i want to play the game how it is, normal. I would like the tribes to be limited in numbers, like smalltribes and the rates to be like x5 (more is just ridiculous)...I don't need to have an industrial forge day 1... But all unofficial servers seem to be like x20 heavily modded...i also don't like that....
Its not true that you have to be toxic...i was solo..had level 400 wyverns, all sorts of mad tames....i got them through efficiently hiding my shit 😂...and being nice, youd be surprised how many people who are toxic on official respond to someone whos nice with gifts. Besides..i dont like PVP...persay...but i have to have that element of danger to keep the game fresh..for me that is. Ans besides besides...do you know how amazing it feels and looks to see se level 6 players flying off on a wyvern you just gifted them.....i watched these two guys just flying in circles high into the sky...beautiful sight!! Although some rando..did kill them both like 30 mins later on his high level blood wyvern 😂😂😅
To be fair.. it's not like pvp is filled with adults working a 9 to 5 with kids.... We prefer pve.... But yeah all the foundations everywhere sucks... but with unofficial the admin got the power.. Plenty of trolling going on there as well.. unless you the one hosting... I just like playing while seeing other players F'in around :D
If the majority of your viewers are non official players then your voting will reflect that that does not mean that the statistics are accurate. There are also more officials than just the mega tribe officials I think right now we just have small tribes but like ASE we should eventually be getting ark poc crossarks and maybe more. There are toxic people everywhere not just official. A lot of players on official are not toxic and just enjoy the game and working together. They are just not as loud on social media as the toxic players. A few negative points you left out for official mega tribe servers: When server transfers start Chinese Mega tribes and maybe non Chinese mega tribes will invade a server by capping it and keeping it blocked until they have clapped the main tribe or tribes on that server If they start losing they will ddos the server They will have aimbotters and they will mesh where possible. Pocket devs will protect and sometimes assist their favorite mega tribes This is from the ASE experience anyway we will see when server transfers open. Right now there are a lot of players trying to lock down their servers in hopes of actually competing against the mega tribes. A lot of players also ducked out due to the servers constantly going down staying down for a while then coming back up rolled back and progress lost. If you are solo or a small tribe Mega tribe officials is not a great place to be.
i agree that official is unplayable rn, but unofficial is probably worse.... i have played twice on unofficial servs, first time the person stopped playing and server was taken down, so i lost all progress instantly with no warning... second time i found a spot at hidden lake and the server owner decided he wanted to build there and told me i had a week to relocate or he would ban me,,,, 2 days later without warning he banned me anyway even though i still had 5 days left in his mind to move from a spot that he "owned".... unofficial is a waste unless it is your own server because you never know who is gonna ban you or wipe your progress for no reason..... video should be "why you should never play unofficial" (unless you are buying your own server)
I played official pve on ASE and you are right….. sort of. I started with the island and looked for a place to build even a small camp so I could cook and sleep. I starved to death before I found any where I could build. There were either huge bases or foundations/pillars preventing any new builds. I tried several servers and after moving to crystal isles I finally found a pve server that not only could I build, but all the players were super helpful and friendly. So good servers exist unfortunately it may take a bit of digging to find them.
For me Official is the only Server i had Fun on longtearm . Its without Rules and PvP and the most hardcore server which exist. they never get wiped and everything last for years and mutated dinos are Crazy you can start whenever on official and you never quit because there is always a goal and official is the only place where thousands of players fight against each other plus there is politics beetween Tribes.
Official players are just not smart enough to play unofficial. they alway think they are better than the unofficial of players. How many times have you heard. Oh I was a farmer Oh I was a builder Oh I don't know how to do all the parts of the game because I was playing 2x rate official and just smashed rocks all day instead of actually playing the game. But because they spent all this time on official. They want to defend themselves and act like they are good at the game. But they are not good players. Ever notice that It's common sense. Higher rates means you don't farm all the time... If you're going to give excuses about how official is good. Then you're ignorant and have not tried proper unofficial servers.
Guess I’m an a hole then 😂 I play official pvp servers with my 9 year old son we duo I tame stuff he rides around and kills it and I spend rest of my time making c4 and robbing anyone I see so he has supplies to goof off I just like trying to break into stuff and pvp. I found the best official servers are the isolated ones so people can’t server hop and bring in tames from other servers
In my opinion, Ark is a sandbox, and there is no wrong way to play. But, Official is the old nasty sandbox full of weeds, that the neighborhood stray cats use as a litterbox. No thanks, I'll stick to my nice clean unofficial sandboxes with the good shovels and buckets in them where you can build nice sand castles without other kids kicking them down lol.
I’ll be honest man the biggest issue for me wirh ark offical PVP was me having a really good base setup for the island (could compete with the alpha) and then a alpha from extinction or somewhere with insane hesr would transfer over and completely wipe us
As a newcomer I have no idea what you are talking about. How do I even know what unofficial servers? I am getting the game today. So of course I am going into an official server.
Official pve is a test of patience and mental endurance. And wildcard does wipe tribes that spam, but you just have to have like I said patience. I played official pve on my ps4 for over a year and loved it, and the community. But you definitely have to get yourself a piece of land and find a server with a good community, where the mega tribes work together to squeeze out the trolls and Pilar control building on resources and poi’s
When I first played ark on xbox years ago I played for 6 months without being able to build due to pillars I could never find a server that was not pillar spammed ruined ark for me untill I went to pc
I played official for years while holding a full time job but ark was a job in itself. With mods there's no point anymore of playing official. Well get NPC mods that we can raid ect on singleplayer
I've seen entire continents walled off and pillered In evolve. I'm sure wildcard will let the same thing happen in ascended. They get more money if players make unofficial servers.
