They are definitely going to be Arat Prime, since this was teased in original ARK game. You can even read in ARK Extinction explorer notes that both Mei Yin, and Helena traveled there for some answers. In fan theories this is the place where humans have firstly extracted the element that granted them this incredible technology. The location for this dlc pack is definitely going to be other side of the earth (or maybe the moon).
So many hints in the survivor notes about Arat Prime and how it exists on the opposite side of Earth from Sanctuary, so dark side of the planet, which would explain the frozen world. When Aberration crashed back to Earth it landed near Arat Prime which is how Rockwell crawled off the broken ARK and got access to the Genesis ship that launched from Arat Prime. This is 100% going to close those story gaps and I'm so excited!
Phlinger, did you notice that it said the “FIRST” canonical story expansion. You don’t say first if it’s the only one :) sounds like more are coming!!!
As per the notes. Mei Tin left Sanctuary(Extinction) and traveled to Arat Prime. All here on Earth, not another ark. At the end of Extinction, all the arks return to the surface.
I like playing ark but I probably won’t be getting ark 2. The bugs and glitches in ark make me not want to get involved with another game. I’ve lost count how many times my mounts have clipped through the map.
One thing I'm hoping for is that we get more of Diana. I hated how they seem to be writing her out of the story in the animated series and really hope we get some of her adventures with Mei Yin in this new story.
Looks cool, can’t wait to see how they work out the new combat system. Very Merry Christmas to you and Jay!! Hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday!!
Would be cool if aberration came down near arat prime similar to how the island comes down next to extinction. Maybe you can see the remains of aberration in the background of the new map. Would also explain how rockwell gets to the colony ship.
The person characters need a "TLC" taming loving care , and the ability to change the landscape... with shovels and garden tools without crop plot boxes... 10 years with the same combat style...
I like the ideqa of bridging the gap between Extinction and the Gen maps but if they change the play stye of that map then I would think that they also would have to change the playstyle of both Gen maps which I highly doubt that they will do its too mocuh work and goign by how bad much of the coding is already in ASA I hope they dotn do this. I think that this new map is just a test and the rest will stay the map is a perspective story path whichI am into I just hope that they dont experiment too much because I prefer ASE with some mods over ASA the only thing that ASA has is the looks but the crashes and bugs because of rushing things puts me off ASA also Souls like games I really dont like, I used to decades ago when the first one came out but now its clumsy and is more for controller based game and not Keyboard and mouse games and well I am a Keyboard mouse player out of the thousands of Consoles games out there I may like 4 but the controller cramp my large hands, I am one of those players ( played games since he 1970s) that can get lost in the game for hours per day .
Yeah.. there is a reason why in ARK 1 my survivor builds were always just enough health to survive if I get microraptored, infected or whatever, then 300 stamina, and enough movement speed to outrun Allos (think it was 166%). the rest were weight to make it nicer to transport items in base. Never put any stat points for oxygen, damage or heck, even torpidity cos it wasn't a cause of death for me. Good armor kept me alive through some nibbling thylacoleo and protected against heat and cold, and a good sword and shotgun were enough to get me through some sticky situations. But sure, I did almost everything always with a dino, but the game was more or less balanced around for that. The armor, even very good ones, broke almost instantly if something else than level 5 dodo was attacking you, and there is really no outplaying a rex, just keep your distance and shoot or try to win a dps fight against a health pool that's 30 times larger than yours. Movement speed was king for survival, and that did mean mostly running away. There were a few places where you had to get creative, like that ice cave in räg, where you had to deal with those iceworms by yourself, preferably with a shield, until pokeballs made that cave too easy. Now in Ark 2 if they manage to rebalance the armor so it doesn't break when a raptor jumps on you once, give you some dodge mechanics with i-frames and turn the game into something like Horizon zero dawn where you can take a spear against (this time a very real and not a robotic) dinosaur and win, I'm all down for that. Gives me a good reason to play as a survivor in the 3rd person mode as well. On that note I hope the firearms are not as good as they are in the current ARK, give us more melee weapons and some creative other tools to deal with dinos, like smoke bombs to distract them and whatnot.
Ark is fine on foot, but obvi built around the tames; its why the grass is so damn high. Irl I couldn't solo fight a raptor, definitely not a pack, keeping unmounted survival dangerous is great, but combat is boring. The mounts need to be able to move like animals, not just slow walk forward, snail pace backward. And FIX THE WALL SPAWNS! We're 5 official maps in for petes sake
Face it. Ark is dying they made a huge mistake not giving us ark2. they lost most of us with the ascended release. This lost tribe is just not worth coming back to that ooooollld game.
They are definitely going to be Arat Prime, since this was teased in original ARK game. You can even read in ARK Extinction explorer notes that both Mei Yin, and Helena traveled there for some answers. In fan theories this is the place where humans have firstly extracted the element that granted them this incredible technology. The location for this dlc pack is definitely going to be other side of the earth (or maybe the moon).
So many hints in the survivor notes about Arat Prime and how it exists on the opposite side of Earth from Sanctuary, so dark side of the planet, which would explain the frozen world. When Aberration crashed back to Earth it landed near Arat Prime which is how Rockwell crawled off the broken ARK and got access to the Genesis ship that launched from Arat Prime. This is 100% going to close those story gaps and I'm so excited!
Would be nice if Wildcard could figure out how to optimize their games
Phlinger, did you notice that it said the “FIRST” canonical story expansion. You don’t say first if it’s the only one :) sounds like more are coming!!!
As per the notes. Mei Tin left Sanctuary(Extinction) and traveled to Arat Prime. All here on Earth, not another ark. At the end of Extinction, all the arks return to the surface.
Fully agree. Ark needs to be more interactive on foot
I like playing ark but I probably won’t be getting ark 2. The bugs and glitches in ark make me not want to get involved with another game. I’ve lost count how many times my mounts have clipped through the map.
Dont Ever, Ever use an Enforcer..they boost-teleport thru the mesh and you fall and die. Ive died..6 times in 2 days. Quite janky
Never understood the worry about combat in ark 2. It's basically going to be monster hunter.
I'm here on Ragnarok in ASE, cause I still can't run ASA properly.
Yes, combat is weak in Ark.
Looks amazing but with Nintrado controlling the servers i have no faith in getting into a server.
One thing I'm hoping for is that we get more of Diana. I hated how they seem to be writing her out of the story in the animated series and really hope we get some of her adventures with Mei Yin in this new story.
Looks cool, can’t wait to see how they work out the new combat system.
Very Merry Christmas to you and Jay!! Hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday!!
Twirling glaives be good till you have to fight a dino....
MAPPA has animated Attack on Titan and Vinland Saga, some of the most well animated shows of all time, should be very interesting!
And JJK
Ark 2 releasing 2027 late 2028
Would be cool if aberration came down near arat prime similar to how the island comes down next to extinction. Maybe you can see the remains of aberration in the background of the new map. Would also explain how rockwell gets to the colony ship.
The person characters need a "TLC" taming loving care , and the ability to change the landscape... with shovels and garden tools without crop plot boxes... 10 years with the same combat style...
Oh boy more girl bosses. Such brave such stunning.
I don't see how you can fight a Rex even with more attacks as a human. I will say that I've always wanted climbing in Ark.
I like the ideqa of bridging the gap between Extinction and the Gen maps but if they change the play stye of that map then I would think that they also would have to change the playstyle of both Gen maps which I highly doubt that they will do its too mocuh work and goign by how bad much of the coding is already in ASA I hope they dotn do this. I think that this new map is just a test and the rest will stay the map is a perspective story path whichI am into I just hope that they dont experiment too much because I prefer ASE with some mods over ASA the only thing that ASA has is the looks but the crashes and bugs because of rushing things puts me off ASA also Souls like games I really dont like, I used to decades ago when the first one came out but now its clumsy and is more for controller based game and not Keyboard and mouse games and well I am a Keyboard mouse player out of the thousands of Consoles games out there I may like 4 but the controller cramp my large hands, I am one of those players ( played games since he 1970s) that can get lost in the game for hours per day .
If they added different fighting moves like in Conan that would be cool. If they use something more complicated that would be awesome too.
Bring on 2025 it going to be a big year. :)
Yeah.. there is a reason why in ARK 1 my survivor builds were always just enough health to survive if I get microraptored, infected or whatever, then 300 stamina, and enough movement speed to outrun Allos (think it was 166%). the rest were weight to make it nicer to transport items in base. Never put any stat points for oxygen, damage or heck, even torpidity cos it wasn't a cause of death for me. Good armor kept me alive through some nibbling thylacoleo and protected against heat and cold, and a good sword and shotgun were enough to get me through some sticky situations. But sure, I did almost everything always with a dino, but the game was more or less balanced around for that.
The armor, even very good ones, broke almost instantly if something else than level 5 dodo was attacking you, and there is really no outplaying a rex, just keep your distance and shoot or try to win a dps fight against a health pool that's 30 times larger than yours. Movement speed was king for survival, and that did mean mostly running away. There were a few places where you had to get creative, like that ice cave in räg, where you had to deal with those iceworms by yourself, preferably with a shield, until pokeballs made that cave too easy.
Now in Ark 2 if they manage to rebalance the armor so it doesn't break when a raptor jumps on you once, give you some dodge mechanics with i-frames and turn the game into something like Horizon zero dawn where you can take a spear against (this time a very real and not a robotic) dinosaur and win, I'm all down for that. Gives me a good reason to play as a survivor in the 3rd person mode as well. On that note I hope the firearms are not as good as they are in the current ARK, give us more melee weapons and some creative other tools to deal with dinos, like smoke bombs to distract them and whatnot.
WE need more RAIDs and PvP it's going to be so easy to take over a server LOL
Not giving this company another penny until they hire some developers who know how to code properly.
Just nope. Not going to further enable their ineptitude.
Ark is fine on foot, but obvi built around the tames; its why the grass is so damn high.
Irl I couldn't solo fight a raptor, definitely not a pack, keeping unmounted survival dangerous is great, but combat is boring. The mounts need to be able to move like animals, not just slow walk forward, snail pace backward. And FIX THE WALL SPAWNS! We're 5 official maps in for petes sake
Face it. Ark is dying they made a huge mistake not giving us ark2. they lost most of us with the ascended release. This lost tribe is just not worth coming back to that ooooollld game.