I clocked about 2000 hours in Ark during early access (2015-2018) most of that time in official PVE servers.
I loved what the game could have been, but Studio Wildcard kept tweaking the game to be more of a time sink in order to inflate play hours numbers.
More and more the rewards to your grinding were simply to make further grinding a little easier.
First they released that DLC during early access (a first in history I believe), because they were strapped for cash (due to legal drama). That really pissed me off, but I stuck to it.
And then there was the great flyer nerf of 2017, which did nothing but make the game grindier and less fun. Still, I hanged on.
And then all of a sudden in 2018 they just wrap it with gift paper and say it's done! With all the bugs and exploits still around.
That was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back for me.
That's why I don't play on any official (or unofficial) servers, I tweak the game to a singleplayer experience. The game is enjoyable when you don't have to grind a week to breed a single Rex.
I clocked about 2000 hours in Ark during early access (2015-2018) most of that time in official PVE servers.
I loved what the game could have been, but Studio Wildcard kept tweaking the game to be more of a time sink in order to inflate play hours numbers.
More and more the rewards to your grinding were simply to make further grinding a little easier.
First they released that DLC during early access (a first in history I believe), because they were strapped for cash (due to legal drama). That really pissed me off, but I stuck to it.
And then there was the great flyer nerf of 2017, which did nothing but make the game grindier and less fun. Still, I hanged on.
And then all of a sudden in 2018 they just wrap it with gift paper and say it's done! With all the bugs and exploits still around.
That was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back for me.
That's why I don't play on any official (or unofficial) servers, I tweak the game to a singleplayer experience. The game is enjoyable when you don't have to grind a week to breed a single Rex.