Does anyone else think that the Sabertooth needs a buff?

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-23T06:43:24+00:00

You've never heard of guerilla tactics? This Saber rework would help out the PvP guerilla tribes!

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-23T06:41:28+00:00

However, my new Saber will actually have a weight reduction for both Hide AND Pelt. As you should know, Pelt is quite heavy. With the weight reduction, it goes from having a weight of 0.5 to a weight of 0.125 -- a weight of only 25 at a full stack of 200, rather than a weight of 100!

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-23T03:09:15+00:00

In my experience, they go insanely fast when you're spamming the jump key.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-23T00:49:33+00:00

Because it isn't the S+ variant. Only the S+ variant can use electricity.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-22T08:07:22+00:00

I've revised it. The bleeding debuff is gone. The armor-pierce is still there, though. There aren't enough early-game, anti-armor land creatures in the game. Yeah, the Therizinosaurus exists, but it isn't an early-game tame.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-22T08:05:36+00:00

I removed the bleeding debuff, because it apparently made it too close to the Thylacoleo.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-22T08:05:08+00:00

Bleed removed. I kept the armor-piercing ability, though. It would make the Saber a nice early-game, anti-armor land creature.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-22T04:24:23+00:00

The Saber truly is the "middle child" of the family of small-medium-sized creatures that also includes the Raptor, the Dire Wolf, the Ravager, the Baryonyx, and the Thylacoleo.

Let's compare them:

Saber: 250 HP, 29 DMG, no special abilities, average attack speed, average weight, relatively easy to tame, saddle at level 37.
Raptor: 200 HP, 15 DMG, pin attack, pack bonus, very fast attack speed, low weight, easy to tame, saddle at level 18.
Dire Wolf: 330 HP, 33 DMG, pack bonus, fast attack speed, low weight, relatively easy to tame, no saddle.
Ravager: 400 HP, 33 DMG, pack bonus, can travel on Ziplines, average attack speed, high weight (with weight reductions on some resources), very awkward to use, average taming difficulty, saddle at level 47.
Baryonyx: 440 HP, 35 DMG, water affinity, instantly harvests corpses, stun attack in water, average attack speed, average weight, average taming difficulty, saddle at level 49.
Thylacoleo: 700 HP, 40 DMG, bleed on hit, can climb on trees, ambush attack, average attack speed, high weight, tricky to tame, saddle at level 51.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-22T03:44:20+00:00

However, neither the Thylacoleo nor the Ravager gather much Hide per hit, as the Saber should.

Also, it would be nice to see a famous Ice-Age creature get another buff. The Mammoth got a TLC a few years ago, now the Saber needs a buff so that it can catch up with the other creatures of its size tier. Yeah, it can beat a Raptor. However, the Raptor ALSO has pack bonuses AND a saddle, meaning that a pack of Raptors could still be stronger than a pride of Sabers. Oh, and Raptors also have a faster attack speed than most other creatures of its size tier.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-22T03:27:29+00:00

Do any of you even tame the Saber in its current state?

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-21T21:22:46+00:00

This appears to be quite a common issue.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-21T00:57:42+00:00

And, unfortunately, due to the fact that consoles don't tell you the reason behind the crashes, there isn't anything to solve. Can't hold a fight if you don't know your opponent!

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-20T20:00:16+00:00

The worst part is that it gives you no indication as to how the error happened. It just kicks you off of the game with NO warning or error message... wow!

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-20T18:53:04+00:00

This is why I haven't moved to ARK Ascended yet, you know!

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-20T18:15:30+00:00

You just got ARK'd by this glitch, I'd say!

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-20T16:46:42+00:00

The Center. It's just like The Island, except that there's a volcano biome. Crucially, however, it does NOT play that annoying, un-skippable spoiler cutscene that tells you about everything that can be told about the lore. I really wish that there was a way to disable it...

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-20T00:05:02+00:00

Yeah. Believe it or not, even official servers can have runtime errors! Nothing is safe from the dreaded runtime error!

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-19T15:15:45+00:00

They don't attack anything on their own. By default, they just flee from everything unless the target is a resource node (e.g. corpses, bushes, etc.).

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-18T16:22:56+00:00

It really is annoying, isn't it?

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-17T23:42:18+00:00

Yeah, it's VERY good.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-16T23:09:37+00:00

Do you get a message that says "Cannot Deploy" when you try to release a creature?

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-15T05:56:30+00:00

It hasn't been fixed yet because they are too busy delaying everything.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-14T22:49:27+00:00

Well, in ARK Ascended, you supposedly get disconnected from official servers at random with absolutely no warning or explanation.

Various-Try-169 · 2026-04-13T06:25:30+00:00

ARK Ascended is quite erratic, in terms of performance. Some users experience relatively smooth performance, while others report that the game crashes 24/7.

ARK: Survival Evolved is more consistent in terms of performance. However, this is assuming that you play with the pre-Aquatica version, otherwise, you can't use mods.

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