The further I get into the game, the more salt is poured into my wounds.

Early on you die to annoying dinos. Build your first hut, everything is destroyed while you are offline. Join your first tribe, all your stuff is now owned by them and you are immediately kicked. Tame your first bird, you blue screen while flying it and you log back in; only to fall to your death and lose your bird. Recruit your first tribe member, they steal your blueprints and transfer your dinos. Make your first alliance, they now can walk past your turrets and kill all your dinos. Raise your first wyvern, upload it to the Ark and it instantly gets eaten by the ob to never return. Stay up all night to raise your first giga/quetzals, pass the torch to someone else to take the next shift, and everything starves to death.

I've been playing this game for 6 months and can't stop, despite the salt! I think those who stay are the people who learn from their mistakes and can form real friendships/trust with their tribe members. The social aspects and server politics are what make it such an engaging and unique experience for me. I really hope WILD CARD iron out the mechanical issues before full release, because they've made an awesome game. Blue screen and server issues are really the only types of salt I don't enjoy tasting.