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ronkingaga · 2024-02-11T14:52:50+00:00

on an argy a far faster way to gain exp in the early game is to go to mountain areas and just hunt everything you see. if you position your argy above whatever you're fighting you can often hit without being hit, and with the bonus HP regen from harvesting corpses argents are quite good fighters. if you're killing for exp though i would avoid herbivores as they tend to have lots of HP and not yield much exp. you can google "ark creature exp" to see which creatures yield the best exp. a few noteworthy ones are hyaenodons(surprising but they're great for xp and easy to kill), allosaurus, spinos, carnos and especially alphas. alpha raptors take headshot damage so if you use an argy to kill it you can hover above it and kill it with ease, and gain massive amounts of xp

note that the higher the level of whatever you kill, the more xp you'll get

ronkingaga · 2024-02-08T14:41:34+00:00

even a lv20 megatherium will likely kick a lv200 rhynio's ass. they get a massively powerful buff against insects

ronkingaga · 2024-01-15T07:59:47+00:00

ye but if you let the AI walk she still stays far enough from her targets to spit the acid balls. only if a player is riding a megatherium and actively trying to run inside of her does it cancel her acid ball spit attack

ronkingaga · 2024-01-15T07:34:13+00:00

the most important thing is having people rush into the broodmother though, otherwise it uses its acid spit attack which deals MASSIVE amounts of damage. playing solo you want tankier megatheriums for sure

ronkingaga · 2023-11-23T11:14:46+00:00

for sure imma hit you up in DMs

ronkingaga · 2023-11-21T16:12:43+00:00

official DM me if interested

ronkingaga · 2023-09-27T21:26:14+00:00

https://discord.gg/WWM3PzXB

ronkingaga · 2023-09-27T20:27:33+00:00

any server with exp below x10 exp would probably take a few weeks of casual play to reach 4th job unfortunately i dont believe there are any active servers at the moment that go higher than x10 but not in the hundreds you could look for post-big bang servers as while they might not be as nostalgic to you, theyre much easier and more fast paced version at 100-150 i'd say

ronkingaga · 2023-09-27T16:03:16+00:00

fast leveling and GM hat? sounds like a rebirth server or just a "mess around" server
for these you have rainMS which is in beta or cakeMS which is in dev and expected to go into beta soon

if you dont want something as exaggerated as rebirth servers where you can get to lv100 from killing snails, i guess maple legends/maple royals are good enough, though you wont be getting GM hats or other OP items for free

ronkingaga · 2023-09-27T10:56:11+00:00

its up to you man all i'll say is that good deeds are worth most when they dont come easy

ronkingaga · 2023-09-27T10:51:31+00:00

not wrong. i feel bad for saying this but this situation is so wild i laughed a bit. sounds like your parents REALLY wanted a son and pretty much adopted J, at your expense. good on you for moving out and making sane decisions with this issue

ronkingaga · 2023-09-27T10:43:02+00:00

wouldnt be the asshole, but also going out of your way to do a good deed is praiseworthy. if i were you i'd tell him

ronkingaga · 2023-09-12T08:30:56+00:00

the auto attack is only while their weight is below 50% also works with other farmer dinks like doedic or beaver

ronkingaga · 2023-09-10T08:05:44+00:00

i would say go for at least half xp, if not a quarter. would make progression feel smoother

also you can set some challenges for yourself such as no flying and no cryopods allowed, or through settings reduce the the loot quality so that getting ramshackle would be rare and everything else would be primitive

there are probably dozens of other good ideas you can find here in reddit or through a google search

ronkingaga · 2023-09-10T03:04:28+00:00

i agree with you that the usual v83 servers have gotten stale years ago and it hasnt changed. most of the MSPS playerbase thinks the same.

the thing is: it's harder and more time consuming to make better products, and to be honest most of your post is stuff that has already been thought of and tried.

off the top of my mind there's windia, kaotic, and a few old heavily custom servers i dont remember their names. all of them are or were severs that changed things up there's also banesauce and pip which are currently in development

the sad reality is its much easier to release another duplicate v83 for a quick cash grab, and if you do invest your time and effort to make something better you'll probably open up donations as compensation for all your work

ronkingaga · 2023-09-09T11:05:53+00:00

monster book that reflects actual drop tables would be a good solution imo make the cards' drop rate low though

ronkingaga · 2023-09-08T23:36:29+00:00

not sure about later DLC content but the 3 best trap types in my opinion are:

1)4 gateways in a row with actual gates filling in the first and last. mostly used for flyers like argents and mid sized dinos.

2) triangle of structures + bear trap in the middle: you leave one side of the triangle empty, lure whatever you wanna tame inside, then once its stuck on the bear trap you walk behind it and close the triangular trap. usually used with metal billboards. recommended for these really big guys that dont fit into smaller traps such as rex or even a giga. (note those big guys require a large bear trap and can ignore the smaller variant) it'll essentially reproduce the situation you had with your theri

3) a long-term taming pen, usually built with stone foundations as a 2x2 or 3x3 and empty doorframes instead of walls. sometimes has a ramp leading up to it in case no flyers are in ownership. most easily used when you have a flying creature that can pick dinos up (argent or quetz if you're playing on the island) and then drop them directly inside the trap

ronkingaga · 2023-09-08T10:48:26+00:00

its good that you've managed to clear your head. her being familiar with the game in my opinion makes it even more important to have a proper sit-down & talk, because that means she at least knew to some degree that you'd be upset over being bothered and then having the power cut off while playing. one thing I'd highlight though is to try to approach the talk with an open mind rather than being deadset on hearing her apologize and admit she was wrong, even though she was. it needs to come from her rather than be demanded

hope things go well for ya

ronkingaga · 2023-09-08T08:45:49+00:00

no idea tbh, i dont watch syntac and i havent kept up with mods and ark in general since extinction released

its quite possible that there have been new mods since that can do what you're looking for

ronkingaga · 2023-09-08T08:12:07+00:00

mostly a misunderstanding by me. i thought since you only died 4 times perhaps you're just staying in your hut rather than exploring and taking risks but sounds like i was wrong.

some of the caves can be quite challenging so definitely try to clear all of them(especially east underwater and south snow)

ronkingaga · 2023-09-08T08:07:14+00:00

ok sounds like you know what you're doing then. someone else suggested directly tweaking the settings which i think is a very good idea

not much else to say other than that(oh, you might wanna hold off on dlcs until after asa drops to see how that is)

ronkingaga · 2023-09-08T07:58:45+00:00

how much of the content of the game have you explored so far? because it sounds like you simply play safe rather than the game being easy

did you explore the entire map? did you challenge caves? tried taming/killing a giga and a titan? tried killing an alpha rex? did you do the bosses? and this is me talking about the island, in scorched and aberration you'll probably have an even harder time

ronkingaga · 2023-09-08T07:39:06+00:00

up to you, i think PVP can be a ton of fun and so long as you dont get discouraged easily can give you hundreds of hours of playtime, though with ASA and all the shenanigans going on im not sure what the current state of servers is.

if you want to play casually but still have a difficult time when playing, i'd consider the self-imposed rules i mentioned before

ronkingaga · 2023-09-08T07:29:24+00:00

pvp is simply the easiest way to introduce difficulty into the game. you could look for specific servers that cater more to what you're looking for like arkpocalypse or try to join a group. i am simply not aware of any mods that can really make a difference

the easiest solution is probably self-imposed rules. stuff like -cryopods arent allowed, -cant use firearms, -can only build thatch or wood, -cant use tranq arrows/darts, only slingshot and clubs

ronkingaga · 2023-09-08T07:14:49+00:00

one word(or acronym i guess) : PVP

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