Surviving the Arkcast

STA: EP 12 We didn’t Survive Why we must say goodbye We became too busy in RL Server resets burned us out Tribe numbers lacking for upkeep Time requirement - coupled with dwindling security Check out the Rated Ark Podcast Thank you to all the listeners! Your comments and loyalty made this happen and kept us going as long as we did.  Contact us at: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon at Newgrounds audio portal for our theme song LINKS Arkmap.org Surviving the Arkcast forum Ark Dev Tracker Survivors Wildlife Guide

STA: EP11 Show Notes REVISTING PC v239.2 How do we like it so far? Reactions to released creatures. New Creature: Direbear! gamepedia New Creature: Manta! gamepedia New Structure: Chemistry Table! New Structure: Primitive Cannon! RELEASED v240, ETA: May 3 (spotlight video) New Creature: Lystrosaurus! gamepedia New Creature: Arthropluera! gamepedia New Creature: Sabertooth Salmon, with Fish Meat! gamepedia New Weapon: Primitive Bolas! Megapithecus and Dragon Arenas Ruins & Explorer Notes Added Option to Disable Melee Camera Swings (including 'Harvesting Head Wobble')BY GRABTHAR'S HAMMER, THESE WILL RELEASE!!!!! Breeding Mechanics Phase 2 Tribe Member Rankings with Customizable Per-Rank Privileges Epic 4K Texture Deployment (all textures at source resolution)! Better texture pool utilization at all Texture setting levels A LITTLE FURTHER OUT tek tier armor, PART2 tek armor sneakpeak Titanosaur sneak peak Giga Bionic skin! "The Center" Official Map integration + Official Servers Biomes Update: Snow Extension & Redwoods Deep Forest More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures! Underwater Dungeons, Tek Caves, "Ascension" Game Progression, "Boss Wars" Aquatic and Amphibious Mating/Lifecycles DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf Specific Representative "on-ground" meshes for all dropped items Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky[MORE NOTES TO COME] META TALK Add a carriage/sled/platform-wagon (Controversy if vehicles being added. Make them dino powered!) Add grappling hook for ballista Add a battering ram? Mantas commit suicide by beaching themselves frequently (Daniel predicted it) spoilage is surprising Add a behemoth wall (everyone uses b.gates anyway) Center map,  and Primitive plus will be added to Ark as official mods in may! Mods coming to console Ethereal Dinos - When players are away wondering dinos go out to play. Drake’s Note: Survive the Ark release Add Mirroring when painting Dinos OUTRO Listeners send us recordings of your favorite Ark adventure and we'll release it in the podcast, or have you on for live interview. Contact us at: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon at Newgrounds audio portal for our theme song LINKS Arkmap.org Surviving the Arkcast forum Ark Dev Tracker Survivors Wildlife Guide

STA: EP10 Show Notes UPCOMING RELEASE PC v239, Current Official ETA: April 20 New Creature: Direbear! New Creature: Manta! New Structure: Chemistry Table! New Structure: Primitive Cannnon! First 3 Bosses and Boss Areas!  Breeding Mechanics Phase 2 Tribe Member Rankings with Customizable Per-Rank Privileges Epic 4K Texture Deployment (all textures at source resolution)! Better texture pool utilization at all Texture setting levels Fixed timeouts that people were getting connecting to servers that used lots of Mods Fixed issue with placeable explosive/traps collisions Direbear, Manta, and Brood mother spotlight SOON TO BE RELEASED tek tier armor, PART2 tek armor sneakpeak Titanosaur sneak peak More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures! Tek Caves, "Ascension" Game Progression, "Boss Wars" Aquatic and Amphibious Mating/Lifecycles DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf Specific Representative "on-ground" meshes for all dropped items Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky NEW DINO DOSSIER Moschops META TALK Ark at PAX EAST Make your own tribe forum at SurvivetheArk.com The whistle attack command - Using dimorphodons while flying quetz/argent Pearl diving. Do It! War ages game using Ark and Life is feudal gameplay in their promo video Wildcard lawsuit settled SoTF played  by Drowfire Abuse the tether on non-dedicated servers OUTRO Listeners send us recordings of your favorite Ark adventure and we'll release it in the podcast, or have you on for live interview. Contact us at: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon at Newgrounds audio portal for our theme song LINKS Arkmap.org Surviving the Arkcast forum Ark Dev Tracker Survivors Wildlife Guide Rec:4-20-16

STA: EP9 Show Notes RELEASED 238.6 Woolly Rhino Eurypterid (Broth of Enlightenment) Dunkleosteus   • Increased Eurypterid spawn frequency by 60%• Rhino can now be picked up by Quetz• New Saddles are now craftable on Beaver-Smithy• Official Extinction Event servers now have 2x-3x settings• Rhino tames 40% faster• Non-Official Extinction Event servers will now auto-restart properly• Reduced Dunkleosteus maximum Torpor Spotlight Video UPCOMING RELEASE • Breeding Mechanics Phase 2• Tribe Member Rankings with Customizable Per-Rank Privileges• Epic 4K Texture Deployment (all textures at source resolution)! Better texture pool utilization at all Texture setting levels SOON TO BE RELEASED tek tier armor, PART2 tek armor sneakpeak More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures! Tek Caves, "Ascension" Game Progression, "Boss Wars" Aquatic and Amphibious Mating/Lifecycles DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf Specific Representative "on-ground" meshes for all dropped items Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky LISTENER OUTREACH Listeners send us recordings of your favorite Ark adventure and we'll release it in the podcast, or have you on for live interview. HOT TOPIC Dododex (April fools) Ark:SE Mobile edition (April fools) META TALK Add Dino to auto-narcotic unconscious dino for taming? Alternate taming methods Foundation lowering trick gone (good or bad?) ARK Digest Q&A World wide voting for mod contest (may 15) Add more dino specific items (ex: Rhino horn, black pearl) Programmers, make an offline base building app to theorycraft Visual timer for bed respawn Ability to delete a Survivor from a server (so it will not show up in your server list. No more downloading mods for servers you’ll never use again) Dimorphodon homing pigeon (Ichthyornis-seagull) Dino doors up update? Ex: Rex fits through reg dino gate. Mammoth won't go through reg Dino gate, nor will Sarco Petra fits through window Only 19 of 50 current Dinos get headshot bonus to torpor OSHA style billboards Possible update to fishing pole idea OUTRO Contact us at: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon at Newgrounds audio portal for our theme song LINKS Arkmap.org Surviving the Arkcast forum Ark Dev Tracker Survivors Wildlife Guide

STA: EP8 Show Notes RELEASE 237.3 releases caves and Easter event, Dinos came later. HOT TOPIC OCD PSA: New episode titles Easter is here (the bunny) Pics of all Dinos wearing bunny ears Caves revamp, Easter preview (video) How to deal with the loss of a wiped server. The Center Map the resource balance Fireflies Thunderstorms NEW DINO DOSSIER Basilosaurus SOON TO BE RELEASED tek tier armor More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures! Tek Caves, "Ascension" Game Progression, "Boss Wars" Aquatic and Amphibious Mating/Lifecycles DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf Specific Representative "on-ground" meshes for all dropped items Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky LISTENER OUTREACH Listeners send us recordings of your favorite Ark adventure and we'll release it in the podcast, or have you on for live interview. META TALK Alpha tribe charging rent on an official server. Possible update to fishing pole idea Theories about the Ark (picture from bioshick, maybe similar bg story) Pillaring and foundations. How to be/stop the troll/inconsiderate players TIP: 3 ways a Dodo is useful.  PSA: greenhouse glass gives clear vision under water Why the devs destroyed 56 behemoth gates on an official server  OUTRO Contact us at: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon at Newgrounds audio portal for our theme song LINKS Arkmap.org Surviving the Arkcast forum Ark Dev Tracker Survivors Wildlife Guide

STA: EP7 Show Notes ADDED RELEASE: Survival of The Fittest: A free to play, standalone game designed for competitive PvP. HOT TOPIC How are players reacting to the release of SoTF? (Not good.) Trendy vs Wildcard UPCOMING RELEASE (unlikely to come out today) v237.0, ETA: March 23 New 'Dino': Woolly Rhino! New 'Dino': Eurypterid! New 'Dino': Dunkleosteus!  Snow and Swamp caves Breeding Mechanics Phase 2 Tribe Member Rankings with Customizable Per-Rank Privileges Increased Server Performance SOON TO BE RELEASED SNEAK PEEK: tek tier armor Armor (Night) Armor (Day) More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures! Tek Caves, "Ascension" Game Progression, "Boss Wars" Aquatic and Amphibious Mating/Lifecycles DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf Specific Representative "on-ground" meshes for all dropped items Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky LISTENER OUTREACH Listeners send us recordings of your favorite Ark adventure and we'll release it in the podcast, or have you on for live interview. Jacob O (PapaMortainious) email - funny/light hearted rival tribe griefing David C email - How they’ve managed a bounty system on their server META TALK We should be able to set follow distances Are scorpions not worth it anymore? Tranq Arrow vs. Tranq Dart vs. Scorpion - Who’s the KO king!? Is global chat too OP, in PvP? Personal Points (Crafting Speed skill) lvling craft qualities We forgot to mention that Crafting Speed does boost recipe stat bonuses. We will mention this in next episode. Profession synergy bonus? OUTRO Contact us at: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon at Newgrounds audio portal for our theme song LINKS Arkmap.org Surviving the Arkcast forum Ark Dev Tracker Survivors Wildlife Guide

ARKCAST: EP6 Show Notes Hot Topic: New Giga mystery. Skin or first look at armor? UPCOMING  FEB-MAR ARK: Survival of the Fittest Relaunch: HUGE IMPROVEMENTS (matchmaking, ELO rating, item rewards, mega performance gain, etc etc ;) ) Tribe Member Rankings with Customizable Per-Rank Privileges More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures! Tek Caves, "Ascension" Game Progression, "Boss Wars" Aquatic and Amphibious Mating/Lifecycles DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf Specific Representative "on-ground" meshes for all dropped items Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky LISTENER OUTREACH Listeners send us recordings of your favorite Ark adventure and we'll release in the podcast, or have you on for live interview. Meta: Auto-farming… DO IT Should torches be equip-able in off hand? Add a fishing pole? What's the best pack mule? TIP: What do Titanboas, Fortitude, flak armor and torpor have in common? Staying awake to murder that snake. Dossier Popup system Placing Bounties on Players FUN: Saddest Quetz loss Neutering Dinos Male Megaloceros should shed their antlers periodically for a keratin drop in their inventory Update drops Outro: Visit the Surviving the Arkcast forum Ark Dev Tracker Survivors Wildlife Guide email: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon at Newgrounds audio portal for our theme song

ARKCAST: EP5 Show Notes ADDED Release: 236 New Dino: Giant Beaver auto collects, extra carry cap for wood New Equipment: Handcuffs First 3 Bosses and Boss Arenas Snow and Swamp caves ~10% rendering performance improvements! Server Performance Phase 2 Breeding Mechanics Phase 2 Hot Topic: Devs currently saying they're 99.999% unlikely to wipe upon release UPCOMING  FEB-MAR ARK: Survival of the Fittest Relaunch: HUGE IMPROVEMENTS (matchmaking, ELO rating, item rewards, mega performance gain, etc etc ;) ) Tribe Member Rankings with Customizable Per-Rank Privileges More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures! Tek Caves, "Ascension" Game Progression, "Boss Wars" Aquatic and Amphibious Mating/Lifecycles DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf Specific Representative "on-ground" meshes for all dropped items Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky LISTENER QUESTIONS/OUTREACH Listeners send us recordings of your favorite Ark adventure and we'll release in the podcast, or have you on for a live interview. What do you think the new animal on the community page is ?< Link to the FULL MysteriousMysteries song.  Dino Dossiers - Upcoming Dino that we’re excited about Achatina Meta: [Suggestion] Change player torpor to work the same way it does with creatures. Move “destroy” option  when looking at structures to a set location. Shouldn't move with other options. When looking a crop box; Press “E” to destroy crop should be removed Beaver collectes wood while being carried?! If SCUBA mask occludes your vision in the third person, then it should also be clear under water; in third person. Are cages and handcuffs a bad mechanic for PVP? Complete armor set bonus? Props to “pfshfine” and his tribe for finding harvest bug. Props to wildcard with a prompt response. Outro: Ark Dev Tracker Survivors Wildlife Guide email: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon at Newgrounds audio portal for our theme song

ARKCAST: EP4 Show Notes  Hot Topic: 236 release is late again. Supposed to release today. SOON ADDED Release: 236 New Dino: Giant Beaver New Equipment: Handcuffs First 3 Bosses and Boss Arenas Snow and Swamp caves ~10% rendering performance improvements! Server Performance Phase 2 Breeding Mechanics Phase 2 UPCOMING  FEB-MAR ARK: Survival of the Fittest Relaunch: HUGE IMPROVEMENTS (matchmaking, ELO rating, item rewards, mega performance gain, etc etc ;) ) Tribe Member Rankings with Customizable Per-Rank Privileges More Creatures, Gear, Armors, Weapons, & Structures! Tek Caves, "Ascension" Game Progression, "Boss Wars" Aquatic and Amphibious Mating/Lifecycles DirectX12 Mode for Windows 10! Approximate +20% perf Specific Representative "on-ground" meshes for all dropped items Random GPU Driver crash fix: TrueSky LISTENER QUESTIONS: Dev interview? Will there be official server wipes when game officially launches? HQ location reviews (why build where, and why) Topics/Meta: Dino Dossier Symbols What do they mean? Add “whistle groups” for easier Dino control TIP: List of DONT’S: Building in or around a cave or the Volcano. Turrets on high without a warning. Offline raiding; it’s going to happen; be ready. Why is there so little Dev community interaction June full release date seems unrealistic Outro: Ark Dev Tracker Survivors Wildlife Guide email: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon at Newgrounds audio portal for our theme song

ARKCAST: EP3 Show Notes  Hot Topic: Update 235 Have been released! Ark ranks in top 10 played games on Steam with 67,018 players in the last 30 days. ADDED Release: 235 Release Feb 5th 235 Spotlight video. New Dino: Terror Bird New Weapon: Grappling Hook! Tribe Alliances (PvE and PvP). Yes, finally, absolutely, live free or die hard gonna make it into this release! BattleEye Anti-Cheat System How to delete: ctrl F, Therighthand for instructions Valentine’s Day Event UPCOMING Release 236 Feb 16 New Dino: Giant Beaver  or Castoroides (cass-tor-oy-dees) New Equipment: Handcuffs (about) 10% rendering performance improvements! First 3 Bosses and Boss Arenas Snow and Swamp caves Server Performance Phase 2 Breeding Mechanics Phase 2 New Unreleased Dinos - Titanosaur (huge bronto) Chalicotherium (mobile artillery)(rock thrower) Oncorhynchus (hope the blood drain leaks blood into the water and attract sharks to add insult to injury.) Leech Topics/Meta: Should Silencer for guns hide attackers identity? TIP: Long rang whistle through your spyglass Is guerrilla warfare dead? Are logs preventing competition in pvp? What's with the ridiculous taming time on standard? Is Arks grind too harsh which leads to permanence? Ziplines? How to get back at high lvl griefers. (1st comment , best answer) Grappling Hook, less resource cost or reusable hooks? PSA: Allied tribes can see your tribe chat PSA: Unridden Gigas EASILY killed with Large Bear Trap Solo tame Quetz with grappling hook Outro: email: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon at Newgrounds audio portal for our theme song

    SURVIVING THE ARKCAST SHOW NOTES: Episode 2 Hot Topic: Update 232, 233, 234, 235 Have been released UPDATES: 232 release New Dino: Dung Beetle! New Dino: Dimetrodon! Beer ,Barrels..Hangovers. Tribe Alliances (PvE and PvP) ***Got pushed to 235 Garbage Collector performance improvements (less stalls) Fix for disappearing Quetz’ Improved save-and-load times Fixed a memory leak 233 release Gallimimus with 3-Seater Passenger Saddle Electric Prod stunner weapon SWAT-style Assault Armor tier Improved save-and-load times All current Items are now on the Master Items ID array 234.1 release Greenhouse structures Engram requirements are Stone structures now, enabling them to be learned on Primitive Servers Improved server performance with multi-threaded replication Topics/Meta: Should mind wipe tonic be able to be used on dinos? Whistle “follow” needs to save between server restarts. It affects Anchoring, Herding, Nomadic lifestyle 'F' key double for your inventory when not looking at a select-able object. Add auto-run button!!! Is glare too bright? Add sunglasses or a Dev fix? Add tier 2 torch, like a Gas Lantern? If you have extra torches in your inventory they should fill in on hotbar if dropped.  Why is there no smaller vault? A reinforced box or Safe that fits in a smaller room? PETA launches campaign against ARK  (satire) Outro: Question to our listeners: What do you think about the Gallimimus, and how is the 3 person saddle working out for you?  email: survivingthearkcast@gmail.com Thanks to JJoon for the music

ARKCAST SHOW NOTES: Episode 1 Show Notes Introduction: Who are we? What is Ark: Survival Evolved Hot Topic: Dino Stat changes Reddit opinions Dev Updates: Procoptodon Archaeopteryx Naughty or Nice Winners  hosts Bikeman and JayEx23. (NoN Vid 3hrs) xbox one release (rex skin conflict) Music by: JJoon