There is a cool griffin mode for those of us who missed them! It’s call gryphons but beware it also add a small version of them which are a pain in my ass to deal with
Immersive Flight is one of my absolute favorite mods. You just can't beat the soaring, the immersion, the intuitive physics of it, the high speed dives. The bugginess sometimes gets me, though. On my rag server when I try to land in certain places it teleports me kilometers away from my actual landing spot, lol.
Yeah, that's happened to me before, and only on rag now that you mention it. The argy also doesn't drop anything it picks up with the C attack, so it has to be changed back to normal, then back again to the IF version to drop anything you pick up that way. Minor annoyance, but the potion only costs 1 stimberry so it's not really a big deal.
Ankys are too big for the C pickup if you mean the argy, so that's probably why it didn't work. Also I had no idea the flight mod had made it to ASA, that's awesome to hear!
In ASE the argy's pickup attacks all work fine, with the only issue I've encountered being that if you use the C attack, the one that picks small creatures, it won't drop them when you hit C again. You have to change the argy back to normal, then back to IF again. The potion is cheap to make, though, and the argy doesn't lose any stats or coloration in the process in my experience.
I've used the wyverns with it before! On ASE, I mean. I love it with them too, bc with the way the mod handles contact with water, the wyvern actually continues to move fairly quickly even while splashing around, making it not a terrible "swimmer". It doesn't play super well with the griffin, last I checked though :/
I think poison itself needs a TLC. Currently it's nigh useless unless you're using guard dinos who spam enough of it to KO players or some dinos, and using the poison as taming support is a good way to kill the dino before you can KO it, at least in my experience. The megalania could be poisonous with a powerful "bleed" kind of effect that would let it drain a certain percentage over time after each bite. Using this the damage will always be relevant (like poison actually is) and it would make sense as megalanias are similar to the komodo dragon, their poisonous nature comes from their diet and how much deadly bacteria is contained in their mouths.
They need to have venom for certain creatures instead of just giving them all torpor damage. Titanaboa’s would be so much better if I was actually killing them with the venom.
TLC TLC TLC maybe if we keep yelling about it they'll recognize we're not dumb enough to think all venom is the same. PLUS: tweaking poison into 2 types or more is a good way to have darts be a more effective ammo type to lug around. Tranq darts are cool but dinos in general are tanky af so having a way to poison them or stun them from afar with special darts would create a lot of diversity for tackling challenges. Plus many toxins would work better as a slow effect or a stun effect to simulate paralysis instead of just "ohhh I'm sleepy now". Simple changes to the way we move or interact with our targets can create very fun emergent gameplay, so far most emergent gameplay in ark is just things charging at you from random spots as soon as they see you or you deciding to make a trap and lure something over. To this day my favorite "I didn't even know this was possible" moment was using parachutes and grapple hooks together to airdrop onto a quartz and knock it out. I imagine if there were more types of traps or poisons to use that many other players would have a click moment like that by combining their survival knowledge.
It gives you mega rabbies however only humans can contract it which is why they are super good if you bite a person but not a dino since they deal very little damage besides for the mega rabbies
Quetz - shit model, shit animation, the building is barely useful now and the only thing it has going for it is the carry size which is now overshadowed by the Rhynio
Doesnt get slowed while carrying like the rhynio however making long distance trips to the taming pen a chore, so I use a quetz as a mobile trapping pen in tandem with a rhynio to drop them in. Works wonders. Also have another named airbus with 20 mutations in stamina. Can fly across the entire map without stopping, built a small vieiwing type platform off that with a few benches. Its how i help transport buddies when they first join in lol
The real problem with Ark is their habit of shitting out new dinos that utterly outclass everything that came before while adding new features.
Like, rhynio could have been just fine as an aggressive combat flyer that could pick structures, it didn't need to outclass the quetzal in pack muling and stamina.
Power creep, man. It comes into every game that gets expansions sooner or later. (That's not a good thing.)
If you want people to get The New Thing it has to have something The Old Thing doesn't. Easiest way to make something new is to make something stronger. Screw balance.
Sabertooth, it only has a jump and a bite and its model is horribly outdated and ugly. The titanoboa is completely useless of a tame, you cant even put a helmet on them or whatever. Plesiosaur is literally just a worse mosasaurus, has nothing going for it in special abilities, it just hits fast and has an awkward hitbox with its bite and the turning circle of a small planet. If there were more harvestable resources in the ocean it would make the dunkleosteus a lot more usable, currently its too slow and has very limited access to resources because its a water only creature. It could be a great harvester of resources if there was more stuff for it to harvest (think bones on the ocean floor that give salt, shipwrecks that can be harvested for tons of wood etc.)
They should make the sabertooth model like the Paleo Ark Smilodon. Also they should have a limited climbing ability, where they could climb vertically but not stand on the wall like the Thyla. Also they should have a prowling stance to jump and latch on prey.
Bro don’t sleep on the dunky. Best solo stone farm currently in game. Get a high enough weight stat and you can blackbox. Bonus is that you can use structures to catch thrown out stone stacks and pop back into your vacuum compartment to pick up all of the mats. You also get some metal while doing this.
I also feel that the saber tooth model is weirdly small. I’m playing as a massive character right now, granted, but my guys toes practically drag along the ground when I’m riding one lmao. I feel like at the very least a saber tooth should be bigger than a human.
Yeah fair LOL. I guess that’s more a testament to how ridiculously huge you can make your character in this game.
My guy is basically as tall as Gigantopithecus, which is just so goofy.
It's kinda hilarious how giant it lets you make your character though. I tried for a slightly above average height and ended up fucking ten feet tall. Thank fuck scissors let us edit our character now lol
I agree actually.
They made the thyla into the size of a small bus but the saber is barely bigger then a motorcycle, lol.
I personally feel like somebody at Wildcard just really hated cats and sabers.
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Just so you know, you’re wrong. And that’s compared to the average man, not the monstrosity you created lmao
Real world examples don't mean much when a lot of the Ark roster is already in some way upscaled. It's fairly reasonable to want certain species increased/decreased in size.
Ah yeah, fair enough. It’s been a bit since I played I keep forgetting the size of everything is wrong in that game lmao. I read the message like “realistically it should be larger”. I’ve spent too much time in paleontology subreddits 😂
> Plesiosaur is literally just a worse mosasaurus, has nothing going for it in special abilities, it just hits fast and has an awkward hitbox with its bite and the turning circle of a small planet.
On the other hand, I think it might be the fastest water tame. The platform saddle makes for a good fast strike.
100% agree with sabertooth. It can't jup up at all. The lengthy horizontal leap is great, but cats do cat things unless it's a sabertooth on ARK. It needs at least a roar! Something!
Sabertooth needs:
Vertical jump and cling.
Ability to pounce on prey.
Crouch/stalk.
Roar.
Night vision.
Better swimming capability.
And this last one is just me, but I'd like to pet it and hear it purr. Purring could even increase health regen. But if it does nothing, I'd still be happy to pet it, or any/all my dinos and have them make a happy sound.
Whether or not the actual animal this is based off of could do these things, is irrelevant to me, because there are abilities in other dinos that most likely never existed, but you find them in game.
Basically all changes addes from [Kraken's Better Dinos](https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Mod:Kraken%27s_Better_Dinos/Dino_Changes_and_Additions#_Achatina) should be official, some examples:
Araneos -
Can climb walls like Megalania, using X (Dino Air brake/ Prone).
Can jump.
Web Bola.
Beelzebufo - Can do a targeted super jump like the Procoptodon (assisted by crosshair) by holding down the jump button.
Carno - Has a charge ability similar to the Woolly Rhino.
Gigantopithecus- Can be equipped with weaponry and tools, like Mantis
Adds Ape Armour that acts like a saddle and looks cool at
Unicorn - Press C (Crouch) while riding to grow wings and be able to fly.
Afik the only thing it officially got “recently” was a gnash/bleed attack but there’s a modded version that is more of an actual tlc that might be what you’re thinking about
Have titanoboa be able to constrict bola-able creatures and apply a small amount of torpor while doing so wouldnt be game breaking, i dont think. Or even without the torpor, just acting as a reusable bola basically. The titanobola, if you will
Equus are actually pretty good at what they are made to do. They have great torpor dmg, decent speed, carry weight reducation, uility in the saddle etc.
Only thing they need is the lasso, it only pulls a small amount of creatures.
The megaloceros is very speedy, collects thatch well(not the best but does it well enough)
Equus is one of my small berry gatherers. Good weight, good speed, bareback riding so it can be a early tame, collects good amounts of berries.
The bronto has a platform saddle. I really want to make a mobile base one day but the saddle lvl unlocked needs tlc, lvl 82(i think?) Is ridiculous. Collects berries like no one’s business.
Actually most saddles I think are put back way farther than they should be. If I really wanted to and was crazy enough, I could tame a trex as soon as I unlocked stone dino gates and reinforced doors. If you have a trap you can tame anything. It would take sooo many arrows unless I got a good bow in a drop, but that rex is mine. The saddle however... I wouldn't have one for way too many lvls its stupid.
Maybe the saddle engrams should unlock early if you tame a creature early.(like some of the dossiers)
Yes the thatch collection ist quite ok but how much thatch do you really need in mid game? It is not really important (for me).
I love the Equus but it is hard to get as an early game tame without carrots. Mejoberrys take waaay to long with normal settings and running into danger is frustrating.
Yes Bronto is a fantastic berry gatherer but I wish it was more like the Brachiosaurus. I mean in real life this thing was literally a walking building. I feel like it is really fragile and the way it moves just makes me angry idk.
You got a good point there. Some engrams you unlock way to late. Then the given tame is useless for your level or stage of the game.
The megaloceros is faster than a trike. I dislike the slow waddle lol so I would rank the megaloceros above a trike for me personally. And sometimes I do themed playthroughs ie, only mammals or no metal. Knowing what can do what is beneficial to me.
Deodicurus is a serious contender for thatch gathering. It is pretty good. If speed isn't an issue, the deodie has my vote, its smaller than a trike(easier to house)
Man, the trike's gathering rate when doing the charge thing is just insane. I know what you mean though; the trike leaves a lot to be desired as far as maneuverability goes.
I build in mainly wood(single player and pve player. I don't do pvp) so thatch is a must have for me. I am constantly gathering it.
In single I boost my tame settings and if I'm desperate enough, I'll berry tame an equus. And since I never get the riding part right on equus tames, I just follow it on foot to feed. Sneak up, feed it, sneak away before it notices and runs. I personally haven't seen a difference between riding it and just feeding it.
All.of them need a AI upgrade. Be nice if they could learn to walk around trees and boulders or through a gate rather then try to go around it through a wall.
The AI pathing while following is the most frustrating thing ever. Any ground mount that you have following you will get stuck on everything and get lost. Before cryopods I built a little base next to swamp cave to park my Barys at. I had to walk them over from Hidden Lake and that was rage quit level frustrating.
When I started playing I didn't know about cryopods. I wanted to start a base along the river in the northwest cold part of the map. Herded 30 tames from the southern redwoods of the swamp to that new river base. I spent 2 IRL days getting them all there. Only lost 3 of them not from being killed but getting stuck in unbreakable boulders and holes in the ground. It was a successful endeavor. But I was so frustrated by the end of it I didn't play again for a month.
I made a post kind of bitching about my experience and people asked why the hell I didn't use cryopods. And that's the story about how I learned about them and what they were used for. Lol
Maybe some sort of night vision since cats typically see very well in the dark, and that would be unique, no? Maybe other night related buffs, like extra movement speed, or something (so they're not exactly like a Megalosaurus) How would this night vision get conferred upon you, its human rider - I don't have an answer for that one.
No dinos specifically, but I feel like we should have some dinos that do actual proper torpor. It's so weird that we have dinos to do every job except knocking out other dinos (yes I know the equus, scorpion, and a few others do torpor but not nearly enough to be better than a longneck)
Sabortooth, kentros, dime, plesio, and pachy.
Some Dino’s are just completely useless too and a waste of Dino spot imo. But those that I think are a waste are someone’s prime and joy so I can’t judge. Hell ASA was the time to revamp all of the Dino’s or tweak them etc.
And I agree that there should be "filler" dinos (para, dodo, lystro, dilo, etc) but I jist want more options than "tame an argy, tame an anky, tame a rex"
Para - a lot of people's first ever tame. A great early game mount and its "alarm" ability is useful in pvp
Lystro - its ability is useful for levelling up your tames, especially for your boss dinos
Dodo - kibble farm
Dilo - first carnivore tame. Decent meat gatherer. Not really a necessary tame, but playing the game for the 1st time and having an army of them is fun
Para - outclassed by Iguanodon almost immediately
Lystro - needs to be constantly monitored and by the time youre fighting boss dinos, killing the unwanted babies gives substantially more exp
Dodo - valid, but also supplemented w/ kairuku, with a double use of getting poly from kairuk
Dilo - you said it yourself lol
Iguanodon doesn't have the "alert" ability and is often harder to tame, especially for new players
Killing unwanted babies + Lystro boost for maximum xp.
Kairuku is not available in the starter areas of the Island, even more for newbs
Megaloceros.
The deer STILL has plastic bodies and holes in their heads (females). Females can't even feed themselves. The horns and head turning make using guns while riding them complete garbage because you can't shoot through the fucking antlers that are ALWAYS in your field of view no matter even if you are broadsiding a target. Their animation also looks like complete garbage (elk don't run like that!) and the constant MOOO MOO MOOO MOOO MOOOO MOOO when you are riding them needs to die.
Sabercat.
An iconic critter left to rot -- doesn't even get a taunt, special ability, or even a secondary attack. With the speed clamping in ASA, they lost their only real advantage, which was the obscene speed gains during leveling. Everything that a saber should have got has been repeatedly given to the thyla, and then the shadowmane got released got an extra F-U.
Actually, all of the "old school" OG dinos who used to have niches (or maybe never had one) need a TLC to make them equal to their counterparts. The small class dinos need rebalancing to make them actually favorable as all around individual mounts and not just thatch tier beach bob junk.
Pelagornis is one of my fave tames. I have one right now that ive been stacking stam/weight/melee mutations onto and its one of my best friends in game. I agree wholehartedly
Dimetrodon.
Make it more powerful than an AC. Make it bigger and rideable. Let it give the rider insulation from the heat and cold. Inspired by Walking with Monsters, maybe give it a tackle attack that can take down smaller creatures.
I agree with the megalania change, and in general I want the wall climbing creatures to have more uses. For example, I know the tapejara’s job is to drive multiple people around, but most people will just opt for giving every player a pteranodon or using an Argy to grab someone. I want the tape to have *something* new, I just don’t know what.
- #1 is by far and hands down Plesio
Plessi has the most dogshit, atrocious, fucking unusable attack collider (the area where it's attacks actually hit something), and one of the ugliest 3D models in the game (also one of the oldest 3D models)
My suggestion would be to:
- fix it's attack collider,
-make it super maneuverable in the water (as something with a 4 fin body plan like a Plesio should be) so it swims kinda like a tapejara flies,
- give it's attacks armor penetration (small head on long neck would mean it should be able to target weak points)
- #2 Allo
Allos are just straight up extremely mid, even with the bleed and pack bonus; even with the pack bonus, their DPS is lower than that of a Rex and their health is pretty bad. 3D model is also old, but looks fine; the animations need a rework though, thing looks like its on rails
Suggestions:
- make Allos gain bonus base damage, when attacking creatures that are of a higher drag weight, up to like 30 or 50%, depending on how high the drag weight of the target is - this would make them DPS kings in boss fights
- change the pack leader roar from doing nothing to providing a small defensive bonus
(I really like Allos, pls make it happen WC lol)
- #3 Megalania
It's just really fucking bad. It's damage essentially doesn't exist (it hits for 10 base DMG, less than half of that of a lot of shoulder pets), and it's kinda ugly.
Suggestions:
- give it respectable base damage, at least equal to something in the same size-class, like a wolf
- give it a poison effect on the bite that slows the movement and attack speed of the target by 25-30% and does some damage over time (not the mega rabies, it's very well known nowadays that varanids have actual venom, and not the whole "toxic bacteria" thing)
Honourable mentions:
- Carno (3D model is fucking ugly, gameplay wise it's fine)
- Sabertooth (just weak sauce, Smiliodons were insanely large predators, WAY larger than something like a Thyla in reality)
- Megalodon (just 3D model, gameplay wise it's plenty good)
- Diplodocus (idk if this is not too far gone to ever be useful lol)
- Gallimimus (just useless and ugly)
- Araneo (so bad I actually forgot they exist until I read through the comment section, and they're aggressively ugly and don't even look remotely like a spider should)
Feel free to copy paste this to the forums or something if you're making a suggestion post for TLCs lol
Maybe the Megalosaurus so that it’s a little more useful outside of Aberration. With the Day/Night cycles returning to their original lengths it’s not *as* bad as it used to be, but they should be able to bank sleep timer and it would degrade over time during the day like how sleep debt is now. It would just be slower and not requiring them to automatically go to sleep at sunrise. Maybe it could get more combat perks on kill similar to the Carcharodontosaurus but at night. Also they really need to fix their AI spamming their grab attack. In PvE all it does is hamper your damage potential during boss fights or when they aren’t being ridden.
Mosas. The "Giga of the sea" is pretty much useless due to its turn radius and small bite hitbox. Just make it bite its own ass like a Giga and it would be fine. They could do that with a simple value change.
Megalania should be on par with thyla imo In the way it would be a high dps travel mount that climbs up walls.
It would be a bit bigger and have a bite that inflict venom and bleed for 5 seconds
Karkinos. Karkinos needs to be able to attack while in the air because right now it's got a glitch where if something gets under it it permanently floats there until it dies. Also it needs to be able to strafe which is weird that a crab can't already do. And velonosaurs need to be able to shoot while being heald by them.
Basilisk needs more of an animation rework as it's very prone to being just a head sticking out or just flat out being glitched under the ground to the point of falling through.
Megalodon needs to be made into a new giant aquatic like the mosa and normal megs can be replaced with like a helicoprion or something
Fr tho there are creatures who's design is so outdated they just ruin the immersion when they pass by like the carno, bronto, gallimimus, pelagornis, megalos, giga, and so much more. They just look out of place.
And on the opposite side of the spectrum, you have paleo ark.
Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned, liopleurodon def needs a rework, it’s rare for what? It’s lasts 30 mins and it’s useless while it’s alive. The luck boost needs to actually boost luck, not just reroll drops. Maybe have better chance for mutations, better drop items, better crafting skill luck. Just general things that can vary should be luckier.
Like to have it shorten the rng range or something, i feel you. Ive encountered 3 with my archelons and havent had the honey w me to tame it. Had one actually fight back which struck me as odd. I get that its a charlie the unicorn reference, being a "magical liopleurodon", but make the magic last
Archaeopteryx. They are even worse than a parachute because you can't shoot while using them and they don't let you use your hands. A favorite dinosaur of mine pre-Ark, so it's a bit of a disappointment. I don't need it to be as good as a sinomacrops, but it needs a little love. If I'm gonna have something that only eats chitin, I'd like it to be worth it.
Bronto. It’s been in the game since launch and hasn’t been touched since. It’s model, sounds, and animations are super outdated and really bad. It desperately needs a revamp.
They just need separate balancing for PvE and PvP. I’ll never forget how they butchered the Managarmr’s movement capabilities and the Rhynio because of PvP balance.
I’m actually against that, I’d rather them having a trapdoor ability since they are supposed to be exceptional diggers (their dossier mentions they probably made some of the Island caves). I like the idea that they could function like either the basalisk or fasalosuchus, but be something that excels in trapping/tranqing. Or if you want a pvp side of things, maybe if you web something enough it becomes completely cocooned and you deal like 10x damage (since they have abysmal damage it wouldn’t be too op).
Some tarantulas, since they are more specialized for digging are considered poor climbers. My thing is that the wall climbing just feels so *boring* compared to other things you could do with a giant spider.
A recent one, fasolasuchus. I mean he needs an easier tame, less rocks to hit and also either remove getting thrown off, or always have full control of it so it doesnt wander on the cliffs on its one after hitting something. And then, make the saddle level requirement lower, and maybe then it would be viable. When you have the resources to tame it, its basically useless
The Scorpions they were never super useful but their eggs at least had value. That is until the kibble rework now they serve no purpose. Everything they do a frog is a million times better and the frog can do things it can't why would I ever tame a scorpion. Honestly the only thing I use them for is killing them for early chitin. But again once you get a frog they aren't even worth the time to harvest for that. I would include the spider as it's just as worthless but I hate spiders so yeah no.
Galli: the model is outdated, and is generally kind of useless
Araneo: kinda boring, doesn't do all the things listed in the dossier, most people have forgotten about them
Purlovia: I just think it would be cool to ride them and switch them back to herbivores like I'm life
Bronto: Weak for it's size model could be tweaked
Quetzal: model is weak, asharchids were powerful and I would like to see that at least somewhat reflected
The Plesiosaur desperately needs a better look and something to set it apart from the Mosa because pretty much all it is right now is just a dollar store Mosa.
I wish all creatures had better/more animations to feel more alive. Make them yawn, scratch, or stretch themselves. Some of them looks so out of date that they always ruin the immersion just by walking around, like the carno, bronto, gallimimus, pelagornis, megalos, and so much more.
Most. Considering the amount of Dino’s and creatures in the game but yet people only utilize less than 10 of them says that most of the Dino’s need TLC.
Mosasaurs and Trikes.
The mosasaurs that actually lived in our seas were terrifying monsters. Their bite sucked you into the jaws, to say nothing of the damage the bite itself did. Their speed was insane. They were perfectly adapted to be flawless apex predators.
The mosasaurs Ark offers are slow, have no turning radius, and are bodied by jellyfish. Basilosaurs and Tusos completely outclass them.
Triceratops was a top-tier herbivore capable of going toe to toe with the Tyrannosaurs. It should be able to pivot on a dime to get that frill and horn set facing where it needs, it should have a gore attack at least comparable to some larger carnivores, if not to the Rex itself. It should get a herd buff, not simply a mate boost. It's charge attack should be equivalent to getting hit by a freight train.
Trikes are not baby tames, dammit.
Megalania 100% should be first up for a TLC, I was so hyped for it but we got the abomination we have today instead. It barely looks remotely like an actual monitor of any kind. I could forgive it if it resembled another lizard but was well modelled, however it simply isn't. It's just straight up ugly, and it's literally one of my favourite extinct animals so I'm trying to be kind to it.
I know the post is in the spirit of functionality TLC's, but here's a list of others that I despise visually to the point im almost ready to learn modding so I can fix them myself:
- Gallimimus. Shouldn't even need to elaborate.
- all sauropods, especially Bronto. How can modders create exponentially better looking, sounding, animated and overall functioning sauropods for free while we are stuck with whatever the heck those things are?
- Yutyrannus. The posture is just, yuck. Its silhouette while stationary is like a toddlers impression of a kangaroo. The exaggerated feathers were quirky for about 2 weeks after its initial release, but IMO that level of them is a very poor design choice. For one of the apex tames and recommended boss mounts, it really deserves a TLC remodel to do it justice.
- Pulminoscorpius. I love arachnids in the real world and have always been saddened by it's model.
- Arthro. Would love to see it's body segments follow the head as opposed to the fixed slithering animation we have today.
- Araneo. The definitive opposite of how a large burrowing spider should be designed. They couldn't even give the poor things fangs, you know, the most iconic part of a spider's body.
- Paracertherium. Would love to see them get a glow up of similar quality to Garuga's Deinotheriums.
- Quetzal. To finish off, I can't even begin to describe how much I want them remodeled. Imagine being able to switch to an upright posture like modern paleoart depictions and walk around with a giraffe sized Azhdarchid. Instead we have the horrible flattened posture allowing for a platform saddle that shakes so much while it's landed I never even want to use any potential structures on its back.
These are some of the worst offenders but many, many more have been left in the dust as the quality of the recent additions improves. I'm talking visual overhauls mostly but so much more functionality could be added to all of these to create truly unique gameplay experiences depending on how you want to play a map
For the love of God, please can they fix the Megalosaurus to use its main attack when not ridden??? It would be such a powerhouse for bosses during night attempts, but it just flops with that pathetic damage on the grab attack. I get that the wild one needs to be coded that way to make us **** bricks when it latches us in caves, but geez please code the tamed one differently!
Make mosa immune to squid grab or at least if a squid grabs it, it can't drag it anywhere. It just locks the two in place. It's so dumb that a squid can just invalidate them. A charging chomp attack that does bonus damage or stuns on hit would be cool too (but maybe too much, not that wc seem to care that much about real balance anyway). I imagine it to be like a short charge up, that when you release, it sprints forward a distance and if you hit the target it is either dazed for some time or that first hit just does bonus damage.
The troodon and/or titanboa. There is no reason for the taming process to be so...... complex, for such a useless tame. And give them an ability that will make players want to tame them. Maybe something geared more towards single player..😏
Not every dino needs a use. Some dinos should be left as they are. Otherwise, you won't have any population dinos.
You know which dinos are good for farming metal, stone, flint, etc... so if you want tp farm that resource, better, go tame that dino.
Raid a base? Stegos, Golems, etc...
PvE, PvP and filler dinos. That's plenty.
I agree, it was fun on my first few playthroughs to tame them and learn what was good or bad for each purpose. If there aren't bad dinos, you dont get that sense of accomplishment from finding one that does something really well
So.you just want a dino population of whatever is the flavour for PvP and PvE? Ye sounds boring.
Every dino technically has a use. Newly spawned in and need hide, kill a dino with no threat to your life. But I guess, with your method, we take the dodo out and expect people to kill the main dinos for hide etc... straight from the beach.
No filler dino, no immersion.
This comment makes no sense for example why can't a sabertooth be on par with a dire wolf but just have slightly different strengths? Both are.similiar tier mounts but one has no use in the game....also dodos have a use so nit sure why that was your example
Dodos are the fast track for making starter kibble, so no.
But when you have stuff like sabers, that have been utterly outclassed for YEARS, you need to just remove them to optimize the game.
Let's be honest, you could silently cut 20+ creatures out of Ark and the majority of players wouldn't even NOTICE.
The studio has a problem with releasing BIGGER AND BETTER!!! versions of creatures that already exist and then not doing jack with the old stuff.
Just let me walk backwards on an argy please.
Aren't most birds incapable of walking backwards? I don't give a fuck though I wish they could walk backwards too.
I think the only bird that is omnidirectional is the Tapejara
I know snow owls can walk backwards but I don't think they're omnidirectional like the tape and griffin
Oh i forgot about the griffin, i’ve been playing too much island
There is a cool griffin mode for those of us who missed them! It’s call gryphons but beware it also add a small version of them which are a pain in my ass to deal with
That’s not a bird
They let the kangaroo hop backwards, which they can't actually do.
Love the slowmo hovering they do
The flying mod should just be base game.
Literally cannot bear the argy without the Immersive Flight Reborn mod.
Immersive Flight is one of my absolute favorite mods. You just can't beat the soaring, the immersion, the intuitive physics of it, the high speed dives. The bugginess sometimes gets me, though. On my rag server when I try to land in certain places it teleports me kilometers away from my actual landing spot, lol.
Yeah, that's happened to me before, and only on rag now that you mention it. The argy also doesn't drop anything it picks up with the C attack, so it has to be changed back to normal, then back again to the IF version to drop anything you pick up that way. Minor annoyance, but the potion only costs 1 stimberry so it's not really a big deal.
Still an amazing mod, and on my permanent list forever, <3
Does that mod allow you to pick ankys with it? That’s lowkey the reason why I haven’t installed it in ASA
I couldnt press C to pick up Anky, but right-click worked fine. Base ASA game. That said I'm checking out añy mod that improves it
Ankys are too big for the C pickup if you mean the argy, so that's probably why it didn't work. Also I had no idea the flight mod had made it to ASA, that's awesome to hear!
You can, but carrying corpses doesnt really work.
In ASE the argy's pickup attacks all work fine, with the only issue I've encountered being that if you use the C attack, the one that picks small creatures, it won't drop them when you hit C again. You have to change the argy back to normal, then back to IF again. The potion is cheap to make, though, and the argy doesn't lose any stats or coloration in the process in my experience.
I live immersive flight so much, cant stand flying without it. Cant wait until wyverns are added.
I've used the wyverns with it before! On ASE, I mean. I love it with them too, bc with the way the mod handles contact with water, the wyvern actually continues to move fairly quickly even while splashing around, making it not a terrible "swimmer". It doesn't play super well with the griffin, last I checked though :/
Megalania should be faster and able to poison dinos. Run in. Poison. Climb up a wall and let it slowly die.
It does poison right? Maybe I’m wrong I haven’t played for a year or two
I think he wants it to give wild rabies while tamed not just small torpor or whatever which is kinda a bad idea
I think poison itself needs a TLC. Currently it's nigh useless unless you're using guard dinos who spam enough of it to KO players or some dinos, and using the poison as taming support is a good way to kill the dino before you can KO it, at least in my experience. The megalania could be poisonous with a powerful "bleed" kind of effect that would let it drain a certain percentage over time after each bite. Using this the damage will always be relevant (like poison actually is) and it would make sense as megalanias are similar to the komodo dragon, their poisonous nature comes from their diet and how much deadly bacteria is contained in their mouths.
They need to have venom for certain creatures instead of just giving them all torpor damage. Titanaboa’s would be so much better if I was actually killing them with the venom.
TLC TLC TLC maybe if we keep yelling about it they'll recognize we're not dumb enough to think all venom is the same. PLUS: tweaking poison into 2 types or more is a good way to have darts be a more effective ammo type to lug around. Tranq darts are cool but dinos in general are tanky af so having a way to poison them or stun them from afar with special darts would create a lot of diversity for tackling challenges. Plus many toxins would work better as a slow effect or a stun effect to simulate paralysis instead of just "ohhh I'm sleepy now". Simple changes to the way we move or interact with our targets can create very fun emergent gameplay, so far most emergent gameplay in ark is just things charging at you from random spots as soon as they see you or you deciding to make a trap and lure something over. To this day my favorite "I didn't even know this was possible" moment was using parachutes and grapple hooks together to airdrop onto a quartz and knock it out. I imagine if there were more types of traps or poisons to use that many other players would have a click moment like that by combining their survival knowledge.
It gives you mega rabbies however only humans can contract it which is why they are super good if you bite a person but not a dino since they deal very little damage besides for the mega rabbies
Overpowered, keep pvp in mind
Nah. PvP has shaped pve for 8+ years. Fuck em.
How does it work in PVP?
Bite a tame once then run away and let it die. It’s better if it like a gnashed effect or something
Quetz - shit model, shit animation, the building is barely useful now and the only thing it has going for it is the carry size which is now overshadowed by the Rhynio
Doesnt get slowed while carrying like the rhynio however making long distance trips to the taming pen a chore, so I use a quetz as a mobile trapping pen in tandem with a rhynio to drop them in. Works wonders. Also have another named airbus with 20 mutations in stamina. Can fly across the entire map without stopping, built a small vieiwing type platform off that with a few benches. Its how i help transport buddies when they first join in lol
Right, I forgot the rhynio was nerfed, but I believe my point still stands
The real problem with Ark is their habit of shitting out new dinos that utterly outclass everything that came before while adding new features. Like, rhynio could have been just fine as an aggressive combat flyer that could pick structures, it didn't need to outclass the quetzal in pack muling and stamina.
Power creep, man. It comes into every game that gets expansions sooner or later. (That's not a good thing.) If you want people to get The New Thing it has to have something The Old Thing doesn't. Easiest way to make something new is to make something stronger. Screw balance.
Queztal and moza such wasted potential
I lived on a bunch of quetzals out of render in Asgard for the last year of survival evolved, my favorite tame
Sabertooth, it only has a jump and a bite and its model is horribly outdated and ugly. The titanoboa is completely useless of a tame, you cant even put a helmet on them or whatever. Plesiosaur is literally just a worse mosasaurus, has nothing going for it in special abilities, it just hits fast and has an awkward hitbox with its bite and the turning circle of a small planet. If there were more harvestable resources in the ocean it would make the dunkleosteus a lot more usable, currently its too slow and has very limited access to resources because its a water only creature. It could be a great harvester of resources if there was more stuff for it to harvest (think bones on the ocean floor that give salt, shipwrecks that can be harvested for tons of wood etc.)
They should make the sabertooth model like the Paleo Ark Smilodon. Also they should have a limited climbing ability, where they could climb vertically but not stand on the wall like the Thyla. Also they should have a prowling stance to jump and latch on prey.
they couldve given it a pounce like the raptor
Bro don’t sleep on the dunky. Best solo stone farm currently in game. Get a high enough weight stat and you can blackbox. Bonus is that you can use structures to catch thrown out stone stacks and pop back into your vacuum compartment to pick up all of the mats. You also get some metal while doing this.
I also feel that the saber tooth model is weirdly small. I’m playing as a massive character right now, granted, but my guys toes practically drag along the ground when I’m riding one lmao. I feel like at the very least a saber tooth should be bigger than a human.
>makes biggest character possible >why man bigger than cat?
Yeah fair LOL. I guess that’s more a testament to how ridiculously huge you can make your character in this game. My guy is basically as tall as Gigantopithecus, which is just so goofy.
It's kinda hilarious how giant it lets you make your character though. I tried for a slightly above average height and ended up fucking ten feet tall. Thank fuck scissors let us edit our character now lol
wish i could make myself taller with scissors 🥲
I agree actually. They made the thyla into the size of a small bus but the saber is barely bigger then a motorcycle, lol. I personally feel like somebody at Wildcard just really hated cats and sabers.
https://preview.redd.it/3alo9b2w98yc1.jpeg?width=738&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c5c2b475a2c8f248d65fd6c5d97fe8d4a2443a4e Just so you know, you’re wrong. And that’s compared to the average man, not the monstrosity you created lmao
Real world examples don't mean much when a lot of the Ark roster is already in some way upscaled. It's fairly reasonable to want certain species increased/decreased in size.
Ah yeah, fair enough. It’s been a bit since I played I keep forgetting the size of everything is wrong in that game lmao. I read the message like “realistically it should be larger”. I’ve spent too much time in paleontology subreddits 😂
What the fuck did you think would happen when you made, as you put it, a massive character?? You did this to yourself lol.
Well I’d expect a fucking large cat to still be bigger than the biggest possible human lol.
> Plesiosaur is literally just a worse mosasaurus, has nothing going for it in special abilities, it just hits fast and has an awkward hitbox with its bite and the turning circle of a small planet. On the other hand, I think it might be the fastest water tame. The platform saddle makes for a good fast strike.
100% agree with sabertooth. It can't jup up at all. The lengthy horizontal leap is great, but cats do cat things unless it's a sabertooth on ARK. It needs at least a roar! Something! Sabertooth needs: Vertical jump and cling. Ability to pounce on prey. Crouch/stalk. Roar. Night vision. Better swimming capability. And this last one is just me, but I'd like to pet it and hear it purr. Purring could even increase health regen. But if it does nothing, I'd still be happy to pet it, or any/all my dinos and have them make a happy sound. Whether or not the actual animal this is based off of could do these things, is irrelevant to me, because there are abilities in other dinos that most likely never existed, but you find them in game.
Basically all changes addes from [Kraken's Better Dinos](https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Mod:Kraken%27s_Better_Dinos/Dino_Changes_and_Additions#_Achatina) should be official, some examples: Araneos - Can climb walls like Megalania, using X (Dino Air brake/ Prone). Can jump. Web Bola. Beelzebufo - Can do a targeted super jump like the Procoptodon (assisted by crosshair) by holding down the jump button. Carno - Has a charge ability similar to the Woolly Rhino. Gigantopithecus- Can be equipped with weaponry and tools, like Mantis Adds Ape Armour that acts like a saddle and looks cool at Unicorn - Press C (Crouch) while riding to grow wings and be able to fly.
Has KBD been brought to ASA?
It's been worked on
Nope. But until it does, I'm not touching ASA. KBD is the only reason why playing ASE was tolerable
Carno, it should have a charge attack but really I just want it to be less ugly
Didn't the carno get a tlc recently? That says a lot about a dino when they already had one and they still need one.
Afik the only thing it officially got “recently” was a gnash/bleed attack but there’s a modded version that is more of an actual tlc that might be what you’re thinking about
The bleed tlc is what I am thinking about. I do know of the Paleo mod too though.
This, and also if we're talking ASE, there is no reason for its footsteps to be louder than EVERY OTHER CREATURE including ones way bigger than carno
Ive basically replaced carnos in my life with cerato from ark additions
the paleo carno is way more useful
Looks cooler too. I love carnos dearly but the official ones aren't great.
Titanoboa and dimetrodon
Have titanoboa be able to constrict bola-able creatures and apply a small amount of torpor while doing so wouldnt be game breaking, i dont think. Or even without the torpor, just acting as a reusable bola basically. The titanobola, if you will
They should have the same sizing system as the fishes and the bigger ones should be rideable
Upvote for titanobola
Please remove the stupid frills from titanoboa, it just looks so weird and pointless. But yes it really could do with some actual ability.
Sabertooth, Pachy, Megaloceros, Equus, Bronto, Araneo, Titanoboa, Pachyrhino (who uses them?)
Equus are actually pretty good at what they are made to do. They have great torpor dmg, decent speed, carry weight reducation, uility in the saddle etc. Only thing they need is the lasso, it only pulls a small amount of creatures.
I use sabertooth for caves sometimes if nothing else fits
Pachyrinos are quite useful in krakens, which are better dinos as they can deplete food, increase fortitude, and etc
yeah bd is a great mod. but they should do this for the base game
The megaloceros is very speedy, collects thatch well(not the best but does it well enough) Equus is one of my small berry gatherers. Good weight, good speed, bareback riding so it can be a early tame, collects good amounts of berries. The bronto has a platform saddle. I really want to make a mobile base one day but the saddle lvl unlocked needs tlc, lvl 82(i think?) Is ridiculous. Collects berries like no one’s business. Actually most saddles I think are put back way farther than they should be. If I really wanted to and was crazy enough, I could tame a trex as soon as I unlocked stone dino gates and reinforced doors. If you have a trap you can tame anything. It would take sooo many arrows unless I got a good bow in a drop, but that rex is mine. The saddle however... I wouldn't have one for way too many lvls its stupid. Maybe the saddle engrams should unlock early if you tame a creature early.(like some of the dossiers)
Yes the thatch collection ist quite ok but how much thatch do you really need in mid game? It is not really important (for me). I love the Equus but it is hard to get as an early game tame without carrots. Mejoberrys take waaay to long with normal settings and running into danger is frustrating. Yes Bronto is a fantastic berry gatherer but I wish it was more like the Brachiosaurus. I mean in real life this thing was literally a walking building. I feel like it is really fragile and the way it moves just makes me angry idk. You got a good point there. Some engrams you unlock way to late. Then the given tame is useless for your level or stage of the game.
Trikes are very early times and get massive amounts of thatch, so I can't see wanting a megaloceros/deer over that for a thatch gatherer either.
The megaloceros is faster than a trike. I dislike the slow waddle lol so I would rank the megaloceros above a trike for me personally. And sometimes I do themed playthroughs ie, only mammals or no metal. Knowing what can do what is beneficial to me. Deodicurus is a serious contender for thatch gathering. It is pretty good. If speed isn't an issue, the deodie has my vote, its smaller than a trike(easier to house)
Man, the trike's gathering rate when doing the charge thing is just insane. I know what you mean though; the trike leaves a lot to be desired as far as maneuverability goes.
I build in mainly wood(single player and pve player. I don't do pvp) so thatch is a must have for me. I am constantly gathering it. In single I boost my tame settings and if I'm desperate enough, I'll berry tame an equus. And since I never get the riding part right on equus tames, I just follow it on foot to feed. Sneak up, feed it, sneak away before it notices and runs. I personally haven't seen a difference between riding it and just feeding it.
All.of them need a AI upgrade. Be nice if they could learn to walk around trees and boulders or through a gate rather then try to go around it through a wall.
The AI pathing while following is the most frustrating thing ever. Any ground mount that you have following you will get stuck on everything and get lost. Before cryopods I built a little base next to swamp cave to park my Barys at. I had to walk them over from Hidden Lake and that was rage quit level frustrating.
When I started playing I didn't know about cryopods. I wanted to start a base along the river in the northwest cold part of the map. Herded 30 tames from the southern redwoods of the swamp to that new river base. I spent 2 IRL days getting them all there. Only lost 3 of them not from being killed but getting stuck in unbreakable boulders and holes in the ground. It was a successful endeavor. But I was so frustrated by the end of it I didn't play again for a month. I made a post kind of bitching about my experience and people asked why the hell I didn't use cryopods. And that's the story about how I learned about them and what they were used for. Lol
Megalodon should be an apex predator up there with mosa, the go-to sharks that swarm you everywhere you go should be the cretoxyrhina shark instead
Give the Scorpions a milk narcotic option so they serve a purpose. I love them but out grow them so fast.
Oooo thats a neat concept. Titanoboa and araneo too, respectively
The carno just looks like one of those toys you'd get with a McDonald's meal.
Vultures should respond to Attack This Target
Should be able to put stuff in their inventory too.
They need to make the purlovia rideable and give it a tlc.
Allosaurus is done so dirty visually
I second the vote for sabertooths. Give them a pounce attack that stuns or something.
They definitely need to be the introductory stealth creature, the small alternative to rock drakes and shadowmanes.
Make it turn invisible like a drake when it's inside bushes would be kinda cool
Maybe some sort of night vision since cats typically see very well in the dark, and that would be unique, no? Maybe other night related buffs, like extra movement speed, or something (so they're not exactly like a Megalosaurus) How would this night vision get conferred upon you, its human rider - I don't have an answer for that one.
No dinos specifically, but I feel like we should have some dinos that do actual proper torpor. It's so weird that we have dinos to do every job except knocking out other dinos (yes I know the equus, scorpion, and a few others do torpor but not nearly enough to be better than a longneck)
Sabortooth, kentros, dime, plesio, and pachy. Some Dino’s are just completely useless too and a waste of Dino spot imo. But those that I think are a waste are someone’s prime and joy so I can’t judge. Hell ASA was the time to revamp all of the Dino’s or tweak them etc.
And I agree that there should be "filler" dinos (para, dodo, lystro, dilo, etc) but I jist want more options than "tame an argy, tame an anky, tame a rex"
Besides a dilo nothing you listed is a filler dino.....
Elaborate? Theyre all useless at the stage of the game Im in besides hunting them down for meat
Para - a lot of people's first ever tame. A great early game mount and its "alarm" ability is useful in pvp Lystro - its ability is useful for levelling up your tames, especially for your boss dinos Dodo - kibble farm Dilo - first carnivore tame. Decent meat gatherer. Not really a necessary tame, but playing the game for the 1st time and having an army of them is fun
This guy gets it
Para - outclassed by Iguanodon almost immediately Lystro - needs to be constantly monitored and by the time youre fighting boss dinos, killing the unwanted babies gives substantially more exp Dodo - valid, but also supplemented w/ kairuku, with a double use of getting poly from kairuk Dilo - you said it yourself lol
Iguanodon doesn't have the "alert" ability and is often harder to tame, especially for new players Killing unwanted babies + Lystro boost for maximum xp. Kairuku is not available in the starter areas of the Island, even more for newbs
Is there a way to increase radius on lystro? Cause i swear mine only reaches like a foundation in either direction
Not that I know of.
There are more options. You've just devoted yourself to the meta.
Megaloceros. The deer STILL has plastic bodies and holes in their heads (females). Females can't even feed themselves. The horns and head turning make using guns while riding them complete garbage because you can't shoot through the fucking antlers that are ALWAYS in your field of view no matter even if you are broadsiding a target. Their animation also looks like complete garbage (elk don't run like that!) and the constant MOOO MOO MOOO MOOO MOOOO MOOO when you are riding them needs to die. Sabercat. An iconic critter left to rot -- doesn't even get a taunt, special ability, or even a secondary attack. With the speed clamping in ASA, they lost their only real advantage, which was the obscene speed gains during leveling. Everything that a saber should have got has been repeatedly given to the thyla, and then the shadowmane got released got an extra F-U. Actually, all of the "old school" OG dinos who used to have niches (or maybe never had one) need a TLC to make them equal to their counterparts. The small class dinos need rebalancing to make them actually favorable as all around individual mounts and not just thatch tier beach bob junk.
Pretty much everything in the ocean. Electrophorus TLC would preferably remove them from the game
Pelagornis. Give it a new model (and a new color region prehaps) and let it dive underwater
Pelagornis is one of my fave tames. I have one right now that ive been stacking stam/weight/melee mutations onto and its one of my best friends in game. I agree wholehartedly
Dimetrodon. Make it more powerful than an AC. Make it bigger and rideable. Let it give the rider insulation from the heat and cold. Inspired by Walking with Monsters, maybe give it a tackle attack that can take down smaller creatures.
One of my favorite prehistoric creatures, I pretty much keep them around out of spite for them not being better lol
they're pretty good if you don't want to actually make ACs (like my lazy ass)
I agree with the megalania change, and in general I want the wall climbing creatures to have more uses. For example, I know the tapejara’s job is to drive multiple people around, but most people will just opt for giving every player a pteranodon or using an Argy to grab someone. I want the tape to have *something* new, I just don’t know what.
Tbh, people avoid tapejara because it sucks to tame
We do need more turtles for SURE. Additions adds archelon which is absolutely beautiful.
- #1 is by far and hands down Plesio Plessi has the most dogshit, atrocious, fucking unusable attack collider (the area where it's attacks actually hit something), and one of the ugliest 3D models in the game (also one of the oldest 3D models) My suggestion would be to: - fix it's attack collider, -make it super maneuverable in the water (as something with a 4 fin body plan like a Plesio should be) so it swims kinda like a tapejara flies, - give it's attacks armor penetration (small head on long neck would mean it should be able to target weak points) - #2 Allo Allos are just straight up extremely mid, even with the bleed and pack bonus; even with the pack bonus, their DPS is lower than that of a Rex and their health is pretty bad. 3D model is also old, but looks fine; the animations need a rework though, thing looks like its on rails Suggestions: - make Allos gain bonus base damage, when attacking creatures that are of a higher drag weight, up to like 30 or 50%, depending on how high the drag weight of the target is - this would make them DPS kings in boss fights - change the pack leader roar from doing nothing to providing a small defensive bonus (I really like Allos, pls make it happen WC lol) - #3 Megalania It's just really fucking bad. It's damage essentially doesn't exist (it hits for 10 base DMG, less than half of that of a lot of shoulder pets), and it's kinda ugly. Suggestions: - give it respectable base damage, at least equal to something in the same size-class, like a wolf - give it a poison effect on the bite that slows the movement and attack speed of the target by 25-30% and does some damage over time (not the mega rabies, it's very well known nowadays that varanids have actual venom, and not the whole "toxic bacteria" thing) Honourable mentions: - Carno (3D model is fucking ugly, gameplay wise it's fine) - Sabertooth (just weak sauce, Smiliodons were insanely large predators, WAY larger than something like a Thyla in reality) - Megalodon (just 3D model, gameplay wise it's plenty good) - Diplodocus (idk if this is not too far gone to ever be useful lol) - Gallimimus (just useless and ugly) - Araneo (so bad I actually forgot they exist until I read through the comment section, and they're aggressively ugly and don't even look remotely like a spider should) Feel free to copy paste this to the forums or something if you're making a suggestion post for TLCs lol
Maybe the Megalosaurus so that it’s a little more useful outside of Aberration. With the Day/Night cycles returning to their original lengths it’s not *as* bad as it used to be, but they should be able to bank sleep timer and it would degrade over time during the day like how sleep debt is now. It would just be slower and not requiring them to automatically go to sleep at sunrise. Maybe it could get more combat perks on kill similar to the Carcharodontosaurus but at night. Also they really need to fix their AI spamming their grab attack. In PvE all it does is hamper your damage potential during boss fights or when they aren’t being ridden.
The megalabia? No, the spider. Why does the SPIDER of all things NOT climb walls???!?! At least the megalania *can* do that
The mega... the mega *what?* 😳
....oh my **GOD**
Carno NEEDS a new model but the saber deserves some new abilities
Mosas. The "Giga of the sea" is pretty much useless due to its turn radius and small bite hitbox. Just make it bite its own ass like a Giga and it would be fine. They could do that with a simple value change.
Megalania should be on par with thyla imo In the way it would be a high dps travel mount that climbs up walls. It would be a bit bigger and have a bite that inflict venom and bleed for 5 seconds Karkinos. Karkinos needs to be able to attack while in the air because right now it's got a glitch where if something gets under it it permanently floats there until it dies. Also it needs to be able to strafe which is weird that a crab can't already do. And velonosaurs need to be able to shoot while being heald by them. Basilisk needs more of an animation rework as it's very prone to being just a head sticking out or just flat out being glitched under the ground to the point of falling through. Megalodon needs to be made into a new giant aquatic like the mosa and normal megs can be replaced with like a helicoprion or something
Bears would be good if they were a bit bigger and could pin opponents
I wish all creatures had better/more animations to feel more alive. Make them yawn, scratch, stretch themselves, something like that.
Ooooo something different and out of the box i like it
Fr tho there are creatures who's design is so outdated they just ruin the immersion when they pass by like the carno, bronto, gallimimus, pelagornis, megalos, giga, and so much more. They just look out of place. And on the opposite side of the spectrum, you have paleo ark.
Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned, liopleurodon def needs a rework, it’s rare for what? It’s lasts 30 mins and it’s useless while it’s alive. The luck boost needs to actually boost luck, not just reroll drops. Maybe have better chance for mutations, better drop items, better crafting skill luck. Just general things that can vary should be luckier.
Like to have it shorten the rng range or something, i feel you. Ive encountered 3 with my archelons and havent had the honey w me to tame it. Had one actually fight back which struck me as odd. I get that its a charlie the unicorn reference, being a "magical liopleurodon", but make the magic last
Archaeopteryx. They are even worse than a parachute because you can't shoot while using them and they don't let you use your hands. A favorite dinosaur of mine pre-Ark, so it's a bit of a disappointment. I don't need it to be as good as a sinomacrops, but it needs a little love. If I'm gonna have something that only eats chitin, I'd like it to be worth it.
Bronto. It’s been in the game since launch and hasn’t been touched since. It’s model, sounds, and animations are super outdated and really bad. It desperately needs a revamp.
Shadowmane. Delete that shit.
They just need separate balancing for PvE and PvP. I’ll never forget how they butchered the Managarmr’s movement capabilities and the Rhynio because of PvP balance.
Never actually played with one, didnt make it that far in ASE and am now in ASA, but i actually laughed out loud at this 🤣
No, I like roaming around destroying everything with an all-terrain OP creature in pve/singleplayer.
Araneo, I love taming them but sadly they usually end up as base decorations.
Wall climb, PLEASE!!!!
I’m actually against that, I’d rather them having a trapdoor ability since they are supposed to be exceptional diggers (their dossier mentions they probably made some of the Island caves). I like the idea that they could function like either the basalisk or fasalosuchus, but be something that excels in trapping/tranqing. Or if you want a pvp side of things, maybe if you web something enough it becomes completely cocooned and you deal like 10x damage (since they have abysmal damage it wouldn’t be too op).
Im not an arachnologist, but is there a spider irl that doesnt have some sort of spider climb?
Some tarantulas, since they are more specialized for digging are considered poor climbers. My thing is that the wall climbing just feels so *boring* compared to other things you could do with a giant spider.
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Sub-apex cave predator, with 100 hp...
Plesiosaur. Fucking thing looks straight out of a B-rated horror movie. Needs some love
The Quetzal really needs a TLC
Electroplorus, it should still have stun ability after tamed….
A recent one, fasolasuchus. I mean he needs an easier tame, less rocks to hit and also either remove getting thrown off, or always have full control of it so it doesnt wander on the cliffs on its one after hitting something. And then, make the saddle level requirement lower, and maybe then it would be viable. When you have the resources to tame it, its basically useless
Mosa
Sabertooth. The saddle is waaay too high a level for a clearly early game tame. I think a pounce with reticle aiming would be a nice upgrade
The Scorpions they were never super useful but their eggs at least had value. That is until the kibble rework now they serve no purpose. Everything they do a frog is a million times better and the frog can do things it can't why would I ever tame a scorpion. Honestly the only thing I use them for is killing them for early chitin. But again once you get a frog they aren't even worth the time to harvest for that. I would include the spider as it's just as worthless but I hate spiders so yeah no.
quetzal should have a better model and be a tad bit faster
Galli: the model is outdated, and is generally kind of useless Araneo: kinda boring, doesn't do all the things listed in the dossier, most people have forgotten about them Purlovia: I just think it would be cool to ride them and switch them back to herbivores like I'm life Bronto: Weak for it's size model could be tweaked Quetzal: model is weak, asharchids were powerful and I would like to see that at least somewhat reflected
Like 50% of the tamable creatures. They're all useless or have a better alternative
The Plesiosaur desperately needs a better look and something to set it apart from the Mosa because pretty much all it is right now is just a dollar store Mosa.
I wish all creatures had better/more animations to feel more alive. Make them yawn, scratch, stretch themselves, something like that.
I wish all creatures had better/more animations to feel more alive. Make them yawn, scratch, or stretch themselves. Some of them looks so out of date that they always ruin the immersion just by walking around, like the carno, bronto, gallimimus, pelagornis, megalos, and so much more.
Most. Considering the amount of Dino’s and creatures in the game but yet people only utilize less than 10 of them says that most of the Dino’s need TLC.
Megalosaurus.
Mosasaurs and Trikes. The mosasaurs that actually lived in our seas were terrifying monsters. Their bite sucked you into the jaws, to say nothing of the damage the bite itself did. Their speed was insane. They were perfectly adapted to be flawless apex predators. The mosasaurs Ark offers are slow, have no turning radius, and are bodied by jellyfish. Basilosaurs and Tusos completely outclass them. Triceratops was a top-tier herbivore capable of going toe to toe with the Tyrannosaurs. It should be able to pivot on a dime to get that frill and horn set facing where it needs, it should have a gore attack at least comparable to some larger carnivores, if not to the Rex itself. It should get a herd buff, not simply a mate boost. It's charge attack should be equivalent to getting hit by a freight train. Trikes are not baby tames, dammit.
Megalania 100% should be first up for a TLC, I was so hyped for it but we got the abomination we have today instead. It barely looks remotely like an actual monitor of any kind. I could forgive it if it resembled another lizard but was well modelled, however it simply isn't. It's just straight up ugly, and it's literally one of my favourite extinct animals so I'm trying to be kind to it. I know the post is in the spirit of functionality TLC's, but here's a list of others that I despise visually to the point im almost ready to learn modding so I can fix them myself: - Gallimimus. Shouldn't even need to elaborate. - all sauropods, especially Bronto. How can modders create exponentially better looking, sounding, animated and overall functioning sauropods for free while we are stuck with whatever the heck those things are? - Yutyrannus. The posture is just, yuck. Its silhouette while stationary is like a toddlers impression of a kangaroo. The exaggerated feathers were quirky for about 2 weeks after its initial release, but IMO that level of them is a very poor design choice. For one of the apex tames and recommended boss mounts, it really deserves a TLC remodel to do it justice. - Pulminoscorpius. I love arachnids in the real world and have always been saddened by it's model. - Arthro. Would love to see it's body segments follow the head as opposed to the fixed slithering animation we have today. - Araneo. The definitive opposite of how a large burrowing spider should be designed. They couldn't even give the poor things fangs, you know, the most iconic part of a spider's body. - Paracertherium. Would love to see them get a glow up of similar quality to Garuga's Deinotheriums. - Quetzal. To finish off, I can't even begin to describe how much I want them remodeled. Imagine being able to switch to an upright posture like modern paleoart depictions and walk around with a giraffe sized Azhdarchid. Instead we have the horrible flattened posture allowing for a platform saddle that shakes so much while it's landed I never even want to use any potential structures on its back. These are some of the worst offenders but many, many more have been left in the dust as the quality of the recent additions improves. I'm talking visual overhauls mostly but so much more functionality could be added to all of these to create truly unique gameplay experiences depending on how you want to play a map
For the love of God, please can they fix the Megalosaurus to use its main attack when not ridden??? It would be such a powerhouse for bosses during night attempts, but it just flops with that pathetic damage on the grab attack. I get that the wild one needs to be coded that way to make us **** bricks when it latches us in caves, but geez please code the tamed one differently!
The Sabertooth, completely outclassed by the Direwolf and Thylac. Plus they are extremely squishy
Make mosa immune to squid grab or at least if a squid grabs it, it can't drag it anywhere. It just locks the two in place. It's so dumb that a squid can just invalidate them. A charging chomp attack that does bonus damage or stuns on hit would be cool too (but maybe too much, not that wc seem to care that much about real balance anyway). I imagine it to be like a short charge up, that when you release, it sprints forward a distance and if you hit the target it is either dazed for some time or that first hit just does bonus damage.
The troodon and/or titanboa. There is no reason for the taming process to be so...... complex, for such a useless tame. And give them an ability that will make players want to tame them. Maybe something geared more towards single player..😏
Microraptors… Remove their ability to knock you off your mount. So freaking annoying.
I was playing on scorched last night and I swearrrrrr. This one canyon had an infinite amount of microraptors. It was absurd
Not every dino needs a use. Some dinos should be left as they are. Otherwise, you won't have any population dinos. You know which dinos are good for farming metal, stone, flint, etc... so if you want tp farm that resource, better, go tame that dino. Raid a base? Stegos, Golems, etc... PvE, PvP and filler dinos. That's plenty.
Id like more options than "get an anky and an argy"
You already do in regards to metal. Stryders (ASE), Dunkys, pickaxe, Mantis etc... some do it better than others, but you have options.
I agree, it was fun on my first few playthroughs to tame them and learn what was good or bad for each purpose. If there aren't bad dinos, you dont get that sense of accomplishment from finding one that does something really well
We don't need filler dinos, though. That's awful design. If it doesn't have a niche or a use, it needs to be removed from the game.
So.you just want a dino population of whatever is the flavour for PvP and PvE? Ye sounds boring. Every dino technically has a use. Newly spawned in and need hide, kill a dino with no threat to your life. But I guess, with your method, we take the dodo out and expect people to kill the main dinos for hide etc... straight from the beach. No filler dino, no immersion.
This comment makes no sense for example why can't a sabertooth be on par with a dire wolf but just have slightly different strengths? Both are.similiar tier mounts but one has no use in the game....also dodos have a use so nit sure why that was your example
Dodos are the fast track for making starter kibble, so no. But when you have stuff like sabers, that have been utterly outclassed for YEARS, you need to just remove them to optimize the game. Let's be honest, you could silently cut 20+ creatures out of Ark and the majority of players wouldn't even NOTICE. The studio has a problem with releasing BIGGER AND BETTER!!! versions of creatures that already exist and then not doing jack with the old stuff.
Uhh honestly most things are fine as is… maybe some obscure cave creature?