Something FREE new and I think you'll like.
For those of you looking for a twist on the traditional ARK gameplay, you may have noticed the official Wild Card rerelease of
"The Survival of The Fittest" Better known as SoTF
Q: What is the difference between ARK : Survival Evolved and ARK : Survival of The Fittest ?
A: Basically it's persistence/how long things will last
Survival Evolved - Long term long lasting over months, and full feature of crafting, taming, building, etc
Survival of The Fittest - "Short term" PvP matches, where you attempt to kill or be killed by other tribes, being the last alive in an ever shrinking circle on the map.
FYI - This is not clustered, there is no building structures, the armour you wear is automatically put on, all coloured drops are available to you, with the different colours representing better gear or resources, taming creatures IS POSSIBLE by nearly killing them, and then when they pass out, use the action button to INSTA-Tame.
Log into them, and practice with someone, to learn how the game works (different then regular Survival Evolved you play now)
Then, let's arrange date/times to have a community events
I've set up two servers that will allow you to play it
Server 1 - FFA (Free For All) everyone for themselves, everyone must play solo (configuration forced) [minimum two tribes to start]
Server 2 - Teams (up to 5 players, per team), you can solo, if you are feeling like you need a challenge
-The Teams server can also act as a second FFA server, but you will need to self govern, amongst the player to play solo
I'm still adjusting settings, but know that once there are two tribes, the countdown to start the match will begin
If you would like to wait for more players, then DON'T Tribe up, till everyone agrees
Some of the settings I can adjust are
Maximum length of the match
Amount of time before match begins (number 1 thing I'm working on)
[TSOTF] FFA Solo forced
MinTribesToStartMatch=2 Once reached match will begin in 3 minutes (180)
MaxPlayersPerTribe=1 This forces solo game play
PreventSpectator=0
PreventBosses=0
TimeToStartMatch=180
MinPlayersToQuickStartMatch=10
TimeToQuickStartMatch=20 If there are 10 players tribed then match will begin in 20 seconds
[TSOTF] Teams settings
MinTribesToStartMatch=2
MaxPlayersPerTribe=5
PreventSpectator=0
PreventBosses=0
TimeToStartMatch=180 Once there are two tribes the match will begin in 3 minutes
MinPlayersToQuickStartMatch=10
TimeToQuickStartMatch=20
The game can be downloaded from here and is * * * FREE * * *
https://store.steampowered.com/app/407530/ARK_The_Survival_Of_The_Fittest/
While the game will require 70GB of uncompressed drive space, you may want to have 85GB free incase they update, and increase the size
steam://connect/192.173.185.131:27029 <<SOTF SOLO FFA
steam://connect/192.173.185.131:27030 << SOTF Teams
You can add these servers manually to your Favorites in Steam
The process of how to do that is outlined here
Discord Channel #server-info in ARK category (see Pinned Messages)
https://discord.com/channels/400086956534530048/455478989809647627/978387461317222420
If you bring friends over to play it, also encourage them to join the Discord and have them say, you brought them over
@Ark - Survival Evolved
Also FYI:
I have also been idea crafting/testing another fun ARK community server event,
with maps, triggers, and events that occur because of other player actions
More on those after I design them