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That's fair. My first point was more of a general one. Frequently I hear (everyone wants x), and seeing thousands of comments daily, that isn't the case. My second point was more directed in saying yes, some of these things we need to take a look at and there may be some things the designers will philosophically disagree on (flyer speed).

Edit: If I wasn't clear, your point exists that there are still some long-standing issues with the game. But some people still enjoy and are not as frustrated or impacted by these issues as you are. People are entitled to feel how they like.

"doesn't represent the entire player base". You realize how many ARK players I meet in real life that just play with their kids on their home private server and didn't even know we had a Reddit? My only point was that Reddit doesn't represent the entire player base of ARK. Maybe other people want to focus on some of the positive things while still knowing there's work to do (which I agree)?

Realize that your interests - or Reddit's interest for that matter - doesn't represent the entire player base. Lots of people experience ARK in different ways and aren't affected by these things. It's easy to look at the most popular Reddit threads and think that is everyone's sentiment. It's not. Reddit's opinions are valuable, just as everyone else who may not interact with Reddit. With that said - you raise valid points. I've been reading lots of feedback on official servers and new types of servers to try. Expect a post to go out soon looking for feedback on ways we can spice it up.

If people want to be excited about a new map, let them :) Just as you're entitled to be frustrated and mad, they're entitled to be satisfied and happy.

Uh... Captn! Hide the evidence!

Yeah, we're working on ways to clone him. Results have been unsuccessful so far. You can see them lurking in the red zone in aberration.

To be honest - I'm not sure what's the best way of providing proof but it's a great question that I'll try and surface the answer to.

Customer service agents have to use their best judgment to act in cases where there isn't sufficient proof. As you can imagine, there could be a lot of people trying to game the system and most of these cases aren't a black and white scenario. Can CS agents get it wrong sometimes, you bet. But, they are always acting in the best interest of the overall game and community. Also if you feel wronged, file a dispute (another ticket) with more information or clarification for the CS agent. I can't get into the details of your case specifically, just speaking in general.

The first step is to identify if this is doing anything particularly different than what we're doing in-house. Second is to identify if the results are drastically different than what we're getting in-house. We can't just copy/paste code from one project to the other to solve this but yes we are investigating and have no problems working together to solve something the community, and we, want addressed. Solving meshing takes a marathon of data. I've recently tried to promote more people using this plugin, because more testing/data is what's going to strengthen it.

Edit: More clearly, I am in their Discord and paying attention

Edit 2: This is also a paid plugin (which I didnt realize) so it does mean collaboration takes on a different meaning as he'll try to protect his IP (within his right).

We'll add this to the list of things to discuss and potentially tweak.

Genie is not a GM. He is an enforcer. He does not giveth, only taketh away.

Also, I put up a response to this video. I'm not trying to build some adversarial relationship with the community and I appreciate the work that's going into finding a solution by the modders and people with ideas. But people should ask questions, as I did, when they see videos labeled as such.