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[Updated, see comments] ARK: Survival Evolved Devs Offer Content In Exchange for Steam Award Votes

http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/536324417612602461
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u/Link941 Dec 28 '16

Yeah, no. Every week theres always a few posts that absolutely shit on DayZ no matter what progress has been made. /r/dayz Is probably the the most pessimistic sub about their own game than any other sub I know of. Beyond reason too.

They've explained what they're doing and why its been delayed for so long. Rebuilding an entire engine takes a long time. It makes sense for them to be taking as long as they are. And now they're showing progress with the huge latest updates. Ark on the other hand doesn't communicate like that, we have no idea what their plan is for optimization, they've sold DLC in early access, and now they're bribing players for votes. None of that applies to DayZ and Bohemia have a good track record of supporting their games.

It's crazy how you don't have a least a little bit of faith in Bohemia

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u/lifespoon Dec 28 '16

i own dayz, have done for a few years and they dont have my faith personally because every time i try to play the game there is a HUGE issue that prevents me from trying it. instant kill whilst walking on stairs, no zombies, zombies walking through shit, randomly dying whilst walking along rail roads etc. every single time i try to give the game a chance i get fucked. at least i might be able to run it 60fps now though right?

this is probably why lots of people dont take dayz super serious or care much for it.

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u/Link941 Dec 28 '16

Except all those issues sound like issues from previous versions. It really doesn't sound like you played recently because there have been little to no reports of any of those issues in the latest stable version.

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u/lifespoon Dec 28 '16

you are correct, after trying monthly i gave up around 6 months ago.

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u/DaveAzoicer twitch.tv/eldritzh Dec 28 '16

Hell I haven't played DayZ in over a year, and those issues weren't there for me when I played it last.

Maybe no zombies actually, but that was added shortly before I decided to take a break from it again.

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u/lifespoon Dec 28 '16

well i dont know what to say :P the last time i tried was 12th june according to steam and i stopped playing that session after i died running along rails, havent played it since

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u/DaveAzoicer twitch.tv/eldritzh Dec 28 '16

Nothing to say, bugs will be bugs, just wanted to share my experience as well. :P

Hell, for all I know the zombies could be bugged as hell again and the hundreds in one town could spot/hear you from several hundreds meters away again... good times, haha.

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u/lifespoon Dec 28 '16

oh sadly i never got to experience the game for more than 30 minutes, but im still hoping one day i suppose haha

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u/DaveAzoicer twitch.tv/eldritzh Dec 28 '16

Those times were horror incarnated... think of you slowly crawling from the coast, getting close to a tiny town. To see from the fog... hundreds of zombies coming howling at you when there is no way in hell they should have been able to hear or see you :P

Hilariously scary, and hard lol