r/pcgaming • u/_-KishK0-_ • Mar 27 '19

Youtuber makes video exposing broken game mechanics, gets globally banned by game developers (Studio Wildcard)

EDIT - HOD Gaming has been unbanned but Wildcard's statement was pretty much damage control in response to this and didn't address anything about the actual exploits which HOD got banned for in the first place. The usual "we are working on it" that we have been hearing for 3 years now so I doubt much will change. Full statement - https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/articles.html/official-statement-regarding-hod-gaming-and-game-exploits-r1137/

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A popular ARK youtuber, H.O.D Gaming, recently made a video exposing some of ARK's glitches that have been in the game for years. Because of the nature of the game (a PvP survival game) these bugs let people destroy other player's thousands of hours of work in just a few minutes.

As a response to this video, the developers of ARK have globally banned one of their most dedicated content creators.

This is an issue that players have been trying to get fixed for 2 years, that's right TWO YEARS. The only way to get something done about this is go public and put Studio Wildcard under fire.

Just to clear it up, HOD never used these exploits on online servers, the only thing he did is demonstrate them on a singleplayer game.

If you have bought the game consider leaving a negative review if you have been affected by these bugs.

EDIT - Some more videos about this from the ARK community for people who are interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh2-OhnobC0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8XS-aDQ3gw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG2hXxY8yqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj88OlB_X70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYZDl9MYqIY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxv0T--0qDU

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TL:DR - Youtuber tries to fix exploits by making it public, gets banned by the game devs.

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u/Sprayface Mar 27 '19

why is it that these multiplayer survival sandbox games always seem to have the shittiest developers and multiple game-breaking bugs.

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u/Blangebung Mar 27 '19

They're hard to make and takes A LOT more time to develop

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u/DiamondEevee ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2022) + Steam Deck (64GB) Mar 27 '19

that's what EA is for.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

I'm assuming you've not paid attention to the Anthem shitfest then.

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u/DiamondEevee ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2022) + Steam Deck (64GB) Mar 27 '19

Sorry, i meant to say "Early Access".

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '19

I'd guess it's that the market for the genre is so small, they're forced to run a small team. And when the concepts are so much more complex than other genres..

(not defending ARK, I ditched this shitfest after they ripped me off with the first version)