Genesis 2 missions were not all outside the map. A majority were in buildable areas allowing players to build over objectives, block pathways and even build turret towers along the entire length of the mission. At least Genesis 1 mission areas were mostly build restricted as they should be. It is expected that all the new maps will just be a copy/paste with a sprinkle of new assets as that seems to be the trend so far. Megachelon breeding deep needs to be removed. Don't even get me started on Ferox. They were always broken, did they ever fix the helmet equip bug?, they would antimesh themselves when they went tiny, their climbing was jank af. I don't remember anyone using them for anything once transfers opened. Now with the Pyromane the Ferox has lost all of its appeal.

It’s gen 2 that’s really gonna break the game :) you still need tames on gen 1, in gen 2 you can have a base turrets and everything you need in 2 hours or less just by yourself, lol that’s breaking the game

Having to do those missions to be able to complete the boss fights is the worst part of gen 1 and gen 2. See, there is a very large disabled community that plays ark, and we don't have the reflexes or other physical skill to be able to do many of those missions especially with online latency. At the same time the entire mission setup is what gives the genesis maps any unique flavor at all. So, removing them isn't an option either. I am not even going to try to put forward an answer since we already know this isn't going to change nor will the map get any major updates. Why do I say that? Center went backwards on map quality, as they have found mods + new dino is less work and can bring them more money. Maps already out still have huge holes in the mesh. But center is so bad I have literally swam a mosasaur through the mesh and back multiple locations.

I’m probably done with ark for good after extinction comes out. Having to do all the missions on BOTH of the Genesis maps to get to the bosses is stupid. Having a tek suit as soon as you spawn killed the fun for me when part 2 came out on ASE. The game isn’t getting the care it really deserves and the other story maps I could care less about. It’s an awesome game but can only go so far without proper support for it.

The trick is not to play PVP and just enjoy the game for what it is.

megachelon is amazing for PVE as a mobile base, you get oxygen on it's back underwater from the bubbles it makes and it's generating rare flowers in it's inventory, if I would change anything about it, it's removing the restrictions of needing to breed them extremely deep underwater cause wild ones don't even go there.

While i agree with the map suggestions themselves, i think you dont quite understand why the exclusive genesis creatures are the way they are. The bloodstalkers entire niche is supposed to be faced paced spiderman like slinging, and if they change that then it would become almost pointless as it would feel slow and disorienting due to how the camera works when slinging, and even when underwater they are still quite weak considering they got significant resistance and i believe even damage nerfs in ASE, so they are fine especially considering they have no saddle. I do agree the megachelon and the astrocetus were disappointments, but i think there are other ways in fixing them, such as making the astrocetus more of a heavy hitting tank rather than a travel mounts as thats the astrodelphis’ job. The whole reason the ferox requires element to transform is because of how ridiculously powerful they become, with extremely high health, stamina, and high DPS depending on your addiction %, theres also the rocks which allow for significant ranged capabilities, climbing which is already extremely OP, and the ability to dismount riders. Theres also a reason why they need to be high addiction to breed at all and why the time is limited unless you have more element, so if anything they should be nerfed and not buffed Personally i think we could use more biome variants, especially lunar as far as that goes. Definitely agree with the missions being more like gen2, i also think teleportation should be removed in place of the biomes being connected but that probably wont happen. The master controller as well definitely needs some balance adjustments, and i think wildcard should start with making the time limit an hour instead of only 15-30 minutes, and changing the requirements to work like gen2 with each difficulty requiring you to complete all missions in that difficulty rather than a set number. Also just to add on one more thing, i heavily disagree that ark has become to fast paced and i loathe slow flies, if it was up to me the astrodelphis and the tropeo would be about 2 or 3 times faster than they already are, as i hate having to spend 5-10 minutes from getting to one point on the map from another.

Gen 1 is good, stop hating

what about the magmasaur

Woah woah woah there bud. You think Ark Ascended is gonna make it to Genesis without shutting down?

Gen 1 has the best base spot in the game lol (big lunar)

I cannot stand the map. It’s terrible. I prefer wide open expanses not caverns and holes

i dont think it will change much

Haven't played much ASA but ABSOLUTELY will with the Graphics boost and AB Release!

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I will if you never played it......Ascended is a freaking rip off same game BS. Done with wildcard.

I hope the bob tails trails creature is the spider that almost won not the jumping spider the other one

Abberation is my favorite map. It really locks you down to the map whereas others you can freely come aswell as go easily. This one makes you work for it unless you know it. One of the maps where you actually need to know tricks, and other things to succeeded up until you master the map, and get the mobility of a rockdrake.

I’m putting up a AB only pvp server once it drops

The thing I loved most about aberration was that it provided an experience that could only physically be achieved on aberration, the map itself is the thing that makes it so special, no other ark map ever made has the natural progression of aberration. The only thing I can compare it to is the snow biome, you can't just go to the snow biome, the environment will yell at you and tell you not to be there, you can physically be in it if you want, but you can't actually properly traverse the snow until you're ready to be there

Got all my boss fights done been waiting on Ab ever since. Best map out there! No ryhinoganthia no flyers other than this new blimp thing it will be so nice!

May been good video but after 1.5 min of trying to hear his voice i just gave up.

I’m literally in a scorched earth server where they are spamming foundations to prevent the spawn of pearls. They need to make oil decently accessible. At least a few sources in blue zone

What I’m scared of is that the pushed back the release of aberration by 2 months, which very highly raises my expectations

Too bad on ASA it's gonna be completely unplayable and crash the second I try opening the map just like SE and the center

2:30 I don’t know what you mean the basilisk alpha is rare, I find the reaper more rare, Just go commonly to portal and your sure to find one

Imagine they added something as terrifying as the Reaper with wings in the Radioactive zone.

If they dont fuck it up by adding a train😜

Aberration was my favorite map back then. I hope they dont fuck up and mess up the spawns like they did with the center. The center was focused on its ocean and it's almost frikkin empty 😂😂

Ab was revolutionary for Ark back in the day. It was the coolest and most varied map on release, the Island was buggy and while it was the image of Ark it was quickly becoming outdated. The Center was too modded for many and was just an eh map, while scorched earth was amazing imo but was is only one biome and so many didn't like it. Aberration had so much, and was the first time the lore became important and affected the amazing creatures we got. Hopefully it does the same for Ascended

Trains are a pain in the fucking ass, they should be disabled on official pve servers. People spam that shit all over the place, claiming the entire map for the purpose of trolling with that shit has gone through the goddamn roof with that shit being added and you can't do anything about it with these f*ckers of wildcard support being paid merely to exist and therefor refusing to do their job! I *SINCERELY* hope they get disabled at least on abb, my favorite map, like flyers are.

No

My all time favorite map! There isn’t even a close second!

Hopefully UE 5.4 engine upgrade and FSR 3.1 will have big impact on performance. Apparently ASA now runs on 2 cores max and UE 5.4 should unlock all cores for game to use so it should help but only time will tell. Cant wait for Abberration though. Map is unique and i never got to play it properly on ASE as i came to the game right before Gen 1 was announced.

Any idea when it's gonna release?

Music was a bit too loud and I found it hard to hear your voice.

But yes I'm excited for Aberration reborn!

Rockwell and easy boss.....right....laughs at my futile 100 attempts to kill him...tames are pretty much useless and nameless and reapers are relentless

Abberation was the the first map I ever played and is my absolute favorite!! I can't wait for it to release! I hope they really take advantage of the lumen in UE5 and really push it and add in even more glowing elements like the ground illuminating when you walk etc. So excited!

Without cactus broth Aberration boss is second hardest after master controller, so technically its not easy.

Nice video, but a small suggestion, turn down the music a bit, i can barely hear you over it🤣

Still my favorite map

Aberration, is a very special map. It's my #1 map in the game. 1000s of hours into it on it's own. My biggest fear of all, is the visuals. UE5 has the potential to be stunning. That being said I fear that they'll use the same sandstone rock formation textures to create Ab, the same ones they've used for Island, Center and Scorched. I think those maps it was suited, but going forward I think they can be mostly left behind in favor of the old gray returning. I hope we'll finally get the gray texturing back and the same color system and vibrance that ASE had. If they nail the visuals and maintain the balance.... this will be a massive turning point win for ASA. A lot is at stake if they ruin this map.

The music is louder then your voice sir...hardly hear you at all...

I have a 40 series card and have turned off frame generation. The input lag just got too much and it's just fake frames. I lock my fps to 60 and have everything set to high and only use dlss balanced. I get 60 fps most of the time and makes for a far more enjoyable experience than using frame gen.

I cant wait, i hope they release more official servers so i can actually play though...

i can feel the beast coming in side me when the aberration theme starts playing

They’ll ruin it. So far ase is still more popular than Asa. For good reason too

Ascended will never be saved. Even to date bossfights on official still load with Invisible and untargetable bosses. You have random mesh deaths without being anywhere near the mesh on center in over 10 locations because I ran out of waypo8nts to mark them, two of which are in the middle of the air. They allow desyncing to continue on pvp servers and just today I accidently found a way to dupe any in game item, on official, that can be done by level 40 and scaled to a dedi slot cap. Thier focus and attention is on making money. Which means puking out more dinosaurs, paid content, and maps. Instead of fixing very basic things like I don't know... making sure a crossbow can reload itself without having to go into your inventory and clear the load, then reload it manually before you can shoot again. Mesh raiding bases is a literal breeze on all maps, there are mesh holes literally the size of a tuso still on center, and the size of megalodon on the island. The fact that this game is literal digital cocaine with the design of its game loop is the only reason it perpetuates. Very sad, since I've been playing since day one on steam ase and asa.

Ive seen people theorizing the bobs tall tales creature will be related to protecting you from the radiation like how the Oasisaur protects you from the weather but i personally think it’ll be something that has to do with light pets since it’d be easy to implement and adding a light pet or light pet related creature is kinda hard to make overpowered yet likely to be cute so people will love it