ARK NEEDS AN ADJUSTMENT TO MATCH THE STANDARD OF UNOFFICIAL SERVERS
Rate comparison from official to SG's Rates
Official Main Servers (1x)
Official Small Tribes Servers (2.5x)
Official Apocolypse Servers (3x)
StrayaGaming (2x)
With the difference of rates being less than official, you might as well play official servers as its an easier build-up, fewer restrictions on PVP & less Admin abuse.
Remove the offline raid protection, leave it as increased damage from turrets and decreased structure damage if someone is offline
Enable dinos to carry enemy players
Allow people to change gama
Increase rates so it’s respective to an actual unofficial server, eg: 4x XP, taming breeding and gathering. (Might as well play official servers as it’s lower rates than Small Tribes & Apocolypse)
Make restart have a wild dino wipe to increase server performance and reset the dino spawns
Allow Bases to be discussed in Discord or wherever the rule limits location being shared
Reduce mating intervals so it matches with unofficial servers
Stuff to consider for the future:
Strayagaming had the most populated Crystal isle server for 8 hours and during that time it went low as 3 people on the server, Crystal isle for unofficial is one of the least popular map
The appeal of an unofficial server is that it’s easier to build up, much more relaxed and there is a quick admin response time, so why is there official rates & Drops.
Change the server name to match other popular servers as most people will not join if it's not outlined eg “Strayagaming Boosted Rates Crystal Isles PVP”
70% of people who play unofficial play Ragnarok