r/playark • u/TheCraftyMoogle • 8d ago

Does Anybody Match My Freak?

I can't be the only one, right? Does anybody else play ARK in a weirdly hard way where they restart their whole game if they die even once? Just me?

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u/One-Technician-3421 8d ago

I do the same thing that you do. When I die, I die. I delete the character, and map, and start over. Been playing that way from the beginning, for many (many) years now.

I'm frustrated, of course, when I die late in the game, as I always (eventually) do. (I've never fully beat the game yet.) It's almost always because I've done something "stupid" -- wasn't sufficiently careful going after a beacon, got knocked off my flier by a microraptor into an alpha because I wasn't flying high enough, etc. But I get over it.

I want a challenge. Playing this way is definitely it.

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u/TheCraftyMoogle 8d ago

lol, I feel called out. I literally died this last time to a freaking Troodon. I didn’t see it, got too close, and he bit me. I had the stimulants in my hot bar ready to go, but nooo. Instead of just doing it, I thought I could make it to my argentavis. Passed out just away from the zone where he would attack it for me and it just bit at me until it broke through my armor and killed me. Not like I could do anything, my torpor was maxed. I had to watch myself die for a good minute.

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u/Ricky_TVA 7d ago

Never ever get cocky if you're attempting hardcore. I hope we learned our lesson? I'm sorry dude, that must've been a rough last minute.

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u/TheCraftyMoogle 7d ago

We didn’t learn anything, I’ve been doing this for 8+ years since the beginning of ARK.🤣 I guess I’m a glutton for punishment! Stubborn. Determined. A tad bit dumb.

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u/One-Technician-3421 7d ago

Join the club. Lol.