hey there just have a couple suggestions and maybe questions at the same time
recently bought a 20 slot for a year , sick of being offline raided by ark bullies , glitchers , dupers and the lot.
so learning how to play with admin commands as up till now i only played officials and nothing else
I am noticing some things with running a ps4 console server and playing with the options and talking to other players in my player group
i would like to set up map rooms with no ownership at all obelisks for fast travel once a player has tuned their bracelet.
The issue being there is no way to set up a user login or build as a admin to build such things as say part of the map, there are no abilities to set up a dungeons or rp areas without any form of ownership tied to whoever is building as a admin or building the structures. (or is there?)
it would be nice if we could have a way to set up dummy buildings ,events or essentially template the server in essence for community structures that do not tie into the decay system or a specific player and have no ownership or purge issues.
admin mode to me should make you a separate entity or at least have some kind of option to make you a separate entity that is able to lay building pieces as part of the map.(am i missing something?)…
maybe an ability to toggle that on and off in admin mode or a admin building section for world placeables capable as functioning as part of the map…
this leads me to another issue with gportaL and ps4 , everyone seems to be pointing at someone else most at funcom themselves …
back ups of a server it says are only stored for 3 months , and having no access to the db files to make a complete back up and/or download for long-term storage
after setting up map rooms and some basic new player welcome structures all over the server makes it a little bit discerning if i have to do a reset to the server in say 4 months and find that the file i need with nothing but my map rooms already placed and set up in my back up section is not there because gportal only keeps a back up for 3 months and only keeps some files is a little bit hair pulling
i love the game and ive bought every dlc since the game came out , even still play a bit on officials but am hoping to build my own long term personal server …these kind of issues make it a grind in all aspects it would be nice to see some additions to this type of play to keep the game going , besides a lot of official servers are long dead from grievers
it would be nice to be able to template a server from gportal , or back up one copy long term say a check box on the file list for one long term storage back up
the ability to have locking boxes is awesome but a pin code option would be cool too, also the ability to have a room locked by rank , every clan needs a sgts mess
the ability to control level cap on private servers and the ability to control what is available to build on the server like a toggle list for recipes and feats
my last suggestion would be
a complete revamp of the clan system
the issue of being trapped in a dead clan and no way to level yourself up if people quit is exhausting. some kind of clan player quit timer is needed or a clan timeout system where if they dont sign in for 20 days they get kicked from the clan or something , also loosing your grind time and possessions just because you joined a clan , jeez lol
anyways the game is awesome and its progression since the beginning is just mind blowing , cant wait to see where it progresses from here …thanks funcom!!
ps i hold these concerns as i dont want to use admin for personal use , ive played enough that i like the grind i just dont like loosing it all to glitchers and decay, but i would like to be able to set up a server and not have everything in it connected to me any insight or info would be awesome thanks for reading all!!