The environment is more threatening than other players, hence PvE or PvP does not really matter much (until some clans reach endgame, when they unlock the means to fight back against the environment).

The game tends to be so difficult at times that people generally stay off the official servers and play on modded servers, where mods are introduced to reduce the difficulty of the game. One Steam user and ARK veteran, Ayan “Ancell” Biswas, has successfully achieved what others thought was impossible, and successfully carved a big base (like the ones you generally get to see in trailers and in dev gameplay videos) in a matter of 10 days. Trying and doing this on an official server is even worse, where the amount of resources collected and the time taken to do anything is much longer. Farming enough stuff for building a decent base is one hell of a chore, as this also entails “taming” the environment, shaping it to one’s advantage. Most people’s reaction while playing ARK is “So many creatures! How am I supposed to survive? And other unfriendly humans too!” Although the community of ARK:Survival Evolved is one of the best in the world, out of most other survival games (*ahem* Rust *ahem*), surviving in ARK is difficult, mainly because the environment poses a greater threat than the other humans inhabiting the place. Ever thought how tough ARK:Survival Evolved really was? Like, come on, you’re only a human, and you’re living beside thousands of dinos and other prehistoric creatures (and a few mythical as well!).

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