There are 3 different official servers at the moment; PVP Center, PVP Island and PVE Island, unofficial servers can have all the varients that are available to vanilla Ark and as to what has been added or changed from the main game the list is too big to type out, I would advise going through the changelog to see what has been added and such.

Whoa whoa whoa I only care enough to ask other people on forums, not look it up myself. Plus... does the changelog have pictures? I needs pictures. lol

On the pvp front, those aren't the only pvp types available right? Just maps. I thought there was a declare war option, or an option for setting certain pvp times. Also, did they ever get around to increasing the average tame/gather rates a little on official servers? Or does it still take five hours to tame a lvl 100 Rex?

Not sure about the PVP types the only one I play in Center PVP and it sems like normal servers, taming and gather is 1.5x on that map but I am not sure about the rest.

Sorry Derakos Zrux. but get off your high-horse and do homework like the rest of us...

there is very limited work put into the Wiki as of now, and as such we need more people to make contributions.

The only sure way to check the engrams right now, and check out the mod in its entirety is to Install the Total Conversion, and then play single player game and just cheat yourself to max level to see all what there is.

Cheers.

http://primitive.wikia.com/wiki/Ark_Primitive_Survival_Wikia

Originally posted by TooCoolForStool:

Sorry Derakos Zrux. but get off your high-horse and do homework like the rest of us...

there is very limited work put into the Wiki as of now, and as such we need more people to make contributions.

The only sure way to check the engrams right now, and check out the mod in its entirety is to Install the Total Conversion, and then play single player game and just cheat yourself to max level to see all what there is.

Cheers.

http://primitive.wikia.com/wiki/Ark_Primitive_Survival_Wikia

Sorry. Sarcasm is hard to get across. I very much appreciate any work done by the community, I was making a joke at myself that those who don't help shouldn't complain.

Still confused about the extent and use of various PvP settings. Looking through the community server list it seems that the declare war or time-based pvp/base destruction is not commonly used, and I guess I just thought they would be used more by those that want base-fighting pvp as opposed to survival pvp. I really want the somewhat randomness that comes from playing with a lot of people I don't know, but I still want pvp to be geared towards base raiding when both teams are online.

Now you're gonna tell me I should start my own server. ;D If anyone can offer their experiences in pvp I'd appreciate it, especially if it guides me to base-battle fun!

This is not really the place to ask about PvP and the various types, or for peoples opinions on it. I feel that you will find it much more helpful if you post to the Ark discussion board instead.

Originally posted by Derakos Zrux:

The biggest thing for me is that I assume the smaller creatures will have more of an impact pvp and base raids. Is this the case? Also, is there a list of the pvp types available? I remember hearing about one where you and the opposing tribe had to declare war? Or one where pvp only happened at certain times. What's your guys favorites?

Smaller creatures have same impact on PvP for Primitive Plus as they do in Vanilla. Primitive Plus does not increase or decrease the 'value' of the creatures themselves.

The List of PvP types/settings is found on the Official Ark Wiki
http://ark.gamepedia.com/Game_Modes

An explanation for all server settings is found also at the Official Ark Wiki
http://ark.gamepedia.com/Server_Configuration

Short explanations:
*Declare War means tribes need to declare war on each other to PvP
*Time pvp means only specific times of day/week pvp is turned on
*Base destruction could mean the server does not allow unnecesary base demolition of opponents (no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥)

Most servers do not advertise the rules, untill you join the server. PvPvE servers usually utilize one or all three of those aspects.

Primitive Servers do not allow higher tier items.
Primitive Plus Servers use the Primitive Plus Total Conversion.


Hope this clears things up for you, Good Luck Have Fun