Even Ark: Survival Ascended designer admitted that the game's servers are in a deplorable state

Ark: Survival Ascended brought a breath of fresh air to the popular survival game, but there are plenty of problems. Players are still struggling to log into the game, and even the game’s lead designer admitted that the servers are in terrible condition.

Judging by the reviews on Steam, the problem is serious. The “Mixed” rating is mainly due to poor optimization and the state of the servers.

Even lead designer Jeremy Stieglitz speaks unfavorably about the network infrastructure. He admitted that the servers are, to put it mildly, not in the best shape, and the team still has a lot of work ahead.

“First of all, let me say that the servers suck. They perform terribly, and their stability also leaves much to be desired. We need to fix this, and fix it immediately.”

Players also received another apology for temporarily disabling crossplay functionality for certain PC users.

Yet the developers have ambitious plans for the game’s development. The Survival of the Fittest expansion will be released in late 2023, and the published roadmap shows that content will be added at regular intervals all the way through 2025.