Dododex

ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

To: RelatingHen

From: Ben

RelatingHen, Chapter 29 of JTAC was pretty good! I enjoyed the Morellatops taming process, and now my suspicions of Rod are raising because of what he said. Who is Dread, and what shield is he talking about? It seems he’s only coming along the journey out of revenge against the Rock Death Tribe, which I think was the original tribe who had betrayed him on Aberration and caused the Ravage. Clearly though Rod’s plans conflict with Sodden’s, so he’s going to have to deal with him one way or another. Suspicious indeed. I also liked the flashbacks to ARKtic / Snowball, and I’m curious about who the survivor Nal and Dorack saved is, and if we’ll see them in the future. I still think it’s a bit contradictory to have the two enjoy their time on Snowball for it being a ‘great challenge’ if they almost died doing it, it would make more sense if they’re just thrillseekers. You’d have to show it in their dialogue and actions in future chapters if so. Also it was interesting to see some information about C Tribe’s reaction to the others’ ascension on the Island, and just getting a POV on The Island in general. It seems there’s a ‘barrier’ of sorts between Extinction and probably the rest of the ARKs. If they can head to Extinction earlier, it’s probably because the C Tribe has an Explorer with them. It was awesome seeing Cordor’s wrath get the best of him, and the sticky situations he keeps getting in is only because of his impulse and irrationality. Seeing how C Tribe is strengthening the barrier, though, makes me believe that there will be some giant war between C Tribe and Sodden’s group in the Extinction Section of the story. I’m interested to see what Cordor wants with it though.

Chapter 30 of JTAC was also cool, the Alpha Raptor taming process was nice and the flashbacks to Nal’s near-death was also really cool. There’s not too much to say about this chapter, but the only thing that seems off-putting is the information Dorack gives in Chapter 29 seems contridcatory to what happens in Chapter 30. Dorack says that his best friend (Nal) was mere centiseconds away from death, and her HP was in the hundredths, on Day 60. However the convo between Dorack and Nal about the situation happens on Day 74, which is before Day 75 when Nal wakes up. The timeline seems a little off, I would suggest going over it and revising it to avoid confusion. Overall, my favorite part of this chapter was Dorack sacrificing his blood to save Nal using the blood syringe, it was a creative way to get it done.