Removal of "Taming Methods"
I think this section should just be outright removed. "Standard Method" is already covered in the Taming Basics section. The other methods are more suited to a strategy guide than to an information page. And we certainly don't need all these unproven claims, outdated stuff, and proposed narcotic/stimulant/food ratios adding additional clutter. Can I get some other opinions on this? I don't want to remove so much without at least one other opinion. --Mr Pie 5 (talk) 09:01, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
- Definitely remove it. I thought about it as well and it definitely makes sense. The game and community has matured quite a bit since these passages were written. -- Azzutee (talk) 20:30, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
Login Notice
Due to the massive edits this page is getting, we'll be locking it down to only Autoconfirmed users. --Z3ther (talk) 01:04, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
Narco
The narco section is weird. Does "20" mean 20 berries or narcotics? Also, taming times depend on a lot more than just species. We should clean up the table. - Gtoska (talk) 11:27, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Pay 2 Win method
According to thsi reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/397c9x/dino_science_ep_2_do_narcotics_stimulants_or/ the method described here does not work. Shadowlauch (talk) 15:27, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
Taming times
I've found the following taming time for Dodos with Amarberrys, measured from start of unconsciousness until tamed awakening:
time = 180 + 9*level
where level is the Dodo's level in patch 177.
I am going to try to find the influence of non-favourite food as well as times for other creatures. Dodo was just presumably the quickest. Van dell (talk) 20:53, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
Pulmo berry amount wrong
20 berrys is way too low, i think that should be more like 200. Needed 15 narcotics and ~30 berries for one ~~----
- That might just as well be. Probably all the times are wrong for one level ore another. The amount of narcotics or berries depends on the time needed for taming which depends on the creature, level and what you're feeding it. I think we should find out the parameters for each creature. To that end, measured taming times would be useful. Taming time is measured from the moment the animal drops unconscious to the moment it wakes up tamed. Pair that with what you were feeding which creature at wich level and we can find out the parameters. The formula should be
- Total_Time = (Base_Time + Creature_Level * Time_Added_Per_Level) / Food_Taming_Factor
- Total_Time = (Base_Time + Creature_Level * Time_Added_Per_Level) / Food_Taming_Factor
- A problem with smaller creatures is that taming progress doesn't increase continuously, but descretely with each piece of food eaten. So level 2 through at least 5 dingos need the same amount of Prime Meat, because 3 pieces of prime meat barely isn't enough, but 4 easily are. So if we set the "Food_Taming_Factor" to 1 for regular raw meat, it would be 2 for cooked prime meat and 4 for raw prime meat. We just need more data for an accurate table. I'm gonna add an "exact times" column as soon as I've gotten the chance to collect parameters for more creatures. Feel free to contribute your times on this page, preferably on my topic on taming times above so it's all in one place. Cheers, Van dell (talk) 06:42, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Page unorganized
I don´t mean to be a hater or anything, but you guys need to read other peoples edits & all the information on the page. Its repetitive and some parts are already disproven such as the starving technique https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/397c9x/dino_science_ep_2_do_narcotics_stimulants_or/ https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/39wyam/please_be_careful_with_the_info_you_share_as_fact/. Plenty more debunks 1 google search away people. Half of the material in the Taming hint section does not belong in this page, also i don't see why there was a need to create the section when we already have Taming tips which is literally the same and was already there... Im going to try to "tidy up" the page a little, feel free to edit, but if i see one more edit about these unproven and un-cited starving techniques I'm gonna flip a switch. I certainly wont forget to salute you guys that are here fixing and adding relevant stuff, you are the real MVPs. AgiIaz (talk) 14:38, 24 June 2015 (CET)
Less Impact on Taming Effectiveness Using Scorpion
According to this Steam Forums Post (http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/594820656478834492/)tranq arrows have a greater reduction on taming effectiveness than using a pulminoscorpious to render the target dino unconcious. I tried this on an ankylo and can confirm I got a better initial taming effectiveness with the scorpion. 14:29, 23 June 2015 (CDT)
Force Feeding Debunk
If anyone would like to format these findings and add them to the page, please feel free. I've contributed to the force feeding method on this page, and could have sworn by it previously. However, I spent the last few hours taming 2 Rex's, both level 2, and this is what I've found. I have screenshots and videos I could post if need be.
| Dino | Method | Level | Food | Start TE | End TE | TE Lost | Total Time | End Melee DMG | # Narcotic Used | # Stimulant Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rex | Standard | 2 | Raw Prime Meat | 86.5 | 74.6 | 11.9 | 43 minutes | 194.5% | 40 | 0 |
| Rex | Force Feed | 2 | Raw Prime Meat | 86.3 | 72.3 | 14 | 53 minutes | 193.1% | 195 | 164 |
19:49, 24 June 2015 (CST)