Dinosaur Overhaul x 2

Several levels of dinosaur evolution and many combinations of traits add significantly more depth in addition to the vanilla system of mutations and reproduction. All dinosaurs acquire permanent natural and artificially set traits that enhance or reduce overall efficiency! Add to that powerful passive pygmies who additionally passively add their own traits to your tame character when they sit on your shoulder, and you're lucky, and you'll even find a very rare prime/mega pygmy whose prime/mega traits depend on its weight up to 30% of the maximum additional trait characteristic!

Constant traits: Can get up to 3 random traits / all of them are additive, that is, if a dinosaur gets 2 strong traits, its value doubles — NOTE: Wild constant traits make up half of the listed values and will have (W) next to the traits name

• Strength: +10% to attack speed / -10% to movement speed
• Balanced: +5% Movement Speed / +5% Damage
• Runner: +10% to Movement Speed / -10 damage
• Fighter: +10/ damage / +5% DR.
• Fragile: -15% DR.
• Weak: -15% damage

To get permanent features, you need to learn the art of fighting, which is to destroy their tamed animals and fight them against other dinosaurs! In the process, your dinosaur will acquire temporary features that can either help or harm you in battle, with a rare chance to get a permanent feature!

Timing features: Lasts 10 to 20 seconds / some are additive

• Split: Increases movement speed by -20% for each additional charge up to -50% for 20 seconds
• Bleeding: -5 OZ per second for 10 seconds or until 50% OZ remains, whichever comes first. As soon as the bleeding stops, an additional debaff is added, Shock: -5% MS for 10 seconds
• Stun: -10% DR. and -15% damage for 10 seconds, increased by -.05 for each additional charge up to -50%
• Vulnerability: -10% damage and -15% DR. within 20 seconds, increased by -0.05 per additional charge up to -50%
• Panic: x2 power consumption per action for 10 seconds
• Courage: +15% damage and +10% DR. for 10 seconds, increased by +.05 for each additional charge up to +50%
• Stability: +15% attack speed and +10% damage for 20 seconds
• Fast: +20% to movement speed for 10 seconds
• Dexterity: +5% to movement speed and endurance restoration (5 endurance per second) for 15 seconds

As your tamed ones begin to gain features, evolution will become possible, but you should get 3 non-W (constant) features as well as a unique (U) feature! NOTE: The only way to get unique or non-A) features is to take damage from enemies of comparable size! Accidental killing of dinosaurs does not lead to a unique feature!

Unique (ALPHA): (ANY TAMED (D) (ALPHA) CAN BECOME UNIQUE, A RARE CHANCE THAT A WILD (ALPHA) IS UNIQUE)

• After getting 3 permanent character traits, your (alpha) dinosaur has a 100% chance of becoming "unique" in continuous combat! - The name changes to "unique" and you get 1 powerful permanent feature and 1 unique wild feature (UW) if your tutor doesn't already have one!
• (U) Strong: +15% DR. / -5% MS
• (U) Balanced: +10% Movement Speed / +10% Damage
• (U) Runner: +15% to Movement Speed / -5 damage
• (U) Juggernaut: +15% damage / +15% DR. (the rarest of 4 unique features) - REMINDER: Constant features complement each other! - NOTE: You can find very rare Wild Unique (Alpha)! (value is 50% and denoted (UW))

IMPORTANT: To further increase the overall percentage of characteristics using "Desecrated Genetic Threads", feeding any tamed dinosaur can give it up to +/- 25% damage gain, damage reduction or speed! This is an additive improvement that can be used at any stage!

Now it's time to become Prime Unique Alpha

Prime Alpha Taming: NOTE: The "Alpha" designation of Rquires for the tame version will become Prime!

• Get a prime gene thread for prime-time+ killings!
• () Endurance: +15% to Strength
• (P) Balanced: +5% to Movement Speed / +15 to damage
• () Runner: +10% to movement speed
• () Juggernaut: +20% damage / +15% DR.

"May the gods devil the RNG be at your side"

— NOTE: You may have a total of "14" constants! — 3 (W), 6 (Standard+(A)), 2 (U+UW), 1 (P), 1 (M), 1 Corrupt* - Lots of combo options! ** Can have 3 Standard Permian Traits and 3 Artificial Traits "OR" 6 Artificial Traits! Damaging is an addition to your total strength!

Eventually, your strength, skills and experience of dinosaurs will prepare you to battle the mega-saws, gaining and using the power of the mega through its feature! Next, you fight with numerous world bosses with completely unique skill sets and abilities!

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DEVELOPER MESSAGE: Having 8 years+ experience creating mods for Ark and longest developed mod for ASE, my passion will carry DOX 2 through the ASA life cycle and on! DOX 2 is very different from DOX ASE, offering more variety and opportunities for all levels of player proficiency! Think of DOX 2 as a deeply immersive version of the vanilla ark, with many quality-of-life changes, new and rewritten code, tons of new items, and redesigned dinosaurs. The main goal of DOX 2 is to avoid excessive particle effects, which mask the lack of deep game mechanics, laced with endless force sprawl; flashy visuals and other surface decorations that reduce computer performance. Basic gaming experience, balance sheet and reliable game mechanics for your solo/server adventures in PvE or PvP is a goal that requires a lot of coding, balancing and testing!

- Mike.C