advanced saddle w/unmanned turret [Final Submission] Maevia Eureka - The Fluffy Jumping Survivor Guardian!

IMPORTANT: The current roadmap for Maevia is being discontinued. Due to outside circumstances that have suddenly transpired, Extinction will be the Maevia's last submission within these creature votes for ASA. To all of the loyal Maevia fans that have been behind Sovi and now myself, your support has meant the world to both of us! Thanks again for rallying behind this awesome creature we've all come to love over these last several votes!

[Idea/suggestion by Shadlos, but we agree entirely with the concept.]

(Below is a way for the different turrets to have their own clear strengths and weaknesses.)

[Smaller/Lighter tier turrets] Highest rate of fire that also allows you to keep all movement abilities with no restrictions. However, all damage inflicted by these turrets are reduced by a certain % to compensate for the higher rate of fire while maintaining full movement capability.

[Larger/Heavier tier turrets] Highest damage output of all turrets available. Something of a slower, moveable siege attacker with this tier of turret attached. The drawback to this is at the expense of drastically slowing your movement speed, disabling your ability to climb, jump, etc, and a severely reduced rate of fire.

🕯️Dossier!🕯️

"If there's one thing I can say about Maevia eureka, you do not want to be caught in its sights! I once witnessed a jumper locking onto its prey with the most incredible accuracy, lunging at it with lightning speed and within the blink of an eye, its prey was being saved as a snack for later.

They seem to have the genes of a few other spiders like that of the ogre spider, as it can cast a gathering of its webbing along with a little dab of the venom droplet it keeps stored on its head, working that into its web to create paralytic bolas that seem to render its prey unconscious. I have reason to believe the hairs that grow on its back legs came from the peacock spider, but due to its need for protection, it also uses these 'feathers' as a menacing face that can scare off large predators, I've seen some tribes set up posts that they can hang from around the fronts of their bases.

I will say one thing is for certain. Though they are nearly the size of a dire bear, they are quite the cuties, especially for being a spider. There is a certain intelligence you can see when you look into their eyes. I just can't place it, but they make truly remarkable companions with the ability to rapidly scale walls, caves, cliffsides, and the like. By no means are they a beast of burden, however they make up for this with their abilities to constrict or assassinate their targets. Maevia Eureka can take down much larger prey with its torpor inducing bola, the net cast, and this makes them remarkable allies for taming other creatures.

Here on Extinction in particular I’ve witnessed the Maevia variant present actively protecting survivors from other creature threats. Whether this surprising, but welcome, protective behavior is due to a potential coexistence with humans from the past, or stems from their species’ understanding that allying with survivors, rather than attacking on sight, gives both the best chance at survival, I do not know. But who am I to question this heroic creature that has saved the lives of other survivors, as well as my own, on numerous occasions? Their intervention during confrontations in the wild has been a complete lifesaver."

 

Hello there! I've been a huge supporter of the Maevia ever since I first saw its initial entry several creature votes ago. I'm not the original author/creator, which 100% belongs to Sovira and their awesome design/art/etc. I'm working collaboratively with them and posting in their stead to the forums so that they don't have to deal with things on that end due to outside factors in their personal life. However, there is no need to worry! Sovira will still be aiding Maevia from behind the scenes with new designs and the like for future map variants.        - Delraz

 

“Maevia Eureka is the jumping spider which is said to have lived once between 23 and 15 million years ago, and it’s now back for Extinction! Once more giving us the opportunity to possibly ride around on jumping spiders in the game we all know and love, Ark! I want to point out how much I appreciate those of you who've stood by and supported our jumper, yes ours! We stand together with this! It has been an uphill battle fighting against those who automatically drop Maevia to last place due to phobia reasons, which I do receive a lot of dislike for outside of here 💔 This has also been the case with our other dear spider friend, Yingi, and the snake Gigantophis from another vote. Spiders and snakes are generally the most hated creatures on Earth, after all. The jumping spider is quite fortunate that they are viewed as so cute to many who normally fear spiders!

These are my thoughts on how Maevia eureka could fit into the world we play in, in a way that reflects real life jumping spiders combined with genetic modifications from other spiders, and how they might fit into Ark in a fun and meaningful way that reflects other creatures of Ark and how important each and every one of these creatures is. I felt that, as Maevia is more of a taming companion, this gives us a different way to tame creatures using a non-harmful method! As we all know, Ark is anything but hospitable in the slightest, there are many risks you take while engaging with your targets due to the fact that everywhere in Ark can be quite chaotic at any moment so having to be weary of your surroundings at all times is one thing, but the larger the creature, the weaker the bola... You may find yourself having to maneuver around an area and keep your targets attention while allowing for your jumper to gather enough venom to ensnare it once again.”

 

[New Ability]

🕷️Architect

The Maevia can shoot out a heavier form of non-sticky webbing to create a temporary bridge for smaller medium creatures and below (Para and below) to traverse to the other side of chasms, webbed ladders to climb up to higher terrain, or crude stairs to descend from higher ledges to lower ones.

 

🛡️ Saddle

With the map's extremely harsh environment that has constant threats, corrupted, and OSD's, comes a high need for survivability! The Maevia's advanced saddle offers enforcer-like body armor (metal armor, -not- Tek) to protect its weaker leg joints. This armor also entirely encases their squishy, vulnerable abdomen. On the metal plating protecting the abdomen is a flat spot which allows an unmanned turret to be placed on it. Supply the correct ammunition for whichever specific turret that you placed onto the Maevia's armored backside to allow it to automatically target your foes in combat, both in PVE and PVP situations.

 

🏞️Habitat

This is a creature that is capable of being added to any map in the game due to its likeliness of living in caves, but also as jumping spiders can be found in so many different environments, there particularly are no limits to where they could be found!

 

🕷️Ability - Tranq Bola

The thought is that jumpers could take the droplets they store and work them into their webbing to create venom-coated webs that could be thrown like a bola. The webs would have a tranquilizing effect whenever touched, thus causing their target to build up torpor and eventually go unconscious.

 

🕷️Ability - Latching

As a jumping spider, they have outstanding agility and the ability to crawl on walls, but at a more rapid pace, maybe even with the cost of stamina drain for balance! An optional thing I had given thought to was the ability to fully latch onto its target in order to accurately cover them with their readied net.

 

🕷️Ability - Prey Lure

You're out roaming around on your two equus when one of them begins to pick up an irresistible scent coming from a nearby cave wall. Your equus is nibbling on a suspended droplet when you notice the faint glinting coming off the web it's attached to, within an instant a jumper has lunged at your equus covering it with its bola and is quickly wrapping it up in its webbing, but in order to free your companion you need to tear at the webbing, as a few good hits will send that jumper scurrying up the wall to hide!

 

🕷️Ability - Locking On / Jumping

This is the single feature that would make this creature so invaluable, and even possibly make it require a very difficult feat for taming it due to that power, as with the spiders extreme accuracy, it has the ability to lock its attention onto its prey, much like our real world jumping spiders who wait for the right moment to pounce, and this could also be useful for when using its projectile web net, or if grappling with a single web possibly! This is a pretty big part of what makes them 'jumping' spiders after all! In contrast to its normal and Aberrant cousins, the Extinction Maevia can easily navigate the vast wastelands found across Extinction due to its vastly enhanced jumping capability which allows it to traverse greater chunks of terrain in a single leap, similar to that of a Procoptodon.

 

🕷️Trait - Scary Face

This spider was designed in thought with evolving to be able to terrify larger than normal predators, making it an incredibly useful tame for bases, keeping your creatures better protected when having to move them around the map, I imagined it could come with an extra ability to raise its back legs with its abdomen to stay in this stance on the ground, or you could enable an option within the radial menu allowing it to find and hang down from a nearby pole, perhaps even a new item for the spiders and flyers alike, akin to a perch?

 

🕷️Trait/Ability - Dance!

Jumping spiders in the real world have very little differentiation on sizes between male and female. When you have befriended a male jumper through an emote game and some bonding, he has the ability to dance for a female with your guidance. When you do the dance, the taming meter will begin to fill up, if you succeed with 50% of the meter, the bar lights up and gives you the option to continue enchanting her or to stop. If you choose to stop, she deems you worthy of carrying her offspring and she will allow your boy to breed with her, gifting you an egg if you protect her while she gestates! However, if you continue to 100% on the meter, you can outright impress her enough that she will bond with you and conclude the taming process!

From both Sovira and myself, thanks as always for all the love you possess for the Maevia! 1 Vote = 1 Maevia who is forever grateful for your support!

Potential alterations/changes suggested by others Maevia fans:

• The Maevia could also have corruption-like looks/effects similar to other Extinction creatures on its abdomen and it could shoot a strong corrupted climbable webbing.

• Instead of a tranq bomb what if the Maevia can use corrupted nodes as a special type of venom to inject into other creatures, thus inflicting a 'berserk' effect similar to corrupted creatures making them attack anything and everything in sight including humans even when tamed. This won't be instant though and will slowly come into affect similar to Rhynio sap attacks that can be cured with cryopod narcotic (because it makes it sleepier), or the creature being imprinted (the affect will take longer to activate the larger the creature).

• Instead of a latching ability, it could also potentially be a hit-and-run type of attack where it jumps on its prey/enemy, bites, and instantly springs away (the bite can inflict either bleed tranq or the berserk status effect.)

• The maevia can have 3 types of bite: venom bite- the maevias basic bite dealing little damage on impact but high damage over time. tranq bite- torpor inflicting bite little damage (needs narcotic to function). berserk bite- same damage as venom bite but inflicts the corruption berserk affect (uses corrupt nodes)
• Gacha coccoons, small creatures could be snatched and turned into coccoons, hung up and could produce goodies or other useful materials.
• Radial menu where the production, torpor, and other things could be enhanced, as well as weight of creatures depending on torpor percentage, for how small/medium/large the taming capability could be for jumpers.

• Torpor resistance due to thick fur/hairs.

Edited September 5, 2023 by Delran
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I may vote for this, but im not sure if it fits extinction as well as it did abberation. Definitely want this in eventually but first im gonna see what other creatures their are.

I think this guy would work better on another map, still pretty cool though (not trying to hate or anything I'd be perfectly happy if it won)

Edited September 2, 2023 by LeDonkaConka

Doesn't fit the map. This is getting as old as the beetle, albeit not as bloated.

At this point I don't even care if it fits the map or not. I just want to see this creature in ark.

Not a good fit, tired of these repeat creatures every vote.

THE TIME HAS COME AND MY BODY IS READY 

MAEVIA MUST WIN

this creature isnt really good for the specific map, it should be in a different map. im also tired of seeing the lack of creature with every new repost of the same creature. i wish it went back to actual extinct dinosaurs that made ark what it was again. primitve.

You got this!!!!! Way to go Maevia!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I think this would 100% fit! It has such a cool design and I really love the biome variants. Really, really hope this wins!

1 hour ago, KegoH52 said:

this creature isnt really good for the specific map, it should be in a different map. im also tired of seeing the lack of creature with every new repost of the same creature. i wish it went back to actual extinct dinosaurs that made ark what it was again. primitve.

Maevia Eureka is an extinct animal? And most ( Most, not all ) Dinosaur Niches are filled in the ark ecosystems, but I do see where you are coming from.

I do personally like this creature, and while I agree that maybe extinction isn't the perfect map for it, it's far from unsuitable. If it doesn't win here, my recommendations for a more fitting environment would be valguero, as I can see this creature hanging out around cliffs (either on top of them or at the bottom), or crystal isles, as the sheer variety that map brings means that virtually any creature could plausibly be found in one spot or another

From Chimerarachne to Maevia may the best spider Win My friend, Spiders Stick together

Anyone who thinks the jumper doesn't fit is completely forgetting that the upper levels of the city in extinction are literally swarming with spiders. The jumper fits PERFECTLY in the city or the underground forest 

jumping spiders arew terrifyinf and cool ant the same time but doesnt fit this mapp

 

3 minutes ago, WarbossEfan said:

Anyone who thinks the jumper doesn't fit is completely forgetting that the upper levels of the city in extinction are literally swarming with spiders. The jumper fits PERFECTLY in the city or the underground forest 

No. No, it would be better for Valguero.

To all those continuing with the same broken record statement of, "it doesn't fit here", that is a factually incorrect statement. It could realistically exist on any ARK outside of ones that are entirely glacial (or perhaps entirely underwater as well?). Spiders, including jumping spiders, exist almost everywhere on Earth outside of polar regions. A quick and easy Google search of, "Do jumping spiders live everywhere in the world?" yields these results: "You can find jumping spiders all over the world, except in polar areas like Antarctica. Most are found in tropical forests, temperate forests, grasslands, scrublands, and sometimes deserts."

Lesss goooo

Thank you Jerryn ❤️ 

Edited September 2, 2023 by Sovira

3 minutes ago, Sovira said:

Thank you Jerryn ❤️ 

You're awesome Jerryn, thank you! 

Let’s get Maevia Eureka into the game everyone, show her some love, the different variants for each biome are so unique and awesome, the added ability to the already plentiful abilities are so great, and it’s also great for helping tame other dinosaurs, I’m praying this takes the win, definitively going to be my number 1, and personally I think it’s a great map for her and the dev could make her able to jump really high and for traversing the map, hence the “jumping spider” and make her take no fall damage, she’s all around perfect for the map, Go Maevia Eureka!

Edited September 2, 2023 by RebelKevin94

Such a cute creature, extinction may be the time for the spider to rise to the top