#320: Terrifying Bug 2 of 3: SuperWolf

[risen2conquer]

As I was nearing the hunter's cabin, I noticed a wolf also heading towards it. I threw a flare on the ground in front of him, near the barn in the clearing, and headed up to the door of the cabin, keeping an eye on my canine friend who was keeping an eye on the burning flare in front of him.

Then it happened - the flare burned out. The wolf instantly broke into a headlong run in my direction. I chuckled, and looked around for the stag. I then realized there was none and before I was able to enter the cabin he was upon me. I fought heroically, but my frozen fists were no match for him. But then, suddenly, with my health at 1%, he was gone, I didn't notice how or where.

To be continued...

Player.log

[Guest]

Did you hear the wolf yelp? It could just be that it ran out of sight before you got up.

[risen2conquer]

My apologies, I wasn't clear enough - the bug I was reporting was that the wolf magically knew where I was, even though I was much too far away from it for it to see me once the flare burned out. It was as if the flare somehow let it know where I was, if that makes sense, because it ran straight for me as soon as it was no longer distracted.

[risen2conquer]

I should also mention that this is not the first time this has happened to me. I think it might occur when the wolf stumbles upon a lit flare in its path. Once the flare has burned out and I'm a safe distance away, it chases me down like I'm a deer with a wolf magnet.

[Guest Alan Lawrance]

It's true that the Wolves do have an unfair advantage here -- when the flare burns out, they go after their "remembered" target, even if that target is far away. We probably should make the Wolf lose track of its target once it's far enough away. Logged as ticket #320