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44 minutes ago, UpUpAway95 said:

Not my turn, but anyone want to take a turn at guessing the sequence of events leading to this screenshot?

You shot the wolf with a pistol, didn’t get a crit, fought it off, then killed it with a second pistol shot, and the body glitched at a strange angle?

19 minutes ago, Looper said:

Sadly no. 

I must have confused a wolf feasting on a kill for an already-dead deer.  Still, that seems like a mechanic that one day might be real...

1 hour ago, Looper said:

Great guess! Gents

However indeed you can shot a bear with a flare gun and no interloper fears a dead dear.

Here's one more clue:

I'm a fish but you can't catch me  😅 - as in you CAN not

Dead deer don’t attract wolves?

2 hours ago, Looper said:

I'm an animal - you eat me

You can't scare me with fire

I can be found in all maps

I can't be shot with the flare gun

Most interlopers fear me but will "use" me

What am I? 😀

Are you a dead deer?

Hushed River Valley.  I just came  back from my second run.  Between the two, I got three skill books, a new bow, two arrows, three hatchets, two knives, distress pistol (and 4 flare shells, two snow pants, two climbing sox, two wool underwear, the nose satchel, and numerous pelts, bullets, and natural medicines.

Edit: and an expedition parka!

Ah, awesome.  Good to know.

I shot an arrow

at a bear,

and it broke,

hanging in the air.

So I hit a bear in the face with an arrow, then ran to the safety of a nearby sedan.  The game registered a hit with the progress icon.  I waited out the bear’s bleeding only for it not to die.  I exited the vehicle and found a broken arrow hovering over the road.

Error in item placement aside, is this a common experience? 

TWM long term it’s good to bring all your coffee grounds, a hacksaw, and a quality tools (and some spare scrap if you have it).  With your bow and jacket you should be all set.

I’d bring a revolver though- it’s noise is good for wolves.

1 hour ago, Pillock said:

That sounds like a good interpretation to me.

So, it could be a kind of 'phasing-in' of the new, more dangerous wolves so as not to unreasonably disrupt people's existing games? But once people have got used to them in time, the question still stands as to what value the current 'lone-wolf' type actually has in the game in the longer term.

I am gonna guess that a lone wolf encounter (easier) will always have a place in the game, as will multi-wolf (much harder).  

Hinterland is probably thinking about how many of one vs the other they want in what difficulty mode, and/or when the harder packs start spawning? (Immediate vs late to challenge an established run.)

My interpretation is that the normal wolves AI works well as a ‘lone wolf’ encounter but is not working as the Hinterland team wants for a “pack attack”.  Currently the few multi-wolf encounters I have had feel like two/three separate AI trees waiting to resolve individually.  Creating a separate animal is probably the easiest way to create a pack AI & warn the player of the danger of the encounter.

It’s a good animation... now only if that limping wolf outside the hydro dam didn’t take a bite outa me when I turned around to go to the ravine i’d be jolly!

RNG informs this, but my current setup:

wool touque, rabbit hat

Wolf coat, expedition parka

light sweater, wool shirt

rabbit gloves

deerskin pants

2x wool long johns

2x climbing sox

deerskin boots

I could run with 2x fisherman sweaters or expedition parkas, but I feel the durability of the crafted gear is more important than saving a few pounds.

I like the unique mechanics of the ice and the fact that I can see the whole area on a clear day.

 It’s also intimidating to deal with fog there. The animals do not seem to have to deal with thin ice dangers. I don’t want to hunt often on that map!

Day 42:  It’s been 6 weeks since I crashed on this frozen island.  I have found ample supplies to last me for some time; and with no hope of rescue anytime soon even they might not be enough.

Having climbed to the top of the mountain and back I decided it was time for major hunt.  I had never killed a bear before, but the books I have since have given me quite the crash course.

I shot the bear on the far side of the lake, but the hit was not as clean as I thought and he took hours to die.  At first I watched him bleed in the sunshine as he circled  my fishing hut, the thin walls my only defense against him.  Later, I just read while a too-curious Wolf kept trying to investigate.

He finally died at dusk; just as a blizzard set in.  I didn’t need the tussle with the wolf; in hindsight  I should have dealt with him while I waited for my quarry to fall.

Rising at 2 in the morning was not fun but at least I was able to boil water and get something to drink after the storm; my supplies consumed in my long vigil.

The bear meat should last me for another week at least; at least I could bring it back without issue.  Now to finish reading and fixing my deerskins...

Nothing cheap or vile about survival that works... and that is the harder way to get a bunny dinner!

I have two struggles: taking less gear with me to start the day, and hearing wolves.  I have been jumped from behind a hill several times in my most recent game despite listening for them.  I don’t know why I keep missing the auditory cues but think wolf and bear subtitles a great idea, and make the game more accessible for the hearing impaired.

I had a similar idea in starting gear kits for players, since so much gear in the game follows different themes.

One was to have an injured skier with a full skier kit (jacket boots gloves exc) but also a broken leg that requires care.

Have a workman that come with work pants gloves boots exc... tool kit and repair skill boost... but slower growth in other stat learning.

a soldier with combat gear, several MREs and a rifle... but PTSD that causes other issues.

the goal is not to make play easier by better starting gear, just change the flavor of the challenge.