bownan

OK I'm retracting this as a suggestion... I have been finding more saplings in my travels... needed to wander further from the path a bit... thanks for the suggestions and encouragement

Thanks all for the replies and I take your points... I'm not 100% sure how beach combing works and I have just left coastal highway and desolation point (do i pick a beach and walk along it?) the more isolated regions on the other side of the map I have yet to visit. As a relatively new player I wasn't necessarily wandering far off the roads for fear of getting lost... I shall try some more off road activities in future. (but Pleasant valley makes me fear for my soul as I have spent two night hiding out in cars) Also I really need a moose bag... just saying

Planning, risk, edge of your seat blizzards

Howdy, I am loving the games and am quite addicted at the moment. One thing I would like to see is more saplings around the place for bow and arrow making materials. They are pretty sparsely spread out and hard to find. Given the effort involved in getting crow feathers and arrow heads it would be nice if it was easier to find trees in a forest. I tend to move between regions semi regularly and don't want to be carrying branches to the next zone or check spoiler maps to find locations.

OK I got past the bear and all is good again. I basically paused between each round and did something else for 15 minutes... I still think its a silly mechanic though

I am loving story mode but I am seriously ready to rage quit now. **slightly spoilery** I am trying to complete the quest for the radio tower parts. The number of times you have to fight the bear is game breaking. Currently I am in the bears lair and you still need to stab and button mash three times to try and kill him (I hope this is the last time). Is this the same stupid game loop 4 times (3 bear fights with 3 sets of stabbing plus the final one in the lair) with 3 more sets of stabbing not counting the number of times I fuck up timing or fingers slip off mouse? Each time you lose you have to watch the same bear tearing you apart animation without being able to skip it. I've had the same stupid fight in the lair for the last half an hour and my interest in this game is fading by the minute. I have vented, one more go and then I am skipping the story mode unsatisfied. Update: once again died by blood loss on the third bear charge. I have no idea how people mash buttons too long, heaven help anyone with a disability or an ergonomic mouse that hasn't been designed to stupidly mash buttons repeatedly.