Chickens too hard to catch

[shubla]

I felt like they all started going straight into different directions, running in circles would indeed be fun and better overall.

[Harthel]

Only make chickens start running when you kill one in range of other chickens

[shubla]

This thread will explode when W13 begins, mark my words.

[TerraSleet]

A better solution would probably be to implement some basic flocking behavior i.e. they stay as a flock but run away as a flock, with single members keeping away from you but quickly regrouping when possible, much like how flock animals behave IRL (I know, realism is a shit argument, but it'd be less annoying to chase and look cooler)
Adding this would potentially make it easier to implement flocking/herding in other animals too, like the reindeer, wildgoats, mouflon/aurochs. Along with new animals like penguins or migratory birds. I always thought it was a little odd that wild herding grazers spawned alone.
Could be a PITA to implement though.

[MagicManICT]

Just to prove shubla wrong.... I logged in briefly earlier, and went chicken (and bat?) hunting. I didn't stay on for long, but chased down a couple of flocks. They did all start going the same direction as I approached them--away from me. However, as I started getting in the middle and catching them, they started scattering. Works pretty much like RL from my RL experiences.

And no, they weren't too hard to catch. I filled my backpack up pretty damn fast. Given their tendency to wander while catching them before, it wasn't much different this time. Definitely took a bit longer, but not hard.

[Nightdawg]

Just to prove shubla wrong.... I logged in briefly earlier, and went chicken (and bat?) hunting. I didn't stay on for long, but chased down a couple of flocks. They did all start going the same direction as I approached them--away from me. However, as I started getting in the middle and catching them, they started scattering. Works pretty much like RL from my RL experiences.

And no, they weren't too hard to catch. I filled my backpack up pretty damn fast. Given their tendency to wander while catching them before, it wasn't much different this time. Definitely took a bit longer, but not hard.

Also not a character with the forager credo, yes?

[magisticus]

This is the sort of thread that will make Loftar give them the ability to hide in trees

[MagicManICT]

Also not a character with the forager credo, yes?

Sorry. Did forget to mention that. I did have forager credo. Walk was fast enough to actually catch them with the minor speed boost. I'll try again on a fresh spawn (assuming it doesn't get ate by bats!)

edit: ok, out of a flock of about six chickens, I caught two. Rest ran off screen in the time it took me to get the two on a fresh spawn. Forager is going to be 5 quests at the start of the world... just putting that out there. I don't anticipate having issues.

[Rebs]

Really there should just be a distance they try a keep away from you.

like 5-8 tiles. once out of range they just go back to flocking.
would be funny to get angry chickens sometimes, where if you pick a chicken up there is a chance the other chickens agro you and don't flee.

[abt79]

Also not a character with the forager credo, yes?

Sorry. Did forget to mention that. I did have forager credo. Walk was fast enough to actually catch them with the minor speed boost. I'll try again on a fresh spawn (assuming it doesn't get ate by bats!)

edit: ok, out of a flock of about six chickens, I caught two. Rest ran off screen in the time it took me to get the two on a fresh spawn. Forager is going to be 5 quests at the start of the world... just putting that out there. I don't anticipate having issues.

5 quests and 10k lp, you're doing something wrong if you can finish forager before you encounter a flock of chickens/erect a pali