World 16.2 animal AI change

[Zepar72]

I havent played yet to the point of experiencing it myself. Was something changed in a major way? Is the old cheesey boat hunting still a thing because of it?

[Halbertz]

Consider playing

[SnuggleSnail]

basically the same cheese with 1 or 2 extra steps, or use archery, or just face tank shit with multiple people

[Zepar72]

Consider playing

Judging from experience, it's best to know how to "hunt" before doing that. Unless one wants to go back to character creation so badly

[Zepar72]

basically the same cheese with 1 or 2 extra steps, or use archery, or just face tank shit with multiple people

Archery as in hit-and-run, re-aggro when they run away? So i take that exploit is still good?
Or was MM buffed? It used to be a hit of a meme ._.

[SnuggleSnail]

Archery as in hit-and-run, re-aggro when they run away?

Pretty much. It's just better relative to melee now because they defend a lot making melee slower

[Reiber]

basically. as soon as an animal cant reach you. they run. while spamming defences.
like not actually fleeing . just running away. so if you get intoo reach again. they will eventually come back.

[Fostik]

another cancer to hurt hermits, while experienced players exploiting predicting behavior to hunt even easier, raising gap in playerbase even more

[Regulus2424]

another cancer to hurt hermits, while experienced players exploiting predicting behavior to hunt even easier, raising gap in playerbase even more

hard disagree. this change hugely favors archers, and I always felt (feel free to confirm or deny) that it's the hermits that prefer bow and arrow for the actual hunting

[Fostik]

hard disagree. this change hugely favors archers, and I always felt (feel free to confirm or deny) that it's the hermits that prefer bow and arrow for the actual hunting

I might change my opinion when we get bronze swords and hit a hard wall with this mechanic, but for now me and my group are hunting in quantities not nearly possible at this stage pre-change, and hermits are as always more reluctant and catching up slower.