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...and they will team up to kill you.
So I was running a fetch quest at the army camp near the snow trader in Navezgane. I saw a mountain lion prowling around outside as I approached and didn't feel like that was something I wanted to fight on day 9. So I moved past it stealthily and into the base. I followed the radar toward my goal which was located in the little bunker structure on the edge of the camp. I'm clearing the zeds inside when I hear an unholy racket coming from outside - a combo of animal noises and zeds whacking on metal. I realize my time is short and quickly grab the quest parcel.
One of the roof tiles shatters and I see a lumberjack, hazmat dude, and the mountain lion all trying to smash their way in. I'm not sure what I really expected. I guess part of the issue is that I didn't play A18 all that much and there seems to have been a stark increase in the amount of wildlife from A17 to 19. Anyway, they weren't attacking each other at all, only teaming up to rip through the metal roof...and making good progress. I managed to drop the zeds through the hole with my sledge, but the mountain lion was moving too erratically and I couldn't time out my sledge swings properly. I knew the lion was going to be inside in seconds and I would not want to be trapped with it in close quarters, so I made a plan.
As soon as the lion broke its way in, I bolted for the door and ran for the guard tower. I made it onto the guard tower ladder (missing its bottom rung) and breathed a sigh of relief...too soon. Seconds later, the lion FOLLOWED ME UP THE LADDER. I screamed IRL and ran to the top of the ladder, then quickly jumped to the roof of the nearby military truck to avoid the 2 hazmat dudes that spawned up there. I turned around to see the lion still on the ladder TOGETHER WITH A DIREWOLF. My heart racing, I led a merry chase from the truck to the tower and back again, using my sledge to whittle my way through the cougar, direwolf, and both hazmats. None of the mobs tried attacking each other. They were 100% focused on me the whole time. The stamina situation got real tight at the end there, but I made it out without too much trouble. I considered staying to explore the base, until I saw a bear approaching and decided not to press my luck.
This episode got my pulse racing, but I'm not sure I like the fact that wildlife can climb ladders or that they don't aggro on each other. Thoughts?
So I was running a fetch quest at the army camp near the snow trader in Navezgane. I saw a mountain lion prowling around outside as I approached and didn't feel like that was something I wanted to fight on day 9. So I moved past it stealthily and into the base. I followed the radar toward my goal which was located in the little bunker structure on the edge of the camp. I'm clearing the zeds inside when I hear an unholy racket coming from outside - a combo of animal noises and zeds whacking on metal. I realize my time is short and quickly grab the quest parcel.
One of the roof tiles shatters and I see a lumberjack, hazmat dude, and the mountain lion all trying to smash their way in. I'm not sure what I really expected. I guess part of the issue is that I didn't play A18 all that much and there seems to have been a stark increase in the amount of wildlife from A17 to 19. Anyway, they weren't attacking each other at all, only teaming up to rip through the metal roof...and making good progress. I managed to drop the zeds through the hole with my sledge, but the mountain lion was moving too erratically and I couldn't time out my sledge swings properly. I knew the lion was going to be inside in seconds and I would not want to be trapped with it in close quarters, so I made a plan.
As soon as the lion broke its way in, I bolted for the door and ran for the guard tower. I made it onto the guard tower ladder (missing its bottom rung) and breathed a sigh of relief...too soon. Seconds later, the lion FOLLOWED ME UP THE LADDER. I screamed IRL and ran to the top of the ladder, then quickly jumped to the roof of the nearby military truck to avoid the 2 hazmat dudes that spawned up there. I turned around to see the lion still on the ladder TOGETHER WITH A DIREWOLF. My heart racing, I led a merry chase from the truck to the tower and back again, using my sledge to whittle my way through the cougar, direwolf, and both hazmats. None of the mobs tried attacking each other. They were 100% focused on me the whole time. The stamina situation got real tight at the end there, but I made it out without too much trouble. I considered staying to explore the base, until I saw a bear approaching and decided not to press my luck.
This episode got my pulse racing, but I'm not sure I like the fact that wildlife can climb ladders or that they don't aggro on each other. Thoughts?
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