In an SP game I've played as well as a local MP game (non-dedicated, not setting up a dedi for exp) I've encountered quite a few animals. The MP game was in Navezgane and the SP game was on Random gen. In both games animals were present, but not common. It's enough that I can keep a small amount of meat stocked...between animals and looting anyways.
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Better food gives a better stamina boost. If that together with needing to eat less often doesn't bring people to eat better food then nothing will (except OP buffs).
But I don't really care what Styk_ eats. I care whether food is a problem or a triviality at the start of a new game, and buff food doesn't help here either way.
I loaded up a save from the previous build and there was a bear right outside my base! Scared me to death.
I imagine that a proper animal spawn would involve animals spawning aware from cities/towns and away from noise (like your base, though if you have that campfire going, I could definitely see a bear coming, but TBH a proper ecosystem would require an overhaul IMO). The main animals I ran across in the previous build were vultures, pigs, deer, wolves, dogs, and a few mountain lions (specific to navezgane). I actually did not cross paths with a bear at all.
MechanicalLens
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Has anyone seen any bears yet? They were practically non-existent spawns before; ever since A17 really.
STyK_
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So the pattern I've seen every patch is meat available in the beginning and not long after there will be nothing. I've learned to prepare for it, meat was like your limited luxury that bought you time along with can'd food to get a garden going. I guess everyone needs to ask themselves does every game you start need to be a successful game? Is it still a survival game if every game you start will have a successful turnout? It makes all the sense in the world when you play permadeath, not every run will be a successful run and not every game start will provide you with the things you need, its up to you to decide wether or not thats a waste of time.
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wolfbain5
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Okay, that sounds like it was a typical Madmole balancing change. True Survival has finally been incorporated into vanilla
Grubbage
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I played for maybe an hour and ran across 3 bears and 4 or 5 wolves (2 of which zombies killed before I could get to them) on my 2K run to a new trader.
MechanicalLens
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After reading the posts above, yeah, maybe animal spawns need to be reduced... again. 
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MechanicalLens
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I've just spent the night with Trader Jen. And I thought the wolves were feisty.Words of wisdom to newbies...dire wolves look like regular wolves from a far. What gives them away are their larger size and glowing eyes....
Trust me, you'll be fine.Nevermind, I just woke up and I'm once again in my small, decrepit wooden shack completely alone. It was but a dream.
MechanicalLens
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Correct. They'll heal on their own with the proper care (try not to sprint, jump, etc. for sprained legs and don't try to attack with melee/ranged weapons with a sprained arm), but you'll be more susceptible to getting a broken arm/leg.
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