PC Deer Hunting - old vs. new

gcomerfo

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So, the new Deer...

Let me backup. The Old Deer... were really difficult to hunt early game for me. I know there are some sharp shooters that can always hit perfect, but I think a lot of people would agree the old deer mechanics were pretty hard early game.

Stone arrows needed 2 or more hits, and the deer moved around and sprinted of like a cartoon road runner. I usually did not even bother hunting deer until I got either a hunting rifle, or iron/steel arrows and some better bow quality.

So, the new Deer... are one-shot with stone arrows and super easy to hit. Don't get me wrong, the Old Deer was crazy hard imo... but now the New Deer feels too easy. Like he just walks up to you and is fatter and dumpier looking, and like can instant kill it - like fish in a barrel.

My request - can we just have a happy medium?? NOT either impossibly evasive, and dumb as a cow slow?

 
I liked the old one. I'm flush in meat either way,, but at least I had to work for it, before.

Right now those ugly Bambi's walk right into my weapon of choice.

Pretty ridiculous.

Then, snakes let me know they're coming, and then hunt ME down.

Food is waaaaayyyy too easy.

 
Food is waaaaayyyy too easy.
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Yes, I agree. They nerfed canned food to poison us (which makes no sense to me at all) but they made deer hunting way too easy. More like a petting zoo now.

At least the boars fight back to compensate for being easy targets, and takes more than 1 hit.

 
Before it was harder but you needed less meat per recipe, now is easier to get but you need more, also with the current status of the game less meat early game would mean 10x the chaos here and with steam reviews 😂

 
Yes, I agree. They nerfed canned food to poison us (which makes no sense to me at all) but they made deer hunting way too easy. More like a petting zoo now.
At least the boars fight back to compensate for being easy targets, and takes more than 1 hit.
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2-3 hits with a bow on day one, and I can still take em down before they can close range. Wolves and dogs too. They were harder in a16. (Not by much, but a little bit)

 
I think the deer are easier to kill, but we seem to have the HARDEST time finding animals! It is really rare for us. Maybe we are not looking in the right biome? We live in a forest area?

 
I think the deer are easier to kill, but we seem to have the HARDEST time finding animals! It is really rare for us. Maybe we are not looking in the right biome? We live in a forest area?
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I don't know if it was just coincidence or not, but I rolled a Navezgane in A17 (first time trying it, always roll RWG) and there were just ridiculous amounts of animals. They were literally everywhere. I had almost 200 meat by the end of the first day. In RWG I never find that many animals. It takes a week or more to get that kind of haul.

More data is needed, but I think Navezgane has a higher concentration of animals. Or at least where I spawned.

 
So, the new Deer...
Let me backup. The Old Deer... were really difficult to hunt early game for me. I know there are some sharp shooters that can always hit perfect, but I think a lot of people would agree the old deer mechanics were pretty hard early game.

Stone arrows needed 2 or more hits, and the deer moved around and sprinted of like a cartoon road runner. I usually did not even bother hunting deer until I got either a hunting rifle, or iron/steel arrows and some better bow quality.

So, the new Deer... are one-shot with stone arrows and super easy to hit. Don't get me wrong, the Old Deer was crazy hard imo... but now the New Deer feels too easy. Like he just walks up to you and is fatter and dumpier looking, and like can instant kill it - like fish in a barrel.

My request - can we just have a happy medium?? NOT either impossibly evasive, and dumb as a cow slow?
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There are both types in A17. Stags and Does.

 
the older model also looked so much better
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It's still there, but they seem to be much rarer now. In my current game (day 28) I have seen 1-2 so far (Not sure, if I saw the "first one" at the end of the last world, or in the beginning of the current)... and i need 4 more for the "Stag Party" quest I've found...

 
What is most strange is that animals are much harder to kill on scavenger level.Me thinks the balance is awry.
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Yeah something's in need of some balancing.

Well... hopefully TFP get to it eventually.

 
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