Wildly inappropriate mobs appearing

[Xara]

Version

2.0

Platform

Windows

On Day 2 of a new default-difficulty 2.0 game, while doing a new tier 0 POI (non-quest) in the starting Forest biome and city, I found a feral zombie bear in the basement of the POI, which of course immediately killed me. Today, I'm on Day 14, doing a normal tier 2 POI quest at The Animal Hoarder, still in the same starting Forest biome and city, there is a Dire Wolf guarding the treasure room. This is completely crazy - these animals should not be appearling in the Forest biome.

 

[MissLapki]

Oh yeah we had the same mob nearby our house, he lived in a farmshed guarding nothing but an old backpack and slept there :0 he killed me about 4 times on the first day

 

[Riamus]

There are certain POI that you need to watch out for. Animal hoarder specifically says to beware the dog. It's a good warning, but people ignore it. The chance of that dire wolf spawning is very low. If you are talking about the bear den POI, that is also normal. Sure, you didn't want to do those right away, but after you have seen them, you aren't going to be surprised by then again and can skip then if you want. I don't mind unexpected surprised. Besides, bears and wolves and the old dire wolves used to roam the forest. It is "easy mode" these days.

In any case, these aren't bugs.

 

[Space4Ace]

Oh yeah we had the same mob nearby our house, he lived in a farmshed guarding nothing but an old backpack and slept there :0 he killed me about 4 times on the first day

It's normal. That farmshed always spawns a wolf or direwolf.

 

[Old Crow]

Sadly that's normal. It's kind of a big "F You" throwing that into a T2 poi, especially when you're questing there at a much lower level with a crappy pipe weapon.

 

[NiteVIper]

Last night started a new map, on day 2 my wife came across a radiated construction worker in the pine forest.

 

[Xara]

Well, if TFP considers this "not a bug", then I'd like for TFP to explain to the community why a guaranteed 1-shot kill should be considered "normal". I think the discussion could get a little heated.

 

[bdubyah]

The T0 with a zombie bear might be a bit much, but running into a dire wolf on day 14 doesn't seem like a problem to me.

 

[valeskas]

I think rare telegraphed hard POI spawns are fine. You can always run away from stuff in a city, possibly using some spikes to slow it down.
Unfriendly to newbies, but nowhere near "guaranteed kill".
Rare is important keyword, some unplanned excitement is good if it does not interfere with the grind.

Floor Holes of Doom are way more dangerous.