Bears and Wolves

Really why do Bears and Wolves run away..... there are aggressive animals that should aggro on sight@! #AGGRESSIVE

 

Maybe they like you. The ones I come across attack me on site. I actually think there should be a Ranger like path where you can generate less aggression from animals - I try to avoid killing them when I first see them in a new scene, but they usually end up attacking. I did find one scene where they didn't attack at first, and I was able to wander around their forest a bit and right up to them. Then I got wounded by an elf and they all pounced.

 

I'm not sure that a single wolf would attack an armored human on sight, but maybe it would run away and come back with the rest of its pack.

 

Wolves are not generally aggressive to humans. Neither are most bears. You are probably used to playing mmorpgs which ignore actual animal behavior. I like SotA's approach much better. It's more realistic and more unpredictable. The unpredictability increases the challenge, which is very welcome.

 

I wouldn't say it's unpredictable. They follow a pretty basic pattern.

Just shoot them with something. I lock Obsidian arrow on my hotbar just for getting them to charge me.

Or you could just start chopping down a tree. They don't like that...no not one little bit.

 

Well stated, Vidgrip , well stated...

And there will be times when you will welcome the fact that they are not attacking you....

So, it's all good !

 

And yea, like LiquidSky said, just hit em and they'll change their mind.

Got no ranged agro ?

Get some.

 

The bears and wolves of SotA are apparently sworn protectors of the forest. Because they'll run away from me when I approach, stay far away if I just stand around for a bit, but then the second I start chopping down a pine tree, they come racing back, managing to interrupt me just as I'm at about 96% completion. >:|

 

Ah bears and wolves, nature's griefers.

 

I like how they have them currently. I've seen it's random for me. Sometimes wolves run away...actually most of the time (unless you hit a tree), and these are yellow ones. But then, I get the green timber wolves, and they attack me on sight. I think these must be the young, punk-ish wolves, that think they're untouchable.... Bears on the other hand....will have no part of my existence

 

I like the way it is and it is somewhat realistic. Wolves and Bears will generally avoid humans in real life unless they're starving or provoked.

Also, I really enjoy not having to fight every single one of them. I'd honestly rather fight none of them to be honest. They're just not worth my time stopping the grind for a creature that gives minuscule XP and does't drop loot worth enough to replace the reagents used while fighting them.

I've never encountered a bear that ran from me though. Although the only bears I ever really run into are Bear Patriarchs. Wolves of all types run all the time though, and I'm glad for that.

 

They always choose to attack when I'm less than a second from finishing. It's a conspiracy! LOL