Once bears are added, will they be aggressive towards the player?

[R1ch4rd N1x0n]

Bears are not normally aggressive to humans for no reason, they are TERRITORIAL, and they eat fish and berries (and trash), in DayZ, will they actually be territorial or will they be aggressive like the wolves ill be?

[Bebop]

this is going to be "bear see you, bear chase to eat you." this isnt going to be a wild life sim.

[Pacifist]

Originally posted by Bebop:

this is going to be "bear see you, bear chase to eat you." this isnt going to be a wild life sim.

I can't think of many situations where a bear wouldn't want to eat you. They're literally eating machines.

Bears will eat nearly anything, including their own dead cubs. They do not eat fish and berries exclusively.

[[415]BlazeMcNight]

Originally posted by Jack Pacifist, Jr.:

Originally posted by Bebop:

this is going to be "bear see you, bear chase to eat you." this isnt going to be a wild life sim.

I can't think of many situations where a bear wouldn't want to eat you. They're literally eating machines.

Pretty much came here to post this.

[Chuckles]

I hope they are aggressive

[Plague, M.D.]

Yes, there are 1000s of instances through out any given year where humans encounter bears, but very few actually result in attacks by the bear. While a bear will eat a human, most attacks are due to territorial disputes or the bear feeling threatened. A bear may kill a human in order to defend its territory, and then simply eat the human because why waste the "food". In the vast majority of instances, humans are not even aware they are near a bear, as the bear will typical retreat if it feels it can safely. While bears will on occasion hunt a human for food, that is typically only because there is a shortage of other "natural" food items in the area.

A very simple instance of where a bear wouldn't want to eat a human is when there are much less threatening prey available. Like chickens, cows, and deer... and berries...and pic-a-nic baskets...Hey Boo-Boo!

[Fluk3]

The bear will come over and tell you to extinguish your campfire with a canteen.

Only you can prevent forrest fires.

Only you.

[R1ch4rd N1x0n]

Originally posted by Fluk3:

The bear will come over and tell you to extinguish your campfire with a canteen.

Only you can prevent forrest fires.

Only you.

Smokey bear?

[Fluk3]

Originally posted by Metalbones1:

Originally posted by Fluk3:

The bear will come over and tell you to extinguish your campfire with a canteen.

Only you can prevent forrest fires.

Only you.

Smokey bear?

Smokey T. Bear.

[Hajami]

In this Video the first 20Secconds are missing Leo walking through Forrest seeing 2 Bear Cups in the distance, when suddenly he hears a Noise behind him...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhDinIBETiI
or do we want this Bears which hire you to help them get Honey :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww94B3TfqF4
Maybe one can be come like Steve Irvine and Mogli together to become a Beast Master :) Just kidding.

[Twitchey]

I am pretty sure it will come down to a "don't ask too many questions" sort of situation with the wildlife as it can never really be truly perfect.

I would like to see all the animals have relatively advanced ai personally (rather than just being four legged zombies), but there is also the idea that some animals may get infected too, and I am not sure if they intend to delve into that idea much.

[Hajami]

LOL Infected Chickens. They are comming right for us :) LOL I dont know but absolutly Testworthy even if not ment serious.

[Twitchey]

Originally posted by Hajami:

LOL Infected Chickens. They are comming right for us :) LOL I dont know but absolutly Testworthy even if not ment serious.

lol, well see this is where the logic gaps start coming into it, I mean what kind of chance does an infected chicken have really? Whatever it attacks is probably just going to eat or kill it, and it is going to attack everything it sees, so in reality we probably wouldn't see many if any infected chickens.

But in the same regard rats (and other fast scavenger rodents) I think would be the ones inheriting the earth here, could you imagine how quickly racoons/rats/mice/possums or whatever native smart speedy rodents would accumulate in cities? They could easily outrun/outmanoeuvre infected people and would be having a blast eating all of the crap people left behind and making nests in our old houses/apartments. But animating that many rats on the map is crazy to consider, depending on how it was done.

Which raises another question of if zombies should chase wildlife, and if wildlife would eat infected and not become infected, because you'd think a big bear in a zombie city would just demolish the zombie polulation, eat its fill and leave (to come back later), similarly wolves (and dogs) would catch on VERY fast that infected humans could be tricked like basic animals and would be pack hunting them down regularly, so again, the whole zombie thing has general flaws in the ideals and we are going to have to give the devs a lot of leeway in that regard.

[Hajami]

I know the infected are no real threat at the moment. 1or 2 should be fightable but the risk for injury should make one wear protectives stronger clothes.
I still have the vision of these fear creating infected in the Video and not the ones at the moment which i can outrun while carying a Barell in my Hands..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnz6hlC3pQ
Ok the dude in the video isnt imune while we Survivors are. But even if imune i would had run infront of those Horde incoming to Town.

[Twitchey]

Originally posted by Hajami:

I know the infected are no real threat at the moment. 1or 2 should be fightable but the risk for injury should make one wear protectives stronger clothes.

Well that is arguable as well, for me I think it would be perfectly fine if the devs had far less zombies in general but made them individually much more of a threat to someone without a ranged weapon or reliable melee weapon, I think that would suit the environment and the game scope in general, while leaving room for other AI like wildlife.

People demand their generic zombie swarms and can't seem to appreciate something different, despite how much more sense it makes in general.

[Pig Helmet]

Originally posted by Hajami:

I know the infected are no real threat at the moment. 1or 2 should be fightable but the risk for injury should make one wear protectives stronger clothes.
I still have the vision of these fear creating infected in the Video and not the ones at the moment which i can outrun while carying a Barell in my Hands..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVnz6hlC3pQ
Ok the dude in the video isnt imune while we Survivors are. But even if imune i would had run infront of those Horde incoming to Town.

That guy is such an arse tbh.