polar bears need to be nerfed and fixed

[Fried_Boba]

I've already complained about regular bears but that was when i was relatively new and didn't know how to kill them properly but with the expansion into the arctic, ive noticed that polar bears are the real problem. Ive ran into multiple polar bears in my experience but ive just recently finished a 1 skull difficulty mission where i needed to go into the artic to scan locations. Knowing that it is the easiest difficulty, i did't think i would need to have advanced gear. But on the first scan it spawned a polar bear that immediately locked onto me. now, im in the open with nothing to climb onto and now have a polar bear chasing me faster than a damn bullet train. i landed a few spears in its head and some head-shots with a bow(all my talent points are in the bow category btw) and wounded it and slowed it but of course, its a polar bear and continued to run me down and kill me. "ok" i said, as i just ran back to get my stuff and finished the scan. but thats not the problem. at the last scan, i was on a PERFECTLY vertical cliff and decided to kill a polar bear below me. the polar bear was trying to get up but i knew it couldnt, like it was IMPOSSIBLE for anything to climb up- oh, it just climbed up it and hit me off and killed me.... after an hour of running back through the arctic and finishing the mission, i decided to test out how OP polar bears really are. I built a trap for a polar bear to run into and tested its health. with my bow being fully mastered and and the spear dps talent maxed, it took 3 headshots with a bow, 2 wooden spears to the head, 1 bone spear to the head, and multiple stabs to the head with a mxc spear. like wtf, meanwhile, a regular bear takes 2 wooden spears to the head. The polar bear is about 2x the size so i get that it should be stronger. but when i first encountered a polar bear i didnt expect it to be the same speed!?! On a previous prospector, i had put all my talent points into speed bc i was new and trying to escape bears. but with all the speed buffs i could get at lvl 20, it still wasnt enough to escape a bear but i was POSITIVE i could escape a polar bear...nope :) I definitely think they should be much more deadly than a bear but why tf are they so damn fast too, and in the arctic, theres almost nowhere to hide or get to high ground. if you run into a polar bear in the middle of the arctic, your done, that is unless you spend multiple hours making guns and ammo. but why do i need to do that when a 1 skull difficulty mission is asking me to just scan an area for drop-zones, does the game REALLY expect me to WANT to drop down in the arctic? hell.naw. my current prospector is lvl 30, maybe im just god awful at the game but im still in aw about how OP polar bears are... so to put my experiences all together, polar bears are 3x stronger than bears, have 3x more health than bears, are faster than you, can climb any vertical surface, and live in an environment where theres no physical advantages for humans. honestly, i wouldnt be complaining this much if animals just had a stam bar or if polar bears werent so damn fast. like also, ♥♥♥♥-sapiens: built for endurance rather than speed. yet i cant run 3 feet without getting exhausted(and dont tell me to eat some damn berries or somin for stam buffs, thats dumb as hell). but a polar bear happens to be an athletic track-star.(i also want to point out that the polar bears ive encountered were lvl 60 and lower). so maybe i just need to take my damn time and build a f***ing mech suit and not fight polar bears yet or grind the non-existent metals that are given to me bc i just cant seem to get enough from these damn bears. anyway, love the game still but #f***polarbears

[Mile]

Thats one hell of a wall of text you made, can you nerf that wall of text please with some paragraphs.. lmao

[anmana]

The Prospector of mine (solo) ist beyond lvl 90 with all the benefits one could have when it comes to the workshop items (except weapons) and he still die´s to regular bears if the situation is suboptimal. Like beeing overcumbered in a Storm. So, as it is right now you will never be the apex, you are the prey - allways.
Kiting them is more or less one of the ways you could and should gofor but for the most time I simply avoid them. Not because one couldn´t kill them but no sense beyond lvl 40 to go for the exp and bears, like polar bears, are more an annoyance than a problem. Wait to the Riverland Biome - in some missions you get the feeling there are having a family meeting nearby...
As fot that and for scan missions Ambient Gamer pointed out the easiest solution.

To the topic: I think they should be as strong and superior as they are right now and should stay that way but some things should be done about the ability to climb walls and things like that which are just plainly unfinished when it come to the AI (Pathfinding, awareness like looking through rocks and walls and stuff like that)

[Forever]

one word: pepper spray!

[Ambient King]

It would be nice to be able to throw pieces of cut meat in order to lure them away from your desired path.

[anmana]

Messaggio originale di Ambient Gamer:

It would be nice to be able to throw pieces of cut meat in order to lure them away from your desired path.

If a bear (don´t know if that works for a polar bear though) is in the path you need to go and to the right or left is an animal you could very likely go fot the kill to the left or right. There is a good chance the bear goes for your kill to eat.
Likely you don´t want to kill anything when you know for certain a bear is around (same for boars and wolfs - they will come for the feast. Not allways but often) and you want to skin the animal. Same goes for kills in front of your house. That can very well go wrong.

To acutal beeing able to make bait would be a nice thing though. Would recommend to put it there if it isn´t allready: https://icarus.featureupvote.com/ :-)

[Fried_Boba]

Messaggio originale di Mile:

Thats one hell of a wall of text you made, can you nerf that wall of text please with some paragraphs.. lmao

LOL i was thinking the same thing, i guess i was too pressed about the polar bears to care XD. at least i used grammar

[Fried_Boba]

Messaggio originale di Ambient Gamer:

It would be nice to be able to throw pieces of cut meat in order to lure them away from your desired path.

funny you say that! I actually kill deer or something to lure bears away but in the arctic theres nothing to kill so yea, that would be a great help. ESPECIALLY since bears have the best eyesight out of all the animals for some reason???