Hunters Camp is a disappointment

[BenchWarmer]

So I just built one of these things. I was really looking forward to seeing a villager actually hunt deer like I do.

One of my guys got the bow, quiver, and arrows and jogged off. I thought that was promising, they never jog to do any other work. He walks right up to a deer and shoots at point blank range, no kill shot. The deer ran off. That was the end of that hunting trip. My guy then walked back to camp and did something else. lol

I made the best archery guy in the camp a hunter and he went out. Saw a deer 30 yards ahead and proceeded to fire arrow after arrow 20 feet over his head. I finally killed the deer myself. He then jogged on, found another deer, did the same thing, then stopped. He was out of arrows. I sent him home.

From what I've read online, this camp doesn't work for a lot of people Does it work for you?

[Ruffio]

Just set your hunters camp to priority deers, you will have meat in plenty soon enough. Remember, its not just about archery, but hunter skill as well.

[Tanyon]

I have 3 camps in different areas and mine always work.. I have obviously had a guy get injured here and there but they usually always kill what I need them to. It's one of those things that works better when you're not watching.

[Drakonious]

I have to keep dropping priority to 0 as I get too much meat building up - fine meat stew is my goto food. Hunter camp rocks it solved my food issue straight away.

[Artur]

Also have problem with hunting camps after last update.
If I set my hunters to hold ground, they always get killed by bandits, so never bring anything and always dead.
If I turn it off, they run to wolf or boar, see him, then ran away.
Repeating it until 10 o'clock, then going to sleep.

Worked fine before.

[Tanyon]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Artur:

Also have problem with hunting camps after last update.
If I set my hunters to hold ground, they always get killed by bandits, so never bring anything and always dead.
If I turn it off, they run to wolf or boar, see him, then ran away.
Repeating it until 10 o'clock, then going to sleep.

Worked fine before.

Well then I would clear out the camps that are spawning the bandits or get them better armor so they can defend better?

[Artur]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Tanyon:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Artur:

Also have problem with hunting camps after last update.
If I set my hunters to hold ground, they always get killed by bandits, so never bring anything and always dead.
If I turn it off, they run to wolf or boar, see him, then ran away.
Repeating it until 10 o'clock, then going to sleep.

Worked fine before.

Well then I would clear out the camps that are spawning the bandits or get them better armor so they can defend better?

You talking about late game options. I'm saying it worked fine in early game before the update.
Not sure what they changed though.

[Tanyon]

Late game options? Clearing out the T1 and T2 bandit camps is late game? Where is your hunting lodge? Mine is east of Padstow by the lake and I killed all the bandits around that area eons ago.

[Artur]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Tanyon:

Late game options? Clearing out the T1 and T2 bandit camps is late game? Where is your hunting lodge? Mine is east of Padstow by the lake and I killed all the bandits around that area eons ago.

Mine was near the river.
Close to big bandit camp.
But anyway, clearing all bandit camps just to make hunting lodge work, is not a great solution.
Especially, and I'm repeating this third time, it worked before the update.

[Ruffio]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Artur:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Tanyon:

Late game options? Clearing out the T1 and T2 bandit camps is late game? Where is your hunting lodge? Mine is east of Padstow by the lake and I killed all the bandits around that area eons ago.

Mine was near the river.
Close to big bandit camp.
But anyway, clearing all bandit camps just to make hunting lodge work, is not a great solution.
Especially, and I'm repeating this third time, it worked before the update.

Bandits kill wildelife too. So clearing the bandits, also give you access to more things to hunt.

[Tanyon]

Correct the more camps you clear the more animals there are.

[BenchWarmer]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Tanyon:

It's one of those things that works better when you're not watching.

So what you're saying is that the devs are doing something in the background that magically makes meat appear in storage. The hunters aren't actually killing anything. That is not good to hear.

[Tanyon]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย BenchWarmer:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Tanyon:

It's one of those things that works better when you're not watching.

So what you're saying is that the devs are doing something in the background that magically makes meat appear in storage. The hunters aren't actually killing anything. That is not good to hear.

I don't know for sure.. all I know is that when I watched them in person I noticed kind of what you did.. When I watch them on the map I see them moving around and going places.. when I TP to one of the three outposts that have them I see them running off with their bows.. all I know is they kill stuff and I have enough meat, fur, hide, pelts and feathers to last a lifetime or two.

[tamu1997]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย BenchWarmer:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Tanyon:

It's one of those things that works better when you're not watching.

So what you're saying is that the devs are doing something in the background that magically makes meat appear in storage. The hunters aren't actually killing anything. That is not good to hear.

no, they are killing spawned animals. you can both see it on the map and "in person", and the animal corpse stays for a few minutes.