Forest Keepers need a nerf

[Jort]

Forest Keepers are so overwhelmingly annoying to deal with. They have egregious radius for aggro on sound. I dint mind them being the big scary monster that means death if you ♥♥♥♥ up. But at some point it just gets more annoying than terrifying to deal with. Its a rage inducer instead of a fun moment for me n my friends. My opinion is just adjust the radius of hearing so that way i don't need to way till hes 60 plus meters away and out of sight to be able to walk normally.

[Kyrain]

Maybe instead of running around try this:
Sneak and be silent, they have great eyesight wich if you play the game like a stealth game and use your natural cover as advantage as much as possible you should be a okay

[Jamesinator]

I've played many games and used a boombox with like 3 of them nearby, they can't hear. But they have 20/20 vision and if they see you it's over. I think what the dev should do is make more monsters, then spread them across the different planets. So the forest keeper is only on moons with forests, cause it doesn't make sense seeing them on the rocky or winterlike moons.

[Kag]

ive definitely used a ship horn to lure a forest giant soo

[KHAOS]

they mainly rely on sight from what i seen and the bestiary also says they act like toddlers so obviously if they see you they'll just gravitate towards you plus since i'm sure they're deaf they can probably feel vibrations in the ground. The forest keepers aren't really that annoying or hard to deal with, that's why they have stun guns and stun grenades in game but tbh it pisses them off when you use the stun gun on them.

[OmegaBlackZero]

So I went to Rend and hung out in the cabin outside the ship during an Eclipse. The Giants didn't response to sound at all. It wasn't until I was in line of sight did they actively try to attack me. Did you know they can open doors? Can't walk through them, but they can open them. Also, they can reach through the cabin windows, as that was how I died in the end.
I think the main issue here is that you aren't really seeing any counter play. Stun grenades are pretty much it. Blinds them so you can get away. Would be nice if pro flashlights would blind them temporarily if there was any more common method to counter them.
(Fun Fact: that cabin has a light switch in the back room!)

[OmegaBlackZero]

Originally posted by Polar Test 53:

bruh doesn't the log in the bestiary itself say they rely mostly on sight?
bestiary tells you how to deal with every monster. not directly but theres tons of hints.
it even says they act like a toddler and will put anything they see into their mouth so they may be other ways to distract it maybe they will stop to eat large items idk. i haven't experimented much with that yet.

Maybe dropping another player's body would work?

[PrvlgdWhtBoy]

Clearly we're all playing different games because the ship horn has always attracted the keepers in my games. If you're on Titan, the forest giants have ridiculous vertical line of sight they aggro onto you before you even go down the ladder, and even if you try the other side, another forest giant is watching the other set of stairs. I have hid behind trees, very big ones where it isn't even questionable that I was behind them, and next thing I know the forest keeper is aggroed onto me and I never even saw them but they somehow see me. On top of all this, the ways you can deal with the giants are nullified because there are also 3 eyeless dogs patrolling.

The game is absolutely fun and you shouldn't take it too seriously but keep in mind, the only counter to the coil head is looking at it, and if you leave, it'll immediately aggro onto the next person no matter how far they away, there is no trapping them or anything you're ♥♥♥♥♥♥, God forbid the coil head doesn't spawn at the entrance. Jesters there is no counter except leave, but if you are too far into the map you're dead so you're punished for exploring. Thumpers WOULD be fine if their movement wasn't so ♥♥♥♥♥ and instead they just have wall hacks and I have multiple clips of them turning and NOT slowing down if not straight up going through walls at supersonic speed. The Ooze will camp the entrances. Eyeless dogs are great but they sometimes endlessly go into dive mode and its just annoying to hear them roaring for the rest of the game. Game is great but it's called Early Access for a reason.

[SetoEcho]

They should not be able to see clearly in the fog, it makes it impossible to avoid them since you can't tell if they are looking at you or not.

[M∀LICE]

sounds like a skill issue

[SeeMyEvil]

my only issue is you get ducked evining trying to use the info. i was far away. from the ship pron. hinding betwean to large rock. as my team mate was traped in the ship. one of the two went right for me. line of sight my as,s

[Mika]

Originally posted by Nexmas0:

If so many people are saying the Forest Keepers are deaf, and you seem to be the only one saying they can hear, you're probably wrong.

Forest Keepers have good hearing, they dont rush you, but they investigate the spot where the sound came from, so yes, they can actually hear

[Mika]

Originally posted by gabgab01:

Originally posted by Andygil:

Please take 5 minutes to go into a game to be proven incorrect

bro.
i don't know how much more i can do. if you want to believe that forest keepers aren't deaf, then i can't change that.
if i try to make any sort of proof, you're either gonna tell me that the proof was doctored, or that i modded my game to make them deaf.

i can't cure skill issue. sry. feel free to believe in a lie you told yourself for the rest of your life, idc.

Well you did not look much into the game apparently, because they can hear. If you can´t tell "Investigating" and "Aggro" apart, then that is your problem. They investigate the Loud horn too, similiar items and your voice too. Apparently you care if you sound so upset about it.