How are you supposed to deal with Forest Keepers?

[Patty]

They just seem to camp the ship and they outrun the players.

[King]

That's the neat part, you don't!

Same issue with eyeless dogs. THey seem to be perma-aggro'd on the last place they heard a player, so they'll just keep lunging around an area forever, and if they last heard someone at the door to the ship they will just lunge around the entrance and even into the ship until they kill someone.

[mocha]

Originally posted by Patty:

They just seem to camp the ship and they outrun the players.

good question,
to answer your question, the answer is:

[lollars]

stun grenade can stun them and you can save the player but i dont think you can do much beside that

[Avoca]

Die and embrace it

[rip assenal]

if you have 2+ ask someone to bait him at chasing after them. It just works

[David]

In no particular order
1. Teleporter and bait with someone with zero items
2. Drop all and sprint
3. Approach the ship from the angle the giant is on the opposite side of (optional: use radio comms to locate the giant via someone inside the ship)
4. Lure to an exit, and leave via a different exit or after it's lost aggro
5. Stun/flashbang

[Patty]

Originally posted by Sigurd:

In no particular order
1. Teleporter and bait with someone with zero items
2. Drop all and sprint
3. Approach the ship from the angle the giant is on the opposite side of (optional: use radio comms to locate the giant via someone inside the ship)
4. Lure to an exit, and leave via a different exit or after it's lost aggro
5. Stun/flashbang

They seem to outrun you even if you drop all items. Also even if you lure them away they just seem to come back again.

[Christinson]

You can hide under the catwalk around the ship, then maneuver your way around and finesse your way onto the ship if all else fails. Alternatively, giants can't grab you on top of the ship.

Pro tip: being on the catwalk or on top of the ship as it takes off will teleport you inside right before you reach orbit, so you can safely stay up there as long as you have someone to take off/can wait until midnight for autopilot.

[Razaah !!!!]

The supposedly react to the laser pointer too.

[Magnate]

Ideal way is to mostly bait them into a location and teleport away.

Since they tend to camp areas where they last saw player, they’re deaf but have good sight so you have to remain out of line of sight when one is patrolling.

Technically you can kill them via the sand worm if you lead them into one.
But they’re rare to find on maps like offense and Assurance.

Originally posted by Razaah !!!!:

The supposedly react to the laser pointer too.

They don’t, I don’t think there’s even been any relation found in the code from what I’ve heard.

[David]

Originally posted by Patty:

They seem to outrun you even if you drop all items. Also even if you lure them away they just seem to come back again.

They can spot you from really far away, and give off several warning signs that they've spotted you, so if you start sprinting away from them at that point you can get away and even lose aggro sometimes. I've done it and seen it done many times personally. They are definitely faster than the player but that doesn't mean they can't be juked.

You just need enough distance and be able to get somewhere you can break LOS and/or aggro with them permanently.

I've also outran them many times in the last sprint to the ship, just try not to be spotted until you're already close enough to jump on. Or use one of the other 3-4 methods.

[Razaah !!!!]

Originally posted by Jackpot:

[...] they’re deaf but have good hearing so you have to remain out of line of sight when one is patrolling.[...]

Originally posted by Razaah !!!!:

The supposedly react to the laser pointer too.

They don’t, I don’t think there’s even been any relation found in the code from what I’ve heard.

I am sure you wanted to say that they have great eyesight. :D

In v0.40 i tried to lure one away so i walked somewhat close so that i could be teleported in while running.
I tried yelling, jumping and generally be in its vision but it took almost 2 minutes for it to finally notice me (uWu) AND it came right back to the ships entrance after it lost sight of me due to me being teleported.

I dont know how they got changed in 0.45 but they are a pain to deal with due to being somehwat unpredictable so i can understand the frustration.
Its a shame the laserpointer doesnt work. It would definetly fit with that particular creature just like how it would be cool to use the boombox against the dogs which... somehow doesnt work or only works if you carry the damn box.

[Qua2ar]

Dodge them 4head.

[Patty]

I guess my point kind of is, once they find the ship the run is kind of over because you are not going to be able to get loot back inside.

[GDani]

Try to avoid forest maps until you have stun grenades. There really isn't a way to counter them (without teamwork or expensive items like the teleporter) other than to get lucky with the map and find hiding spots.