wolves

[Xepheon]

I am trapped in a house surrounded by wolves. it used to be that if you logged out in this situation it was insta kill.... is this still the case? I have nothing I can do except die of starvation in this house. they wont go away and they dont fight zombies anymore like they used to (LAME)

[ast]

no insta kill but expect them to be around soon again next time you log in.

[SERGEANT]

When this happens to me I always start blasting wolves through the windows. They already have me trapped and are advertising my position so there is no point in hunkering down (that's the worst thing you can do). The gunshots will also draw every zombie in town to your location which is beneficial. Not only will they disburse the wolf pack some by engaging them, they will force other players near you to defend themselves, which gives up their position as well.

[tyber_gsk]

If you have a knife or hatchet you need to kill 3, rest of them will run off.

[Xepheon]

Originally posted by SERGEANT:

When this happens to me I always start blasting wolves through the windows. They already have me trapped and are advertising my position so there is no point in hunkering down (that's the worst thing you can do). The gunshots will also draw every zombie in town to your location which is beneficial. Not only will they disburse the wolf pack some by engaging them, they will force other players near you to defend themselves, which gives up their position as well.

When wolves were first introduced a while back (before the 1.0 release) they were much harder to fight and they were DEADLY. If you heard the howling you knew you were screwed... I assumed they were still strong and I had 4 bullets for my gun so I figured fighting them was out of the question.... Also, when wolves first got into dayz if you got trapped in a house and logged out youd be a fresh spawn when you logged back in so I was in a tough spot... I couldnt log out and I couldnt fight (because I thought it was the same as before)

I decided to just let one in at a time and kill it.. So I opened the door and realized that there was a wolf on top of the shed in the yard, and two wolves on top of the house i was in. Then I realized the wolves are mentally challenged, it was laughable. Their path finding was bad, their attack pattern was bad and I never got hit despite them lunging at me a couple times.

So three wolves got themselves stuck on roofs just because of poor AI, then I opened the door to let one in and it took a while, I just sat by the door and they would stare at me and run off, then come back... FINALLY one waltzes right in, walks past me and into a different room where I easily lock him it. I decided I wanted to see how hard itd be to kill the one I had isolated inside so I took my pickaxe and killed it with one hit. One single hit. When I got into the room with the wolf it didnt make any effort to attack me either. It turned to look at me and accepted its fate lol. I realized that these wolves are much easier to kill so then I go back to the front door and decide to step out to lure the wolves closer to the door but they arent really attacking me.

Finally I got fed up and I decided to just ditch out the back door and I was able to just go out the back door and walk to the next houses and continue looting lol. . there were still 3-4 in the yard of that house but they didnt follow me.... yet.

I got a few houses down and finally two wolves catch up and they were easy to kill. I used my pickaxe and fought both at the same time. Really not as scary as i thought haha


Such a relief though.. Thank you for your reply

[ast]

pickaxe is the best melee weapon (or shovel for hunting players )

[Xepheon]

Originally posted by ast:

pickaxe is the best melee weapon (or shovel for hunting players )

Is it really? I assumed it would be the firefighter axe or chopping axe...
Thats crazy. Now I feel dumb for swapping it out for an axe :/

[ast]

pickaxe is a (nearly) guaranteed 1hit kill on zeds and wolves.
shovel is a (nearly) guaranteed 1hit knockout on other players.
axe isn't bad either, especially if you have much to chop.

but with a pickaxe looting a town is a walk in the park (apart from other players).

[Luca NK]

Speaking for myself, the ultimate melee weapon will always be the knife. Two well aimed slashes are usually enough to take down a Zed, swings much quicker and most importantly, doesn't take up a precious weapon slot.

I guess it depends on playstyles and a favorite loadout instead of another, I usually consider myself fully geared with a .308/7.62 mmR and a close quarter secondary, most times a shotgun or a suppressed SMG, so no room for bulky axes.

[ast]

Originally posted by Luca NK:

Speaking for myself, the ultimate melee weapon will always be the knife. Two well aimed slashes are usually enough to take down a Zed, swings much quicker and most importantly, doesn't take up a precious weapon slot.

I guess it depends on playstyles and a favorite loadout instead of another, I usually consider myself fully geared with a .308/7.62 mmR and a close quarter secondary, most times a shotgun or a suppressed SMG, so no room for bulky axes.

I just like how they fall after one swing.

[Luca NK]

Originally posted by ast:

I just like how they fall after one swing.

Oh yeah, as they are running towards you and you time the swing perfectly. Like playing baseball...

I enjoy the axe while in the process of gearing up, I always go for a fireaxe if I'm close to the station, but I'll ditch it with no regrets as soon as I need the second slot.

[ast]

agreed, a fireaxe looks cooler (and is maybe also more versatile) and yeah, if you prefer going lightweight a combat knife is more than sufficient.

[Chaoslink]

Originally posted by Luca NK:

Speaking for myself, the ultimate melee weapon will always be the knife. Two well aimed slashes are usually enough to take down a Zed, swings much quicker and most importantly, doesn't take up a precious weapon slot.

I guess it depends on playstyles and a favorite loadout instead of another, I usually consider myself fully geared with a .308/7.62 mmR and a close quarter secondary, most times a shotgun or a suppressed SMG, so no room for bulky axes.

I mean, carrying a woodcutting axe in the backpack isn’t too bad. A lot of times people seem to carry things that are very unnecessary. Like food. Most always, you should just eat it.

[Luca NK]

Originally posted by Chaoslink:

I mean, carrying a woodcutting axe in the backpack isn’t too bad. A lot of times people seem to carry things that are very unnecessary. Like food. Most always, you should just eat it.

Thing is, if I can help it, I won't use a backpack ;-)

[Finn ™]

wolves AI is pretty bad, you can easily kill and dodge them by doing 180° contantly, don't know why so afraid of them.