Effigies

[Succulent T-Shirt]

If someone has a moment can you please explain what the Effigies do? Both the ones the place and the ones we can build out of their bodies?

[RequiemsRose]

The ones already in the world when you start the game mostly just tell you those locations are important to the tribals. The ones the player can make are intended to scare off the locals, but dont always do a great job of it. The ones the enemies place later on as you are playing are a bit more debated, though its generally agreed that they at least mark where enemies have noticed player activity.

[Succulent T-Shirt]

Originally posted by RequiemsRose:

The ones already in the world when you start the game mostly just tell you those locations are important to the tribals. The ones the player can make are intended to scare off the locals, but dont always do a great job of it. The ones the enemies place later on as you are playing are a bit more debated, though its generally agreed that they at least mark where enemies have noticed player activity.

Thanks for that. So is it necessary to light the player built ones on fire to work or just having them is good enough?

[jswarpaint]

I was playing on a multiplayer server it seems having lighted and unlighted ones did not do anything the host at one time did ask where are all the mutants but then there were 5 on the server anytime we heard anything it got nailed.

Regarding the cannibal placed stuff especially perhaps the ones having skulls it seems if one starts wacking those the cannibals show up. .

In the game you cannot destroy all the enemy they keep respawning no matter what and the way the AI is whereever you are at they will come and screw with you but it seems there is a legitimate argument that there are better less intensive areas than others but .. not by much.

[RequiemsRose]

Originally posted by Salt 'N Pepper Too Spicy:

Originally posted by RequiemsRose:

The ones already in the world when you start the game mostly just tell you those locations are important to the tribals. The ones the player can make are intended to scare off the locals, but dont always do a great job of it. The ones the enemies place later on as you are playing are a bit more debated, though its generally agreed that they at least mark where enemies have noticed player activity.

Thanks for that. So is it necessary to light the player built ones on fire to work or just having them is good enough?

Lighting them on fire is supposed to make them work, though as i mentioned, they aren't actually super great at doing their job. Worth checking out, works sometimes, especially earlier in the game. I often find burning bodies for the bones to make armor a bit more useful though