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I experienced this too when I first got the game, probably my first 10 hours. Then I realized that what speed you walk is based on how fatigued you are and how much weight you are carrying. The amount of weight you can carry without being encumbered is 66 lbs, 30 kg. And this can be increased via other means in the game, to a maximum of 88lbs, I believe 40kg? (not sure the exact math between kg and lbs) Your walking speed is also based on fatigue. The more fatigued you get, the slower you walk. But in my experiences, walking speed is mostly dependent on weight. If you're carrying 20 lbs over the "encumberment" (Is that a word? lol) threshold, it'd naturally be expected that you walk a bit slower.
Honestly, if you're not too fatigued and you're not carrying tons and tons of weight, you walk pretty fast, just about the same walking speed as any other game. I'd say walking speed starts getting effected by fatigue when you're about 30% of your meter away from empty. And even when your fatigue meter is empty, assuming you're not overweight, you still walk a decent speed.
So just manage your inventory well and you do walk pretty fast. :)
Though I can't lie, if you're walking into the wind, you're just straight up screwed. Whether you're encumbered or not, fatigued or not, walking into the wind makes you pretty slow. Same effect when you're walking away from the wind, you get boosted and walk faster . :)
I'll give it another try then. It also depends on my mood. I'm super impatient and want a rather quick success feeling when I play games. Walking slowly triggers my "Boooooooooooriiiiiiiiiiing!! Uninstall!" urges.
I also remember walking to those fisherman hut thingies for loot and it felt like crawling. But yeah, windy and snowy. 30kg+ sounds pretty good!
Honestly, it's a bad idea to rush about in this game, as running means you're more likely to attract trouble your way.
The game has a good sound mechanic, when you run, you make more noise and predators are more likely to hear you from further away and investigate you. If the see you, they'll engage, Bears have 5 main modes they can be in:
1- Sleeping. Sometimes they'll be at their den sleeping. Be careful, they can still agro on you if you're smelly, make noise or get too close.
2- walking/wandering. This is the mode you'll find them in most often. If they hear or smell you, they'll still be in this mode, but will start moving towards the spot they heard/smelled you from. If they can still smell/hear you, they'll move to the next spot and so on until they either lose track of you or see you.
3- Stalking. If they see you, they'll start stalking you. They'll begin roaring and growling in a menacing way and walk towards you. They can also ingage in these behaviors towards a wolf as well, and I've occasionally seen or heard a wolf get mauled to death by a bear if the wolf was unfortunate enough to trigger a bear charge on it.
4- Charge! This is the most dangerous situation you'll find yourself in, a bear charging right at you. If it's triggered by you getting too close, it will rear up on it's hind legs, roar, then charge. If you shoot it, and the bear's aware of your location, it will instantly charge with no warning.
5- Fear. Bears can be scared off. The surest way is to fire a flare at it from the flare gun, that's almost if not fully garenteed to get the bear off your back, even when charging, provided you don't wait until the bear struggle animation is about to start. Bears will also go into fear if they're shot and don't know where you are, or know right where you are, but can't find a route to you.
Wolves are much the same except they don't have a sleep mode. When a wolf is close enough, it will start growling at you and if you stay that close for long enough it will eventually charge. If you surprise a wolf, it may instantly charge if close enough. Any time you start aiming any weapon, a wolf that's stalking you will instantly charge. You can avoid this by using 1 of the 2 weapons you can "shoot from the hip" to try to scare the wolf away, that being the pistol and the humble rock.
Remember I mentioned the noise mechanic and how animals can hear you? Well, you can crouch walk and that will reduce your noise to a mere whisper. You can get quite close to animals without them being aware of you that way, which is both good for hunting and getting a cleaner shot, and for predator avoidance. Predators will also react to a rock landing nearby, if they can hear it, they will go to where the rock landed to investigate - you can use this to your advantage to position predators where you want them to be, either out of your path, or into a clean shot.
When all's said and done, if you need to move faster then the walk, you can run for short distances, just be aware that you're making a racket and can attract unwanted attention your way, and you're fatiguing yourself at triple normal rate, and consuming calories faster too. There's a cost to running, as there is a cost to walking, crouching and everything else in the game, and you have to make decisions and tradeoffs based on your current situation.
I can relate, lol. Sometimes I'm in an impatient mood and just want to go fast, it can be annoying sometimes. Other times, it can be quite delightful to move slower. Just depends on your mood. :)
I will play the game and try not to rush through it. Maybe playing it at night helps. When the sun is shining through my window I feel sad being alone in my room and hurry to action even more. xD
1- Summit, Timberwolf Mountain - from the plane on a clear day, you can see clear across the region, with a great view down to Crystal Lake and the mountains beyond. Absolutely breathtaking, especially when you consider it's a game.
2-Forrestry Lookout Tower, Mystery Lake. You can see almost all of the Mystery Lake region from up there, as you walk around the outside of the tower, you get a 360 view of the region. Whoever chose to place a forestry lookout tower there was brilliant. Firewatchers will spot any little puff of smoke no problem from up there!
3- Mammoth Lake, Hushed River Valley - You'll get an abuncance of great views in this remote valley. Mammoth Lake has some of my favorite, with several massive waterfalls cascading into the lake, and i f you linger too long admiring the view, there's plenty of rabbits and deer areas nearby to hunt up a meal, and a handy, warm cave on the lake, by one of the waterfalls to lay out a bedroll in.
4- Ice Caves, Hushed River Valley - One of the 2 big ice caves you can explore has a small cavern in it that glows like a neverending glowstick, and the other ice cave has a similar type of tunnel. Both are gorgeous sights to behold.
5- Bluffer near Paradise Meadows Farm, Milton - There's a frozen river running by the farm, and where the land drops off into Milton Basin, there's a huge waterfall, and along the bluffs, there's a commanding view of the Milton Basin. When I've taken care of all my survival tasks and have nothing left I need to do, I've whiled away the time taking in a sunrise or sunset from this vantage and the basin and sky light up in firey or peachy colours some days. Just beware of wolves on your way to and from this vantage point and the farm house.