Rain Deer Difficulty...

[The Moth]

I've always had this problem when it came to rain deer [or 'walkers', as I call them], and I really feel like I'm doing something wrong. So, I grab a smoke bomb, find a walker, it leans down, I feed it the smoke bomb, I get on its antlers, ...and then it just sits there. Am I supposed to grab another smoke bomb to bait it in the direction I want it to go or something? I looked at the wiki for more information, but I either missed something or found nothing. Can somebody help me out here?

[Tat011]

Try moving (while still holding on to the antlers) in the direction you want to go, this will cause you to push him in the right direction and get him moving. If this doesn't work then you should also post this in the bug section

[Darthzz]

You're not doing anything wrong, even if you tug the antlers in the direction you want, sometimes they'll just sit and stay where they are and never move for no reason. Sometimes they'll even sit down randomly in worm grass as you're riding them, and sometimes they make a call when you throw food but they don't even appear at all for the rest of the cycle. Sometimes other deer will appear, both will bow down, and never move again.

Case and point, deers are broken. Even if the design intent was to create a creature that doesn't always have to listen to you or act as a personal bus, they more often than not do it in a really broken and glitchy way that needs to be fixed.

[The Moth]

Originally posted by miao:

You're not doing anything wrong, even if you tug the antlers in the direction you want, sometimes they'll just sit and stay where they are and never move for no reason. Sometimes they'll even sit down randomly in worm grass as you're riding them, and sometimes they make a call when you throw food but they don't even appear at all for the rest of the cycle. Sometimes other deer will appear, both will bow down, and never move again.

Case and point, deers are broken. Even if the design intent was to create a creature that doesn't always have to listen to you or act as a personal bus, they more often than not do it in a really broken and glitchy way that needs to be fixed.

Literally everything you listed happened to me as I tried to ride one after posting this discussion. ;W;

Though, luckily, eventually I fed one that wasn't broken and rode it to victory [the other side of the worm grass].

[Darthzz]

Originally posted by Luna Tenebris-Flos:

Originally posted by miao:

You're not doing anything wrong, even if you tug the antlers in the direction you want, sometimes they'll just sit and stay where they are and never move for no reason. Sometimes they'll even sit down randomly in worm grass as you're riding them, and sometimes they make a call when you throw food but they don't even appear at all for the rest of the cycle. Sometimes other deer will appear, both will bow down, and never move again.

Case and point, deers are broken. Even if the design intent was to create a creature that doesn't always have to listen to you or act as a personal bus, they more often than not do it in a really broken and glitchy way that needs to be fixed.

Literally everything you listed happened to me as I tried to ride one after posting this discussion. ;W;

Though, luckily, eventually I fed one that wasn't broken and rode it to victory [the other side of the worm grass].

Funny enough, my first playthrough I was fine with them, had perfect luck and everything. But my playthroughs afterwards... *shivers*

[The Moth]

Originally posted by miao:

Originally posted by Luna Tenebris-Flos:

Literally everything you listed happened to me as I tried to ride one after posting this discussion. ;W;

Though, luckily, eventually I fed one that wasn't broken and rode it to victory [the other side of the worm grass].

Funny enough, my first playthrough I was fine with them, had perfect luck and everything. But my playthroughs afterwards... *shivers*

Usually they're pretty okay, and I even learned how to get free rides even without feeding them. This time, however, I got very unlucky... TwT

[Yeouch]

For what it's worth, stabbing the walkers with a spear won't make them move either, when they decide to sit in place until the rain comes.

It's a bit disappointing to learn that these creatures are so unreliable and there's no known trick to deal with them. Wasting a cycle because they won't stand up at all is frustrating, especially on Hunter mode.

[Darthzz]

Originally posted by Yeouch:

For what it's worth, stabbing the walkers with a spear won't make them move either, when they decide to sit in place until the rain comes.

It's a bit disappointing to learn that these creatures are so unreliable and there's no known trick to deal with them. Wasting a cycle because they won't stand up at all is frustrating, especially on Hunter mode.

It's best to skip them until they're one day hopefully, truely fixed. Sure they don't have to ALWAYS listen to you, but they shouldn't have all these horrible glitches that make them unfun to deal with.

[The Moth]

Originally posted by miao:

Originally posted by Yeouch:

For what it's worth, stabbing the walkers with a spear won't make them move either, when they decide to sit in place until the rain comes.

It's a bit disappointing to learn that these creatures are so unreliable and there's no known trick to deal with them. Wasting a cycle because they won't stand up at all is frustrating, especially on Hunter mode.

It's best to skip them until they're one day hopefully, truely fixed. Sure they don't have to ALWAYS listen to you, but they shouldn't have all these horrible glitches that make them unfun to deal with.

Very fun thing: I'm stuck at a shelter pit-stop in between two stretches of worm grass with no escape other than the walkers. There's plenty of popcorn plants, as well as smoke bombs near the shelter. Problem is, no matter how hard I try, I can't mAKE THEM GO RIGHT. THEY ALWAYS GO LEEEFFFFFFT.

[Tat011]

Fun fact: rain deers are indestructible, you can throw them in a pit full of granades or try to drown them in a sea of leeches for maximum glitchines and they will STILL not die

[Darthzz]

Originally posted by Tat011:

Fun fact: rain deers are indestructible, you can throw them in a pit full of granades or try to drown them in a sea of leeches for maximum glitchines and they will STILL not die

They are killable, they just have a lot of health. There's even a video out there of killing one. I believe it took around 200+ spears to kill one.

[Tat011]

link? i have done tests myself and found no limit

[OwlCowl]

Originally posted by Tat011:

link? i have done tests myself and found no limit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DL4TckMvEQ

[citysootyowl]

Originally posted by OwlCowl:

Originally posted by Tat011:

link? i have done tests myself and found no limit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DL4TckMvEQ

Nice dedication!

[The Moth]

Originally posted by citysootyowl:

Originally posted by OwlCowl:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DL4TckMvEQ

Nice dedication!

It makes me wonder how long it takes for one to drown, and how many leeches to drown one. I guess I'll have to find out myself. *^*

[Tat011]

Originally posted by Luna Tenebris-Flos:

Originally posted by citysootyowl:

Nice dedication!

It makes me wonder how long it takes for one to drown, and how many leeches to drown one. I guess I'll have to find out myself. *^*

i tried, it takes A LOT of leeches and still couldn't get one to drown though it might be because it glitches out first