How to become a hunter and start harvesting T-Rexes

[Evil Dead]

1. forget about .700 double barrel. its for dumb cheaters with 100round stacks
2. get a shotgun (2 shotguns is better)
3. get camo (merc navy tho)
4. kill T-Rex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ihTX2KC6XE

ADD 17Jan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiQ1izhz3jA

Haters gonna hate

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=376711903

Triplekill
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=377809093

ADD 20Jan:
not too accurate shooting
http://youtu.be/NCKhxIr4KJ4

and special for rednecks
http://youtu.be/i2_wothRMXM

BTW, i deleted this piece of ... you know what.
so no more vids

[krawll]

Ok i have to hand it to you man, that was pretty cool.

I'm no newb, i have about 20 t-rex kills under my belt , well over 400 raptor kills and nearly 30 triceratops kills .

That video impressed even me hehe. I can fight a t-rex any day, heck i even fought 2 and won but those two t-rex kills were the quickest t-rex kills i've seen so far .

I knew it could be done , i just hadn't seen it done yet. Never thought to use walls like you did to get close to them.

So good job man.


I'm actually in the process of rendering a tutorial video to teach people how to hunt raptors right now as i'm writting this . I'm glad our vids are covering different aspects of the game :D

[N00b4lyfe]

Wow, that was pretty lame, hope this exploit gets patched.

[krawll]

Originally posted by Chaotikizm:

Wow, that was pretty lame, hope this exploit gets patched.

Why would you call this an exploit ?

Why should 2 shots in the heart be considered an exploit ?

I call it strategy , he used the wall to hide himself from sight but he attracked the t-rex by making a bit of noise while moving . Waited for the t-rex to show himself and then took him by surprise with two shots in the heart before the t-rex even knew what was going on .

There is no exploit there , that was nothing other than a smart move.

There are no rules that say that a T-Rex should take over 20 shots to kill . Shooting any animal in the heart will kill it , both in TheHunter and in TheHunter: Primal .

I don't see how the devs could release a patch to make it impossible to do something like this .
A hit in the heart is a hit in the heart , period.

EDIT: Ok i admit i had not watched the entire video when i posted this . I can see how sneaking up to a t-rex and managing to move from right under his feet might seem like an exploit . But then again , the t-rex is a large animal with limited mobility. I mean not a very flexible animal , he can't really turn fast so ... I guess i agree that t-rex AI should be improved but i still wouldn't consider this an exploit.

I guess they could make it so that getting stomped on should damage you or even kill you. And they could also make it so that , if a t-rex is unable to bite a player that is laying right under him, the t-rex should move away, turn around and then charge the player .

But even then people will find ways to kill a t-rex quick .

[Evil Dead]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=374384808

this exploit called "understanding of their behavior"

nonetheless i often killed by trex cuz of strange movements and other accidental things

[N00b4lyfe]

We understand that the rex cannot attack unless its in a charge. Sitting underneath it so close that it cannot visably see you and the reach of its head extends out past your position, while it obviously knows your there as its in the stance right before the charge seems like an exploit to me. So it knows you're there... and cannot react to you other than spinning, leaving it quite defenseless as your in prime position to hit it point blank in its vitals, negating any need to aim or any reason to fear the beast isn't exploitive?
I understand your defensive position and will to reason that this takes skill, or is working as intended, but I beg to differ.

[Jaglet]

I like it that took nerve to even figure out hahaha how often does it backfire on you??

[ita]

Originally posted by Old No.7:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=374384808

this exploit called "understanding of their behavior"

nonetheless i often killed by trex cuz of strange movements and other accidental things

You have died more times from "natural" causes than from the dinos??? Are you trying to cook them meat on the volcano??
Those first 2 rex's... well played indeed! :) And hey, don't talk bad of my fav weapon! The .700 feels like I'm on a safari! lol

[Evil Dead]

Originally posted by Chaotikizm:

We understand that the rex cannot attack unless its in a charge. Sitting underneath it so close that it cannot visably see you and the reach of its head extends out past your position, while it obviously knows your there as its in the stance right before the charge seems like an exploit to me. So it knows you're there... and cannot react to you other than spinning, leaving it quite defenseless as your in prime position to hit it point blank in its vitals, negating any need to aim or any reason to fear the beast isn't exploitive?
I understand your defensive position and will to reason that this takes skill, or is working as intended, but I beg to differ.

there is more than one way to get close to rex for heartshot and it is shown on first two rexes.
luring, ambushing, chasing, dancing around a tree, etc
but for people who are afraid of trex will come down this way to get started

[Babalonkie]

it was some nice kills, but it is exploiting the AI and animation, lets be honest. The trex saw you but the AI did not go into attack fast enough. A real trex would of no doubt got him as he approached, a rex can flex you know lol.

Other than that a good video.

[N00b4lyfe]

I just fired up the game to see what I could do. I had a death from raptors picking on me and decided to strip to nothing but a bow. You don't even need camo to enguage a rex any more. If you sucsessfully sidestep a rex once hes boned. You can catch up to it wearing nothing at all before it can ready another charge and you've checkmated him. I hit him once with an arrow and sent him fleeing. 40-50% health left on the first blood track. I'm in dismay, this is game shattering.

[Evil Dead]

Originally posted by Babalonkie:

A real trex would of no doubt got him as he approached, a rex can flex you know lol.

real trex cant bite through concrete wall, isnt it? =)
if its exploit and it will be fixed, we figure out how to kill them anyway

and another couple of rexes without "exploits"
1. chasing and terrible aiming =)
2. accidental ambush
http://youtu.be/vhoxv3ritn4
is it exploiting too?

[Babalonkie]

Originally posted by Old No.7:

Originally posted by Babalonkie:

A real trex would of no doubt got him as he approached, a rex can flex you know lol.

real trex cant bite through concrete wall, isnt it? =)
if its exploit and it will be fixed, we figure out how to kill them anyway

and another couple of rexes without "exploits"
1. chasing and terrible aiming =)
2. accidental ambush
http://youtu.be/vhoxv3ritn4
is it exploiting too?

What has the concrete wall got to do with running infront of a trex? and then running under its head and then to its side, taking aim and firing a couple of shots with a slow weapon whilst the trex does a tap dance for 10 seconds?

Look up the definition of exploit. The rex's AI dont know what to do, so theres a delay before the next animation script. A real animal reacts and does not have a mind fart like this AI, even if it was scared it would freeze rather than judder. The player has adapted to this problem and used it... hence exploit. Its a fine line between adaptation skill and a exploit. The later utilises something that shouldnt be there.

Yes player will adapt, but hopefully in the future, not using AI exploit. Do i have a problem with this? Not really, the player has adapted as i expect anyone to do, but the dev team must fix this.

[Wim ten Brink]

Seems to me that you have quite good camouflage. I've noticed that the Noble clothing provides a very good camo bonus and when fully dressed in noble camo, you tend to be invisible for most dino's, even if you move a bit. Which makes sense, because that's what the clothing is for.
And the shotgun happens to be very effective at short distances. The .308 and the .700 are better suited for longer distances. The .44 pistol can also be effective but its loud and attracts the T-Rex.

[Evil Dead]

Originally posted by Babalonkie:

Yes player will adapt, but hopefully in the future, not using AI exploit. Do i have a problem with this? Not really, the player has adapted as i expect anyone to do, but the dev team must fix this.

if they deem it as exploit.
what are we arguing about?
in the game "human vs lizard" i bet human.
and i have to say more - its simulated lizard.
so we will always adapt and nerds will call it an exploit.

Originally posted by wimtenbrink:

Seems to me that you have quite good camouflage.

if you are not in sight, it doesnt matter what camo you wear. but its does if rex is moving towards you.

Originally posted by wimtenbrink:

The .44 pistol can also be effective but its loud and attracts the T-Rex.

i use .44 for luring rexes =)

[Wim ten Brink]

Originally posted by Old No.7:

Originally posted by wimtenbrink:

Seems to me that you have quite good camouflage.

if you are not in sight, it doesnt matter what camo you wear. but its does if rex is moving towards you.

True. But the camo also works against the raptors that you don't see. :-)

Originally posted by Old No.7:

Originally posted by wimtenbrink:

The .44 pistol can also be effective but its loud and attracts the T-Rex.

i use .44 for luring rexes =)

When hunting T-Rexes in a group, I would often shoot with the .44 first to lure the T-Rex closer. I'd be the bait luring the T-Rex closer to my friends so they can shoot a few times too. Killed three T-Rexes that way.
But I prefer to hunt the triceratops instead. Preferably for a one-shot kill, which means you have to lure them with the crawler and crawl very close towards them to shoot them in the heart.