Get Rid of Ichthyornis!

[Diggs]

This is an absolutely useless creature in the game! All it does is steal from you and, there is NO way of recovering what they steal, unlike pegos. And, targeting them is a ♥♥♥♥♥ so, killing them is a waste of time. They just steal from you more while you're trying to kill them. Remove them from the game. They are not needed.

[𝓝𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓫𝓸𝓲]

You know you can replace them with server settings, right?

But yeah, they are fairly annoying.

[Dalinar917]

If you are running a private server or single player, paste the following into the game.ini.

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Ichthyornis_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="")

The line above will completely disable those annoying birds in the spawners. I've also done this for the Leeds on my server as well.

Note: You'll have to do cheat destroywilddinos. Once you wipe the dinos on the server the change will take effect.

[Sicksadpanda]

While I'm fine with you disabling it, I just want to point out that they're not completely useless as they're vital for getting improved fish (used for taming Otters or Hesperonis).

But yeah, just put that code in to get rid of them.

[Diggs]

I'm on an unofficial server. Admin won't remove or, alter anything. It's annoying as hell since they've stolen so much.

[Sicksadpanda]

Then what you should do is build x plant turrets or use a ptero's barrel roll attack to kill Icthys.

[Lurid]

Or get a mod that disables the stealing aspect.

[fractalgem]

Welcome to the seagull hating club.

[Redrum]

get good kid.

[fractalgem]

Originally posted by Redrum:

get good kid.

I spend my time on a 20k hp gryphon with a 352 armor saddle (mods) and a max shotgun I can replace and I STILL think seagulls are annoying. They DIE whenever I notice them even if it's a minor inconvenience to kill em.

Sure, you can theoretically retrieve your stuff when it gets dropped...if you can find it before the despawn timer kicks in, and while that's rarely a problem for me right NOW, anyone who's got early or maybe even mid game gear then pretty much anyone not an FPS pro could well struggle to hit the tiny hitbox of said seagull (and to make matters worse I've been informed said hitbox is poorly placed)...which means they're both fending off the seagull AND trying to find their gear, gear that'll quickly go poof to a mechanic that's prettty clearly in place for meta reasons more than core game balance reasons.

To make matters worse, this mechanic is NOT behaving as intended; seagulls are only SUPPOSED to steal your fish.

"get good", you say? Get lost, I say. There is a time and place for git gud and this isn't that time.

[Elgar]

Originally posted by fractalgem:

To make matters worse, this mechanic is NOT behaving as intended; seagulls are only SUPPOSED to steal your fish.

And who decided that ? You ? Why would you be competent to decree which is an intended behavior and which is not ? As far as I'm concerned, I decree that's it's an intended behavior. 😉

Originally posted by Diggs:

This is an absolutely useless creature in the game! (...) Remove them from the game. They are not needed.

Ichthyornis is an invaluable shoulder pet with its ability to make Prime Meat and Prime fish meat available from very common creatures (dodos, lystros, coelacanths...). It makes unplanned taming in the wilderness so much easier. I use it very often.

[dazkaz]

I agree with Elgar 100%.
Ichthy's make great early shoulder pets, especialy for helping out with early tames, such as Baryonyx, by providing prime fish meat.

Use one to collect golden fish while mounted on a frog in the water. As the Ichthy brings back the golden fish, stab it with the frogs tongue, then send it out to get another. You can get loads of prime fish this way, in a very short time, and its fun!

It would be a nice addition to the game mechanics, if having one on your shoulder, (or any shoulder mounted pet) also made you immune to being attacked by other Ichthy's however.

[Elgar]

Originally posted by dazkaz:

Use one to collect golden fish while mounted on a frog in the water. As the Ichthy brings back the golden fish, stab it with the frogs tongue, then send it out to get another. You can get loads of prime fish this way, in a very short time, and its fun!

Nice tip, thank you !

[DigginTiger]

they loose aggro pretty fast if you run away.

[KingBean]

Originally posted by Dalinar917:

If you are running a private server or single player, paste the following into the game.ini.

NPCReplacements=(FromClassName="Ichthyornis_Character_BP_C",ToClassName="")

The line above will completely disable those annoying birds in the spawners. I've also done this for the Leeds on my server as well.

Note: You'll have to do cheat destroywilddinos. Once you wipe the dinos on the server the change will take effect.

BLESS

[KingBean]

Originally posted by Elgar:

Originally posted by fractalgem:

To make matters worse, this mechanic is NOT behaving as intended; seagulls are only SUPPOSED to steal your fish.

And who decided that ? You ? Why would you be competent to decree which is an intended behavior and which is not ? As far as I'm concerned, I decree that's it's an intended behavior. 😉

Originally posted by Diggs:

This is an absolutely useless creature in the game! (...) Remove them from the game. They are not needed.

Ichthyornis is an invaluable shoulder pet with its ability to make Prime Meat and Prime fish meat available from very common creatures (dodos, lystros, coelacanths...). It makes unplanned taming in the wilderness so much easier. I use it very often.

I would just spam a tamed one if it's so useful. I have lost so much good **** from these pricks