Dire wolves are weak? Need armor?

[Fen]

I had a 120+ Direwolf that I tamed and got it up to 3 k heath. Yet, it got chewed up and spat out by nearly everything. Everything just chewed though it's health like it was nothing. I really wish there was a saddle at least so they'd have SOME protection.

(on a side note i hate alphas. A level 8 raptor killed my Direwolf after appearing out of no where, chasing me down and killing me. Apparently they NEVER give up a chase. They might get distracted but they continue looking for you forever. So you can't ever escape them....Not really fair...)

Edit: Forget the Alpha. It is what it is!
The main point is we need armor since they die to eaily in general!

[Alex]

I took 2 direwolves out last night one at 185 and one at 145 and they tore apart everything i set them on... the 185 is at 1000% melee and 3k health and managed to solo kill a level 12 alpha raptor within 10 or so attacks.. so yeah they might be a little bit soft but they pack a hell of a punch, stat your wolf right and dont expect it to be a tank. its a pack animal. use it as one.

[Ultimate Fury]

Alex eredeti hozzászólása:

I took 2 direwolves out last night one at 185 and one at 145 and they tore apart everything i set them on... the 185 is at 1000% melee and 3k health and managed to solo kill a level 12 alpha raptor within 10 or so attacks.. so yeah they might be a little bit soft but they pack a hell of a punch, stat your wolf right and dont expect it to be a tank. its a pack animal. use it as one.

exactly, I had the same experience as you.

OP may also be playing on a server with modified damage and resistance values as well

[Shashu]

Yep its a pack animal... therfor its faster to tame and has no armor becus there stronger in a pack... stop thinking that every dino will be OP alone.

[Guard Dog]

My server has had two 170+ direwolves die due to the squishyness of them. But I really think they put them in situations they shouldn't have. They were all 120 kibble tamed, mine is still alive now at 180, with leveling it in health its been able to survive what killed the others, but this has taken me to spend a lot of levels in it's health.
I think while you're still leveling them you need to have other dinos with you, a lone wolf is a dead wolf. Either have other high levels wolves with you or do what I do and have my sabertooth cat with me while leveling.
Yes they are squishy. But it can be worked with. Just take care of the pups, be careful.

[Jmee]

Alex eredeti hozzászólása:

so yeah they might be a little bit soft but they pack a hell of a punch, stat your wolf right and dont expect it to be a tank. its a pack animal. use it as one.

They do take a lot of damage due to having no Armor, but they also seem to gain a ton per stat point. I've leveled mine up a bit more, and I've got him to 7327 HP and 1134% damage... it's insane, and very much outstrips the Saber I had of almost the same level. 1.0 difficulty/resistances, nothing like that modded, either.
And their sprint-jump is decent enough to where you don't need to waste points in Movement, really, unless you just have to have more speed.

Personally, after this, I think the Saber could definitely use some revisiting / TLC... both statwise, and model-wise, the fur on the Direwolf puts its model to shame. Especially when the Saber has that hunchback that's supposed to be a mane.

[Fen]

Semi-AutoMagic Dagon eredeti hozzászólása:

My server has had two 170+ direwolves die due to the squishyness of them. But I really think they put them in situations they shouldn't have. They were all 120 kibble tamed, mine is still alive now at 180, with leveling it in health its been able to survive what killed the others, but this has taken me to spend a lot of levels in it's health.
I think while you're still leveling them you need to have other dinos with you, a lone wolf is a dead wolf. Either have other high levels wolves with you or do what I do and have my sabertooth cat with me while leveling.
Yes they are squishy. But it can be worked with. Just take care of the pups, be careful.

Im pretty sure this is what I'll have to do. The alpha was just terrible, TERRIBLE luck. But I'll get a pack before I go out again, or bring my rex along.

[leefnmajors]

Gonna hold judgements until I get a pack of them, but that was my first thought once I realized you ride them bareback. Saddle armor is a big deal for mounts.

[Anodin]

I always get some passive levels on my new takes or run with my cats following. Going to wait until I get my wolf leveled some before passing judgement.

[Satori]

Digital Aura eredeti hozzászólása:

Its a dog. A wild dog. Pit a dinosaur vs. a dog, i dont care if its just a raptor even... The dog should lose.
The exception is a pack of wild dogs. Then MAYBE they can take down a mammoth or a carno. But cmon. Can you imagine the griping if Fido could take down T -Rex? This place would be worse than it is

this isn't a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ "fido" lol this is a prehistoric super wolf

[BurlsoL]

Shashu eredeti hozzászólása:

Yep its a pack animal... therfor its faster to tame and has no armor becus there stronger in a pack... stop thinking that every dino will be OP alone.

This. The advantage of using wolves is that they are fairly easy to tame and can just cluster around whatever it is that is trying to eat you without needing to make and move around saddles. This makes them a good alternative to raptors when making a push into snow or desert areas when you really aren't wanting to drag a full entourage of your own tames to that area. Find a small pack, bola them, tranq them, throw meat at them, and boom, you have a quick means to defend against most everything else that spawns in that area.

[Hauler Bob]

Wolves hunt in packs, not alone.

[swmark78]

The point of an Alpha Raptor is to run down and kill Raptor/Saber/Dire Wolf sized mounts. Yet the OP is shocked.

No, the Dire Wolf doesn't need armor. They hit hard for their size, but are a little squishy. It's called balancing. You need to learn the game.

[Anubis]

BaconFlavorD eredeti hozzászólása:

3k health isn't really that much thee days. It was an alpha raptor and you didn't stay and fight, there was no possible way you were outrunning it. Never tame a wolf by itself, they are almost infinitely better with a pack, and when the alpha is implemented it will be even better

You still think they going to do the Apha Wolf? I have heard no more on it for so long...

[LouSpowells]

Comparing a Saber to a Dire Wolf is reasonable, but comparing their unique characteristics and requesting them to be the same conflicts with the idea of having multiple tools at your disposal.

There are things that Dire Wolves excel at, and there are things that Sabers excel at. There are ALSO a lot of common traits between the two. Think of it like a Venn Diagram. Both have similar functions and abilities and share a lot of traits, but each has a couple unique benefits that the other doesn't.

The trick about this game is learning the unique features of different dinos, and using them to your advantage. If you want to ride wolves, keep two+ on follow to get the pack boost. If you want sabers, one will do, but two if you want a mate boost. Each will have a purpose, and the purpose will be dependent on the situation.

...requesting that both be made the same (ie: "Give Wolves more armor to make them as strong as Sabers) will decrease the variety and leave us with a bunch of differently skinned dinos that do the same thing.

[Kraken:1]

Anubis eredeti hozzászólása:

You still think they going to do the Apha Wolf? I have heard no more on it for so long...

You guys, and this guy in particular, do realise that this thread was created like the week that wolves got introduced and people were still figuring them out, right?