Too many animals and humans everywhere

[mike.gp]

In the first few hours of the game it seemed about right (the balance), but after completing a few quests I am wandering around in the forest and there is a constant parade of animals (boars,wolves,dogs,eagles chasing you) friendly humans shouting and fighting animals or the cannibal tribe shouting and fighting at you/animals/friendlies. Too much, like far cry 4 only seemingly even worse, lol. anyone else agree? or do others enjoy so much 'busyness'.

[Shane]

I dont think that its a case of they being too many, its because they are respawn each time you re-enter the area, now if things did not respawn i dont think it would be considered to heavily populated myself

you ?

[explodingwombat]

yes, this might be an interesting proposal, that would limit the number or rare animals, and thereby making it much more of a risk when hunting rare animals

[GM Pax]

Originally posted by Ignorantly Insightful:

[...] unreal amount of jaguars in the same 100 feet.

As opposed to, maybe, fifteen or twenty in the entirety of Oros? (More realistically, only six or eight.)

The comes a time where being more realistic, detracts from the fun of a game.

[ChromaticGrey]

I agree, at one point i had waves of wolves just respawning that kept coming into the camp i was at. Got a lot of wolf skin though, lol.

I would like to be able to run around without running into animals or enemys every minute. It'd be nice if the total number was dropped a bit, so creatures were a bit more sparse. Not all the way, I think 70 percent of where it is now would feel better. And not have things spawn in your area, only when you have left the area and returned. I guess some people do like the large amount, so if it could be an option that would be great.

[[B&E] Killer Pineapple]

Once you get the Sabretooth Tiger and the riding skill it becomes pretty easy to ignore most of the jungle trash.

[Skeptik]

It's 10,000 BCE, there is literally no extinction yet. There is a plethera of animals and beasts around because man is NOT at the top of the food chain in this day and age.

[mike.gp]

Originally posted by Ignorantly Insightful:

im not saying that it is about gameplay vs realism. i think rather its hard to be immersed when there is a unreal amount of jaguars in the same 100 feet. i mean i dont know, i personally would just like a mod that just turns down encounters all the way. I agree with the number of enemies, i think when cavemen went out they would probably go in atleast groups of 3-5. And the pakcs of wolves i would like to see like 8-12. that would be cool as well. but i am just saying i think it would make the encounters more worthwhile if u saw less of them, after all it is a survival game with a huge basis around hunting, and it doesnt feel like hunting when u have deer running into you. thats my opinion.

Well said and agree. It would be more meaningful and have more impact if there was less activity. Take far cry 2, which is the other extreme, but I remember in that game running into someone in the middle of nowhere and it really impacted. It's about immersion. I think primal has great atmosphere, but about half of the encounters there are now would be a nicer balance I think.

[JIM 9000]

Originally posted by GM Pax:

Or, you know, check your Tamed Animals list, and make sure you already have it .... THEN saunter by, if you do. :D

So if you tamed a jaguar, other jaguars will ignore you?

[mike.gp]

If you tame a Lion, Jaguars and most other predators run away, including other lions.

[DeadSlash]

Originally posted by starwatcher:

In the first few hours of the game it seemed about right (the balance), but after completing a few quests I am wandering around in the forest and there is a constant parade of animals (boars,wolves,dogs,eagles chasing you) friendly humans shouting and fighting animals or the cannibal tribe shouting and fighting at you/animals/friendlies. Too much, like far cry 4 only seemingly even worse, lol. anyone else agree? or do others enjoy so much 'busyness'.

Exactly, it's almost like it's 10,000 B.C. and humans haven't killed everyhting yet.

Jokes aside, when you tame animals, stuff stops attacking you, it makes the game more playable.

[Cadfael]

It can interfere with the game mechanics however.

I spent over 6 hours trying to tame a cave bear (not the same cave bear, but just to have tamed one). Every single time I tried some rush hour event stopped the process. To be fair most of that time wa spent wandering the north seeing everything BUT cave bears spawn.

From wolves attacking as I approached to a sabre tooth coming instead of the bear, to the bear getting attacked by cannibals just as I was taming it and breaking the process. I chased a single bear for 30 minutes dodging dogs and wolves, getting trampled by yak and finally getting killed by an agro mammoth. Keystone fekking cops.

[Kershek]

Originally posted by Cadfael:

From wolves attacking as I approached to a sabre tooth coming instead of the bear, to the bear getting attacked by cannibals just as I was taming it and breaking the process. I chased a single bear for 30 minutes dodging dogs and wolves, getting trampled by yak and finally getting killed by an agro mammoth. Keystone fekking cops.

Ok, now that's funny.

[Xintar]

There could be a adjustable bar for "random events", "population", "wildlife". I guess mods for this will arise. For me I just fast travel.

[CursedPanther]

I'm playing on Expert and I really can't tell if the difficulty affects the spawn rate.

There are some quiet times alright, but when things get busy it's like an all out gang fight exactly how the OP describes it.

[in memoriam of Sharky]

I have just finished the game and I think the density of wildlife is just right and it makes the world alive what I liked but there are too many random encounter with enemy tribesmen I would have been fine with a lot less random human around Oros. But still I didn't find it annoying. After you can mount you can easily one shot these tribesmen with a spear during on your run to your next destination. :)