I just got killed by a single dog

[Oganesson.z118 👑]

I just got killed by a single dog.

I had just spent 1.5hrs (real time) practising in the training ring.

I had good heavy armour, shortsword, shield.

I don't feel like I had a chance to hit it, it just mauled me to death... chewed straight through the chainmail and plate like it wasn't there i guess

All progress lost...

[ArmedTerror]

Sorry to hear that. I hate dogs. For the future, when the dog sinks his jaws into you, mashing the attack and "Q" button seems to work well to get them off real quick. This is probably dependent upon Henry's strength stat as well. Not to sure about that, but it seems to be the case. I've lost a lot of progress to not saving after long playtimes as well. This game can be brutal. Always keep some schnapps on you and use it regularly. Once you get your drinking skill high enough you can get some perks to counteract the drunkenness.

[DargonBlak]

i hate dogs too. they unbalance the game.

if you engage them with melee, they latch on and drain ur stamina - and if you don't get them off quickly, it's over. (gotta mash buttons as Terror mentions - it does work).

now, when i hear a dog, i switch to my bow since it sort of forces a glitch - the dogs don't latch on and become static when they attack, and ur not camera locked to them, so u can still move...

So, with the bow equipped, i move backwards continuously, and shoot arrows until they die - early game can require more than 1 arrow, so always plan on needing another shot.

[Insomec]

I actually agree with you and the comment above, dogs can be a pain to deal with and the soft lock is such an inconvenience I hope they remove it in 2.

But like save the dodgam game! So many people here getting upset when they lose progress but all you had to do was sleep at the inn or drink a schnapps before you headed out the big city to get mauled by a dog in the first ten mins.

[CapitalTeeth]

Dogs are indeed a pretty sore spot in this game. It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't stupid difficult to hit sometimes. I hope KCD2 addresses this.

[Radzig]

Originally posted by ArmedTerror:

Sorry to hear that. I hate dogs. For the future, when the dog sinks his jaws into you, mashing the attack and "Q" button seems to work well to get them off real quick. This is probably dependent upon Henry's strength stat as well. Not to sure about that, but it seems to be the case. I've lost a lot of progress to not saving after long playtimes as well. This game can be brutal. Always keep some schnapps on you and use it regularly. Once you get your drinking skill high enough you can get some perks to counteract the drunkenness.

Does it count as a clentch when they sink teeth?

[ArmedTerror]

Originally posted by Radzig:

Originally posted by ArmedTerror:

Sorry to hear that. I hate dogs. For the future, when the dog sinks his jaws into you, mashing the attack and "Q" button seems to work well to get them off real quick. This is probably dependent upon Henry's strength stat as well. Not to sure about that, but it seems to be the case. I've lost a lot of progress to not saving after long playtimes as well. This game can be brutal. Always keep some schnapps on you and use it regularly. Once you get your drinking skill high enough you can get some perks to counteract the drunkenness.

Does it count as a clentch when they sink teeth?

I am not 100% sure, but it does seem to require the same button mashing that clenches do, so my guess would be yes. I had a much harder time getting out of a dogs grip in the early game when my strength was low.

[Toutius Sextius]

LOL