Speed stat is best stat

[Vixtricity]

I have created many wolves during my plays of WolfQuest, and learned that having high Speed is BY FAR the best way to go. If your strength is too high you are very slow and can barely catch up to anything without stopping and stalking every 10 seconds. If you have high Staminia, it doesn't really change much from my experience. Speed is key as they say! ;D

[SakuraStallion]

All of my wolves have high speed too! You can chase anything really far and in short bursts, while also attacking constantly! With friends or a mate hunting is really easy! It's like a machine gun! LOL

[SolitaryHowl]

I like to stick with the default stats (50/50/50). :)

[Blasphemy]

I actually tend to stick with low speed wolves because if you keep your stamina close to 60ish and higher strength while you arent fast you dont tire out except when attacking and do more damage, my main wolf has stats at 60/65/25 and most are similar with speed usually being 30 or less and stam usually staying around 60 so I dont tire from running. However everyone likes to play differently!

I will tell you to keep in mind on multiplayer that since everyone enjoys playing with different stats that high speed wolves can be VERY stressful to other players since they tend to chase the elk very far away so the rest of the pack can't keep up and participate in the hunt. High speed wolves however are great for catching up to and turning the elk back around towards the stronger wolves who can latch on and drain a good amout of its health before needing to drop off and recharge their stamina, which is plenty of time for high speed wolves to chase the elk and turn it back around! Althougth that might not be needed with a large pack since when a wolf latches on it slows them down allowing other pack members to often jump on to and bring it to a stop.

I think all stats are great basically long as they are played in a team benefitting way! And its very easy to get into a good strategic rythm if everyone is willing to cooperate.

[Vixtricity]

Originally posted by Aloysius:

I actually tend to stick with low speed wolves because if you keep your stamina close to 60ish and higher strength while you arent fast you dont tire out except when attacking and do more damage, my main wolf has stats at 60/65/25 and most are similar with speed usually being 30 or less and stam usually staying around 60 so I dont tire from running. However everyone likes to play differently!

I will tell you to keep in mind on multiplayer that since everyone enjoys playing with different stats that high speed wolves can be VERY stressful to other players since they tend to chase the elk very far away so the rest of the pack can't keep up and participate in the hunt. High speed wolves however are great for catching up to and turning the elk back around towards the stronger wolves who can latch on and drain a good amout of its health before needing to drop off and recharge their stamina, which is plenty of time for high speed wolves to chase the elk and turn it back around! Althougth that might not be needed with a large pack since when a wolf latches on it slows them down allowing other pack members to often jump on to and bring it to a stop.

I think all stats are great basically long as they are played in a team benefitting way! And its very easy to get into a good strategic rythm if everyone is willing to cooperate.

While I do agree that having both high strength and high stamina is beneficial, it isn't good for singleplayer games. If you play multiplayer with those stats, yes, a fantastic combination, but on singleplayer you just can't catch up to anything, even if you try stalking and bursting into a chase. I've tried so many times and failed. High speed is great because it benefits you in singleplayer as well as multiplayer! I always give people a chance to catch up when playing multiplayer games; I understand some are slower than others.

[Blasphemy]

Originally posted by Valorose:

While I do agree that having both high strength and high stamina is beneficial, it isn't good for singleplayer games. If you play multiplayer with those stats, yes, a fantastic combination, but on singleplayer you just can't catch up to anything, even if you try stalking and bursting into a chase. I've tried so many times and failed. High speed is great because it benefits you in singleplayer as well as multiplayer! I always give people a chance to catch up when playing multiplayer games; I understand some are slower than others.

I don't and never have particularily liked single player mode and so I actually don't play it much but I haven't ever seemed to have issues hunting with my main wolf ( the 60/65/25 one ) while on the amethyst map. I have noticed that the maps make a difference. On amethyst and spring slough the elks are faster and it's harder to hunt with lower speed wolves. I have picked off herds with a 0 speed wolf slowly but surely on spring slough but the same stalking and waiting tactic didn't seem to work as well for me on amethyst, this was tested on multiplayer, though alone.

I think I somewhat remember having difficulties with fast wolves before with how little damage they do? Like you take to much health damage compared to what you dish out for that speed to be useful for me, though I guess going higher speed, medium strength, and lower stam would fix that, you would just only be able to chase it in bursts? Hmm.

Since you said "I always give people a chance to catch up" I wanted to suggest instead of waiting to try to herd the elk back to other wolves at times too. (You might already know all these things but I love talking about hunting tactics :v) Typically in larger groups of like 5-8 I have noticed it's not really needed since the slow but strong wolves usually are better at helping with the beginning and end of a hunt when the elk is kicking and less with the chase but if you only have a few wolves 2-4 and most are more on the slow end, herding back is super helpful! Me and my friend often play together with them using a 0 speed and close to 100 stat wolf and me with my 60/65/25 and even though I am not that much faster it's still effective to herd back towards them. We also do this when both playing a 0 speed wolf if we cant catch an elk because when you chase it to each other and time it right can latch onto it super quick and it's always super cool to pull off :D

[Blasphemy]

Originally posted by Moon91:

Yeah, most of my wolves are 50/50/50, (Other than ones with limps) BUT! I have several wolves for several things, and I think this works best: So I have around 13-16 wolves currently, and I'd say I'd split them up into around 4 or 5 groups, like Speed,Strength,Stamina,Hunting,Roleplay.
Now, within speed, I have around 4-5 wolves, 2 RP wolves, 2 hunting wolves, and 1 singleplayer wolf. With stamina and strength, its the same thing, athough it varies a little. Now, hunting, I have around 5-6, for bear hunting, fox/coyote hunting,cougar hunting,moose hunting, and elk hunting. Then lastly, Roleplay. All of my wolves are fit for Rps! Oh, and like 1 or 2 random wolves here or there. Honestly, this suits me most, and is my opinion. I think having wolves for different this is better than having a single good-at-anything wolf.

I think that is true that different wolves are better for different things. Personally I wouldnt organize mine that way? Like all my main wolves double as rp wolves and I create their stats and personalities to co-exist so I can play them for hunting with how I have their stats because I think the game is made that all stat combinations can hunt it's just a matter of knowing what strategy to go about and some wolves take longer to hunt I think? I know a lot of people will have rp wolves who they dont worry about points and then hunting wolves who they rack up points on. But to me I have like main wolves who I try to build their points and use in rp, and then other wolves who I occasionally will use randomly I guess that I hardly use or make to use one time then ditch. I have a few overly fast ones just for running around the map to find things or to explore or whatever tho.

[Fallenleaf]

my main wolf has 100% speed XD