Hunting Structures in COTW - Are they really worh building?

[SiriusStar135]

Are hunting structures really worth building.
I have built at least 5 and find that at times I can wait for over an hour without an animal showing up. Even if I use the callers, it makes no difference, unless there is an animal near then the caller works.
Secondly you can only stand an fire, which makes aming very unsteady.
And spending 1700 to 2200, is it really worth it, and only receiving 100XP.
I personally think it's better to climb or jump on a high rock and crouch or go prone and aim, this givea a steady aim.
What are your views.

[SiriusStar135]

Really needed to add: IT'S A GREAT GAME, I really enjoy playing it.
Just make callers, etc cheaper, add a SAVE option, lastly include an auto walk that autimatically follows the right roads to get to a point - similar to FarCry 4 auto drive option.

[RamMack]

Climbing stands would be great, we could put them anywhere we wanted.
I have suckered myself into building a couple, really disappointed I did, especially ground blind. The worst part is I don't know which ones I built. Except one ground blind near Mt. Kraken outpost. After you walk by them, they all look the same on map. No difference between ones to be built, and ones already built.

[Lightshifty]

The callers have a set range, some are 150m and others are 200m for example, if you use a caller and an animal is 201m away it wont work. So if animals are not in range of the stands then it wont work at all. Use your map and look at the need zones and the times that animals are there, then compare it to the current in-game time. Go and use your unlocked hunting stands at the same time that the animals are there. For example, you might have previously found a feeding zone in the same field as your hunting stand and you know that between 9:00AM-1:00PM Fallow deer are likely to be there. Go to that stand at 8:50AM and wait there. If you wait there for a while and nothing shows come back to the stand and check the area before 1:00pm. The advantage to using stands is that the animals cannot smell you in the wind (and then avoid you) and you are also a lot harder to be seen as well. A great way to make stands work is to spray scents into the field and then climb up into the stands and wait, but callers will also work great if in range.

[Altijdwat]

Originally posted by SiriusStar135:

Really needed to add: lastly include an auto walk that autimatically follows the right roads to get to a point - similar to FarCry 4 auto drive option.

huh what you want a walk sim....wrong game here you dont auto run here you hunt.

[SiriusStar135]

Lightshifty: thanks for the tips, your are perfectly correct. Only two things needs to be added is a higher floor panel or a space on the side panels of the hunting stand so we can crouch and aim.
the second is a different image for a hunting structure that was constructed.

[SiriusStar135]

The auto run is to get from a camp to a lookout point, as the trip is a very long one. there after we can walk and hunt as normal

[Roosterfish]

Some of the Stands and Blinds are good some are not. The Stands tend to be better than the Blinds so far for me. Protip: the European Blinds are better than the US Blinds because you can climb on top of them for a 360 view and seem to give whatever bonuses being inside give you plus if you go prone you get the straight white line for visibilty which is pretty good.

All I can advise is to check out the surrounding area. If it is located good with decent animal sign around it and good visibilty then it is probably a good investment.

If you build them they do give xp which will help you level quicker to get more perks, skills, and open up goodies from the outpost to buy.

If I had little money and had to choose between Polytip Ammo or the Stand/Blind I would buy the ammo.

I know this is not a solid answer but it is just a judgement call on your part.

[Xanton]

Originally posted by SiriusStar135:

Are hunting structures really worth building.
I have built at least 5 and find that at times I can wait for over an hour without an animal showing up. Even if I use the callers, it makes no difference, unless there is an animal near then the caller works.
Secondly you can only stand an fire, which makes aming very unsteady.
And spending 1700 to 2200, is it really worth it, and only receiving 100XP.
I personally think it's better to climb or jump on a high rock and crouch or go prone and aim, this givea a steady aim.
What are your views.

They're completely useless. When you aren't in a tower, animals don't spook easily enough... and so when you get into a tower, it doesn't feel like it offers any real cover advantage. It does give a line of sight advantage, but you also can't shoot crouched or prone, and the animals get sline of sighted when it gets close to the tower.

So yeh.. the main advantages of a tower irl are cover, line of sight and a stable surface to rest your gun on. In the game, the extra cover is made irrelevant, you can't rest your gun on the railing... all you get is better line of sight (and you don't get this at all with blinds, only towers) which isn't really worth waiting for 30 minutes to an hour real time for an animal to show up.

My advice is to only use structures when there's a need zone in it's line of sight... that's if you're looking for an excuse to use one... but really, you could just sit in a bush next to the need zone with scent eliminator and you'll do just fine lol.

EDIT - oh, and I forgot to mention the most important part. Considering there's virtually no advantage to using structures, they're certainly not worth the cost to build.

[Aaron]

Originally posted by Xanton:

Originally posted by SiriusStar135:

Are hunting structures really worth building.
I have built at least 5 and find that at times I can wait for over an hour without an animal showing up. Even if I use the callers, it makes no difference, unless there is an animal near then the caller works.
Secondly you can only stand an fire, which makes aming very unsteady.
And spending 1700 to 2200, is it really worth it, and only receiving 100XP.
I personally think it's better to climb or jump on a high rock and crouch or go prone and aim, this givea a steady aim.
What are your views.

They're completely useless. When you aren't in a tower, animals don't spook easily enough... and so when you get into a tower, it doesn't feel like it offers any real cover advantage. It does give a line of sight advantage, but you also can't shoot crouched or prone, and the animals get sline of sighted when it gets close to the tower.

So yeh.. the main advantages of a tower irl are cover, line of sight and a stable surface to rest your gun on. In the game, the extra cover is made irrelevant, you can't rest your gun on the railing... all you get is better line of sight (and you don't get this at all with blinds, only towers) which isn't really worth waiting for 30 minutes to an hour real time for an animal to show up.

My advice is to only use structures when there's a need zone in it's line of sight... that's if you're looking for an excuse to use one... but really, you could just sit in a bush next to the need zone with scent eliminator and you'll do just fine lol.

EDIT - oh, and I forgot to mention the most important part. Considering there's virtually no advantage to using structures, they're certainly not worth the cost to build.

there not comepltly useless and animals do spook easy your playing the wrong game stop pretending yoru good when your c r ap noob

[Aaron]

structures are great but yo ucant crouch sometimes

[Falcon]

Most of the vanilla hunting stands are a waste of credits. Only build them if you have a need zone within 150-200m of it

[Drakrtar]

So far the only ones we've built instantly teleport you to the ground inside it and you cannot use at all... wonderful bit of code

[jjs82xx]

Not worth it. The fixed stands cost roughly $2,000 per stand; and, typically, are abysmally placed. I've only built 2: One to learn my lesson to not waste my money; and one because it was a mandatory part in order to complete a quest on Hirshfelden map.

What I do, instead, is buy tripods and treestands (but, really, only tripods, because the free treestands I got with the DLC are plenty, and the tripods are much more flexible [can be placed in open fields, for instance]). The tripod (after the 3 or 4 free ones you get with the DLC) cost $16,000 per stand, which is roughly 8 times more $$$ than the fixed stands; but, IMHO, is the better buy. The tripod can be used to farm all 8 of those fixed locations, and more, ~AND~ can be placed EXACTLY where you want them in each location, and that location tweaked, if need be.

The tent + tripod combo costs a bunch (16k + 16k = 32k), but is extremely powerful. The tent allows insta-travel around the map to tripod locations, and the tripod keeps you hidden and protected while you ambush hunt those need zones. I guess that is why the game limits you to 16 tents per map.

[FM Helldiver Radio]

Originally posted by SiriusStar135:

Are hunting structures really worth building.
I have built at least 5 and find that at times I can wait for over an hour without an animal showing up. Even if I use the callers, it makes no difference, unless there is an animal near then the caller works.
Secondly you can only stand an fire, which makes aming very unsteady.
And spending 1700 to 2200, is it really worth it, and only receiving 100XP.
I personally think it's better to climb or jump on a high rock and crouch or go prone and aim, this givea a steady aim.
What are your views.

The fixed structures are a lot cheaper than tripods from the DLC.
So if there si a good need zone nearby build them.

[Nite69]

the hunting blinds are worth it because you can jump on top of them and get a 360 degree view while proned, but the towers you have to climb up to no those aren't worth it