How dangerous will Lions be?

[☠djb204☠]

Will they stalk the player?
Will they attack the player?
Will they attack as a pack?
How much damage will they do?

[Ivory]

The devs hinted that there's a way to avoid conflict with the lions but if provoked they will be merciless and pretty much kill you in one hit. They can stalk you and since some of them wander around in small groups, I figure there's a chance the whole pack may join in as well.

You have to be careful when exploring the Savannah because, on one hand you have the fast, deadly and territorial lions and on the other you have the slower but just as aggresive and persistent buffaloes. It's definently not for the faint of heart or those looking for a peaceful hunt where they are sole the apex predator around.

[DanthemanBoone]

Dangerous animals or not, I think they need to have a look at the distance which all the animals a doing damage when attacking the hunter. I had a Warthog that hit me while I was on top of a rock three times taller than he was, and when I checked his track in the grass with the binos it was 6 metres away at its closest point.
So ok, maybe a Lion or Puma could have got up on the rock or just taken a swipe at me, but even a Lion or Puma doesn't have 6 metre long claws. From the videos I saw of the lion attacks .. nearly all had turned away before getting anywhere near close enough to realistically do any damage.
The same thing is happening every time a Buff, Deer or Antelope passes by too. The whole attack/damage scenario needs a tidy up. It just looks so wrong.

[Yukon Moose]

i can see a pride of lions killing people now..i hope its one slap of the paw and death happens..

[Striker]

Warthogs in the Savanna are THE most aggressive animals.

[dgeesio & ronMctube]

i have made a few videos on the lions. they have territories which they will protect. they can kill you . cant wait for tomorrow.

[CMDR.FREEZER]

Playing the beta i saw what could potentially be the case. I was hunting a relativly high buffalo with a female lion behind me about a 120-150 meters away, she was giving out warning calls but i didnt bother with the calls (was too focued on the buffalo and finding him in the herd) i figured thats just what every other animal does in the game. Now to my huge surprise i hear a roar in a way different sound, like alot more aggressive, which made me turn around to identify the call when i see this female lion comming at me in a insane speed, like i had no time to pull out any weapon to defend myself. she jumped on me and instant killed me.

[CMDR.FREEZER]

Originally posted by TagAndBag:

In beta every lion that killed me 1 Shot me. They are dangerous, keep a mew pair of undies close by.

or a hand gun :p

[saphire jinn]

i was moving in a crouch past some of the long thick grass thats everywhere when i heard a lions roar, turned and there he was 20 feet from me charging like a freight train, one swat from his paw and i was sent flying and dying. these these things are dangerous , but not nearly as mean as the cape buffalo, had one chase me over a mile just cuz i passed him on my atv, i get off diddy bop around where ever i was, hear something, turn and there he is, full charge, again, flying and dying. they best back this stuff off a tad or i will only hunt africa with an apache gunship and mini guns.

[Groovy Monster]

I actually hope they're REALLY dangerous. They certainly should be.

Although most of the videos I've watched so far from people in the beta, made them look rather easy, and generally non-threatening (which was disappointing--even for the YouTubers). But that was just from a few videos I saw, so it's probably (hopefully) not 100% indicative of what to expect. Either way, we'll find out soon enough, I guess.

[ChillToad]

Honestly hoping lions won't be overly aggressive like they were in the beta even though its not a big push back I would still find it rather annoying getting insta killed by every single lion I encounter as in general lions really shouldn't insta kill the player if anything give the player a chance because(unless they made them slower)you have little to no time to actually shoot one when it charges at you along with the fact it doesn't really make sense for lions to insta kill the player? I mean if anything i'd prefer them to do as much as a cape buffalo when it's charging why is it that this feline(who should be smaller as literally in-game their twice the size of wildebeest)is able to kill players by merely touching them while you got other 4 class animals such as bison,moose,water buffalo along with cape don't insta kill a player at all despite those being far bigger and dangerous animals

Sorry for my poor grammar and again this could just very well be all me

[KaijuWrangler]

Well one things certain , hunting in the long grass and close scrub is going to be a very tense time from the release on - learnt that the hard way in the beta coming face to face with lions coming through scrub :(

[s3q9g6]

Originally posted by TagAndBag:

In beta every lion that killed me 1 Shot me. They are dangerous, keep a mew pair of undies close by.

So what kind of caliber did he use when he killed you?