Firearms enthusiasts

[ZOMBIE 999 TP]

There are 3 things i love in this game:
-The beauty of nature
-The thrill of the hunt
-Firearms

I love firearms, i already have all the weapons in the game, i already used them all extencivelly, and i am craving for new weapons since the last weapon pack came out. I think this game should have at least as much weapons as The Hunter Classic has, but it doesn't.

I have to confess that i already bought a new hunting game, because i am a firearms enthusiast and i need to try something new, and the firearms models in that game look gorgeous, just amazing.

I played Call Of The Wild for hundreds of hours and i hope to come back. I just think the devs at this point are neglecting the firearm enthusiast playerbase by not making any weapon pack DLC for more than a year.

[Pete Gaimari]

What do you have for real guns?

[ZOMBIE 999 TP]

Originally posted by petegaimari:

What do you have for real guns?

What do i have in real life? Saddly where i live in Europe, is illegal to own firearms, i only have a .177 (4,5mm) air rifle with a scope and a pistol with the same caliber.

[Falcon]

Alot of weapons just end up being duplicates. There are only a couple standard rifle trajectories in the game, so you're not going to have the performance differences you'd have between particular cartridges in real life. I like guns too, but there are only a couple real niches left to fill.

We badly need a class 1-2 rifle for Layton and Vurhonga. As it is right now, you basically have to carry 4 rifles to have either of those places fully covered, and do it well. I mean yeah you can use the 7mm and do it with 3 rifles, but it's not good for grinding respawns at Layton or shooting anything bigger than class 7. A class 1-2 rifle would let you carry the M1 and the .300 mag and still get in under the weight limit if you like to carry a tent or tripod in your loadout. A .204 Ruger might be good for the class 1-2 niche. Is there anything else you'd like to see in game in this general slot?

We also need a viable class 3-7 rifle with decent range and poly ammo. The Mosin in game doesn't have enough penetration or effective range to be a real option. I like Weatherbys, and I'm a little suprised there aren't any in game. Weatherby .270 or .257 mag seem like they'd be a good fit. Or maybe they could just downrate the 6.5mm to match its performance in game.

What guns would you like to see in game, and what niches would they fill?

[Pete Gaimari]

Originally posted by ZOMBIE 999 TP:

Originally posted by petegaimari:

What do you have for real guns?

What do i have in real life? Saddly where i live in Europe, is illegal to own firearms, i only have a .177 (4,5mm) air rifle with a scope and a pistol with the same caliber.

Too bad for someone who loves guns.

[Pete Gaimari]

They should change the muzzleloader mini ball to 4-9. It floors Bison.

[Falcon]

Originally posted by petegaimari:

They should change the muzzleloader mini ball to 4-9. It floors Bison.

Definitely. No sense having something that powerful in the game if you can't have some fun with it.

[Pete Gaimari]

Yes, and it will in real life too. It's a 500gr bullet.

[Falcon]

Originally posted by petegaimari:

Yes, and it will in real life too. It's a 500gr bullet.

I want a short barreled 12 ga with 450 gr brass or steel slugs to carry when I'm fishing in grizz country. Those will do a number on big critters too.

[Pete Gaimari]

The most I carry when fly fishing is bear spray. It stops them pretty good.

[Falcon]

Originally posted by petegaimari:

The most I carry when fly fishing is bear spray. It stops them pretty good.

I honestly don't carry anything most of the time. I don't like having extra crap hanging off me to get caught up in the willow branches. A couple places up in Wyoming that I like to fish the grizzlies are getting pretty brave the last few years. Sometimes I have women or kids along on fishing trips.

I'm not trusting bear spray in that situation. Knowing my luck, the bear would have a taste for spicy food.

It'll be a .454 or 12 ga slugs next time I head up there. Haven't decided which. Not sure how much practice I'd need to get good enough with the rhino. 12 ga is heavy as hell to carry on a 15 mile day hike, but if it saves me or somebody I care about, it's worth it.

[Pete Gaimari]

Bear spray really does work. It's much easier to hit a charging bear with spray than a gun.

I carry it on my wader belt ready to pull out when needed. It doesn't get in the way or catch on anything. Just carry it on the back of the belt. You won't even know it's there. Except when you need it.

[Falcon]

Originally posted by petegaimari:

Bear spray really does work. It's much easier to hit a charging bear with spray than a gun.

I'd use it for black bears, but like I said I'm not generally concerned enough about them to carry anything. I just sing to myself or something stupid like that to make a little noise and let them know I'm around and they stay away. I've spent years cumulatively outdoors in the Colorado back country, and never run into a bear on accident. Don't know if you're familiar with the name, but Giles Alkire gave me a great piece of advice when I was young for getting along in bear country. "Don't carry any honey on you, and hum a little tune on the trail". That's all the bear defense I've ever needed in CO.

Moose are a bigger concern lately because they're getting pretty thick in places and really don't give a ****. They can be gentle to the point of being almost tame, or they can decide to lose it on someone for seemingly no reason at all. You never know what you're going to get when you run into them. I've witnessed several moose encounters that nearly turned ugly. Watched one chase a lady around a tree for 30 seconds trying to get at her. I have considered carrying pepper spray or a pistol for them.

A charging grizzly is a whole other ballgame. The areas I'm talking about up in WY, the grizzlies don't care that you're making noise. They're starting to associate human noise as a dinner bell, and they don't have any fear at all. I'm alot more confident in being able to stop a 800 lb grizzly with a nice big slug than with a can of pepper spray. I've been shooting shotguns since I could tie my shoes, and would have no problem hitting one at 40-50 yards. If a grizzly decides to charge and I actually get a second to react, I want it dead before it even gets in pepper spray range.

[Pete Gaimari]

Surprisingly, bear spray works better on grizzly. Black bear are nothing and i'm not concerned with them in Colorado. I hunt them because bear stew isn't bad.

I worked a gold claim with a buddy on a creek in Alaska deep in the bush. We had encounters with grizzly everyday. He had one go beyond a bluff charge and he pumped six 44 mags into it. I had a .458 mag to stop charges and killed it with one shot.
I had a few charges that I tried the bear spray on and it always stopped the bear. The second it hit them they would veer off to the side and take off. They keep coming with a gun.

I'm sure i've had more grizz charges than hunters and fisherman. The spray works but it's your choice.

[The Texan Hunter]

Just some Bear statistics for you.

Any bear can kill you. But Black Bears account for 6 out of 10 attacks and also fatal attacks, with the Brown Bear being responsible for 3 out of 10 attacks and 4 out of ten fatalities. Grizzlys are responsible for 1 out of 10 attacks, but there has not been a recorded fatality due to a grizzly attack in decades.

Why is this? There is an old saying I learned as a child about bear behavior.

"A grizzly will maul you, a black bear will eat you."

Grizzlies don't like the taste of human flesh. Humans are no on the menu. Black bears love it and you are just desert to them. This why most black bear attacks end in death.

So those of you that have no respect for black bears and fear Grizzlies; you have it backwards.

[The Texan Hunter]

Originally posted by ZOMBIE 999 TP:

There are 3 things i love in this game:
-The beauty of nature
-The thrill of the hunt
-Firearms

I love firearms, i already have all the weapons in the game, i already used them all extencivelly, and i am craving for new weapons since the last weapon pack came out. I think this game should have at least as much weapons as The Hunter Classic has, but it doesn't.

I have to confess that i already bought a new hunting game, because i am a firearms enthusiast and i need to try something new, and the firearms models in that game look gorgeous, just amazing.

I played Call Of The Wild for hundreds of hours and i hope to come back. I just think the devs at this point are neglecting the firearm enthusiast playerbase by not making any weapon pack DLC for more than a year.

I have lived in countries where firearms were illegal, so I know your pain. I love this game, but I have to tell you, as an experienced, real-life hunter with over 40 years of experience, the firearm ballistics in this game have no basis in reality. Even the organs on the animals are in the wrong place. The devs did a great job of trying to the player a great environment, and like you, that is my favorite thing about this game, but when it comes to the guns, they are not even trying to replicate real life. Either they have no real-life experience, or they are trying to make the game more interesting by tweaking the gun's effectiveness.

I also have a .177 air rifle. An RWS Diana model 36. It was built in West Germany in 1987. It is all original and I still hunt with it today. Here are some photos.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rfsoqkdznvbmb9r/DSC_0233%20%281%29.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0ssn3vdb06yx33o/scope%202.jpg?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qw3sbixgkho7gxl/DSC_0080.JPG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a5wwol764sxk831/DSC_0099.JPG?dl=0

Here is a live video of me taking down a Coyote with it.

https://youtu.be/hFChoKH4Scg