Best Load-out for All Classes w/Integrity

[FwhPixelink]

Hi,
What is the best load-out for all classes, for all integrity on all animals?
I am trying to find the best so I can carry all weapons, all the time.
I also use callers and carry a tent and walk around the map looking for herds at need zones.

Here is what I have so far....

.22 (class 1)
.223 (foxes and coy)
.6.5 (class 4-8)
.300 (class 7-9)
Bino
4 callers
1 tent

Tried the crossbow (w/ all arrows), and that is a pretty good combo. But, I am not liking the inconsistencies with shooting and the limited distances. So I have settled on rifles
Plus, I have a side pack to give me enough capacity for all the above

Any ideas would help
Thanks

[kubanskiloewe]

if you want full integrity use the bow or better the crossbow and the 22lfb pistol which is 100% accurate over 100m !

[FwhPixelink]

As I said at the beginning... I like the bow setup, but there are draw backs, inconsistencies I don't want to deal with. I don't like the limited ranges. prefer guns.

[kubanskiloewe]

you mean rifles, ok, than i would suggest the 22lfb pistol; .243 Ranger; .303, .300Mag
and if you like to have lots of instant kills in 4-8 clas use the black powder rifle with Mine Ball ammo which is also cheap

[Lakel]

ive been considering a lighter setup, say the 30-06 and the .45 revolver, would work perfectly for any hunts up to class 8, if a bit short ranged for the 3 and be low, toss the goshawk scope on and you are good out to 50-80~ at the extreme with that revolver

[kubanskiloewe]

or take the Drilling !! you have class 1-7 with the big barells and class 5-9 with the shot barell ! But with the big calibers you have to go a bit closer max70m. At Hirschfelden its great !

[Cliffs]

Publicado originalmente por Frank Hilton:

Well... I can think of a situation. If a person strictly walks the entire map and wants to shoot at any animal they see. Then they would need more weapons to cover all classes w/integrity. They want to be equipped for any situation that arises. They would do this if they don't want to have to keep going back to an outpost just to get a weapon.

After 1 hour of lugging 4 rifles a pistol a bow and binocs and ammo and anything else, you would quit hunting for the day. How the heck do you sneak up on animals with even 2 rifles on your back while using your bow?
I know you said in game but I referenced my IRL way of hunting. I have never carried two rifles when hunting and having served in the military, never carried 2 rifles outside the wire either.

BUT


BUT...you hunt the way you are comfortable hunting, there really isn't a "right/wrong" way. It's like night hunting....the State in the USA I live in does not allow hunting after dusk so to me the in game night hunts are not something I am used to so I find it wrong to do but to complete the game, one has to do what the game wants us to do.

[The Texan Hunter]

Publicado originalmente por Frank Hilton:

Hi,
What is the best load-out for all classes, for all integrity on all animals?

Thanks

There are several options to do this.

1. The simplest is to carry the compound bow with three weights of arrows, 300gr, 420gr, and 600gr. You can kill all classes (with integrity) with just that and nothing else. And because you are carrying just one weapon, this is the lightest possible loadout, which makes it the quietest too. The downside is that this is a short-range loadout.

2. Carry the .22LR rifle and a 12ga shotgun with buckshot and slugs. Good for short to medium ranges.

3. Carry the .22LR, and the .243 rifles, and the .454 pistol. This is by far the heaviest loadout and depending on what else you are carrying, you may need to equip a backpack to carry it, which makes you twice as noisy. But you can kill things at long ranges with it.

4. My favorite rifle loadout is to carry the .45 Air rifle, and the .7mm rilfe. It can take all classes with integrity except for class 1. The Air rifle is a fun little gun and it is the quietest weapon of all. I have killed everything up to Cape Buffalo with it.

5. My second favorite loadout is to carry the compound bow with .300gr and 420gr arrows, the .243 with poly tips, and the .338. This is a heavy loadout, but offers the greatest flexibility, for close, medium, and farthest range. You pretty much have to drop everything else to carry it unless you equip a backpack.

Hope this helps.

[kubanskiloewe]

it all depends on the REserve what im in. I played now Hirschfelden and must say at these close ranges the Drilling is very good and fitting for that all classes. Drilling at Silver Ridge ?...not ideal. there the .300mag shines . Quatro Colinas with 6 species at class 4 the 6,5mm Martensson is my choice.

[FwhPixelink]

@Cliff... I am talking in the game. Isn't this forum for the game. I am not talking about real life here. I understand the RL thing. I personay don't hunt in real life. I had a stroke (with sever vertigo), so hunting IRL is not an option. Thanks for your input.

[shit owl]

yeah loadouts would be dope so you don't have to change callers and weapons for each map it would even make animal scents a bit more intuitive

[kubanskiloewe]

why not ? they could implement whole loadouts as DLC with new things and weapons fitting for a Reserve and counting extra bonus points when using it on this Reserve.

[FwhPixelink]

Yeah, a load-out setting feature would be great. You could save different load-outs for maps or any purpose. Trying to find one load-out for all maps, for all animals with full integrity isn't easy because of all the different gun specs for each class. It is mainly a capacity/inventory issue. Too much gear = more noise. I get that, but then make weapons that cover all classes better so we can have fewer weapons. Other than that, you have to pick and choose animals to not hunt or just hunt one or two at a time... but that isn't feaseable for folks who want to hunt all animals at once or be ready for any hunting situation in the game. I realize that it is like this in IRL, but we are using a game that has integrity scores and cash to worry about. IRL, you just shoot any animal you want with one weapon. No scoring to worry about. And yes, I do realize that IRL, you can go just hunt for deer using the proper weapon. This a game, not RL.

[Shizanketsuga]

When i want to be prepared for all classes I just carry the Hawk Edge, the Rhino and the Mangiafico. That gives me plenty of spare room to carry other stuff around and with a bit of training you can pistol shoot things from pretty far away while you minimise hunting pressure with the bow for shorter ranges.

Normally I use more map-specific loadouts (most of the time including a bow), though, so there is that.

[Falcon]

Publicado originalmente por Rig Nan Roach:

I'm only just now learning to like the bow, but it is hard to imagine me having the patience it takes to get golds and diamonds with a bow.

And I mean I just START from the position of using the cheaty bow scope with the auto rangefinder on it. lol

Oh, but it's just so satisfying to take a diamond with a bow. Even with the cheaty bow scope, it's not all that easy getting within bow range of a diamond. I got my first diamond red deer and my only diamond blacktail with the CB-60. I also somehow managed to hit a running lynx from about 50m away with the longbow to get that achievement. Felt pretty good.

[sakhlas]

the smalest best load out with gun the : 45/410 and rhino. And you have max free space in inventory.