Stampede Slaughter

[jimco]

Hi All.
Have visited this area twice now at night (early evening and pre-dawn) for what is a crazy experience, animals spawn by the dozens and run in and out of this area for about 10 minutes. Just when you think they have gone they just return running around again.

Moose ,Elk, Deer and Coyote but you have to keep clear or you will die there are so many running around. Harvested 26 animals in total on my 2nd visit with many running off wounded and had to return to outpost because I ran out of ammo for all 3 weapons.

It is just a crazy scene and then they just disappear and you start mopping up the bodies.
Has to be a glitch but it has happened twice to me so far but I have not visited this area in the daytime to see if it happens the same.

Hope you can experience it also.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1303710621
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1303710538

[Nite69]

I had it happen to me at the end of the railroad lines near a tunnel just west of that same area, layton Lake map has that bug, I havn't seen it happen on Europe or taiga

[ETERNAL-JACKASS]

It's a known exploit that by using the atv or by making lots of noise in those areas it funnels the animals into those specific areas where they get trapped.

[jimco]

Originally posted by PugdogZ:

It's a known exploit that by using the atv or by making lots of noise in those areas it funnels the animals into those specific areas where they get trapped.

Interesting, the first time I just walked into the area,the second time I was running after a wounded Moose who walked into the area. The first time the whole thing took me by surprise and I got wounded seversl times by running animals,had to find an area just out of all the mayhem around you,managed to harvest around 10 animals including tracked down wounded animals.

The second time I knew what was about to go down but it is still crazy. Not so sure about being trapped as they leave then about 30 seconds later they all run through and around the same area again which is repeated several times over. Then their just gone for good.

[KaiEr]

Yep. This is one of the isues I've got with the game. Every time I use topography to find a good hunting spot they end up being like this. Nice watering spot at the top of the hill, great feeding spot at the bottom, and a valley to close it all in, with great vantage points all around... and we find there's a spawn point with a "trap" area in the middle of it so that animnals run in loops.

Just like finding that natural funnel beside Kraken lake, or the N. side of the lake at the Roonachee W. outpost, or...

Maybe a year or so from now they'll fix these as well. I don't "hunt" these spots anymore, unless I have the need to go out and test theories. It's just a shooting gallery type area. (Well, they did "fix" the Kraken one, so I do hunt there for some nice long shots.)

[paf13]

Originally posted by =EGC= _Nite_:

I had it happen to me at the end of the railroad lines near a tunnel just west of that same area, layton Lake map has that bug, I havn't seen it happen on Europe or taiga

Same

[BaeBee]

Time to practice long range shooting. Lol

[Old Man Chimere]

Once more penning animals and shooting them is quite realistic but is considered unfair, but if you want a hunting simulator then you will have to leave the quite real poaching in for the rest of us. Besides Mount Leviathan has been a hotspot from the start and is likely to never change unless they do up the spawn system entirely, so use it while you can before you have no alternative to levelling.

[jimco]

Originally posted by King of the Romans:

Once more penning animals and shooting them is quite realistic but is considered unfair, but if you want a hunting simulator then you will have to leave the quite real poaching in for the rest of us. Besides Mount Leviathan has been a hotspot from the start and is likely to never change unless they do up the spawn system entirely, so use it while you can before you have no alternative to levelling.

Been their 3 times and am over it ,too busy doing missions which for me is far more satisifying. But I have seen a lot of crazy things in this game so far and they will probably continue.

[southofpegasus]

Was there just yesterday at about 2 am game-time. Stood there in a small meadow watching and listening as a herd of moose ran circles around me for what seemed like an eternity. I tend to detach from reality and get a bit lost in the game sometimes so I was literally sitting here staring at the screen with my heart pounding, breathing rapidly, and almost to the point of shaking because I was standing smack dab in the middle of a moose stampede in the dark of night with nowhere to take cover. I had a good laugh about it once I snapped out of the dream. That's what I love about this game.

[KaiEr]

I still think the Kraken spawn was the best/worst, until they fixed it. It was fun to play with, but really took away from the game. Maybe this, and others, will be fixed one day as well.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=938842112
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=939109606

[jimco]

Would like to see a Bear and Coyote spawn just for the spectacle.

[KaiEr]

Originally posted by jimco:

Would like to see a Bear and Coyote spawn just for the spectacle.

Well... there IS a way to see this. :D

Spawn points in certain areas seem to have a higher percentage of certain animals (which is why you see more bear in one area than the next - for example).

This specific area has more deer/elk/moose (and to a lesser extent, fox). But there's a process where you can force the spawn, and force it to be more of a specific animal (at least right around you).

Let me give you an example using bear.

(3&4 are just steps I've always done when leaving the game - not sure if it needs to be done.)

1) Find a location on the map where bear are more common (I like hunting Roonachee, especially south of the outpost on both sides of the tracks).
2) Set up a tent in an area where you've seen bear (an area without hunting pressure). Even better if you know it's a spawn point. But you can see from the video, it can work anywhere.
3) Set your time to a time you'd like to hunt (let's say 5:28)
4) Wait 2 in-game minutes (5:30) and exit the game.
5) Go back into the game and immediatly start spamming the bear call. Give it a good 10 hits or so. Wait.

Within 2 minutes (real time) of entering the game, you should have a mess of bear spawn nearly on top of you and run like mad. You will see tracks when you go in, but as you wait you will see depressions appear in the grass around you (if you are in a grassy area), then you will see new tracks appear. I always seem to see a spawn of rabbits/squirrels right before the animal spawn.

There are times when this won't work, but most of the time it does for me. I think a person's initial herd spawn, when they started the game, has a lot to do with it as well. It also doesn't work very well if you are in a "dead zone". But if you find a good spot it will work.

As I said, this area here is more deer/elk/moose, and if you were to set up a tent there, below the field on the trail, do the same thing and call for elk, more elk will appear. But with that you have to remember that a spawn may be more male than female, and you will see maybe 4 or 5 bull elk, or 20 cows.

I made this video to show you what I'm talking about (Yes, I sped up parts of the video to keep it from being so long).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1307532319

[jimco]

Cool video KaiEr, I have a lot to learn and you are the "Man'".

[ETERNAL-JACKASS]

Originally posted by KaiEr:

Originally posted by jimco:

Would like to see a Bear and Coyote spawn just for the spectacle.

Well... there IS a way to see this. :D

Spawn points in certain areas seem to have a higher percentage of certain animals (which is why you see more bear in one area than the next - for example).

This specific area has more deer/elk/moose (and to a lesser extent, fox). But there's a process where you can force the spawn, and force it to be more of a specific animal (at least right around you).

Let me give you an example using bear.

(3&4 are just steps I've always done when leaving the game - not sure if it needs to be done.)

1) Find a location on the map where bear are more common (I like hunting Roonachee, especially south of the outpost on both sides of the tracks).
2) Set up a tent in an area where you've seen bear (an area without hunting pressure). Even better if you know it's a spawn point. But you can see from the video, it can work anywhere.
3) Set your time to a time you'd like to hunt (let's say 5:28)
4) Wait 2 in-game minutes (5:30) and exit the game.
5) Go back into the game and immediatly start spamming the bear call. Give it a good 10 hits or so. Wait.

Within 2 minutes (real time) of entering the game, you should have a mess of bear spawn nearly on top of you and run like mad. You will see tracks when you go in, but as you wait you will see depressions appear in the grass around you (if you are in a grassy area), then you will see new tracks appear. I always seem to see a spawn of rabbits/squirrels right before the animal spawn.

There are times when this won't work, but most of the time it does for me. I think a person's initial herd spawn, when they started the game, has a lot to do with it as well. It also doesn't work very well if you are in a "dead zone". But if you find a good spot it will work.

As I said, this area here is more deer/elk/moose, and if you were to set up a tent there, below the field on the trail, do the same thing and call for elk, more elk will appear. But with that you have to remember that a spawn may be more male than female, and you will see maybe 4 or 5 bull elk, or 20 cows.

I made this video to show you what I'm talking about (Yes, I sped up parts of the video to keep it from being so long).

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1307532319

WTF kind of black magic did i just witness!!!

[KaiEr]

Originally posted by PugdogZ:

WTF kind of black magic did i just witness!!!

I was always under the impression that the spawn in your immediate area happened upon entering the game (like when you hear calls as you drop in). And when I would sit in my favorite spot and enter the game, I would call. I started to notice animals just appearing, and I moved to another spot (I didn't want to just hunt a spawn point). But when I went to another spot and called, the same thing would happen. And I noticed that the animal I was calling would normally spawn in greater numbers. Just a weird discovery.