Level 9 - Legendary no longer diamonds?

[gotlift95]

So I've never griped about this game, even though with about 750 hours in i have maybe a dozen or so diamond animals, but in the past 2 weeks i have found 2 ranked level 9 - legendary. One was a mountain lion in silver ridge peaks and the other was the werecoyote in layton lakes (the mission animal), in the past if i saw something ranked at this level it was a definite diamond rank (especially a quest related animal). Made sure to make perfect shots on both animals, but after retrieving found both scored .2 shy of diamond rank. Harvest score was 100%. Like i said, never complained about this before, but to put all this time in to tracking animals of this caliber and making sure you get the perfect shot just to find out it's not what it should be.....feels like i got screwed big time. Just putting my 2 cents out there and wondering if anyone else had same experience/feels the same? Kinda pissed me off tbh.

[Paukku]

Max level doesn't mean it is diamond. Max level animals troll some more often than others. Like i have never got troll ibex but got 14 troll reindeer in row.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by gotlift95:

So I've never griped about this game, even though with about 750 hours in i have maybe a dozen or so diamond animals, but in the past 2 weeks i have found 2 ranked level 9 - legendary. One was a mountain lion in silver ridge peaks and the other was the werecoyote in layton lakes (the mission animal), in the past if i saw something ranked at this level it was a definite diamond rank (especially a quest related animal). Made sure to make perfect shots on both animals, but after retrieving found both scored .2 shy of diamond rank. Harvest score was 100%. Like i said, never complained about this before, but to put all this time in to tracking animals of this caliber and making sure you get the perfect shot just to find out it's not what it should be.....feels like i got screwed big time. Just putting my 2 cents out there and wondering if anyone else had same experience/feels the same? Kinda pissed me off tbh.

My question is whether or not your previous enjoyment of the game is suddenly irrelevant just because of numbers achievement?

Did you enjoy those 750 hours, or has your goal and focus always been on achievement?

I am aware that many people play games with a sole focus on getting every possible award, and trying to reach that level as quickly as possible. And than upon reaching that point, have no further incentive to play, and wouldn't enjoy it even if they did.

I think that certain games, like this, aren't designed to be played like that. And so people who try to play like that would certainly be put off by not being able to reach certain highs.

I'm not criticizing, just curious about whether or not you ever actually enjoyed the immersion and the genre at all, or have you been constantly striving for a diamond so much that you never really appreciated the genre anyway.

I would say that the design of this game is really not compatible with achievers.

[gotlift95]

Originally posted by Geronimo:

Originally posted by gotlift95:

So I've never griped about this game, even though with about 750 hours in i have maybe a dozen or so diamond animals, but in the past 2 weeks i have found 2 ranked level 9 - legendary. One was a mountain lion in silver ridge peaks and the other was the werecoyote in layton lakes (the mission animal), in the past if i saw something ranked at this level it was a definite diamond rank (especially a quest related animal). Made sure to make perfect shots on both animals, but after retrieving found both scored .2 shy of diamond rank. Harvest score was 100%. Like i said, never complained about this before, but to put all this time in to tracking animals of this caliber and making sure you get the perfect shot just to find out it's not what it should be.....feels like i got screwed big time. Just putting my 2 cents out there and wondering if anyone else had same experience/feels the same? Kinda pissed me off tbh.

My question is whether or not your previous enjoyment of the game is suddenly irrelevant just because of numbers achievement?

Did you enjoy those 750 hours, or has your goal and focus always been on achievement?

I am aware that many people play games with a sole focus on getting every possible award, and trying to reach that level as quickly as possible. And than upon reaching that point, have no further incentive to play, and wouldn't enjoy it even if they did.

I think that certain games, like this, aren't designed to be played like that. And so people who try to play like that would certainly be put off by not being able to reach certain highs.

I'm not criticizing, just curious about whether or not you ever actually enjoyed the immersion and the genre at all, or have you been constantly striving for a diamond so much that you never really appreciated the genre anyway.

I would say that the design of this game is really not compatible with achievers.

Definitely enjoy this game or wouldn't have committed so many hours to playing it. It's literally the most played game in my library by far. Was just a little irked and felt the need to gripe and find out if I got screwed or if this was actually a thing as I have never come across this before. Of course I will continue playing as I always have, just might not get as excited when seeing a level 9 animal like I used to, until after the harvest any way.

[Paukku]

Originally posted by gotlift95:

Definitely enjoy this game or wouldn't have committed so many hours to playing it. It's literally the most played game in my library by far. Was just a little irked and felt the need to gripe and find out if I got screwed or if this was actually a thing as I have never come across this before. Of course I will continue playing as I always have, just might not get as excited when seeing a level 9 animal like I used to, until after the harvest any way.

For me the most exciting thing is to see that max level animal and think is this going to be it. After shooting it the run to claim it is pure anticipation and excitement, some times it is troll but when it is diamond it is just best feeling. If every max level animal would be diamond it would get boring, like hunting blue wildebeest when every level 5 is diamond its just boring.

[Woodyplank]

An animals level is based primarily upon it's weight, not it's score.

It's true that heavier animals tend to score higher but it's also true that a single KG in weight can be the difference between an animal being rated as a Level 9 instead of a level 8.

This can work both ways since there are some species (Gemsbok, Moose, Rocky Mtn Elk just to name a few) where an animal rated as a level 4 instead of a level 5 can turn out to be a diamond. It's rare, but it happens. It's also why some level 3 (Whitetails), 5s or 9s will not score high enough to be a diamond. There are some species in the game where a max level animal is almost always going to be a diamond and some species where there are far more max levels that will not score high enough to be a diamond than those that will (Male Gemsbok, Red Deer and Feral Goats for example have abundant trolls).

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by gotlift95:

Originally posted by Geronimo:

My question is whether or not your previous enjoyment of the game is suddenly irrelevant just because of numbers achievement?

Did you enjoy those 750 hours, or has your goal and focus always been on achievement?

I am aware that many people play games with a sole focus on getting every possible award, and trying to reach that level as quickly as possible. And than upon reaching that point, have no further incentive to play, and wouldn't enjoy it even if they did.

I think that certain games, like this, aren't designed to be played like that. And so people who try to play like that would certainly be put off by not being able to reach certain highs.

I'm not criticizing, just curious about whether or not you ever actually enjoyed the immersion and the genre at all, or have you been constantly striving for a diamond so much that you never really appreciated the genre anyway.

I would say that the design of this game is really not compatible with achievers.

Definitely enjoy this game or wouldn't have committed so many hours to playing it. It's literally the most played game in my library by far. Was just a little irked and felt the need to gripe and find out if I got screwed or if this was actually a thing as I have never come across this before. Of course I will continue playing as I always have, just might not get as excited when seeing a level 9 animal like I used to, until after the harvest any way.

Preciate the honest input.

Knowing where a person stands on certain things is beneficial to further effective communication.

I'm glad to hear you're not dissuaded. And I'd suggest that being expectant of let-downs can simultaneously exaggerate the good surprises.

I know that there are GOs in those woods, even though I've never seen one, and that expectation only enhances the excitement of the many possible encounters. And I maintain that same outlook with all trophy potentials, regardless of species, previous encounters/harvests, and potential achievements.

I never go into the woods with expectations of disappointment or allow an incident to take away from the enjoyment I had in the meantime.

Just knowing that around any corner, or hiding in any bush, I might suddenly encounter a trophy, is game enhancing regardless of the outcomes.