OK, whats up with the Cape Buffalo

[saphire jinn]

it looks like they increased the aggressiveness of the Cape Buffalo from "attack sometimes" to "KILL ON SIGHT, NEVER GIVE UP, AND NO MERCY EVER !!!"
Twice in as many days i have driven past a running cape buffalo on my ATV and rather than in the past he keeps running on, he turns and chases me, not only chases me but chases me half a mile and as i am off my ATV and looking at either a look out tower or shelter, here comes this crazy azz buffalo and you think you can shoot some monster running around you, hitting you, in a 12 foot circle with the weapons we have? cant aim them worth a damn, in rl, yeah in my face on your azz mo fo, but here no. so hate to report but i have been killed two times in two days by relentlessly demon possesed cape buffalos, I have been in africa since you had it out and never had an issue with a cape, yeah you walk up on one they charge, you shoot them they charge, but never seen them go after you forever, please dial these suckers down some?

[Venison it's whats for dinner]

I love the new aggressiveness of it! Don't change it!

[saphire jinn]

i do understand that as well, 100%, but damn, do we have to come into Africa with only multiplayer groups maxed out, everyone with a .338 1x4 scope and move as a team covering 360 to clear areas out, these buffalo were like friends i know, who will never ever give up until you are dead, ever. no matter what, talking of Seals, but i dont want Seal Cape Buffalo in here, at least let them give up after 800 yards fof chasing you. the lions and cape buffalo aggressiveness is a tad too much.

[saphire jinn]

the thing is i and many of us come in here to relax and to find something thats missing, a real connection to life, real life, life/death and when you got crazy shi*t chasing you down and youi cant kill it in time is not too relaxing, turns it into any other game like half life where you try and try again to leap over that small gap but keep failing, thats why i fell in love with COTW, it dont have that. please dont introduce things that take forever to overcome, such as animals that dont stop....until one of you is dead....

[Robert]

Had one corner me on one of the observation platforms. We were both running around the benches and when I killed it he got stuck between the railings. It was different.

[saphire jinn]

same thing exactly for me, same place, all i did was be in the game and he went nuts cept i was the one that got killed.

[Xploit]

Originally posted by realbmghunter:

I love the new aggressiveness of it! Don't change it!

This! I absolutely love aggressive behavior too, that brings adrenaline to the game. Exactly what I want.

There are several maps we can choose from, some are easy, some include more aggressive animals, like Africa at this point, with Lions and Capes. In my opinion Africa should be really hard, like in reality.

And, dying in this game isnt a loss... You just respawn at the next Base... So...

[saphire jinn]

i guess, but man, i am leary of moving around now, used to hunt capes all the time, now i want to avoid them, what if you find a herd, you can drop one, maybe two, well what about the othes?
i do like an element of danger and we sure have that now, but i also dont want to die everytime i step outside, there needs to be a balance.

[eagle74]

This does not sound like the game I bought & enjoy playing. The thrill of this game is in finding the trophies & hunting them. Yesterday, I spotted a good whitetail out about 300 yds, but had no shot. By the time I stalked & crept to a suitable postion, he was gone. A bit disappointed, but this was still fun. This is what a hunting game is about to me. If it becomes a daily battle to the death w the animals, I guess there will be no good hunting games on the market.

I want to add that respawning is a significant penalty. You just spent an hour or more of your life getting to that location & stalking a good animal. Respawn & that hunt is effectively over.

My character has been killed by bears, boars, buffs maybe 6 times or so. That is fine & part of the game. But if I want to be killed every day, I play a different game, not a hunting game.