Mythical Bear!

[KaiEr]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=909297155

I now understand what they mean by “mythical”. I’ve been stalking this bear for several hours (IRL), and it was TOUGH. This thing wouldn’t respond to calls, would run at the drop of a hat, and always out of my view. No matter what I did, or how the wind blew, this guy was always over the hill or out of my sight in some way. I literally didn’t get a look at him until I shot him, on the run (210 yards away), across one of the narrow land bridges to get away from me, and that happened to be one where there was no escape (which he would have found out had I not downed him on the way in).

I started tracking him (crouching/crawling) about 10:00 in the evening, from just outside the Balmont outpost (I was hoping to get him to finish the “Unwelcome Visitor” mission, because it wouldn’t accept a kill yesterday for some reason), all the way to just before the stand on the islands in the southeast of Roonachee – at 10:30 in the morning. So, for 12:30 hours in game. So… what… about 4:15 IRL?

The only good thing was that he didn’t keep running each time; otherwise I would have had to track him even further when I took breaks. He always seemed to stop and wander a few hundred yards from me.

I wonder if animals cross over from one session to the next, because I was following one in the same weight range yesterday that was acting the same way – I finally had to go to sleep and left.

Now I can honestly say I am happy they fixed the weight issues with this update. As soon as I saw (501-639), I started tracking this guy to make sure.

[Rogue_Variable]

Nice Shot :)

[lammas]

So much time wasted and you get the same amount of money that you could get by shooting a fox

[RippieFlippie]

"So… what… about 4:15 IRL"
"...I took breaks"

Well, that's what you get for not using an urine bottle! :)

[Lightshifty]

You didn't have to chace him like that, you could have just brought up the map, look at the time and location and go back there at that same time and wait for him.

[KaiEr]

Originally posted by lammas:

So much time wasted and you get the same amount of money that you could get by shooting a fox

Well, for some of us, it's not about the money, it's about the hunt. :D I've got enough money as it is... it usually keep it around the 80-100,000 mark.

[KaiEr]

Originally posted by Lightshifty:

You didn't have to chace him like that, you could have just brought up the map, look at the time and location and go back there at that same time and wait for him.

Some move in return patterns, but not all - and once you spook them it really lessens the chances. Wounded animals often run in return patterns.

[Lightshifty]

Originally posted by KaiEr:

Originally posted by Lightshifty:

You didn't have to chace him like that, you could have just brought up the map, look at the time and location and go back there at that same time and wait for him.

Some move in return patterns, but not all - and once you spook them it really lessens the chances. Wounded animals often run in return patterns.

I hunted a mythical red deer, wrote a post about it here in steam discussions and gave the location and time to other players, then they went to that location at the same time in their own game and they also hunted it. The game is on a 24 hour loop.

Edit: I found the post I wrote with the proof:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/518790/discussions/0/133258593392103018/

Go to the same location at the same time in your own game and see for yourself.

[KaiEr]

Originally posted by Lightshifty:

Originally posted by KaiEr:

Some move in return patterns, but not all - and once you spook them it really lessens the chances. Wounded animals often run in return patterns.

I hunted a mythical red deer, wrote a post about it here in steam discussions and gave the location and time to other players, then they went to that location at the same time in their own game and they also hunted it. The game is on a 24 hour loop.

Edit: I found the post I wrote with the proof:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/518790/discussions/0/133258593392103018/

Go to the same location at the same time in your own game and see for yourself.

I'll have to check that out. I don't play on that map unless I do multi-player with my best friend. I stick to the Pacific NW.

But this 24 hour loop thing does not apply to all animals, so I'm curious. Otherwise I'd be up on the side of Kraken trying to get that herd of 30+ again. :D

Edit: If you want to try for this bear, it was headed to the stand at the very southeast of Roonachee. It's a box stand.

[Xanton]

I feel bad for you. I was just strolling through the woods and happened across a mythical bear sat on a hill. Shot it. Killed it. Harvested it. Went back to what I was doing xD. Also, am I the only one that thinks EW's use of the word 'mythical' for this purpose is really cringy and bad? The whole 'common, rare, epic, mythical, legendary' thing is generally something used by fantasy RPGs... they use words like mythical and legendary because they're associated with the fantasy genre, e.g. legendary swords etc.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=867485020

[Lightshifty]

Originally posted by Xanton:

I feel bad for you. I was just strolling through the woods and happened across a mythical bear sat on a hill. Shot it. Killed it. Harvested it. Went back to what I was doing xD. Also, am I the only one that thinks EW's use of the word 'mythical' for this purpose is really cringy and bad? The whole 'common, rare, epic, mythical, legendary' thing is generally something used by fantasy RPGs... they use words like mythical and legendary because they're associated with the fantasy genre, e.g. legendary swords etc.

You do get hunters talk about mythical animals irl. This is an example I just made up, but you hear things like this all the time: Like a giant boar that have survived hunting attempts for decades and is covered in scars from past bullet wounds. All hunters in the area would have heard tales of the beast passed down from generations of experienced hunters that 'almost bagged the beast but it got away' and would actually be a living legend. All hunters, experienced or novice would dream of seeing the animal, let alone getting a shot at it and being the one to claim the trophy for himself.

[CellNav]

Originally posted by KaiEr:

Now I can honestly say I am happy they fixed the weight issues with this update. As soon as I saw (501-639), I started tracking this guy to make sure.

Congrats on your mythical !!!

Indeed, I'm very happy they fixed the weight problem. Considering the weight rolled at 543, you have the possibility of getting a 639 weight. From my calculation, you have less than a 1% chance of getting a 639 weight, but still a chance none-the-less ... :)

With regards to playstyle on how we get the big trophy ... Well, sitting around at the spawn area waiting for the animal to appear might be the same as going to a casino and sitting at the craps table rolling dice ... If players do that, no harm or foul, but they could have saved their money and bought some cheap dice and rolled them until they got "snake-eyes", a 3% chance of rolling something good depending on the trophy range ... :/

[Xanton]

Originally posted by CellNav:

Originally posted by KaiEr:

Now I can honestly say I am happy they fixed the weight issues with this update. As soon as I saw (501-639), I started tracking this guy to make sure.

Congrats on your mythical !!!

Indeed, I'm very happy they fixed the weight problem. Considering the weight rolled at 543, you have the possibility of getting a 639 weight. From my calculation, you have less than a 1% chance of getting a 639 weight, but still a chance none-the-less ... :)

With regards to playstyle on how we get the big trophy ... Well, sitting around at the spawn area waiting for the animal to appear might be the same as going to a casino and sitting at the craps table rolling dice ... If players do that, no harm or foul, but they could have saved their money and bought some cheap dice and rolled them until they got "snake-eyes", a 3% chance of rolling something good depending on the trophy range ... :/

There's a 'spawn area' for mythical difficulty animals? O_o

[KaiEr]

Originally posted by Xanton:

I feel bad for you. I was just strolling through the woods and happened across a mythical bear sat on a hill. Shot it. Killed it. Harvested it. Went back to what I was doing xD. Also, am I the only one that thinks EW's use of the word 'mythical' for this purpose is really cringy and bad? The whole 'common, rare, epic, mythical, legendary' thing is generally something used by fantasy RPGs... they use words like mythical and legendary because they're associated with the fantasy genre, e.g. legendary swords etc.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=867485020

Yeah, the term is really causing some confusion amongst people, They just need to use common terms for difficulty levels and let the other terminology come out through the players.

It's causing some people to believe it has something to do with trophy status or the appearance of the animal, which it doesn't. It might add to it in some way, but it's really simply supposed to be the alertness/difficulty in hunting the animal. Sure, people will find some high scoring animals with the mythical difficulty rating, but you will find animals with higher trophy ratings that are not. And when it comes to the difficulty, that really all depends on the situation and if you are hunting that specific animal (stalking/calling/using sprays). If a "mythical" walks into a clearing 300 yards away, it's not really "difficult". I shot a 7 bear that was sitting on the train tracks 120 yards from me, just yards from the Balmont RR bridge. I walked out, he didn't move (being that far away) and took him out with a shot to the back. Maybe he was suicidal, we'll never know, but it wasn't that difficult.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=909753893
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=909749820

I mean... going from the standpoint of the terminology, and what it's supposed to show, you could find a low-scoring, whitetail doe with a mythical rating. It's nothing to write home about, but would be a good hunt if you were truly hunting it... which I don't know why someone would.

[KaiEr]

Originally posted by CellNav:

Originally posted by KaiEr:

Now I can honestly say I am happy they fixed the weight issues with this update. As soon as I saw (501-639), I started tracking this guy to make sure.

Congrats on your mythical !!!

Indeed, I'm very happy they fixed the weight problem. Considering the weight rolled at 543, you have the possibility of getting a 639 weight. From my calculation, you have less than a 1% chance of getting a 639 weight, but still a chance none-the-less ... :)

With regards to playstyle on how we get the big trophy ... Well, sitting around at the spawn area waiting for the animal to appear might be the same as going to a casino and sitting at the craps table rolling dice ... If players do that, no harm or foul, but they could have saved their money and bought some cheap dice and rolled them until they got "snake-eyes", a 3% chance of rolling something good depending on the trophy range ... :/

Yeah, I'm all for anyone playing the game in a way that brings them enjoyment. I'm a hunter who has spent the past 14+ years living in China, without hunting, and am using this as my "fix". I'm not a "gamer", so my hunting style is going to be more of a hunter and not a gamer. (But then again, I do like to mess around a bit when I find a bug, being an old IT guy.)

[Patches]

My wife started playing this a couple weeks ago and I started to play after a while (and actually read how hunt the animals and the rating system) and she just enjoys the kill, she’s big on cod and such..well she was hunting a few moose and happened upon a mythical bear and just shot at it a bunch. I nearly slapped the controller out of her hands lol. I think she got like 700 points on it and only a silver trophy rating though despite it saying “mythical”..was that supposed to be better or you think she gunkes it up by not being patient? Lol