Rock Dropping Bird has too much health.

[GLM]

The Screecher is just plain annoying to deal with, its gotten to a point I dont even bother killing it anymore, and I get giddy when an island doesn't have one.

It just has too much health, it should take like 6 Stone Arrows, 4 Steel ones, or 3 Titanium ones at Maximun to kill one on normal, the hitbox is kinda wonky, and the mechanics are AWFUL, specially because you can only realistically hit it when its coming for you, or in the rare occasion it decides to pick up a rock nearby and not ON THE OTHER BLOODY SIDE OF THE ISLAND, and it often loses agro after it drops a rock too, staying a good 10 to 15s just flying before it decides to pick up another rock, making the fight even longer.

The loot it drops is not even good, you literally have an easy infinite source of Feathers and Drumsticks with the Seagull nests.

Any other animal is quite fun to fight, screecher is just a nuisance you eventually learn to ignore.

[Xas]

Other than for achievement purpose,
Not cost effective and a waste of time to fool around with.

[Tenoshii]

I wouldn't mind seeing them adjust the loot table for the screecher to improve the reward and payoff for dispatching it.

I still haven't gotten quite used to the arrow drop for the bow. Maybe I'll figure it out eventually.

[Pigeontoothpick]

Originally posted by Tenoshii:

I still haven't gotten quite used to the arrow drop for the bow. Maybe I'll figure it out eventually.

Every time I think I have the arrow drop figured out, the Screecher reminds me that I definitely don't. I've been playing this game for good bit now and I'm perpetually terrible with the bow and I genuinely can't figure out why. I love bows in most games and usually have no issues learning the arrow drop, but I just can't seem to grasp it in Raft. This makes dealing with Screechers infinitely infuriating.
The only tip I've found recently that helps a little is to lead/aim an inch (real life measurement) above the Screecher. I still miss more shots than I'd care to admit.

[Tenoshii]

Originally posted by Raven:

Originally posted by Tenoshii:

I still haven't gotten quite used to the arrow drop for the bow. Maybe I'll figure it out eventually.

Every time I think I have the arrow drop figured out, the Screecher reminds me that I definitely don't. I've been playing this game for good bit now and I'm perpetually terrible with the bow and I genuinely can't figure out why. I love bows in most games and usually have no issues learning the arrow drop, but I just can't seem to grasp it in Raft. This makes dealing with Screechers infinitely infuriating.
The only tip I've found recently that helps a little is to lead/aim an inch (real life measurement) above the Screecher. I still miss more shots than I'd care to admit.

Yeah I thoroughly enjoyed the arrow physics in Valheim across all the bows. Came into this game and thought I was gonna wreck the bird no problem. Boy was I wrong.

At this point I only take shots when it's on the ground picking up a rock (when I actually get LOS), when it's flying straight at me, and then again right before it flies overhead. I think I've gotten overhead/on-the-ground accuracy to 50-70%, every other shot is a horrendous 20-40% accuracy.

[Alshain]

You can use the heads for biofuel. But yeah, shark and boar heads are easier to obtain. I really do agree. I only bother with killing the screecher if it's in the way of something I want (usually a boar when I'm looking to armor myself before Balboa)

I can hit him near every time without taking damage, ideally you want the high ground, makes it easier. But it's tedious.

[mota]

No matter how much the Devs gimp the bird, there will always be "that one enemy" that is the hardest to fight. As of now, every other enemy in the game is already too easy.

Originally posted by Alshain:

I can hit him near every time without taking damage, ideally you want the high ground, makes it easier. But it's tedious.

Funny thing: I prefer low ground against the bird. :)

[MartyS]

Originally posted by mota:

No matter how much the Devs gimp the bird, there will always be "that one enemy" that is the hardest to fight. As of now, every other enemy in the game is already too easy.

Originally posted by Alshain:

I can hit him near every time without taking damage, ideally you want the high ground, makes it easier. But it's tedious.

Funny thing: I prefer low ground against the bird. :)

I also prefer the low ground, I can get a hit just about every time if the bird is flying down to me, then run forward to avoid the stone. Waiting for the next pass does make it tedious. Another advantage of this is the arrows that miss usually land near the area you run to while avoiding the stone.

[Alshain]

Well, to each their own, but I don't see anyone denying that the amount of health and his slow attack speed makes him tedious and annoying to fight.

[sinkingsun690]

Get the achievement and don't waste your time on this bird. It takes up way too much time to kill it because of it's animations and it's health being way too high. It's not worth the trouble. I almost feel the same about the warthog. They should be much more rare if they're going to be that hard to kill.

[slaw]

i just pull up to the island and kill him from my raft easy as and yes its tedious but fun :)
warthog is even easier in water :)

[GLM]

Originally posted by slaw:

i just pull up to the island and kill him from my raft easy as and yes its tedious but fun :)

Tedious + Fun.

Press X to doubt.

[Xas]

Its not hard to kill it,
design of raft, to
make it come in only direction, and even easier,
it has to fly ' Up ' to your landing pad.
Could waste half a dozen of arrows at it, before it even reaches you in one sweep.
Yet protected under a Shelter.
example
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2258169442
Still, a waste of effort and time.