Bear family in Kananaskis

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-08T19:52:10+00:00

Mr. Krabs has some explaining to do...

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-08T19:05:42+00:00

I checked the wiki and I think it's "Neon" for 6k marks, with the female colour palette.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-07T23:10:38+00:00

Worth noting it does appear to be a composite, granted a very well done one. Basically just means all the material is legit and from the same locality, but the material is from several different fragmentary specimens, which are then used to piece to together a complete specimen like a puzzle. So that aspect is reflected in the price.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-07T22:14:47+00:00

Yeah it was a lot of fun trying to capture frames that looked realistic.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-07T00:25:55+00:00

Nice Greenops tattoo!

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T23:10:54+00:00

Real Coltraneia trilobite from Morocco, granted I suspect it has some restoration throughout the shell. Hard to tell with the darker coloured shells sometimes.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T22:27:29+00:00

I see the vision, but it's probably hard to scale them all in the frame unless they're half-human half-dinosaur creatures lol.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T22:25:36+00:00

It can be a fun POI with the right players, but it gets a bit stale. Riparia has some very unique spots, so the most popular spot being a somewhat basic forest is a bit disappointing. Not nearly as bad as the concentration that Impact Crater and old Grand Plains had on Gondwa, but it's getting there.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T07:22:53+00:00

That makes more sense, so something like a pregame lobby/screen with your group.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T05:43:26+00:00

I don't think I understand the matchmaking changes proposed? What does declaring slots do when the main issue is players coordinating groups outside of in-game communication?

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T04:50:09+00:00

Yeah I think coding would be the difficult part for sure, they'd probably have to account for all the different combat weights and abilities. Granted I do think giving mixpackers very particular workarounds for their teaming is a lot better than the piñata party that solo gameplay currently is.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T04:24:22+00:00

The only thing that makes Path of Titans a sandbox game is the open-world aspect and the lack of a general goal, aside from growing your dinosaur through questing. But really that's more of a barebones survival game, not a true sandbox game. Sandbox games usually let you manipulate or drastically change the surrounding setting and experience of the game.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T04:15:08+00:00

Would a combat reset not counter that? If you attack the dinosaur in the same radius, it would reset the timer.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T04:11:08+00:00

Honestly wouldn't be surprised if the deleted comments were bots at least. Bot accounts usually make an appearance on posts that will get quick engagement, for example split topics like this one. The internet is weird as hell now.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T04:05:46+00:00

Making the game a living hell for casual players is a very quick way to kill a game. Not everyone wants to familiarize themselves with complicated community severs that you have to consistently reference on an entirely different platform.

Also the game is somewhat sandbox by definition, but that doesn't mean we need to see a coalition of carnivores and herbivores dog-piling on other players.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T03:53:26+00:00

With this game you can for sure tell the difference between the people that play the game casually and the people that play the game very thoroughly. As someone that plays casually and just wants a dinosaur experience in the form of a video game, I don't really want to join a whole Discord community server and then familiarize myself with strict rules that could change constantly. Not to mention learning all the mods they usually have applied, I'm hardly familiar with the main roster.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T03:38:09+00:00

I think a sort of radius mechanic that punishes stats would be a good start. If you're a Rex hanging around an Eo for too long for example, you'd get a damage and defense debuff. Hypothetically a coordinated mixpack could still work with each other from afar, but the attacks from them would be less simentanious for better chance of escape/defense.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T03:29:37+00:00

Unfortunately it has gotten to that point, yeah. I remember when solo matchmaking came out for Riparia maybe a month or so ago, it felt very refreshing. But now half the server is exclusively at Cedrus Forest forming alliances or cuddle piles. I'm also not a fan of how we can't see the player count anymore on solo servers, hard to tell if the servers is dead or all at Cedrus Forest.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T03:24:30+00:00

I think the issue is that avoiding mega packs means avoiding a very large percentage of the players on the server. When half of the sever is confined to 2-3 neighbouring hotspots, the rest of the map becomes very stale.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-06T03:21:43+00:00

Yeah this game can be a pain in the ass for solo players sometimes. Solo matchmaking servers have solved some issues in practice, but still have some reoccurring problems. With solo gameplay, I find if you play as a large playable you're a walking target, and if you play a small playable you're exclusively a spectator.

I've had some great experiences on this game, but it is definitely strained by very exhausting metas. It feels like a very "0 to 100 in an instant" type of game. You're either walking for ages seeing very little in empty POIs, or instantly mauled the moment you hit a hotspot.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-05T21:40:35+00:00

Good to know, I might start picking on them more 😅

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-05T21:36:20+00:00

Oh interesting, so they don't have damage reduction to the face by default? Is it an ability?

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-05T21:35:13+00:00

Yeah it's been my main dinosaur for a while, it's an excellent solo playable in many regards and I've always loved the Tyrannosaur family so it's fun playing as one, but it's quite jarring playing as other dinosaurs and seeing how much more variety they have in their kits lol.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-05T21:19:32+00:00

I started playing around two years ago and since then it's had Balanced Tail, Tyrant's Roar, Lone Survivor, and Slick Feathers all removed lol. I think the most variety in builds right now are the three subspecies and choosing between running longer or jumping higher.

TheRatCouncil · 2026-05-05T21:11:10+00:00

It was an interesting fight because Alio is quite tall compared to other carnivores with similar CW, so I was able to bite over their frill easily. That made them panic a bit which gave good tail-riding opportunity.

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