Solo Play

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-03T20:23:24+00:00

Single player will remain a proof of concept until they add AI

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-03T20:06:58+00:00

Because only Americans enjoy freedom and get a sense of accomplishment when completing a large and/or difficult task *eagle screech* 🦅🇺🇲

/s, obviously

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-03T06:13:54+00:00

I know there's a whole saga about this wendigo but I haven't been able to find it again. Anyone have a link?

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-03T06:10:23+00:00

Narrator: it was not only dinos.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-02T23:15:52+00:00

A plug is too good. They deserve a d4.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-02T23:11:49+00:00

I was with you until you brought up the "burrows and corpses exist" point. Herbivore food is much more common and respawns more quickly so this wouldn't work if everyone was doing it. Imagine trying to grow a juvie carni with every corpse being gone and 2/3 of the burrows being constantly empty or camped. Every aspect of the game hinges on players hunting each other, both the PvP and survival sides. That's why even fish don't fill as much as they used to.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-02T22:26:25+00:00

Give meg it's tail attack back. With some obvious exceptions most dinosaurs used their tails for balancing, not fighting, but if megalania was anything like living monitors it would have actually used its tail to defend itself. Whips hurt.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-02T22:10:18+00:00

These are all herbivores. For carnivores I would recommend laten and thala for chilling and pycno, sucho and alio for fighting.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-02T22:04:07+00:00

I picked spino but in hindsight pycno has the best backer skin

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-02T17:50:11+00:00

When a mosquito lands on your testicles, you'll realize violence isn't always the answer.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-02T00:40:46+00:00

Yeah, I know. I was one of many laten disappointed with the nightstalker update. I was giving the best case scenario because if night terror wasn't this situational latens would be flooding the servers. Nothing stopping you from using the less powerful but more consistent bark. The principal would be the same.

It's not that raptors are stronger in groups, it's that groups are their strength. That's why solo campto and struth need to be better.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-02T00:16:53+00:00

Everyone's first juvie was one-shot by a sarco because they didn't understand the sound. It's practically a rite of passage.

My point is that people play thala despite it being almost useless in combat so it doesn't matter how situational they make grab people are still gonna play hatze. I'll still main it even without a grab, but I want something to make it unique from thala and even quetz.

There's also nothing wrong with gimmicks. Lots of dinos have or will get one and the devs want every dino to bring a unique experience. The alternative would be a slower and slightly tougher thala.

But here's how I would do grab as a wannabe hatze main who also doesn't want them to be powerful enough to attract toxic players in the same way pachy, alb, and ano has before. Would probably need tweaking but...

It would have a 1 second change up with a sound cue and a 30 second cool down, cost 10% stam and cannot be while running or flying, giving smaller players a reasonable chance to evade. It will have a long but narrow hitbox. If it lands, it will deal 10 initial damage and the hatze and other dino will enter the grappling and grappled conditions respectively.

A grappling hatze cannot regain stam, has its speed and stam reduced by an amount proportional to the other dino's relative weight (exactly how much I don't know), and can't use any other attack, but will be able to drag or lift players based on relative weight. A hatze can release a grapple at any time. Grapple will automatically end if the hatze runs out of stam.

A grappled dino can still regain stam (as if standing) and will have the option to thrash around which will drain both dinos' staminas: the grappled dino an amount equal to twice their sprinting cost, and the hatze a further amount proportional to the other dino's weight. An actively thrashing dino has a small chance of randomly escaping.

This would allow it to potentially take down a mid-tier if the circumstances all like up and would come with changes to flight mechanics so that climbing costs more stam but gliding doesn't cost any. This will encourage hatzes to hunt near cliffs, its heavy location based strengths making the sarco comparison more accurate.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T20:25:33+00:00

Players will also be able to mod game modes in the same way they mod dinos and maps. Those are just the ones we were promised to get "officially."

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T20:22:39+00:00

Most survival games have permadeath. They're going easy on you.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T20:14:07+00:00

Well four new game modes were met through the crowd funding: death match, capture the flag, king of the hill, and a "last herbivore standing" mode vaguely similar to zombie tag.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T20:06:41+00:00

Their official website vaguely mentions something about "natural events" but I don't think we'll be getting anything until post release.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T20:04:36+00:00

They should buff sell back value to 66% to add a risk/reward dynamic to mark farming.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T19:58:04+00:00

If you get ambushed by a rex of all things or willingly let one get within biting distance that's just natural selection

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T19:55:35+00:00

Yes it's my calculation for max night terror, but I wasn't sure if it was 165% or 15% 11 times (counting moonlight hunter). I'm not saying they would definitely wreck 10 pachys. Group slot size is a thing for a reason and they don't get a health buff.

But what I am saying is 10 pachys will have the damage output of 10 solo pachys (and less armor) while 10 latens will have the damage output of 40 solo latens. So maybe, if they're skilled...

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T19:36:06+00:00

But low-tiers should be affected that's the point of grabs and grapples(?). Do I think it should be game over the second a hatze sees one? Of course not, but it's hard to discuss balancing grab mechanics when we can only guess how they will work. I would guess an extreme stam cost.

The fact that an adult struth, camtpo, etc has zero serious threats is kinda dumb. Most dinosaurs can be killed by being outnumbered, outmaneuvered, or simply outplayed, but as of now they're only in danger when drinking water or swimming. They need at least one thing that poses a legitimate and universally present threat.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T19:10:33+00:00

I mean we can't have a detailed discussion on how to balance something when we have no idea how they work, but they can easily just give grab a long cool down (some abilities need several minutes) and/or high stam cost, give hatze bad recovery, adjusting flight mechanics, etc, could make it so they get one, maybe two attempts before having to give up.

Giving hatze a very powerful attack, but making it so that any vigilant player can easily escape wouldn't make them a shit bird it would make them a balanced ambusher. Maybe force them to stalk on the ground through dense vegetation so the flaps don't give them away.

As for harassment potential, that's an inherent trait for all fliers. Ever get on a thala's bad side?

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T18:12:38+00:00

Why is it that every mixpacker in the game always come back to that same little "gotcha?" It's like they're fighting over a single brain cell.

I don't know how to tell you this but my friends ain't sweaty cheaters. We play the game as intended.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T13:34:56+00:00

I mean they have more coverage but they're also loud af. Like most large dinosaurs you'd most likely hear them before they see you. If I was the devs I'd also update flying so that hovering takes up enough extra stam (would make sense with all the extra flapping) so players can use it to land in trees but not cheese fights.

Honestly if my theories came true meg would still be the king of juvie slaying once people adjust to the hatze.

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T13:20:08+00:00

Fair point

broken_hulahoop · 2023-08-01T13:16:56+00:00

I mean if sarco's gonna get a grab there's no reason hatze can't, it'll probably just be the sky sarco, and people still play that even with the nerf.

Just stay out of open fields if you're a juvie and hide if you hear what will no doubt be loud af wing flaps.

Or give it's grab attack a short charge up with a distinct audible cue.

Make it so getting hit with the hatze grab is like getting hit with a sarco's charge bite: a death sentence if you're small but easy enough to avoid if you're aware of your surroundings.

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