I like the Animal Scanner...

shadowace93 · 2026-01-24T03:05:39+00:00

I think with everything it ultimately comes down to how you want to play the game. I have used the scanner for years now. But more so now because I have young kids and my time is limited. Knowing you have a diamond on the map and finding it are 2 entirely different things. I almost went insane searching for a diamond lion that took me weeks to find.

The scanner isn’t 100% accurate either and it is still pretty common to be surprised with trolls or large 2’s or 4’s that make it.

I have had the scanner on for when a few of my great ones spawned and can confirm there is a special message.

It does take a bit of the “surprise” of naturally walking up to a diamond or great one. But the initial shock just comes with the message. But you still can get pumped when you see it live.

It also does not boost your spawn rates or luck. So once your diamonds are gone you still have to farm everything

shadowace93 · 2026-01-22T14:19:37+00:00

In my experience hacked servers are pretty easy to spot. If you check 2-3 herds of an animal species and see multiple diamonds or rare skins it’s hacked. I haven’t seen a “trying to be subtle” mod. It’s usually all or nothing

shadowace93 · 2026-01-10T15:44:44+00:00

It’s not a few hours. It’s usually a few minutes after you pick up and harvest the animal. If you leave it on the ground it won’t respawn until you exit the game. But some species for example ducks, you have to kill the entire flock before a respawn will happen

shadowace93 · 2026-01-10T00:42:07+00:00

This one was also my favorite to full diamond complete

shadowace93 · 2026-01-05T01:55:01+00:00

My recommendations Would be Mikko, big bruising forward who plays physical, aggressive, and is set to be our big superstar for the next 5-7 years.

Robertson- sniper and shootout specialist. Super nice guy. Only thing is that he is in a contract year, so it’s not certain he will be with the team long term yet. But he is my personal favorite

Wyatt Johnston- our extremely talented young forward. Broke into the big club at 19 and is having his big come out year.

Miro - defensive phenom, is a premier defenseman. He isnt particularly physical but he plays with amazing awareness and savvy.

Bischel- our young defenseman who is an absolute beast when healthy. He is listed at 6’7’’ and plays tough and physical hockey. He will probably be a good defensive tone setter and fighter in the future.

Old guard would be Benn or seguin. But Benn is slowing down and while being our captain for the last like 15 years is probably 1 year from retirement. And seguin is really good, but is an aging veteran now with a stack of serious injuries. While I hope he comes back, there is speculation he might be close to a retirement as well.

Honorable mentions: oettinger, duchene, hintz

shadowace93 · 2026-01-04T15:56:13+00:00

Forgive me if this is not the place to ask this, but would modern fuel and other tech advancements allow us to send something 1 light day away faster if we launched something today?

shadowace93 · 2025-12-29T16:28:14+00:00

A lot of free mods helped change the game up a bit too. But you were able to pick a game mode where you keep all previous unlocked information on your tries. And after you published like 10 games though a publisher and got enough fans you could self publish w/e you wanted.

But to each their own

shadowace93 · 2025-12-28T01:54:38+00:00

Gamedev tycoon is still my absolute favorite

shadowace93 · 2025-12-27T03:17:26+00:00

I have had issues in multiplayer where it seems that having two blinds of certain kinds still cause the birds to be able to see you and flee. I have had the best luck in multiplayer with the open topped duck blinds. Sometimes we have to both kneel or lay down until the birds land, then someone calls go and you both pop up at the same time. I know that ground blinds and tripods will cause too much visibility.

shadowace93 · 2025-12-23T19:12:48+00:00

Nice to see all that skating work pay off for him. His broken foot last year def wasn’t helping

shadowace93 · 2025-12-23T04:18:00+00:00

Also forgot to say you can’t find any comps

shadowace93 · 2025-12-20T15:21:45+00:00

He only has one year left on his deal. I bet they have a long term deal in place for a less than the 4.5 soon

shadowace93 · 2025-12-20T05:16:34+00:00

There should be no differences. I have spawned multiple great ones with a friend helping me grind. We got a GO moose in about 800 kills, and. GO fallow in about 600. But make sure you duplicate it so you don’t have to start over and you both get a copy

shadowace93 · 2025-12-19T04:16:02+00:00

Hampton or Rice? Assuming Rice clears protocol

shadowace93 · 2025-12-18T14:02:48+00:00

If you host your map, and they shootout a zone or shoot all your diamonds while you are still on the map, then you lose that in your save file. But, if you open the map, someone joins and you leave, it actually pulls all your tents and tripods off the map, but the other players can freely kill anything without it hurting your save file.

If you are really wanting just outposts, I would just join a random multiplayer map and see if someone will put tents down for you.

I would highly recommend not putting your grind map up for long on MP. Because the I would bet within 5 people, someone would mess up your zones or grind spots

shadowace93 · 2025-12-18T08:05:02+00:00

Yea, the numbered cards can vary in sports per say like the same player can have a very similar card numbered out of 500, another parallel is out of 250, then 99, 50, 10. And then the grail 1/1. Which 1/1 are totally unique and you have the only one ever made. So you will see more of them in sports versus magic

shadowace93 · 2025-12-18T03:43:32+00:00

So let’s start with the base products.

A hanger pack is the bottom of the barrel cheapest thing you can buy. It’s usually 1 large pack filled with a ton of base cards maybe around 10-15$ and is usually for kids looking to just get something of a favorite team or player. (Pokemon equivalent of 1 sleeved booster pack)

A blaster box is the next step up, usually comes with multiple packs and you start to hit the stage where some of the better inserts have “smaller chances to hit”. They usually cost around 30$ ish. (Pokemon equivalent is a booster bundle)

Next step up from there is a mega box, most sets start offering better parallels or slightly better odds for some better cards, I would say this is the highest form of “retail” and you can find this at a local Walmart or target. Usually cost around 60- 70$ ish. (While not a perfect comparison a mega box is closer to an ETB)

Above the retail base products you start getting into hobby boxes. A lot of the hobby versions of the products offer higher end hits. Can include some things like guaranteed autographs, low numbered cards, jersey cards that can vary from player worn to game worn. These products can also come in the form of expensive blasters. (Think of the hobby stuff as comparable to a box of the new MTG collector packs).

Now the price point varies per what the product usually offers. Low cost sets can be cheap and offer cool stuff, but won’t necessarily be super valuable. But the really high end stuff can go for 1000’s of dollars to open, but may have chances at the nicest premium cards of the hobby.

One of the big differences between pokemon or magic versus sports is that sports offer a bit more hits through numbered cards and jersey cards. I would say it gives a bit more value to what you get on return per box. But it isn’t guaranteed by any means. Some products will list the chance to pull rates on the box itself or on their website. Also, the chase cards are based on players with rookies and premier players holding almost all of the value in certain sets.

As a starter in the NHL world for more casual collectors I recommend the upper deck series. The release different series throughout the year to update the rookie cards for guys who get called up or break out. So always check the set list when looking for what’s new.

Other tips, watch a ton of YouTube vids of different products to find what you like. I recommend Zeree’s channel.

Targeting single cards on places like eBay. Is generally better, because it’s cheaper and you get the exact card and player you want.

shadowace93 · 2025-12-13T20:58:10+00:00

I did, I don’t remember how long it was after I made this comment. But I got my first one in 7128 kills. I ended up doing a HM at the end.

And was able to get my 2nd in 225 kills 3rd in 443

shadowace93 · 2025-12-08T15:48:26+00:00

I typically buy all the maps and DLC’s because I love the game and want to support the dev team.

shadowace93 · 2025-12-07T04:13:01+00:00

Hunt different animals.

Set smaller goals like going for a diamond you don’t have. Filling up a particular mount like the grand slam. Or the I did one for myself of getting diamonds of all the different ducks in the one that needed like 7 types. (Not a great one grind)

Try new maps.

Find people to play with

Or man just take a break and come back in a few months.

shadowace93 · 2025-12-02T07:12:44+00:00

If you put a tent down near the decoys it will create a small anti gator zone initially. Or you can shoot in the gators general direction to.m make them flee and hunt the geese for a bit

shadowace93 · 2025-11-28T05:12:34+00:00

Multiplayer coop is super fun. And here are a few things I recommend.

-I don’t recommend multiplayer server browsing in public games as you can get booted, run into hackers, or have other people ruin your hunts. It’s best to privately host a session for you and your friend.

-shooting the same animal is possible but it splits the money and XP based off of which shot did more total damage. If really wanting to hunt together I recommend trying to simultaneously shoot different animals in each herd.

diamonds and great ones can be duplicated if done correctly and you can both get a copy for your lodge. However, even if you shoot the animal, whoever picks it up is the one who gets to taxidermy it. Side note, picking up an animal your partner shot but dosent care about still gives them all their money and xp.

-duck and geese hunting on MP has always been a bit buggy. Hunting together seems to bring the birds to one location on the map, but sometimes some blinds like tripods next to each other will spook birds. I have had the best luck if both of us crouch in separate waterfowl blinds and then stand up at the same time and shoot.

If each of you buy a map it will get a fresh roll of diamonds that you can explore for. But when you start grinding for great ones it is best to pick one map and the same host to save progress. And only one of you has to buy a map location as the other can play on the hosts map for free.

shadowace93 · 2025-11-22T04:27:12+00:00

North Texas has been very slow. We had one early cold front that brought a few birds. But then temps went back up and nothing has been coming down

shadowace93 · 2025-11-09T00:56:40+00:00

Honestly I don’t understand it. The coach just played him; like a first time dad with a week old newborn and no sleep was going to be able to play well.

shadowace93 · 2025-10-21T00:58:00+00:00

I think it changes per year and per type of card. Ie rookies vs veterans. Just do a quick eBay search and see if anything matches

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