[Suggestion] Player skill and bears
Wolves can be oneshot without taking damage early in the game with a very precise patient spear throw. Bears can not be killed in any ways that involve player skill to my knowledge. The game specifically encourages the spear and knife and then makes the spear obsolete against the bears. some sort of system involving maybe cancelling a bears attack with a timed stab would be appreciated.
Comments: 4
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04 Oct, '21
DiamondsIt's a bear. You're a human. If you try to fight a bear like you physically can fight a bear, you deserve to not win against the bear. You're a human, use your brain and take time and prepare.
I've died to a lot of bears, more than I have killed. But the ones I did kill, it was primarily with my spear because I built bear specific additions to my base, such as a trap door which I could aggro the bear into looking up at me and I poke it with my spear in the head until it dies. I have to repair my spear mid fight.... but this scenario was only possible because I used my superior brain instead of my inferior body.
This was during BW2, but had I seen many bears around my base in BW3 I would've done the same thing. I even built towers out away from my base that were specifically designed with bears in mind. -
04 Oct, '21
DiamondsEven when I was far away from my base in BW2, I had navigation specific features such as doors and ladders and stuff, as well as stamina and speed upgrades, all built with bears in mind. Now some might even say that was paranoid.... Bearanoid if you will... but I started playing BW2 before they added the hotfix to make it so you could retrieve your stuff. So every time I would die to a bear, I'd basically have to start over. So yeah, f bears. But F you if you think the devs should make it so a low level character can fight a bear with a spear because of "player skill". My player skill is my brain. lol
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06 Oct, '21
ShazrothBears can easily be killed via player skill. All you need is a basic bow and stone arrows. When the bear charges you, shoot it once in the face and then when its close step forward and to the side. Turn, draw the bow and wait for the bear to charge you again. Rinse and repeat.
It already rewards player skill. -
06 Oct, '21
ShazrothIf folks really want to use a spear against a bear maybe modify the spear to do its thrown levels of damage against a charging bear. A bit like setting it to receive the charge? You're still going to get slapped around by the bear a few times but it would kill the bear much faster.