[Suggestion] Slower Bear Respawn Timer
There appears to be no downtime between killing bears and their respawn time. In the recent beta weekend, the bear near the entrance to the desert zone would instantly respawn when killed, meaning no risk-to-reward benefits. No motivation to kill the bear cause you don't get any rest from attack. Perhaps the bear needs a wider patrol zone or something, but given how hard it is to kill the bear there should be a rest period as a 'reward' for taking on the risk of death.
Comments: 16
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01 Oct, '21
Raptor87 MergedThe moment you take down one polar bear another instantly respawns in close proximity. Is this a bug or planned? I honestly don't mind either way. We prepped hard for the Snow biome but was frustrating when they kept respawning in choke points.
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05 Dec, '21
sezle MergedThe polar bear's respawn time has set to 0 seconds.
It occurred during the Icesorm : Expedition mission.
We were collecting the first device and killing polar bears to get the second device.
Even if I killed a polar bear four times in the same position, there was a polar bear there again.
I know that avoiding is the standard. Did you intend to set the respawn time? Or is it a bug? -
10 Dec, '21
mr steal your job MergedI set up my just outside of a valley where no matter how many times I kill the bear that guards the area, another freaking bear shows up after like 2-3 cave runs for ore. The respawn timers for bears both polar or otherwise should not be that quick. I've had 20 plus encounters with bears since I set up my base there. And considering they are basically instant death, I have not been able to progress my level at all because, by the time I gather enough XP to recover the penalty, the ninja bear has already respawned ready to set me back to zero XP
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11 Dec, '21
jase Mergedalso, they seem to be able to hear any little sound you make in a completely closed off shack. only thing that's keeping me from levelling up in the arctic XD
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14 Dec, '21
K MergedI'm really enjoying the game, and I'm impressed with the post release updating and communication so far. But the polar bears are making me want to throw my PC out of the window! I'm on the first mission into the arctic area and there's a small forest mountain corridor leading into it that always seems to have a polar bear in (at least 10-15 levels above me too). As soon as I manage to kill it by cheesing it, another polar bear immediately spawns in the same narrow area. I can't get past.
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16 Dec, '21
Maverickwoe Mergedyeah, at least add a cool down please. there is no benefit on killing the bear right now so we just mostly avoid it.
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25 Dec, '21
Dordanov MergedI have noticed this too. Especially pbvious for the polar bear that spawns/patrols around the L14 Arctic entrance. It's usually better to just sneak around it, as killing it will just instantly cause a new one to spawn. Bears seem to have the same issue. Whenever I kill a bear around the spot he is set to spawn/patrol I almost always hear/see a new one right away. And the times I don't notice it I'm assuming it's only just far away for me to hear/notice.
It would be nice if the respawns were more on a cooldown/timer, so you get a sort of grace period to travel past the area before a new one takes its place. -
29 Dec, '21
FSD MergedCurrently, if you manage to kill one of these massive health pool targets. Almost immediately the mob is respawned near by. This isn't practical nor is it fun game play. It might be good for xp farming. As a road block that is barely survived it means the chance is greater the next time it will kill you. I think a 5 minute timer would be perfectly fair. Give the player looking to get somewhere else a chance to do so. Where as the person foolishly staying there will have the encounter again.
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31 Dec, '21
Nach MergedAgreed. Currently the respawn seems to be determined by an unknown distance variable to the bear's initial respawn point, which if the bear charged you, could be quite far from where you are standing when it was downed. (This is based on observation, and is not 100% a known truth.) This can cause an almost instantaneous respawn, something that is especially awful when you're first travelling into the snow biomes, as it seems like you have to retreat as soon as you've progressed.
Suggest: Polar bears have a 1 day in game respawn timer (and maybe add a greater spacing to their spawn nodes). They're big, tanky, territorial beasts, and it's an accomplishment to take one down when all you have is a bow and a bolt action rifle without dying. They also wouldn't in any way tolerate another polar bear within it's domain. -
06 Jan, '22
SB MergedWaaaaaaay too aggressive respawn rate. Same problem, it goes from fun/challenging to frustrating and just plain unfun.
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11 Jan, '22
Jessica MergedAgree- it's ridiculous. A few weeks ago- I killed a bear & it re-spawned the next morning. Yesterday I killed one & in UNDER a minute it had re-spawned (I again killed it & again, it re-spawned in about a minute). I think their cool down timer should be 24-42 hours.
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11 Jan, '22
Elissa - Producer Admin"Bear and Polar Bear respawn rates" (suggested by FSD on 2021-12-29), including upvotes (10) and comments (3), was merged into this suggestion.
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11 Jan, '22
Elissa - Producer Admin"[Bug] The polar bear's respawn time is set to 0 seconds" (suggested by sezle on 2021-12-05), including upvotes (9) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
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11 Jan, '22
Elissa - Producer Admin"Better Bear Respawns" (suggested by mr steal your job on 2021-12-10), including upvotes (2) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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11 Jan, '22
Elissa - Producer Admin"[Bug] Polar Bear Instant Respawn" (suggested by Raptor87 on 2021-10-01), including upvotes (13) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
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11 Jan, '22
Elissa - Producer Admin"For the love of god, nerf the polar bear spawns!" (suggested by K on 2021-12-14), including upvotes (6) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.