[Suggestion] Polar bear rebalance

37 votes

Polar bears are a rightfully, the most dangerous thing you'll face early days. But the damage and hit boxes that they have make it a completely one sided fight without use of cheese (eg top of rocks, building something or hiding in caves). Getting two shot by a polar bear you stumble across doesn't feel like good gameplay.

Suggestion would be to tone down damage, retain agro/hitbox and maybe adjust hp? Certainly in some earlier missions, you wont be high enough level to be outside of bows which again, encourages cheese methods.

Under consideration AI Suggested by: Nick (16 Dec, '21) • Upvoted: 01 Sep, '23 • Comments: 3

Comments: 3

16 Dec, '21
ApexAZ
Kill polar bears the same way you kill regular bears. Dodge the swipe (run past them) and keep shooting. They do take a ton of arrows, but doable. Carry lots and lots of arrows. I'm level 70 and still kill them with a long bow and bone arrows.
31 Dec, '21
Arlo
See "Rifle". The Rifle isn't capable enough.
10 Jan, '22
James
They are incredibly difficult especially solo. Also they are insanely populated in some missions. I have seen 2 or 3 within viewing distance at the same time before. Thats a bit crazy if they are so massively difficult to deal with.