lore-discussion

[feral thicket]

Also for they guy who asked why the two crosses, they resemble the letter H as in hunt as well.

And currently as mala said the monsters appear only in new orleans, but who knows maybe they will break out in a far future update.

[pseudo sapphire]

I dont know if anyone has asked this but: Whye the hunters doesn't collaboratE? What`s the point (related with the lore) of kill each other? There is only one Hunter's Association, right?

[rotund ferry]

Not 100% sure yet, but from what I gather, it really just comes doen to greed.

Only 1 (or 2) people can get paid for any one bounty. Everyone wants that cash and eill do ehat it takes to get it... even betraying a friend.

[opaque oar]

The point of killing each other is that being in competition with other hunters is better than any prey that they could ever hunt

Hunting animals isn't fun. Hunting other humans isn't really fun. But hunting and competing with someone who is just as good as you, maybe better, there's a worthy challenge.

[mellow moth]

Who would like to split the bounty with more than one other hunter?!

[opaque oar]

I'm looking for a decent screen cap, but there is one Lore page in the game that talks about looking for a better, more thrilling hunt.

@mellow moth Probably low likelihood to want to split the loot. I just don't think that money is the only driving factor. And certainly, "resolving the (possible) demonic invasion" is not of interest to the hunters.

[tight edge]

satan is satan call it what you want, the semantics will kill you

[random lava]

i'm immune to semantics

[jagged meteor]

3 раза выкинуло из игры с такой ошибкой, и я потерял 3 охотников

[opaque oar]

Try the tech support channel. And also English, unless they have someone who speaks Russian. (or other Cyrillic languages)

[shy zealot]

@feral thicket Well, so far the monsters we've seen are only showing up in New Orleans, but it's all but stated that there are other hunting groups besides AHA

Well, at the very least concerned folks aware of supernatural freaks in the night. (See the German letter and the Muslim's diary)

Notably the Muslims are aware (and own at least a few cards of) the True Deck, which is apparently some kind of powerful set of tarot cards that is unpleasant to even touch.

[woeful skiff]

any ideas what is this mark ?

[shy zealot]

Not sure, but I'm getting a slight Lovecraft vibe from it

[woeful skiff]

@shy zealot yee i think i too 😄

[feral thicket]

I didnt see that mark anywhere else 🤔

[rotund ferry]

Errror Code and we dont can play

[shy zealot]

@rotund ferry Check Announcements

They're doing a server restart shortly.

[rotund ferry]

@shy zealot Thanks

👌 😉 👍

[mental charm]

@rotund ferry Where r u from?

[rotund ferry]

Austria

[mental charm]

lmao

[rotund ferry]

Question

If the spider was a hunter who is the butcher

Not sure who the Butcher was yet (if anyone special), but I'm still not entirely convinced the spider was a hunter.

In the story about a hunter’s first hunt it talks about him turning into it

[bronze zephyr]

No, I think that describes the clue merging his consciousness with the spider, thus letting him "know" the spider's location.

Since he's seen it through their eyes.

@rotund ferry

[rotund ferry]

Oh

Also then lore book mentions hip hop, aerosol cans and subways

Isn’t that a little too modern for the time?

[bronze zephyr]

I thought there were supposed to be present articles researching into what has happened.

To give the lore kind of a "hidden history" feel like it could have happened in our world.

[rotund ferry]

Ah

Makes more sense

[neat shore]

on steam is says the code has already ben us3d anyway to fix this i know i have not used it

[bronze zephyr]

Submit a support ticket through official channels.

[naive seal]

@rotund ferry @rotund ferry the butcher has no head... So is the meathead... Buttttt

[rotund ferry]

And?

[naive seal]

And dunno. Just saying.

When u kill butcher his head falls

He is big

So they probably from same place before

[rotund ferry]

Oh yeah... lol Well we already knew that. That doesn't get us any closer to if he is actually anyone "important" or not lol

[naive seal]

Key

[indigo idol]

do you guys know why the hunters have powers?

are they also infected by the virus?

[opaque oar]

Hell

It's a piece of hell inside of them, lore wise. Unclear how it gets into them.

[indigo idol]

Hell? so the grunts and stuff are creatures from hell? or are they normal humans from lousiana swamps that also got a piece of Hell but they surrendered to it?

I like the creepy atmosphere the game has 😃

[signal tulip]

I think from the little bit of text in the game, it's science experiments

[rotund ferry]

@opaque oar same way everyone gets a little of someone into them 😉

[opaque oar]

Damnit. I knew I shouldn't have gone dancing with him!

[old kite]

I thought they sold their soul to the contract agency to get the hell in them

The American Hunters Association

[opaque oar]

Seems reasonable

[mental hearth]

if theyre gunna let us choose spawn it would probably work like pubg etc right? we can see eachother to avoid just spawning on eachother, whats a lore friendly way they should do this?

[random lava]

spawn choosing is a selection of 2 spawn points for you and your teammate you dont see the other people's spawn

[mental hearth]

What if 2 teams pick the same spot

Then you’d spawn in and die or kill. That’s why in most free for all games you pick live by dropping from the sky, obv that wouldn’t work in this game

[random lava]

you cant pick the same spot

you only have 2 spots to choose from

other team wont get the same spot to choose from

[mental hearth]

I see so not much freedom of choice in spawn but you avoid getting spawn killed

[random lava]

yessir

[river flax]

What's the time period the game is set in? To me it seems to be around 1900 plus minus a few years

[shy zealot]

@indigo idol They aren't from "hell", they're "horrific creatures that have crept through the cracks between worlds, or so one theory goes."

The theory is more or less right, as the manual states "Clues are supernatural rifts between worlds."

@river flax 1895

@bronze zephyr You are correct about the consciousness thing, "Clues are supernatural rifts between worlds. When touched, they form a temporary psychic link between Hunter and monster, narrowing down the target monster’s location."

[limpid lark]

butcher is just a giant meathead with a pig head he attached to his body, right?

[heavy gate]

yes, pig head is a decoy

[short flax]

is there any hints what other maps we might see through the lore? is it all set in swampy lands ?

[crimson urchin]

The butcher confuses@me

how can he see without the leeches?

[pale trench]

anyone here have any screenshots of tier 2/tier 3 hunters?

[simple tinsel]

yes actually!

I bvelieve i killed a tier 3 earlier

[ebon heart]

Theory: The Zombies with the cages on their heads were the first infected. Unaffected people put cages on their heads to prevent biting, hoping a cure was on it's way. unfortunately a cure never came.

[simple tinsel]

@pale trench he rushed me so i threw dynamite at the ground and dipped, then looped around and met his buddy with a shotty.

tier 2 has a lot of trench coats, union army uniforms, cowboy with a blanket poncho, some have beards and eyepatches and stuff. this is the only one ive seen that i was for sure must be tier 3. I like the theory that someone proposed that tier 0-1 is farmers and whatnot participating in the open hunt, tier 2 would be somewhat experienced hunters/ex soldiers, tier 3 must be full on van helsing types

Tier 2

[naive seal]

T2

@crimson urchin go to huntshowdown/manual

And u may find out

Www.huntshowdown.com/manual

[wintry sandal]

@ebon heart Or maybe they were slaves with those contraptions?

@ebon heart Like runaway slave punishments

[river flax]

The US had stopped with the whole slave thing like 30-40 years before the time in the game

[wintry sandal]

Oh shit. What year is this game taken place in?

[opaque oar]

1895

[river flax]

1895

[opaque oar]

Basically end of the Reconstruction period

"Gilded Age" is ~1870-1900

[river flax]

though they don't seem to mind to take stuff from a bit into the future, seeing how we have a huot automatic conversion applied to a mosin rifle

[wintry sandal]

well shittt

[rotund ferry]

+Will there be actual lore to this game in the future, or will it all be speculation?

[feral thicket]

There will be actual lore

But they will also keep the sort of riddle feeling to some of it

Thats what i like about it

[rotund ferry]

at 5 Times this..and my Hunter's+Weapons byby..not funny😒

[urban smelt]

It literally says your hunters and weapons are reset to before the mission

so you didn't lose them like you said

[rotund ferry]

not the hunters not in my stash

sach mal sind die alle am penn Moderators alle am penn Crytek Developer am penn was da loss mach ere arbeit und helft denn Leuten sauhaufen

[slate meadow]

more ducks

[rotund ferry]

DUCKY DUCK

[opaque oar]

Who's that?

[wheat berry]

This has probably already been posted but what do you make of the page in the"Louisiana Event" that send to date 1977?

[amber trout]

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[rotund ferry]

so whats the lore behind this game

[opaque oar]

@wheat berry The lore book has some "historical research" type entries in it

Could be that there's some lore that relates to other events or to a future team researching the events in 1895

[prime igloo]

proper wear of a saber (cross draw) point towards the back hilt in the front

[naive seal]

I just upload some high definition images for the Louisiana Events:

Louisiana Events
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1llb_mscXfm_YcvE2Dl9ocXCmHUGzS3cP

If anyone has interests.

[rotund ferry]

That was fantastic, thanks

I like the implication that Caldwell doesn't realize that they're fighting literal demons

And he thinks the letters are metaphorical

Other fun theories: the vapor advertisement in the back is meant to imply that was the cause of the infection perhaps?

The OwO shmbol thing might be a hunter sign from the time or a cult symbol of some sort

[shy zealot]

@ebon heart That's what I was thinking too

@rotund ferry Trials of Dr. Reed indicate it was spread by moths or something

Also the infection is almost certainly caused/created by the Sculptor

[rotund ferry]

I think the trials of Dr Reed is just referring to the creation of a Hive in that bit

[feral thicket]

no, i dont think so

let me search for the lines real quick

first of all the lines "The infection is potent. Odd. I began an autopsy yet the corpse—but two hours dead—contained only moths. Living moths and no organs." - talkes about another patient; and all his organs are moths when dead

another one i found is "I am spider and scorpion and moth."

he isnt anything in particular (like a hive)

he just feels a connection to insects in general

[light socket]

Where are you finding that?

[naive seal]

Louisiana Events
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1llb_mscXfm_YcvE2Dl9ocXCmHUGzS3cP

Bur dunno what page

[tight edge]

hives are always women

it honestly sounded like dr. reed was the butcher

[light socket]

Bah, I'll have to read that when I get home. Can't read crap from the images on my phone.

[old remnant]

are there any swissplayers around?

[river flax]

this is the lore discussion text chat

[lost cloak]

Could you imagine a wedigo boss that be awsome

[scenic brook]

what about a skinalker?

SkinWalker*

[lost cloak]

think that would be pretty neat too

[azure anvil]

@lost cloak Like the one in Until Dawn? 👀

[lost cloak]

ya that'd be monkaS

[azure anvil]

That would be mad

[naive seal]

By any chance. Does anyone has 'translated' (writing into text) the text of those pages at Louisiana Events?

I'm doing some work to translate to my language and would appreciate if someone else could help, if already did the 'hard work'.

[lilac dirge]

@old remnant hello yes

[rotund ferry]

A Skinwalker boss that roams like a hunter around the map and when you shoot it dies like one, but then a couple seconds later transforms and begins the boss fight.

[balmy sage]

that would be a cool spin

[smoky sequoia]

@rotund ferry something like that

https://pm1.narvii.com/6622/fc5efc93792b6c2f7b3abd6e9c21814c3f2c7684_hq.jpg

[vale geyser]

Will we get to fight a fucking Windigo in this game at some point tho

[signal fog]

есть русские?)

[gusty pagoda]

in the game I got the message and kicked from the game menu
showed me a message that I cheater

I do not cheat and video recording programs Bandicam - shadowplay

[mental hearth]

@gusty pagoda this isnt lore 🤔 pls post on tech support

[gusty pagoda]

@mental hearth how and where

[mental hearth]

you just did and if it keeps happening contact tech support, maybe its firewall, just a glitch or something else

[mental hearth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilxdDovzO1g a lot a assets reused from this, i wonder if well see this boss return or a coop mode lmao, i doubt it tbh

[gusty pagoda]

@mental hearth ok

[wraith ferry]

@rocky pumice wana hunt that in a large ice tundra spruce forest n ice glacier planes?

[dim compass]

Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age, Looks better than what they came out with, too bad.

[tropic dawn]

@dim compass ikr

Would be a fun game to play

[dim compass]

Agreed and the graphics look better, tbh everything looked better, If you could have first person in that game it would have been amazing

too bad.

also

This was going to be F2P and now you have a EA game that is far too much money for what you get.

[ember niche]

PvE only lasts so long

Tbh gilded looked like an attempt at Vermintide

Mechanics only had so much diversity

Like the game as is

It’s in a good original state

[rotund ferry]

I imagine a alligator esque boss is coming soon

Some of the locations really work for it

Like the places where there's gigantic coral everywhere

Imagine picking up a note once you find all three clues that simply reads the monster was inside of you all along

I'd dig it.

[clever sinew]

Upcoming single player campaign

[drifting slate]

alligators actually would be a cool addition and they hang in the deeper water and you can only see their eyes sticking out of the water

[river flax]

The game is set in the swamps of Louisiana in 1895, strange to see a swiss and a brand new russian service rifle there

[wary juniper]

What if... stay with me, there was a guy who fell in love with his machete? It could be part of a side lore, a side that only romance and love can defeat a man's will to live.

[timber beacon]

RN the scariest boss for me is crashing

[hearty edge]

That's not a boss

That's a disease

[pastel harbor]

he

i have aquestion

we are not able to have a weapon on both hand like the trailer for now ?

[rotund ferry]

no

[pastel harbor]

fck :c

[tight edge]

i want a leshin for a boss, straight from witcher III

[rotund ferry]

@river flax well ya, but these guys have access to the new equipment. So of course they have those guns?

[leaden wedge]

should have a ability to become a hell spawn monster to solo only with

[thorn juniper]

Werewolf boss that hunts down players, only at night as well. Since crossbows being added, silver bolts or something like that would be cool

[shy zealot]

Eh, just a plain 'ol werewolf wouldn't fit imo

He's gotta have tentacles for eyes or something

[south sonnet]

if it aint lovecraftian you're not doing something right

although I haven't seen many monsters that are really "lovecraft" style monsters

[quiet birch]

Werewolf boss that rips grunts and throws them at you, covering your fov with blood and rot

Werealligator boss that shoots undead piranhas at you when crossing a body of water

[rotund ferry]

Need like a creature

That attacks when looking at it

So you gotta adapt to it

[quiet birch]

A feminazi zombie?

Now seriously, it would be something tense. Somewhere around the L4D2 witch, that you could startle with a flashlight or damage.

A water witch, that dwells in the water, so you could look at it through the water reflection in order to check its activity

[plucky raven]

H. P. Lovecraft is public domain they can add as much Lovecraft stuff as they want. and they should!

Most enemies right now are just zombies/bugs in zombies I'd like seeing more weird stuff

[abstract tulip]

@tight edge I think a leshin would be amazing. Just imagine it manipulating a forest in the fight and controlling dogs and wolves and stuff. That would be sick.

[tender talon]

Has a specific time-period been established for HUNT?

[random lava]

@tender talon what do you mean? like year?

[tender talon]

yeah @random lava

[random lava]

yes it is set in 1895 😃

also welcome sir @tender talon

hope you are enjoying the game

[tight edge]

@abstract tulip he would affect the crows as well, sending them from above to attack you, so you would need to find cover periodically

[tender talon]

Loving the game, and thanks! @random lava

[wary juniper]

I still want that hunter and machete side love of story plz. I will make the most detailed back story

[thorn juniper]

Petition to add a roaming hunter npc that keeps talking about his love for his machete and follows players around

[wary juniper]

Nah, how about letters or pages from the hunters diary that can be found around the map that explains his story of his long lost machete that he seeks to find again. Each letter or page of the diary has a date so then it can all be connected @thorn juniper

It's a love story between the horror filled world of the late Louisiana

It may have nothing to do with the actual lore but it can be a fun enjoyable side lore.

[warm crow]

in the hunters journal there seems to be a few easter eggs hidden in the words

or hints to upcoming monsters

[calm cobalt]

Zombie conquistador boss

Bendigo boss

Wendigo

Or a cerberus

Or a boss with a cannon arm.

[rotund ferry]

@wary juniper They need to add that in the lore.

[civic cosmos]

@thorn juniper https://feedback.huntshowdown.com/forums/907186-gameplay/suggestions/33498613-warewolf-the-guardian

[hot saffron]

So has anyone been to the forest of floating trees?

creepy place to be sure

[kind stirrup]

Well they are adding a nightmare mode

[hot saffron]

dude no this forest is the stuff of nightmares

there are floating trees

it's so weird

I nearly wet myself in fear

[rotund ferry]

why are these monsters here, how did they get there

i'm asking that myself

[hot saffron]

Tis the people who lived there

or their corpses at least

boss is from HELL

[rotund ferry]

yes but what happened

[hot saffron]

hmm not exactly sure

[wary juniper]

@rotund ferry I know... it would add a little bit more. Showing a broken and insane man fighting to get his love

[craggy flax]

its the walking ded cowboy style

mixed with doom

[shy zealot]

@civic cosmos Meh, "dude that kills you if you camp" is kinda lame imo

@hot saffron Not from hell

@rotund ferry @hot saffron

From one of the lore pieces on the website, "In Hunt, Louisiana in 1895 is a dead zone, populated with horrific creatures that have crept through the cracks between worlds, or so one theory goes."

Given that the manual states "Clues are supernatural rifts between worlds." the theory is almost certainly correct

[queen jewel]

is it possible to have an italian channer?

voice channel

[random lava]

@queen jewel there already is one #419473810228772885

oh no voice sorry

read it wrong 😄

[wary field]

are these "monstrous" incidents solely related to this geographic location? Will we be seeing hunters investigating Peruvian jungles or mountainous terrain?

[opaque oar]

iirc, there was mention of other areas in the book

[runic current]

Prob mostly in southern USA me thinks

It’s that kinda art style

Maybe something near New Orleans?

[civic cosmos]

@shy zealot You are just forced to new fight :p

[errant orbit]

Who is him?

A developer or something?

[tall vault]

So my mate just told me the game is a spiritual successor to darksiders?

[wary juniper]

No

It's a romance game

[feral thicket]

no its a turn based rpg

[median ember]

is the in-game lore stuff online somewhere?

[shy zealot]

Yes

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1llb_mscXfm_YcvE2Dl9ocXCmHUGzS3cP

Rest of the lore can be found in the manual and on the official website

[opaque oar]

Darksiders the Zelda clone? That Darksiders?

[shy zealot]

@wary field We don't know too much yet, but what we're seeing in-game so far is the work of a single entity: a "Sculptor".

The letter mentioning it makes it clear however that this isn't the first time the Society has encountered one.

(Though I got the impression that this is the most dangerous one they've seen)

[rotund ferry]

@shy zealot I'm tired and brain no worky... which letter refernces that again? Gotta tell my mate to read it haha

[rotund ferry]

@shy zealot cheers. ;)

[median ember]

@shy zealot thanks!

[calm lichen]

the art for the traits in this game is so wild lol

[mighty onyx]

Are there going to be more lorebooks? I read one that felt like it was trying to give insight as to what happened to the area and its population but some of it seemed out of place.

[graceful gale]

I love lore

[rotund ferry]

@mighty onyx they will most likely add more as the early access phase moves forward :)

[midnight tusk]

@mighty onyx @rotund ferry They have several listed in the roadmap.

[pale harbor]

So... weird bug or OR.... Possible cool lore?

[sinful hound]

So where do these fit into the lore?

[night girder]

The only surviving ducks on earth

Lore.exe

[vagrant patrol]

Any guesses as to why the hellhounds and some of the grunts wear armor?

[shy zealot]

Probably early on people put them on the infected to stop them from biting while they tried to help them

Think of it like how in a zombie fiction a person might gag or chain up a family member or loved one who turned.

[rotund ferry]

Or..or..orrrrr, maybe someone was trying to make them into a weapon, you know, like the Saviors with the walkers.. or the scavengers in the scrap yard

[sick oriole]

what if lore isnt totally made and we are creating it 🤔

[naive seal]

@sick oriole i really think it is an ongoing thing. Yep.

They didn't finished the game... why the lore would be?

[rotund ferry]

if i may present the theory: you can only become a meathead if you die whille having worms, otherwise you can't have leeches (the worms that become gaint too)

[sage plover]

@naive seal it'd make sense for the lore to be finished way before hand

It's necessary to get the theme and idea of the game into a solid state

[naive seal]

Got it. But since we don't know it, yeah they can change whatever they want.

[shy zealot]

Uh, they have more than a little bit of lore already

See the official website, the manual, and the in-game Louisiana casebook.

[sonic lantern]

so how much of this universe are they going to explore

is this only going to be a Louisiana thing or what

the lore book in the game suggests a lot of different cultures getting involved and that's cool af

[remote igloo]

They mentioned this might not be the only location and time

But that was a hint from a livestream and reading between the lines

[sonic lantern]

I sure hope so, cuz I like this unvirse so far

I'm totally sold on the turn-of-the-century paranormal STALKER feel

bloodborne in first person

but man I'd kill to explore this sort of thing but in like

Tunisia, Russia, Mexico, Japan

or even other parts of the US

[remote igloo]

I want them to do Tunguska event 😄

Its close enough time wise 1908

And still hasn't been explained

Would be nice and snowy/mountainy

The problem is it couldn't be at the event proper cuz everything got blown to hell

[sonic lantern]

Tunguska event would be an amazzing setting

what year is this game set in anyway

I see it's got the whole dieselpunk thing going on

but it makes me curious where they might take gadgets and the arsenal in the future

[remote igloo]

1895

[sonic lantern]

mmk gotcha

is it meant to be an alternate history or a like "undiscoverd reality" sorta world

or has that not been explained yet

[remote igloo]

Seems mor like undiscovered than alternate

Because historically they are pertty accurate tot he tech and guns at that time

[sonic lantern]

the avtomat and concertina bomb are a little much but

the avtomat is literally the howell rifle conversion from 1918

but on a different rifle

but I do like the setting fore firearms as it's that transition point for modern firearms

vintage revolvers, early automatic pistols, breech fed rifles, lever action rifles, bolt action rifles being "modern" cutting edge firearms

even has a full range of shotguns

[midnight tusk]

@remote igloo Not true. I've seen people saying that around here but the Dolche was made in 1896

[remote igloo]

The C96 sure, but automatic pistols were around before then

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schönberger-Laumann_1892

The design doe reflect the C92, but that doesn't mean something similar wasn't around

[midnight tusk]

Okay but it literally has "96" in the name which i'm sure is supposed to be for '1896'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauser_C96

[remote igloo]

Could be, but devs state game being 1895

The 96 was in full circulation

So having a protype weapon isn't unheard of

[midnight tusk]

@remote igloo Have you definitely seen a dev say it? I only really ever saw a mod or contributor say it. No offense to them but I think most of us assumed that because of the year on some of the lore and such.

[remote igloo]

🤦 If you don't believe me its listed in their dev live streams

They specifically have said

1895

[midnight tusk]

not at all. i was asking an honest question. 😃

[remote igloo]

Not 19th centuray

[midnight tusk]

then I gotta ask a dev that question: why is the game set in 1895 if the dolche is from 1896? 😄

[remote igloo]

https://twitter.com/HuntShowdown/status/966704439913537536

Hunt: Showdown (@HuntShowdown)

#thisdayin1895

Twitter

Their tweets even say 1895

But they specifically mention the year during a livestream if you want from their mouth 😛

[midnight tusk]

No worries, man. I believe you 😃

[sonic lantern]

they call it a "prototype" in the description

I think that's their excuse for it being maybe a year early

but I frankly dont care, anything slightly more modern doesnt bother me

I like the tempo of the combat with the weapons in the game

[wooden heath]

The final design and full production of the c96 was in 1896. But i do believe the prototype was created in 1895.

it was originally called p-7.63. before mauser took over licensing and changed the name upon finalizing designs.

[midnight tusk]

Now that's some fuckin' lore mastering, @wooden heath 😃 Thanks man!

I did notice on Wiki it was designed in 1895 but didn't see the prototype bit.

[wooden heath]

Yeah no problem! @midnight tusk 😄

[sonic lantern]

is anyone aware of any other automatic pistols around the late century

hmmm next I can think of is the Bergmann Simplex

but its a 1900 production

[wooden heath]

Clausius 1895

[sonic lantern]

@wooden heath ok thats cool as fuck

[river flax]

Bergmann No.1 was around at the time

The C93 too

The Bergmann No 1 through 4 are really funky looking pistols

[tall vault]

When is the game set? Because it'd be badass for a 1911.

[rotund ferry]

@tall vault 1890-1899

[tall vault]

Dammit.

Alright then the luger?

[remote igloo]

Its 1895

[cold badger]

I think c93 would have been cooler than c96 but c96 is still pretty awesome

Also i love the choice of having the spencer 1882

Has anyone here used the auto 5 shotgun yet?

[viral wadi]

C93 has a detachable magazine. Im sure if it were in the game they'd make you lose all unused bullets when reloading

[rotund ferry]

Easily top 3 best gun in the game the Crown & King A5 @cold badger

[rotund ferry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbKDkOAi6Mo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgghWnZgJd0

[feral thicket]

Woah

That looks cool

[oak palm]

Need more Russian guns

[shy zealot]

Is it safe to assume that AHA is probably well-connected to obtain the guns it has?

[cold badger]

Yeah

In the louisiana files theres a letter from caldwell

[gaunt glacier]

THE Caldwell?

[lament lily]

Oh, someone else watches that channel?

[cold badger]

What channel

[lament lily]

Forgotten Weapons

[cold badger]

Lotta people do

[ancient fern]

what is this channel for?

[cold badger]

This guy explains the history behind weird and wacky guns

[lament lily]

Yes well I know a lot of people do, I just never met one.

[harsh siren]

Is there a good video or summary somewhere of the lore and why there are these hel creatures in a bayou and why there are magical hunters?

I found one before but it was pre-release so it might not be right.

[remote igloo]

There is little on the lore, there are a few videos here and there about what we do know

But most is guesswork at this point

[river flax]

this gun feels like it'd fit in game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXK_Pi-z2dA

[gaunt glacier]

[cold badger]

lol this is a great emote

[ember halo]

Is the spider Dr Reed?

[remote igloo]

We don't know

[ember halo]

My guess is it is, his journal mentions "I am the spider" during his change.

[remote igloo]

True, but that could also mean a role in capturing prey as opposed to physical changes

He loses his mind before describing too much of the physical changes

But it could be

More evidence if there is only ever 1 instance meaning the butcher or spider are unique

[ember halo]

I'm just speculating

[remote igloo]

Its a logical speculation tho

Not much else to go off

[ember halo]

Also found this interesting, happened a decade later than when the game is set but might explain the inspiration for the mosin being a common hunter rifle

http://www.mosinnagant.net/ussr/US-Mosin-Nagants.asp

The Russian revolution prevented the Russian monarchy from purchasing millions of American produced Mosins so the American government purchased them to prevent the us gun manufacturers goinng bankrupt

[remote igloo]

Murica!

[ember halo]

Bailout! Turned out American troops disliked the rifle so we used them in a bunch of oddball uses and sold them as surplus

[cold badger]

would have been cool to see a 1889 krag

[gaunt glacier]

just watched a movie called Cold Skin, no spoilers but let's just say they had some Hunt like weapons! (took place in 1914 or so)

[cold badger]

heck yea

if anyone else wants some Hunt-like media you should read "The Most Dangerous Game"

[gaunt glacier]

that's Ray Stevenson handling a hatchet sawn off Caldwell 😛

[cold badger]

can't wait for when they add traps to this game

yes

[tall vault]

I'd think the Volcanic Repeating pistol would be an alright addition

[unreal sedge]

They planning on adding the LeMat? Edit: Revolver with a shotgun barrel in the middle.

reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5M-QQIOc5k

[tall vault]

Well I mean if it's the actual ball and powder one don't think so.

[unreal sedge]

they had a centerfire cartridge one, if i remember correctly

[cold badger]

Yeah

Shotgun revolver meta

Rifle version

Pinfire looks a lot closer to original

[unreal sedge]

true enough

but who DOESNT want a revolver thats a shotgun?

[cold badger]

RIP caldwell handcannon

[opaque oar]

But that would necessitate some kind of fire selector system, and this game currently has nothing like that

From an engine standpoint

[next latch]

What's the lore reason for this

[river flax]

the suppressor?

[opaque oar]

It was a real thing

The Nagant is unlike most revolvers in that in can be suppressed because the cylinder cams forward to make contact with the barrel, so gases escaped between the cylinder and the barrel

Gas escaping there is what normally makes revolvers unable to be silenced

The first commercially successful silencer was patented in 1907, but function as early as 1904. There's no reason that someone couldn't have made their own ten years prior.

[river flax]

Firearms suppressors aren't exactly modern technology
a suppressor in 1895 is pushing it a little bit, but in which game does that not happen?

[opaque oar]

I don't think it's pushing it as far as I would've thought before I looked into it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh1mojMaEtM&t=453s

[river flax]

i was only aware of the Maxim Silencer which was developed in 1909

[opaque oar]

1902

https://www.worldcat.org/title/popular-scienceserial/oclc/531780714

But that's just commercial

Surely other people would have been working on it

[river flax]

link leads to a dead end

[opaque oar]

Yea, sorry. Lemme dig up the journal.

[river flax]

dw, it's not important

[opaque oar]

But you're right. It's a little stretch.

Better than the Avtomat, at least

[river flax]

the Huot conversion that it's clearly based on was developed in 1916, and incompatible with turnbolt rifles

[opaque oar]

I'll take ten years over 20 and functional incompatibility

[river flax]

what are even Mosins doing in Lousiana? the Nagant revolver isn't too strange since it was an actual commercial pattern revolver

but a mosin?

[opaque oar]

Something something top hunters?

[river flax]

somethingsomethinghitting the bolt with a block of wood to make it unlocksomethingsomething

[midnight tusk]

@river flax Well, they put some stuff in the in-game lore about hunters coming from far away. 😃

[river flax]

There's just better options for the "modern rifle" niche than a mosin

[opaque oar]

MLE for one

[river flax]

i think just about every recent mauser rifle would be a better fit than the mosin

[midnight tusk]

<shrug>

[next latch]

You guys missed the joke.

[cold badger]

The best hunters in the world are gathering in Louisiana, of course they're going to bring the best gear from around the world with them as well.

but yeah i do agree there were better choices for a bolt rifle then the mosin

lebel rifle would have been cool

A French rifle would pair nicely with the French history of Louisiana

[opaque oar]

@river flax https://feedback.huntshowdown.com/forums/907186-gameplay/suggestions/33507970-add-more-firearms-that-aren-t-simply-variants-of-e

[river flax]

Voted

another rifle we could have would be the Remington Keene
https://feedback.huntshowdown.com/forums/907186-gameplay/suggestions/33562031-remington-keene-1878

Both this and the krag are like, must haves

[cold badger]

i feel like there's only a point in adding guns that would play uniquely gameplay wise

colt lightning would be cool as a double action revolver

you could give it a little bit of trigger pull time

but faster rate of fire overall than single actions

[opaque oar]

I agree with that ideology

[cold badger]

and slower than semi autos

[opaque oar]

I think we really need a double action revolver

[cold badger]

well

nagant revolver is double action

[river flax]

both SA and DA Nagants were made

[opaque oar]

True. They just don't let you use it that way.

SA were for soldiers. DA for officers.

At least until the 20s or so

[river flax]

That was how the russian white army did it

[opaque oar]

But if I can get a mosin, why not a DA nagant?

[river flax]

they didn't trust their regulars with the firepower of a DA revolver

[cold badger]

cuz they can add another DA revolver instead

[opaque oar]

I was mostly being facetious at the gaps in the logic. I would love an entirely new gun as the DA revolver.

[cold badger]

a french double action would be super cool

this game needs french guns

[opaque oar]

Soomething something lemat

[cold badger]

late 19th century french pinfires are so wicked

it'd also be cool to see some cap and ball weaponry

[opaque oar]

Reload for days

I'm not sure I want that

[cold badger]

tru

FoF has cap and ball reloads that aren't that long

[river flax]

Lootable unreloadable cap n ball weapons :P

nah

[cold badger]

this is a long shot

but it'd be awesome if the weapons you pick up in the world could be like

anything

[opaque oar]

Someone mentioned gatling turrets

[cold badger]

broken table legs, sturdy branches

[opaque oar]

That would be different

[cold badger]

i feel like no one would use a gatling turret tho

[opaque oar]

Very situational

[cold badger]

it would just give you away unless it has 360 degrees of motion like the DSHK in rising storm 2

[river flax]

they'd just be like the HMG's in red orchestra or Rising storm

ie a shooting gallery for anyone who can aim

[cold badger]

i think the only way to make a gatling gun useful if it was outside boss areas so you can shoot people coming to steal the bounty

but then it'd be too hard to steal the bounty

or youd be standing outside with your head poking out

[river flax]

this pistol though, man early semi auto pistols are just <3

[opaque oar]

dope

[cold badger]

spencer carbine would be cool as the starter rifle

yo wait what

[river flax]

The pistol i posted is the 1st version of the Bergmann semi autos
https://feedback.huntshowdown.com/forums/907186-gameplay/suggestions/33472108-bergmann-1894-1896-pistol

[cold badger]

time for the rifle version of the chain pistol lol

[river flax]

yes

[cold badger]

i feel like there's no point in adding semiautos besides the c96 tho

unless a magazine fed semiauto was added in as an even higher tier of weapon

does the c96 feed with clips in hunt?

[river flax]

a Bergmann wouldn't be exactly the most powerful gun out there

[cold badger]

tru tru

but it's more of a DPS thing

add FoF meme gun

[river flax]

dude that gun is beast

2 of those and you can just own in FoF

[cold badger]

not using the 1860 colt

[river flax]

or pair it with another gun for quick follow ups

[cold badger]

dual sawed offs in fof is great

[river flax]

i prefer the hatchet when it comes to getting up close, but anyways this turned #off-topic

[cold badger]

kk

[opaque oar]

C96 is single load in Hunt

[cold badger]

ok nice

[ancient fern]

any love for the Smith Carbine?

[dense mango]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdYGReN_Pgs

Some very interesting weapons in this, from around the same era

Also get to find out just how strong wood can be against some of the types of weapons we find the in the game

5:50 for an actual Sharps rifle (what the 'Sparks LLR' is based off of)

12:15 for an 1873 lever action (or at least a replica of)

[gaunt glacier]

None of the original ones survived, Reaps?

@dense mango

[slim hatch]

This is called Lore channel but doesn't seem to have much lore here 🤔

Where are the lore masters!?

[remote igloo]

There is not much lore tbh 😄

[river flax]

we mostly just complain about the mosins here

[dusky crow]

W hats wrong with the mosins?

[remote igloo]

People were arguing that they shouldn't be so 'prevalent' in this neck of the woods

[gaunt glacier]

so there was a shipment

who knows

all it takes is a few crates of them

[remote igloo]

I would assume that a clandestine secret organization that is all over the world and has been around for a long time would have access to 'cool stuff'

[cold badger]

mosins r probably complained about because they want to see a bolty that's a bit more unique than the mosin

but hey i'm already more than content that they used the spencer 1882 instead of the winchester 1897

[celest thistle]

they should add Colt Navy 1851

it's the best gun in FoF

[cold badger]

^ this man knows what the fuck is up

nvm it pretty much is in the game already

[opaque oar]

Caldwell is basically Colt. Conversion is definitely a real thing. I think you'd be hard pressed to find a closer match.

I'm hoping that Caldwell is a pretty big player in the lore

Because it bugs me that some guns have historical names and some don't

Like why?

[gaunt glacier]

license? not sure tbh

[opaque oar]

Rival is basically Remmington?

[midnight tusk]

Am I the only one that missed the lore stuff on the game's website?

[pale harbor]

i've said it one and i'll say it again...

Hunt: Showdown needs the LeMat Revolver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeMat_Revolver

TL;DR developed in New Orleans in 1856 by Jean Alexander Le Mat, saw use in the American Civil War. Nine shot revolvor with a single shot 20g smooth bore in the center

also for those who have seen westworld, the man in black uses this gun

[unreal sedge]

@pale harbor i mentioned this earlier, and i second the motion

[feral thicket]

someone heard about the best handgun ever made

[dense mango]

@gaunt glacier I've no idea about that; I'll go find out for myself a little later

[rotund ferry]

how is this even related to Darksiders

because on the wiki it said it was thinking emoji

[cold badger]

Damn i had no idea LeMat was designed in the US, especially louisiana.

SAA would be cool but i dont think it would play any differently from caldwell

Colt lightning would be cool tho

[quick thicket]

Wtb win increase RoF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG4wNhVaAfc

xD

take that dolch!

[cold badger]

Cowboy actions>semi autos now and forever

[mellow moth]

@quick thicket Can we do that inside the game? 😄

[quick thicket]

@mellow moth I wish lol. would be like having fanning perk except for levers

@cold badger Ofc thats why the guns are only used for sport or hunting now

also 45 long colt is like a dollar a round almost lol. Shit gets expensive

[cold badger]

Lol it was joke

[main bane]

@rotund ferry maybe this will clear things up a bit
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-06-how-the-spirit-of-darksiders-lives-on-in-hunt-horrors-of-the-gilded-age

Remember how everyone was excited at the prospect of a 4-player co-op with all four Horsemen?
That's the spirit of what they were trying to capture with the original iteration of Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age.
Then the whole thing with Crytek happened, and now we have Hunt: Showdown

If you hunt around for old screenshots of Hunt : Horrors of the Gilded Age, you see alot more of the Darksiders influence in terms of enemy designs.

Hunt: Showdown has a more realistic approach to enemies and character design now.

TL:DR Hunt : Horrors of the Gilded Age was kinda like a third-person Left 4 Dead co-op game before its rebirth.

There were alot of cool concepts for 4-player co-op games floating around that era thanks to Left 4 Dead's popularity.
Another Weird West themed one was called The Grinder, which actually had two versions: A top-down co-op brawler for the Xbox and PS3, and a first-person shooter for the Nintendo Wii.
That too got cancelled and scrapped 😐

here you go, so you guys don't think im just talking crazy XD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxyCTENeznc

anyways, now we have Hunt : Showdown with all its awesome monsters and gore :D
The legacy endures and we can all kill eachother happily in zombie infested swamps and bayous!

[hallow pasture]

Dont know if these have been translated or not but i did.
Si se Bélzeboul ki ban m'pouvwa pou chase move lespri, patizan nou yo, ak ki pouvwa yo menm yo chase move lespri? Se poutét sa, se yo menm menm k'ap ban nou tò Translates to: If Belzebul gives me the power to cast out demons, and to whom do they cast out demons? Therefore they will be your judges

féré féray tout ko féray sé kouto féré, féray tout ko féray sé manchét Translates to
I strongly believe all of these are the heavy knives, all the bad ones

[cold badger]

ooh

[celest thistle]

guys i just realized something

caldwell conversion uppercut is like a colt walker

[tacit charm]

Suppressed winchester could be fun

[proper cradle]

@tacit charm Please keep the lore-discussion on topic, there is #feedback-discussion

[rotund ferry]

dude a wendigo would be aazing

[proper cradle]

throw it into the #feedback-discussion

[opaque oar]

@pale harbor The problem with the LeMat in game is that we have no system for fire selection, at present

Otherwise, I'd love to see it

[cold badger]

Yeah

Specially that super wacky centerfire one

[opaque oar]

Well, that's fine. We just have no fire select system in game at present

Like how an MP5 has single, burst, and auto, but CoD4 doesn't implement it

Compared to like BF4

[cold badger]

Not just that

The lemat would have to draw from another ammo pool

[opaque oar]

Seems reasonable

[cold badger]

Does anyone have a link to a writeup of all thats known about the lore right now?

[pastel harbor]

did prestige make you loose all your money ?

[cold badger]

You should ask in casual or serious theyd probably know

[opaque oar]

@cold badger There's a google drive somewhere. Let me see if I can dig up the link

[cold badger]

Thanks!

[opaque oar]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1llb_mscXfm_YcvE2Dl9ocXCmHUGzS3cP

Here you go

[cold badger]

Thx fam

[opaque oar]

I don't know that it's a writeup, so much as just a collection of lore stuffs

Yea, no problem

[cerulean sluice]

what is that?

[opaque oar]

Google Drive with lore stuff

[cerulean sluice]

oh cool

i just got the game

[opaque oar]

Get hyped!

[cerulean sluice]

so im still downloading

[opaque oar]

When it works it's a lot of fun

[cerulean sluice]

trying to get as much info as possible

[cold badger]

Yeah it works tho

[cerulean sluice]

i have a beast pc

so i dont think ill have issues

[opaque oar]

The servers have been spotty, is all

[cerulean sluice]

meh

[cold badger]

Whats the bounty on your PC

[opaque oar]

But it's also super not optimized. So expect some frame drops.

[cerulean sluice]

i bought it knowing im not gonna get a finished product

[opaque oar]

We don't have enough people with that attitude around here

[cold badger]

Lol true

[cerulean sluice]

ive still got another hour 😦

pretty big game

never seen anything more than 7 gigs

[opaque oar]

CoD WW2 is like 60

fwiw

[cerulean sluice]

ooof

[opaque oar]

Right in the datacap

[cerulean sluice]

thanks for the lore

[opaque oar]

np

[cerulean sluice]

hit me up later if u wanna play witha nube

[opaque oar]

I'm around for awhile if you have some specific questions. I'll answer as best I can.

[cerulean sluice]

ok

[opaque oar]

On with a friend now, but definitely down to bring you up to speed sometime soon

[cerulean sluice]

thanks 😃

whats the wait like

[cold badger]

Haha "big game" unintentional hunting pun

[opaque oar]

Queue times are usually quick. 2-3 mins with loading in.

[cold badger]

Sometimes they take a bit tho

[cerulean sluice]

thats not bad at all

i play dbd as well

and it can be upto like 5 10 mins

[cold badger]

Dbd?

[cerulean sluice]

dead by daylight

[cold badger]

Ah

[cerulean sluice]

its the game famous for being buggy

[pale harbor]

@opaque oar does the middle mouse button do anything? i never checked lol

But

LEMAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it would be a shame if they didn't add the LeMat Revolver, i mean for crying out loud is perfectly fits the lore!

[cold badger]

Yeah louisiana native and everything lol

[pale harbor]

for real!

[opaque oar]

Not as far as I know

It could totally be that

I was more worried about the game logic. And the ammo, as @cold badger pointed out

[pale harbor]

you could just give it the special, that stuff is kinda hard to find

easy check all until a better system comes out

[cold badger]

Or it could just use pistol ammo and shotshells

[pale harbor]

i feel that could be a bit op

[cold badger]

Nah the shotgun would be shit

Itd be like the romero sawedoff but way worse

[pale harbor]

ture, its not a "shotgun shotgun"

its more of an "oh shit" secondary fire "shotgun"

[cold badger]

Lol yeah

[opaque oar]

There's a good video about it

It's pretty bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5M-QQIOc5k

[cold badger]

I saw a vid where someone was using the grapeshot and his pistol exploded lol

Too bad theres no footage of the centerfire lemat in action

[pale harbor]

better that then the hunter being taken by the network

[cold badger]

The pinfire lemat is cool too

[pale harbor]

do it for the LORE!

[mossy belfry]

Any way to make night brighter without being considered a hacker?

[opaque oar]

Raise gamma

[mossy belfry]

With nvidia settings?

[opaque oar]

Or monitor birghtness

[mossy belfry]

My eyes hurt

[rotund ferry]

Nvidia is a good way to change it if it really is too dark for you.

[mossy belfry]

Yeah I'm squinting and straining my eyes even with glasses on and after moving the monitor closer

[opaque oar]

Also turn off the ambient lights in your room, if you can

[mossy belfry]

For glare?

[opaque oar]

To see the screen better

Yea, glare

[rotund ferry]

WENDIGOOOOOO

[mossy belfry]

Wow lol I've underestimated shotguns

Also I'll be damned but random games are a better way to make money than normal

Have made like $300 in 2-3 games even after dying

Oops wrong channel

[broken flax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tWU5ieSUDc&feature=youtu.be

[unborn kelp]

@broken flax #media

[delicate osprey]

Hello

[tall vault]

Everyone is discussing firearms, why not something like a hatchet? It's not as big as a machete and can be made as a high tier tool item?

[proper cradle]

@tall vault this channel for lore talk #hunt-general

[tall vault]

Apologies.

[rotund ferry]

Honestly I wish there was more posts on the story page on the official website because a lot of the lore is really interesting

I kinda want to know more about dark sight and how the hunters have it

bcs

spooky

[cold badger]

Yeah

[river rain]

Dose anyone know what it is that cosses someone to become a hive, a tank, or a meat head instead of just becoming a regular zombie?

[cold badger]

No idea

Sometimes armored zombies are hanging out in areas covered with the armor stuff

[gaunt glacier]

I think Hives were women who got attacked by chaos bees.

[river rain]

@not Moin#1866 perhaps the reason the hunters have dark sight involves Voodoo? I don't know if that was something in the Louisiana area, but just a thought.

[gaunt glacier]

Yeah, it must be some sort of magic shenanigans

[opaque oar]

The only lore reason that we know of is that it's because the hunters have a piece of hell inside them

No word on why or how

[rotund ferry]

@river rain supposedly they are an evolution. They talked about it in a stream. A regular zombie after so much time will renter a cocoon like state. The Armors are a result of being interrupted in that process, so I’m assuming they also evolve into one of the other monsters if they go through the full cocoon cycle.

It's their form of levelling up. If they kill 3 Hunters, a Grunt becomes an Armoured or a Hive. If the Armoured then kills 6 Hunters, they evolve into a Meathead. If the Meathead kills 20 Hunters, he becomes the Butcher. (Totally not true).

And I also definitely think that it’s 100% Voodoo related. For one, Marie Leaveau, who was known as the Voodoo queen of New Orleans, wrote a letter to the director of the AHA saying they should work together. Also, practitioners of Voodoo believe in an “invisible world” that exists alongside our own, so that would tie in nicely with the dark sight as well!

[river rain]

@rotund ferryok. And do you happen to know why only women become hives?

[rotund ferry]

I believe Voodoo is involved, but maybe not. I'd like to see some other options pop up to explain why the Hunters have some hell inside of them. Are some people just born with it? Do they undergo a supernatural ritual? Do they have to drink zombie blood? So many possibilities!

@river rain design choice?? Lol that I’m not sure if lore wise haha!

@river rain We don't have any "official" word on why it's only women - and it's very possible that it's not only women, but it was just simple to do it that way to begin - they did say they are adding more skins for wandering monsters at some point in the future so we may see male ones 😃

Otherwise, there could be a lore reason behind it, but we're not sure on that yet.

@rotund ferry I’d be very surprised if it wasn’t Voodoo. They been hinting at it pretty heavily. Also, I do know that it’s something akin to a ritual. Back in the original discord for this game I spoke with one of the Story leads about it!:)

They’ve*

@rotund ferry Yeah, I do agree with the heavy hinting at voodoo, but I'd like to see that just be a different part of it. Maybe those that practice voodoo are involved and work with the hunters in some way?

Oh really? I think it’d be really cool and fit in perfectly!

Just brings to mind some other "story" related stuff for other games/tv series/whatever where these various things all interact with each other but no single thing is "responsible" - like Voodoo, Witchcraft, Wizardry, Demonic things, Rune Masters, Religious peoples, etc. All co-existing, but nothing being "set"

Oh ya I could see that! Kind of the idea that they all sort of have a piece to play.

[river rain]

By the way... We kill monsters for gold. Ok... But who hired us? I mean i cant just plop down my zombie heads at the local market. I don't think there very high in demand. Do we know who are contractor is?

[proper cradle]

I like to think of us as the devils bounty hunters

ghost rider like

[river rain]

@proper cradletrue... 🤔 However i dont ever recall gostride being as susceptible to spontaneous lead poisoning as we are.

[proper cradle]

well we're still living humans

cowboys of the west, tasked with the devils work

[rotund ferry]

@proper cradle I really like that idea, especially with the way the Hunters talk - "We will go to hell because we do bad things so other people don't have to". But at the same time I really like the idea of them just doing something stupid in order to get a good pay.

@river rain I do believe all Hunters are part of the Hunters Association. They put out the contract, a bunch of Hunters accept the contract. Only 2 people get paid for it. Where THEY get their money from, I have no idea. I would assume rich people/governments might be involved in some way. Like "there's a monster causing issues here, get rid of it for us".

[river rain]

@rotund ferrywhat is the hunters association?

[rotund ferry]

We don't know much about it, yet, but we do know it's a fairly "secret" organisation that has been around for many many many years in different forms. We also know that they put the contracts out for the Hunters to go after, but not sure why they do it or how they do it.

[river rain]

@rotund ferrydo you think it will have some more light shed on it later on?

[rotund ferry]

Most definitely will, just a question of when.

[river rain]

@rotund ferrycool. I like it when a game can round out it lore a bit and not leave big holes in lore.

[rotund ferry]

Yeah they will definitely add more.... just a question of what and when. It's possible they won't give exact details on everything, just so people speculate, but I feel they won't do that to the extent that there's no solid info.

[gaunt glacier]

it's basically Supernatural Origins (the TV show)

[chilly zealot]

more credit to the voodoo theory: some tier 3 hunters have a voodoo vibe to them, raven feathers pinned to their coat, bone necklace, skeletal face paint

[chilly carbon]

server ?

[proper cradle]

@chilly carbon please keep the #lore-discussion on topic

[lethal linden]

server back?

[broken tree]

no

[proper cradle]

@lethal linden please keep the lore-discussion channel on topic 😃

[lethal linden]

om topic what that mean?

[turbid otter]

read the story inside the game in the Luisiana book, on on page at the end, a hunter write about some "Poltergeist"-Entity wich "makes" new monsters, a creater if u will... he speculates even about how high THIS bounty must be since its a ghost and not a "normal" monster such as the Spider or Butcher ;P

[lethal linden]

wow

[turbid otter]

i dont know how excatly the different monsters will be made, but i suggest that this Entity is some hellspawn we will have a fight against, maybe in some "Nightmare-mode" Contracts, for lvl 50 Hunters only?!

[lethal linden]

i gonna love that

[turbid otter]

maybe we need even a special "Voodoo-exorcims"-trait wich only high-lvl-hunter can obtain :))

[rotund ferry]

no

[cold badger]

I wonder how a ghost fight would go dowm

[river rain]

Probably not well... How exactly do you shoot a ghost?

[cold badger]

Idk

[river flax]

With ghost bullets of course

[supple saffron]

duh^

[river rain]

face palm oh boy. Lol.

[atomic geode]

@dense mango

[dense mango]

boop.

[atomic geode]

We here now boyo

[dense mango]

There is a large variety of express rounds, including the Nitro Express family of cartridges. Older black powder express cartridges include

so there was black powder express before nitro express

looks like it was all black powder express until 1895

when they switched

In 1898, John Rigby & Company loaded the .450 Black Powder Express with smokeless cordite creating the .450 Nitro Express, the first Nitro Express cartridge

[atomic geode]

These would be cool as cheaper alternatives

[dense mango]

mmm

yes.

there's probably quite a gap between the Sharps rifle and then suddenly double-barreled rifle using nitro express rounds

[atomic geode]

Yea

But they could be given unrealistic buffs i guess

Like a steel ball somehow being as acurrate as a bullet

[dense mango]

mm

I just mean, there's opportunity for a rifle to fill that particular gap

[proper cradle]

lets try to keep to lore discussion, you do like to drift between suggestion and lore haha

[atomic geode]

Ok misunderstood that

What reaps said i mean

[dense mango]

welp, we shall discuss 'lore' ie firearms

and if we can come up with something

we'll post that in suggestions

[atomic geode]

Anyway gotta go, add me on discord @dense mango

[dense mango]

sure thing.

till next time

[atomic geode]

Nice talkin to ya

[dense mango]

need to head to bed myself anyway

[cold badger]

is there any other info that can be extracted from these articles or are they just time pieces to set the mood?

[river rain]

@cold badgerthere is only one way to find out. Time to plug in the black lite and brake out the tinfoil hats.

[cold badger]

hell yeah\

Invention of Basketball 1891 + 4 = 1895

Venezuelan Border Dispute 1895-1899

John Selman's Murder Trial August 1895

Latrobe YMCA vs Jeanette Athletic Club: 3 September 1895

2nd National Labor Day: 2 September 1895

Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech: 18 September 1895

[cold badger]

Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz arrives in New York: 15 April 1895

[opaque oar]

Late 95 to 96, then

The C96 makes more sense if we're in 96

Otherwise C93 would be better

[cold badger]

Thats the thing tho

The articles are all dated late summer and early fall of 1895

[opaque oar]

Thematic similarities? Notes about social shifts

[cold badger]

But the hunters tickets and journals mostly indicate that they arrive in new orleans before the summer

So idk

[river flax]

the excuse for the C96 is that it's a prototype

[opaque oar]

Something something quantity

[cold badger]

quantity?

[opaque oar]

Number of prototypes available

Similar to the issue with the mosin

[rotund ferry]

@river flax The Mauser C96 was in service 1896 - 1961

[cold badger]

so?

The game's reasoning for having a c96. They're aware it was introduced after 1895, that's why there is an explanation for it's presence in the game.

also just realized "Crown and King" sounds like "Browning" lol

[rotund ferry]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt's_New_Model_Revolving_rifle - They should add this it would be cool also its lore friendly

There

[cold badger]

i would heckin love a revolver rifle in the game actually

Possibly as an unlock between winfield and sharps

[rotund ferry]

No make it late game

Make it a long range uppercut XD

[river rain]

@cold badgeri second the revolver rifle.

[cold badger]

lol

[rotund ferry]

it should just be an uppercut presicion

[cold badger]

yeah

something like one of these

[rotund ferry]

No its needs to be - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt's_New_Model_Revolving_rifle

[cold badger]

a converted model then

what if they had 1895 winchester instead of mosin

[rotund ferry]

nah mosin is fine

[river flax]

A krag rifle would be more fine

[rotund ferry]

Whazdat

[river flax]

Adopted by the US army in 1892

[rotund ferry]

k

Anyway im gonna go play borderlands now bye

[river flax]

#off-topic

[cold badger]

anyone have a list of all the character variants so far?

[atomic portal]

where can i post screenshots of bugs that need to fixed

like urgent fixed

@unkempt lion hey mod do you knw

[teal shoal]

You can ask to in technical support.

I'm sure they won't mind if it's relevant

[atomic portal]

ty

[opaque oar]

@atomic portal https://huntshowdown.kayako.com/

[midnight tusk]

@opaque oar No worries. I helped him out over at #troubleshooting 😃

[opaque oar]

Thanks. Just saw it. Been playing something else tonight.

[midnight tusk]

❤

[rotund ferry]

Did u guys read the little backstory on one of the hunters first hunt? with what he felt when he tapped into the clues and such?

That stuff was amazing

[dense mango]

the fanfiction written on the steam forums? Cause I don't recall there being any 'clipped' article in the game menu story-thingy

If there is now, I should go read it

[rotund ferry]

https://www.huntshowdown.com/news/dark-awaits

Its this one

[vale geyser]

can I get a lewis gun tho

[dense mango]

If they extend the map timer by about a decade and a half

[gaunt glacier]

That Krag is sick. We should have it.

[lethal linden]

can play now?

[proper cradle]

@lethal linden this is for lore discussion, use #hunt-general

[lethal linden]

pk thx

[shy zealot]

So, theories about the Sculptor anyone? (It's probably the thing I'm moster interested in learning about)

For reference.

also the "southern Djinn of thirst and filth" is like referring to the Sculptor as well.

[rotund ferry]

This is probably what I'm most excited for, and I can think of a million posibilities, but without knowing just a little more, I don't want to speculate too much. I will give you my top 3 theories that are probably horribly wrong.

1. Some evil voodoo man doing evil voodoo shit.

2. A demonic prince or demi-god of some sort.

3. An evil spirit.

[sullen birch]

Molag bal dominating Real world

[shy zealot]

@rotund ferry Eh, nothing is said about demons at all. I'm of the opinion that's an outsider entity of sorts.

Also what lore there is states that the monsters are coming from "cracks between worlds" or something, thus voodoo's almost definitely out.

[remote falcon]

Interesting how those letters/notes set the context.
Their authors seem to know something about the "evil" behind what lurks near the New Orleans, but, of course, it's mysterious enough not to reveal too much.
Djinn, husk, and that hunter thinking about what entity could be responsible for this… A sculptor? Sounds like it's a known category of entity. Some secret society of hunters competing with eachothers…
Exciting for sure.

I hope we'll see more of that lovecraftian approach soon 😃

[rotund ferry]

@shy zealot nothing needs to be said about demons. Though hell is mentioned (specifically the hunters having a little bit of hell in them).
I still think it is most likely voodoo related, but I'd still love to see it be nothing that we "know of", or a mixture of multiple things.

[remote falcon]

Yes that's what's great about that lovecraftian approach in that the true "horror" has its own interpretation in different cultures, be it arabic djinns, christian hell, or voodoo.
All possibly just a glimpse at a greater evil.

What's fun is that there's a bunch of crazy hunters excited at the idea of shooting all the monstrosities down 😃

[rotund ferry]

Exactly. And there are indeed references to multiple mythos, even if only slight. I love it.

[remote falcon]

same and I'm sure the devs feel free to go crazy with it

[rotund ferry]

I'm keen to see what they come up with :D

[carmine crescent]

how do i start with figuring out this games lore

[cold badger]

https://www.huntshowdown.com/game

[peak jasper]

@carmine crescent The hunt showdown website has a good bit, and in-game there are books and journals at the main menu

There are a few bits on the site that are in lousiana-creole that would be cool to translate if anyone is fluent

"si se belzeboul ki ban m' pouvwa pou chase move lespri, patizan nou yo, ak ki pouvwa yo menm yo chase move lespri? Se poutet sa, se yo menm menm k'al ban nou to."

[livid raft]

Fèrè Fèray tout ko Fèray sé kouto, Fèrè Fèray tout ko Fèray sé Manchèt

got this line too

[cold badger]

google translated into haitian creole this is what you get

"
if it is the belzebuth who can cast out demons, our followers, and what power they are to cast out demons? That's why they even gave us a lot"

[livid raft]

but google derped

maybe i wrote it wrong

[cold badger]

Forkers Complete Co Wear Knives, Forkers Complete Collar Covers

[peak jasper]

IIRC haitian creole also isn't precisely the same as Louisiana Creole

[cold badger]

well it's as close as we're gonna get rn lol

[peak jasper]

we gotta find someone from the legit bayou

[livid raft]

asking my hillbilly friend

hes from indiana

[cold badger]

get in

[livid raft]

ahhahaha

[cold badger]

indiana is nothing like louisiana tho

[livid raft]

sorry i know nothing about america

i jsut know that the sticking out part is florida

[cold badger]

ok so basically

[livid raft]

detroit has the gangsters

[cold badger]

most southern states are pretty similar culturally

[livid raft]

and texas has guns

[peak jasper]

The Louisiana bayou in particular has a lot of french-creole peoples

[cold badger]

but Louisiana is contains a lot of culture unique to its state

[peak jasper]

that you won't find elsewhere

[cold badger]

on account of it being a French colony and all that jazz

[livid raft]

yeah the french names i just noticed

baton rouge sounds familiar

i think there was a shooting

a while ago

[cold badger]

probably never gonna happen but what if there was a map that was set in New Orleans after the "corruption" sets into the city itself

[livid raft]

god maybe a single player campaign

i hope not cause that takes a lot of dev time

but would be cool

ou and your partner are members of a secret hunting society that tracks and kills monsters. The bounties are high, but so are the risks. The smallest mistake will cost you everything—your bounty, your gear, your life, and your very soul.

" and your very soul.
"

🙀 🙀 🙀

[cold badger]

well that's pretty much what hunt: horrors of the gilded age was gonna be

but idk i'm kinda glad it never finished cuz 4 player co-op zombie shooter was getting old

[tawdry junco]

maybe a mode where ole jeb steels a jug of your favorite shine and slaps your wife on the ass, so yous gotta go turn him into a zombie cause ain't nobody gonna grab your sister on the butt like that!

ok in all seriousness

servers back up!

😃

[livid raft]

cant play soz

i wonder why the hunters are so cheap

and so many of them

even what looks like farmer

s

[peak jasper]

lol, decided to read the in-game lore for a sec to see if anything would make the creole more clear

found a note written in german cursive

they really went to some lengths

[unkempt canopy]

What does it say? I cant read german Cursive

[peak jasper]

no idea - I am also unable to read sloppy cursive

[livid raft]

gimme that german

fuck got a screenshot?

[peak jasper]

sure, give me a minute

[livid raft]

im dutch but i can try to translate

[peak jasper]

lol, tried to prtscrn and forgot that just gives me a black screen, hang on

[livid raft]

if its on steam

f12 and then overlay

bottom left is the screenshot section

[peak jasper]

German(?) cursive note in-game

[livid raft]

oh boy if only my german friend didnt sleep early

one sec

begging for mercy

his only wagon has crashed

something in his bedroom