I have completely stopped duck hunting as it’s extremely aggravating. My chief complaint is that they land randomly. It’s pretty apparent absolutely zero employees who had any say on the duck mechanics have ever been duck hunting. When presented with the option of land or water, a duck will NEVER EVER land on land. They will also avoid landing directly ontop of cover, even if it’s in the water. (A blind) I don’t care if they land 200 yards away from the decoys (this happens fairly often in real life) just make them always land on water. Hunting crop fields is different, such as on Hirschfelden for goose. That makes sense. But if you are hunting over water, the ducks should land somewhere in the water, even if it’s far away. They also should come into land in a relatively tight group, not one at a time. They should also be slower to take off, and rise vertically not horizontally. Changing the duck mechanics would make hunting them more realistic, and provide more fun to players choosing to hunt them.
#Duck Hunting changes
severe venture
coral cosmos
And they need to reduce the time it takes for some species to land
median cargo
Waterfowl hunting with decoys and blinds is completely broken. Ducks will ALMOST ALWAYS land almost on top of the blind, spook and fly away within seconds. Sometimes they'll spook still mid air, not even landing. The worst thing is that when a duck spooks and flies away, ALL ducks will follow it, even the ones that somehow managed to land a bit further from the blind. Even you place the blind 200m away from the decoys, the ducks will still land on top of you, completely ignoring water.
I used to love duck hunting in Revontuli with decoys and blinds but it's impossible now. It used to be extremely good to gain weapon points to unlock new gear and an good way for beginners to earn money.
Yet somehow EW never addresses it, instead they change something that's been in the game since release because after the tiger rarity became a fiasco, it's suddenly a "bug exploit."
But a part of the game is broken and doesn't get fixed. Priorities, go figure.
icy geode
Yeah, any kind of fowl seem to make a beeline for the blind regardless of how and where you set up :(
charred hamlet
Im actually having the opposite issues. The ducks wont even land for me. They just circle, still reading as calm. And they will do that for hours and hours of in game time
gentle iron
I've been having similar problems, have you guys tried placing the remote caller near the decoys and placing your blind on the opposite side of the lake? I think I'll try that tonight. But I normally just shoot them out of the air before they land.
outer herald
I agree the ducks need some love. Even the geese. They def take off way too fast. I'm a console.player and with the controller it's too difficult. The geese were perfect before they had the major overhaul between geese and ducks. I used to be able to shoot a couple while they were flying and now I get maybe 1. If I want to get more than 1 I wait until 2 walk close enough together and have to ground pound them. I'd rather not cause it's more realistic pounding them in the sky. Let's make some noise and get some attention!!