#Addressing the Meta

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eternal salmon
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There are some components in COTW that have always been the go to option and I have some ideas that would hopefully balance things out.

Drink Zones - Everybody farms them, it's not so much a hunting game if we all just set the drink zone time and go to water...My solution would to change them to maybe 4-6 one hour slots throughout the day as this means you can't excessively farm them but you can plan your hunt to stop by water if a zone time is coming up. It also means that animals won't always be there as there will be a lot more travelling which is much more natural.

Polymer Tips - Significantly more popular than soft points because they are better and more reliable. I think you could increase the penetration of all soft points by about 50% and they would be viable but not overpowered. If you want reliable penetration you get polymer tips, if you want harder hits at the cost of a little penetration you get soft points. At the moment soft points are very rarely used.

Rifles - A fantastic choice of weapon but I think they have a bit too much of an advantage over the others. Just a small tweak of doubling the radius of hunting pressure will make you consider other options. Much like bows have less pressure. Shotguns and handguns will be more dense pressure but rifles should be bigger I feel.

Shotguns - Buckshot is utterly hopeless in cotw. It needs 50m effective range increase and to do real damage. It wouldn't be overpowered, it'll be as strong as a bow but spooks animals. I also think that the "damaged trophy organ" needs to be disabled for buckshot as one stray pellet ruining your trophy is not worth the risk of using it. Also birdshot should reach 50m.

ember steeple
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Polymer tips should expand and soft points should penetrate.

“As strong as a bow” buckshot’s effectiveness irl is iffy on targets that aren’t 140lbs and bipedal

And bows are wayyyyy overpowered in this game

long geyser
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Everybody should be forced to hunt like me ahhh post 🥀

eternal salmon
long geyser
lethal marsh
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Some of your ideas have some interesting concepts ... but an 8 year old game's not likely to change ..... Especially the way zones work .....

lapis mist
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i dont like drink zones so i just dont hunt at them and its fine but i dont hate the idea

shotguns should be a little better yeah

ive used only rifles nearly always so it would be nice if the game encouraged using other weapons more(maybe backpacks not having a penalty)

heavy flint
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I agree with the zones and people shouldn’t be able to sit and farm animals, that’s just not the way i play. But i don’t know where else the animals would go so i don’t really care for that reason people should be able to play how they want, even though i don’t play like that i won’t hate on someone elses playstyle

primal moth
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You could also just simply not hunt drink zones theres ways around the usual "meta"

steep bough
heavy flint
steep bough
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Just dont play that way then

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Your not really, your trying to dictate How others play, and in any way The game is incentivising drinkzone hunting, its a possibility, so is feedzone hunting or tracking.
If you dont like a X or Y type of hunting, dont hunt that way

primal moth
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I gotta agree with Gustavo here

low tartan
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same

heavy flint
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I don’t mind how it is, i just don’t want the game to become more of a grinding game, that’s my opinion you can have yours, play the way you want. I don’t prefer to play that way, but if you or anyone else wants to fine, idc. I’m saying i don’t want the game to turn into more of that, there’s nothing wrong with me thinking that. I don’t know what you mean either by trying to ”dictate how others play”, i don’t control nor any power here than just my opinion. If you let that affect you that’s your problem not mine.

low tartan
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this game is no where near to becoming a grinding game imo

steep bough
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You literally Said people shouldnt be able to sit and Farm Animals, your contradicting yourself here, The game never had Any posture leading to believe Its a grinding game, a minority of The player base truly grinds, there isnt any incentive for doing It from The devs part in Any way shape or form, in Any moment i said you have Power over anything, but you are saying, on a feedback Channel, that a X way of playing shouldnt exist Just because you dont like it

low tartan
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most grinders also casual hunt