“Ambushing” Mood For Alligators And Salties

[raw niche]

Just like how lion stalks, alligators and salties should get this too imo

Would happen when animals are near a croc/alligator in the water

Sometimes happens to the players
Salties can do it to your decoy magpie goose

They only target small males/females that dont have rare fur type/rare plumage type and are none or bronze

[inland geode]

Totally, i don’t get why this isn’t added. Though it should be a rare event so it’s more unexpected. The lion don’t stalk though which i wish it did, maybe just runs after you when the chase vocalization appears, to be different from the tiger

[raw niche]

For me it said it was stalking once if I remember, could be been chasing idk

[inland geode]

That’s when you spot it i think, but when it chases something it comes up as a vocalization call

[raw niche]

Yeah i spotted it and it said that

[inland geode]

Imagine spotting it and it says that but instead it has no animal in front of it and it’s heading right in your direction, man that would be cool

[raw niche]

Wait thats sick what, maybe salties can go to your magpie goose decoys (im actually adding that thats so cool)

[inland geode]

Wait wdym, that it would attack the decoys or?

[raw niche]

Yeah it would attack the decoys in a way like a animation but it doesn’t destroy the decoys but after 1 time it realizes and that specific croc never ambushes magpie goose decoys

[inland geode]

I suppose that would be cool to see, a cool detail would be the lower levels attacking potential decoys and higher levels attack actual geese, but it wouldn’t add much to the game other than that it would be cool to see tbh

[raw niche]

Wait yeah hold on i love that idea

[quartz jay]

And then the grinders will complain that the predators took the Diamond’s or Great One’s prey. 🤷🏻‍♂️ That’s why, in COTW, predators do chase their prey, but they never actually kill them.
I want a predator’s hunt in COTW to have a very low kill rate over time. The animal carcass will disappear after a while.

[dense ocean]

Or just add fake ones/spawn in animals that are low scores and never rare to be "prey targets" idk

[inland geode]

That could also work

[quartz jay]

What do you think of the trophies you picked up?

[open sluice]

They did this with the pumas back when Parque released (over 1.5 years before anybody did any kind of big grinding) and people complained then. Pumas killed off peoples trophies and it annoyed them. I’d hate to have my diamonds killed by Pumas, or any other Predator likewise.

[quartz jay]

In real life, predators don’t do this — they don’t save trophy prey for hunters. It’s unrealistic. Predation and mortality in COTW should be restored to be like in real life.

[dense ocean]

great ones arent real

you cant fast travel in real life, etc. etc.
This game isn't real life - its realistic but its not aiming to be as real as possible so I see no point in punishing people by preventing them from getting trophies for "realism"

[inland geode]

Exactly there has to be some sort of limit between real life and games, sure you want a realistic experience but you should know it’s a game you are playing

[raw niche]

Actually yeah, they are always silver or bronze or no ranking, 0% chance for rare or uncommon fur/plumage types

[dense ocean]

females would work best

[inland geode]

Are you thinking mostly for racks or?

[dense ocean]

idk, just females or small males would be best for this idea since you wouldnt lose anything good

[inland geode]

I agree on that