I respect and understand what you are saying about the deer that you've hunted in real life and how they reacted. That's precisely how they react in the setting you describe, flat terrain with long shots. They don't run out of sight because they don't know where the shot comes from and diffusion of the sound of the rifle going off with the shot. However, they do run. I've had the same reaction from deer while hunting in South Texas for 10 years. Shots were 250 - 1000 yards. In COTW they don't.Mills wrote:I think it might be a little too soon to completely write off an African themed map for Classic. I do not favour one game more than the other. I've always thought that an African map would even be better in COTW due to the advanced graphics capabilities. The AI is different in COTW than Classic, but in my opinion better in COTW in certain aspects. The herding, advanced time of day behavioural AI are only a couple of examples. I am a hunter in real life as well; mostly waterfowl/upland birds/and whitetails. I've downed at least 15-20 deer in my life. From my experience when shooting a whitetail in a herd the rest of them do not all just frantically bolt in every which direction like they do in Classic. Hell, I've had some herds just stand there and look at me after taking one of em down. I live in the prairies in one of the flattest areas of land in all of Canada. Pure farmland where longshots are a must because there' very little cover to do a stalk. Most of the time the herd will run at first in a coordinated direction and then trot together, sometimes stopping after a hundred metres to take another look back and then keep moving to the next bluff. I've seen this kind of behaviour in COTW so I applaud the devs for bringing this realistic behaviour to the game. I personally can't wait for the map to come to COTW. I need to get back into theHunter (COTW and Classic) again... and this is going to be the reserve to get me back. If we are getting Africa for COTW I think it's only a matter of time for Classic. That's my nickel (5 cents). <We don't value pennies in Canada anymore
Take it easy,
Mills.
I'm not sure how you can say COTW A.I. is better. You can sit in one spot and shoot a herd of European buffalo one at a time from 75 yards and not one of them takes a step to flee as you gun them down individually. Same thing with Elk or Red Deer at slightly longer distances. How is that A.I. better?
I hope you and others are correct that Africa will come to Classic. I've never been a fan of COTW. IMO, the only thing it has going for it is a better graphics engine.