Feedback Request: Creatures/Revenants 2012-07-13

[MrDDT]

I have the same problem, there is no way one can get in...

Tribal areas to no cross.

No gaps in walls

But occasionally I will watch him walk through the gate, when its closed...

I have walls surrounding me ( Scavenger board walls ) no gaps, But I can watch this Rev agro me through the walls, and sometimes run around my tribe looking for an open door or just talk right through it if it isnt....

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This is not me complaining about a hard mob, The AI and pathing used for these mobs is extremely questionable.

1. Distance for agro is giant its literally a tribe and a halfs distance.
2. They agro without LOS. ( Line of Sight ) Trees, buildings, walls blocking LOS do not matter...
3. When they do agro its like they run up to your walls and run straight at them till server desync happens and they glitch through..
4. They encroach on Tribal Lands without being provoked, ( I have one the nonchalantly walks in my gate doent attack and takes a nap at my Totem ) WTF are you serious
5. They are chasing you nearly half a zones distance, still hitting and running with no endurance. Really come on..
6. Ok I get the stronger thing, but original one Spawn @ 150hp / raped a few people died @ 192hp fully geared / Respawn at 196 hp no gear to speak of and is over 205 hp now... At this rate 23% ish growth in stats he will be unbeatable before long then what.

Sit down with him next to my camp fire at my Totem. say make it quick...

1) Distance is low for me. I see no problem with them aggroing from 50m or more away.
2) I think this is ok also because you can consider sound also. Not really all that important, and it adds to the game to me.
3) Glitching through the walls Ive not seen yet, but that is a major issue.
4) I dont have a problem with them wondering around the world a bit, I'm glad they do.
5) I've not had a problem with this as if you open the gap a little (5 to 10m) they will stop following. The no endurance has been an issue with all animals.
6) What you consider "Unbeatable" is not really true at all. I love that they grow stronger. My problem is still they are everywhere, so new players like yourself have to deal with the same ones as vets like me. I dont know where they are going to put the balancing marker, because right now they are very hard for new players like you, but very very easy for old players like me. So neither of us are getting the fun out of them.

[Crokus]

The revs are a good challenge for me with my skill for Armed and Axe in the mid 30's. It requires me to have good timing, deft movements and use of the terrain to survive the difficult fights. I like it.

One thing I did notice though... I was killed by a packed a revs and watch one equip a few of my bone armor items. I ran back to reclaim my gear, but and the graphic of the armor was not visable on the rev anymore. I recovered the armor after I killed the rev.

[Tesla]

Small critters should not be so aggressive. In packs, they can be very annoying, especially if you are low on health from fighting another animal or Revenant.

[Wharmaster]

Feedback Request: Abandonment Phase Patch
Hello Survivors!

We would love to hear your thoughts on the latest patch excluding creature AI.

What are your thoughts on the Revenants and abandoned totems?
And give us your general thoughts on the overall patch.
The full patch notes can be found here...

http://www.xsyon.com/forum/showthrea...ll=1#post96407

Thank you.

Ok...here we go.

It sounded good on paper....but in reality it just isn't fun. I find myself not wanting to log in anymore.

I started about a month ago. I had been searching for a game that would let me do the following things: Find a spot in the middle of nowhere, and live there. Build a home, hunt, fish, make my own gear, and "live" off the land. Xsyon fit the bill perfectly, and was the only game out there that did.

Now I can't leave my little homestead without worrying about some overpowered "zombie" chasing me all over the map. I can't kill these things, even with pretty decent leather armor and fairly decent weapons, with mid-range HP and combat skills. I have to be standing right on top of them to hit them, and they can hit me from a greater range, and with far more frequency.

So, I could join a tribe, yes. But that kind of defeats the whole reason of why I played this game to begin with. The freedom and peaceful aspect of the game is completely gone.

Aren't there enough zombie survival games out there already? But there was only one Xsyon.

Maybe a better idea would have been to have weaker revenants, with no loot drops, who do NOT get exponentially more powerful at totem areas, and maybe have wandering "boss" style revenants for the vets or groups of players to hunt and kill, with good crafting mats and gear drops.

But as it is I find myself staring at my monitor, wanting to play but not wanting to deal with this revenant crap.

[zoria]

Ok...here we go.

It sounded good on paper....but in reality it just isn't fun. I find myself not wanting to log in anymore.

I started about a month ago. I had been searching for a game that would let me do the following things: Find a spot in the middle of nowhere, and live there. Build a home, hunt, fish, make my own gear, and "live" off the land. Xsyon fit the bill perfectly, and was the only game out there that did.

Now I can't leave my little homestead without worrying about some overpowered "zombie" chasing me all over the map. I can't kill these things, even with pretty decent leather armor and fairly decent weapons, with mid-range HP and combat skills. I have to be standing right on top of them to hit them, and they can hit me from a greater range, and with far more frequency.

So, I could join a tribe, yes. But that kind of defeats the whole reason of why I played this game to begin with. The freedom and peaceful aspect of the game is completely gone.

Aren't there enough zombie survival games out there already? But there was only one Xsyon.

Maybe a better idea would have been to have weaker revenants, with no loot drops, who do NOT get exponentially more powerful at totem areas, and maybe have wandering "boss" style revenants for the vets or groups of players to hunt and kill, with good crafting mats and gear drops.

But as it is I find myself staring at my monitor, wanting to play but not wanting to deal with this revenant crap.

In addition to what joexxxz said I would like to state that the amount of revs currently out there is only temporarily. In a couple of weeks, tribe totems will be removed, lands will be claimed and zombies will disappear for the largest part. I have to agree that not being able to 'go out' anymore is clearly not where revenants were intended for.