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I was just wondering why our camps are considered abandoned so fast. I think if you put up a camp, you should be able to go hunt and return to your camp. When I hunt for real my freakin camp dosn't disappear the moment I leave. Just make it so you can't make a new camp until the old one is disassembled. That way there won't be abandoned camps all over the place. This would add a high degree of "RP" realism. You couldset up a camp for your group, away from all the smoke belching factories, and lead hunting parties. This would work good with a "tracking" function. You could even advertise for city slickers. Take them on big game hunts and rescue them when the Durnies go crazy. No seriously, this really is a sticking point for me. What do you all think about this.

Jimz Starmage

Corallis, Kettemore

I agree with the spirit of your post- we need to be a valued commodity to hunting groups- we should confer attack and defense bonuses, be able to track creatures and lure single mobs from packs- these abilities would make us desirable. I could make my home an outfitters shop and book off-planet hunting expeditions with other players as a source of income to support my lodge. C'mon devs- make all of our hide/trap grinding and camping amount to something- we worked hard for it, we deserve something that sets apart. I don't really get into PvP but those who do can work on getting some pretty nifty fighting tricks- what do I get? HeadshotSelf 3, fantastic I'm a ranger dangit- I'm supposed to be a bada**! I should know, I'm a real-life retired army snake eatin' killin' machine. Creatures should cringe in fear when I pass and players should frown distastefuly at my rugged, dirty animal hide clothing. Why can't I take trophies to hang on my wall? Why, why, why? Ok, enough ranting- seriously, I hope the dev's are looking into the issues of making rangers useful and truer to the spirit of the frontiersman/woman. Still an awesome gaming experience thanks.

Yeah I totally agree with the fact that we should be suited with the proper abilites that would allow us to take the city slickers on hunting trips. I know there are several idea of what a ranger should be but I believe this one is defineatly a common conception. I too toyed with the idea of setting up an outdoor store but the truth is it would pretty much make zero money right now. All other rangers make their own stuff and anyone else just doesn't care.

Oh you know what I saw tonight that made me kinda sad, a factory crate of field bases...something about that just seemed so un-rangerly to me.

High Tech Field Base will stay put while in combat.

A Scyk has wandered into your camp. Your camp has been abandoned but your character automatically attacked it without you doing anything. You receive 20 points of Wilderness Survival XP.