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Is there an way to tell from examining a creature whether attacking one in a pack will cause others to aggro against me--what I call "swarming?" Does the "ferocity" number say anything about this?

Also, is there a way to tell from examining what the difficulty level of a creature is? I have hunting 4, but nothing in the window I can bring up seems to indicate the difficulty.

Youneed to have Master Scout to see the creature level. As for being able to tell if the pack will assist, have burst run ready and pull one

Master Scout will let you see creature level, experience over time will start your social creature list and the only way to get that well....... throw a trap and see how many Ham bars light up in the area. Sometimes only certain types of the same creature will be social i.e. Bachelor Garulamas will not eachother but Dappling Garulamas will help any of the Garulamas. Experience is the best teacher here and sometimes the experience ends up in a 90 second break!

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Wolf_Scout:....sometimes the experience ends up in a 90 second break!

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ROFLMAO!!!111

Guys,

This is a primary request of the Rangers - being able to tell if a creature is "social" through examine.

Hopefully it will get implemented soon.

B

you shoot at it

If his buddies attack you then the creature swarms

glaza,

i think his point was that he wanted to know if a creature was social 'before' he smacked it so that he did not get smacked as well, but experience is certainly the better teacher as wolf noted.

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telamonides wrote:

glaza,

i think his point was that he wanted to know if a creature was social 'before' he smacked it so that he did not get smacked as well, but experience is certainly the better teacher as wolf noted.

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He asked if the there is a way to tell that creatures Swarm? In game as of right now there is no examine info for baf/social.

So the only way to tell Is trial and error, or go buy a probot.

but from what he said he used the word 'swarm' because he did not know what to call it. his description sounds like pack assist to me which would look like a 'swarm' with all the creatures attacking at once.

I can't remember fully, but either this ability is available at Master Ranger or the ability to see specials. I don't remember which one it is, and since I am not at Master Ranger yet, I can't comment. Delta, do you remember?

Well as a Master Ranger and obviously Master Scout, heh, I've always thought ferocity and "social swarming" are linked, but not directly. I'm pretty sure ferocity gauges how "likely" a creature is to spontaniously attack you. Not all "swarming creatures" have high ferocity, but, in general, all high feroccity creatures will swarm.

So, while this won't help you with all creatures, ferocity does give a good clue in relation to its swarming.

No way to tell that I know of, other than experience. Ferocity, I believe, means how long you can shoot it before it realizes you are shooting it and charges you. This is assuming you are prone and it hasn't noticed you already, i.e., the exclamation point or whatever over its head. If you are not proned or it has noticed you, I think it will charge you as soon as you shoot. This is all based on my experience and may not be correct, but I believe it is. Good luck!

Maevir Songo

Pistoleer/Scout

EZ Company-The Concillium

Gorath

Zon,

You're thinking of "Specials". We don't have a way to tell if a creature is social, yet. It's a top priority for the Rangers.

Pen,

Actually, that whole i'm-shooting-but-its-too-dumb-to-notice is a bug, and it's being addressed. If you attack something, it's going to attack you back. Ferocity determines the radius at which an aggro will start to attack you if you get too close.

B