Hunting AI animals in Ecos La Brea: Mastering Stealth and Tracking
While seemingly simpler than pursuing human players, hunting AI in Ecos La Brea demands significant stealth. Here's how to successfully track and capture your prey.
The Importance of Stealth: Your primary tool is your sense of smell. Activate the scent button to reveal nearby AI animals as icons. Crouching activates a meter that reflects your proximity and movement. The meter fills as you move, and a full meter triggers the AI's flight.
Movement Strategy: Your movement speed directly impacts the meter's filling rate. Sprinting fills it instantly, running significantly affects it, trotting fills it slower, and walking is the slowest and most effective approach as you close in.
Wind Direction: Hunting downwind accelerates the AI's awareness. Crosswind offers a moderate approach, while upwind is optimal for stealth.
AI Awareness: A question mark above the animal icon indicates heightened AI awareness. Halt movement until the question mark disappears to avoid spooking your target.
The Chase: Expect the meter to fill before reaching the AI. Be ready to sprint once it flees. AI movement is erratic, so practice in open fields minimizes obstacles and maintains line of sight.
Capture and Consumption: Get extremely close to initiate a bite. After capturing your prey, drop and consume it, repeating the process until satiated.
