The Hunter

[Threadfin]

New DLC coming for Call of the Wild on March 14.

Hunter Power Pack

Three new rifles.

.308 bolt-action. The .308 semi-auto is my most carried rifle. But bolt-action rifles to me are the essence of what a hunting rifle should be. I would expect it to have a longer barrel and maybe be a little heavier, resulting in higher accuracy and less recoil. The .308 is one of the top cartridges in the 4-8 class, matched only by the .30-06 for expansion and penetration (the 7mm is 4-9 and a class of it's own, along with the much shorter ranged .45-70)

7mm bolt-action. Being class 4-9 makes this cartridge the most versatile in the game.I don't use the current one as it is single-shot break action, which I don't care for. A magazine-fed bolt-action option is very attractive, but I would rarely to never use it for class 9 game like cape buffalo. There are better options for that. Not sure I'll carry this one much, but it will have it's uses. It would be a good option to carry in the Hirschfelden reserve. Everything is class 6 or lower, except the class 9 bison. Good cartridge for this map.

.338 bolt action.. Same deal as with the 7mm. Only current option is a single-shot break-action. Another magazine-fed rifle in this very powerful cartridge is a nice option. This might bump the .300 from my lineup. There's some discussion in the community about whether they will model .338 Win Mag, or .338 Lapua, and those are very different cartridges. Either way, it's a nice new rifle for the biggest game.

I expect I'll be using all three. Of all the weapon pack DLC, I think this one is most well-suited to me, I like everything in it, and that's not usually the case.

Finally harvested my first lion last night. I've made it a point to make the first one a top trophy, and I passed up many shots on lions to get there. This one was Mythical. Found him resting at 350 yards, but had to wait a few hours for him to stand up. When he did he started moving and closed the range to 180 yards where I took the shot. One lousy point short of diamond rating, but a magnificent trophy for the lodge.

[Skybird]

I had some fun with the night vision scope longer time ago. The implementation looked not too shabby.

[Threadfin]

DLC dropped along with a 22 gig patch. Good grief.

New trophy lodge and a bunch of fixes. Loadouts can now be saved.

Bought the Hunter Power pack. It was the .308 I was looking forward to, but it's the 7mm that has caught my attention. Three good rifles chambered in repeat cartridges, but I like me some bolts.

[Oubaas]

I think they should give us a .458 Winchester Magnum and add elephants to the African reserve.

[Threadfin]

I'm all for new weapons and especially cartridges, but the devs have said no to elephants. Same with giraffe, rhino and hippo. Never say never I guess, but there are no plans to add those animals.

Call of the Wild has most covered, and honestly there aren't any cartridges I still want added. Way of the Hunter is different and has some holes to fill.

Maybe a .375 Holland? .416? I've got it all covered anyway as it is, and the best big big-game killers are the heavy arrows. 600gr drops anything.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Threadfin

600gr drops anything.

Indeed.





Wanted to post on the update, but forgot it. Some good stuff and wanted features in there.

[Threadfin]

Haha, and I don't doubt it. 600gr shoulder mounted SAM.

But yeah, against something like a bison the 600gr arrows are more immediately effective for me than the .300 mag anyway.

I like the bow hunting in this game. I only use the compounds really, and the brightsight to make it quite easy indeed. I hit with 90% of my bow shots because of that sight.