Enemies/Forest Keeper
Updated 2 days agoForest Keeper
Settings | Description |
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Treat Blizzard Like Fog | On snowy moons (Rend, Dine, Titan, and potentially Artifice), Forest Keepers have their vision range reduced ~60%, same as on moons with foggy weather. |
Forget Out-of-Sight Players | Forest Keepers will gradually forget about players when they aren't in line of sight, which makes stealth gameplay less demanding. This is very likely a bug fix (see below for details) |
Commentary
Forest Keepers are a bit too oppressive in their current state, and have (rightfully so, IMO) earned the reputation as the outdoor enemy that most negatively affects outdoor balance. Luckily, this is an extremely easy problem to solve, and it's quite possible that fix is closer to Zeekerss' intended behavior anyway.
Forest Keepers track a "suspicion value" for each player in the game, and enter chase if that value reaches 100%. It increases while you are in line-of-sight, and seems intended to decrease when you aren't - but due to the code's logical flow, none of the values can decrease unless at least one player is in the giant's sight. While not objectively unintended, this behavior makes them relentless in-game, instantly aggroing players on sight from any distance after they have been chased at least once before. They feel much better to deal with if this behavior is adjusted to work when no players are visible.
The only other change they deserve is a decrease to vision range on blizzard moons, where visibility is low for players as well. Vanilla already accounts for foggy weather by decreasing the giant's range, so I just apply the exact same limit to the snow maps, and leave it at that. (Rend's visibility is pretty much just as bad as any foggy moon, anyways)
If you are interested in further customization of giants, consider checking out Fair Giants too (you can disable my settings to avoid conflicts). I just wanted something that worked a little closer to vanilla behavior, and also had compatibility with Artifice Blizzard's random snow chance.
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