Hi,

Is the spawn in caracals deliberately designed to cause conflict? Is it not possible for every tree to be considered a separate hunting ground?

I died up an oak tree because I got four on me at once. I assumed because someone else had left the area. Not complaining - just thought I might be able to kill my third before the fourth came. Turns out I can't.

Then, After getting my spirit back, I went up a cypress, engaged three to get my defenses up, only to get hounded out a couple of minutes later by someone who stood around until his spawns turned up and engaged me because he wanted the room. Lesson learnt already, I can't handle four, and I had to oblige. I went a couple of rooms east and got nothing except the occasional straggler while he maintained three or four in his room.

Basically, are there only two caracal spawn areas (not including the ones with the lun'shele)? Seems like the danger from caracals is the hunters who want to monopolise the easy ranks they provide, not the critters themselves.

If you're having trouble with that many you don't want to be in the silvery cypress, try the young cypress

Actually now I have a bit more time and am the only person in the area, I'm wondering if the spawns in some of the trees are broken if they really are separate?

Trees that appear to gen:
The silvery cypress
The twin oak
The vine covered cypress

Trees that don't appear to gen:
The young cypress (even though the room description says caracals are there!)
The massive cypress
The stunted elm
The mossy cypress
A big willow tree

So, casting the twin oak aside for the moment as it gens too highly, that only leaves the two cypresses, which appear to be designed so that the room in the middle gets all the cats and the ones by the side get the rest. Now, if there are two people in the tree, and the one in the middle engages four, that leaves only one caracal for all the other rooms put together. So really, the only viable areas for me to hunt in are basically unshareable (not seen more than one other person in a tree, I am about when most are asleep).

So, to sum, if the young cypress is a viable place to hunt does that mean there is a bug and the gen has been switched off in these other trees?

I'm usually around when the place is empty so not usually a problem for me, but I'm truly curious to see if this area is behaving as expected.

I haven't been in caracals in over a year but the young cypress definately spawned when I was there. The good thing about that tree is that it's something like 2 per hunter which makes a good transitioning point.

Why even bother with caracals? There is plenty of stuff to hunt on the mainland.

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