L57 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 02, 2020 8:15 am
Lokkrin Zhataros wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2020 10:26 pm
I can understand why some players may just want animals in their wilderness spawns. It kinda makes sense to a certain degree. But I would counter this by saying that it has always been the case in later Elder Scrolls games that a variety of enemies are found in the wilderness that include animals, bandits, undead, ghosts, deadra, etc. Of course, whether this actually makes sense or is realistic is up to individual players and modders.
The problem is that unlike later games, Daggerfall is devoid of wildlife completely. With "Wilderness NPCs" we have bandits fighting with bats or spiders sometimes, but it's still impossible to meet a lone bear in the forest AFAIK. And now it's so rare even in the wilderness spawns. Probably it just makes sense to have another mod which spawns some rare wild animals for purely "decorative" purposes.
Okay, but we already have this in DaggerfallUnity now with WARM ASHES! I constantly have encounters with wildlife in the wilderness. Rats, bats, bears, tigers, etc all found individually or in mobs. Yes, I have encountered many lone bears and tigers in the wilderness, maybe I'm just lucky. Wildlife encounters are not rare, in fact for me they can become annoying. But combine that with other mobs like bandits, undead, etc. and the wilderness has a crazy amount of life now and I couldn't be more happy!
Also, I was agreeing and understanding your point-of-view for the most part. I was just adding that in later games there are much more enemy types in the wilderness than just wildlife. So it won't make sense for many players, like myself, to only have boring wildlife in their wilderness, for us it would make it more lifeless. Therefor...
Like I said, it's up to the opinions of individual players and modders to come up with the "perfect enemy spawning" mod for them. If the creation of such a mod is fairly easy and simple than it shouldn't be too difficult to make your own. Personally I'm satisfied with what the current available mods do (like Warm Ashes and Unleveled Mobs!). They add much more life to the wilderness than even later games, so I'm perfectly satisfied and have no reason to complain.