booned Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 So I haven't tried to tame one since the nerf, but with the major speed reduction are they easier to KO using the Argentavis method now or do wild ones continue to fly at high speed into redwoods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidstar Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 1 hour ago, booned said: So I haven't tried to tame one since the nerf, but with the major speed reduction are they easier to KO using the Argentavis method now or do wild ones continue to fly at high speed into redwoods? use either another quetzal and trap the quetz u want to tame inside [platform saddle needed] or the easist way [did it alone] get on a tapejara, board the front seat[ the one where you can shoot], order the tapejara to attack any nearby creature [it lifts off] after it lifts off order it to move to various places in the air and voila ! you can steer it. follow the quetz while shooting tranqs at it and well that s it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booned Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 Thanks for the reply, but that's not what I asked. I know how to tame a Quetzal, I've tamed many. I was asking if wild ones still have the same speed when fleeing or have they slowed down in line with the flyer nerf. Edit: Just re-read this and realised it comes across really condescending. I'm sorry for that! It wasn't my intention! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidstar Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 3 minutes ago, booned said: Thanks for the reply, but that's not what I asked. I know how to tame a Quetzal, I've tamed many. I was asking if wild ones still have the same speed when fleeing or have they slowed down in line with the flyer nerf. Edit: Just re-read this and realised it comes across really condescending. I'm sorry for that! It wasn't my intention! no problem!...they seemed slow to me as I can remember, tamed one right after the nerf, it was really easty to catch em with the tapejara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHighlander Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 The one thing I've noticed and am not sure if it's a new mechanic or not, but don't remember it happening before is that the second your first tranq hits a quetz it will run (yeah, ok fly) for the swamps/redwood forest. Damned annoying because half the time you do knock it down it gets eaten by something before you can get it tamed. Lost several like this recently on The Island. They seem to end up flying low in the redwoods and I suspect this is a new mechanic to try and coax you in low on your flyers so that the Thylas can knock you down. Personally I stay high and just track the Quetz shooting it from higher up until it comes back out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booned Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 1 hour ago, Antitheft2 said: The one thing I've noticed and am not sure if it's a new mechanic or not, but don't remember it happening before is that the second your first tranq hits a quetz it will run (yeah, ok fly) for the swamps/redwood forest. Damned annoying because half the time you do knock it down it gets eaten by something before you can get it tamed. Lost several like this recently on The Island. They seem to end up flying low in the redwoods and I suspect this is a new mechanic to try and coax you in low on your flyers so that the Thylas can knock you down. Personally I stay high and just track the Quetz shooting it from higher up until it comes back out again. It did that before the nerf pal. It's annoying as hell, they all seem to gravitate towards redwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfeUK Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I like that it heads for the redwood forest and not the ocean, lost many from drowning As for OP Q i tamed one the other day using my Argy with a scorpio, i was able to keep up with it after the scorpio stung it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 6 hours ago, booned said: It did that before the nerf pal. It's annoying as hell, they all seem to gravitate towards redwood. 6 hours ago, WolfeUK said: I like that it heads for the redwood forest and not the ocean, lost many from drowning As for OP Q i tamed one the other day using my Argy with a scorpio, i was able to keep up with it after the scorpio stung it Wrong quote sorry /\ Its cause they flee to 5050. Always have I tamed a few quetz last week and ive noticed they still fly the same speed.. i use a stamina tapejara and its a pain.. but totally do able. Just have to really anticipate their movement and pray to rngeus it drops somewhere nice haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d1nk Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 8 hours ago, Antitheft2 said: The one thing I've noticed and am not sure if it's a new mechanic or not, but don't remember it happening before is that the second your first tranq hits a quetz it will run (yeah, ok fly) for the swamps/redwood forest. Damned annoying because half the time you do knock it down it gets eaten by something before you can get it tamed. Lost several like this recently on The Island. They seem to end up flying low in the redwoods and I suspect this is a new mechanic to try and coax you in low on your flyers so that the Thylas can knock you down. Personally I stay high and just track the Quetz shooting it from higher up until it comes back out again. Meant to quote you instead of wolf on my post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volunteer Moderator Joebl0w13 Posted May 26, 2017 Volunteer Moderator Share Posted May 26, 2017 9 hours ago, booned said: I was asking if wild ones still have the same speed when fleeing or have they slowed down in line with the flyer nerf. As far as I know and from what I've seen they haven't changed the speed on the wild ones. They still take off like a bat out of hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torqx Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 They still take off pretty fast and from what I've seen they never slow down. They continue to flee pretty fast forever. Not sure if that was changed as that was with the first flyer nerf. Pretty easy now using a Pteranodon as they are pretty fast. Grappling hook to it, fly a little in front of the Queztal, hop off, shoot it, reel in, hop back on your bird and follow it and continue the method. At least, that's a solo method I use, not sure if anyone else does it that way but it works great for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turin Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 I did it like that also. Grappling hook to the Ptera, and whistling him around. The first quetz fell on a bad swamp spot and died, the second time it fell on the border of the swamp and so I was able to tame it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonie1 Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Duo tamed a few last weekend. I flew our biggest Tapejara (1k stam/weight) and a friend rode on the back shooting. He likes the rear seat because there is less obstruction. The Quetzal acted no different than the ones we had tamed pre-nerf, it would sprint when hit, then slow down after 10+ seconds, allowing us to catch up, move a bit ahead and under it and then dart it again. The hardest part (not really hard, more like annoying) was having to land multiple times on the Tapejara due to the stamina drain. Its always funny how the Quetzal will stay in the area you found it til it gets close to dropping and then bolts into the dangerous Redwoods and that Battle Royale of a river north of it to make taming it more of a pain. We lost one to a alpha raptor that dropped off the redwoods cliff above us on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldante Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 they still fly at high speed after you hit them, also to get hitmarkers you have to be right on top of them most of the time. always take 100 extra darts lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimz Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Use a q cage still just make sure when you grab and knockout it drops safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhalia Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 I am doing single player tames using a quetz with 4 wooden gateways and an argi. I have found that the wild quetzal outpaces my tamed- took me an hour today just trying to find it after it got spooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawktrader74 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 On 26/05/2017 at 5:10 PM, Voidstar said: use either another quetzal and trap the quetz u want to tame inside [platform saddle needed] or the easist way [did it alone] get on a tapejara, board the front seat[ the one where you can shoot], order the tapejara to attack any nearby creature [it lifts off] after it lifts off order it to move to various places in the air and voila ! you can steer it. follow the quetz while shooting tranqs at it and well that s it I still like the q trap . That way you can still tame in the air safetly. Just take a ptera to regain stam on your own q Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malorium Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 I've been trying to gather material and level a decent Tape to go get a Quetz. I started on SE and haven't even ported to another server yet. I've managed to eat 1 Quetz egg, starve a baby, and Starve an adult, that was just a few yards outside of the range of my full trough. Now either I manage to tame one, or find someone to trade for a decent adult one. But I can't get into the trading forums yet, and I don't want to be that guy who randomly jumps servers spamming global, lol. So I have the best gear and longneck I can make, and a few sheep to slaughter for meat. Here's hoping hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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