The Wolf Among Us Online
Irmgard Verzi
Quaintance has been vocal about his anti-wolf beliefs. An advocate for the controversial practice of using hounds in hunting, he has regularly spoken at meetings about his belief that there should be fewer wolves in Wisconsin.
Because wolves are currently listed by the federal government as endangered in Wisconsin and the upper Midwest, a wolf can only be killed in self-defense. The hunting and trapping of wolves, including the use of bait, are currently illegal in Wisconsin.
The wolf Quaintance killed was part of the Echo Valley pack and had been collared and studied by the Red Cliff Ojibwe tribe and the DNR for the past nine years. During that time she gave birth to 35 pups, according to Genevieve Adamski, a wildlife specialist for the tribe.
Adamski says that having a collar on a breeding female wolf can be especially important for researchers because it gives insight into data such as pup survival rate, population estimates and home ranges.
Despite the frequent argument from Republicans and anti-wolf groups that state wolf policy ignores northern residents of the state who have to live with the realities of an apex predator near their homes, Adamski says there are people in Wisconsin who value wolves and want them to remain on the land.
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I'm not much of a talker, so people tend to just forget about me; the last group I was with I had some good times, but then there are a couple members that grief solo players and one guy is somewhat toxic over voice chat; I'm not offended, but I just cant stand for it. The problem is they always end up joining the posse i'm in but I don't stay silent when they go out of their way to attack a single player, so it gets awkward.
I've joined open posses but either get kicked, kicked then attacked, or wait around too long for nothing to happen. It was wishful thinking I suppose, but probably wont try that again; for some reason some people have open posses but don't want anyone to join.
I get a lot of invites, but refuse them now. I used to accept, but then the leader wouldn't DO anything. It was like they just wanted to be leader. They wouldn't start missions or join games or what not. So I just refue them now. Plus I don't like to chat. So I tend to def be a lone wolf.
i was a lone wolf in rdr1 and same now in rdr2. i know a few old rdr1 players i meet up with in showdown but freeroam always grinding on my own....besides i have griefers visiting me all the time.....they leave quite fast sadly.
I hear you, I usually run with @Major Dammidge, if he's not on I'm usually a lone wolf. I have tried joining a few temp posses with random but their way of playing was just not compatible with mine as many of them were just to young.
Definitely a solo player, only dipped into GTAO when it opened, but the few times I've joined good working posses it has been really fun, I totally get it, but it's like panning for gold, if I join PosseUp 9 times out of 10 I join a gunfight, a hunting or fishing posse, or the leader sets a waypoint on the other side of the map (don't get that at all) If it's a dishonourable leader I spawn right out, I wish there was a choice, I don't want to bring my honour down.
I mainly play in posse, i'm lucky to have a nice group of friends IRL, we gather nearly everyday in game. We are at least 4 playing at the same time (the 4 who play the most, including me), and 3 other friends playing a bit less. 3 of us are above level 150 and others near lvl100.
If we play in posse we do mainly PvP showdown, some mission, we try plenty of stuff in free roam, we love to find good spot and fistfight between us thanks to "gang internal conflict" (for example we often steal a train and go on a tall bridge, then fight on the edge of emptyness, lot of fun!).
I usually have a party chat set up for friends and then if they want to join, they let me know. Sometimes they simply show up in my session so then I have to send them a chat invite as well as a posse invitation.
I always run with a posse (The Born Brothers Gang) and its probably the main reason I even play. Recently, its been the most fun I can remember having in a game hands-down. We like to roleplay and immerse heavily and we play with free aim Only and never shoot friendly randoms on sight.
I'd highly recommend free-aim if you value honor and skill which it seems like you do. Not only does it automatically give more immersion, but being able to say you are actually aiming rather than auto targeting in a fight just makes victory that much sweeter. (Until Hardcore free aim lobbies hopefully release like in RD1).
I'm a lone wolf a majority of the time, unless I have a friend or two online. I'm not interested in gaming with random people because it's not that enjoyable unless you're lucky and find like-minded people. Online play for me is mostly just hunting and fishing, so using a posse isn't a necessity for me at the moment.
I will play with some friends, by myself, or with randoms. Most of the time, I am on by myself. This is because my work schedule is a mess right now. I get home at 11PM so I am up till like 6AM while my friends are going to sleep at 12 or 1AM.
I think the issue has to do with a lot of people being part of several permanent posses. I am part of at least 5+ myself. That seems to jam things up and a lot of time causes issues. People forget to "abandon" a previous posse they ran with, etc. A lot of times I keep sending them invites and they can't accept them. So that is why I open it. I usually use the in game chate vs PS party chat. I usually keep it on "Friends" so that I can talk to them to try to resolve issue.
All the high level guys I know are assholes for the most part and enjoy killing everyone at all times (get a lot of xp that way) and I'm not like that. I never shoot 1st if I can help it. I know what its like to hunt for 2 solid hours and get taken out by some dude with explosive rounds on the way to the butcher. I just haven't found the players I'm looking for, I don't mind riding solo cuz I feel it has made me better as a player. Nothing like taking on an entire posse all on your own. I could honestly be way higher level than I am but I feel that's not really enjoying the game. I hunt and try to get the max of each animal skin I can get often times...10 rabbits, 10 squirrels, to raccoons etc then migrate west and get 10 gilas, 10 iguanas, 10 condor feathers.....not always but its a challenge I like to do sometimes and nets me at least 300 bucks. Medium animals are a waste after 4 pelts right now so ill kill for the meat. Then ill get 10 of each fish too. If no pelts on me I accept free roam event invites, do gang hideouts, or showdowns. The only area of the game I do little of are stranger missions and horse races. But I do EVERYTHING depending on mood. Sometimes, ill ride along a cliff edge scouting high level players with binoculars to see if they are griefing others. Ive sniped level 100's in the streets of valentine from the Cliffside nearby just as they began hogtieing a low level player. Nowadays I spend a lot of time crafting and hunting Ginseng for Special Health Cures and Potent health cures. Just sorta preparing for anything. I typically carry max meat at all times and max Tonics just hoping something will go down. I work on challenges for gold and have reset quite a few to max. This is why its hard to find posse's for me. I play my game as if my character is a real person (when possible). Most players just get on and just start shooting....im all for that, but I really enjoy the simple stuff that most wont waste their time trying to do.
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