Crows flying around

[Zakificus 10]

Recently I decided it was more lucrative to hunt geared players for loot than to constantly search for it. So for much of today I was more or less motionless for a couple hours at a time. I kept seeing this crow fly around. Sometimes it would caw and when I looked it was swooping right past me. Then it would fly out and circle a few times. When moving through the woods I would hear it but could never see it through the trees.

I'm curious if rocket snuck that mechanic in or if I just am getting too paranoid/bored sitting around waiting for players worth shooting. Have any other bandits noticed crows keeping close company?

[lunakhod 8]

I have - I was quite paranoid that a crow was following me, because I know the spectator system for Arma turns you into a bird. I thought I was being ghosted, but I eventually decided it's movements were too complex for a person to do, so it must have just been a passive mechanic (For bandits perhaps?). I'm still uncertain though.

[irGoodman 22]

I'm gonna see if one will follow.

Might be my new survivor hunting method.

[Zakificus 10]

Yeah I honestly couldnt tell if it was random like the chirps you hear every now and then or if it actually follows. I'll experiment some tomorrow and see if I can get a definite answer. Might try asking the survivor forums if people with high humanity have them too.

[[email protected] 2]

Time to start looking for crows.

[Shrapnel1 2]

This is fucking weird, this happened to me today, I turned around and I don't know what made me notice it, but it was a bird just hovering there as if it was watching me...I tried shooting it, but it just kept hovering there and then hid in a tree.

I got pretty paranoid, thinking it was a player on spectator with friends around.

[Zakificus 10]

As far as I know dayz doesnt allow spectator mode. It seems like there are always crows around me. If I'm in a building I see one outside every so often, in a field they look like they do a very large circle or figure eight in the area, and in the woods I can occasionally hear them but the trees stop me from seeing them.

I'm not sure if they're random ambient creatures everyone gets in their area or if it is that subtle indication that I'm a bandit. Lol anyone with high humanity seeing them too?