Make hyenas stronger!

[Monkeylord]

Hi! So today I was playing for a little bit and I was attacked by a hyena. After defeating it I noticed they seem weaker than wolves. I looked it up in the wiki and yep, they are significantly weaker: Wolves have an attack value of 8 and 14 HP while hyenas have an attack value of 6 and 12 HP.

Why does it matter? (to me, at least) because spotted hyenas (the real species I'm assuming VS hyenas are based upon,as the in-game model looks like them) are bigger than wolves and have sustantially stronger bites.

-Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) usually weigh between 45 and 90 kg (the biggest hyena ever recorded weighted around 100kg), with females being usually bigger. They have a Bite force  quotient (BFQ) of 124.

-Grey wolves (Canisis lupus) usually weigh between 32 y 64 kg (the biggest wolf ever recorded weighted 80kg), with males being usually bigger.They have a BFQ of 80. 

(These values are, of course, general estimates: Rare individuals or specific subspecies can have wildly variying weights, bite strenghts...etc.)

Seein these values, hyenas should at least have the same HP and attack as wolves (if we want to keep things simple) but should actually surpass wolves in both aspects (maybe give hyenas 10 attack damage and 16 HP). Hyenas being slower than wolves and having a lower attack range is ok I think (although they are actually better hunters than wolves!), even if just to make these suggested buffed hyenas more balanced.

Does it really matter for the game? well, it makes hot areas less dangerous than colder ones,but really I'm just a biologist being nitpicky  

[Mac Mcleod]

Nice suggestion.

I think the Lore of the game is that Wolves and Bears were particularly affected by the Collapse (aka the Cataclysm) and are much larger and nastier than real world wolves and bears.

[lobotorny]

Extremely agreed. I don't know much of the lore in-game yet as I'm trying to avoid spoilers, so I can't speak on that like the above, but seriously!!! I'm definitely biased, since spotted hyenas are my favorite animal, but still. I haven't even come across a hyena while playing yet, but if what you're saying is true about their stats, then that's seriously strange!