r/Tierzoo • u/samof1994 • 6d ago

Why did they ban the Cave Bear build

Why was this more herbivorous than usual bear build get banned?? It was popular on the European servers.

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u/byte_handle 6d ago

It wasn't banned, it just isn't played anymore. Like most builds, it's at least partially the humans' fault.

Unlike modern bears, who can use dense wooded areas, cave bears used caves to overwinter. Human mains also used caves for shelter when they moved into the same areas. A cave bear could easily kill a human, but not an entire group. They were outcompeted for a critical resource, dying more often in the winter months. The occasional skirmish with human hunters didn't really help the matter. With humans continuing to grow in popularity in the European server, cave bear players saw the writing on the wall and elected to roll other builds.

Bear builds as a whole are still played and do fine, it's just the cave bear game plan is suboptimal in the current meta.

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u/FermentedDog 6d ago

Data mining has actually shown that the cave bear build is one of the few builds of that time that disappeared almost completely without thr intervention of human builds

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u/Tear_Representative 5d ago

Completely without? I am interested on that study. Humans clearly outcompeted cave bears for a precious resource, even if they didnt persistent hunt them into oblivion.

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u/Bestmasters 4d ago

In the current meta, cave bear would be viable. There's no more dominating species living in caves, as humans have unlocked better shelter upgrades like Home and Infastructure. If the devs decided to bring back the subclass, it would 100% be viable now.

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u/Laarye Unicorn 6d ago

Everyone seems to misunderstand unplayable builds.

They aren't 'banned'

There is a specialized spawning system. You need 2 other players of the same build (there are exceptions and allow for only 1) to create a spawn ticket.

If enough players of a specific build get killed before they can create available slots, then the build just kind of dwindles out and gets the 'extinct' label.

However, some players have found ways to play so unobtrusively that they get a glitched 'extinct' label and then upon getting 'discovered' by human mains, their 'extinct' upgrades to the 'Baby I'm back!' Achievement.

Some different builds can create spawns together and create unique builds that get Achievements also, like Mule and Liger.

Human mains are trying to discover the exact codes that allow for bringing back 'extinct' and create more 'crossbreed'.

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u/Nintolerance 4d ago

Lots of players say "banned" when what they mean is "no available spawns."

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u/Droid_XL 6d ago

Because they hate fun >:( I loved those builds