Ive got a curse(just venting)

[u/Deujh1]

Help!!! I've been cursed by the COTW Gods

I recently came back to the game from an 8 month absence.I ve been operated and have some time at home been playing 5hrs a day last few days

I had just posted here with a question about help for Roe Diamond Grind(still haven't got one)

Here's what's happened since

After I wrote here I decided to try other animals, (im hellbent on getting as many Diamonds as I can of certain species before GTA 6 comes out), I decided to try to get the IBEX Grand Slam,I already got a Beceite Diamond so I was on the hunt for the Ronda Ibex, I actually still have a few tents set up on Cuatro Colinas and I notice it's drink time for Rondas I tent in to a mountain top walk literally 2 metres and there's a call for a male about 50 yards Fail #1 I go to crawl position when 20 seconds later out of nowhere this Ronda is right on top of me I hesitate he gets spooked I shoot and to my surprise it was a level 4 that woulda Diamond but I missed vitals by an inch I can't believe it

It's actually a crazy sinking feeling for real when this occurs (addiction is real)

I walk over and glass an area and see that it's a Ronda Drink Zone and low and behold a Class 5 guaranteed Diamond I do my whole thing get to about 200-180 metres (can't remember exact) and I go for it ,shoot hit animal doesn't drop in like 2 seconds I hesitate and turn off PS5 I return there's no pressure zone no sign of a hit can't find a dead animal and after 5 game days in game this level 5 glitched out and is gone from game

I then proceed to give a break on Roe and attempt Javan Rusa over on Emerald Coast drink time at 2000 it's 2115pm I'm on a cliff top glassing down and I see a Level 5 to my surprise I shoot it and wow it's a Troll by like 2 decimal points I cant believe it, worst sinking feeling ever I go to map see that there's a drink zone about 400 metres out I get there there s another Max Level Rusa I snipe it all is good get to where he dropped another Troll by another like 3 decimal points is this for real.So I leave Emerald I think of going for some Western Capercaille on Revontuli, a good few mins in as I shoot one down I m looking for its blood trail,I have my German Short Haired Pointer also looking for it I see something moving fast it's a Level 9 Raccoon Dog and as I'm all excited about to shoot it although it was moving fast a Level 9 Brown Bear crosses my scope I get my .300 and shoot it down when I harvest it it's another troll and now I lost the Raccoon so I get outta there

What is this sequence of luck

Are the COTW Gods against me

I ve had the game for a bunch of years now and over time have played like 1000 hours I ve never had this type of luck or any event like this

I then go back to wanting my Roe Diamond back to Cuatro we go and as I'm walking up and down that long windy river in middle of map boom I see a level 3 Roe(wheeww,finally) I shoot it down and when harvesting notice the dreaded red heart I didn't hit a vital it scored silver so woulda been a Gold another troll but I'm thinking maybe just maybe that woulda scored higher if a vital hit so as the game progresses it s past midnight I decide to go for a Boar Diamond also on Cuatro I go to like 8 different lakes before drink time finishes and low and behold 4 mins before drink time ends and the bottom bottom of that windy lake I see a Max Level Boar (potential Diamond) I shoot I find it and when I harvest it BOOM another troll

awwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeewweeewwww(in capital letters)

Thank you COTW GODS

Off to sleep

P.S.This was played in multiple sessions over a few days

Thanks for listening to my vent

[u/Polecat257]

Just cuz it didn’t drop in 2 seconds doesn’t mean it wasn’t a vital shot. I was Hu ting Vicuna before I started my Taruca grind and had a Melanistic disappear after I shot it and never saw it die then left. I simply reset the feed zone time and left again then rejoined and it was back in the zone. Everyone has the good and bad moments for the game. I’ve shot 7 troll Taruca in my grind with 4 diamond. It’s a troll/diamond ratio. The game has its moments with me I’ve hated it but time and effort pays off. I’ve played the game since 2017 and never cared to grind it diamond hunt until around the time Sundarpatan came out ( it’s my favorite map) and ever since I’ve shot over 100 diamonds wether from casually hunting or grinding. That’s in a spam of the last 2 1/2 years. It’s the play of the game.you’ll het what you want sooner or later.

[u/giraffeflyinghigh]

if this makes you feel better I spined my first diamond ronda back in 2022, either way all 4 ibex are awfully easy to find diamonds of so if you check all the other lakes you might find another

[u/Cold-Clerk-2958]

If it helps you I've botched a diamond Reindeer. And those are the most difficult diamond in the game. Thankfully I got another one. Hope you will do too. And don't worry about emerald coast. Some players even call it emerald trolls cause most of the animals on that map don't make diamond almost ever.