Originally posted by Sono:

Actually I noticed this too, a neck far away from me is the same volume as a neck close to me, i'm glad im not the only one who noticed it, it seems like for whatever reason their sounds weren't accented properly to distance, so they play at one volume all the time regardless.

Not so much that the audio is the same but its louder and its fade distance are not the same, this can be tested with sneaking and a bow

Testing the ABSURDLY loud purring, sneak up to a neck and listen to its idle noises (the purr) start to walk away (and i mean far) and youll notice how you can still hear it very clearly from a distance

WHile youre listening to the purr at a distance, hit sneak mode and shoot an arrow nearby the neck, (dont hit it just scare it) it will make the gargle barking noise they make when they get alerted (sounds like extra heavy asthma) but you'll notice its MUCH more quiet than the bark
As you get closer the bark actually gets much louder but the distance it starts to fade off is much shorter than the idle purring. but once you get Right up on it, you'll notice the alert noise is actually the same volume as the idle purring, it just fades out much quicker than the idle purring

SO lets start with basic logic(something I lack) what purrs louder than their own bark? Im pretty sure its an intentional design to make hunting easier(in a hardcore game) but again, if youre ever in the medows near water theres usually 2-6 in a group and theres almost always 15 necks in the vicinity, So it just get very annoying over time when 5-6 necks are purring so loud you can hear them from more than 100M away (again tested with the fishing pole)

Im sure people have the same gripes with the wolves and deer, I sure did but I modded the deer
And again the wolves were so horrifically annoying that the devs themselves had to fix it

Theres also an insane amount of reverb added to the neck noises if you ever pay attention. Not sure why thats in there

Anyway i took that farther than I needed to, considering you agreed with me lol. but its like a thorn in the side. one of the very few horrible things about this game is these idle noises from the enemies lol so it angers me greatly