Vuldari wrote:
Also...most humans are not skilled, trained killers. The average person is far more dangerous as a Berserker than they are as fumbling, inexperienced hunters. ...so the mindless one is the more immediate concern in most cases.
Who's to say it couldn't gift the thinking killer with the hunting instincts. You've played Morrowind right, and the bloodmoon expansion? The Ristaag (hunt of a big 'ol bear for its needed heart), from the human side of the mainquest as part way through it, one of the hunters who had gone off to your right cries out, followed by a snarl. The guy your with stops and tells you to check it out.
The hunter is found, face down in the snow, dead.
You return to you buddy, inform him, and the hunt continues, as they can't afford to not complete it. Another scream and growl, the hunter to your left, deader than a doornail.
You and your buddy continue on, until the killers appear out of seemingly no where, and you have to fight off the two Werewolves.
Point is: They hunted you down. The guy you're with and the two others had silver weapons. Had they gone in head long, they'd have been slaughtered, as all BM's WWs have going for them is extreme speed and power. ANYTHING can kill them, silver just does it exceptionally well.
Despite being the murderous kind of werewolf, they cut down your numbers carefully. Of course, MW's Werewolf isn't fully-aware, but its aware enough to have strategical abilities. And that wasn't even so detailed a strategy.
Anyone could have thought of that, but the fact is, it worked. It cut the four hunters down to 2, possibly killed the third depending on how well you fought.
Anyone could have made that strategy though. And a killer is going to improve over time.
In the begining, the berkserer is scarier but static, the killer however, will improve.
To think of this like a game: The Berkserker is the NPC with a high level, but never improves, the Killer is a low level PC who's gaining levels. Soon enough he'll be better than the berkserker. And continue on....