Right then.
It is time.
Do or die. etc. Hopefully without the die bit.
I fly over there and move my raft a little further away, just in case something bad happens, then I can respawn with a bit of distance between me and you-know-who.
Then- My internet cuts out!
Behold the joys of cloud gaming and streaming.
Close everything down. Reboot the router. Wait for the little green arrow to turn blue and 15 minutes later than planned here we go again.
Log in. Relaunch the game and I'm relieved to discover that I'm still alive on the raft. So, back on the Pteranodon and up onto that high, safe rock. I manage to dismount without falling off. I take aim and BANG!
Here he comes!
And so it begins.
Much aiming and shooting follows.
First he got a bit stuck between those two smaller rocks, which was nice, I could just pick him off at will. But then he started circling at the base of the big rock and I couldn't really aim straight down over the edge so I had to wait for him to get bored, walk away and get shot again.
Again he came running back and circling around. Then he went over to my raft so I had to turn round and fire past my waiting Pteranodon but he wasn't spooked.
I was getting some good shots in too. A good close head shot was doing 588 damage so I wasn't going to use all those bullets. I just needed him to stay where he was visible. And there he is again. Bang!
I could tell his health was getting down cos he was looking a bit bloody. Just pop your head up again please?
And then I heard the fast beat of approaching steps and a fearful squawk!
Noooo! He'd got up on the rock. Somehow!
As he attacked he knocked us both off down to the ground. I had set the Pteranodon's behaviour to cowardly passive so that he'd fly away but the alpha was too quick and killed him right there. Thankfully the distraction allowed me to get off a couple more shots and "double-thankfully" the alpha's health was pretty low by then, so I got my revenge...
Poor Skywing.
On the plus side there are lots of Pteranodons around here so I quickly managed to bola one and started taming with the meat I'd just acquired. Had to wait through the night on the mainland beach which was a bit worrying but no more raptors came, so by the morning I had a new replacement friend. Skywing may be gone but Skyrider lives on...
Now I just have to try and level up his stamina and carry weight again.
Oh, and look, I've got a nice T-Rex skull hat. The alpha drops some "special" loot.
And now the beach is a little bit safer, so I may have more luck searching for nearby Dodos.