How is bounty hunting monsters alone an actual purpose for a monster? That is the antithesis of purpose. It's just trophy collection.
They need an actual place in the world and in the lore and something to explore or figure out about them and the world.
Don't just add shit to kill it.
I sound like a vegan now.
you do, nothing wrong with that lol
On the subject of purpose it really would be good to see some logic based in lore, and with purpose and interraction between animals/beasts of same and different species
A bunch of wolves chase a wisent down, campodons see off a threatening terror bird, those stupidly big spiders go and upset the risars and bull horses, etc
Also mobs spawning and moving around,
like moving around ALOT,
and becoming either more active and plentiful at night/day/dusk/dawn depending on their habits, moon, weather - too complex ?
there were mods along these lines for Skyrim that were fun, all i know is MO AI wasn't amazing.
though the Springboks actually seem to do this already, more at dawn, a bit scattered through the day, then fewer and hard to find at night.
so i hope it continues, especially since the land area is now like 5x bigger, it would give players a lot more purpose in tracking/studying movements rather than just timing when to turn up to a known mob spawn.
getting off topic sry