Foragers -A role that produces amusement uses at roughly half the rate as hunters produce food uses.
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Foragers -A role that produces amusement uses at roughly half the rate as hunters produce food uses.
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Posted 2021-07-27 10:41:41
But. I do have one needed resource for my pack that I never seem to have enough of. Amusement. If your hunters go after large trails for all of their hunts, and you live in an easy area like Deciduous Forest, letting you catch most of them, you can usually bring in 100+ food uses a day from 20use elk bulls alone. This is more than enough to feed almost any pack, especially combined with the fact that exploring in the Tundra biome gives you even morefree food uses from walrus and seal pup carcasses. In fact it’s usually an excess. But there are only three ways to get amusement that don’t involve just buying it off other players (which doesn’t solve the base problem - that there is never enough amusement to go around). These options are: 1) Rescouting. Would be a viable option except it takes an hour for your scout to complete this task in the first place, which only produces 2 or 3 amusement items at a time. If you’re lucky, you get things like Gyrfalcon Feathers with high uses. If you’re not… well, enjoy your 1 use Blue Jay Feather. Then it takes just over another hour for your scout to recharge a full energy bar, which is necessary to rescout again. Even if you check your account religiously to send out your scout every two hours - most of us can’t do this anyway - the amusement you can get barely covers a small pack, let alone a large one. 2) Exploring. There are some biomes that drop more and better Amusement items than others, such as the Swamp, and they can help a little. But unfortunately these encounters tend to be few and far between, and you’re likely to spend a full energy bar and get nothing out of it. 3) Slot Machine. Sometimes it’ll drop things like whale rib bones. Yay! I don’t think I have to explain why this one is barely an option though, to the extent it’s not even considered helpful in the search for amusement items… for the gist of it: expensive to play repeatedly over long periods, it’s smarter to just buy from the TC, and you get a low chance of specifically an amusement reward anyways. So. My suggestion, now that the reasons behind why I believe this is necessary are listed. Foragers! They’re a team of five wolves, similar to hunters, except instead of the main role requiring Agility/Speed, it requires Wisdom/Smarts, like a stalker, because you have to find those amusement items in the first place. There are three of this role, maybe “Scavengers?” Then there are two “Haulers” who require high strength because they’re the poor wolves who have to carry all this stuff - sometimes Including heavy bones - back. I want to include a speed/agi role as well but can’t think of a spot to fit it in. They produce roughly half the amount of amusement uses that hunters produce in food uses, because wolves lose hunger twice as fast as mood. They can have proficiency and stat gains in their levels that help them became more adept in their jobs, just like hunters. They can take adolescents out to train them. And they take 30min on each “mission” also just like hunters. Basically these are literally just hunters but for amusement items. Hopefully this post makes sense. I’ll come back and try to edit it later if it doesn’t. |
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Posted 2021-07-27 15:50:09
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Posted 2021-07-27 17:17:25
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 Breezy [Hiatus] #4307 |
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Posted 2021-07-27 17:21:00
1 role focused on speed/agi | 3 roles focused on smarts/wisdom | 1 role focused on strength Similar to the hunting distribution. Otherwise it would feel like a waste of an open spot considering it could be used to train up high Strength stats. |
Salem #21506 |
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Posted 2021-07-28 07:31:42
On lioden I often play with my lions and that gets most of them to 100% mood depending on their personality, and those who don't I then give amusement. So I'm hoping there will be a way to bring up your wolves mood somewhat without using a toy, but if not, then something like this suggestion is a necessity, imho. |
 Gringe #3594 |
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Posted 2021-07-28 16:54:41
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Shiantara #24747 |
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Posted 2022-10-31 22:04:33
No support for now! Since the new lead talent's there's an option for Wolves to lose 5% Instead of 10% Daily for Mood now. While Its a touch flawed for people who like keeping nursing mothers bonuses, It should still balance out the amusement market for now. I currently have 15000 uses, And I sell several thousand every few months! but they key point here Is I have 2500+ In whalebones, and mollusc shells glacier Is no joke for amusment and even the largest packs should do a good job surviving from there. |
 SolarDeer #26758 |
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Posted 2022-11-03 09:07:19
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crazyrhythms #89019 |
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Posted 2022-11-03 20:42:40
I used to do R&C wolves but it got to be too much time and resources for me. Of course space plays a part though i Love more Ideas for roles. ^ ^ I'm always creating ideas for things so let's see if i can help out with role names and stat placements. Lemme know if these sound good of give you ideas of yer own ~ ^ ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gatherer [Smarts/wisdom] They look to find the items you seek, those which amuse all for the pack (Tribe). Being smart and wise will aid in knowing what to look for and where. ------ Miner [Speed/Agility] They help in digging, removing or even being a distraction if looking for discarded toys is a problem or they're being guarded. Being quick and agile will help either way be it retrieving Or be a sweet/smooth talker to get what they Seek. ------ Keeper [Strength] They help carry and keep what they find safe mostly though they can also help if the group needs some extra muscle to break, dislodge or even intimidate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Possible idea? Maybe there could be a rare chance or so for the Forager's team to bring something else back along with their findings? * Battle trophies could be possible as no doubt dead animals are a thing one Can come across while on travels and Might yield something [Antlers/horns, skulls/claws/teeth, pelts/tails, etc]. Not too often though of course (I get the challenges but sometimes some things are TOO challenging even if requirements are met). NO Event stuff though. |
 Fangx #12206 |
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Posted 2022-11-09 20:30:11
With the new talent tree my wolves can now loose half their usual mood. I play with my nursing mothers and pups daily and everyone else every other day so I actually end up saving amusement uses. Not to mention I somehow manage to do between 30-40 hunts a day, I have 4 teams, and currently have over 700 uses of bone buried from carcasses alone. With my currently 41 adults and 67 youngsters I'm all set between mass salvage and exploring. My tip for anyone struggling is hunt literally as often as you can. Explore as often as you can too so you get as much food and amusement as possible. Feed your wolves daily and bury any extras. Sell the 1 use food to the raccoon though. You'll get 3sc per egg for example. The mass salvage even works on buried food so all you gotta do is hit that button and bury the bones that come out of it. They'll be your backup stock. |
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