Posted by Allow Lionesses to Feed Freely on Carcasses

Pasha (#5512)

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2013-07-28 05:16:21
So, I'm a bit disappointed in the addition of the "feed all" and "interact all" buttons. I know GB options help support the game, so whatever, but I think it's a rather slapdash solution to the poor engineering of the feeding pages, which need to be addressed in more creative ways that are available to all.

First of all, as many people have said, lionesses don't just line up neatly. They don't wait for their food, either. If my lionesses come back from a hunt with carcasses that have uses missing, it should follow that they were fed from nomming on them before dragging them to the "hoard" area, right? And I just have trouble believing that female lionesses would wait around and starve until being given their marching orders.

So I think your pride should just nibble freely on carcasses in order to satisfy their hunger. If you want to sell the carcasses instead, just put them on the Branch immediately.

Also, there could be fighting over carcasses - I have even read that lions die in fights over food. Older lionesses and those with higher stats would win out most of the time, and if you wanted the younger, weaker ones fed, it would be up to your lion to escort them to the carcass. Maybe you could get notifications about a young female's failed approaches toward a carcass. If lionesses ever get an energy bar, maybe these fights could use up energy that could otherwise be used for hunting, etc. And of course the personality system that many people suggested could work well with this too.

Who supports? Feel free to add suggestions/critique.

EDIT: Adding on the idea that there should be two separate places to put food – maybe the hoard could be the place you sell in bulk/hide food in, and the carcasses your lions feed on could be out in the open somewhere.



This suggestion has 78 supports and 5 NO supports.



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Edited on 15/12/13 by Pasha (#5512)

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Posted on
2013-07-31 07:50:31
I would like this, but I'm not so sure about them fighting over food. I usually am not on lioden every day, so if they fight, I wouldn't want them to leave because they cant get food. But, it would be a good way to get lioness exp. I would want it so pregnate/ nursing lionesses get fed first, then youngest to oldest lionesses, then the males could fight over the remains. ( To toughen up meh boys ;) )



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Horse65478 (#17023)

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2013-08-02 10:41:42
Hey, it looks like we have similar ideas. I made a similar post to this one, only I didn't have a fighting idea.
http://www.lioden.com/topic.php?id=13624
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DragonSage (#4453)

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Posted on
2013-08-07 08:40:54
No support; several players feed specific diets for stat gain; if they freely nibbled on carcasses then it would ruin their diets



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Pasha (#5512)

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2013-08-07 13:55:17
Well, maybe there could be specific areas in the den you could place carcasses so that certain lionesses would feed on them and not others?



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Umar Xylax's minion (#1901)

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2013-08-11 06:32:03
How about there could be an option in Hoard where you could choose for your lions to eat freely or to manualy feed them. And another option that could only let them feed on carcasses that will expire the next day?

Other than that, I fully support :3



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Edited on 11/08/13 by Umar (#1901)

MaeBae (#8161)

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2013-08-30 04:34:24
Agreeded with Umar.

The reason I agree, is some people choose to only feed their lions once they hit a certian hunger, or once a week, so they can sell the food. If it just started vanishing from the hoard and feeding your lionesses, it would mess some of us up...



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Tau'ri [Kyo ] (#18449)

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2013-08-30 07:44:47
I agree with Umar. They should be options for how to feed, what to feed on, etc.

Otherwise, I love the idea!



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Pasha (#5512)

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2013-08-30 17:13:45
Hmm yeah, there should be an alternate place to store carcasses you don't want eaten. (If only you, as a new player, didn't have to pay 100 SB for a branch!)

Maybe eventually the "den" could have different areas, and there could be an area somehow out of the lionesses' reach.

Also, the "feed all" button could still be made lucrative because it would feed all the lionesses regardless of their stats/dominant personalities.



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Laszlo (#10825)

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2013-12-13 20:37:41
No support for the various reasons written above.
Feeding connected to statting could be messed up. And food that we want to sell would be nibbled on...
I dont really want to keep coming back each hour after my lionesses finish hunting and keep putting the carcasses away to a different slot so they dont eat them.... Too much work I tell you...

This system would be barely if used at all, so I dont think the devs would implement it. I dont see the reason for this at least.



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Toph (#21414)

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2013-12-13 21:12:20
I love this idea, personally I think it would give a more realistic touch to the game, I would totally use this and lots of people like realistic games, Laszlo, I think a lot of people WOULD use this.
Support.



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Kaliyana (#11505)

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Posted on
2013-12-15 09:10:49
No support on this, unless you can specify which carcasses can be eaten freely and which can't. And no support unless you can specify how often they can eat from there.

I hoard all the food I don't use for 10 days or more so that I can sell it in bulk to the monkey. If I happen to hunt down 20 or so more of one carcass than anything else, I won't feed my lionesses that carcass because I'll make more money from it. I'd hate to have 10 of one carcass staked that I planned on selling in several days to be eaten by my lionesses because they were able to eat whenever they wanted to.

I also only feed my lionesses every two days, because then I'm not using as much food as I would be if I fed them every day. This allows me to keep more carcasses that I can eventually sell. I don't want to have to lose carcasses and money because my lionesses are eating every day when they technically don't have to to stay alive/in my pride.

So, like I said, no support unless you can put the carcasses you want them to eat into a stockpile or something for them to eat from, and can set a limit or something for how often they can eat from it.



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Edited on 15/12/13 by Kalika Kai [1/20GB] (#11505)







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