Add Feeding Pets as an option for giving neighborly help.

[Laina]

It would be nice if we could help our neighbors by feeding their pets. Have your neighborly help options be Main Hall, Builder's Hut, Culture, and Pets. The Pros- you would randomly get the feeding effect of your pets without having to craft/win pet food. Cons: The programmers would have to make sure whatever pet pops up on the neighborly help window has not already been fed.

 

[SoggyShorts]

The main issue I see here is that pet food is somewhat scarce and visits are almost unlimited.
E.G. I'm happy to get 3 pet food per week but get 350 visits per week.

Perhaps a shorter duration pet buff from visits?

 

[Laina]

The main issue I see here is that pet food is somewhat scarce and visits are almost unlimited.
E.G. I'm happy to get 3 pet food per week but get 350 visits per week.

Perhaps a shorter duration pet buff from visits?

Like a one-hour affect instead of a 24-hour affect?

 

[Laina]

Or maybe more along the lines of Ancient Wonder help in your fellowship, you can feed your fellows pets with your own pet food. Then have a free pet food perk that you can give like the free KP perk.

 

[StarLoad]

Would not this also enable push accounts to funnel pet food to their accounts?

Ed

 

[defiantoneks]

if the selection for which pet to feed is simply whether it's not already fed, what about those whose feeding effect is only needed at certain times? like, why feed an ashen phoenix when no event is active? or a bear when no tourney is running?

 

[Henroo]

Or maybe more along the lines of Ancient Wonder help in your fellowship, you can feed your fellows pets with your own pet food. Then have a free pet food perk that you can give like the free KP perk.

A pet food perk would be overpowered. Keep in mind a fully maxed level 10 KP perk gives 10 KP a day. And I believe a single pet food is more valuable than 20 KP. Probably more valuable than 30KP. After all, I can buy KP anytime I feel like it with gold. I can't buy pet food with gold. Also, I can win extra KP any week I feel like it, just by going a little deeper into the tournament. Can't win pet food in the tournament. Don't get me wrong, I would love it if my FS members could feed my Fire Phoenix for me for free! I just think it would unbalance the game.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Would not this also enable push accounts to funnel pet food to their accounts?

Ed

Yep. This would be the reason I think this would get rejected, no matter how many "yes" votes it could get.

 

[SoggyShorts]

Would not this also enable push accounts to funnel pet food to their accounts?

Yep. This would be the reason I think this would get rejected, no matter how many "yes" votes it could get.

Is there a way around that?

Perhaps make it FS only, with similar restrictions as Spire participation? (new FS members can't help within 1 week of joining)
or
A new perk that gives "Pet Snacks" that apply a shorter buff and are granted at 1 every X hours per perk level?
or
?

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Is there a way around that?

If it used a pet food from your inventory to feed their pet, maybe.

 

[Talaedraiia]

I don’t think I would use my food to give it to a neighbor

 

[free-spirit]

If somehow it could give only 5% of the feeding effect time or even less, maybe it wouldn't be considered overpowered? They would also probably have to add in a way to favorite the pet you want fed, like they have for AWs. (And sadly not for NH)

 

[Darielle]

Like a one-hour affect instead of a 24-hour affect?

I can understand the reasoning, but a lot of people would be upset if they suddenly found themselves without polishes from their neighbors simply because they weren't in during the exact hour that the neighbors polished.

 

[StarLoad]

One additional concern would be the dreaded effect of cities that are in the Goldmine dilemma and this kind of change would make the issue even more pressing.

Ed

 

[Alram]

I'm wondering how upset players would be if their pet preference got ignored by friends and neighbors. We could end up with "visit pets only" FS.
? Perhaps it could be limited to one pet can be helped per day and only if it's feeding effect is inactive. Inno could sell a Zoo Keeper where additional pet handlers could be purchased exactly like the extra builders.

 

[SoggyShorts]

If somehow it could give only 5% of the feeding effect time or even less, maybe it wouldn't be considered overpowered?

That makes sense, this way your entire FS could buff your pet and it would be close to 1 pet food.
That seems reasonable to me. if 5% is awkward they could do 1/24th of feeding time

 

[SoggyShorts]

One additional concern would be the dreaded effect of cities that are in the Goldmine dilemma

Make it FS only maybe? limits the power of it and doesn't discriminate against unlucky locations

 

[SoggyShorts]

They would also probably have to add in a way to favorite the pet you want fed, like they have for AWs.

people would be upset if they suddenly found themselves without polishes from their neighbors simply because they weren't in during the exact hour that the neighbors polished.

I'm wondering how upset players would be if their pet preference got ignored by friends and neighbors.

@free-spirit has it here. If you could "heart" 1 pet, then it shows up on your buff options. No heart, no option.

Priority is given to the option with the most hearts until "full", then that option disappears (like builders does now) and the next priority comes up.

Issues:
1. When (if ever) is a pet full?
2. Does this basically mean you can only have 1 pet get buffed while you are AFK?
3. Does the MH still fill up? I think it was 20 visits at some point...

 

[Alram]

Have we asked for the ability to limit help from neighbors and friends before?

 

[SoggyShorts]

Have we asked for the ability to limit help from neighbors and friends before?

I'm not sure there's ever been a good reason to.