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4 months ago

Shadowbanish

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No support. It's not a bad mechanic, but it is one that really needs to be established from the get-go. Implementing it now would be devastating for the site, as many players (including myself) would simply quit, due to the drastic change of gameplay.

Edit: I also play this game to relax, and dying pets isn't a feature I can chill with. Honestly, I'd be soooooo gutted if any of my wolves died.

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4 months ago

ShiniDai

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No support. A huge part of Lorwolf is collection. Having a lifespan on the wolves would completely render this useless and kill one of the most important aspect of the game.

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4 months ago

Reave

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One of my rare no-supports instead of just not commenting. :s It's definitely a game mechanic that needs to be designed around from the get go... And with how many things still need tuning (if not redux) here, I don't think it could be implemented on LW in a way that wouldn't be hugely detrimental to the user experience, as much as it can be said currently exists. I haven't sunk tons of money into the game the way a lot of commenters here have, but it would still be a huge waste of time to have breeding projects and leveling essentially wasted. LW's don't come with any sort of "personality" or stat variation that can serve as the alternative focal point/progression pathway of games like LD/WD, so a lifespan feature would just be disruptive without benefit. I do believe the game needs to encourage more release & wolf churn to be healthier, but it should ultimately be a voluntary process that offers better rewards to incentivize participation instead of a compulsory process.

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No support because that sort of thing is rather punishing to casual players. It turns the game into the feeling of "play every day or else you'll lose everything".

Also my heart would break too often, I am too soft for games where my animals die. The only game I've been alright with it has been wobbledogs, and that's only because you can turn the death mechanic off or put your dogs in perpetual storage to keep them from dying, as well as keeping their genes available. Losing out on some really good genes (wings, certain ear or eye shapes) because I wasn't paying attention to the lifespan always sucked.

I really wanted to try Lioden or Wolvden, but the idea of coming back after who knows how long to a completely dead den is kinda sad and puts me off from those sites entirely. If LW went the same route, I'd just leave.

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4 months ago

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Major no support. The only reason I come to play this game instead of Lioden/Wolvden is exactly that reason. Everyone stated many great reasons why this would be a concern as well, and it would likely kill off Lorwolf for good.

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4 months ago

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Sorry I don't usually post when I don't support something (I don't post even when I do :() but I just wanted to say that I came from wolvden to avoid the death mechanic, because it was really demoralising when I spend so much time and effort on a singe wolf for it to die in 3 months. Granted you could not roll-over on days you didn't have time and the wolf didn't age that way but that just encourages not playing the game at all if I'm wanting a casual day, which seems a bit weird to me (why wouldn't you want people to play the game?)

I think mechanics like this kind of dictate the type of player to some extent, so adding it into LW would change up the playerbase a lot and make it a different game.

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I would be really sad. That is why I quit Lioden.

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Sorry, I like Lorwolf the way it is. I do not like death, and if this got implemented I would immediately say my goodbyes and turn to Flight Rising which doesn't kill your dragons

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No support. While I don't mind games where your pets will inevitably die, this just isn't that type of game. Death mechanics have to be here from the start, they can't really add them in without losing a good amount of their playerbase. If immortal wolves don't vibe with you then they just don't vibe.

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Wolvden like you mentioned, fills that niche. Theres not another wolf game like lorwolf as far as I know that has the niche of a casual breeding and dressing/cosmetic focused petsite. If you want wolvden play wolvden, there's no reason to turn another game into it just because you like it. This just isn't that kind of game.

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