Report 772

Report #772
Skillset: Cooking Skill: BeastFeed(New)
 Org: Spiritsingers Status: Rejected May 2012
Furies' Decision:
Feeding a beast is the owner's responsibility and some owners are very strict
about the diet their beast is on.
Problem: There currently exists no way to feed the beasts of those who forget to
stable them and then log out, leaving those standing around stuck watching the
poor beast starve. This is particularly important for younger/weaker characters
where levelling up a beast to avoid complete beast death is difficult.
Solution #1: Add a new skill in Cooking, BeastFeed, which allows cooks to fill
 the feedbags of beasts that are standing in front of them.
Solution #2: Add a new skill in Beastmastery, BeastFeed, which allows the user
 to fill the feedbags of beasts that are standing in front of them
 (and owned by other characters).
Solution #3: As either of the above, but only allow the feeding of beasts
 which are starving.
Player Comments:
---[Draylor on 5/5 @ 09:47 writes]:
I'm pretty sure this has been requested a few times now and rejected.
Regardless, I support all solutions here.
---[Xazlael on 5/5 @ 18:45 writes]:
Solution 2, with or without the solution 3 addendum sounds good to me.
---[Lyria on 5/5 @ 18:45 writes]:
I support any of these, but think solution 2 would provide most benefit
---[Enyalida on 5/5 @ 18:46 writes]:
Or perhaps have a skill that lets you guide animals back to the stables where
(hopefully), there is neutral feed waiting for them? I could see this being
linked to city/commune membership. In otherwords, anyone who is CR6 in
Serenwilde or has some sort of position could send animals (whose owners are
logged out, ONLY) back to the Serenwilde stables if they are enrolled there, but
not the Celestian stables or any beasts enrolled there, and so on.
---[Valistrielle on 5/6 @ 08:47 writes]:
I prefer 3. That way, in a pinch you can still keep a beast from starving, but
someone can't fill up a beast on other feeds by accident when an owner is trying
to specifically get a certain mix of feeds.
---[Raeri on 5/10 @ 05:16 writes]:
Supported. As an alternate to Solution 3 (taking into account the comments
above), perhaps allow a cook to make a feed type that doesn't contribute to
appearance change, and allow people to use the new type (and only the new
appearanceless type) to fill starving feedbags with a skill in beastmastery?
---[Janalon on 5/10 @ 20:56 writes]:
Meh. With the BEAST DISMISS FEED syntax in place, the responsibility to stable
and feed beasts falls squarely on the owner. I don't see a real need for this
report (at the source of the problem), but would not refute any of the
solutions. I more or less prefer Solution 2 as regular syntax outside of a
specific Beastmastery skill.
---[Tacita on 5/14 @ 22:03 writes]:
Like Janalon I think it's the owner's obligation to remember to stable their
beast/feed it, but I'm not averse to the report - of the given solutions I
prefer 3.
---[Shuyin on 5/19 @ 00:37 writes]:
I agree with Janalon's opinion here, but I don't mind either way
---[Hiriako on 5/24 @ 03:48 writes]:
Though a degree of personal responsibility is to be considered, with the
potential for someone to get disconnected from Lusternia and not re-establish
this connection, I think something in this vein should be considered. Any
solution
---[Tulemrah on 5/31 @ 01:04 writes]:
I completely disagree with the stated problem. It is the beast owner's
responsibility to care for their beast and not everyone wants to keep the
feedbag full all the time. I would personally be very upset if someone fed my
beasts, since I keep them on specific diets for both training and zimoru.
Leveling your beast a few times is not hard at all, and most new beast owners
will be told how important it is.