PLEASE REMOVE CATS FROM THE GAME

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  1. redfish

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    Well at the current moment, we can't attack human NPCs. So its just a decision of the devs on treating cats and dogs in towns as both NPCs (we talk to them) or as mobs (we attack them). But if they were treated as simply like NPCs it would be legitimate. Out in the wild they'd have to be treated like mobs, particularly if we would be able to tame them.
     
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    It's part of our AI, which is pretty complex. Cats and dogs have their own "faction" within the AI system. Fixing how they interact has always been fairly low priority.
     
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    In some instances, yes you can. I was running through Yew with auto attack enabled and shot a guard - the guard chased me down and started hitting me.
     
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    Yea, you can attack the bandits in Owl's Nest... didn't know about the guards, though. But my point was more or less just that it would be legitimate to treat pets like protected NPCs. Come to think of it, I'm wondering if there will be any story-related pets.
     
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    Except for this past weekend when cats could be killed repeatedly... like undead zombies springing back to life over and over and over again... that part was easy to fix. :D
     
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    If we can't kill cats, how am I to put their heads on my walls? :D
     
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    Cats need to stay in the game for us crafters - when you make strings for lutes or harps, although the ingredients are coy about using 'leather', the actual string you make is a catgut one, so clearly cats are a vital part of the economy.
     
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    Cats rule
     
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    I think if that type of reasoning was followed for any animal in the game, you probably wouldn't see any at all. I know how some people feel about cats ( I like cats btw ), but at the end, this is only a game. For those who don't like them, the option of killing them is there.
     
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    Cats, dogs and humanoids (player corpses included) should be a harvestable resource. Players that want to protect cats by herding them into houses should be granted a special title and a parasitic infection.
     
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    Eating lots of Kale?
     
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    Must be complex zombie AI
     
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