Salem: Greener Pastures

[Scilly_guy]

Leaving animals outside barns in a cold snap will increase their chances to get sick.

I really don't like this, that's unfair. A cow or a few sheeps or a few pigs is not a great deal on the farm, so it's not necessary to build a barn which is bigger than my land in order to keep them. Seems like getting livestock will be an interesting task, as well as breeding and keeping them, but i see no reasons to make livestock available only to large settlements and groups.

Welcome to Salem. Some of the harder stuff requires our is easier if you are part of a team. The cures aren't hard to make, isinglass, pectin and another ingredient such as tobacco leaves, so it is still possible for hermits, just harder, as it should be.

[Thor]

MMO's are meant to play in a group, unless you are Darwoth.

[Claeyt]

Leaving animals outside barns in a cold snap will increase their chances to get sick.

I really don't like this, that's unfair. A cow or a few sheeps or a few pigs is not a great deal on the farm, so it's not necessary to build a barn which is bigger than my land in order to keep them. Seems like getting livestock will be an interesting task, as well as breeding and keeping them, but i see no reasons to make livestock available only to large settlements and groups.

Meh, I don't like this so much either but it seems like it's just going to be a chance for them to get sick and then the cures will probably be similar to the human cures. I don't think it'll be that hard to have livestock without a barn, you'll just have to cure them a couple times a month during cold snaps.

[Lusewing]

Not having a barn will just increase their chance of getting sick - thats all, and the cures are really easy to make. The big bonus however is how much extra space you get with a barn - have a look inside the Providence barn - its HUGE. This is to actually help small landholders because animals take up a lot of space, particually the cows. JC has also pointed out that one of the animals posative bars is 'longevity' so I think it is safe to assume that animals will die of old age - meaning you will need a breeding population of at least two of every animal, three - with one male and two females would likely be better - but the smaller your breeding pool the harder it is to raise and lower the bars, not to mention that an untimely death can be a huge blow to a small herd. Truth be told it might be better for people with very small homesteads to just focus on one type of livestock.

[Rubberduckbandit]

Lets hope the barn isn't like the church only being a fraction of the ones in town.

[yozzik]

I just wanted to whine a bit. Never tried it here. Thanks for your support, guys.

[alloin]

[Rubberduckbandit]

Oh alloin you're just to adorable i want to hug you after every post, please accept me

[Fimbulvinter]

10 hours left as I count it.

Then we shall enter the new New World, and consume each other in a slowly spiralling descent into madness and despair until only two rats are left standing.

And then there can only be one.

[alloin]

Oh alloin you're just to adorable i want to hug you after every post, please accept me

Ofcourse you can, my hug-level is over 9000!

10 hours left as I count it.

6h left, no?