Wild goose chase

[Scilly_guy]

There is often suggestions for animal tracking that pop up, and there are reasons why this wouldn't work as people want it. Animals don't wander around the map any distance, let alone how the server actually handles them. An animal tracking movement option was suggested that increases the chance of animal spawns though.

Anyway, the idea is for a "Wild goose" to spawn somewhere on the map, there would always be 1 goose in the world at a time, if it is killed a new one is spawned. This goose would behave like a normal animal with respects to how it visibly moves. However the spawn would be handled on a timer rather than when a player enters a new section of the world. Every time the goose despawns it leaves a scent that points to where it has "flown" to, ie its new spawn, this should be perhaps 15 minutes run time away, or further depending on balance requirements. The goose flies to a new location every 1-2 hours, or whatever is appropriate, meaning you can easily catch up to it if you run after it, but it might take you hours to try and follow it.

A plucked goose gives goose feathers and a chance for "super soft down" which is a decent artifice, god knows what it gives though, good defence I guess.
A stuffed goose requires acorn and walnut stuffing which is made from a majestic acorn, a walnut and wheat flour.
Carving a roast goose gives goose fat on top of the usual portions of poultry, this goose fat can be used to make crispy roast potatoes.
Each time the goose spawns it has a chance of laying a goose egg in a nearby stump, log, bush.
When a goose is killed all scents for that goose are removed.
Geese are about the level of a deer to kill.

Now if you come across the scent of a wild goose, do you want to waste your time going on a wild goose chase?

[pistolshrimp]

I like this idea. Maybe though every now and then the scents lead to a turkey.

[Rubberduckbandit]

I like this idea not just for geese, but for like rare stronger animals that there's only ever one or two spawns of in Salem, until one is killed, that you have to track/get lucky, and find.

[bologna_man00]

I like this idea not just for geese, but for like rare stronger animals that there's only ever one or two spawns of in Salem, until one is killed, that you have to track/get lucky, and find.

A Snipe hunt would fit nicely with Salem's mysterious theme.

[trungdle]

I like the way this thread is going.
I'm all in for animal tracking skills tree

[pistolshrimp]

I like this idea not just for geese, but for like rare stronger animals that there's only ever one or two spawns of in Salem, until one is killed, that you have to track/get lucky, and find.

A Snipe hunt would fit nicely with Salem's mysterious theme.

+1

[Rubberduckbandit]

Pls Jc it's rare that anyone gives any good ideas lately, give this some consideration.

[matan002]

+1 love the idea

[JohnCarver]

Hmmmm I suppose we can dabble with the idea of a global spawning animal that exists in only one map tile at one time.

[trungdle]

Hmmmm I suppose we can dabble with the idea of a global spawning animal that exists in only one map tile at one time.

Legendary pokemon confirmed. Meow is coming to Salem soon!