Cat improvement

[✚ Mariel ✚]

Right now they are kind of useless. I think if you gave them the ability to instant kill small prey like rabbits without getting mangled up by them like they currently do, then they would be useful for protecting your crop fields from wild small animals. Maybe even make it so that they can kill boomrats without exploding them.

[The Blind One]

I dont think cats kill fully grown rats or rabbits in real life either, at least not as easily as you'd think. They are mostly effective against mice and other small animals (mostly just innocent birds get murderhobod by them for entertainment). Rats are quite dangerous even to cats as they can be highly aggressive and easily bite out an eye of a cat or even try to attack it if there's enough rats.

[Cat®]

I'm perfect just the way I am.

I like the idea but I think that level of granular pawn modification goes against the intent of the design philosophy. But if it isn't then that's something I would love to see. Pawn (animal) abilities seems like a cool way to differentiate them in meaningful ways and having cats kill small creatures effectively would be fun. Large cloven animals could cause contact damage when scared. Agile grazers like ibex could be able to partially dodge projectiles once startled.

Would be cool.

[Garatgh Deloi]

Should also be noted that rimworld rats aren't our rats. They are 20% the size of a adult human. So they are freaking huge.

[whatamidoing]

Note that even the smallest animals on the rim are still 1/5 the size of a human (and the very largest are only 4x as large as a human).

[martindirt]

Cats are pets. They nuzzles your colonists frequently, raising mood.
To protect your crops, I'm recommend any dog/wolf type animals.

[✚ Mariel ✚]

Originally posted by Garatgh Deloi:

Should also be noted that rimworld rats aren't our rats. They are 20% the size of a adult human. So they are freaking huge.

Thats fine because Rimworld cats are bigger than our cats as well :D

[Crim]

Cats provide 45 lb of meat
Chinchilla provide 45 lbs of meat

Thus science says, Cats are the same size of Chinchillas

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by Crim:

Cats provide 45 lb of meat
Chinchilla provide 45 lbs of meat

Thus science says, Cats are the same size of Chinchillas

Or you could just use the size stat that is in the game that tells you how large any animal in rimworld is.

[Baked.Bread]

Originally posted by The Blind One:

I dont think cats kill fully grown rats or rabbits in real life either, at least not as easily as you'd think. They are mostly effective against mice and other small animals (mostly just innocent birds get murderhobod by them for entertainment). Rats are quite dangerous even to cats as they can be highly aggressive and easily bite out an eye of a cat or even try to attack it if there's enough rats.

Farm cats will wreck a full grown rabbit irl. Big mean house toms will as well. It's just rare as cats are ambush predators and rabbits are wildly paranoid and quick. City rats can pose a threat to damn near anything.

[Midnight_Toker247]

Originally posted by The Blind One:

I dont think cats kill fully grown rats or rabbits in real life either, at least not as easily as you'd think. They are mostly effective against mice and other small animals (mostly just innocent birds get murderhobod by them for entertainment). Rats are quite dangerous even to cats as they can be highly aggressive and easily bite out an eye of a cat or even try to attack it if there's enough rats.

My cat kills full grown rats and rabbits all the time.

[Vattende]

I think many love the cats how there are, that's.
But there are lot mods changing this, making them stronger, changing coats, or simply by adding more, and bigger cats able to haul, even fight in raids. Up to you to get the cat fitting in your game-style.

Ah yes, and the cleaning cats. OP but fun.

[martindirt]

Originally posted by Vattende:

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Ah yes, and the cleaning cats. OP but fun.

Those are not cats. Maid Nukos. Not too op, since you need to feed them. Like a pawn capable only to produce few milk, hair, and do the hauling/cleaning job. Ok. Maybe bit op. But fun. And useful.

[Dimwit Donald (very high IQ)]

All I know is that biotech is not the answer. If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man, but deteriorate the cat.