Fire Slimes + Toy = Problem! (+ incinerator suggestion)

[Lex]

So with the new update comes the new toys which are wonderful! I'm super happy with them and all, but there is one big issue with the fire slimes and their respective toy- or rather the behavior that stems from it.

In their excitement the slimy balls of fire are bouncing on/toward the toy and often times seem to land OUTSIDE of the ash trough. Because of the limited room of the trough with the incinerator itself taking up the centermost part of it, this continues to be a common occurence.

I'd like to suggested maybe making these specific slimes not have the jumping behavior onto the toy, cute as it may be. The trough is just too small for it and it's risking their lives at this point to have the toy in the trough with them.

Side Note / Suggestion: Also, gathering fire plorts is kind of a pain... a plort collector or something would be really awesome for the ash trough upgrade on the incinerator. I'm having to suck up the slimes to get the plorts, then firing the slimes back out... which sometimes they bounce right out of the trough or the toy gets stuck in my vacuum and I get myself some nasty burns. Just a thought!

[RottenColin]

I agree with the plort collector.

[The Minted Lady]

I would love a plort collector for the ash trough and pond, please. As cute as the puddle slimes are, it's annoying to constantly have to make sure I'm not accidentally knocking them out of the pond when I'm trying to vaccuum their plorts.

[Lex]

Originally posted by The Minted Lady:

I would love a plort collector for the ash trough and pond, please. As cute as the puddle slimes are, it's annoying to constantly have to make sure I'm not accidentally knocking them out of the pond when I'm trying to vaccuum their plorts.

I agree with this, too! Puddle slimes are some of my favorite slimes aesthetically, and while I don't find them as much of a challenge to gather as the fire slimes, I would still like a collector for them. Currently I just put them in the little waterfall pool down on the docks. Have five of them + a rubber ducky and it's a lot easier to collect their plorts from there than it is the tiny self-built ponds. I just wish I could keep more than that before they got shy and stopped... plorting. xD

[HoneyButtSmacks]

yea they jump out often.. but... they jump back in as well... played it for a couple of hours and despite them jumpin in.. then out... repeat... ive lost zero of them... as opposed to before the toy update where they got out and disappeared after some time...

my complaint is having toys in there... and MosaicTabby largos close by.. they detect the toy and jump in the ash and sometimes get incinerated... T-T a metal cage upgrade would be nice

[Lex]

Originally posted by There's Some Chiss In Your Jawa:

yea they jump out often.. but... they jump back in as well... played it for a couple of hours and despite them jumpin in.. then out... repeat... ive lost zero of them... as opposed to before the toy update where they got out and disappeared after some time...

my complaint is having toys in there... and MosaicTabby largos close by.. they detect the toy and jump in the ash and sometimes get incinerated... T-T a metal cage upgrade would be nice

Sounds like you probably need to relocate your Mosaic Tabbies or something. I kept Mosaic Crystals right next to mine and they never got out and at the toy... then again, they had their own toys. I find it kind of odd that they react to toys that aren't their own, honestly. I don't think that's intended, as each toy has a specific slime it pairs with.

[HoneyButtSmacks]

Originally posted by Lexi:

Originally posted by There's Some Chiss In Your Jawa:

yea they jump out often.. but... they jump back in as well... played it for a couple of hours and despite them jumpin in.. then out... repeat... ive lost zero of them... as opposed to before the toy update where they got out and disappeared after some time...

my complaint is having toys in there... and MosaicTabby largos close by.. they detect the toy and jump in the ash and sometimes get incinerated... T-T a metal cage upgrade would be nice

Sounds like you probably need to relocate your Mosaic Tabbies or something. I kept Mosaic Crystals right next to mine and they never got out and at the toy... then again, they had their own toys. I find it kind of odd that they react to toys that aren't their own, honestly. I don't think that's intended, as each toy has a specific slime it pairs with.

it was intended.. same way with food for example... slime will eat any food type relating to its diet... butt it LOVES one perticular kind more... aka its favorite...
with toys... they play with all of them... butt they seem to jump more with their favorite toys lol if that makes sense...

[rainbowbread [#FixTF2]]

omg i finally found someone who has encountered the same issue! well, i don't have toys for my fire slimes, but it seems that when i refill the trough, they intentionally get on my nerves by jumping out. note, there are NO toys nearby and nothing to get their attention. it gives me so much anxiety every time i witness them jumping 10 ft into the air and wander around!

[Lex]

Originally posted by There's Some Chiss In Your Jawa:

it was intended.. same way with food for example... slime will eat any food type relating to its diet... butt it LOVES one perticular kind more... aka its favorite...
with toys... they play with all of them... butt they seem to jump more with their favorite toys lol if that makes sense...

Ahh, yeah I get'cha! That makes sense. Thanks for explaining!

Originally posted by rainbeauxbread:

omg i finally found someone who has encountered the same issue! well, i don't have toys for my fire slimes, but it seems that when i refill the trough, they intentionally get on my nerves by jumping out. note, there are NO toys nearby and nothing to get their attention. it gives me so much anxiety every time i witness them jumping 10 ft into the air and wander around!

Lmao! I know what you mean. The stress of them disappearing on me is intense!

After a bit more reading about this and watching them more closely in game, the toy DOES seem to help in the sense that if they jump out, they DO jump right back in eventually... but a few times they jumped a bit too far out and I panicked and put them back in myself, thinking they wouldn't make the 'return jump' soon enough. I dunno. I kinda just wish they wouldn't jump at all, and stay safe and sound in their little pens! Either that or allow some low walls to be added to the incinerator or something so that they don't fall out at all.

[Grimmrog_SIG]

The fire slime toy is questionable anyways since the fire slimes are rather peaceful anyways. But then I don't have many fire slimes.

[Lex]

Originally posted by Grimmrog_SIG:

The fire slime toy is questionable anyways since the fire slimes are rather peaceful anyways. But then I don't have many fire slimes.

I think it was mainly just for an aesthetic feel, and/or to not leave any particular type of slime out of it. Puddles got one, so why not fires too- that sorta deal. :P