additions to the dog

[Time Lord Iroh]

I just think the dog is kinda pointless. Its one ability that tells you where the greed are coming from is not only just a little confusing at times but also only really useful for blood moons. I think the dog should just be more useful. Some ideas I have personally are: it can be used as a mobile banker or just a bit of extra storage. Maybe it has some sort of sack on its back or pack across its side and you can drop 5 or 10 coins into it. This would make it especially useful for the start of a new island when you go to explore and your coin pouch is already full. You can use it to store money that you find in chests or to make space for gems. Another idea is that if you stop near long grass for a few seconds the dog will start hunting rabbits near you and then bring the coins back to you. It should probably have to bite a rabbit two times to kill it to make it more balanced. Though those ideas shouldn't be used together maybe one of them could just make the dog more useful. I also think that if you were to do this then the cost for releasing the dog would also have to go up but really I just think that as it is hes only useful as a cute buddy (though he is a great one ).

[Epleskront]

Well, considering he costs you nothing to hire, I think he does useful work.

Perhaps he could protect you from one Crownstealer attack, by having the Crownstealer attack him first?

[Time Lord Iroh]

YES thats a good idea and admittedly for nothing it is good however my point is it would be better if it ost more and was more useful

[KenseiOmega]

It'd be kinda cool if the dog buried excess coins that you could have him dig up later. I'd settle first for making him less suicidal. He likes to play chicken with Greed waves too much.

[Zeke]

i just find the dog to be a cute adorable mascot and having him follow me around as i play really makes it more entertaining
not totally usless tho, he does start barking when the portals open so thats when you know to run

[Time Lord Iroh]

yeah I do see him as a sort of friend not neciserrily an asset I just think it would be nice if he was more useful ( I think the best idea is for him to hunt rabbits just so he has that little extra use).

[SysterDyster]

The only thing I want from the dog is to follow me better and not to stop while exploring so the greed can take it. And that the dog's speed should match the mount you have. (Hate having to babysit the dog all the time when you got a fast mount.)
Or just have the option to make it stay in camp?

[Zeke]

Originally posted by dedalusdanny:

yeah I do see him as a sort of friend not neciserrily an asset I just think it would be nice if he was more useful ( I think the best idea is for him to hunt rabbits just so he has that little extra use).

true, or imagine if he was more efficeive at chasing deer for you to help you herd them towards your archers

[Time Lord Iroh]

Originally posted by SysterDyster:

The only thing I want from the dog is to follow me better and not to stop while exploring so the greed can take it. And that the dog's speed should match the mount you have. (Hate having to babysit the dog all the time when you got a fast mount.)
Or just have the option to make it stay in camp?

yes that would be great.

[Time Lord Iroh]

Originally posted by Zeke:

Originally posted by dedalusdanny:

yeah I do see him as a sort of friend not neciserrily an asset I just think it would be nice if he was more useful ( I think the best idea is for him to hunt rabbits just so he has that little extra use).

true, or imagine if he was more efficeive at chasing deer for you to help you herd them towards your archers

exactly. He doesn't have to hunt but doing something like that, herding deer, would just help that much more.

[JPM]

Originally posted by dedalusdanny:

Originally posted by Zeke:

true, or imagine if he was more efficeive at chasing deer for you to help you herd them towards your archers

exactly. He doesn't have to hunt but doing something like that, herding deer, would just help that much more.

If they patch up the dog to herd deer, then the Stag Mount on Island 2 becomes obsolete, so that's not going to happen. Why not just make the dog able to take 10 coins from you and have it sent to the Banker on the press of a button/command. That way, no matter how far you are from your castle, you can use the dog to help you with excess gold. (10 gold only, so that it only helps slightly with an "about to fill up" bag of gold coins, and not OP).

No cooldown, as soon as the dog is back from its delivery, you can immediately send it off again on a 10 gold delivery to the banker, but being only able to carry 10 and the long travel distance the dog has to do when you're on an extended trip due to building expansion/helping with defense/roaming to collect gold (as mentioned already, so it's not OP), the most practical way of getting rid of excess gold is still to go directly to the Banker and deposit all of it yourself, which is especially true for those with farmers that you know have already harvested, or going to your archers whom you've left a decent amount of time so expectedly they'd have a lot of gold from their hunting excursions.

[Time Lord Iroh]

If they patch up the dog to herd deer, then the Stag Mount on Island 2 becomes obsolete, so that's not going to happen. Why not just make the dog able to take 10 coins from you and have it sent to the Banker on the press of a button/command. That way, no matter how far you are from your castle, you can use the dog to help you with excess gold. (10 gold only, so that it only helps slightly with an "about to fill up" bag of gold coins, and not OP).

No cooldown, as soon as the dog is back from its delivery, you can immediately send it off again on a 10 gold delivery to the banker, but being only able to carry 10 and the long travel distance the dog has to do when you're on an extended trip due to building expansion/helping with defense/roaming to collect gold (as mentioned already, so it's not OP), the most practical way of getting rid of excess gold is still to go directly to the Banker and deposit all of it yourself, which is especially true for those with farmers that you know have already harvested, or going to your archers whom you've left a decent amount of time so expectedly they'd have a lot of gold from their hunting excursions.

exactly. Just a little extra use that isn't to OP and makes it that much more helpful! (Also I always felt that the stag is most helpful for its exploring as it is so fast in woodland)

[Zeke]

Originally posted by dedalusdanny:

exactly. Just a little extra use that isn't to OP and makes it that much more helpful! (Also I always felt that the stag is most helpful for its exploring as it is so fast in woodland)

its best when you start a map since its 80% woodland usually, but once you cut the trees back, your better with a non-woodland mount, it goes from the fastest in the woods to the slowest on the plains (ok, not totally true, bear is slower due to no stamina to run at all but i think it can still walk as fast as the deer crawls in the open overall)

[Zeke]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1606998992
figured this would be a good place to post a nice glitch for a change
behold, i now have 2 cute dogs in my game ^_^
(enjoy a positive glitch :p )

[Time Lord Iroh]

Originally posted by Zeke:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1606998992
figured this would be a good place to post a nice glitch for a change
behold, i now have 2 cute dogs in my game ^_^
(enjoy a positive glitch :p )

awww...... SO ....... JEALOUS.......... awww

[Time Lord Iroh]

Originally posted by Zeke:

Originally posted by dedalusdanny:

exactly. Just a little extra use that isn't to OP and makes it that much more helpful! (Also I always felt that the stag is most helpful for its exploring as it is so fast in woodland)

its best when you start a map since its 80% woodland usually, but once you cut the trees back, your better with a non-woodland mount, it goes from the fastest in the woods to the slowest on the plains (ok, not totally true, bear is slower due to no stamina to run at all but i think it can still walk as fast as the deer crawls in the open overall)

true, and sad... oh what did you do to that poor old bear. Also yes the stag is kinda useless after the first 5-10 days but that wasn't my point. My point was the stag is best because of its crazy woodland speed.