SmartMonsters' Bulletin Boards

Kata /Aly/Viana/Cora: i think it'd be cool to have pet-only stuff

LurlineLoptrJuliannaTtalaAtalant: I also agree with pet only things.

Eetu / Remy: WOAH need to take puppies to prison

Mark: (I was brainstorming with Claude just now about what eq locations should be allowed for Pets, and made a joke about Pets having Worn In Ear items. Claude: "Woah, spy show! TriadCity can have surveillance dachshunds." I think we should do it.)

Kata /Aly/Viana/Cora: lol

Kata /Aly/Viana/Cora: 😄 😄 😄

Kata /Aly/Viana/Cora: Their health and energy increase when levelling, other stats stay the same

Mark: Right. Weight and height gain are time artifacts, not related to levels. But, weight does impact strength, inventory limit, dexterity, damroll and other attribute computations.

Kata /Aly/Viana/Cora: ooh but they grow up so fast.. i think all my puppies are height 20 and weight 120, and they are level 8-18

Mark: Yep - waaay fast. It's a bug. Slowing to something more reasonable, without making puppy growth take forever.

Mark: Pet eq is in flight. Pets will be able to wear gear in all the same places as y'all; but their gear is special, restricted to Pets. So you can't wear Pet gear and they can't wear yours. And, we might not (probably won't) make Pet gear for every location that you can have. We'll see.

Mark: Midgaard Pets also in flight. But: very different. We're emulating 1995-ish Diku, so, Midgaard Pets aren't persisted: you buy them again for each login session. When they die they're dead, like ordinary mobs. They'll accept any command: there's no need to teach them as there is in TC. But they may refuse to act on the command. Example: Rescue. They don't have the Rescue Skill, so they'll just silently do nothing. Essentially they'll Follow you and Kill when you tell them to. Which is how it was.

Mark: We're also going to add Inns to Midgaard, which are currently lacking. Watch the Midgaard #general channel for updates.

Kata /Aly/Viana/Cora: So does this mean that TC pets can die in Midgaard, and that they stay dead?

Kata /Aly/Viana/Cora: I went to the butcher's and got some meat. I ordered Apollo to carry (get) them, he was able to carry 14 pieces, that's quite a lot, his strength is 5/5. i ran from the butcher's to Aly's apartment and his energy didn't drop even one point