Pet improvements.

[crystalwarrior]

Think about this for a second: why is Ian liked so much by so many people?
Is it because he looks adorable, or is it just because he's a corgi?
Well, actually, there's another reason: He's a pet you interact the most with. He makes adorable emotions (chases his tail, barks, dances around), you can dress him up in hilarious outfits, hell, you can even dress him up as Runtime. He can chew on your food, too.
Now think about what other pets do.
Runtime? She doesn't even purr if you pet her.
Pun Pun? Only useful for burgers. Barely chirps.
Pete? Well, I admit, he is hilarious. But he's also annoying as shit and you constantly want to kill him.
Poly is hilarious, though. I like her the way it is.

How can we fix this lack of justice to our beloved pets?
The answer is simple: More pet stuff.
Give HoP's and CMO's office pet bowls, make Cat Food and Dog Food items that can even be eaten by humans (not reccomended, though) and make Runtime just as interactable as Ian (pls give love to cat lovers :c)
Pun Pun should be able to mess around with you (jump on your shoulders and start picking bugs out of your hair or something), poly should occasionaly sit on your shoulders and bite you if you anger her (probably 0-2 brute damage per bite)
And the best thing ever would be having your own pets ordered via cargo.
You can bug QM to get you a baby corgi, a kitten and a baby monkey you can raise singlehandedly. You can obviously name your pets, probably using rightclick menu, but only once, and it's permament.
All pets should have friends-foes-neutral relationships. If you beat Ian up constantly, he will growl when he sees you, and if you come too close, he will probably bite you for 10 damage, growl again, and bite you if you don't get it.
If Ian sustains too much damage, he will cry and run away, trying to find a place to hide from you evil son of a bitch. He'll probably beg his friends for medical threatment as well.

So, yeah. Give more credit to dem pets, pls?

[Name Changing Autist]

Jun 30, 2013 21:43:24 GMT -5 crystalwarrior said:

Think about this for a second: why is Ian liked so much by so many people?

Because his meat is delicious.

[crystalwarrior]

Jul 1, 2013 1:00:21 GMT -5 Name Changing Autist said:

Jun 30, 2013 21:43:24 GMT -5 crystalwarrior said:

Think about this for a second: why is Ian liked so much by so many people?

Because his meat is delicious.

*cries*

[wolfst75]

I just like dogs so I love to steal ian a bunch. But dressing up other pets does sound good.

[Marde]

A few problems are present with this idea:

1. Space
2. Sprites
3. Most pets meet their doom if they are left in the hallway
4. People will grief people who own them
5. Cargo doesn't need any more animal crates. It can already order enough to create the sequel to Animal Farm; it doesn't need any more
6. It would require a recode of the simple mob AI; just to get them to function even close to that. And that itself is horrendous.

[crystalwarrior]

Well, ordering pets via cargo might be an overkill, but the thing I would want the most would probably be pet feeding.
Maybe not even hunger system, just the bowls and foods for pets to eat will be enough.
Although I would love if we could throw a yarn ball at Runtime for her to hilariously chase it around.

[DrunkenFlyingDemoman]

Ian eats everything in sight, you can put stuff on him such as hats.
Poly steals your stuff and screams over the radio.
You can give Pun Pun cigarettes.
Pete kicks the chef randomly and repeatedly.
Cows can be milked.
Chickens can lay eggs.

Like it or not, we've already got enough shit for the pets, we really don't fucking need to draw more attention or credit to them, and instead focus on things that are far more important than a bunch of animals, such as fixing things or adding content, or anything except add a bunch of cosmetic things for something that has been way overdone.

Infact, we hardly even need a single pet at all, this is Nanotrasen, not a goddamn zoo.

[crystalwarrior]

Same can be said about Clowns and Mimes.
You know, it's not like I'm saying "DO IT BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE", This is just a suggestion to consider when you feel like making something.
Please, don't go all angry at me because I suggested something, alright? I feel like an asshat right now.

[wrathofme9]

...asshat...

[Danuis Studnick]

Jul 2, 2013 1:03:56 GMT -5 Marde said:

A few problems are present with this idea:

1. Space
2. Sprites
3. Most pets meet their doom if they are left in the hallway
4. People will grief people who own them
5. Cargo doesn't need any more animal crates. It can already order enough to create the sequel to Animal Farm; it doesn't need any more
6. It would require a recode of the simple mob AI; just to get them to function even close to that. And that itself is horrendous.

>It can already order enough to create the sequel to Animal Farm;
>can already order enough to create the sequel to Animal Farm;
>already order enough to create the sequel to Animal Farm;
>order enough to create the sequel to Animal Farm;
>enough to create the sequel to Animal Farm;
>It can already order enough to create the sequel to Animal Farm!!!!!!!

But ye, it's already enough damage to have Ian around, but who knows?

Maybe after we get Waldo mode.

[DrunkenFlyingDemoman]

Let me bring up the point again that this is not Zoo Station 13.

[Danuis Studnick]

What if someone made sprites and even coding?

[Name Changing Autist]

It still would probably never be implemented, just no need for it.

[ppi]

set Ian's base health to 100 000. should fix everything.

[DrunkenFlyingDemoman]

You jump off the side of a building. Should fix everything.