At the moment, Mutations are just something to look at. Which seems a damn shame to me to have such an awesome feature, that has such little effect on gameplay.

I'd like to see mutations mean more in this game, especially breed-wise. As far as I'm aware and have been told,(and from experience) breeding from mutations does not increase your chance of getting a mutation.

That makes zero sense to me. At all. Breeding from mutated stock should At least increase the chances, or pass rate if not dominant then recessive

Humankind has created an army of domesticated mutants in all domestic and some not so domestic species, through selective breeding. Not necessarily freaky mutations, though to be honest the firsts of different coat types and such would of seemed crazy at the time it occurred.

Anyway back to my point.

I would like, when breeding from mutated stock, an increase in chance of the offspring being mutated.

I am not asking for it to be a 100% guaranteed mutant, or even a super high chance just a Slightly increased chance like with very low fertility lionesses!

And maybe the more mutated history the greater the chance, for example if they have both parents mutated, and grand parents it would be a higher chance. Which would be a mission to get that kind of heritage.

This would also depend on the mutations aswell, the more 'rarer' mutations would be recessive and less likely to pop up. Not saying all mutations will produce more of their own mutations either. Just a slightly increased chance Also to keep 'rarer' mutations rare, maybe a higher chance of passing 'lethal genes' when breeding rarer muties.

Perhaps their could be a system implemented like so,

as it stands:

-The lower the fertility the higher the chance (Unsure of how much your chance increases)

-GMO cow less than 100% chance but more than 50%

I would like to see this:

-Mutated parent(s) would be maybe a 3-5% chance increase? (Also depending if one or both parents! Daddy's freaky genes should count too!)

-Mutated parent with a Very low fertility maybe a 6-8% chance increase? or slightly higher but higher chance of lethals.

-Mutated parent + GMO maybe a slightly higher chance than the GMO But with a VERY high lethal chance.
* Common Mutes & rarer mutes would have a different % with rarer less of a chance, and higher chance of a lethal

They don't have to even be that big of a % chance increase. Even if it was what I suggested, Still a small chance!

But as a risk from breeding from mutated stock, maybe an also increased chance of a lethal mutation cubs? Especially with heavy mutant heritages..

And as an afterthought, perhaps breeding certain different types of mutations together would lead to the discovery of new mutations (perhaps related to the originals perhaps not) It'd be quite a challenge figuring what mutant combos make a new mutation and even then they would not 100% guarantee the new mute.. or a mute at all

It makes sense doesn't it? How come very low fertility has more of a chance but an actual mutant doesn't??

This would also help add to the market value of mutants aswell, I think people would love them alot more if their cutie-muties had a chance to pass it on!

Please note: I AM TALKING ABOUT A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CHANCE. Eg a normal average lioness gives you a say, 1% chance, a mutated lioness would be a 3% or something like that, this is NOT going to make the market explode like GMOs, especially if the chance for lethals from mutants is higher.. It'd just be an INCREASED chance like Very low fertility lionesses, just slightly better as they already have the freaky genes. Even when people use GMOS which are 50%+ chance PLENTY of people still don't get mutations, heck ive seen cases where people use 3 GMOs in a row and get nothing, so please don't tell me a small % increase not even a quarter of the GMO is going to make mutations common

suggestions

By Magikovu ~ IO (#24258)
common mutes should have a higher chance of producing the /same/ mutation. And different mutations should have a higher chance of producing a lethal mutation.

Ie Folded x Folded = Higher chance of folded, though slim chance of anything else. But say Mane Silky X Achromia = slim chance for either parental mutation, & higher chance of lethal, simply because of increased changes to genetic code.

By Sherlock Holmes, Coconut #16192
If muties had a chance, even a slight chance, of passing mutations, people might be more likely to keep their mutants rather than selling them because they're actually USEFUL for something. This would HELP the mutation market more than it would hinder it.