Shorty's Personality Guide!

I'm sure you've all seen the brand new update! And I am also sure there are some of you out there who are a little confused and have a few questions regarding this update. Well, you've come to the right place! This guide will tell you everything you need to know about the new personality updates, and more!

So, without further ado, let's begin!

The Basics

This new feature allows you to select the personalities of your current lions from dropdown menus on their profile pages, however the choice given is merely from the 'common' personalities list. In future updates, there will be new personalities, including special event exclusive personalities (similar to the current titles system).

And what does this all mean?

Your pride will come to life! In the near future your pride will begin to generate buffs, debuffs, RPG texts, and certain clashes of personalities within your pride will effect gameplay. Personality clashes in hunting parties, breeding, and cub growth, will affect the outcome, including fights and other interactions. It will make your pride seem more alive, and give your lions their very own personalities, and minds of their own.

So, how do I choose my lions' personalities?

In order to select a category, go to your lions page, and scroll down so you can view the information below your lions image. On the right hand side, under the 'Lion Currents' header, you will see a section titled 'Personality'. There should be a dropdown menu next to it with your options (read on to find out more about these options first though!). Simply click on your chosen one, and confirm the change. Voila! It's as simple as that!

You can select the personalities for your main lion, lionesses, subs, and cubs, provided they existed before the new feature was implemented. This means that any cub born after this date will have a pre-determined personalty, depending on the personality and karma of the parents. You can, however, buy items from the Personality Snake if you wish to change any of the lions personalities in the future.

Don't worry if you are confused, this will all be explained.

And what if I do not like this update and do not wish to participate?

Well, not to worry, it's very simple! If you do not wish to participate in the new personalities feature, simply opt for a personality from the 'neutral' category, or do not choose a personality a all. That way, your game play will not be affected in the slightest by these changes.

The Personality Snake: The personality snake can be found beneath the explore navigation map, underneath the 'giving tree' link. Here, you can buy items to change the personality of your lions, and you will also find a chart explaining what the different personality options are for your main male, and what benefits each option provides.

Karma: The personality of any cubs born from now on will be predetermined depending on whether the father's karma is high or low enough. There's 50/50 chance upon breeding that cub will have the parent's category, and karma MIGHT effect each cub separately. Ie. if you are Evil, there's a small chance the cub will be evil instead of the parent category. So, parents are first, karma then has a CHANCE.

Breeding: The parents' category also affects the category of each cub in the litter. If a lion is evil, and the lioness is kind, each cub as an equal change to be in either of the two categories the parents belong in. However, the lions karma can sway the chances eitherway. For example, in this situation, if the king was of an evil personality, and had less than -400 karma, and the lioness was kind, then the odds of a cub being in the evil karma category would be slightly higher than 50%. If the king was kind and had +400 karma, and the lioness was also kind, then the cub would have a 100% chance of being in the same category as the parents. (I hope that makes sense!)

Exploring and encounters: If an NCL has a personality from the same category as your main male, then she will join without courtship. You can also expect expansions to explore in the future, which will be effected by your personality.

PERSONALITY CHART AND GUIDE

So I understand you're ready to get choosing now? Ok!

Please find, below, a table including all the information you will need regarding the COMMON personality types for both lions and lionesses. I have included what effects they have on your pride, and what effects they have on your gameplay, as well as the categories they come under, and any other information I can provide!

Personality items

These items are available for purchase from the Personality Snake. They only allow choices from common categories.

Lion Mask - 150sb - This nice looking mask will make your lion switch personality to a random common one.

Sangoma Ancestral Mask - 1GB - This special Ancestral Mask will let you pick any personality for your lion.

Sangoma Lion Mask - 400SB - A special Lion Mask made by Sangoma shamans will let you pick a common personality for one of your lions.

There's more still to come!

You can expect to see more updates in the near future! Here's what's coming:

- Female personalities and pride interactions!

- Negative and Positive buffs per lion, hunt, breedings, etc!

- Pride fights and parties and their effect on lion's duties!

- Cub growth and interaction will be affected by some Personalities!

- Event rewards - exclusive Personalities and effects!

- Explore Expansions with buttons appearing only if you have specific personalities!

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