-LOCKED - Cub Mortality
Posted on 2015-10-16 06:36:29
Updates!


Cub Mortality:
About a year ago we made this poll:

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Fertility was introduced and you guys had a long time since then to get used to the thought of Cub Mortality coming. We took the time to flesh out the mechanics and make it as fun as possible for active, attentive players, and scary enough for those who tend to neglect their lions.

We wanted to give that feature a bit of the natural, wildlife feeling. Lioden is a Lion sim-RPG, not a breeding pet site, and we know you guys wanted some realism. Lion cubs in Africa tend to die or get injured. A lot. This can be either scary or fun, depending on how you view the outcomes, however we wanted to make sure this will give players enough of a safety feeling, if they pay enough attention. Just like in any game, you need to tend to your animals in order for them to be happy.

Cubs won't die randomly. There will be always a way to have your most prized cubs protected ALL the time, and fully.

Broodmothers

Broodmother is a lioness designed to be a nanny to chosen cubs. This means she will not be able to be traded, transferred or go hunting, and will be able to protect up to a total of 5 (6 if Nurturing personality) cubs. When a broodmother protects a cub, it means that that cub has a 100% chance of survival, thanks to the lioness' watchful eye. Every day she protects these cubs she will gain EXP and lose a bit more mood, so you better pay enough attention to your babysitter! Broodmothers CAN breed. They can be nesting.
- You can have 1 Broodmother per 10 territory, rounded up. Meaning, if you have 13 territory, you can have 2 Broodmothers.
- You can attach or detach cubs to protect from her page - you can do it once a day only, to prevent endless boosts for both cubs and the broodmother.
- The moment cub is attached it gets 100% on Survival Bar. It will also get a cooldown and cannot be removed until the next rollover.
- The moment cub is detached, its bar drops to 60-70%. It will get a cooldown and will not be able to be protected again until the next rollover.
- Anything that removes Broodmother from her function such as running, death or freezing, it will set her protected cubs at 70% and they no longer will be protected.
- Mutations such as Blind and Eyeless do not stop a lioness from being a Broodmother.
- Removing Broodmother from her function will set her on a cooldown and she won't be able to become one until next rollover. You can only remove that function if she currently is not protecting any cubs.


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Cub Survival bar
The bar is right below Lion Stats and all cubs are born with 100%. If cub is not protected by Broodmother, it will drop daily by random, but not unpredictable amounts (5-20%). Below a certain level, you might get random and fun RPG messages upon rollover that this cub has done something silly to injure itself, wandered off and alike. This will give you an idea that maybe it's time to protect your cub. Your risk if you choose to ignore it.
What boosts the bar daily?
- Interacting/Using Toys/Play All tool.


Survival Bar


brood.png - Means lioness is a Broodmother.
unprotected.png - Means cub is unprotected, but above 40% threat.
danger.png - Means cub is under 40% and at risk of dying in a wildlife accident.
Cub without any icons is fully safe.

The deaths
This is important: Your cubs will NOT die randomly. They are at a risk when their bar is below 40% and it keeps rising if the bar keeps dropping. Cubs will generate a message upon rollover if the bar dropped enough to cause a lethal situation. A random RPG message will be generated and you will learn how your cub died. It will not be stored in your dynasty.

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This item called "Hornbill Majordomo" worth 200 SB in Monkey Shop will boost your chosen cub's Survival Bar to 100%.

All cubs start today at 100% survival. You do not have to worry today or even tomorrow yet. Just take time and give it a try, click around, to see how it works.



Cubs that reach 1 year no longer need protection and become adols without the Survival Bar, and your Broodmother frees her slot. We will focus on adols being useful in near future ;)

Cubs in trades
Their survival bar will go down normally every rollover - they won't die in a trade, but if the bar is low and cub is traded, the buyer might risk a lot if they don't raise it in time before rollover.




New Base and Mane Base Colours:


We're introducing this week new stuff:
Ginger base - Dark, Countershaded, Common, Red - Available in Base Changer and Oasis!
Brass, Deira and Silver Gray - custom mane bases - Available in Base Colour Changers and Oasis!


Ginger Base




If you have any questions about the Event that is currently going on, you can check the Sticky News post for October!
Remember that event ends on October 31st at 11:59 pm, and all your currency will be stored in your account until next year.

Shad has added new tags, check them out as usual! :D



Raffle Lioness


Congrats Garak (#33916)! you have won the last raffle lady along with Night Vegetation raffle background!
Newest lady has some older raffle neglected markings as well as the Lush Oasis background and is up for impressing in Special Lioness area in Explore or in NEWS section under News Post List!



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Edited on 19/10/15 @ 10:06:31 by Xylax (#4)

Clock (#32678)

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Posted on
2015-10-17 01:45:12
Hornbill Majordomo... |D Very funny.



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eιnѕaιne (#68425)

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Posted on
2015-10-17 01:58:00
If a cub is up for trade, and BELOW one year of age, does it still have that chance of dying?



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Lulu (#56881)

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Posted on
2015-10-17 02:34:17
I wasn't around last year to have a voice in this but I don't really see what all the fuss is about. I have a large pride and sometime I wont have enough broodies for the number of cubs I get after a round of breeding, but that isn't too much of an issue. Its not that hard to play with the cubs every couple of days/rollovers and that's from someone who has a large pride. Besides most of my cubs never make it into the the market in the first place unless they're kill fodder or have a decent chance of selling. If people didn't try to sell bland low stat cubs for high prices the market would be better than it is, hopefully this new feature will help encourage players to care more for the more desirable cubs in the litters and be more thoughtful of who they stud to.



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Swipswap (#65871)

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Posted on
2015-10-17 03:27:07
I love the Broadmother addition, but its not working for one of the cubs I have. I t didn't have a protection cooldown, or any cooldown at all, but whenever I try to protect it with one of my Broadmother's (Who isnt protecting ANY cubs), it says that the cub is invalid. does anyone know why?



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Romba [Pied Pride] (#29448)

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Posted on
2015-10-17 03:44:35
I love this update!



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Nynex (#63013)

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Posted on
2015-10-17 04:02:10
For broodmothers, is it 5 cubs total or 5 at a time? Because I added 4 yesterday, today those 4 became adolescent and left the broodmother. I was only able to add one more cub to that broodmother and it told me "This lion is already protecting the maximum amount of cubs it can." She is currently only looking after one cub.



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velvet pi (#360)

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Posted on
2015-10-17 05:20:57
Aaaah this is exciting! And nerve-wracking, lol



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Xander (#68692)

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Posted on
2015-10-17 08:52:12
Not super excited about the cub mortality. Just one more piece of the puzzle to have to constantly monitor.



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🖖Spock{KOS}{SF}
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Posted on
2015-10-17 08:56:23
Great just one more thing I have to worry about. Not really interested in yet another update. I'm starting to think this game is on it's way out for me sadly. Almost all the new updates have frustrated me.



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monsters (#38760)

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Posted on
2015-10-17 15:23:06
cool. but time consuming



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Howlite (#72916)

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Posted on
2015-10-17 23:17:03
*Birds screams into the air*

I DO not LIke this

*complains more*



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Venatrix {The
Huntress} (#63201)

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Posted on
2015-10-18 02:05:58
I cant wait to see what you come up with for adols!!



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Kafira (#10223)

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Posted on
2015-10-18 05:29:45
I didn't read all the comments so this might have already been asked/answered. If a cub that's between 5 months & a year is listed in the Trading Center and protected, will it automatically remove it from the broodmother upon purchase or do you have to remove it manually from the broodmother even if it's no longer in your den? Same question for if you transfer a cub.

Both my dens are pretty large, but it really didn't take much time to get all the cubs I wanted protected under the care of broodmothers. I don't even know if it took 5 minutes to do both dens, which I know the amount of time will vary with the amount of cubs, but it wasn't a problem for me. I didn't really think about it though. Just grabbed a lioness that never hunts, quickly put 5 cubs under her and went on to the next.

Something that may make it a little easier/quicker for those with two dens. If you don't already do so, use two different browsers and log into a den on each. I use Chrome & Firefox, that way I can be in both dens without having to log in and out to switch between dens and it speeds up maintaining the dens for me anyway.



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Kafira (#10223)

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Posted on
2015-10-18 05:37:24
oops! double posted.



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Edited on 18/10/15 @ 12:38:04 by Kafira (#10223)

Siyvee (#46507)

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Posted on
2015-10-18 05:55:24
I sent a cub today to someone, it was automatically removed. You can kill, sell, send them without removing :)



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