-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)

Seventails (#38441)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 08:27:54
Not too happy with this update and I do agree with the concerns of the game getting (EVEN MORE) time consuming (with nearly each update as it seems) and whatnot being raised already in this thread.
Once again, I wish the newer people would have been asked again (i.e. make another poll when something is actually finished, if it took a whole year...), but I'm slowly giving up to raise my voice anymore....

The thing that starts to irritate me a bit, is the constant hinting towards the play all/feed all tool.
That is 5GBs each 30 days and a lot of us 'normal' users (those who cannot afford to contribute to the site, sadly) won't spend 5GB every 30 days ...

It's very pricey, especially when you don't have a good income or regular income of GB, let alone SB => and even if so, trying to trade it into GB is very hard sometimes.
Sorry, but it comes around as "buy it, buy it, buy it.... buy our products and spend your moneeh".
Maybe that is not intentional, but it does come around as that and it's not just me :| ...
Never has it been brought up so many times by staff than in the last few updates.

Especially since the GB items are supposed to be luxury items, which you should not need for your regular gameplay, if I recall right.
I.e. people should not be hinted towards something, if they seem to have trouble with updates or new additions, which interfer or disturb their regular gameplay or such a feature needs to become SB then and thusly non-luxury.

Xy: the only reason I hinted towards it, is because player mentioned they rarely have time to even play with their pride. The Play All tool does NOT raise survival bar to 100%, hence it is not useful for this feature. It raises the bar by 20% only.



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Edited on 16/10/15 @ 17:42:26 by Xylax (#4)

Red (#56730)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 08:34:34
Wow, I can't say how much I dislike the dying cubs thing :/ I'm frequently rather busy and don't have time to tend to things every day as I'd like to. This is rather unfortunate.

Broodmothers would be perfect for you then. You designate them once and add cubs to them and voila, no need to think about cubs every day at all.



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Edited on 16/10/15 @ 17:43:08 by Xylax (#4)

Katavi [Mhenga
Usafi] (#21119)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 08:34:35
I'm loving this. I love anything that adds challenge and some realism to the game!

Also, the new manes and base are lovely!



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Nondo (#42312)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 08:36:55
I like this update, I've been wanting something like this since i joined, since lionesses form creches in the wild and tend to raise all the cubs in one rolly polly pile of adorable. i have three hunting teams and i was still able to find some lions to be brood mothers, and since playing with the cubs raises their survival I do not feel like this will take any more time for me. since we get to rollover our accounts on our own this shouldn't affect if i go on vacation/get sick/etc. I can't really see any downside for me so i love it!

and i'm interested in seeing what is in store for adols! :3



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KittehKimera (#8304)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 08:47:30
This could help the overcrowding in my side den x.x



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Muffinrowlet 🌸 (#37042)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 08:47:58
Wait, adols becoming useful in the future? Oooh :0



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Jabberwocky (#67694)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 08:49:53
Oh joy! I feel my blood pressure and paranoia rising as we speak. Ahahahahahahaa.....

In all seriousness, this will add a new element of tension to the game. I like it! :D



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Daoying (#70883)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 08:50:41
Sounds fun! Cannot wait to try it out.



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Xathina[main] (#70238)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 08:57:15
WEWT!

Realism has struck again!

*assigns some of her younger lionnesses to be Broodmothers*

And i can understand others' issue with this update, but, honestly, I've gotten bored on my pet breeding sites... I mostly just get on there to check my eggs, and talk to the few friends i have there that don't also play LD.

Real-life-thing-based RPGs need a good dose of reality, otherwise they become just the same ol' pet breeding sites, IMHO.

Can't spell, lol.



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Edited on 16/10/15 @ 15:58:18 by Xathina (#70238)

Minyassa (Rare Slots
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Posted on
2015-10-16 09:35:43
Lovely. For people who escape real life stress to sim games, this is a kick in the teeth.

Xy: I am pretty sure if you use your Broodmother right you don't have to even think about cubs at all



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Edited on 16/10/15 @ 17:44:23 by Xylax (#4)

Takoyaki☆ (#48057)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 09:36:26
love the new update!



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Lady Lannister (#1894)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 09:36:59
Sounds interesting, time to pick a good broodmama!



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Simplyapanda (#72041)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 09:37:43
^^ I like it;
I have assigned my older lioness who no longer hunters to nannys ^^



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😸 Chonk 😸 (#54568)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 09:42:16
why did people vote for this :S Its a huge pita, just like the nesting. I wonder why nursing mothers dont keep watch of their own cubs?



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Edited on 16/10/15 @ 16:43:33 by Locust Underground [S2D] (#54568)

Zia (#60468)

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Posted on
2015-10-16 10:06:10
very interesting


i like the ginger base



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