Well, I was thinking about the flavor texts we have while I was looking at . . . well, one of my least-loved lionesses, and I had this idea.

Bonding levels/affection levels.

In our prides, new lionesses and lions are often brought in, and the game treats them like it would treat a lionesses who's been in your pride all of her life. What if, instead of that, there as a bar, like the EXP bar, that measured how much a lioness likes/trusts the main male?

There could be several levels, going from Wary/Nervous to like Completely Trusting.

When a new lioness comes in, no matter what she was in her previous pride, she'll start at level 1 and you have to interact with her from her page, keep her fed and keep her mood up, stuff like that, for her to trust you more. If you don't do those things, she'll lose trust.

The benefits of keeping your bond levels up could be like, hunts are more successful, patrols are more successful, maybe a higher chance of not getting a 1 cub litter (that's iffy and maybe could be replaced by a sort of fertility boost instead). And I think it would be fun if you get slightly different flavor texts for the different levels. (For example: "[Lioness] looks pretty tense . . . maybe you should spend more time with her?" - for level 1, or "[Lioness] seems to be completely at ease with you and her pridemates. You're glad to be her friend." - for a higher level.)

I understand that this is pretty complicated and wouldn't be easy to add, but I do think it would be a good addition to the game that would make it more fun and add another level of depth.

If you don't support or have something to add/you think should change, let me know!

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"Personally I would prefer if it didn't give a reward, as not all things need to. I like the idea overall, but not the rewards.

There is an interact button on female pages already, and you can only do it once a day. This is great for my idea. I was imagining that there is a bar below it that lists her current way (like you say, the levels from wary to trusting) and then every day you interact gives you a % of the bar. Say you get 20% a day, and you do it every day. She hits the next level in just a week (not including weekends). I think the "Reward" if you will should be some new flavour texts. Wary lions would have short, skittish ones and trusting ones would have longer, loving ones. With the rest of the text mingling for the between levels. Of course they would still match the personality. This way, for those who want a little extra, you get a small 'reward' of flavour text and a new bonding things for keeping your girls in your pride longer, and those who don't care about this system wouldn't be at a downfall. That's my thought process on it at least.

If that makes sense."
- Heda Redbox (#56702), First page, third down.

Also . . . just realized I posted this with my side account. #11487 is my main, I'll post a comment with that in a second.