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Jun-24-2017 11:46

Sleuthville's Pet Control has noticed that a particular pet is being neglected. The SPC is preparing to intervene to make sure it receives the attention it is due. ;-)

Sep-6-2017 16:36

It was either payment in brass rings or cash money ($500,000, to be exact).

I wish it had only been feeding and grooming! Apparently pets can get sick even if you take good care of them.

Sep-6-2017 17:09

$500,ooo is RIDICULOUS!! What were you thinking of Yeti? Now I wonder whether pets are really worth it. I no longer think so. :-(

Sep-6-2017 17:28

There is still another option using the rings. That's why you should keep playing the furore. I think that cost is reasonable to keep people active.

However, since people sometimes get busy, I suggest that we should have a nursing service so the pet will not be abandoned.

Sep-7-2017 01:35

Half a million sleuth dollars? Good heavens. So if a detective is unwell themselves, and unable to log in, feed their pet etc - s/he also has a huge debt when they return. I agree with Ty and others here - some kind of pet creche should be available in situations like those. A (reasonable) fee for this could be deducted form the detective's personal account while they're away.

However, if a detective is logging in regularly but simply neglecting their pet, then it might be justified to 'fine' them a higher fee.

@ glasse - how many brass rings did Dorian ask for?

Sep-7-2017 03:12

Or alternately, Dorian could supply us with some kind of preventive medicine payable in either brass rings or money (needless to say that the price should be reasonable and not absurd like the present one), if the detective knows that s/he won't be able to log in for a period of time. What really worries me is that the pets can get sick even if well cared for. It doesn't seem fair. That should only be a measure of "punishment" for those who don't provide good care for their pets.

Sep-7-2017 05:01

I'm beginning to think Dorian is related to Shady... :(

Sep-7-2017 05:09

I'm sure they are identical twins. :)

Sep-7-2017 06:15

@ Tyranomaster3 - Furores are not for everyone. Personally I don't like them. The only reason I did them was to get a pet and now I do them only as a nemmy task.

Your idea of a nursing service is a good one. :-)

Sep-7-2017 06:18

Half a mil is outrageous, sorry. I get it, we need to be coerced to keep playing furores whether we like it or not. And I do say coerced because half a mil leaves you only a few options.

There are several wrongs with this. At the very least your pet should only drop to zero stats and not go into negative like you are worse off then when you didn't have a pet.

Also, those furores drain your money away if you want to stand a chance to win more than one ring. When I played furores my money stagnated as playing favors was barely enough to cover the expenses of all that cotton candy.

Aside from all that we also need to build up a cushion in case we get FA's. Being forced to play furores to cover for a random thing like your pet becoming ill makes all this quite a burden.

So either the cost of the medication needs to go drastically down, or the price of cotton candy or the stats shouldn't go into negative.

Sep-7-2017 07:24

The cost in term of rings is not quite expensive. That's why I said we have to earn an excess number of rings as a backup plan.

However, there should be an option for people to release their pets. So if they feel uncomfortable to be stuck with the pets and their advantage and problem, they can give it up.